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Works Cyprian of Carthage (200-258) Ad Quirinum (Testimoniorum l. iii) Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
Third Book.

80.

That the devil has no power against man unless God have allowed it.

In the Gospel according to John: "Jesus said, Thou couldest have no power against me, unless it were given thee from above." 1 Also in the third of Kings: "And God stirred up Satan against Solomon himself." 2 Also in Job, first of all God permitted, and then it was allowed to the devil; and in the Gospel, the Lord first permitted, by saying to Judas, "What thou doest, do quickly." 3 Also in Solomon, in the Proverbs: "The heart of the king is in God's hand." 4


  1. John xix. 11. ↩

  2. 1 Kings xi. 23. ↩

  3. John xiii. 27. ↩

  4. Prov. xxi. 1. ↩

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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

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