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

114.

That one ought to make confession while he is in the flesh.

In the fifth Psalm: "But in the grave who will confess unto Thee?" 1 Also in the twenty-ninth Psalm: "Shall the dust make confession to Thee?" 2 Also elsewhere that confession is to be made: "I would rather have the repentance of the sinner than his death." 3 Also in Jeremiah: "Thus saith the Lord, Shall not he that falleth arise? or shall not he that is turned away be converted?" 4

  1. Ps. vi. 5. [Here, as often, the grave is represented as enjoying a temporary victory, for the flesh is no longer capable of worship. Not till the whole man is restored comes 1 Cor. xv. 54, 55.] ↩

  2. Ps. xxx. 9. ↩

  3. Ezek. xxxiii. 11. ↩

  4. Jer. viii. 4. ↩

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