122 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN. But ye shallnot touch any one upon whom thesigniswritten, and begin with my holyplacesthemselves."1Also in Exodus God saysto Moses : " And thereshallbe bloodfor a signto you upon the houseswherein ye shallbe ; and I willlookon the blood,and willprotectyou. And thereshallnot be in you the plague of wasting when I shallsmitethe landof Egypt."2 Also in the Apocalypse: "And I saws a Lamb standingon Mount Sion,and with Him a hundred and forty and four thousand; and they had His name and the name of His Father writtenon theirforeheads."4 Also in the same place: " I am Alpha and Omega, the firstand the last, the beginning and the end. Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have power over the treeof life."* 23. That at mid-day in His passion there should be darkness. In Amos : " And it shallcome to pass in thatday, saith the Lord, the sun shallsetat noonday, and the day of light shallbe darkened; and I willturn your feast-daysintogrief, and allyour songs into lamentation."6Also in Jeremiah: " She is frightenedthat hath borne children,and her soul hath grown weary. Her sun hath gone down while as yetit was mid-day ; she hath been confounded and accursed:I will give the rest of them to the sword in the sightof their enemies."7 Also in the Gospel : " Now from the sixthhour there was darkness over all the earth even to the ninth hour."8 24. That He was not to be overcome of death,nor should remain in hell. In thetwenty-ninthPsalm : " O Lord, Thou hastbrought back my soul from hell."8 Also in the fifteenthPsalm: " Thou wiltnot leave my soul in hell,neitherwilt Thou 1 Ezek.ix.4-6. s Ex.xii.13. 3 " And behold,"Oxfordtext. 4 Rev.xiv.1. 5 Rev.xxii.13,14. 0 Amos viii.9,10. 'Jer.xv.9. 8 Matt,xxvii.45. 9 Pe.xxx.3.