270 TREATISES ATTRIBUTED TO CYPRIAN. the propitiationof the most High : and go intothe portion of lifewiththe living,and thosethatmake confession.Delay not in the errorof the wicked. Confessionperishethfrom the dead man, as if it were nothing. Living and sound, thou shaltconfessto the Lord, and thou shaltglory in His mercies; for great is the mercy of the Lord, and His pro pitiationunto such as turn unto Him." 1 Also in the same : " How good is it for a true heart to show forthrepentance! For thus shaltthou escapevoluntary sin. Also in the Acts of the Apostles: u But Peter saithunto him, Thy money perishwith thee,because thou thinkestto be able to obtain the grace of God by money. Thou hast no partnor lot in thisfaith,for thy heartisnot rightwith God. Thereforerepentof thisthy wickedness,and pray the Lord, if haply the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. For I seethatthou artin the bond of iniquity,and in the bitternessof gall."8 Also in the secondEpistleof the [blessed*] Paul to the Corinthians: " For the sorrow which is accordingto God worketh a stedfastrepentanceunto salvation,but the sorrow of the world worketh death."' Also in the same placeof thisvery matter: " But if ye have forgivenanythingto any one,I alsoforgivehim ; for I alsoforgave what I have forgivenfor your sakes in the personof Christ,thatwe may not be circumventedby Satan, forwe arenot ignorantof hiswiles."6 Also in the same : " But I fear lestperchance,when I come to you, God may againhumble me among you, and I shallbewailmany of thosewho have sinnedbefore,and have not repented,for that they have committed fornicationand lasciviousness."7 Also in the same : " I told you before,and foretellyou as I sitpresent; and absent now from those who before have 1Ecclus.xyii.26. 2Ecclus.xx.3. 8Actsviii.20,etc. 4Theoriginalhasonly" ben,"whichTrombelliusreasonablyassumes tobemeantfor" benedicti." 8 2 Cor.yii.10. 6 2 Cor.ii.10. 12 Cor.xii.2L