Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>David therefore reigned in the earthly Jerusalem, a son\r\nof the heavenly Jerusalem, much praised by the divine testimony;\r\nfor even his faults are overcome by great piety, through\r\nthe most salutary humility of his repentance, that he is altogether\r\none of those of whom he himself says, \"Blessed are\r\nthey whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_475_475\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_475_475\">[475]</a>\r\nAfter him Solomon his son reigned over the same whole people,\r\nwho, as was said before, began to reign while his father was\r\nstill alive. This man, after good beginnings, made a bad end.\r\nFor indeed \"prosperity, which wears out the minds of the wise,\"<a id=\"FNanchor_476_476\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_476_476\">[476]</a>\r\nhurt him more than that wisdom profited him, which even\r\nyet is and shall hereafter be renowned, and was then praised\r\nfar and wide. He also is found to have prophesied in his\r\nbooks, of which three are received as of canonical authority,\r\nProverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. But it has\r\nbeen customary to ascribe to Solomon other two, of which one\r\nis called Wisdom, the other Ecclesiasticus, on account of some\r\nresemblance of style,—but the more learned have no doubt\r\nthat they are not his; yet of old the Church, especially\r\nthe Western, received them into authority,—in the one of\r\nwhich, called the Wisdom of Solomon, the passion of Christ\r\nis most openly prophesied. For indeed His impious murderers\r\nare quoted as saying, \"Let us lie in wait for the\r\nrighteous, for he is unpleasant to us, and contrary to our\r\nworks; and he upbraideth us with our transgressions of the\r\nlaw, and objecteth to our disgrace the transgressions of our\r\neducation. He professeth to have the knowledge of God, and\r\nhe calleth himself the Son of God. He was made to reprove\r\nour thoughts. He is grievous for us even to behold; for his<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_210\">[Pg 210]</a></span>\r\nlife is unlike other men's, and his ways are different. We\r\nare esteemed of him as counterfeits; and he abstaineth from\r\nour ways as from filthiness. He extols the latter end of the\r\nrighteous; and glorieth that he hath God for his Father. Let\r\nus see, therefore, if his words be true; and let us try what\r\nshall happen to him, and we shall know what shall be the\r\nend of him. For if the righteous be the Son of God, He will\r\nundertake for him, and deliver him out of the hand of those\r\nthat are against him. Let us put him to the question with\r\ncontumely and torture, that we may know his reverence, and\r\nprove his patience. Let us condemn him to the most shameful\r\ndeath; for by His own sayings He shall be respected.\r\nThese things did they imagine, and were mistaken; for their\r\nown malice hath quite blinded them.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_477_477\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_477_477\">[477]</a> But in Ecclesiasticus\r\nthe future faith of the nations is predicted in this manner:\r\n\"Have mercy upon us, O God, Ruler of all, and send Thy fear\r\nupon all the nations: lift up Thine hand over the strange\r\nnations, and let them see Thy power. As Thou wast sanctified\r\nin us before them, so be Thou sanctified in them before\r\nus, and let them acknowledge Thee, according as we also have\r\nacknowledged Thee; for there is not a God beside Thee, O\r\nLord.\"<a id=\"FNanchor_478_478\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_478_478\">[478]</a> We see this prophecy in the form of a wish and\r\nprayer fulfilled through Jesus Christ. But the things which\r\nare not written in the canon of the Jews cannot be quoted\r\nagainst their contradictions with so great validity.</p>","headings":["THE CITY OF GOD.","BOOK SEVENTEENTH.","ARGUMENT."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45305-paragraph-341"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"d5aa737f1c84996ccd741c8c70b3209a0e32274355cb57e922346bbd7ffb5f21","edition_title":"The City of God, Volume II","edition_translators":["Marcus Dods","George Wilson (Books XVII-XVIII)"],"edition_year":1871,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45305-Footnote_476_476","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. 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