163 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN.
of Kings : " And the priestanswered to David, and said,
There are no profaneloavesin my hand, exceptone sacred
loaf. If the young men have been kept back from women,
they shalleat."1 Also in the Apocalypse: " These are they
who have not defiledthemselveswith women, for they have
continued virgins;these are they who follow the Lamb
whithersoeverHe shallgo."1
33. That the Father judgeth nothing,but the Son ; and
thatthe Father isnot glorifiedby him by whom the
Son isnot glorified.
In the Gospel accordingto John : " The Father judgeth
nothing,but hath given alljudgment unto the Son, thatall
may honour the Son as they honour the Father. He who
honoureth not the Son, honourethnot the Father who hath
sent Him." 3 Also in the seventy-firstPsalm : " O God,
give the king Thy judgment, and Thy righteousnessto the
king'sson,to judge Thy peoplein righteousness."4 Also in
Genesis: " And the Lord rainedupon Sodom and Gomorrha
sulphur,and firefrom heaven from the Lord."5
34. That the believerought not to livelikethe Gentile.
In Jeremiah : " Thus saiththe Lord, Walk ye not accord
ing to the way of the Gentiles."6 Of thissame thing,that
one ought toseparatehimselffrom the Gentiles,lesthe should
be a companion of theirsin,and become a partakerof their
penalty,in the Apocalypse: " And I heard another voice
from heaven,saying,Go forthfrom her,my people,lestthou
be partakerof her crimes,and lestthou be strickenwith her
plagues; because her crimes have reached even to heaven,
and the Lord God hath remembered her iniquities.There
foreHe hath returnedunto her double,and in the cup which
.shehath mixed double ismingled forher ; and in how much
she hath glorifiedherselfand possessedof delights,in so
much isgiven unto her both torment and grief. For in her
heart she says,I am a queen, and cannot be a widow, nor
1 1 Sam.xxi.4. * Kev.xiv.4. 8Johnv.22,23.
*Ps.lxxii.1,2. « Gen.xix.24. «Jer.x.2.