102 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN. throne,and theearthisthesupportof my feet. What house willye huild unto me 1 or what is the placefor my rest? For allthesethingshath mine hand made." 1 Also in the same : " O Lord God, Thine arm ishigh,and theyknew it not ; but when they know it,they shallbe confounded."! Also in the same : " The Lord hath revealedHis arm,that holy arm, in the sightof allnations; allnations,even the ends of the earth,shallsee salvationfrom God." * Alsoin the same place: " Behold,I have made theeas the wheelsof a thrashingchariot,new and turned back upon themselves;1 and thou shaltthrashthe mountains,and shaltbeatthehills small,and shaltmake them as chaff,and shaltwinnow them; and thewind shallseizethem, and thewhirlwind shallscatter them : but thou shaltrejoicein the saintsof Israel; andthe poor and needy shallexult. For they shallseek water,and thereshallbe none. For theirtongue shallbe dry forthirst. I the Lord God, I the God of Israel,willhear them,and willnot forsakethem ; but I willopen riversin the moun tains,and fountainsin the midst of the fields.I willmake the wildernesseswatery groves,and a thirstyland intowater courses. I willestablishin the land of drought the cedar- treeand the box-tree,and the myrtle and the cypress,and the elm 5 and the poplar,thatthey may seeand acknowledge, and know and believetogether,that the hand of the Lord hath done these things,and the Holy One of Israelhath shown them."6 5. That Christisat once Angel and God. In Genesis,to Abraham : " And the Angel of the Lord called him from heaven, and said unto him, Abraham, Abraham ! And he said,Here am I. And He said,Lay not thinehand upon the lad,neitherdo thou anythingunto him. For now I know thatthou fearestthy God, and hast 1 Isa.lxvi.1,2. 3 Isa.xxvi.11. 8 Isa.lii.10. 4Original:"Rotasvehiculitriturantisnovasin se retornatas."The Oxfordeditionreadsthethreelastwords," inserrasformatas;"andthe translatorgives," thewheelsof a thrashinginstrumentmadewithnew teeth." 5Some editionsomit" andtheelm." *Isa.xli.15-20.