196 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN. 111. That the sacrificesof the wicked are not acceptable. In the same : " The Highest approveth not the giftsof the unrighteous."1 112. That those are more severelyjudged, who in this world have had more power. In Solomon : " The hardestjudgment shallbe made on thosewho govern. For to a mean man mercy is granted; but the powerful shallsuffertorments mightily."* Also in the second Psalm : " And now, ye kings,understand; be amended, ye who judge the earth."* 113. That the widow and orphansought to be protected. In Solomon : " Be mercifulto the orphansas a father,and as a husband to theirmother ; and thou shaltbe the son of the Highest if thou shaltobey."4 Also in Exodus : u Ye shallnot afflictany widow and orphan. But if ye afflict them, and they cry out and callunto me, I willhear their cryings,and willbe angry in mind againstyou ; and I will destroyyou with the^sword,and your wivesshallbe widows, and your childrenorphans."5 Also in Isaiah: " Judge for the fatherless,and justifythe widow ; and come, let us reason,saiththe Lord."6 Also in Job : "I have preserved the poor man from the hand of the mighty, and I have helped the fatherless,who had no helper: the mouth of the widow hath blessedme."' Also in the sixty-seventh Psalm : " The Father of the orphans,and the Judge of the widows."8 114. That while one is in the flesh,he ought to make confession. In the fifthPsalm : " But in the grave who willconfess unto Thee ?"9 Also in the twenty-ninthPsalm : " Shallthe dustmake confessionto Thee ?" 10 Also elsewherethatcon- 1 Ecclus.xxxiv.19. 2 Wisd.vi.6. 8 Ps.ii.10. 4Ecclus.iv.10. «Ex.xxii.22-24. 6 Iua.i.17,18. 7Jobxxix.12,13. 8Ps.lxviii.5. 0Ps.vi o. 1"Ps.xxx.9.