ON THE JEWISH MEATS. 395 to [partakeof]what has been offeredto idols. For, as far as pertainsto God's creation,every creatureisclean. But when ithas been offeredto demons, itispollutedso long as itisofferedtothe idols; and assoon as thisisdone,itbelongs no longerto God, but to the idol. And when thiscreatureis taken for food, it nourishesthe person who so takes itfor the demon, not for God, by making him a fellow-guestwith the idol,not with Christ,as rightlydo the Jews also [scil. abstain]. And the meaning of thesemeats being perceived, and the counselof the law being considered,and the kindness of the gospel grace being known, and the rigour of tem perance being observed,and the pollutionof thingsoffered to idols being rejected,we who keep the rule of truth throughout allthings,ought to give thanks to God through Jesus Christ,His Son, our Lord, to whom be praise,and honour, and glory,forever and ever. Amen. A Letterwrittento Cyprian by Novatian theBoman Presbyter, in the name of the Roman Clergy,willbe found trans latedat page 85 of the firstvolume, Ep. xxx.