176 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN. Him, and it shallbe recompensed to him again? Because from Him, and through Him, and in Him, are all things: to Him be gloryfor ever and ever."1 Also to Timothy: "But foolishand unlearned questionsavoid,knowing that they generatestrifes.But the servantof God ought not to strive,but to be gentletowardsallmen." * 54. That no one iswithoutfilthand withoutsin. In Job : "For who ispure from filth? Not one ; even if hislifebe of one day on the earth."8 Also in the fiftieth Psalm : " Behold, I was conceivedin iniquities,and in sins hath my mother conceived me." * Also in the Epistleof John : " If we say thatwe have no sin,we deceiveourselves, and the truthisnot in us."8 55. That we must not pleasemen, but God. In the fifty-secondPsalm : " They that please men are confounded,becauseGod hath made them nothing."6 Also fn the Epistleof Paul to the Galatians:"If I wished to pleasemen, I shouldnot be the servantof Christ."7 56. That nothingthatisdone ishidden from God. In the Wisdom of Solomon : " In every place the eyes of God look upon the good and evil."8 Also in Jeremiah : "lama God at hand, and not a God afar off. If a man shouldbe hidden in the secretplace,shallI not thereforesee him? Do not I fillheaven and earth? saiththe Lord."' Also in the firstof Kings : " Man lookethon the face,but God on the heart."10 Also in the Apocalypse: " And all the churchesshallknow thatI am the searcherof the reins and heart; and I willgiveto every one of you accordingto hisworks."11 Also in the eighteenthPsalm : " Who under standshis faults? Cleanse Thou me from my secretsins, O Lord."12 Also in the second Epistleof Paul to the 1Rom. xi.33-36. *Ps.li.5.r Gal.i.10. 101 Sam.xvi.7. * 2 Tim.ii.23,24.• 1 Johni.8. 8 Prov.xv.3. 11Rev.ii.23. 8Jobxiv.4,5. 6Ps.liii.6. 8Jer.xxiii.23,24. 12Ps.xix.12.