Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume IV/Commodianus/The Instructions of Commodianus/Chapter 15

XIV.&#8212;Sylvanus.

Whence, again, has Sylvanus appeared to be a god?&#160; Perhaps it is agreeable so to call him from this, that the pipe sings sweetly because he bestows the wood; for, perhaps, it might not be so.&#160; Thou hast bought a venal master, when thou shalt have bought from him.&#160; Behold the wood fails!&#160; What is due to him?&#160; Art thou not ashamed, O fool, to adore such pictures?&#160; Seek one God who will allow you to live after death.&#160; Depart from such as have become dead in life.