Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume IV/Commodianus/The Instructions of Commodianus/Chapter 32

XXXI.&#8212;To Judges.

Consider the sayings of Solomon, all ye judges; in what way, with one word of his, he disparages you.&#160; How gifts and presents corrupt the judges, thence, thence follows the law.&#160; Ye always love givers; and when there shall be a cause, the unjust cause carries off the victory.&#160; Thus I am innocent; nor do I, a man of no account, accuse you, because Solomon openly raises the blasphemy.&#160; But your god is your belly, and rewards are your laws.&#160; Paul the apostle suggests this, I am not deceitful.