Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume IV/Commodianus/The Instructions of Commodianus/Chapter 39

XXXVIII.&#8212;To the Jews.

Evil always, and recalcitrant, with a stiff neck ye wish not that ye should be overcome; thus ye will be heirs.&#160; Isaiah said that ye were of hardened heart.&#160; Ye look upon the law which Moses in wrath dashed to pieces; and the same Lord gave to him a second law.&#160; In that he placed his hope; but ye, half healed, reject it, and therefore ye shall not be worthy of the kingdom of heaven.