Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume V/Cyprian/The Treatises of Cyprian/Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews/Book III/Part 10

10. That we must trust in God only, and in Him we must glory.

In Jeremiah: &#8220;Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the strong man glory in his strength, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understands and knows that I am the Lord, who do mercy, and judgment, and righteousness upon the earth, because in them is my pleasure, saith the Lord.&#8221; Of the same thing in the fifty-fourth Psalm: &#8220;In the Lord have I hoped; I will not fear what man can do unto me.&#8221; Also in the same place:&#160; &#8220;To none but God alone is my soul subjected.&#8221; Also in the cxviith Psalm: &#8220;I will not fear what man can do unto me; the Lord is my helper.&#8221; Also in the same place:&#160; &#8220;It is good to trust in the Lord rather than to trust in man; it is good to hope in the Lord rather than to hope in princes.&#8221; Of this same thing in Daniel: &#8220;But Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, there is no need to answer thee concerning this word. For God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the furnace of burning fire; and He will deliver us from thine hand, O king. And if not, be it known unto thee that we serve not thy gods, and we adore not the golden image which thou hast set up.&#8221; Likewise in Jeremiah:&#160; &#8220;Cursed is the man who hath hope in man; and blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and his hope shall be in God.&#8221; &#160; Concerning this same thing in Deuteronomy: &#8220;Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.&#8221; &#160;Of this same thing to the Romans: &#8220;And they worshipped and served the creature, forsaking the Creator. Wherefore also God gave them up to ignominious passions.&#8221; Of this thing also in John: &#8220;Greater is He who is in you than he who is in this world.&#8221;