Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume V/Cyprian/The Treatises of Cyprian/Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews/Book III/Part 66

66. That the discipline of God is to be observed in Church precepts.

In Jeremiah: &#8220;And I will give to you shepherds according to my own heart; and they shall feed the sheep, feeding them with discipline.&#8221; Also in Solomon, in the Proverbs: &#8220;My son neglect not the discipline of God, nor fail when rebuked by Him. For whom God loveth, He rebuketh.&#8221; Also in the second Psalm: &#8220;Keep discipline, lest perchance the Lord should be angry, and ye perish from the right way, when His anger shall burn up quickly against you. Blessed are all they who trust in Him.&#8221; Also in the forty-ninth Psalm: &#8220;But to the sinner saith God, For what dost thou set forth my judgments, and takest my covenant into thy mouth? But thou hatest discipline, and hast cast my words behind thee.&#8221; Also in the Wisdom of Solomon: &#8220;He who casteth away discipline is miserable.&#8221;