Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume V/Cyprian/The Treatises of Cyprian/Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews/Book III/Part 79

79.&#160; That innocency asks with confidence, and obtains.

In the Epistle of John: &#8220;If our heart blame us not, we have confidence towards God; and whatever we ask, we shall receive from Him.&#8221; Also in the Gospel according to Matthew: &#8220;Blessed are they of a pure heart, for they shall see God.&#8221; Also in the twenty-third Psalm: &#8220;Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in His holy place? The innocent in hands and of a pure heart.&#8221;