Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume V/Cyprian/The Treatises of Cyprian/Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews/Book III/Part 80

80. That the devil has no power against man unless God have allowed it.

In the Gospel according to John:&#160; &#8220;Jesus said, Thou couldest have no power against me, unless it were given thee from above.&#8221; Also in the third of Kings:&#160; &#8220;And God stirred up Satan against Solomon himself.&#8221; Also in Job, first of all God permitted, and then it was allowed to the devil; and in the Gospel, the Lord first permitted, by saying to Judas, &#8220;What thou doest, do quickly.&#8221; Also in Solomon, in the Proverbs: &#8220;The heart of the king is in God&#8217;s hand.&#8221;