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Chapter XXXIII.—The
Queen of the South and the Men of Nineveh.
“But that indeed in the day of judgment the
doings of those who have known the truth are compared with the good
deeds of those who have been in error, the unlying One Himself has
taught us, saying to those who neglected to come and listen to Him,
‘The queen of the south shall rise up with this generation, and
shall condemn it; because she came from the extremities of the earth to
hear the wisdom of Solomon: and behold, a greater than Solomon is
here,’1136
and ye do not
believe Him. And to those amongst the people who would not repent
at His preaching He said, ‘The men of Nineveh shall rise up with
this generation and shall condemn it, for they heard and repented on
the preaching of Jonas: and behold, a greater is here, and no one
believes.’1137
And thus,
setting over against all their impiety those from among the Gentiles
who have done well, in order to condemn those who, possessing
the true religion, had not acted so well as those who were in error, he
exhorted those having reason not only to do equally with the Gentiles
whatsoever things are excellent, but more than they. And this
speech has been suggested to me, taking occasion from the necessity of
respecting the separation, and of washing after copulation, and of not
denying such purity, though those who are in error do the same, since
those who in error do well, without being saved, are for the
condemnation of those who are in the worship of God, and do ill;
because their respect for purity is through error, and not through the
worship of the true Father and God of all.”
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