Jeremiah 4:3

Tertullian

• Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 3

  “…people; while the prophet Jeremiah says, “Make a renewal for you, and sow not in thorns; be circumcised to God, and circumcise the foreskin of your heart:” and in another place he says, “Behold, days shall come, saith the Lord, and I will draw up, for the house of Judah and for the house of Jacob, a new testament;…” — editor's note: Jer. iv. 3, 4. In Eng. ver., “break up your fallow ground;” but comp. de Pu. c. vi. ad init.

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• Tertullian, On Modesty Chapter 6

  “…out your hand after the old things, not to look backwards: for “the old things are passed away,” according to Isaiah; and “a renewing hath been renewed,” according to Jeremiah; and “forgetful of former things, we are reaching forward,” according to the apostle; and “the law and the prophets (were) until John,”…” — editor's note: Comp. Jer. iv. 3 in LXX.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.1Book IV

  “So by Jeremiah: “Break up for yourselves new pastures, and sow not among thorns, and circumcise yourselves in the foreskin of your heart.”” — editor's note: Altered version of Jer. iv. 3, 4.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.11Book IV

  “When by Jeremiah He gave this precept, “Break up for yourselves new pastures,” does He not turn away from the old state of things?” — editor's note: Jer. iv. 3.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.18Book V

  “…who, while predicting that “old things were to pass away,” and that He would “make all things new,” commanded men “to break up fresh ground for themselves,” and thereby taught them even then to put off the old man and put on the new.” — editor's note: Jer. iv. 3. This and the passage of Isaiah just quoted are also cited together above, book iv. chap. i. and ii. p. 345.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences I–X IV.19Conference IV

  “…worldly men: as we thus read: “Thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.”” — editor's note: Jerem. iv. 3.

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Justin Martyr

• Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 28

  “Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and circumcise the foreskin of your heart.’” — editor's note: Jer. iv. 3.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

• Athanasius of Alexandria, Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.3Festal Letters

  “For he who tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but the paths of the slothful are strewn with thorns;’ so that the Spirit forewarns a man not to fall into them, saying, ‘Break up your fallow ground, sow not among thorns.’” — editor's note: 1 Tim. iv. 14; Prov. xii. 11; Ib. xv. 19; Jer. iv. 3.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 11

  “Since then these things are so, and we have broken up for ourselves the fallows of Divinity, so as not to sow upon thorns, and have made plain the face of the ground, being moulded and moulding others by Holy Scripture…let us now enter upon…” — editor's note: Jerem. iv. 3.

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• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 19

  “But when, having guarded our soul with every care, and having appointed goings up in our heart, and broken up our fallow ground, and sown unto righteousness, as David and Solomon and Jeremiah bid us, let us enlighten ourselves with the light of knowledge, and then let us speak of the…” — editor's note: Jer. iv. 3.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.9Book I

  “In Jeremiah: “Thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah, and to them who inhabit Jerusalem, Renew newness among you, and do not sow among thorns: circumcise yourselves to your God, and circumcise the foreskin of your heart; lest my anger go forth like fire, and burn you up, and there be none to extinguish it.”” — editor's note: Jer. iv. 3, 4.

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• Jeremiah 9:25

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 28.

• Malachi 1:10

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 28.

• 1 Corinthians 2:14

  Cited together in Conferences I–X IV.19.

• 1 Corinthians 2:15

  Cited together in Conferences I–X IV.19.

• 1 Corinthians 3:2

  Cited together in Conferences I–X IV.19.

• 1 Corinthians 3:3

  Cited together in Conferences I–X IV.19.

• Galatians 6:1

  Cited together in Conferences I–X IV.19.

• Colossians 2:11

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.9.

• Revelation 3:15

  Cited together in Conferences I–X IV.19.

• Deuteronomy 30:6

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.9.

• Joshua 5:2

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.9.

• Psalm 18:43

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 28.