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Cyprian - Against the Jews - Book III

That those are more severely judged, who in this world have had more power.

112. That those are more severely judged, who in this world have had more power.

In Solomon: "The hardest judgment shall be made on those who govern. For to a mean man mercy is granted; but the powerful shall suffer torments mightily." [4616] Also in the second Psalm: "And now, ye kings, understand; be amended, ye who judge the earth." [4617]