Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">9. But to those who think they understand the term\r\n“hardened,” we must address the inquiry, What do they\r\nmean by saying that God, by His working, hardens the\r\nheart, and with what purpose does He do this? For let them\r\nobserve the conception<a id=\"r434\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f434\"><sup>[434]</sup></a> of a God who is in reality just and\r\ngood; but if they will not allow this, let it be conceded to\r\nthem for the present that He is just; and let them show how\r\nthe good and just God, or the just God only, appears to be\r\njust, in hardening the heart of him who perishes because of\r\nhis being hardened: and how the just God becomes the\r\ncause of destruction and disobedience, when men are chastened\r\nby Him on account of their hardness and disobedience.\r\nAnd why does He find fault with him, saying, “Thou\r\nwilt not let my people go;”<a id=\"r435\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f435\"><sup>[435]</sup></a>  “Lo, I will smite all the first-born\r\nin Egypt, even thy first-born;”<a id=\"r436\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f436\"><sup>[436]</sup></a> and whatever else is\r\nrecorded as spoken from God to Pharaoh through the intervention\r\nof Moses? For he who believes that the Scriptures\r\nare true, and that God is just, must necessarily endeavour,\r\nif he be honest,<a id=\"r437\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f437\"><sup>[437]</sup></a> to show how God, in using such expressions,\r\nmay be distinctly<a id=\"r438\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f438\"><sup>[438]</sup></a> understood to be just. But if any\r\none should stand, declaring with uncovered head that the\r\nCreator of the world was inclined to wickedness,<a id=\"r439\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f439\"><sup>[439]</sup></a> we should\r\nneed other words to answer them.</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK III.","FROM THE GREEK."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-214"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"226a0eeeaf94a0e7f005fac91cf3877fcb1f7e61fe40f568a4db6816f06a6a49","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f437","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1869 English translation; translator died 1889. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f437","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f437\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r437\">437</a>.  </span><span lang=\"grc\">εὐγνωμονῇ.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f437","text_sha256":"2f3101bd6a91526667ccee82e592ce21813ec08e9bdbc0c3bd87444fb9b3c914","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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