Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“Be patient,” said he, “and of good understanding, and\r\nyou will rule over every wicked work, and you will work all\r\nrighteousness. For if you be patient, the Holy Spirit that\r\ndwells in you will be pure. He will not be darkened by\r\nany evil spirit, but, dwelling in a broad region,<a id=\"r1647\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1647\"><sup>[1647]</sup></a> he will\r\nrejoice and be glad; and with the vessel in which he dwells\r\nhe will serve God in gladness, having great peace within\r\nhimself.<a id=\"r1648\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1648\"><sup>[1648]</sup></a> But if any outburst of anger take place, forthwith\r\nthe Holy Spirit, who is tender, is straitened, not\r\nhaving a pure place, and He seeks to depart. For he is\r\nchoked by the vile spirit, and cannot attend on the Lord as\r\nhe wishes, for anger pollutes him. For the Lord dwells in\r\nlong-suffering, but the devil in anger.<a id=\"r1649\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1649\"><sup>[1649]</sup></a> The two spirits,\r\nthen, when dwelling in the same habitation, are at discord\r\nwith each other, and are troublesome to that man in whom\r\nthey dwell. For if an exceedingly small piece of wormwood\r\nbe taken and put into a jar of honey, is not the honey entirely\r\ndestroyed, and does not the exceedingly small piece of wormwood\r\nentirely take away the sweetness of the honey, so that\r\nit no longer affords any gratification to its owner, but has\r\nbecome bitter, and lost its use? But if the wormwood be\r\nnot put into the honey, then the honey remains sweet, and is\r\nof use to its owner. You see, then, that patience is sweeter\r\nthan honey, and useful to God, and the Lord dwells in it.\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_357\">357</span>But anger is bitter and useless. Now, if anger be mingled\r\nwith patience, the patience is polluted,<a id=\"r1650\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1650\"><sup>[1650]</sup></a> and its prayer is not\r\nthen useful to God.” “I should like, sir,” said I, “to know\r\nthe power of anger, that I may guard myself against it.” And\r\nhe said, “If you do not guard yourself against it, you and your\r\nhouse lose all hope of salvation. Guard yourself, therefore,\r\nagainst it. For I am with you, and all will depart from it\r\nwho repent with their whole heart.<a id=\"r1651\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1651\"><sup>[1651]</sup></a> For I will be with them,\r\nand I will save them all. For all are justified by the most\r\nholy angel.”<a id=\"r1652\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1652\"><sup>[1652]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK SECOND.—COMMANDMENTS.","COMMANDMENT FIFTH. Of sadness of heart, and of patience."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-696"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"259fc0c3d712e04aaa3fcaf92271905bf94530887880efd206632916f150905a","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1650","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. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1650","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1650\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1650\">1650</a>.  </span><i>Patience is polluted.</i> The mind is distressed.—<i>Vat.</i>; om. in Pal.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1650","text_sha256":"ea25ae6f4eedf56a8cd8b38e0a32d0544ab816bda9ace96b4753b89a0fca225c","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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