Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“But I, the angel of repentance, say to you, Fear not\r\nthe devil; for I was sent,” says he, “to be with you who\r\nrepent with all your heart, and to make you strong in faith.\r\nTrust God,<a id=\"r1688\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1688\"><sup>[1688]</sup></a> then, ye who on account of your sins have despaired\r\nof life, and who add to your sins and weigh down your\r\nlife; for if ye return to the Lord with all your heart, and\r\npractise righteousness the rest of your days,<a id=\"r1689\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1689\"><sup>[1689]</sup></a> and serve Him\r\naccording to His will, He will heal your former sins, and you\r\nwill have power to hold sway over the works of the devil.\r\nBut as to the threats of the devil, fear them not at all, for he\r\nis powerless as the sinews of a dead man. Give ear to me,\r\nthen, and fear Him who has all power, both to save and\r\ndestroy,<a id=\"r1690\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1690\"><sup>[1690]</sup></a> and keep His commandments, and ye will live to\r\nGod.” I say to him, “Sir, I am now made strong in all the\r\nordinances of the Lord, because you are with me; and I\r\nknow that you will crush all the power of the devil, and we\r\nshall have rule over him, and shall prevail against all his\r\nworks. And I hope, sir, to be able to keep all these commandments<a id=\"r1691\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1691\"><sup>[1691]</sup></a>\r\nwhich you have enjoined upon me, the Lord\r\nstrengthening me.” “You will keep them,” says he, “if your\r\nheart be pure towards the Lord; and all will keep them who\r\ncleanse their hearts from the vain desires of this world, and\r\nthey will live to God.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK SECOND.—COMMANDMENTS.","COMMANDMENT TWELFTH. On the twofold desire. The commandments of God can be kept, and believers ought not to fear the devil."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-714"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"6b8c7da75a2dcdfa7996acb0784eda00a2b4a344656312c05aedbab2a85e3f7a","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-f1689","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":"f1689","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1689\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1689\">1689</a>.  </span><i>Practise ... days</i>, omitted in Vat.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1689","text_sha256":"c132cce7e9de21ec114ce6115bebf2d8fe0e9f9313c6e97e569abf8ab72b8aca","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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