Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Fifteen days after, when I had fasted and prayed much\r\nto the Lord, the knowledge of the writing was revealed to\r\nme. Now the writing was to this effect: “Your seed, O\r\nHermas, has sinned against God, and they have blasphemed\r\nagainst<a id=\"r1569\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1569\"><sup>[1569]</sup></a> the Lord, and in their great wickedness they have\r\nbetrayed their parents. And they passed as traitors of their\r\nparents, and by their treachery did they not<a id=\"r1570\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1570\"><sup>[1570]</sup></a> reap profit.\r\nAnd even now they have added to their sins lusts and iniquitous\r\npollutions, and thus their iniquities have been filled up.\r\nBut make known<a id=\"r1571\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1571\"><sup>[1571]</sup></a> these words to all your children, and to\r\nyour wife, who is to be your sister. For she does not<a id=\"r1572\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1572\"><sup>[1572]</sup></a> restrain\r\nher tongue, with which she commits iniquity; but, on\r\nhearing these words, she will control herself, and will obtain\r\nmercy. For after you have made known to them these words\r\nwhich my Lord has commanded me to reveal to you,<a id=\"r1573\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1573\"><sup>[1573]</sup></a> then\r\nshall they be forgiven all the sins which in former times\r\nthey committed, and forgiveness will be granted to all the\r\nsaints who have sinned even to the present day, if they repent\r\nwith all their heart, and drive all doubts from their minds.\r\nFor the Lord has sworn by His glory, in regard to His elect,\r\nthat if any one of them sin after a certain day which has\r\nbeen fixed, he shall not be saved. For the repentance of\r\nthe righteous has limits. Filled up are the days of repentance\r\nto all the saints; but to the heathen, repentance will be\r\npossible even to the last day. You will tell, therefore, those\r\nwho preside over the church, to direct their ways in righteousness,\r\nthat they may receive in full the promises with\r\ngreat glory. Stand stedfast, therefore, ye who work righteousness,\r\nand doubt not,<a id=\"r1574\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1574\"><sup>[1574]</sup></a> that your passage<a id=\"r1575\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1575\"><sup>[1575]</sup></a> may be with the\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_330\">330</span>holy angels. Happy ye who endure the great tribulation\r\nthat is coming on, and happy they who shall not deny their\r\nown life.<a id=\"r1576\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1576\"><sup>[1576]</sup></a> For the Lord hath sworn by His Son, that those\r\nwho denied their Lord have abandoned their life in despair,\r\nfor even now these are to deny Him in the days that are\r\ncoming.<a id=\"r1577\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1577\"><sup>[1577]</sup></a> To those who denied in earlier times, God became<a id=\"r1578\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1578\"><sup>[1578]</sup></a>\r\ngracious, on account of His exceeding tender mercy.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK FIRST.—VISIONS.","VISION SECOND. AGAIN, OF HIS NEGLECT IN CHASTISING HIS TALKATIVE WIFE AND HIS LUSTFUL SONS, AND OF HIS CHARACTER."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-668"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"872fc9678b0ca2fe2d45667453f8facc1158098e17687989bce15882fe959b4a","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-f1569","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":"f1569","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1569\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1569\">1569</a>.  </span><i>God ... against</i>, omitted in Vat.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1569","text_sha256":"84d594ff9c9fd81356edc79dc46e4e34cf9b4817deaf1456c6d40e92b2304476","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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