Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">12. This point, indeed, is not to be passed by without\r\nnotice, viz. that there are certain passages of Scripture where\r\nthis “body,” as we termed it, <i>i.e.</i> this inferential historical\r\nsense,<a id=\"r900\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f900\"><sup>[900]</sup></a> is not always found, as we shall prove to be the case\r\nin the following pages, but where that which we termed\r\n“soul” or “spirit” can only be understood. And this, I\r\nthink, is indicated in the Gospels, where there are said to\r\nbe placed, according to the manner of purification among\r\nthe Jews, six water-vessels, containing two or three firkins<a id=\"r901\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f901\"><sup>[901]</sup></a>\r\na-piece; by which, as I have said, the language of the\r\nGospel seems to indicate, with respect to those who are\r\nsecretly called by the apostle “Jews,” that they are purified\r\nby the word of Scripture,—receiving indeed sometimes two\r\nfirkins, <i>i.e.</i> the understanding of the “soul” or “spirit,”\r\naccording to our statement as above; sometimes even three\r\n[firkins], when in the reading [of Scripture] the “bodily”\r\nsense, which is the “historical,” may be preserved for the\r\nedification of the people. Now six water-vessels are appropriately\r\nspoken of, with regard to those persons who are purified\r\nby being placed in the world; for we read that in six\r\ndays—which is the perfect number—this world and all things\r\nin it were finished. How great, then, is the utility of this first\r\n“historical” sense which we have mentioned, is attested by the\r\nmultitude of all believers, who believe with adequate faith\r\nand simplicity, and does not need much argument, because\r\nit is openly manifest to all; whereas of that sense which\r\nwe have called above the “soul,” as it were, of Scripture,\r\nthe Apostle Paul has given us numerous examples in the\r\nfirst Epistle to the Corinthians. For we find the expression,\r\n“Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth\r\nout the corn.”<a id=\"r902\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f902\"><sup>[902]</sup></a> And afterwards, when explaining what\r\nprecept ought to be understood by this, he adds the words:\r\n“Doth God take care for oxen? or saith He it altogether\r\nfor our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written;\r\nthat he who plougheth should plough in hope, and he that\r\nthresheth, in hope of partaking.”<a id=\"r903\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f903\"><sup>[903]</sup></a> Very many other passages\r\nalso of this nature, which are in this way explained of\r\nthe law, contribute extensive information to the hearers.</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK IV.","FROM THE LATIN."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-310"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"e33b7c19f432956f0ac684ae5c9f705766dd5d8e331e0a408745466398ac959a","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f901","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":"f901","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f901\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r901\">901</a>.  </span><span lang=\"la\">Metretes.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f901","text_sha256":"5c958e18a32a0c86b2fa864dba40ddc1fd7b99fca481317e5431da7318cf1cfc","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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