Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“Hear now,” said he, “how wicked is the action of anger,\r\nand in what way it overthrows the servants of God by its\r\naction, and turns them from righteousness. But it does not\r\nturn away those who are full of faith, nor does it act on\r\nthem, for the power of the Lord is with them. It is the\r\nthoughtless and doubting that it turns away.<a id=\"r1653\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1653\"><sup>[1653]</sup></a> For as soon\r\nas it sees such men standing stedfast, it throws itself into\r\ntheir hearts, and for nothing at all the man or woman becomes\r\nembittered on account of occurrences in their daily life, as for\r\ninstance on account of their food, or some superfluous word\r\nthat has been uttered, or on account of some friend, or some\r\ngift or debt, or some such senseless affair. For all these things\r\nare foolish and empty and unprofitable to the servants of God.\r\nBut patience is great, and mighty, and strong, and calm in the\r\nmidst of great enlargement, joyful, rejoicing, free from care,\r\nglorifying God at all times, having no bitterness in her, and\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_358\">358</span>abiding continually meek and quiet. Now this patience\r\ndwells with those who have complete faith. But anger is\r\nfoolish, and fickle, and senseless. Now, of folly is begotten\r\nbitterness, and of bitterness anger, and of anger frenzy.\r\nThis frenzy, the product of so many evils, ends in great\r\nand incurable sin. For when all these spirits dwell in one\r\nvessel in which the Holy Spirit also dwells, the vessel cannot\r\ncontain them, but overflows. The tender Spirit, then, not\r\nbeing accustomed to dwell with the wicked spirit, nor with\r\nhardness, withdraws from such a man, and seeks to dwell\r\nwith meekness and peacefulness. Then, when he withdraws\r\nfrom the man in whom he dwelt, the man is emptied of the\r\nrighteous Spirit; and being henceforward filled with evil\r\nspirits, he is in a state of anarchy in every action, being\r\ndragged hither and thither by the evil spirits, and there is\r\na complete darkness in his mind as to everything good.\r\nThis, then, is what happens to all the angry. Wherefore do\r\nyou depart from that most wicked spirit anger, and put on\r\npatience, and resist anger and bitterness, and you will be found\r\nin company with the purity which is loved by the Lord.<a id=\"r1654\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1654\"><sup>[1654]</sup></a>\r\nTake care, then, that you neglect not by any chance this commandment:\r\nfor if you obey this commandment, you will be able\r\nto keep all the other commandments which I am to give you.\r\nBe strong, then, in these commandments, and put on power,\r\nand let all put on power, as many as wish to walk in them.”<a id=\"r1655\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1655\"><sup>[1655]</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-697"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"252b52d569074211b6f676069edf6a3ea7cb675cc24bfbdb2763e91f25147951","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-f1654","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":"f1654","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1654\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1654\">1654</a>.  </span><i>You ... Lord.</i> You will be found by God in the company of purity\r\nand chastity.—<i>Vat.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1654","text_sha256":"205b5944ad0d0207893b102b5014ee45a3ddb91e682aa2cc152f24d6fe9b0154","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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