Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“Hear now,” said he, “in regard to faith. There are two\r\nangels with a man—one of righteousness, and the other of\r\niniquity.” And I said to him, “How, sir, am I to know the\r\npowers of these, for both angels dwell with me?” “Hear,”\r\nsaid he, “and understand them. The angel of righteousness\r\nis gentle and modest, meek and peaceful. When, therefore,\r\nhe ascends into your heart, forthwith he talks to you of\r\nrighteousness, purity, chastity, contentment, and of every\r\nrighteous deed and glorious virtue. When all these ascend\r\ninto your heart,<a id=\"r1656\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1656\"><sup>[1656]</sup></a> know that the angel of righteousness is with\r\nyou. These are the deeds of the angel of righteousness.\r\nTrust him, then, and his works. Look now at the works of\r\nthe angel of iniquity. First, he is wrathful, and bitter, and\r\nfoolish, and his works are evil, and ruin the servants of God.\r\nWhen, then, he ascends into your heart, know him by his\r\nworks.” And I said to him, “How, sir, I shall perceive him,\r\nI do not know.” “Hear and understand,” said he. “When\r\nanger comes upon you, or harshness, know that he is in\r\nyou; and you will know this to be the case also, when you\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_360\">360</span>are attacked by a longing after many transactions,<a id=\"r1657\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1657\"><sup>[1657]</sup></a> and the\r\nrichest delicacies, and drunken revels, and divers luxuries,\r\nand things improper, and by a hankering after women, and\r\nby overreaching, and pride, and blustering, and by whatever\r\nis like to these. When these ascend into your heart, know\r\nthat the angel of iniquity is in you. Now that you know his\r\nworks, depart from him, and in no respect trust him, because\r\nhis deeds are evil, and unprofitable to the servants of God.\r\nThese, then, are the actions of both angels. Understand\r\nthem, and trust the angel of righteousness; but depart from\r\nthe angel of iniquity, because his instruction is bad in every\r\ndeed.<a id=\"r1658\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1658\"><sup>[1658]</sup></a> For though a man be most faithful,<a id=\"r1659\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1659\"><sup>[1659]</sup></a> and the thought\r\nof this angel ascend into his heart, that man or woman\r\nmust sin. On the other hand, be a man or woman ever so\r\nbad, yet, if the works of the angel of righteousness ascend\r\ninto his or her heart, he or she must do something good.\r\nYou see, therefore, that it is good to follow the angel of\r\nrighteousness, but to bid farewell<a id=\"r1660\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1660\"><sup>[1660]</sup></a> to the angel of iniquity.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK SECOND.—COMMANDMENTS.","COMMANDMENT SIXTH. How to recognise the two spirits attendant on each man, and how to distinguish the suggestions of the one from those of the other."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-699"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b89d534b48bc8b8363e45ac20e0f454890351f6357257f74eb7d9aa82aa66dc7","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-f1660","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":"f1660","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1660\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1660\">1660</a>.  </span><i>But to bid farewell.</i> The Vat. ends quite differently from this point:\r\nIf, then, you follow him, and trust to his works, you will live to God;\r\nand they who trust to his works will live to God.—<i>Vat.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1660","text_sha256":"cc992a2a74e016d80ff70f59ec0da679c3575b74a0aba4e4680a520853f3555d","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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