Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“Hear, then,” says he, “foolish man, how grief crushes\r\nout the Holy Spirit, and on the other hand saves. When the\r\ndoubting man attempts any deed, and fails in it on account\r\nof his doubt, this grief enters into the man, and grieves the\r\nHoly Spirit, and crushes him out. Then, on the other hand,\r\nwhen anger attaches itself to a man in regard to any matter,\r\nand he is embittered, then grief enters into the heart of the\r\nman who was irritated, and he is grieved at the deed which\r\nhe did, and repents that he has wrought a wicked deed.\r\nThis grief, then, appears to be accompanied by salvation,\r\nbecause the man, after having done a wicked deed, repented.<a id=\"r1670\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1670\"><sup>[1670]</sup></a>\r\nBoth actions grieve the Spirit: doubt, because it did not\r\naccomplish its object; and anger grieves the Spirit, because it\r\ndid what was wicked. Both these are grievous to the Holy\r\nSpirit—doubt and anger. Wherefore remove grief from\r\nyou, and crush not the Holy Spirit which dwells in you, lest\r\nhe entreat God<a id=\"r1671\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1671\"><sup>[1671]</sup></a> against you, and he withdraw from you. For\r\nthe Spirit of God which has been granted to us to dwell in\r\nthis body does not endure grief nor straitness. Wherefore\r\nput on cheerfulness, which always is agreeable and acceptable\r\nto God,<a id=\"r1672\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1672\"><sup>[1672]</sup></a> and rejoice in it. For every cheerful man does\r\nwhat is good, and minds what is good, and despises grief;<a id=\"r1673\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1673\"><sup>[1673]</sup></a>\r\nbut the sorrowful man always acts wickedly. First, he acts\r\nwickedly because he grieves the Holy Spirit, which was given\r\nto man a cheerful Spirit. Secondly, Grieving the Holy Spirit,\r\nhe works iniquity, neither entreating the Lord nor confessing<a id=\"r1674\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1674\"><sup>[1674]</sup></a>\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_367\">367</span>to Him. For the entreaty of the sorrowful man has no\r\npower to ascend to the altar of God.” “Why,” say I, “does\r\nnot the entreaty of the grieved man ascend to the altar?”\r\n“Because,” says he, “grief sits in his heart. Grief, then,\r\nmingled with his entreaty, does not permit the entreaty to\r\nascend pure to the altar of God. For as vinegar and wine,\r\nwhen mixed in the same vessel, do not give the same pleasure\r\n[as wine alone gives], so grief mixed with the Holy Spirit\r\ndoes not produce the same entreaty [as would be produced by\r\nthe Holy Spirit alone]. Cleanse yourself from this wicked\r\ngrief, and you will live to God; and all will live to God who\r\ndrive away grief from them, and put on all cheerfulness.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK SECOND.—COMMANDMENTS.","COMMANDMENT TENTH. Of grief, and not grieving the Spirit of God which is in us."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-706"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"8f3fa8cbcbede395967a22a2b0b8e84613479e8c217f9a65be1e4875d15cab94","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-f1673","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":"f1673","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1673\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1673\">1673</a>.  </span><i>Grief.</i> Injustice.—<i>Vat.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1673","text_sha256":"fa47da8b627c32b3f0e65af00b7b732d5aaaf402eaebdc38a74e766f7fecba33","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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