Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">The way of light, then, is as follows. If any one desires\r\nto travel to the appointed place, he must be zealous in his\r\nworks. The knowledge, therefore, which is given to us for\r\nthe purpose of walking in this way, is the following. Thou\r\nshalt love Him that created thee:<a id=\"r700\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f700\"><sup>[700]</sup></a> thou shalt glorify Him\r\nthat redeemed thee from death. Thou shalt be simple in\r\nheart, and rich in spirit. Thou shalt not join thyself to\r\nthose who walk in the way of death. Thou shalt hate doing\r\nwhat is unpleasing to God: thou shalt hate all hypocrisy.\r\nThou shalt not forsake the commandments of the Lord. Thou\r\nshalt not exalt thyself, but shalt be of a lowly mind.<a id=\"r701\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f701\"><sup>[701]</sup></a> Thou\r\nshalt not take glory to thyself. Thou shalt not take evil\r\ncounsel against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not allow over-boldness\r\nto enter into thy soul.<a id=\"r702\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f702\"><sup>[702]</sup></a> Thou shalt not commit\r\nfornication: thou shalt not commit adultery: thou shalt not\r\nbe a corrupter of youth. Thou shalt not let the word of God\r\nissue from thy lips with any kind of impurity.<a id=\"r703\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f703\"><sup>[703]</sup></a> Thou shalt\r\nnot accept persons when thou reprovest any one for transgression.\r\nThou shalt be meek: thou shalt be peaceable.\r\nThou shalt tremble at the words which thou hearest.<a id=\"r704\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f704\"><sup>[704]</sup></a> Thou\r\nshalt not be mindful of evil against thy brother. Thou shalt\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_132\">132</span>not be of doubtful mind<a id=\"r705\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f705\"><sup>[705]</sup></a> as to whether a thing shall be or\r\nnot. Thou shalt not take the name<a id=\"r706\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f706\"><sup>[706]</sup></a> of the Lord in vain.\r\nThou shalt love thy neighbour more than thine own soul.<a id=\"r707\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f707\"><sup>[707]</sup></a>\r\nThou shalt not slay the child by procuring abortion; nor,\r\nagain, shalt thou destroy it after it is born. Thou shalt not\r\nwithdraw thy hand from thy son, or from thy daughter, but\r\nfrom their infancy thou shalt teach them the fear of the\r\nLord.<a id=\"r708\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f708\"><sup>[708]</sup></a> Thou shalt not covet what is thy neighbour’s, nor\r\nshalt thou be avaricious. Thou shalt not be joined in soul\r\nwith the haughty, but thou shalt be reckoned with the righteous\r\nand lowly. Receive thou as good things the trials<a id=\"r709\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f709\"><sup>[709]</sup></a>\r\nwhich come upon thee.<a id=\"r710\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f710\"><sup>[710]</sup></a> Thou shalt not be of double mind\r\nor of double tongue,<a id=\"r711\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f711\"><sup>[711]</sup></a> for a double tongue is a snare of death.\r\nThou shalt be subject<a id=\"r712\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f712\"><sup>[712]</sup></a> to the Lord, and to [other] masters\r\nas the image of God, with modesty and fear. Thou shalt\r\nnot issue orders with bitterness to thy maid-servant or thy\r\nman-servant, who trust in the same [God<a id=\"r713\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f713\"><sup>[713]</sup></a>], lest thou shouldst\r\nnot<a id=\"r714\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f714\"><sup>[714]</sup></a> reverence that God who is above both; for He came to\r\ncall men not according to their outward appearance,<a id=\"r715\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f715\"><sup>[715]</sup></a> but\r\naccording as the Spirit had prepared them.<a id=\"r716\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f716\"><sup>[716]</sup></a> Thou shalt communicate\r\nin all things with thy neighbour; thou shalt not\r\ncall<a id=\"r717\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f717\"><sup>[717]</sup></a> things thine own; for if ye are partakers in common of\r\nthings which are incorruptible,<a id=\"r718\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f718\"><sup>[718]</sup></a> how much more [should you\r\nbe] of those things which are corruptible!<a id=\"r719\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f719\"><sup>[719]</sup></a> Thou shalt not\r\nbe hasty with thy tongue, for the mouth is a snare of death.\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_133\">133</span>As far as possible, thou shalt be pure in thy soul. Do not\r\nbe ready to stretch forth thy hands to take, whilst thou contractest\r\nthem to give. Thou shalt love, as the apple of thine\r\neye, every one that speaketh to thee the word of the Lord.\r\nThou shalt remember the day of judgment, night and day.\r\nThou shalt seek out every day the faces of the saints,<a id=\"r720\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f720\"><sup>[720]</sup></a> either\r\nby word examining them, and going to exhort them, and\r\nmeditating how to save a soul by the word,<a id=\"r721\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f721\"><sup>[721]</sup></a> or by thy hands\r\nthou shalt labour for the redemption of thy sins. Thou shalt\r\nnot hesitate to give, nor murmur when thou givest. “Give\r\nto every one that asketh thee,”<a id=\"r722\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f722\"><sup>[722]</sup></a> and thou shalt know who is\r\nthe good Recompenser of the reward. Thou shalt preserve\r\nwhat thou hast received [in charge], neither adding to it nor\r\ntaking from it. To the last thou shalt hate the wicked<a id=\"r723\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f723\"><sup>[723]</sup></a> [one].<a id=\"r724\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f724\"><sup>[724]</sup></a>\r\nThou shalt judge righteously. Thou shalt not make a schism,\r\nbut thou shalt pacify those that contend by bringing them\r\ntogether. Thou shalt confess thy sins. Thou shalt not go\r\nto prayer with an evil conscience. This is the way of light.<a id=\"r725\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f725\"><sup>[725]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS.","THE EPISTLE OF BARNABAS.","Chap. xix.—The way of light."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-184"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"796df573c2202f221741a3ef014adc8512a77033e13c0e2ae45cbfb3f48c8bc8","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-f717","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. 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