Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Take heed, beloved, lest His many kindnesses lead to the\r\ncondemnation of us all. [For thus it must be] unless we\r\nwalk worthy of Him, and with one mind do those things\r\nwhich are good and well-pleasing in His sight. For [the\r\nScripture] saith in a certain place, “The Spirit of the Lord\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_23\">23</span>is a candle searching the secret parts of the belly.”<a id=\"r88\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f88\"><sup>[88]</sup></a> Let\r\nus reflect how near He is, and that none of the thoughts\r\nor reasonings in which we engage are hid from Him. It is\r\nright, therefore, that we should not leave the post which His\r\nwill has assigned us. Let us rather offend those men who\r\nare foolish, and inconsiderate, and lifted up, and who glory in\r\nthe pride of their speech, than [offend] God. Let us reverence\r\nthe Lord Jesus Christ, whose blood was given for us;\r\nlet us esteem those who have the rule over us;<a id=\"r89\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f89\"><sup>[89]</sup></a> let us honour\r\nthe aged<a id=\"r90\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f90\"><sup>[90]</sup></a> among us; let us train up the young men in the\r\nfear of God; let us direct our wives to that which is good.\r\nLet them exhibit the lovely habit of purity [in all their conduct];\r\nlet them show forth the sincere disposition of meekness;\r\nlet them make manifest the command which they have\r\nof their tongue, by their manner<a id=\"r91\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f91\"><sup>[91]</sup></a> of speaking; let them\r\ndisplay their love, not by preferring<a id=\"r92\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f92\"><sup>[92]</sup></a> one to another, but by\r\nshowing equal affection to all that piously fear God. Let\r\nyour children be partakers of true Christian training; let\r\nthem learn of how great avail humility is with God—how\r\nmuch the spirit of pure affection can prevail with Him—how\r\nexcellent and great His fear is, and how it, saves all those\r\nwho walk in<a id=\"r93\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f93\"><sup>[93]</sup></a> it with a pure mind. For He is a Searcher of\r\nthe thoughts and desires [of the heart]: His breath is in us;\r\nand when He pleases, He will take it away.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.","Chap. xxi.—Let us obey God, and not the authors of sedition."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-65"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"a2fbe7caf76df80e9a96349e1120fa76ce4c55d81f129001d68b0e0d419d0950","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-f90","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":"f90","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f90\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r90\">90</a>.  </span>Or, “the presbyters.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f90","text_sha256":"45faca361a657fa640a37b137251d0c9a1a26d0a53d6324a1b9a44776ba78e8e","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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