Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Having obtained good proof that\r\nthy mind is fixed in God as upon\r\nan immoveable rock, I loudly\r\nglorify [His name] that I have\r\nbeen thought worthy to behold thy\r\nblameless face,<a id=\"r1322\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1322\"><sup>[1322]</sup></a> which may I ever\r\nenjoy in God! I entreat thee, by\r\nthe grace with which thou art\r\nclothed, to press forward in thy\r\ncourse, and to exhort all that they\r\nmay be saved. Maintain thy position\r\nwith all care, both in the flesh\r\nand spirit. Have a regard to preserve\r\nunity, than which nothing\r\nis better. Bear with all, even as\r\nthe Lord does with thee. Support<a id=\"r1323\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1323\"><sup>[1323]</sup></a>\r\nall in love, as also thou doest. Give\r\nthyself to prayer without ceasing.<a id=\"r1324\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1324\"><sup>[1324]</sup></a>\r\nImplore additional understanding\r\nto what thou already hast. Be\r\nwatchful, possessing a sleepless\r\nspirit. Speak to every man separately,\r\nas God enables thee.<a id=\"r1325\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1325\"><sup>[1325]</sup></a> Bear\r\nthe infirmities of all, as being a\r\nperfect athlete [in the Christian\r\nlife], even as does the Lord of all.\r\nFor says [the Scripture], “He\r\nHimself took our infirmities, and\r\nbare our sicknesses.”<a id=\"r1326\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1326\"><sup>[1326]</sup></a> Where the\r\nlabour is great, the gain is all the\r\nmore.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP.","Chap. i.—Commendation and exhortation."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-562"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"8c6c1b58a5a81ff67feb35c19302616aa594a64ee0b3bdd2287f9c819332f5ec","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-f1322","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":"f1322","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1322\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1322\">1322</a>.  </span><abbr class=\"spell\"><i>i.e.</i></abbr> to make personal acquaintance with one esteemed so highly.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1322","text_sha256":"bc07b39144c6749b5b06da7200e31585065cd6af1e80c552cc4f31f090fd9f20","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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