Let US therefore, with all haste, put an end ^ to this [state of things] ; and let us fall down before the Lord, and beseech Him with tears, that He would mercifully ^ be reconciled to us, and restore us to our former seemly and holy practice of brotherly love. For [such conduct] is the gate of righteousness, which is set open for the attainment of life, as it is written, " Open to me the gates of righteousness ; I will go in by them, and will praise the Lord : this is the gate of the Lord : the righteous shall enter in by it." '° Although, therefore, many gates have been set open, yet this gate of righteousness is that gate in Christ by which blessed are all they that have