{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>“For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, and the way of the\r\nungodly shall perish.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_761\" id=\"FNanchor_761\">[761]</a> “Follow, therefore, O son, the good way\r\nwhich I shall describe, lending to me attentive ears.” “And I will\r\ngive to thee the treasures of darkness, hidden and unseen”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_762\" id=\"FNanchor_762\">[762]</a> by the\r\nnations, but seen by us. And the treasures of wisdom are unfailing,\r\nin admiration of which the apostle says, “O the depth of the riches\r\nand the wisdom!”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_763\" id=\"FNanchor_763\">[763]</a> And by one God are many treasures dispensed;\r\nsome disclosed by the law, others by the prophets; some to the divine\r\nmouth, and others to the heptad of the spirit singing accordant. And\r\nthe Lord being one, is the same Instructor by all these. Here is then a\r\ncomprehensive precept, and an exhortation of life, all-embracing: “As\r\nye would that men should do unto you, do ye likewise to them.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_764\" id=\"FNanchor_764\">[764]</a>\r\nWe may comprehend the commandments in two, as the Lord says, “Thou\r\nshalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and\r\nwith all thy strength; and thy neighbour as thyself.” Then from these\r\nHe infers, “on this hang the law and the prophets.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_765\" id=\"FNanchor_765\">[765]</a> Further,\r\nto him that asked, “What good thing shall I do, that I may inherit\r\neternal life?” He answered, “Thou knowest the commandments?” And on him\r\nreplying Yea, He said, “This do, and thou shalt be saved.” Especially\r\nconspicuous is the love of the Instructor set forth in various salutary\r\ncommandments, in order that the discovery may be readier, from the\r\nabundance and arrangement of the Scriptures. We have the Decalogue\r\ngiven by Moses, which, indicating by an elementary principle, simple\r\nand of one kind, defines the designation of sins in a way conducive\r\nto salvation: “Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not worship\r\nidols. Thou shalt not corrupt boys. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt\r\nnot bear false witness. Honour thy father and thy mother.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_766\" id=\"FNanchor_766\">[766]</a> And\r\nso forth. These things are to<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_335\">[335]</span> be observed, and whatever else is\r\ncommanded in reading the Bible. And He enjoins on us by Isaiah: “Wash\r\nyou, and make you clean. Put away iniquities from your souls before\r\nmine eyes. Learn to do well. Seek judgment. Deliver the wronged. Judge\r\nfor the orphan, and justify the widow. And come, and let us reason\r\ntogether, saith the Lord.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_767\" id=\"FNanchor_767\">[767]</a> And we shall find many examples also\r\nin other places,—as, for instance, respecting prayer: “Good works are\r\nan acceptable prayer to the Lord,” says the Scripture.<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_768\" id=\"FNanchor_768\">[768]</a> And the\r\nmanner of prayer is described. “If thou seest,” it is said, “the naked,\r\ncover him; and thou shalt not overlook those who belong to thy seed.\r\nThen shall thy light spring forth early, and thy healing shall spring\r\nup quickly; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory\r\nof God shall encompass thee.” What, then, is the fruit of such prayer?\r\n“Then shalt thou call, and God will hear thee; whilst thou art yet\r\nspeaking, He will say, I am here.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_769\" id=\"FNanchor_769\">[769]</a></p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","THE INSTRUCTOR.","BOOK III.","CHAPTER XII. 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