{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>He, then, who from among the Gentiles and from that old life has\r\nbetaken himself to faith, has obtained forgiveness of sins once. But\r\nhe who has sinned after this, on his repentance, though he obtain\r\npardon, ought to fear, as one no longer washed to the forgiveness of\r\nsins. For not only must the idols which he formerly held as gods, but\r\nthe works also of his former life, be abandoned by him who has been\r\n“born again, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_120\" id=\"FNanchor_120\">[120]</a> but in\r\nthe Spirit; which consists in repenting by not giving way to the same\r\nfault. For frequent repentance and readiness to change easily from\r\nwant of training, is the practice of sin again. The frequent asking\r\nof forgiveness, then, for those things in which we often transgress,\r\nis the semblance of repentance, not repentance itself. “But the\r\nrighteousness of the blameless cuts straight paths,”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_121\" id=\"FNanchor_121\">[121]</a> says the\r\nScripture. And again, “The righteousness of the innocent will make his\r\nway right.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_122\" id=\"FNanchor_122\">[122]</a> Nay, “as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord\r\npitieth them that fear Him.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_123\" id=\"FNanchor_123\">[123]</a> David writes, “They who sow,” then,\r\n“in tears, shall<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_37\">[37]</span> reap in joy;”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_124\" id=\"FNanchor_124\">[124]</a> those, namely, who confess in\r\npenitence. “For blessed are all those that fear the Lord.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_125\" id=\"FNanchor_125\">[125]</a> You\r\nsee the corresponding blessing in the gospel. “Fear not,” it is said,\r\n“when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased:\r\nbecause when he dieth he shall leave all, and his glory shall not\r\ndescend after him.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_126\" id=\"FNanchor_126\">[126]</a> “But I in Thy mercy will enter into Thy house.\r\nI will worship toward Thy holy temple, in Thy fear: Lord, lead me in\r\nThy righteousness.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_127\" id=\"FNanchor_127\">[127]</a> Appetite is then the movement of the mind to\r\nor from something.<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_128\" id=\"FNanchor_128\">[128]</a> Passion is an excessive appetite exceeding the\r\nmeasures of reason, or appetite unbridled and disobedient to the word.\r\nPassions, then, are a perturbation of the soul contrary to nature, in\r\ndisobedience to reason. But revolt and distraction and disobedience are\r\nin our own power, as obedience is in our power. Wherefore voluntary\r\nactions are judged. But should one examine each one of the passions, he\r\nwill find them irrational impulses.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK II.","CHAPTER XIII. ON FIRST AND SECOND REPENTANCE."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_123","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-64"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"0b4f5bb3031ed1500f618339d0226ce281369ff3954164e880f9bedd54911895","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"PSA","chapter":103,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Ps. ciii. 13","verse":13,"verse_end":13}],"headings":[],"id":"pg73020-Footnote_123","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. Existing 1869 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_123","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_123\" id=\"Footnote_123\">[123]</a> Ps. ciii. 13.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_123","text_sha256":"b14198a0832278ffc043af521bb378bfd9495ce3d8e3ab55ed99bb82b40de2f4","verified":false,"work_id":null}