{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“I told you,” said he, “that the creatures of God are\r\ndouble, for restraint also is double; for in some cases restraint\r\nhas to be exercised, in others there is no need of restraint.”\r\n“Make known to me, sir,” say I, “in what cases restraint\r\nhas to be exercised, and in what cases it has not.” “Restrain\r\nyourself in regard to evil, and do it not; but exercise no\r\nrestraint in regard to good, but do it. For if you exercise\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_362\">362</span>restraint in the doing of good, you will commit a great sin;<a id=\"r1664\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1664\"><sup>[1664]</sup></a>\r\nbut if you exercise restraint, so as not to do that which is\r\nevil, you are practising great righteousness. Restrain yourself,\r\ntherefore, from all iniquity, and do that which is good.”\r\n“What, sir,” say I, “are the evil deeds from which we must\r\nrestrain ourselves?” “Hear,” says he: “from adultery and\r\nfornication, from unlawful revelling, from wicked luxury,\r\nfrom indulgence in many kinds of food and the extravagance\r\nof riches, and from boastfulness, and haughtiness, and insolence,\r\nand lies, and backbiting, and hypocrisy, from the\r\nremembrance of wrong, and from all slander. These are the\r\ndeeds that are most wicked in the life of men. From all\r\nthese deeds, therefore, the servant of God must restrain\r\nhimself. For he who does not restrain himself from these,\r\ncannot live to God. Listen, then, to the deeds that accompany\r\nthese.” “Are there, sir,” said I, “any other evil\r\ndeeds?” “There are,” says he; “and many of them, too,\r\nfrom which the servant of God must restrain himself—theft,\r\nlying, robbery, false witness, overreaching, wicked lust, deceit,\r\nvainglory, boastfulness, and all other vices like to these.” “Do\r\nyou not think that these are really wicked?” “Exceedingly\r\nwicked in the servants of God. From all of these the servant\r\nof God must restrain himself. Restrain yourself, then,\r\nfrom all these, that you may live to God, and you will be\r\nenrolled amongst those who restrain themselves in regard to\r\nthese matters. These, then, are the things from which you\r\nmust restrain yourself.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK SECOND.—COMMANDMENTS.","COMMANDMENT EIGHTH. We ought to shun that which is evil, and do that which is good."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-702"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"15a510fb53692ae239cc4d7ee40f35f666f501a547f6a37091ee464feaade0f8","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-f1664","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":"f1664","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1664\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1664\">1664</a>. </span><i>For ... sin</i>, om. in Lips.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1664","text_sha256":"c26b9574da3a8e37a515439531a71406b915ea4bd822bec07fa82011699d3180","verified":false,"work_id":null}