{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>“David too, of whom the Lord, testifying, says, ‘I found a man after\r\nmy own heart, David the son of Jesse. With my holy oil I anointed\r\nhim.’<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_604\" id=\"FNanchor_604\">[604]</a> But he also says to God, ‘Pity me, O God, according to Thy\r\nmercy; and according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies, blot out\r\nmy transgression. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse\r\nme from my sin. For I know my transgression, and my sin is ever before\r\nme.’”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_605\" id=\"FNanchor_605\">[605]</a> Then, alluding to sin which is not subject to the law, in\r\nthe exercise of the moderation of true knowledge, he adds, “Against\r\nThee only have I sinned, and done evil in Thy sight.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_606\" id=\"FNanchor_606\">[606]</a> For the\r\nScripture somewhere says, “The Spirit of the Lord is a lamp, searching\r\nthe recesses of the belly.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_607\" id=\"FNanchor_607\">[607]</a> And the more of a Gnostic a man\r\nbecomes by doing right, the nearer is the illuminating Spirit to him.\r\n“Thus the Lord draws near to the<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_189\">[189]</span> righteous, and none of the thoughts\r\nand reasonings of which we are the authors escape Him—I mean the Lord\r\nJesus,” the scrutinizer by His omnipotent will of our heart, “whose\r\nblood was consecrated<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_608\" id=\"FNanchor_608\">[608]</a> for us. Let us therefore respect those who\r\nare over us, and reverence the elders; let us honour the young, and\r\nlet us teach the discipline of God.” For blessed is he who shall do\r\nand teach the Lord’s commands worthily; and he is of a magnanimous\r\nmind, and of a mind contemplative of truth. “Let us direct our wives to\r\nwhat is good; let them exhibit,” says he, “the lovable disposition of\r\nchastity; let them show the guileless will of their meekness; let them\r\nmanifest the gentleness of their tongue by silence; let them give their\r\nlove not according to their inclinations, but equal love in sanctity\r\nto all that fear God. Let our children share in the discipline that is\r\nin Christ; let them learn what humility avails before God; what is the\r\npower of holy love before God, how lovely and great is the fear of the\r\nLord, saving all that walk in it holily, with a pure heart: for He is\r\nthe Searcher of the thoughts and sentiments, whose breath is in us, and\r\nwhen He wills He will take it away.”</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK IV.","CHAPTER XVII. PASSAGES FROM CLEMENT’S EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS ON MARTYRDOM."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_608","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-235"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"eafc43fabc343c96d30a799c5d6335177b9b3eaa122ad58805f4915460b5880a","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg73020-Footnote_608","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_608","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_608\" id=\"Footnote_608\">[608]</a> ἡγιάσθη. Clemens Romanus has ἐδόθη.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_608","text_sha256":"de445f9c6d8cf33fd94c8309532bfead94b567675944e99a010edc0478cd124a","verified":false,"work_id":null}