{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">After a few days I saw him in the same plain where I\r\nhad also seen the shepherds; and he said to me, “What do\r\nyou wish with me?” I said to him, “Sir, that you would\r\norder the shepherd who punishes to depart out of my house,\r\nbecause he afflicts me exceedingly.” “It is necessary,” he\r\nreplied, “that you be afflicted; for thus,” he continued, “did\r\nthe glorious angel command concerning you, as he wishes\r\nyou to be tried.” “What have I done which is so bad, sir,”\r\nI replied, “that I should be delivered over to this angel?”\r\n“Listen,” he said: “Your sins are many, but not so great as\r\nto require that <i>you</i> be delivered over to this angel; but your\r\nhousehold has committed great iniquities and sins, and the\r\nglorious angel has been incensed at them on account of their\r\ndeeds; and for this reason he commanded you to be afflicted for\r\na certain time, that they also might repent, and purify themselves\r\nfrom every desire of this world. When, therefore, they\r\nrepent and are purified, then the angel of punishment will\r\ndepart.” I said to him, “Sir, if they have done such things\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_394\">394</span>as to incense the glorious angel against them, yet what have\r\nI done?” He replied, “They cannot be afflicted at all,\r\nunless you, the head of the house, be afflicted: for when you\r\nare afflicted, of necessity they also suffer affliction; but if\r\nyou are in comfort, they can feel no affliction.” “Well, sir,”\r\nI said, “they have repented with their whole heart.” “I know,\r\ntoo,” he answered, “that they have repented with their whole\r\nheart: do you think, however, that the sins of those who repent\r\nare remitted?<a id=\"r1729\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1729\"><sup>[1729]</sup></a> Not altogether, but he who repents must\r\ntorture his own soul, and be exceedingly humble in all his\r\nconduct, and be afflicted with many kinds of affliction; and if\r\nhe endure the afflictions that come upon him, He who created\r\nall things, and endued them with power, will assuredly have\r\ncompassion, and will heal him; and this will He do when He\r\nsees the heart of every penitent pure from every evil thing:<a id=\"r1730\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1730\"><sup>[1730]</sup></a> and\r\nit is profitable for you and for your house to suffer affliction\r\nnow. But why should I say much to you? You must be\r\nafflicted, as that angel of the Lord commanded who delivered\r\nyou to me. And for this give thanks to the Lord, because\r\nHe has deemed you worthy of showing you beforehand this\r\naffliction, that, knowing it before it comes, you may be able to\r\nbear it with courage.”<a id=\"r1731\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1731\"><sup>[1731]</sup></a> I said to him, “Sir, be thou with me,\r\nand I will be able to bear all affliction.” “I will be with you,”\r\nhe said, “and I will ask the angel of punishment to afflict you\r\nmore lightly; nevertheless, you will be afflicted for a little time,\r\nand again you will be re-established in your house. Only continue\r\nhumble, and serve the Lord in all purity of heart, you\r\nand your children, and your house, and walk in my commands\r\nwhich I enjoin upon you, and your repentance will be deep and\r\npure; and if you observe these things with your household,\r\nevery affliction will depart from you. And affliction,” he added,\r\n“will depart from all who walk in these my commandments.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK THIRD.—SIMILITUDES. SIMILITUDES WHICH HE SPAKE WITH ME.","SIMILITUDE SEVENTH. 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