{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">8. As, then, there is no doubt that at the day of judgment\r\nthe good will be separated from the bad, and the just from\r\nthe unjust, and all by the sentence of God will be distributed\r\naccording to their deserts throughout those places of\r\nwhich they are worthy, so I am of opinion some such\r\nstate of things was formerly the case, as, God willing, we\r\nshall show in what follows. For God must be believed to\r\ndo and order all things and at all times according to His\r\njudgment. For the words which the apostle uses when he\r\nsays, “In a great house there are not only vessels of gold\r\nand silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to\r\nhonour and some to dishonour;”<a id=\"r315\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f315\"><sup>[315]</sup></a> and those which he adds,\r\nsaying, “If a man purge himself, he will be a vessel unto\r\nhonour, sanctified and meet for the Master’s use, unto every\r\ngood work,”<a id=\"r316\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f316\"><sup>[316]</sup></a> undoubtedly point out this, that he who shall\r\npurge himself when he is in this life, will be prepared for\r\nevery good work in that which is to come; while he who\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_136\">136</span>does not purge himself will be, according to the amount of\r\nhis impurity, a vessel unto dishonour, <i>i.e.</i> unworthy. It is\r\ntherefore possible to understand that there have been also\r\nformerly rational vessels, whether purged or not, <i>i.e.</i> which\r\neither purged themselves or did not do so, and that consequently\r\nevery vessel, according to the measure of its purity\r\nor impurity, received a place, or region, or condition by birth,\r\nor an office to discharge, in this world. All of which, down\r\nto the humblest, God providing for and distinguishing by the\r\npower of His wisdom, arranges all things by His controlling\r\njudgment, according to a most impartial retribution, so far\r\nas each one ought to be assisted or cared for in conformity\r\nwith his deserts. In which certainly every principle of equity\r\nis shown, while the inequality of circumstances preserves the\r\njustice of a retribution according to merit. But the grounds\r\nof the merits in each individual case are only recognised\r\ntruly and clearly by God Himself, along with His only-begotten\r\nWord, and His Wisdom, and the Holy Spirit.</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK II.","CHAPTER IX. ON THE WORLD AND THE MOVEMENTS OF RATIONAL CREATURES, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD; AND ON THE CAUSES OF THEM."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-178"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"693361414560afd146e377565f06a7f955d5de0b75bf3a7b62e35b6fb60689ae","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"2TI","chapter":2,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"2 Tim. ii. 21","verse":21,"verse_end":21}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f316","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 1889. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f316","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f316\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r316\">316</a>. </span>2 <abbr title=\"Timothy\">Tim.</abbr> <abbr title=\"two\">ii.</abbr> 21.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f316","text_sha256":"552b42d0ea956461de18626439e2a827c0a9f98ba7dd206ad779b25b3d81ff33","verified":false,"work_id":null}