{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">And after he had finished the explanations of all the\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_404\">404</span>branches, he said to me, “Go and tell them to every one,\r\nthat they may repent, and they shall live unto God. Because\r\nthe Lord, having had compassion on all men, has sent me\r\nto give repentance, although some are not worthy of it on\r\naccount of their works; but the Lord, being long-suffering,\r\ndesires those who were called by His Son to be saved.”<a id=\"r1744\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1744\"><sup>[1744]</sup></a> I\r\nsaid to him, “Sir, I hope that all who have heard them will\r\nrepent; for I am persuaded that each one, on coming to a\r\nknowledge of his own works, and fearing the Lord, will\r\nrepent.” He answered me, and said, “All who with their\r\nwhole heart shall purify themselves from their wickedness\r\nbefore enumerated, and shall add no more to their sins, will\r\nreceive healing from the Lord for their former transgressions,\r\nif they do not hesitate at these commandments; and they will\r\nlive unto God. But do you walk in my commandments, and\r\nlive.” Having shown me these things, and spoken all these\r\nwords, he said to me, “And the rest I will show you after a\r\nfew days.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK THIRD.—SIMILITUDES. SIMILITUDES WHICH HE SPAKE WITH ME.","SIMILITUDE EIGHTH. The sins of the elect and of the penitent are of many kinds, but all will be rewarded according to the measure of their repentance and good works."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-742"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"79774fdd8dce921a257fed892d17cdabad14834c13cbd56ef8a7951eb6e1bc1c","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-f1744","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":"f1744","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1744\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1744\">1744</a>. </span>Literally, “the calling that was made by His Son to be saved.”\r\nThe Vatican renders this, “He wishes to preserve the invitation made\r\nby His Son.” The Pal. has, “wishes to save His church, which belongs\r\nto His Son.” In the text, κλῆσις is taken as = κλητοί.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1744","text_sha256":"18dfed0518d51e45de8c4e0fda8460373386432644638e5d4010e45408bb0063","verified":false,"work_id":null}