{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">The vision which I saw, my brethren, was of the following\r\nnature. Having fasted frequently, and having prayed to\r\nthe Lord that He would show me the revelation which He\r\npromised to show me through that old woman, the same\r\nnight that old woman appeared to me, and said to me, “Since\r\nyou are so anxious and eager to know all things, go into the\r\npart of the country where you tarry; and about the fifth<a id=\"r1587\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1587\"><sup>[1587]</sup></a>\r\nhour I shall appear unto you, and show you all that you\r\nought to see.” I asked her, saying, “Lady, into what part\r\nof the country am I to go?” And she said, “Into any part\r\nyou wish.” Then I chose a spot which was suitable, and\r\nretired. Before, however, I began to speak and to mention\r\nthe place, she said to me, “I will come where you wish.”\r\nAccordingly, I went to the country, and counted the hours,\r\nand reached the place where I had promised to meet her.\r\nAnd I see an ivory seat ready placed, and on it a linen\r\ncushion, and above the linen cushion was spread a covering\r\nof fine linen. Seeing these laid out, and yet no one in the\r\nplace, I began to feel awe, and as it were a trembling seized\r\nhold of me, and my hair stood on end, and as it were a\r\nhorror came upon me when I saw that I was all alone. But\r\non coming back to myself and calling to mind the glory of\r\nGod, I took courage, bent my knees, and again confessed\r\nmy sins to God as I had done before. Whereupon the old\r\nwoman approached, accompanied by six young men whom I\r\nhad also seen before; and she stood behind me, and listened\r\nto me, as I prayed and confessed my sins to the Lord. And\r\ntouching me she said, “Hermas, cease praying continually\r\nfor your sins; pray for righteousness, that you may have a\r\nportion of it immediately in your house.” On this, she took\r\nme up by the hand, and brought me to the seat, and said to\r\nthe young men, “Go and build.” When the young men\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_333\">333</span>had gone and we were alone, she said to me, “Sit here.” I\r\nsay to her, “Lady, permit my elders<a id=\"r1588\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1588\"><sup>[1588]</sup></a> to be seated first.”\r\n“Do what I bid you,” said she; “sit down.” When I\r\nwould have sat down on her right, she did not permit me,\r\nbut with her hand beckoned to me to sit down on the left.\r\nWhile I was thinking about this, and feeling vexed that she\r\ndid not let me sit on the right, she said, “Are you vexed,\r\nHermas? The place to the right is for others who have\r\nalready pleased God, and have suffered for His name’s sake;\r\nand you have yet much to accomplish before you can sit with\r\nthem. But abide as you now do in your simplicity, and you\r\nwill sit with them, and with all who do their deeds and bear\r\nwhat they have borne.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK FIRST.—VISIONS.","VISION THIRD. CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF THE TRIUMPHANT CHURCH, AND THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF REPROBATE MEN."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-671"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"0209166a861d18fcd5effcf3d872a8674ce0d236d253566b4b5faaab46bc3743","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-f1587","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":"f1587","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1587\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1587\">1587</a>. </span><i>Fifth.</i> Sixth.—<i>Vat.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1587","text_sha256":"71dfbe0f19d1d275fea1534d549614057cca4dfa3457fcf543bc26e4fd5e6935","verified":false,"work_id":null}