{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">If, then, those who were conversant\r\nwith the ancient Scriptures\r\ncame to newness of hope,\r\nexpecting the coming of Christ, as\r\nthe Lord teaches us when He says,\r\n“If ye had believed Moses, ye\r\nwould have believed me, for he\r\nwrote of me;”<a id=\"r943\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f943\"><sup>[943]</sup></a> and again, “Your\r\nfather Abraham rejoiced to see\r\nmy day, and he saw it, and was\r\nglad; for before Abraham was, I\r\nam;”<a id=\"r944\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f944\"><sup>[944]</sup></a> how shall we be able to live\r\nwithout Him? The prophets\r\nwere His servants, and foresaw\r\nHim by the Spirit, and waited for\r\nHim as their Teacher, and expected\r\nHim as their Lord and\r\nSaviour, saying, “He will come\r\nand save us.”<a id=\"r945\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f945\"><sup>[945]</sup></a> Let us therefore\r\nno longer keep the Sabbath after\r\nthe Jewish manner, and rejoice in\r\ndays of idleness; for “he that does\r\nnot work, let him not eat.”<a id=\"r946\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f946\"><sup>[946]</sup></a> For\r\nsay the [holy] oracles, “In the\r\nsweat of thy face shalt thou eat\r\nthy bread.”<a id=\"r947\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f947\"><sup>[947]</sup></a> But let every one\r\nof you keep the Sabbath after a\r\nspiritual manner, rejoicing in\r\nmeditation on the law, not in relaxation\r\nof the body, admiring the\r\nworkmanship of God, and not\r\neating things prepared the day\r\nbefore, nor using lukewarm drinks,\r\nand walking within a prescribed\r\nspace, nor finding delight in dancing\r\nand plaudits which have no\r\nsense in them.<a id=\"r948\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f948\"><sup>[948]</sup></a> And after the\r\nobservance of the Sabbath, let\r\nevery friend of Christ keep the\r\nLord’s day as a festival, the resurrection-day,\r\nthe queen and chief\r\nof all the days [of the week].\r\nLooking forward to this, the prophet\r\ndeclared, “To the end, for\r\nthe eighth day,”<a id=\"r949\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f949\"><sup>[949]</sup></a> on which our\r\nlife both sprang up again, and the\r\nvictory over death was obtained\r\nin Christ, whom the children of\r\nperdition, the enemies of the Saviour,\r\ndeny, “whose god is their\r\nbelly, who mind earthly things,”<a id=\"r950\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f950\"><sup>[950]</sup></a>\r\nwho are “lovers of pleasure, and\r\nnot lovers of God, having a form\r\nof godliness, but denying the\r\npower thereof.”<a id=\"r951\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f951\"><sup>[951]</sup></a> These make\r\nmerchandise of Christ, corrupting\r\nHis word, and giving up Jesus to\r\nsale: they are corrupters of women,\r\nand covetous of other men’s possessions,\r\nswallowing up wealth<a id=\"r952\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f952\"><sup>[952]</sup></a>\r\ninsatiably; from whom may ye\r\nbe delivered by the mercy of\r\nGod through our Lord Jesus\r\nChrist!</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS. (SHORTER AND LONGER.)","THE EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE MAGNESIANS.","Chap. ix.—Let us live with Christ."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-326"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b00e369486dda1055ad2c26ed6fb97c373d242fe268dad7a80618a3201f18fbf","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"2TH","chapter":3,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"2 Thess. iii. 10","verse":10,"verse_end":10}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f946","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":"f946","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f946\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r946\">946</a>. </span>2 <abbr title=\"Thessalonians\">Thess.</abbr> <abbr title=\"three\">iii.</abbr> 10.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f946","text_sha256":"83a79ae96896aa9ba3d9de304a86cf1930eb3b6ffb6de3b28edd06dbcce874c6","verified":false,"work_id":null}