{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">The all-merciful and beneficent Father has bowels [of\r\ncompassion] towards those that fear Him, and kindly and\r\nlovingly bestows His favours upon those who come to Him\r\nwith a simple mind. Wherefore let us not be double-minded;\r\nneither let our soul be lifted<a id=\"r96\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f96\"><sup>[96]</sup></a> up on account of His exceedingly\r\ngreat and glorious gifts. Far from us be that which is\r\nwritten, “Wretched are they who are of a double mind, and\r\nof a doubting heart; who say, These things we have heard\r\neven in the times of our fathers; but, behold, we have grown\r\nold, and none of them has happened unto us.”<a id=\"r97\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f97\"><sup>[97]</sup></a> Ye foolish\r\nones! compare yourselves to a tree: take [for instance] the\r\nvine. First of all, it sheds its leaves, then it buds, next it\r\nputs forth leaves, and then it flowers; after that comes\r\nthe sour grape, and then follows the ripened fruit. Ye\r\nperceive how in a little time the fruit of a tree comes to\r\nmaturity. Of a truth, soon and suddenly shall His will be\r\naccomplished, as the Scripture also bears witness, saying,\r\n“Speedily will He come, and will not tarry;”<a id=\"r98\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f98\"><sup>[98]</sup></a> and, “The\r\nLord shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Holy One,\r\nfor whom ye look.”<a id=\"r99\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f99\"><sup>[99]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.","Chap. xxiii.—Be humble, and believe that Christ will come again."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-67"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"202a5223f6ed3ec9fe38222b948448824bd9b90b5e6d7e4d4f360bffd16b773b","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-f99","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":"f99","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f99\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r99\">99</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Malachi\">Mal.</abbr> <abbr title=\"three\">iii.</abbr> 1.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f99","text_sha256":"70f0b437049fbd61ecb26df2c45bf8671bf31c5d122d7fb09b1f564c7f2ace2a","verified":false,"work_id":null}