{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Let us therefore serve God with a pure heart, and we\r\nshall be righteous; but if we do not serve Him, because we\r\nbelieve not the promise of God, we shall be miserable. For\r\nthe prophetic word also declares, “Wretched are those of a\r\ndouble mind, and who doubt in their heart, who say, All\r\nthese things have we heard even in the times of our fathers;\r\nbut though we have waited day by day, we have seen none\r\nof them [accomplished]. Ye fools! compare yourselves to a\r\ntree; take, for instance, the vine. First of all it sheds its\r\nleaves, then the bud appears; after that the sour grape, and\r\nthen the fully-ripened fruit. So, likewise, my people have\r\nborne disturbances and afflictions, but afterwards shall they\r\nreceive their good things.”<a id=\"r312\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f312\"><sup>[312]</sup></a> Wherefore, my brethren, let us\r\nnot be of a double mind, but let us hope and endure, that we\r\nalso may obtain the reward. For He is faithful who has\r\npromised that He will bestow on every one a reward according\r\nto his works. If, therefore, we shall do righteousness in\r\nthe sight of God, we shall enter into His kingdom, and shall\r\nreceive the promises, “which ear hath not heard, nor eye\r\nseen, neither have entered into the heart of man.”<a id=\"r313\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f313\"><sup>[313]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE SECOND EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.","THE SECOND EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.","Chap. xi.—We ought to serve God, trusting in His promises."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-115"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b6358c52e1de63be215290d329ad4e3e54c706f3b846446242fadcbdb4f13b99","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-f312","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":"f312","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f312\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r312\">312</a>. </span>The same words occur in Clement’s first epistle, <abbr title=\"chapter\">chap.</abbr> <abbr title=\"twenty-three\">xxiii.</abbr></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f312","text_sha256":"4d7f519548dc0759ecb88c3fcf7f3d58bc4554aba2f43c09a8d1a9945920639f","verified":false,"work_id":null}