{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>But, above all, it seems right that we turn away from the sight of\r\nwomen. For it is sin not only to touch, but to look; and he who is\r\nrightly trained must especially avoid them. “Let thine eyes look\r\nstraight, and thine eyelids wink right.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_751\" id=\"FNanchor_751\">[751]</a> For while it is possible\r\nfor one who looks to remain stedfast; yet care must be taken against\r\nfalling. For it is possible for one who looks to slip; but it is\r\nimpossible for one, who looks not, to lust. For it is not enough for\r\nthe chaste to be pure; but they must give all diligence, to be beyond\r\nthe range<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_331\">[331]</span> of censure, shutting out all ground of suspicion, in order\r\nto the consummation of chastity; so that we may not only be faithful,\r\nbut appear worthy of trust. For this is also consequently to be guarded\r\nagainst, as the apostle says, “that no man should blame us; providing\r\nthings honourable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the\r\nsight of men.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_752\" id=\"FNanchor_752\">[752]</a> “But turn away thine eye from a graceful woman,\r\nand contemplate not another’s beauty,” says the Scripture.<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_753\" id=\"FNanchor_753\">[753]</a> And if\r\nyou inquire the reason, it will further tell you, “For by the beauty\r\nof woman many have gone astray, and at it affection blazes up like\r\nfire;”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_754\" id=\"FNanchor_754\">[754]</a> the affection which arises from the fire which we call\r\nlove, leading to the fire which will never cease in consequence of sin.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","THE INSTRUCTOR.","BOOK III.","CHAPTER XI. A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_754","paragraph_id":"pg71937-paragraph-614"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"9fb241961b7e0715161b3dc2a42556535c04e08095d5f3baf0c6881c3b25e829","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1867,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"SIR","chapter":9,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Ecclus. ix. 8","verse":8,"verse_end":8}],"headings":[],"id":"pg71937-Footnote_754","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. Existing 1867 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_754","source_ebook":71937,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_754\" id=\"Footnote_754\">[754]</a> Ecclus. ix. 8.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"8e5c5bc39922dbad2626ac7651c2eb2e3d94cdcbd721f781e9792143ebb1cd03","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/71937/pg71937-images.html#Footnote_754","text_sha256":"cc66ab1bd6c95ac1a33db9e91145be67033220c59d7b8ee446ba56500647a4c4","verified":false,"work_id":null}