{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">These things, beloved, we write unto you, not merely to\r\nadmonish you of your duty, but also to remind ourselves.\r\nFor we are struggling on the same arena, and the same conflict\r\nis assigned to both of us. Wherefore let us give up\r\nvain and fruitless cares, and approach to the glorious and\r\nvenerable rule of our holy calling. Let us attend to what is\r\ngood, pleasing, and acceptable in the sight of Him who\r\nformed us. Let us look stedfastly to the blood of Christ,\r\nand see how precious that blood is to God,<a id=\"r33\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f33\"><sup>[33]</sup></a> which, having been\r\nshed for our salvation, has set the grace of repentance before\r\nthe whole world. Let us turn to every age that has passed,\r\nand learn that, from generation to generation, the Lord has\r\ngranted a place of repentance to all such as would be converted\r\nunto Him. Noah preached repentance, and as many\r\nas listened to him were saved.<a id=\"r34\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f34\"><sup>[34]</sup></a> Jonah proclaimed destruction\r\nto the Ninevites;<a id=\"r35\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f35\"><sup>[35]</sup></a> but they, repenting of their sins, propitiated\r\nGod by prayer, and obtained salvation, although they\r\nwere aliens [to the covenant] of God.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.","Chap. vii.—An exhortation to repentance."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-51"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"42244c2a89b874e1e3bd6b2714fe28e9c64667d0c7b66785439cc8ef13a5ff3a","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"1PE","chapter":3,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"1 Pet. iii. 20","verse":20,"verse_end":20},{"book":"2PE","chapter":2,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"2 Pet. ii. 5","verse":5,"verse_end":5}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f34","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":"f34","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f34\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r34\">34</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Genesis\">Gen.</abbr> <abbr title=\"seven\">vii.</abbr>; 1 <abbr title=\"Peter\">Pet.</abbr> <abbr title=\"three\">iii.</abbr> 20; 2 <abbr title=\"Peter\">Pet.</abbr> <abbr title=\"two\">ii.</abbr> 5.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f34","text_sha256":"4057e0733497b085c352a170dc121343cfa2ab2c819e7e5a2a6fdc22ae63d1d3","verified":false,"work_id":null}