{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">The true God, however, neither employs irrational animals,\r\nnor any individuals whom chance may offer,<a id=\"r829\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f829\"><sup>[829]</sup></a> to convey a\r\nknowledge of the future; but, on the contrary, the most pure\r\nand holy of human souls, whom He inspires and endows with\r\nprophetic power. And therefore, whatever else in the Mosaic\r\nwritings may excite our wonder, the following must be considered\r\nas fitted to do so: “Ye shall not practise augury, nor\r\nobserve the flight of birds;”<a id=\"r830\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f830\"><sup>[830]</sup></a> and in another place: “For the\r\nnations whom the Lord thy God will destroy from before thy\r\nface, shall listen to omens and divinations; but as for thee, the\r\nLord thy God has not suffered thee to do so.”<a id=\"r831\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f831\"><sup>[831]</sup></a> And he adds:\r\n“A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you from\r\namong your brethren.”<a id=\"r832\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f832\"><sup>[832]</sup></a> On one occasion, moreover, God,\r\nwishing by means of an augur to turn away [His people] from\r\nthe practice of divination, caused the spirit that was in the\r\naugur to speak as follows: “For there is no enchantment in\r\nJacob, nor is there divination in Israel. In due time will it be\r\ndeclared to Jacob and Israel what the Lord will do.”<a id=\"r833\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f833\"><sup>[833]</sup></a> And\r\nnow, we who knew these and similar sayings wish to observe\r\nthis precept with the mystical meaning, viz. “Keep thy heart\r\nwith all diligence,”<a id=\"r834\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f834\"><sup>[834]</sup></a> that nothing of a demoniacal nature may\r\nenter into our minds, or any spirit of our adversaries turn our\r\nimagination whither it chooses. But we pray that the light of\r\nthe knowledge of the glory of God may shine in our hearts,\r\nand that the Spirit of God may dwell in our imaginations, and\r\nlead them to contemplate the things of God; for “as many as\r\nare led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”<a id=\"r835\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f835\"><sup>[835]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK IV.","Chapter XCV."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-323"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"428a1d28e45dfdb39bc324496bd7984f4eab564580d1f0deb63be5e7d949277a","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f829","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 1872 English edition; listed translators died 1889 and 1872. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f829","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f829\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r829\">829</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">οὔτε τοῖς τυχοῦσι τῶν ἀνθρώπων.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f829","text_sha256":"f86bcd21a0f1f30b24216a23b65f4501cad8ea0a41d2145562bec647d8709b2f","verified":false,"work_id":null}