{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“Hear,” he answered: “the Son of God is not in the form\r\nof a slave, but in great power and might.” “How so, sir?”\r\nI said; “I do not understand.” “Because,” he answered,\r\n“God planted the vineyard, that is to say, He created the\r\npeople, and gave them to His Son; and the Son appointed\r\nHis angels over them to keep them; and He Himself purged\r\naway their sins, having suffered many trials and undergone\r\nmany labours, for no one is able to dig without labour and\r\ntoil. He Himself, then, having purged away the sins of the\r\npeople, showed them the paths of life by giving them the law\r\nwhich He received from His Father. [You see,” he said,\r\n“that He is the Lord of the people, having received all\r\nauthority from His Father.<a id=\"r1710\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1710\"><sup>[1710]</sup></a>] And why the Lord took His\r\nSon as councillor, and the glorious angels, regarding the\r\nheirship of the slave, listen. The holy, pre-existent Spirit,\r\nthat created every creature, God made to dwell in flesh, which\r\nHe chose.<a id=\"r1711\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1711\"><sup>[1711]</sup></a> This flesh, accordingly, in which the Holy Spirit\r\ndwelt, was nobly subject to that Spirit, walking religiously\r\nand chastely, in no respect defiling the Spirit; and accordingly,\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_387\">387</span>after living<a id=\"r1712\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1712\"><sup>[1712]</sup></a> excellently and purely, and after labouring\r\nand co-operating with the Spirit, and having in everything\r\nacted vigorously and courageously along with the Holy\r\nSpirit, He assumed it as a partner with it. For this conduct<a id=\"r1713\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1713\"><sup>[1713]</sup></a>\r\nof the flesh pleased Him, because it was not defiled on the\r\nearth while having the Holy Spirit. He took, therefore, as\r\nfellow-councillors His Son and the glorious angels, in order\r\nthat this flesh, which had been subject to the body without a\r\nfault, might have some place of tabernacle, and that it might\r\nnot appear that the reward [of its servitude had been lost<a id=\"r1714\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1714\"><sup>[1714]</sup></a>];\r\nfor the flesh that has been found without spot or defilement,\r\nin which the Holy Spirit dwelt, [will receive a reward]. You\r\nnow have the explanation of this parable also.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK THIRD.—SIMILITUDES. SIMILITUDES WHICH HE SPAKE WITH ME.","SIMILITUDE FIFTH. Of true fasting and its reward: also of purity of body."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-724"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"239fd38c6543593b0e9658dd0c7d7cea36648432032a215232740ecdb8bb7204","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-f1710","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":"f1710","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1710\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1710\">1710</a>. </span>The sentence in brackets is omitted in Lips. and Æth., occurs in\r\nVat. and Pal.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1710","text_sha256":"30a8efb3dd0b204f7fbc786ca1a83d443ccb82924dce04334c02c9d7bc411099","verified":false,"work_id":null}