{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">“But listen,” says he, “to the things in regard to which\r\nyou have not to exercise self-restraint, but which you ought\r\nto do. Restrain not yourself in regard to that which is good,\r\nbut do it.” “And tell me, sir,” say I, “the nature of the\r\ngood deeds, that I may walk in them and wait on them, so\r\nthat doing them I can be saved.” “Listen,” says he, “to\r\nthe good deeds which you ought to do, and in regard to\r\nwhich there is no self-restraint requisite. First of all there\r\nis faith, then fear of the Lord, love, concord, words of righteousness,\r\ntruth, patience. Than these, nothing is better in\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_363\">363</span>the life of men. If any one attend to these, and restrain\r\nhimself not from them, blessed is he in his life. Then there\r\nare the following attendant on these: helping widows, looking\r\nafter orphans and the needy, rescuing the servants of\r\nGod from necessities, the being hospitable—for in hospitality\r\ngood-doing finds a field—never opposing any one, the being\r\nquiet, having fewer needs than all men, reverencing the aged,\r\npractising righteousness, watching the brotherhood, bearing\r\ninsolence, being long-suffering, encouraging those who are\r\nsick in soul, not casting those who have fallen into sin from\r\nthe faith, but turning them back and restoring them to peace\r\nof mind, admonishing sinners, not oppressing debtors and the\r\nneedy, and if there are any other actions like these. Do\r\nthese seem to you good?” says he. “For what, sir,” say I,\r\n“is better than these?” “Walk then in them,” says he,\r\n“and restrain not yourself from them, and you will live to\r\nGod.<a id=\"r1665\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1665\"><sup>[1665]</sup></a> Keep, therefore, this commandment. If you do good,\r\nand restrain not yourself from it, you will live to God. All\r\nwho act thus will live to God. And, again, if you refuse to\r\ndo evil, and restrain yourself from it, you will live to God.\r\nAnd all will live to God who keep these commandments, and\r\nwalk in them.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK SECOND.—COMMANDMENTS.","COMMANDMENT EIGHTH. We ought to shun that which is evil, and do that which is good."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-703"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"c2aa9bffd1c017309e3d4f921c1086f4655454938b458468fabf998d034dc0b2","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-f1665","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":"f1665","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1665\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1665\">1665</a>. </span><i>From them ... all who act thus will love to God</i>, om. in Vat., which\r\nends thus: If you keep all these commandments, you will live to God,\r\nand all who keep these commandments will live to God.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1665","text_sha256":"336d853fb2a5c1f9c381060d6c2a8a385e236b97f664ed8ba1ba1119589a59c7","verified":false,"work_id":null}