{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">As long then as the former time<a id=\"r1507\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1507\"><sup>[1507]</sup></a> endured, He permitted us\r\nto be borne along by unruly impulses, being drawn away by\r\nthe desire of pleasure and various lusts. This was not that\r\nHe at all delighted in our sins, but that He simply endured\r\nthem; nor that He approved the time of working iniquity\r\nwhich then was, but that He sought to form a mind conscious\r\nof righteousness,<a id=\"r1508\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1508\"><sup>[1508]</sup></a> so that being convinced in that time of our\r\nunworthiness of attaining life through our own works, it\r\nshould now, through the kindness of God, be vouchsafed to\r\nus; and having made it manifest that in ourselves we were\r\nunable to enter into the kingdom of God, we might through\r\nthe power of God be made able. But when our wickedness\r\nhad reached its height, and it had been clearly shown that its\r\nreward,<a id=\"r1509\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1509\"><sup>[1509]</sup></a> punishment and death, was impending over us; and\r\nwhen the time had come which God had before appointed for\r\nmanifesting His own kindness and power, how<a id=\"r1510\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1510\"><sup>[1510]</sup></a> the one love\r\nof God, through exceeding regard for men, did not regard us\r\nwith hatred, nor thrust us away, nor remember our iniquity\r\nagainst us, but showed great long-suffering, and bore with us,<a id=\"r1511\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1511\"><sup>[1511]</sup></a>\r\nHe Himself took on Him the burden of our iniquities, He\r\ngave His own Son as a ransom for us, the holy One for\r\ntransgressors, the blameless One for the wicked, the righteous\r\nOne for the unrighteous, the incorruptible One for the corruptible,\r\nthe immortal One for them that are mortal. For\r\nwhat other thing was capable of covering our sins than His\r\nrighteousness? By what other one was it possible that we,\r\nthe wicked and ungodly, could be justified, than by the only\r\nSon of God? O sweet exchange! O unsearchable operation!\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_313\">313</span>O benefits surpassing all expectation! that the wickedness\r\nof many should be hid in a single righteous One, and\r\nthat the righteousness of One should justify many transgressors!\r\nHaving therefore convinced us in the former\r\ntime<a id=\"r1512\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1512\"><sup>[1512]</sup></a> that our nature was unable to attain to life, and having\r\nnow revealed the Saviour who is able to save even those things\r\nwhich it was [formerly] impossible to save, by both these\r\nfacts He desired to lead us to trust in His kindness, to esteem\r\nHim our Nourisher, Father, Teacher, Counsellor, Healer,\r\nour Wisdom, Light, Honour, Glory, Power, and Life, so\r\nthat we should not be anxious<a id=\"r1513\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1513\"><sup>[1513]</sup></a> concerning clothing and food.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS.","THE EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS.","Chap. ix.—Why the Son was sent so late."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-642"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"955c2ce33928e863ccdc7054eac388cac606ad08043d50c758201df9ae3759c3","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"ROM","chapter":3,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Rom. iii. 21-26","verse":21,"verse_end":26},{"book":"GAL","chapter":4,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Gal. iv. 4","verse":4,"verse_end":4}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1507","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. 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