{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“And those from the sixth mountain, which had clefts large\r\nand small, and decayed grass in the clefts, who believed, were\r\nthe following: they who occupy the small clefts are those\r\nwho bring charges against one another, and by reason of their\r\nslanders have decayed in the faith. Many of them, however,\r\nrepented; and the rest also will repent when they hear my\r\ncommandments, for their slanders are small, and they will\r\nquickly repent. But they who occupy the large clefts are\r\npersistent in their slanders, and vindictive in their anger\r\nagainst each other. These, therefore, were thrown away\r\nfrom the tower, and rejected from having a part in its\r\nbuilding. Such persons, accordingly, shall have difficulty\r\nin living. If our God and Lord, who rules over all things,\r\nand has power over all His creation, does not remember evil\r\nagainst those who confess their sins, but is merciful, does\r\nman, who is corruptible and full of sins, remember evil\r\nagainst a fellow-man, as if he were able to destroy or to save\r\nhim?<a id=\"r1768\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1768\"><sup>[1768]</sup></a> I, the angel of repentance, say unto you, As many of\r\nyou as are of this way of thinking, lay it aside, and repent,\r\nand the Lord will heal your former sins, if you purify yourselves\r\nfrom this demon; but if not, you will be delivered\r\nover to him for death.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK THIRD.—SIMILITUDES. SIMILITUDES WHICH HE SPAKE WITH ME.","SIMILITUDE NINTH. The great mysteries in the building of the militant and triumphant church."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-766"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"d70d28d6fb549f91a0556b30260aeda59f032b2fb297d834ace791be22a4c16c","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-f1768","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":"f1768","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1768\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1768\">1768</a>. </span><abbr title=\"James\">Jas.</abbr> <abbr title=\"four\">iv.</abbr> 12.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1768","text_sha256":"b1ed1b419020515c2b352f3d39b31f962c2f11b492a2caebb3d84e01194b3eca","verified":false,"work_id":null}