{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">I said to him, “Ask himself, sir, whether from the time\r\nthat he has entered my house I have done anything improper,\r\nor have offended him in any respect.” He answered, “I\r\nalso know that you neither have done nor will do anything\r\nimproper, and therefore I speak these words to you, that you\r\nmay persevere. For he had a good report of you to me, and\r\nyou will say these words to others, that they also who have\r\neither repented or will still repent may entertain the same\r\nfeelings with you, and he may report well of these to me, and\r\nI to the Lord.” And I said, “Sir, I make known to every\r\nman the great works of God: and I hope that all those who\r\nlove them, and have sinned before, on hearing these words,\r\nmay repent, and receive life again.” “Continue, therefore,\r\nin this ministry, and finish it. And all who follow out his\r\ncommands shall have life, and great honour with the Lord.<a id=\"r1777\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1777\"><sup>[1777]</sup></a>\r\nBut those who do not keep his commandments, flee from his\r\nlife, and despise him. But he has his own honour with the\r\nLord. All, therefore, who shall despise him,<a id=\"r1778\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1778\"><sup>[1778]</sup></a> and not follow\r\nhis commands, deliver themselves to death, and every one of\r\nthem will be guilty of his own blood. But I enjoin you, that\r\nyou obey his commands, and you will have a cure for your\r\nformer sins.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK THIRD.—SIMILITUDES. SIMILITUDES WHICH HE SPAKE WITH ME.","SIMILITUDE TENTH. Concerning Repentance and Alms-giving."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-780"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"18f7f1baf6eedf3ef0ca00499f7f1877cb62454e8505eec01dba284467427dc6","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-f1778","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":"f1778","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1778\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1778\">1778</a>. </span><i>But he has his own honour ... despise him</i>, omitted in Vat.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1778","text_sha256":"8ac09c5830def6a46ab1b52d38e85ae0b4d7960f9ab42fef8af7bfac6ac2e8dc","verified":false,"work_id":null}