{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>In fine, the system He pursues to inspire fear is the source of\r\nsalvation. And it is the prerogative of goodness to save: “The mercy\r\nof the Lord is on all flesh, while He reproves, corrects, and teaches\r\nas a shepherd His flock. He pities those who receive His instruction,\r\nand those who eagerly seek union with Him.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_361\" id=\"FNanchor_361\">[361]</a> And with such guidance\r\nHe guarded the six hundred thousand footmen that were brought together\r\nin the hardness of heart in which they were found; scourging, pitying,\r\nstriking, healing, in compassion and discipline: “For<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_169\">[169]</span> according to the\r\ngreatness of His mercy, so is His rebuke.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_362\" id=\"FNanchor_362\">[362]</a> For it is indeed noble\r\nnot to sin; but it is good also for the sinner to repent; just as it\r\nis best to be always in good health, but well to recover from disease.\r\nSo He commands by Solomon: “Strike thou thy son with the rod, that\r\nthou mayest deliver his soul from death.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_363\" id=\"FNanchor_363\">[363]</a> And again: “Abstain not\r\nfrom chastising thy son, but correct him with the rod; for he will not\r\ndie.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_364\" id=\"FNanchor_364\">[364]</a></p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","THE INSTRUCTOR.","BOOK I.","CHAPTER IX. THAT IT IS THE PREROGATIVE OF THE SAME POWER TO BE BENEFICENT AND TO PUNISH JUSTLY. ALSO THE MANNER OF THE INSTRUCTION OF THE LOGOS."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_364","paragraph_id":"pg71937-paragraph-311"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"9d62ac04c8945b4ebdeba5b6dca436302376411932cce8911d3c9e229a56cd62","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1867,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"PRO","chapter":23,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Prov. xxiii. 13","verse":13,"verse_end":13}],"headings":[],"id":"pg71937-Footnote_364","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. Existing 1867 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_364","source_ebook":71937,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_364\" id=\"Footnote_364\">[364]</a> Prov. xxiii. 13.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"8e5c5bc39922dbad2626ac7651c2eb2e3d94cdcbd721f781e9792143ebb1cd03","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/71937/pg71937-images.html#Footnote_364","text_sha256":"25658199c2f7b9c3e86ac7e2f6020f32372a42ece7ccffad5300fb5e8eff4c15","verified":false,"work_id":null}