{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">Such is our doctrine of punishment; and the inculcation of\r\nthis doctrine turns many from their sins. But let us see, on the\r\nother hand, what is the response given on this subject by the\r\npriest of Jupiter or Apollo of whom Celsus speaks. It is this:\r\n“The mills of God grind slowly.”<a id=\"r1637\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1637\"><sup>[1637]</sup></a> Another describes punishment\r\nas reaching “to children’s children, and to those who came\r\nafter them.”<a id=\"r1638\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1638\"><sup>[1638]</sup></a> How much better are those words of Scripture:\r\n“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the\r\nchildren for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for\r\nhis own sin.”<a id=\"r1639\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1639\"><sup>[1639]</sup></a> And again, “Every man that eateth the sour\r\ngrape, his teeth shall be set on edge.”<a id=\"r1640\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1640\"><sup>[1640]</sup></a> And, “The son shall\r\nnot bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear\r\nthe iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall\r\nbe upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon\r\nhim.”<a id=\"r1641\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1641\"><sup>[1641]</sup></a> If any shall say that the response, “To children’s\r\nchildren, and to those who come after them,” corresponds with\r\nthat passage, “Who visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the\r\nchildren unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_525\">525</span>me,”<a id=\"r1642\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1642\"><sup>[1642]</sup></a> let him learn from Ezekiel that this language is not to be\r\ntaken literally; for he reproves those who say, “Our fathers have\r\neaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge,”<a id=\"r1643\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f1643\"><sup>[1643]</sup></a>\r\nand then he adds, “As I live, saith the Lord, every one shall\r\ndie for his own sin.” As to the proper meaning of the figurative\r\nlanguage about sins being visited unto the third and fourth\r\ngeneration, we cannot at present stay to explain.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK VIII.","Chapter XL."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-587"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"8b482c4b12be29ea325a5bfd447acb1f61e4d12af6d1465724cc9335cb75c0ce","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f1637","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 1872 English edition; listed translators died 1889 and 1872. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1637","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1637\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1637\">1637</a>. </span>“The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind to powder”\r\n(Plutarch).</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f1637","text_sha256":"54b8883e141f470370f8f4b6ba5fe80fca15e22cbe3d3730327b452c01dec030","verified":false,"work_id":null}