{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">“Now in the second vision you saw her standing with a\r\nyouthful countenance, and more joyful than before; still she\r\nhad the skin and hair of an aged woman. Hear,” said he,\r\n“this parable also. When one becomes somewhat old, he\r\ndespairs of himself on account of his weakness and poverty,\r\nand looks forward to nothing but the last day of his life.\r\nThen suddenly an inheritance is left him; and hearing of\r\nthis, he rises up, and becoming exceeding joyful, he puts on\r\nstrength. And now he no longer reclines, but stands up;\r\nand his spirit, already destroyed by his previous actions, is\r\nrenewed,<a id=\"r1609\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1609\"><sup>[1609]</sup></a> and he no longer sits, but acts with vigour. So\r\nhappened it with you on hearing the revelation which God\r\ngave you. For the Lord had compassion on you, and renewed\r\nyour spirit, and ye laid aside your infirmities. Vigour\r\narose within you, and ye grew strong in faith; and the Lord<a id=\"r1610\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1610\"><sup>[1610]</sup></a>\r\nseeing your strength, rejoiced. On this account He showed you\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_344\">344</span>the building of the tower; and He will show you other things,\r\nif you continue at peace with each other with all your heart.”</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE PASTOR OF HERMAS.","BOOK FIRST.—VISIONS.","VISION THIRD. CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF THE TRIUMPHANT CHURCH, AND THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF REPROBATE MEN."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-683"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"44eed26ab8acb130bf88dea4807ee22ad25fc69b6acf1e13f8467f3e9c90bc2e","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-f1609","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":"f1609","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1609\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1609\">1609</a>. </span><i>His spirit ... renewed.</i> He is freed from his former sorrows.—<i>Vat.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1609","text_sha256":"e2ffb013ed9fa912da9e989caff1d637d6b18e1d24c705bb7595376efc60490e","verified":false,"work_id":null}