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1trifled with; especially when it began to threaten the West. This work was produced to meet so great an
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 5 min2anachronisms. As now explained, we can account for them: the second Hermas forgets himself, like other poets,
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 5 min3The Pauline Hermas was credited with it; and the critics, in their researches, find multiplied traces of the one
pp. 49–99 · ≈ 329 min4And his son Lamech, 188. And Lamech's son was Noah, of whom we have spoken above, who begat Shem when
pp. 100–544 · ≈ 2866 min5Some flatterers were congratulating a wise man. He said to them, If you stop praising me, I think myself
pp. 545–545 · ≈ 6 min6To the weak and infirm, what is moderate appears excessive.
pp. 546–546 · ≈ 5 min7To the man who exalts and magnifies himself is attached the quick transition and the fall to low estate, as the
pp. 546–546 · ≈ 5 min8Pure speech and a spotless life are the throne and true temple of God.
pp. 546–546 · ≈ 5 min9from the life led under the Father, knowing not that those who put themselves far from Him shall perish; if he has
pp. 547–547 · ≈ 8 min10do not impede or drag to the earth (for the earthly tabernacle weighs down the anxious mind); but they are
pp. 547–547 · ≈ 8 min11to the Father, takes it ill, when he who never had himself been dissipated or profligate sees the guilty one made
pp. 547–547 · ≈ 8 min12these things,--the best robe, and the ring, and the shoes,--or to taste the fatted calf, or to share in gladness, or
pp. 548–548 · ≈ 7 min13Wherefore the prodigal is introduced, demanding from his father his portion, that is, of the state of mind, endowed
pp. 548–548 · ≈ 7 min14nearest relationship, and significative of what is given to the faithful--"was dead and lost,"--an expression of
pp. 548–548 · ≈ 7 min15destruction. Do not let us then reckon any fault if we repent; guarding against falling, let us, if we have fallen,
pp. 548–548 · ≈ 7 min16Further, Clement the Stromatist, in the various definitions which he framed, that they might guide the man
pp. 549–549 · ≈ 7 min17Solomon the son of David, in the books styled "The Reigns of the Kings," comprehending not only that the
pp. 549–549 · ≈ 7 min18What is God? "God," as the Lord saith, "is a Spirit." Now spirit is properly substance, incorporeal, and
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min19<greek>pefukenai</greek> (to be born). The first substance is everything which subsists by itself, as a stone is
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min20The fear of God, who is impassible, is free of perturbation. For it is not God that one dreads, but the falling away
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min21Universally, the Christian is friendly to solitude, and quiet, and tranquillily, and peace.
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min22That mystic name which is called the Tetragrammaton, by which alone they who had access to the Holy of Holies
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min23On Acts vii. 24, 25. The mystics say that it was by his word alone that Moses slew the Egyptian ; as certainly
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min24And having neither known nor done the requirement of the law, what they conceived, that they also thought that
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min25On 2 Cor. v. 16. "And if we have known Christ after the flesh."
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min26On 2 Cor. vi. 11. "Our heart is enlarged." For as heat is wont to expand, so also love. For love is a thing of
pp. 551–551 · ≈ 5 min27Heb. i. I. "At sundry times and divers man Since the Lord, being the Apostle of the Almighty, was sent to the
pp. 551–551 · ≈ 5 min28The same work contains a passage from The Instructor, book i. chap. vi.[4] The passage is that beginning, "For
pp. 551–567 · ≈ 109 min
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 5 min2anachronisms. As now explained, we can account for them: the second Hermas forgets himself, like other poets,
pp. 48–48 · ≈ 5 min3The Pauline Hermas was credited with it; and the critics, in their researches, find multiplied traces of the one
pp. 49–99 · ≈ 329 min4And his son Lamech, 188. And Lamech's son was Noah, of whom we have spoken above, who begat Shem when
pp. 100–544 · ≈ 2866 min5Some flatterers were congratulating a wise man. He said to them, If you stop praising me, I think myself
pp. 545–545 · ≈ 6 min6To the weak and infirm, what is moderate appears excessive.
pp. 546–546 · ≈ 5 min7To the man who exalts and magnifies himself is attached the quick transition and the fall to low estate, as the
pp. 546–546 · ≈ 5 min8Pure speech and a spotless life are the throne and true temple of God.
pp. 546–546 · ≈ 5 min9from the life led under the Father, knowing not that those who put themselves far from Him shall perish; if he has
pp. 547–547 · ≈ 8 min10do not impede or drag to the earth (for the earthly tabernacle weighs down the anxious mind); but they are
pp. 547–547 · ≈ 8 min11to the Father, takes it ill, when he who never had himself been dissipated or profligate sees the guilty one made
pp. 547–547 · ≈ 8 min12these things,--the best robe, and the ring, and the shoes,--or to taste the fatted calf, or to share in gladness, or
pp. 548–548 · ≈ 7 min13Wherefore the prodigal is introduced, demanding from his father his portion, that is, of the state of mind, endowed
pp. 548–548 · ≈ 7 min14nearest relationship, and significative of what is given to the faithful--"was dead and lost,"--an expression of
pp. 548–548 · ≈ 7 min15destruction. Do not let us then reckon any fault if we repent; guarding against falling, let us, if we have fallen,
pp. 548–548 · ≈ 7 min16Further, Clement the Stromatist, in the various definitions which he framed, that they might guide the man
pp. 549–549 · ≈ 7 min17Solomon the son of David, in the books styled "The Reigns of the Kings," comprehending not only that the
pp. 549–549 · ≈ 7 min18What is God? "God," as the Lord saith, "is a Spirit." Now spirit is properly substance, incorporeal, and
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min19<greek>pefukenai</greek> (to be born). The first substance is everything which subsists by itself, as a stone is
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min20The fear of God, who is impassible, is free of perturbation. For it is not God that one dreads, but the falling away
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min21Universally, the Christian is friendly to solitude, and quiet, and tranquillily, and peace.
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min22That mystic name which is called the Tetragrammaton, by which alone they who had access to the Holy of Holies
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min23On Acts vii. 24, 25. The mystics say that it was by his word alone that Moses slew the Egyptian ; as certainly
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min24And having neither known nor done the requirement of the law, what they conceived, that they also thought that
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min25On 2 Cor. v. 16. "And if we have known Christ after the flesh."
pp. 550–550 · ≈ 5 min26On 2 Cor. vi. 11. "Our heart is enlarged." For as heat is wont to expand, so also love. For love is a thing of
pp. 551–551 · ≈ 5 min27Heb. i. I. "At sundry times and divers man Since the Lord, being the Apostle of the Almighty, was sent to the
pp. 551–551 · ≈ 5 min28The same work contains a passage from The Instructor, book i. chap. vi.[4] The passage is that beginning, "For
pp. 551–567 · ≈ 109 min
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