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+                                  THE
+                              SUPPRESSED
+                          GOSPELS AND EPISTLES
+                            OF THE ORIGINAL
+                             NEW TESTAMENT
+                                   OF
+                            JESUS THE CHRIST
+
+          AND OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ANCIENT HOLY SCRIPTURES.
+                       NOW EXTANT, ATTRIBUTED TO
+                  HIS APOSTLES, AND THEIR DISCIPLES,
+       AND VENERATED BY THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES DURING
+                       THE FIRST FOUR CENTURIES,
+                 BUT SINCE, AFTER VIOLENT DISPUTATIONS
+                            FORBIDDEN BY THE
+                     BISHOPS OF THE NICENE COUNCIL,
+                IN THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE
+             AND OMITTED FROM THE CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANT
+            EDITIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY ITS COMPILERS
+
+         TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TONGUES, WITH HISTORICAL
+                   REFERENCES TO THEIR AUTHENTICITY,
+
+                                  BY
+                            ARCHBISHOP WAKE
+                               AND OTHER
+                            LEARNED DIVINES
+
+
+
+
+
+                         THE FIRST EPISTLE OF
+                      CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.
+
+
+CHAPTER I.
+
+     Clement commends them for their excellent order
+     and piety in Christ, before their schism broke out.
+
+THE Church of God which is
+at Rome, to the Church of God
+which is at Corinth, elect,
+sanctified by the will of God,
+through Jesus Christ our Lord:
+grace and peace from the Almighty
+God, by Jesus Christ, be multiplied
+unto you.
+
+2  Brethren, the sudden and
+unexpected dangers and calamities
+that have fallen upon us, have, we
+fear, made us the more slow in our
+consideration of those things which
+you inquired of us:
+
+3  As also of that wicked and
+detestable sedition, so unbecoming
+the elect of God, which a few
+headstrong and self-willed men
+have fomented to such a degree of
+madness, that your venerable and
+renowned name, so worthy of all
+men to be beloved, is greatly
+blasphemed thereby.
+
+4  For who that has ever been
+among you has not experienced
+the firmness of your faith, and
+its fruitfulness in all good works;
+and admired the temper and
+moderation of your religion in
+Christ; and published abroad the
+magnificence of your hospitality;
+and thought you happy in your
+perfect and certain knowledge of
+the Gospel?
+
+5  For ye did all things without
+respect of persons, and walked
+according to the laws of God;
+being subject to those who had
+the rule over you, and giving the
+honour that was fitting to the aged
+among you.
+
+6  Ye commanded the young men
+to think those things that were
+modest and grave.
+
+7  The women ye exhorted to do
+all things with an unblameable,
+and seemly, and pure conscience;
+loving their own husbands, as was
+fitting: and that keeping themselves
+within the bounds of a due obedience,
+they should order their houses
+gravely, with all discretion.
+
+8  Ye were all of you humble-
+minded, not boasting of anything
+desiring rather to be subject than
+to govern; to give than to receive;
+being a content with the portion
+God hath dispensed to you:
+
+9  And hearkening diligently to
+his word, ye were enlarged in
+your bowels, having his sufferings
+always before your eyes.
+
+10  Thus a firm, and blessed,
+and profitable peace was given
+unto you: and an unsatiable desire
+of doing good; and a plentiful
+effusion of the Holy Ghost was
+upon all of you.
+
+11  And being full of good
+designs, ye did with, great
+readiness of mind, and with
+a religious confidence stretch
+forth your hands to God Almighty;
+beseeching him to be merciful
+unto you, if in anything ye had
+unwillingly sinned against him.
+
+12  Ye contended day and night
+for the whole brotherhood; that
+with compassion and a good
+conscience, the number of his
+elect might be saved.
+
+13  Ye were sincere, and without
+offence towards each other; not
+mindful of injuries; all sedition
+and schism was an abomination
+unto you.
+
+14  Ye bewailed every one his
+neighbours' sins, esteeming their
+defects your own.
+
+15 Ye were kind one to another
+without grudging; being ready to
+every good work. And being
+adorned with a conversation
+altogether virtuous and religious,
+ye did all things in the fear of
+God; whose I commandments were
+written upon the tables of your
+heart.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER II.
+
+     How their divisions began.
+
+ALL honour and enlargement
+was given unto you; and so
+was fulfilled that which is written,
+my beloved did eat and drink, he
+was enlarged and waxed fat, and
+he kicked.
+
+2  From hence came emulation,
+and envy, and strife, and sedition;
+persecution and disorder, war and
+captivity.
+
+3  So they who were of no renown,
+lifted up themselves against
+the honourable; those of no
+reputation against those who were
+in respect; the foolish against the
+wise; the young men against the
+aged.
+
+4  Therefore righteousness and
+peace are departed from you,
+because every one hath forsaken
+the fear of God; and is grown blind
+in his faith; nor walketh by the
+rule of God's commandments nor
+liveth as is fitting in Christ:
+
+5  But every one follows his
+own wicked lusts: having taken
+up an unjust and wicked envy, by
+which death first entered into the
+world.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER III.
+
+     Envy and emulation the original of all
+     strife and disorder.  Examples of the
+     mischiefs they have occasioned.
+
+FOR thus it is written,
+And in process of time it came to
+pass, that Cain brought of the fruit
+of the ground an offering unto the
+Lord. And Abel, he also brought
+of the firstlings of his flock,
+and of the fat thereof:
+
+2  And the Lord had respect unto
+Abel, and to his offering. But
+unto Cain and unto his offering he
+had not respect. And Cain was
+very sorrowful, and his countenance
+fell.
+
+3  And the Lord said unto Cain,
+Why art thou sorrowful? And
+why is thy countenance fallen?
+If thou shalt offer aright, but not
+divide aright, hast thou not sinned?
+Hold thy peace: unto thee shall
+be his desire, and thou shalt rule
+over him.
+
+4  And Cain said unto Abel his
+brother, Let us go down into the
+field. And it came to pass, as
+they were in the field, that Cain
+rose up against Abel his brother,
+and slew him.
+
+5  Ye see, brethren, how envy
+and emulation wrought the death
+of a brother. For this, our father
+Jacob fled from the face of his
+brother Esau.
+
+6  It was this that caused Joseph
+to be persecuted even unto death,
+and to come into bondage. Envy
+forced "Moses to flee from the
+face of Pharoah king of Egypt,
+when he heard, his own countryman
+ask him, "Who made thee a Judge,
+and a ruler over us? Wilt thou
+kill me as thou didst the
+Egyptian yesterday?
+
+7  Through envy Aaron and Miriam
+were shut out of the camp, from
+the rest of the congregation
+seven days.
+
+8  Emulation's sent Dathan and
+Abiram quick into the grave because
+they raised up a sedition against
+Moses the servant of God.
+
+9  For this, David was not
+only hated of strangers, but was
+persecuted even by Saul the king
+of Israel.
+
+10  But not to insist upon ancient
+examples, let us come to those
+worthies that have been nearest
+to us; and take the brave
+examples of our own age.
+
+11  Through zeal and envy, the
+most faithful and righteous pillars
+of the church have been persecuted
+even to the most grevious deaths.
+
+12  Let us set before our eyes,
+the holy Apostles; Peter by unjust
+envy underwent not one or two,
+but many sufferings; till at last
+being martyred, he went to the
+place of glory that was due unto
+him.
+
+13  For the same cause did
+Paul in like manner receive the
+reward of his patience. Seven
+times he was in bonds; he was
+whipped, was stoned; he preached
+both in the East and in the West;
+leaving behind him the glorious
+report of his faith:
+
+14  And so having taught the
+whole world righteousness, and
+for that end travelled even to
+the utmost bounds of the West;
+he at last suffered martyrdom
+by the command of the governors,
+
+15  And departed out of the
+world, and went unto his holy
+place; having become a most
+eminent pattern of patience
+unto all ages.
+
+16  To these Holy Apostles
+were joined a very great number
+of others, who having through
+envy undergone in like manner
+many pains and torments, have
+left a glorious example to us.
+
+17  For this, not only men but
+women have been persecuted;
+and having suffered very grievous
+and cruel punishments, have
+finished the course of their faith
+with firmness; and though weak
+in body, yet received a glorious
+reward.
+
+18  This has alienated the
+minds even of women from their
+husbands; and changed what was
+once said by our father Adam;
+This is now bone of my bones,
+and flesh of my flesh.
+
+19  In a word, envy and strife,
+have overturned whole cities, and
+rooted out great nations from off
+the earth.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IV.
+
+     4 He exhorts them to live by holy rules, and repent
+     of their divisions, and they shall be forgiven.
+
+THESE things, beloved, we
+write unto you, not only for
+your instruction, but also for our
+own remembrance.
+
+2  For we are all in the same
+lists, and the same combat is
+prepared for us all.
+
+3  Wherefore let us lay aside all
+vain and empty cares; and let us
+come up to the glorious and
+venerable rule of our holy calling.
+
+4  Let us consider what is good,
+and acceptable and well-pleasing
+in the sight of him that made us.
+
+5  Let us look steadfastly to the
+blood of Christ, and see how
+precious his blood is in the sight
+of God: which being shed for our
+salvation, has obtained the grace
+of repentance for all the world.
+
+6  Let us search into all the
+ages that have gone before us;
+and learn that our Lord has in
+every one of them still given place
+for repentance to all such as would
+turn to him.
+
+7  Noah preached repentance;
+and as many as hearkened to him
+were saved. Jonah denounced
+destruction against the Ninevites.
+
+8  Howbeit they repenting of
+their sins, appeased God by their
+prayers: and were saved, though
+they were strangers to the covenant
+of God.
+
+9  Hence we find how all the
+ministers of the grace of God
+have spoken by the Holy Spirit of
+repentance. And even the Lord of
+all, has himself declared with an
+oath concerning it;
+
+10  As I live, saith the Lord,
+I desire not the death of a sinner,
+but that he should repent. Adding
+farther this good sentence, saying
+Turn from your iniquity, O house
+of Israel.
+
+11  Say unto the children of
+my people, though your sins should
+reach from earth to heaven; and
+though they shall be redder than
+scarlet, and blacker than sackcloth
+yet if ye shall turn to me with all
+your heart, and shall call me
+father, I will hearken to you, as
+to a holy people.
+
+12  And in another place he saith
+on this wise: wash ye, make you
+clean; put away the evil of your
+doings from before mine eyes;
+cease to do evil, learn to do well;
+seek judgment, relieve the
+oppressed, judge the fatherless,
+plead for the widow.
+
+13  Come now and let us reason
+together, saith the Lord: though
+your sins be as scarlet, they shall
+be as white as snow; though they
+be as red as crimson, they shall
+be as wool.
+
+14  If ye be willing and obedient
+ye shall eat the good of the land
+but, if ye refuse and rebel, ye
+shall be devoured with the sword;
+for the mouth of the Lord hath
+spoken it.
+
+15  These things has God
+established by his Almighty will,
+desiring that all his beloved
+should come to repentance.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER V.
+
+     1 He sets before them the examples of holy men,
+     whose piety is recorded in the Scripture.
+
+WHEREFORE let us obey his
+excellent and glorious will;
+and imploring his mercy and
+goodness, let us fall down upon
+our faces before him, and cast
+ourselves upon his mercy; laying
+aside all vanity, and contention,
+and envy which leads unto death.
+
+2  Let us look up to those who
+have the most perfectly ministered
+to his excellent glory. Let us
+take Enoch for our example;
+who being found righteous in
+obedience, was translated, and
+his death was not known.
+
+3  Noah being proved to be
+faithful, did by his ministry,
+preach regeneration to the world;
+and the Lord saved by him all the
+living creatures, that went with
+one accord into the ark.
+
+4  Abraham, who was called
+God's friend, was in like manner
+found faithful; inasmuch as he
+obeyed the commands of God.
+
+5  By obedience he went out of
+his own country, and from his
+own kindred, and from his father's
+house; that so forsaking a small
+country, and a weak affinity, and
+a little house, he might inherit
+the promises of God.
+
+6  For thus God said unto him;
+"get thee out of thy country, and
+from thy kindred, and from thy
+father's house, unto a land that
+I will show thee."
+
+7  "And, I will make thee a great
+nation, and will bless thee, and
+make thy name great, and thou
+shalt be blessed.   And I will
+bless them that bless thee, and
+curse them that curse thee; and
+in thee shall all families of the
+earth be blessed,"
+
+8  And again when he separated
+himself from Lot, God said unto
+him; I Lift up now thine eyes, and
+look from the place where thou
+art northward, and southward, and
+eastward, and westward, for all
+the land which thou seest, to thee
+will I give it, and to thy seed for
+ever.
+
+9  And I will make thy seed as
+the dust of the earth, so that if a
+man can number the dust of the
+earth, then shall thy seed also be
+numbered.
+
+10  And again he saith: and
+God brought forth Abraham, and
+said unto him; look now toward
+heaven, and tell the stars, if thou
+be able to number them: so shall
+thy seed be.
+
+11  And Abraham believed God,
+and it was counted to him for
+righteousness.
+
+12  Through faith and hospitality
+he had a son given him in his
+old age; and through obedience
+he offered him up in sacrifice to
+God, upon one of the mountains
+which God showed into him.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VI.
+
+     1  Redemption for such as have been eminent for their
+     faith, kindness, and charity to their neighbours.
+
+BY hospitality and goodliness
+was Lot saved out of Sodom,
+when all the country round about
+was destroyed by fire and brimstone.
+
+2  The Lord thereby making it
+manifest, that he will not forsake
+those that trust in him; but will
+bring the disobedient to punishment
+and correction.
+
+3  For his wife who went out
+with him, being of a different
+mind, and not continuing in the
+same obedience, was for that reason
+set forth for an example, being
+turned into a pillar of salt
+unto this day.
+
+4  That so all men may know,
+that those who are double minded,
+and distrustful of the power of
+God, are prepared for condemnation,
+and to be a sign to all succeeding
+ages.
+
+5  By faith and hospitality was
+Rahab the harlot saved. For when
+the spies were sent by Joshua the
+son of Nun to search out Jericho,
+and the king of Jericho knew that
+they were come to spy out his
+country, he sent men to take them,
+so that they might be put to
+death.
+
+6  Rahab therefore, being hospitable,
+received them, and hid them under
+the stalks of flax, on the top of
+her house.
+
+7  And when the messengers that
+were sent by the king came unto
+her, and asked her, saying,
+There came men unto thee to spy
+out the land, bring them forth, for
+so hath the king commanded: She
+answered, The two men whom ye
+seek came unto me, but presently
+they departed, and are gone: Not
+discovering them unto them.
+
+8  Then she said to the spies,
+I know that the Lord your God has
+given this city into your hands;
+for the fear of you is fallen upon
+all that dwell therein. When,
+therefore, ye shall have taken it,
+ye shall save me and my father's
+house.
+
+9  And they answered her, saying,
+It shall be as thou hast spoken
+unto us, Therefore, when thou
+shalt know that we are near, thou
+shalt gather all thy family together,
+upon the house-top and they shall
+be saved: but all that shall be
+found without thy house shall
+be destroyed.
+
+10  And they gave her moreover
+a sign, that she should hang
+out of her house a scarlet rope,
+showing thereby, that by the
+blood of our Lord, there should be
+redemption to all that believe and
+hope in God. Ye see, beloved,
+how there was not only faith, but
+prophesy too in this woman.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VII.
+
+     1 What rules are given for leading a holy life.
+
+LET us, therefore, humble ourselves,
+brethren, laying aside all pride,
+and boasting, and foolishness,
+and anger: And let us do as it
+is written.
+
+2  For thus saith the Holy Spirit;
+Let not the wise man glory in his
+wisdom, nor the strong man in
+his strength, nor the rich man
+in his riches; but let him that
+glorieth, glory in the Lord, to seek
+him, and to do judgment and justice.
+
+3  Above all, remembering the
+words of the Lord Jesus, which he
+spake concerning equity and long
+suffering, saying,
+
+4  Be ye merciful, and ye shall
+obtain mercy; forgive, and ye
+shall be forgiven; as ye do, so
+shall it be done unto you; as ye
+give, so shall it be given unto
+you; as ye judge, so shall ye be
+judged; as ye are kind to others,
+so shall God be kind to you; with
+what measure ye mete, with the
+same shall it be measured to you
+again.
+
+5  By this command, and by
+these rules, let us establish
+ourselves, that so we may always
+walk obediently to his holy words;
+being humble minded:
+
+6  For so says the Holy Scripture;
+upon whom shall I look, even upon
+him that is poor and of a contrite
+spirit, and that trembles at my word.
+
+7  It is, therefore, just and
+righteous, men and brethren, that
+we should become obedient unto God,
+rather than follow such as through
+pride and sedition, have made
+themselves the ring-leaders of
+a detestable emulation.
+
+8  For it is not an ordinary harm
+that we shall do ourselves, but
+rather a very great danger that we
+shall run, if we shall rashly give
+up ourselves to the wills of men,
+who promote strife and seditions,
+to turn us aside from that which is
+fitting.
+
+9  But let us be kind to one
+another, according to the compassion
+and sweetness of him that made us.
+
+10  For it is written, The merciful
+shall inherit the earth; and they
+that are without evil shall be left
+upon it: but the transgressors shall
+perish from off the face of it.
+
+11  And again be saith, I have
+seen the wicked in great power
+and spreading himself like the
+cedar of Libanus. I passed by,
+and lo! he was not; I sought his
+place, but it could not be found.
+
+12  Keep innocently, and do the
+thing that is right, for there shall
+be a remnant to the peaceable
+man.
+
+13  Let us, therefore, hold fast
+to those who religiously follow
+peace; and not to such as only
+pretend to desire.
+
+14  For he saith in a certain
+place, This people honoureth me
+with their lips, but their heart
+is far from me.
+
+15  And again, They bless with
+their mouths, but curse in their
+hearts.
+
+16  And again he saith, They
+loved him with their mouths, and
+with their tongues they lied to
+him. For their heart was not right
+with him, neither were they
+faithful in his covenant.
+
+17  Let all deceitful lips become
+dumb, and the tongue that speaketh
+proud things. Who have said, with
+our tongue will we prevail; our lips
+are our own, who is Lord over us?
+
+18  For the oppression of the
+poor, for the sighing of the needy,
+now will I arise saith the Lord;
+I will set him in safety, I will
+deal confidently with him.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER VIII.
+
+     He advises then, to be humble, and, follow the
+     examples of Jesus, and of holy men in all ages.
+
+FOR Christ is theirs who are
+humble, and not who exalt
+themselves over his flock. The
+sceptre of the majesty of God, our
+Lord Jesus Christ, came not in
+the show of pride and arrogance,
+though he could have done so;
+but with humility as the Holy
+Ghost had before spoken
+concerning him.
+
+2  For thus he saith, Lord, who
+hath believed our report, and to
+whom is the arm of the Lord
+revealed; For he shall grow up
+before him as a tender plant, and
+as a root out of a dry ground;
+
+3  He hath no form or comeliness,
+and when we shall see him, there
+is no beauty that we should desire
+him.
+
+4  He is despised and rejected of
+men; a man of sorrows and acquainted
+with grief.
+
+5  And we hid, as it were, our
+faces from him; he was despised,
+and we esteemed him not.
+
+6  Surely he hath borne our
+griefs, and carried our sorrows
+yet we did esteem him stricken,
+smitten of God, and afflicted.
+
+7  But he was wounded for our
+transgressions; he was bruised for
+our iniquities; the chastisement
+of our peace was upon him; and
+with his stripes we are healed.
+
+8  All we like sheep have gone
+astray; we have turned every one
+to his own way; and the Lord hath
+laid on him the iniquity of us all.
+
+9  He was oppressed, and he was
+afflicted, yet he opened not his
+mouth: he is brought as a lamb to
+the slaughter; and as a sheep
+before her shearers is dumb,
+so he openeth not his mouth.
+
+10  He was taken from prison
+and from judgment; and who shall
+declare this generation? For he
+was cut off out of the land of the
+living: for the transgression of my
+people was he stricken.
+
+11  And he made his grave with
+the wicked, and with the rich in
+his death; because he had done no
+violence, neither was any deceit
+in his mouth.
+
+12  Yet it pleased the Lord to
+bruise him; he hath put him to
+grief: when thou shalt make his
+soul an offering for sin, he shall
+see his seed, he shall prolong his
+days, and the pleasure of the Lord
+shall prosper m his hand.
+
+13  He shall see of the travail
+of his soul, and shall be satisfied:
+by his knowledge shall my righteous
+servant justify many; for he shall
+bear their iniquities.
+
+14  Therefore will I divide him
+a portion with the great, and he
+shall divide the spoil with the
+strong; because he hath poured
+out his soul unto death; and he
+was numbered with the transgressors,
+and he bare the sin of many, and
+made intercession for the
+transgressors.
+
+15  And again he himself saith,
+I am a worm and no man, a reproach
+of men, and despised of the people.
+All they that see me laugh me to
+scorn; they shoot out their lips,
+they shake their heads, saying;
+He trusted in the Lord that he
+would deliver him, let him
+deliver him seeing he delighted
+in him.
+
+16  Ye see, beloved, what the
+pattern is that has been given to
+us.  For if the Lord thus humbled
+himself, what should we do who
+are brought by him under the
+yoke of his grace?
+
+17  Let us be followers of those
+who went about in goat-skins, and
+sheep-skins; preaching the coming
+of Christ.
+
+18  Such were Elias, and Eliaxus,
+and Ezekiel, the prophets,
+And let us add to these, such
+others as have received the like
+testimony.
+
+19  Abraham has been greatly
+witnessed of; having been called
+the friend of God. And yet he
+steadfastly beholding the glory of
+God, says with all humility, I am
+dust and ashes.
+
+20  Again of Job, it is thus
+written, That he was just, and
+without blame, true; one that served
+God, and abstained from all evil.
+Yet he accusing himself, said, No
+man is free from pollution, no,
+not though he should live but one
+day.
+
+21  Moses was called faithful in
+all God's House; and by his conduct
+the Lord punished Israel by stripes
+and plagues.
+
+22  And even this man, though
+thus greatly honoured, spake not
+greatly of himself; but when the
+oracle of God was delivered to him
+out of the bush, he said, Who
+am I, that thou dost send me? I
+am of a slender voice, and a slow
+tongue.
+
+23  And again he saith, I am as
+the smoke of the pot.
+
+24  And what shall we say of
+David, so highly testified of in the
+Holy Scriptures? To whom God said,
+I have found a man after my own
+heart, David the son of Jesse,
+with my holy oil have I anointed
+him.
+
+25  But yet he himself saith unto
+God, Have mercy upon me, O God,
+according to thy loving kindness;
+according unto the multitude of
+thy tender mercies, blot out my
+transgressions.
+
+26  Wash me thoroughly from
+mine iniquity, and cleanse me
+from my sin. For I acknowledge
+my transgressions, and my sin is
+ever before me.
+
+27  Against Thee only have I
+sinned, and done this evil in
+thy sight; that thou mightest
+be justified when thou speakest;
+and be clear when thou judgest.
+
+28  Behold I was shapen in
+iniquity, and in sin did my mother
+conceive me.
+
+29  Behold, thou desirest truth
+in the inward parts; and in the
+hidden part thou shalt make me to
+know wisdom.
+
+30  Purge me with hyssop, and
+I shall be clean: wash me, and I
+shall be whiter than snow.
+
+31  Make me to hear joy and
+gladness, that the bones which
+thou hast broken may rejoice.
+
+32  Hide thy face from my sins,
+and blot out all mine iniquities.
+Create in me a clean heart O God;
+and renew a right spirit
+within me.
+
+34  Cast me not away from thy
+presence, and take not thy holy
+spirit from me.
+
+35  Restore unto me the joy of
+thy salvation, and uphold me with
+thy free spirit.
+
+36  Then will I teach transgressors
+thy ways, and sinners shall be
+converted unto thee.
+
+37  Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,
+O God, thou God of my salvation;
+and my tongue shall sing aloud
+of thy righteousness.
+
+38  O Lord open thou my lips,
+and my mouth shall. show forth
+thy praise.
+
+39  For thou desirest not sacrifice,
+else would I give it; thou
+delightest not in burnt-offerings.
+
+40  The sacrifices of God are
+a broken spirit; a broken and a
+contrite heart, O God, thou wilt
+not despise.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IX.
+
+     He again persuades them to compose their divisions.
+
+THUS has the humility and
+godly fear of these great
+and excellent men recorded in
+the Scriptures, through obedience,
+made not only us, but also the
+generations before us better;
+even as many as have received his
+holy oracles with fear and truth.
+
+2  Having therefore so many,
+and such great and glorious
+examples, let us return to that
+peace which was the mark that
+from the beginning was set before
+us;
+
+3  Let us look up to the Father
+and Creator of the whole world;
+and let us hold fast to his glorious
+and exceeding gifts and benefits
+of peace.
+
+4  Let us consider and behold
+with the eyes of our understanding
+his long suffering will; and think
+how gentle and patient he is
+towards his whole creation.
+
+5  The heavens moving by his
+appointment, are subject to him
+in peace.
+
+6  Day and night accomplish the
+courses that he has allotted unto
+them, not disturbing one another.
+
+7  The sun and moon, and all the
+several companies and constellations
+of the stars, run the courses that
+he has appointed to them in concord,
+without departing in the least from
+them.
+
+8  The fruitful earth yields its
+food plentifully in due season both
+to man and beast, and to all animals
+that are upon it, according to his
+will; not disputing, nor altering
+any thing of what was ordered by him.
+
+9  So also the unfathomable and
+unsearchable floods of the deep,
+are kept in by his command;
+
+10  And the conflux of the vast
+sea, being brought together by his
+order into its several collections,
+passes not the bounds that he has
+set to it;
+
+11  But as he appointed it, so it
+remains. For he said,  Hitherto
+shalt then come, and thy floods
+shall be broken within thee.
+
+12  The ocean impassable to
+mankind, and the worlds that are
+beyond it are governed by the
+same commands of their great
+master.
+
+13  Spring and summer, autumn
+and winter, give place peaceably
+to each other.
+
+14  The several quarters of the
+winds fulfil their work in their
+seasons, without offending one
+another.
+
+15  The ever-flowing fountains,
+made both for pleasure and health,
+never fail to reach out their breasts
+to support the life of men.
+
+16  Even the smallest creatures
+live together in peace and concord
+with each other.
+
+17  All these has the Great Creator
+and Lord of all, commanded to
+observe peace and concord; being
+good to all.
+
+18  But especially to us who flee
+to his mercy through our Lord
+Jesus Christ; to whom be glory
+and majesty for ever and ever.
+Amen.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER X.
+
+     He exhorts them to obedience, from the consideration
+     of the goodness of God, and of his presence in every place.
+
+TAKE heed, beloved, that his
+many blessings be not to our
+condemnation; except we shall
+walk worthy of him, doing with
+one consent what is good and
+pleasing in his sight.
+
+2  The spirit of the Lord is a
+candle, searching out the inward
+parts of the belly.
+
+3  Let us therefore consider how
+near he is to us; and how that
+none of our thoughts, or reasonings
+which we frame within ourselves,
+are hid from him,
+
+4  It is therefore just that we
+should not forsake our rank, by
+doing contrary to his will.
+
+5  Let us choose to offend a few
+foolish and inconsiderate men,
+lifted up and glorying in their
+own pride, rather than God.
+
+6  Let us reverence our Lord
+Jesus Christ whose blood was
+given for us.
+
+7  Let us honour those who are
+set over us; let us respect the
+aged that are amongst us; and let
+us instruct the younger men, in
+the discipline and fear of the
+LORD.
+
+8  Our wives let us direct, to do
+that which is good.
+
+9  Let them show forth a lovely
+habit of purity, in all their
+conversation; with a sincere
+affection of meekness.
+
+10  Let the government of their
+tongues be made manifest by their
+silence.
+
+11  Let their charity be without
+respect of persons, alike towards
+all such as religiously fear
+God.
+
+12  Let your children be bred
+up in the instruction of Christ:
+
+13  And especially let them learn
+how great a power humility has
+with God; how much a pure and
+holy charity avails with him; how
+excellent and great his fear is;
+and how it will save all such as
+turn to him with holiness in a pure
+mind.
+
+14  For he is the searcher of the
+thoughts and counsels of the heart;
+whose breath is in us, and when
+he pleases he can take it from
+us.
+
+
+
+
+CHAP. XI.
+
+     Of faith: and particularly what we are
+     to believe as to the Resurrection.
+
+BUT all these things must be
+confirmed by the faith which
+is in Christ; for so He himself
+bespeaks us by the Holy Ghost;
+
+2  Comeye children and hearken
+unto me, and I will teach you the
+fear of the Lord. What man is
+there that desireth life, and loveth
+to see good days?
+
+3  Keep thy tongue from evil,
+and thy lips that they speak no
+guile.
+
+4  Depart from evil and do good;
+seek peace and pursue it.
+
+5  The eyes of the Lord are upon
+the righteous, and his ears are
+open unto their prayers.
+
+6  But the face of the Lord is
+against them that do evil, to cut
+off the remembrance of them from
+the earth.
+
+7  The righteous cried, and the
+Lord heard him, and delivered
+him out of all his troubles.
+
+8  Many are the troubles of the
+wicked; but they that trust in the
+Lord mercy shall encompass them
+about.
+
+9  Our all-merciful and beneficent
+Father hath bowels of compassion
+towards them that fear him: and
+kindly and lovingly bestows his
+graces upon all such as come to
+him with a simple mind.
+
+10  Wherefore let us not waver,
+neither let us have any doubt in
+our hearts, of his excellent and
+glorious gifts.
+
+11  Let that be far from us
+which is written, Miserable are
+the double-minded, and those who
+are doubtful in their hearts;
+
+12  Who say these things have
+we heard, and our fathers have
+told us these things. But behold
+we are grown old, and none of
+them has happened unto us.
+
+13 O ye fools consider the trees:
+take the vine for an example.
+First it sheds its leaves; then it
+buds; after that it spreads its
+leaves; then it flowers; then come
+the sour grapes; and after them
+follows the ripe fruit. See how in
+a little time the fruit of the trees
+comes to maturity.
+
+14  Of a truth yet a little while
+and his will shall suddenly be
+accomplished.
+
+15  The Holy Scripture itself
+bearing witness, that He shall
+quickly come and not tardy, and
+that the Lord shall suddenly come
+to his temple, even the 3 holy ones
+whom ye look for.
+
+16  Let us consider, beloved,
+how the Lord does continually
+show us, that there shall be a
+future resurrection; of which he
+has made our Lord Jesus Christ
+the first fruits, raising him from
+the dead.
+
+17  Let us contemplate, beloved,
+the resurrection that is continually
+made before our eyes.
+
+18  Day and night manifest a
+resurrection to us. The night lies
+down, and the day arises: again
+the day departs and the night
+comes on.
+
+19  Let us behold the fruits of
+the earth. Every one sees how the
+seed is sown. The sower goes
+forth, and casts it upon the earth;
+and the seed which when it was
+sown fell upon the earth dry and
+naked, in time dissolves.
+
+20  And from the dissolution,
+the great power of the providence
+of the Lord rises it again; and of
+one seed many arise, and bring
+forth fruit.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XII.
+
+     The Resurrection further proved.
+
+LET us consider that wonderful
+type of the resurrection which
+is seen in the Eastern countries:
+that is to say, in Arabia.
+
+2  There is a certain bird called
+a Phoenix;  of this there is never
+but one at a time: and that lives
+five hundred years. And when
+the time of its dissolution draws
+near, that it must die, it makes
+itself a nest of frankincense, and
+myrrh, and other spices into which
+when its time is fulfilled it enters
+and dies.
+
+3  But its flesh putrifying, breeds
+a certain worm, which being nourished
+with the juice of the dead bird
+brings forth feathers; and when
+it is grown to a perfect state,
+it takes up the nest in which
+the bones of its parent lie, and
+carries it from Arabia into Egypt,
+to a city called Heliopolis:
+
+4  And flying in open day in the
+sight of all men, lays it upon the
+altar of the sun, and so returns
+from whence it came.
+
+5  The priests then search into
+the records of the time: and find
+that it returned precisely at the
+end of five hundred years.
+
+6  And shall we then think it to
+be any very great and strange
+thing for the Lord of all to raise
+up those that religiously serve him
+in the assurance of a good faith,
+when even by a bird he shows us
+the greatness of his power to fulfil
+his promise?
+
+7  For he says in a certain place,
+Thou shalt raise me up and I shall
+confess unto thee.
+
+8  And again, I laid me down
+and slept, and awaked, because
+thou art with me.
+
+9  And again, Job says, Thou
+shalt raise up this flesh of mine,
+that has suffered all these
+things.
+
+10  Having therefore this hope,
+let us hold fast to him who is
+faithful in all his promises, and
+righteous in all his judgments;
+who has commanded us not to lie,
+how much more will he not
+himself lie?
+
+11  For nothing is impossible
+with God but to lie.
+
+12  Let his faith then be stirred
+up again in us; and let us consider
+that all things are nigh unto him.
+
+13  By the word of his power he
+made all things: and by the same
+word he is able, (whenever he
+will,) to destroy them.
+
+14  Who shall say unto him,
+what dost thou? or who shall
+resist the power of his strength?
+
+15  When, and as he pleased,
+he will do all things; and nothing
+shall pass away of all that has been
+determined by him.
+
+16  All things are open before
+him; nor can anything be hid
+from his counsel.
+
+17 The heavens declare the
+glory of God, and the firmament
+showeth his handy work. Day
+unto day uttereth speech, and
+night unto night showeth
+knowledge. There is no speech nor
+language where their voice is not
+heard.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XIII.
+
+     It is impossible to escape the vengeance of God,
+     if we continue in sin.
+
+SEEING then all things are seen
+and heard by God, let us fear
+him, and let us lay aside our
+wicked works which proceed from
+ill desires; that through his mercy
+we may be delivered from the
+condemnation to come.
+
+2  For whither can any of us flee
+from his mighty hand? Or what
+world shall receive any of those
+who run away from him?
+
+3  For thus saith the Scripture
+in a certain place. Whither shall
+I flee from thy spirit, or where
+shall I hide myself from thy
+presence?
+
+4  If I ascend up into heaven,
+thou art there; if I shall go to the
+uttermost parts of the earth, there
+is thy right hand: if I shall make
+my bed in the deep, thy Spirit is
+there.
+
+5  Whither then shall any one
+go; or whither shall he run from
+him that comprehends all things?
+
+6  Let us therefore come to him
+with holiness of heart, lifting up
+chaste and undefiled hands unto
+him; loving our gracious and
+merciful Father, who has made us
+to partake of his election.
+
+7  For so it is written, When
+the Most High divided the nations;
+when he separated the sons of
+Adam, he set the bounds of the
+nations, according to the number
+of his angels; his people Jacob
+became the portion of the Lord,
+and Israel the lot of his
+inheritance.
+
+8  And in another place he saith,
+Behold the Lord taketh unto himself
+a nation, out of the midst of the
+nations, as a man taketh the first-
+fruits of his flour; and the Most
+Holy shall come out of that nation.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XIV.
+
+     How we must live that we may please God.
+
+WHEREFORE we being apart
+of the Holy One: let us do
+all those things that pertain unto
+holiness:
+
+2  Fleeing all evil-speaking
+against one another; all filthy
+and impure embraces, together with
+all drunkenness, youthful lusts,
+abominable concupiscences,
+detestable adultery, and
+execrable pride.
+
+3  For God saith, he resisteth
+the proud, but giveth grace to the
+humble.
+
+4  Let us therefore hold fast to
+those to whom God has given his
+grace.
+
+5  And let us put on concord,
+being humble, temperate; free
+from all whispering and detraction;
+and justified by our actions,
+not our words.
+
+6  For he saith, Doth he that
+speaketh and heareth many things,
+and is of a ready tongue, suppose
+that he is righteous?  Blessed is
+he that is born of a woman, that
+liveth but a few days: use not
+therefore much speech.
+
+7  Let our praise be of God, not
+of ourselves; for God hateth those
+that commend themselves.
+
+8  Let the witness of our good
+actions be given to us by others,
+as it was given to the holy men
+that went before us.
+
+9  Rashness, and arrogance, and
+confidence, belong to them who
+are accursed of God: but equity,
+and humility, and mildness, to
+such as are blessed by him.
+
+10  Let us then lay hold of his
+blessing, and let as consider what
+are the ways by which we may
+attain unto it.
+
+11  Let us look back upon those
+things that have happened from
+the beginning.
+
+12  For what was our Father
+Abraham blessed? Was it not
+because that through faith he
+wrought righteousness and truth?
+
+13  Isaac  being fully persuaded
+of what he knew was to come,
+cheerfully yielded himself up for
+a sacrifice. Jacob with humility
+departed out of his own country,
+fleeing from his brother, and went
+unto Laban and served him; and
+so the sceptre of the twelve tribes
+of Israel was given unto him.
+
+14  Now what the greatness of
+this gift was, will plainly appear,
+if we shall take the pains distinctly
+to consider all the parts of it.
+
+15  For, from him came the
+priests and Levites; who all
+ministered at the altar of God.
+
+16  From him came our Lord
+Jesus Christ, according to the
+flesh.
+
+17  From him came the kings,
+and princes, and rulers in Judah.
+
+18 Nor were the rest of his
+tribes in any little glory: God
+having promised that their seed
+shall be as the stars of heaven.
+
+19  They were all therefore
+greatly glorified, not for their own
+sake, or for their own works, or
+for the righteousness that they
+themselves wrought, but through
+his will.
+
+20  And we also being called by
+the same will in Christ Jesus, are
+not justified by ourselves, neither
+by our own wisdom, or knowledge,
+or piety, or the works which we
+have done in the holiness of our
+hearts.
+
+21  But by that faith, by which
+God Almighty has justified all
+men from the beginning; to whom
+be glory for ever and ever, Amen.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XV.
+
+     We are justified by faith; yet this must not
+     lessen our care to live a virtuous life,
+     nor our pleasure in it.
+
+WHAT shall we do therefore,
+brethren? Shall we be slothful
+in well-doing, and lay aside
+our charity?   God forbid that any
+such thing should be done by us.
+
+2  But rather let us hasten with
+all earnestness and readiness of
+mind, to perfect every good work.
+For even the Creator and Lord of
+all things himself rejoices in his
+own works.
+
+3  By his Almighty power he
+fixed the heavens, and by his
+incomprehensible wisdom he
+adorned them.
+
+4  He also divided the earth
+from the water, with which it is
+encompassed: and fixed it as a
+secure tower, upon the foundation
+of his own will.
+
+5  He also by his appointment,
+commanded all the living creatures
+that are upon it, to exist.
+
+6  So likewise the sea, and all
+the creatures that are in it;
+having first created them, he
+enclosed them therein by his power.
+
+7  And above all, he with his
+holy and pure hands, formed man,
+the most excellent; and, as to his
+understanding, truly the greatest
+of all other creatures; the character
+of his own image.
+
+8  For thus God says; Let us
+make man in our image, after our
+own likeness; so God created man,
+male and female created he them.
+
+9  And having thus finished all
+these things, he commended all
+that he had made, and blessed
+them, and said, increase and
+multiply.
+
+10  We see how all righteous men
+have been adorned with good works
+Wherefore even the Lord himself,
+having adorned himself with his
+works, rejoiced.
+
+11  Having therefore such an
+example, let us without delay,
+fulfil his will; and with all
+our strength, work the work of
+righteousness.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XVI.
+
+     A virtuous life enforced from the examples
+     of the holy angels, and from the exceeding
+     greatness of that reward which God has prepared for us.
+
+THE good workman with
+confidence receives the bread of
+his labour; but the sluggish and
+lazy cannot look him in the face
+that set him on work.
+
+2  We must therefore be ready
+and forward in well-doing: for
+from him are all things.
+
+3  And thus he foretels us,
+behold the Lord cometh, and his
+reward is with him, even before his
+face, to render to everyone according
+to his work.
+
+4  He warns us therefore beforehand,
+with all his heart to this end,
+that we should not be slothful and
+negligent in well-doing.
+
+5  Let our boasting, therefore,
+and our confidence be in God
+let us submit ourselves to his will,
+Let us consider the whole multitude
+of his angels, how ready they
+stand to minister unto his will.
+
+6  As saith the Scripture,
+thousands of thousands stood
+before him and ten thousand
+times ten thousand ministered
+unto him. And they cried, saying,
+Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of
+hosts; The whole earth is full
+of his glory.
+
+7  Wherefore let us also, being
+conscientiously gathered together
+in concord with one another; as
+it were with one mouth, cry,
+earnestly unto him, that he would
+make us partakers of his great and
+glorious promises.
+
+8  For he saith, a Eye hath not
+seen, nor ear heard, neither have
+entered into the heart of man, the
+things which God has prepared for
+them that wait for him,
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XVII.
+
+     1 We must attain the gifts of God by faith and obedience,
+     which we must carry on in an orderly pursuing of the
+     duties of our several stations, without envy or contention.
+     24 The necessity of different orders among men.
+     33 We have none of us anything but what we received of God:
+     whom therefore we ought in every condition thankfully to obey.
+
+HOW blessed and wonderful,
+beloved, are the gifts of God.
+
+2  Life in immortality! brightness
+in righteousness! truth in full
+assurance! faith in confidence!
+temperance in holiness!
+
+3  And all this has God subjected
+to our understandings:
+
+4  What therefore shall those
+things be which he has prepared
+for them that wait for him?
+
+5  The Creator and Father of
+spirits, the Most Holy; he only
+knows both the greatness and
+beauty of them,
+
+6 Let us therefore strive with
+all earnestness, that we may be
+found in the number of those that
+wait for him, that so we may
+receive the reward which he has
+promised.
+
+7  But how, beloved, shall we do
+this? We must fix our minds by
+faith towards God, and seek those
+things that are pleasing and
+acceptable unto him.
+
+8  We must act conformably to
+his holy will; and follow the way
+of truth, casting off from us all
+unrighteousness and iniquity,
+together with all covetousness,
+strife, evil manners, deceit,
+whispering, detractions; all
+hatred of God, pride and boasting;
+vain-glory and ambition;
+
+9  For they that do these things
+are odious to God; and not only
+they that do them, but also all
+such as approve of those that do
+them.
+
+10  For thus saith the Scripture,
+But unto the wicked, God said,
+What hast thou to do to declare
+my statute, or that thou shouldst
+take my covenant in thy mouth?
+Seeing that thou hatest instruction,
+and castest my words behind thee.
+
+11  When thou sawest a thief,
+then thou consentedst with him;
+thou hast been partaker with
+adulterers, Thou givest thy mouth
+to evil, and thy tongue frameth
+deceit. Thou sittest and speakest
+against thy brother; thou slanderest
+thine own mother's son.
+
+12  These things hast thou done
+and I kept silence; thou thoughtest
+that I was altogether such a one
+as thyself: but I will reprove thee,
+and set them in order before thine
+eyes.
+
+13  Now consider this ye that
+forget God, lest I tear you in pieces,
+and there be none to deliver.
+
+14  Whose offereth praise,
+gloryfieth me; And to him that
+disposeth his way aright, will
+I show the salvation of God.
+
+15  This is the way, beloved, in
+which we may find our Saviour,
+even Jesus Christ, the high-priest
+of all our offerings, the defender
+and helper of our weakness.
+
+16  By him we look up to the
+highest heavens; and behold, as
+in a glass, his spotless and most
+excellent visage.
+
+17  By him are the eyes of our
+hearts opened; by him our foolish
+and darkened understanding
+rejoiceth to behold his wonderful
+light.
+
+18 By him would God have us
+to taste the knowledge of
+immortality: who being the
+brightness of his glory, is by
+so much greater than the angels,
+as be has by inheritance obtained
+a more excellent name than they.
+
+19  For so it is written, who
+maketh his angels spirits, and his
+ministers a flame of fire:
+
+20  But to his son, thus saith the
+Lord, Thou art my Son, to-day
+have I begotten thee.
+
+21  Ask of me and I will give
+thee the heathen for thy inheritance,
+and the utmost parts of the earth
+for thy possession.
+
+22  And again he saith unto him,
+Sit thou on my right hand until
+I make thine enemies thy
+foot-stool.
+
+23  But who are his enemies?
+even the wicked, and such who
+oppose their own wills to the
+will of God.
+
+24  Let us therefore march-on,
+men and brethren, with all
+earnestness in his holy laws.
+
+25  Let us consider those who
+fight under our, earthly governors
+How orderly, how readily, and
+with what exact obedience they
+perform those things that are
+commanded them.
+
+26  All are not generals, nor
+colonels, nor captains, nor
+inferior officers:
+
+27  But everyone in his respective
+rank does what is commanded him by
+the king, and those who have the
+authority over him.
+
+28  They who are great, cannot
+subsist without those that are little;
+nor the little without the great;
+
+29  But there must be a mixture
+in all things, and then there will
+be use and profit too.
+
+30  Let us, for example, take
+our body: the head without the
+feet is nothing, neither the feet
+without the head.
+
+31  And even the smallest members
+of our body are yet both necessary
+and useful to the whole body.
+
+32  But all conspire together,
+and are subject to one common
+use, namely, the preservation of
+the whole body.
+
+33 Let therefore our whole body
+by saved in Christ Jesus; and let
+everyone be subject to his neighbour,
+according to the order in which
+he is placed by the gift of God.
+
+34  Let not the strong man despise
+the weak; and let the weak see that
+he reverence the strong.
+
+35  Let the rich man distribute
+to the necessity of the poor; and
+let the poor bless God, that he has
+given one unto him, by whom his
+want may be supplied.
+
+36  Let the wise man show forth
+his wisdom, not in words, but in
+good works.
+
+37  Let him that is humble, not
+bear witness to himself, but let
+him leave it to another to bear
+witness of him.
+
+38  Let him that is pure in the
+flesh, not grow proud of it, knowing
+that it was from another that he
+received the gift of continence.
+
+39  Let us consider therefore,
+brethren, whereof we are made;
+who, and what kind of men we
+came into the world, as it were
+out of a sepulchre, and from outer
+darkness.
+
+40  He hath made us, and formed
+us, brought us into his own world;
+having presented us with his
+benefits, even before we were born.
+
+41  Wherefore, having received
+all these things from him, we
+ought in everything to give thanks
+unto him, to whom be glory for
+ever and ever. Amen.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XVIII.
+
+     Clement therefore exhorts them to do everything
+     orderly in the Church, as the only way to please God.
+
+FOOLISH and unwise men, who
+have neither prudence, nor
+learning, may mock and deride
+us; being willing to setup
+themselves in their own conceits.
+
+2  But what can a mortal man
+do? Or what strength is there in
+him that is made out of the dust?
+
+3  For it is written, there was no
+shape before mine eyes; only I
+heard a sound and a voice.
+
+4  For what? Shall  man be pure
+before the Lord? Shall he be
+blameless in his works?
+
+5  Behold, he trusteth not in
+his servants; and his angels he
+chargeth with folly.
+
+6  Yes, the heaven is not clean
+in his sight, how much less they
+that dwell in houses of clay; of
+which also we ourselves were
+made?
+
+7  He smote them as a moth:
+and from morning even unto the
+evening they endure not. Because
+they were not able to help
+themselves, they perished;
+he breathed upon them and they
+died, because they had no wisdom.
+
+8  Call now if there be any that
+will answer thee; and to which of
+the angels wilt thou look?
+
+9  For wrath killeth the foolish
+man, and envy slayeth him that is
+in error.
+
+10  I have seen the foolish taking
+root, but lo, their habitation was
+presently consumed.
+
+11  Their children were far from
+safety, they perished at the gates
+of those who were lesser than
+themselves: and there was no man
+to help them.
+
+12  For what was prepared for
+them, the righteous did eat; and
+they shall not be delivered from
+evil.
+
+13  Seeing then these things are
+manifest unto us, it will behove
+us to take care that looking into
+the depths of the divine knowledge,
+we do all things in order,
+whatsoever our Lord has commanded
+us to do.
+
+14  And particularly that we
+perform our offerings and service to
+God, at their appointed seasons
+for these he has commanded to be
+done, not rashly and disorderly,
+but at certain determinate times
+and hours.
+
+15  And therefore he has ordained
+by his supreme will and authority,
+both where, and by what persons,
+they are to be performed; that
+so all things being piously done
+unto all well-pleasing, they
+may be acceptable unto him.
+
+16  They therefore who make
+their offerings at the appointed
+seasons, are happy and accepted;
+because through obeying the
+commandments of the Lord,
+they are free from sin.
+
+17  And the same care must be
+had of the persons that minister
+unto him.
+
+18  For the chief-priest has his
+proper services; and to the priest
+their proper place is appointed;
+and to the Levites appertain their
+proper ministries; and the layman
+is confined within the bounds of
+what is commanded to laymen.
+
+19  Let every one of you therefore,
+brethren, bless God in his proper
+station, with a good conscience,
+and with all gravity, not exceeding
+the rule of his service that is
+appointed to him.
+
+20  The daily sacrifices are not
+offered everywhere; nor the peace-
+offerings, nor the sacrifices
+appointed for sins and transgressions;
+but only at Jerusalem: nor in any
+place there, but only at the altar
+before the temple; that which is
+offered being first diligently
+examined by the high-priest and
+the other minister we before
+mentioned.
+
+21  They therefore who do any
+thing which is not agreeable to his
+will, are punished with death.
+
+22  Consider, brethren, that by
+how much the better knowledge
+God has vouchsafed unto us, by so
+much the greater danger are we
+exposed to.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XIX.
+
+     The orders of Ministers in Christ's Church established
+     by the Apostles, according to Christ's command,
+     7 after the example of Moses.
+     16 Therefore they who have been duly placed in the
+     ministry according to their order, cannot without
+     great sin be put out of it.
+
+THE Apostles have preached to
+us from the Lord Jesus Christ
+Jesus Christ from God.
+
+2  Christ therefore was sent by
+God, the Apostles by Christ; so
+both were orderly sent, according
+to the will of God.
+
+3  For having received their
+command, and being thoroughly
+assured by the resurrection of our
+Lord Jesus Christ, and convinced
+by the word of God, with the
+fulness of the Holy Spirit, they
+went abroad, publishing, That the
+kingdom of God was at hand.
+
+4  And thus preaching through
+countries and cities, they appointed
+the first fruits of their conversion
+to be bishops and ministers over
+such as should afterwards believe,
+having first proved them by the
+Spirit.
+
+5  Nor was this any new thing;
+seeing that long before it was
+written concerning bishops and
+deacons.
+
+6  For thus saith the Scripture,
+in a certain place; I will appoint
+their overseers in righteousness,
+and their ministers in faith.
+
+7  And what wonder if they, to
+whom such a work was committed
+by God in Christ, established such
+officers as we before mentioned;
+when even that blessed and faithful
+servant in all his house, Moses,
+set down in the Holy Scriptures
+all things that were commanded
+him.
+
+8  Whom also all the rest of the
+prophets followed, bearing witness
+with one consent to those things
+that were appointed by him.
+
+9  For he, perceiving an emulation
+to arise among the tribes concerning
+the priesthood, and that there was
+a strife about it, which of them
+should be adorned with that glorious
+name; commanded their twelve captains
+to bring to him twelve rods; every
+tribe being written upon its rod,
+according to its name,
+
+10  And he took them and bound
+them together, and sealed them
+with the seals of the twelve princes
+of the tribes: and laid them up in
+the tabernacle of witness, upon
+the table of God.
+
+11  And when he had shut the
+door of the tabernacle, he sealed
+up the keys of it, in like manner
+as he had done the rods; and said
+unto them, Men and brethren,
+whichsoever tribe shall have its
+rod blossom, that tribe has God
+chosen to perform the office of a
+priest, and to minister unto him
+in holy things.
+
+12  And when the morning was
+come, he called together all Israel,
+six hundred thousand men; and
+showed to the princes their seals
+and opened the tabernacle of
+witness; and brought forth the
+rods.
+
+13  And the rod of Aaron was
+found not only to have blossomed,
+but also to have fruit upon it.
+
+14  What think you, beloved?
+Did not Moses before know what
+should happen?
+
+15  Yes verily: but to the end
+there might be no division, nor
+tumult in Israel, he did in this
+manner, that the name of the true
+and only God might be glorified;
+to whom be honour for ever and
+ever, Amen.
+
+16  So likewise our Apostles
+knew by our Lord Jesus Christ,
+that there should contentions arise,
+upon account of the ministry.
+
+17  And therefore having a perfect
+fore-knowledge of this, they
+appointed persons, as we have
+before said, and then a gave
+direction, how, when they should
+die, other chosen and approved men
+should succeed in their ministry.
+
+18  Wherefore we cannot think
+that those may justly be thrown
+out of their ministry, who were
+either appointed by them, or
+afterwards chosen by other eminent
+men, with the consent of the whole
+church; and who have with all
+lowliness and innocency ministered
+to the flock of Church, in peace,
+and without self-interest, and
+were for a long time commended
+by all.
+
+19  For it would be no small sin
+in us, should we cast off those
+from their ministry, who holily
+and without blame fulfil the
+duties of it.
+
+20  Blessed are those priests,
+who having finished their course
+before these times, have obtained
+a fruitful and perfect dissolution
+for they have no fear, lest any one
+should turn them out of the place
+which is now appointed for them.
+
+21  But we see how you have
+put out some, who lived reputably
+among you, from the ministry,
+which by their innocence they had
+adorned.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XX.
+
+     He exerts them to peace from examples out of
+     the Holy Scriptures,
+     20 particularly from St. Paul's exhortation to them.
+
+YE are contentious, brethren,
+and zealous for things that
+pertain not unto salvation.
+
+2  Look into the Holy Scriptures,
+which are the true words of the
+Holy Ghost. Ye know that there
+is nothing unjust or counterfeit
+written in them.
+
+3  There you shall not find that
+righteous men were ever cast off
+by such as were good themselves.
+
+4  They were persecuted, but it
+was by the wicked and unjust.
+
+5  They were cast into prison,
+but they were cast in by those that
+were unholy.
+
+6  They were stoned, but it was
+by transgressors.
+
+7  They were killed, but by accursed
+men, and such as had taken up an
+unjust envy against them.
+
+8  And all these things they
+underwent gloriously.
+
+9  For what shall we say,
+brethren? Was Daniel cast into the
+den of lions, by men fearing
+God? Shadrach, Meshach, and
+Abednego, were they cast into the
+fiery furnace by men, professing
+the excellent and glorious worship
+of the Most High? God forbid.
+
+10  What kind of persons then
+were they that did these things?
+They were men abominable, full
+of all wickedness; who were
+incensed; to so great a degree,
+as to bring those into sufferings,
+who with a holy and unblameable
+purpose of mind worshipped God:
+not knowing that the Most High is
+the protector and defender of all
+such as with a pure conscience
+serve his holy name: to whom be
+glory for ever and ever, Amen.
+
+11  But they who with a full
+persuasion have endured these
+things, are made partakers of glory
+and honour: and are exalted and
+lifted up by God for a memorial
+throughout all ages, Amen.
+
+12 Wherefore it will behove
+us also, brethren, to follow such
+examples as these; for it is
+written, Hold fast to such as are
+holy; for they that do so shall be
+sanctified.
+
+13  And again in another place
+he saith, With the pure, thou shalt
+be pure (and with the elect thou
+shalt be elect,) but with, the
+perverse man thou shalt be perverse.
+
+14  Let us therefore join ourselves
+to the innocent and righteous; for
+such are the elect of God.
+
+15  Wherefore are there strifes,
+and anger, and divisions, and
+schisms, and wars, among us?
+
+16  Have we not all one God,
+and one Christ? Is not one spirit
+of grace poured out upon us all?
+Have we not one calling in Christ.
+
+17  Why then do we rent and
+tear in pieces the members of
+Christ; and raise seditious against
+our own body? And are come to such
+a height of madness, as to forget
+that we were members one of another?
+
+18  Remember the words of our
+Lord Jesus, (how he said, Woe to
+that man by whom offences come).
+It, were better for him that he
+had never been born, than that he
+should have offended one of my
+elect. It were better for him,
+that a mill-stone should be tied
+about his neck, and he should be
+cast into the sea, than that he
+should offend one of my
+little ones.
+
+19  Your schism has perverted
+many, has discouraged many: it
+has caused diffidence in many, and
+grief in us all. And yet your
+sedition continues still.
+
+20  Take the Epistle of the
+blessed Paul the Apostle into your
+hands; What was It that he wrote
+to you at his first preaching the
+Gospel among you?
+
+21  Verily he did by the spirit
+admonish you concerning himself,
+and Cephas, and Apollos, because
+that even then ye had begun to
+fall into parties and factions
+among yourselves.
+
+22  Nevertheless your partiality
+then led you into a much less sin
+forasmuch as ye placed your
+affections upon Apostles, men
+of eminent reputation in the
+church; and upon another, who
+was greatly tried and approved
+of by them.
+
+23  But consider, we pray you,
+who are they that have now led
+you astray; and lessened the
+reputation of that brotherly love
+that was so eminent among you;
+
+24  It is a shame, my beloved,
+yea, a very great shame, and
+unworthy of your Christian
+profession, to hear that the
+most firm and ancient church
+of the Corinthians should,
+by one or two persons, be led
+into a sedition against its
+priests.
+
+25  And this report is come not
+only to us, but to those also that
+differ from us.
+
+26  Insomuch that the name of
+the Lord is blasphemed through
+your folly; and even ye yourselves
+are brought into danger by it.
+
+27  Let us therefore with all
+haste put an end to this sedition;
+and let us fall down before the
+Lord, and beseech him with tears
+that he would be favourably
+reconciled to us, and restore us
+again to a seemly and holy course
+of brotherly love.
+
+28  For this is the gate of
+righteousness, opening unto life:
+As it is written, I Open unto me
+the gates of righteousness; I will
+go into them and will praise the
+Lord. This is the gate of the Lord,
+the righteous shall enter into it.
+
+29  Although therefore many
+gates are opened, yet this gate of
+righteousness is that gate in Christ
+at which blessed are they that
+enter in, and direct their way in
+holiness and righteousness; doing
+all things without disorder.
+
+30  Let a man be faithful, let
+him be powerful in the utterance
+of knowledge; let him be wise in
+making an exact judgment of
+words; let him be pure in all
+his actions.
+
+31  But still by how much the
+more he seems to be above others,
+by reason of these things, by so
+much the more will it behove him
+to be humble-minded; and to seek
+what is profitable to all men, and
+not his own advantage.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XXI.
+
+     1 The value which God, puts upon love and
+     unity: the effects of a true charity,
+     8 which is the gift of God, and must be obtained by prayer.
+
+HE that has the love that is in
+Christ, let him keep the
+commandments of Christ.
+
+2  For who is able to express the
+obligation of the love of God?
+What man is sufficient to declare,
+and is fitting, the excellency of its
+beauty?
+
+3  The height to which charity
+leads, is inexpressible.
+
+4  Charity unites us to God;
+charity covers the multitude of
+sins: charity endures all things;
+is long-suffering in all things.
+
+5  There is nothing base and
+sordid in charity: charity lifts not
+itself up above others; admits of
+no divisions; is not seditious; but
+does all things in peace and concord.
+
+6  By charity were all the elect of
+God made perfect: Without it nothing
+is pleasing and acceptable in the
+sight of God.
+
+7  Through charity did the Lord
+join us into himself; whilst for
+the love that he bore towards us,
+our Lord Jesus Christ gave his
+own blood for us, by the will of
+God; his flesh for our flesh; his
+soul for our souls.
+
+8  Ye see, beloved, how great
+and wonderful a thing charity is;
+and how that no expressions are
+sufficient to declare its perfection.
+
+9  But who is fit to be found in
+it? Even such only as God shall
+vouchsafe to make so.
+
+10  Let us therefore pray to him,
+and beseech him, that we may be
+worthy of it; that so we may live
+in charity; being unblamable,
+without human propensities,
+without respect of persons.
+
+11  All the ages of the world,
+from Adam, even unto this day,
+are passed away; but they who
+have been made perfect in love,
+have by the grace of God obtained
+a place among the righteous; and
+shall be made manifest in the
+judgment of the kingdom of Christ.
+
+12  For it is written, Enter into
+thy chambers for a little space, till
+my anger and indignation shall
+pass away: And I will remember
+the good day, and, will raise you
+up out of your graves.
+
+13  Happy then shall we be,
+beloved, if we shall have fulfilled
+the commandments of God, in the
+unity of love; that so, through
+love, our sins may be forgiven us.
+
+14  For so it is written, Blessed
+are they whose iniquities are
+forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
+Blessed is the man to whom the
+Lord imputeth no sin, and in whose
+mouth there is no guile.
+
+15  Now this blessing is fulfilled
+in those who are chosen by God
+through Jesus Christ our Lord, to
+whom be glory for ever and ever,
+Amen.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XXII.
+
+     1 He exhorts such as have been concerned in these divisions to
+     repent, and return to their unity, confessing their sin to God,
+     7 which he enforces from the example of Moses,
+     10 and of many among the heathen,
+     23 and of Judith and Esther among the Jews.
+
+LET us therefore, as many as
+have transgressed by any of
+the suggestions of the adversary,
+beg God's forgiveness.
+
+2  And as for those who have
+been the heads of the sedition and
+faction among you, let them look
+to the common end of our hope.
+
+3  For as many as are endued
+with fear and charity, would rather
+they themselves should fall into
+trials than their neighbours: And
+choose to be themselves condemned,
+rather than that the good and just
+charity delivered to us, should
+suffer.
+
+4  For it is seemly for a man
+to confess wherein he has
+transgressed.
+
+5  And not to harden his heart,
+as the hearts of those were
+hardened, who raised up sedition
+against Moses the servant of God
+whose punishment was manifest
+unto all men, for they went down
+alive into the grave; death
+swallowed them up.
+
+6  Pharaoh and his host, and
+all the rulers of Egypt, their
+chariots also and their horsemen,
+were for no other cause drowned
+in the bottom of the Red Sea,
+and perished; but because they
+hardened their foolish hearts,
+after so many signs done in the
+land of Egypt, by Moses the
+servant of God.
+
+7  Beloved, God is not indigent
+of anything; nor does he demand
+anything of us, but that we
+should confess our sins unto him.
+
+8  For so says the Holy David,
+I will confess unto the Lord, and
+it shall please him better than a
+young bullock that hath horns and
+hoof. Let the poor see it and be
+glad.
+
+9  And again he saith, Offer
+unto God the sacrifice of praise,
+and pay thy vows unto the Most
+Highest. And call upon me in the
+day of trouble, and I will deliver
+thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
+The sacrifice of God is a broken
+spirit.
+
+10  Ye know, beloved, ye know
+full well, the Holy Scriptures;
+and have thoroughly searched into
+the oracles of God: call them
+therefore to your remembrance.
+
+11  For when Moses went up into
+the mount, and tarried there forty
+days and forty nights in fasting
+and humiliation; God said unto
+him, Arise, Moses, and get thee
+down quickly from hence, for thy
+people whom thou broughtest out
+of the land of Egypt, have
+committed wickedness: they have
+soon transgressed the way that
+I commanded them, and have made
+to themselves graven images.
+
+12  And the Lord said unto him,
+I have spoken unto thee several
+times, saying, I have seen this
+people, and behold it is a stiff-
+necked people: let me therefore
+destroy them, and put out their
+name from under heaven. And I
+will make unto thee a great and a
+wonderful nation, that shall be
+much larger than this.
+
+13  But Moses said, Not so,
+Lord: Forgive now this people
+their sin; or if thou wilt not,
+blot me also out of the book of
+the living. O admirable charity!
+O insuperable perfection! The servant
+speaks freely to his Lord: He beseeches
+him either to forgive the people,
+or to destroy him together with them.
+
+14  Who is there among you
+that is generous? Who that is
+compassionate? Who that has
+any charity?   Let him say, if this
+sedition, this contention, and these
+schisms, be upon my account,
+I am ready to depart; to go away
+whithersoever you please; and do
+whatsoever ye shall command me:
+Only let the flock of Christ be in
+peace, with the elders that are set
+over it.
+
+15  He that shall do this, shall
+get to himself a very great honour
+in the Lord; and there is no place
+but what will be ready to receive
+him: For the earth is the Lord's,
+and the fulness thereof.
+
+16  These things, they who have
+their conversation towards God
+not to be repented of, both have
+done, and will always be ready to
+do.
+
+17  Nay and even the Gentiles
+themselves have given us examples
+of this kind.
+
+18  For we read, How many
+kings and princes, in times of
+pestilence, being warned by their
+oracles, have given up themselves
+unto death; that by their own
+blood, they might deliver their
+country from destruction.
+
+19  Others have forsaken their
+cities, so that they might put an
+end to the seditions of them.
+
+20  We know how many among
+ourselves, have given up
+themselves unto bonds, that
+thereby they might free others
+from them.
+
+21  Others have sold themselves
+into bondage, that they might feed
+their brethren with the price of
+themselves.
+
+22  And even many women,
+being strengthened by the grace
+of God, have done many glorious
+and manly things on such occasions.
+
+23  The blessed Judith, when
+her city was besieged, desired the
+elders, that they would suffer her
+to go into the camp of their enemies;
+and she went out exposing herself
+to danger, for the love she bare
+to her country and her people
+that were besieged: and the
+Lord delivered Holofernes into
+the hands of a woman.
+
+24  Nor did Esther, being perfect
+in faith, expose herself to any
+less hazard, for the delivery of the
+twelve tribes of Israel, in danger
+of being destroyed. For by fasting
+and humbling herself, she entreated
+the Great Maker of all things, the
+God of spirits; so that beholding
+the humility of her soul, he
+delivered the people, for whose
+sake she was in peril.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XXIII.
+
+     The benefit of mutual advice and correction.
+     He entreats them to follow that which is here given to them.
+
+WHEREFORE let us also pray
+for such as are fallen into
+sin. That being endued with
+humility and moderation, they
+may submit not unto us, but to
+the wish of God.
+
+2  For by this means they shall
+obtain a fruitful and perfect
+remembrance, with mercy, both in
+our prayers to God, and in our
+mention of them before his saints.
+
+3  Let us receive correction, at
+which no man ought to repine.
+
+4  Beloved, the reproof and the
+correction which we exercise
+towards one another, is good, and
+exceeding profitable: for it unites
+us the more closely to the will of
+God.
+
+5  For, so says the Holy Scripture,
+The Lord corrected me, but he did
+not deliver me over unto death. For
+whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth,
+and scourgeth every son whom he
+receiveth.
+
+6  The righteous, saith he, shall
+instruct me in mercy and reprove
+me; but let not oil of sinners
+make fat my head.
+
+7  And again he saith, Happy
+is the man whom God correcteth;
+therefore despise not thou the
+chastening of the Almighty.
+
+8  For he maketh gore and bindeth
+up; he woundeth and his hands
+make whole.
+
+9  He shall deliver thee in six
+troubles; yea in seven there shall
+no evil touch thee. In famine he
+shall redeem thee from death; and
+in war from the power of the sword.
+
+10  Thou shalt be hid from the
+scourge of the tongue; neither
+shalt thou be afraid of destruction
+when it cometh.
+
+11  Thou shalt laugh at the
+wicked and sinners; neither shalt
+thou be afraid of the beasts of the
+earth. The wild beast shall be at
+peace with thee.
+
+12  Then shalt thou know that
+thy house shall be in peace; and
+the habitation of thy tabernacle
+shall not err. Then shalt know
+also that thy seed shall be great
+and thy offspring as the grass of
+the earth.
+
+13  Thou shalt come to thy
+grave as the ripe corn, that is
+taken in due time: like as a shock
+of corn cometh in, in its season.
+
+14  Ye see, beloved, how there
+shall be a defence to those that are
+corrected of the Lord. For being
+a good instructor, he is willing to
+admonish us by his holy, diaipline.
+
+15  Do ye therefore who laid the
+first foundation of this sedition,
+submit yourselves unto your
+priests; and be instructed unto
+repentance, bending the knees of
+your hearts.
+
+16  Learn to be subject, laying
+aside all proud and arrogant
+boasting of your tongues.
+
+17  For it is better for you to be
+found little, and approved, in the
+sheepfold of Christ, than to seem
+to yourselves better than others,
+and be cast out of his fold.
+
+18  For thus speaks the
+excellent and all-virtuous wisdom,
+Behold I will pour out the word
+of my spirit upon you, I will make
+known my speech unto you.
+
+19  Because I called and ye
+would not hear, I stretched out
+my hand and ye regarded not.
+
+20  But ye have set at nought all
+my counsel, and would none of
+my reproof. I will also laugh at
+your calamity, and mock when
+your fear cometh.
+
+21  When your fear cometh as
+desolation, and your destruction
+as a whirlwind, when distress and
+anguish cometh upon you.
+
+22  Then shall ye call upon me
+but I will not hear you: the
+wicked shall seek me but they
+shall not find me. For that they
+hated knowledge, and did not seek
+the fear of the Lord.
+
+23  They would not hearken
+unto my counsel: they despised
+all my reproof. Therefore shall
+they eat of the fruit of their own
+ways; and be filled with their
+own wickedness.
+
+
+
+
+CHAPTER XXIV
+
+     1 Recommends them to God. Desires speedily to hear
+     that this Epistle has had a good effect upon them.
+     4 Conclusion.
+
+NOW God, the inspector of all
+things, the Father of Spirits,
+and the Lord of all flesh, who
+hath chosen our Lord Jesus Christ,
+and us by him, to be his peculiar
+people;
+
+2  Grant to every soul of man
+that calleth upon his glorious and
+holy name, faith, fear, peace,
+long-suffering, patience, temperance,
+holiness and sobriety, unto all
+well-pleasing in his sight;
+through our High-Priest and
+Protector Jesus Christ, by whom
+be glory and majesty, and power,
+and honour unto him now and for
+ever more, Amen.
+
+3  The messengers whom we
+have sent unto you, Claudius,
+Ephebus, and Valerios Bito, with
+Fortunatus, send back to us again
+with all speed, in peace and with
+joy, that they may the sooner
+acquaint us with your peace and
+concord, so much prayed for and
+desired by us: and that we may
+rejoice in your good order.
+
+4  The grace of our Lord Jesus
+Christ be with you, and with all
+that are any where called by God
+through him: To whom be honour
+and glory, and might and injesty,
+and eternal dominion, by Christ
+Jesus, from everlasting to
+everlasting, Amen.
+
+
+
+        REFERENCES TO CLEMENT'S FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS.
+
+[Clement was a disciple of Peter, and afterwards Bishop of Rome. Clemens
+Alexandrinus calls him an apostle. Jerome says he was an apostolic man,
+and Rafinus that he was almost an apostle.  Eusebius calls this the
+wonderful  Epistle of St. Clement, and says that it was publicly read in
+the assemblies of the primitive church. It is included in one of the
+ancient collections of the Canon Scripture.  Its genuineness has been
+much questioned, particularly by  Photius, patriarch of Constantinople in
+the ninth century, who objects that  Clement speaks of worlds beyond the
+ocean: that he has not written worthily of the divinity of Christ; and
+that to prove the possibility of a future resurrection, he introduces the
+fabulous story of the phoenix's revival from its own ashes. To the latter
+objection, Archbishop Wake replies that the generality  of the ancient
+Fathers have made use of the same instance in proof of the same point;
+and asks, if St. Clement really believed that there was such a bird, and
+that it did revive out of the cinders of the body after burning, where
+was the, great harm either in giving credit to such a wonder, or,
+believing it, to make rich a use as he here does of it?--The present is
+the Archbishop's  translation from the ancient Greek copy of the Epistle,
+which is at the end of  the celebrated Alexandrine MS. of the Septuagint
+and New Testament, presented by Cyril, patriarch of Alexandria, to King
+Charles the First, now in the British Museum. The Archbishop, in
+prefacing his translation, esteems it a great blessing that this
+"Epistle" was at last so happily found out, for the increase and
+confirmation both of our faith and our charity.]
+
+
+
+                         THE SECOND EPISTLE OF
+                       CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS
+
+
+
+CHAPTER I.
+
+     That we ought to value our salvation;
+     and to show that we do by a sincere obedience.
+
+BRETHREN, we ought so to
+think of Jesus Christ as of
+God: as of the judge of the living,
+and the dead; nor should we think
+any less of our salvation.
+
+2  For if we think meanly of
+him, we shall hope only to receive
+some small things from him.
+
+3  And if we do so, we shall
+sin; not considering from whence
+we have been called, and by whom,
+and to what place; and how much
+Jesus Christ vouchsafed to suffer
+for our sakes.
+
+4  What recompense then shall
+we render unto him? Or what
+fruit that may be worthy of what
+he has given to us?
+
+5  For indeed how great are
+those advantages which we owe to
+him in relation to our holiness?
+He has illuminated us; as a father,
+he has called us his children;
+he has saved us who were lost and
+undone.
+
+6  What praise shall we give to
+him? Or what reward that may
+be answerable to those things
+which we have received.
+
+7  We were defective in our
+understandings; worshipping stones,
+and wood; gold, and silver, and
+brass, the work of men's hands;
+and our whole life was nothing
+else but death.
+
+8  Wherefore being encompassed
+with darkness, and having such a
+mist before our eyes, we have
+looked up, and through his will
+have laid aside the cloud wherewith
+we were surrounded.
+
+9  For he had compassion upon
+us, and being moved in his bowels
+towards us, he saved us; having
+beheld in us much error, and
+destruction; and seeing that we had
+no hope of salvation, but only
+through him.
+
+10  For he called us, who were
+not; and was pleased from nothing
+to give us being.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER II.
+
+     1 That God had before prophesied by Isaiah,
+     that the Gentiles should be saved;
+     8 And that this ought to engage, such especially
+     to live well; without which they will still miscarry.
+
+REJOICE, thou barren, that
+bearest not, break forth and
+cry thou that travailest not; for
+she that is desolate hath many
+more children than she that hath
+a husband.
+
+2  In that saying, Rejoice thou
+barren that bearest not, he spake
+of us: for our church was barren
+before children were given unto it.
+
+3  And again; when he said,
+Cry thou that travailest not:
+he implied thus much: That after
+the manner of a woman in travail,
+we should not cease to put up our
+prayers unto God abundantly.
+
+4  And for what follows, because
+she that is desolate hath more
+children than she that hath a husband;
+it was therefore added, because
+our people which seemed to have
+been forsaken by God, now believing
+in him, are become more than they
+who seemed to have God.
+
+5  And another Scripture saith,
+a I came not to call the righteous
+but sinners (to repentance). The
+meaning of which is this; that
+those who were lost must be saved:
+
+6  For that is, indeed, truly great
+and wonderful, not to confirm those
+things that are yet standing, but
+those which are falling,
+
+7  Even so did it seem good to
+Christ to save what was lost; and
+when he came into the world, he
+saved many, and called us who
+were already lost.
+
+8  Seeing then he has showed
+so great mercy towards us; and
+chiefly for that we who are alive,
+do now no longer sacrifice to dead
+Gods, nor pay any worship to
+them, but have by him been
+brought to the knowledge of
+the Father of truth.
+
+9  Whereby shall we show that
+we do indeed know him, and by
+not denying him by whom we
+have come to the knowledge of
+him.
+
+10  For even he himself saith,
+Whosoever shall confess me before
+men, him will I confess before
+my Father. This therefore is our
+reward, if we shall confess him by
+whom we have been saved.
+
+11  But, wherein must we confess
+him?--Namely, in doing those
+things which he saith, and not
+disobeying his commandments
+by worshipping him not with
+our lips only, but with all our
+heart, and with all our mind. For
+he saith in Isaiah; This people
+honoureth me with their lips, but
+their heart is far from me.
+
+12  Let us then not only call
+him Lord; for that will not save
+us. For he saith: Not everyone
+that saith unto me Lord, Lord,
+shall be saved, but he that doth
+righteousness.
+
+13  Wherefore, brethren,
+let us confess him by our works;
+by loving one another; in not
+committing adultery, not speaking
+evil against each other, not envying
+one another; but by being temperate,
+merciful, good.
+
+14  Let us also have a mutual
+sense of one another's sufferings;
+and not be covetous of money; but
+let us, by our good works, confess
+God, and not by those that are
+otherwise.
+
+15  Also let us not fear men: but
+rather God. Wherefore, if we
+should do such wicked things, the
+Lord hath said; Though ye should
+be joined unto me, even in my very
+bosom, and not keep my commandments,
+I would cast you off, and say unto
+you; Depart from me; I know not
+whence you are, ye workers of iniquity.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER III.
+
+     1 That, whilst we secure the other world,
+     we need not fear what can befall its in this.
+     5 That, if we follow the interests of this present world,
+     we cannot escape the punishment of the other.
+     10 Which ought to bring us to repentance and holiness,
+     14 and that presently: because in this world
+     is the only time for repentance.
+
+THEREFORE brethren, leaving
+willingly for conscience sake
+our sojourning in this world,
+let us do the will of him who has
+called us, and not fear to depart
+out of this world.
+
+2  For the Lord saith, Ye shall
+be as sheep in the midst of wolves.
+Peter answered and said, What if
+the wolves shall tear in pieces the
+sheep? Jesus said unto Peter,
+Let not the sheep fear the wolves
+after death: And ye also fear not
+those that kill you, and after that
+have no more than they can do unto
+you; but fear him who after you
+are dead, has power to cast both
+soul and body into hell-fire.
+
+3  For consider, brethren, that
+the sojourning of this flesh in the
+present world, is but little, and of
+a short continuance, but the promise
+of Christ is great and wonderful,
+even the rest of the kingdom
+that is to come, and of eternal life.
+
+4  What then must we do that
+we may attain unto it?--We must
+order our conversation, holy and
+righteously, and look upon all the
+things of this world as none of
+ours, and not desire them. For,
+if we desire to possess them we
+fall from the way of righteousness.
+
+5  For thus saith the Lord, No
+servant can serve two masters. If
+therefore we shall desire to serve
+God and Mammon, it will be without
+profit to us. For what will it profit,
+if one gain the vole world, and lose
+his own soul?
+
+6  Now this world and that
+to come are two enemies. This
+speaketh of adultery and corruption,
+of covetousness and deceit; but that
+renounces these things.
+
+7  We cannot, therefore, be the
+friends of both; but we must
+resolve by forsaking the one,
+to enjoy the other. And we think
+it is better to hate the present
+things, as little, short-lived,
+and corruptible; and to love
+those which are to come, which
+are truly good and incorruptible.
+
+8  For, if we do the will of
+Christ, we shall find rest:
+but if not, nothing shall deliver
+us from eternal punishment if we
+shall disobey his commands. For
+even thus saith the Scripture in
+the prophet Ezekiel, If Noah, Job,
+and Daniel should rise up, they
+shall not deliver their children in
+captivity.
+
+9  Wherefore, if such righteous
+men are not able by their
+righteousness to deliver their
+children; how can we hope to
+enter into the kingdom of God,
+except we keep our baptism holy
+and undefiled? Or who shall be
+our advocate, unless we shall
+be found to have done what is holy
+and just?
+
+10  Let us, therefore, my brethren,
+contend with all earnestness,
+knowing that our combat is at
+hand; and that many go long
+voyages to encounter for a
+corruptible reward.
+
+11 And yet all are not crowned,
+but they only that labour much,
+and strive gloriously. Let us,
+therefore, so contend, that we may
+all be crowned. Let us run in the
+straight road, the race that is
+incorruptible: and let us in great
+numbers pass unto it, and strive
+that we may receive the crown.
+But if we cannot all be crowned,
+let us come as near to it as we are
+able.
+
+12  Moreover, we must consider,
+that he who contends in a corruptible
+combat; if he be found doing anything
+that is not fair, is taken away and
+scourged, and cast out of the lists.
+What think ye then that he shall
+suffer, who does anything that is
+not fitting in the combat of
+immortality?
+
+13  Thus speaks the prophet
+concerning those who keep not
+their seal; Their worm shall not
+die, and their, fire shall not be
+quenched; and they shall be for a
+spectacle unto all flesh.
+
+14  Let us therefore repent, whilst
+we are yet upon the earth: for we
+are as clay in the hand of the
+artificer. For the potter if he
+make a vessel, and it be turned
+amiss in his hands, or broken,
+again forms it anew; but if he has
+gone so far as to throw it into the
+furnace of fire, he can no more
+bring any remedy to it.
+
+15  So we, whilst we are in this
+world should repent with our whole
+heart for whatsoever evil we have
+done in the flesh; while we have
+yet the time of repentance, that
+we may be saved by the Lord.
+
+16  For after we shall have
+departed out of this world, we
+shall no longer be able either
+to confess our sins or repent
+in the other.
+
+17  Wherefore, brethren, let us,
+doing the will of the Father,
+and keeping our flesh pure,
+and observing the commandments
+of the Lord, lay hold on eternal
+life: for the Lord saith in the
+Gospel, If ye have not kept that
+which was little, who will give
+you that which is great?--
+For I say unto you, he that is
+faithful in that which is
+least, is faithful also in much.
+
+18  This, therefore, is what he
+saith; keep your bodies pure, and
+your seal without spot, that ye
+may receive eternal life.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER IV.
+
+     We shall rise, and be judged, in our bodies;
+     therefore we must live well in them;
+     6 that we ought, for our own interest,
+     to live well; though few seem to
+     mind what, really is for their advantage;
+     10 and we should not deceive ourselves:
+     seeing God will certainly judge us,
+     and render to all of us according to our works.
+
+AND let not any one among you
+say, that this very flesh is
+not judged, neither raised up.
+Consider, in what were you saved
+in what did you look up, if not
+whilst you were in the flesh?
+
+2  We must, therefore, keep our
+flesh as the temple of God. For
+in like manner as ye were called
+in the flesh, ye shall also come
+to judgment in the flesh. Our one
+Lord Jesus Christ, who has saved
+us, being first a spirit, was made
+flesh, and so called us; even so we
+also shall in this flesh receive the
+reward.
+
+3  Let us, therefore, love one
+another, that we may attain unto
+the kingdom of God. Whilst we
+have time to be healed, let us
+deliver up ourselves to God our
+physician, giving our reward unto
+him.
+
+4  And what reward shall we
+give?--Repentance out of a pure
+heart. For he knows all things
+beforehand, and searches out our
+very hearts.
+
+5 Let us, therefore, give praise
+unto him: not only with our
+mouths, but with all our souls;
+that he may receive us as children.
+For so the Lord hath said; They
+are my brethren, who do the will
+of my father.
+
+6  Wherefore, my brethren,
+let us do the will of the Father,
+who hath called us, that we may
+live. Let us pursue virtue, and
+forsake wickedness, which leadeth
+us into sins; and let us flee all
+ungodliness, that evils overtake
+us not.
+
+7  For, if we shall do our diligence
+to live well, peace shall follow us.
+And yet how hard is it to find a man
+that does this? For almost all are
+led by human fears, choosing rather
+the present enjoyments, than the
+future promise.
+
+8  For they know not how great
+a torment the present enjoyments
+bring with them; nor what delights
+the future promise.
+
+9  And if they themselves only
+did this, it might the more easily
+be endured; but now they go on
+to infect innocent souls with their
+evil doctrines; not knowing that
+both themselves, and those that
+hear them, shall receive a double
+condemnation.
+
+10  Let us, therefore, serve
+God with a pure heart, and we
+shall be righteous: but if we shall
+not serve him, because we do not
+believe the promise of God, we
+shall be miserable.
+
+11  For thus saith the prophet;
+Miserable are the double-minded,
+who doubt in their heart, and say,
+these things we have heard, even.
+in the time of our fathers, but we
+have seen none of them, though
+we have expected them from day
+to day.
+
+12 O ye fools! compare yourselves
+to a tree; take the vine for an
+example. First it sheds its leaves,
+then it buds, then come the sour
+grapes, then the ripe fruit;
+even so my people has borne its
+disorders and afflictions, but shall
+hereafter receive good things.
+
+13  Wherefore my brethren, let
+us not doubt in our minds, but let
+us expect with hope, that we may
+receive our reward; for he is
+faithful, who has promised that
+he will render to everyone a
+reward according to his works.
+
+14  If, therefore, we shall do
+what is just in the sight of God
+we shall enter into his kingdom,
+and shall receive the promises;
+Which neither eye has seen, nor
+ear heard, nor have entered into
+the heart of man.
+
+15  Wherefore let us every
+hour expect the kingdom of God
+in love and righteousness; because
+we know not the day of God's
+appearing.
+
+
+
+CHAPTER V.
+
+A FRAGMENT.
+
+     Man's immortal nature a type of the Lord's kingdom.
+
+1    *    *    *    For the Lord
+himself, being asked by a certain
+person, When his kingdom should
+come? answered, When two shall
+be one, and that which is without
+as that which is within; and the
+male with the female, neither male
+nor female.
+
+2  Now two are one, when we
+speak the truth to each other, and
+there is (without hypocrisy) one
+seal in two bodies:
+
+3  And that which is without as
+that which, is within;--He means
+this; he calls the soul that which
+is within, and the body that which
+is without. As therefore thy body
+appears, so let thy soul be seen by
+its good works.
+
+4  And the male with, the female,
+neither Male nor female;--He
+means this; he calls our anger
+the male, our concupiscence the
+female.
+
+5  When therefore a man is come
+to such a pass that he is subject
+neither to the one nor the other of
+these (both of which, through the
+prevalence of custom, and an evil
+education, cloud and darken the
+reason,)
+
+6  But rather, having dispelled
+the mist arising from them, and
+being full of shame, shall by
+repentance have united both his
+soul and spirit in the obedience
+of reason; then, as Paul says, there is
+in us neither male nor female.
+
+
+
+             REFERENCE TO THE SECOND EPISTLE THE CORINTHIANS.
+
+[Archbishop Wake is the translator of this Second Epistle, which he says
+was not of so great reputation among the primitive Fathers as the first.
+He defends it notwithstanding; and in answer to those who objected to
+Clement's First Epistle, that it did not duly honour the Trinity; the
+Archbishop refers to  this as containing proof of the writer's fulness of
+belief on that point.]
+
+
+
+
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