The genuine epistles of the apostolical fathers, S. Barnabas, S. Ignatius, S. Clement, S. Polycarp, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the matyrdoms of St. Ignatius and St. Polycarp, written by those who were present at their sufferings : being, together with the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament, a compleat collection of the most primitive antiquity for about CL years after Christ / translated and publish'd, with a large preliminary discourse relating to the several treaties here put together by W. Wake ...
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- The genuine epistles of the apostolical fathers, S. Barnabas, S. Ignatius, S. Clement, S. Polycarp, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the matyrdoms of St. Ignatius and St. Polycarp, written by those who were present at their sufferings : being, together with the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament, a compleat collection of the most primitive antiquity for about CL years after Christ / translated and publish'd, with a large preliminary discourse relating to the several treaties here put together by W. Wake ...
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- 1693.
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- Ignatius, -- Saint, Bishop of Antioch, d. ca. 110.
- Clement -- I, -- Pope.
- Polycarp, -- Saint, Bishop of Smyrna.
- Hermas, 2nd cent.
- Barnabas, -- Apostle, Saint.
- Christian literature, Early.
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"The genuine epistles of the apostolical fathers, S. Barnabas, S. Ignatius, S. Clement, S. Polycarp, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the matyrdoms of St. Ignatius and St. Polycarp, written by those who were present at their sufferings : being, together with the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament, a compleat collection of the most primitive antiquity for about CL years after Christ / translated and publish'd, with a large preliminary discourse relating to the several treaties here put together by W. Wake ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a42622.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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THE CONTENTS.
The First BOOK.
- Vision I. AGAINST Filthy and Proud Thoughts: Al∣so the Correction of HERMAS for his Neglect of his Sons.
- II. Again of his Neglect in correcting his Talkative Wife; and of his Lewd Sons; and of his own Man∣ners.
- III Of the Building of the Church-Triumphant: And of the several Orders of Reprobates.
- IV. Of the Tryal and Tribulation, that is about to come upon Men.
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The Second BOOK. An Introduction to the following COMMANDS.
- Command I. OF Believing in One God.
- II. That we must avoid Detraction; and do our Alms-Deeds with Sim∣plicity.
- III. Of Avoiding Lying: And the Re∣pentance of HERMAS for his Dis∣simulation.
- IV. Of putting away Ones Wife for ADULTERY.
- V. Of the Sadness of the Heart; and of Patience.
- VI. That every Man has two Angels; and of the Suggestions of both.
- VII. That we must fear God, but not the Devil.
- VIII. That we must flee from Evil, and do Good.
- IX. That we must ask of God daily, and without doubting.
- X. Of the Sadness of the Heart; and that we must take heed not to grieve the Spirit of God that is in us.
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- XI. That the Spirits and Prophets are to be tried by their Works; and of a Two-fold Spirit.
- XII. Of a two-fold Desire: That the Commands of God are not impos∣sible: And that the Devil is not to be feared by them that Believe.
The Third BOOK.
- Similitude I. THAT seeing we have no abiding City in this World; we ought to look after that which is to come.
- II. As the Vine is supported by the Elm, so is the Rich-Man help'd by the Prayers of the Poor.
- III. As the Green Trees in the Win∣ter cannot be distinguish'd from the Dry; so neither can the Righteous from the Wicked in this present World.
- IV. As in Summer the living Trees are distinguish'd from the Dry by their Fruit and Green Leaves; so in the World to come the Righte∣ous shall be distinguish'd from the Unrighteous by their Happiness.
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- V. Of a True Fast, and the Reward of it: Also of the Cleanness of the Body.
- VI. Of two Sorts of Voluptuous Men; and of their Death, De∣fection, and of the Continuance of their Pains.
- VII. That they who Repent, must bring forth Fruits worthy of Repentance.
- VIII. That there are many kinds of Elect, and of Repenting Sin∣ners: And how all of them shall re∣ceive a Reward proportionable to the Measure of their Repentance and Good Works.
- IX. The Greatest Mysteries of the Militant and Triumphant Church which is to be built.
- X. Of Repentance and Alms-Deeds.