What Wesley Left Out

~533 words

to their reſpective Biſhops and o 

byters, and to the Apoſtolical -_ de. 
| er 


anS AG a> an a ut. 4 ai O 


> QY AT oa © 


of the following Treatifes, &c. 16x 


livered by them, to prevent their gain- 
ing any Advantage againſt them. 


6. WITH what Aſſurance do they 

deliver the Doctrine which they had re- 

ceived ? How confidently do they de- 

Clare'it ro be the 2Yue DeBrine of Chrift ? 

And exhort the Charches ro whom they 

write, not to give any heed to fach as 

would inſmuare any Ocher Dottrine in- 

to their Minds? And how did they 
themſelves ſhew them by their own Ex- 

how they ſhould avoid fuch Per- 

fors? Infomuch that * 7reness tells us, * Epiſt. ad 
that if St. Polycarp at any time chanced © = — 
to hear any One deliver any Ocher Do- jÞ6* e-nlet: 
Qrine than what he had been raught, he 1j». y. c. ->, 
did tot only not give any Countenance to 

fach 'an One ; but was wont to ſtop his 

Ears at him, and you with Aftoniſh- 

Tent and Grief, Goo God ! 'To what 

Times ® thou reſerve me, that 1 ſhould 

endure this > Nay he would not tarry,in 

the ſame place wich ſuch a Perſon, but 

wonld leave the Hoaſe, if he knew that 

any Heretichs were in it. 


.BUT of the Care which theſe 
Holy Men had to keep cloſe in every 
the leaſt Circumſtance ro che Doctrine 
and Practice of the Apofles, we cannor, 
I think, defire a fairer Inſtance to con- 
vince us, than what | Euſebtus has re- + Euſeb. wit 
corded of the ſame Bletied oy” Ecelel, th. v. 
ow C. 


162 


* Iren, adv. 
Hzref. lib, III. 
C, 3O, 


Of the Authority 


How that hearing of the Difference be- 
tween the Eaftern and Weſtern Churches 
about the Time of keeping Eafer, he 
thought it worthy his Pains, at an ex- 
treme old Age, to take a Journey as far 
as Rome for the compoſing of ic. And 
notwithſtanding all that Azticetus, who 
was then Biſhop of that Church, could 
ſay to move him from his Prafzce; yet 
having this Ground for it, that St. John 
was wont to keep Eafter as he dids, the 
good Man held cloſe to it, and would 
not hear of changing a Gufom. which 
that bleſſed Apoſtle had deliver'd to him, 


8. AND when ſuch was the Care 
which theſe Holy Writers had of hold- 
ing faſt, even to the leaſt particular, of 
what they received from the Apoſles, 
that they would not comply with ' the 
reſt of the Church in ſuch an indifferent 
matter, only becanſe by ſo doing they 
ſhould depart fromthe Practice of One 
of them; Surely, we may with Conk: 
dence depend upon the Dor:ine which 
they deliver, as moſt pur? and genuine; 
What our Sawiowr taught his Apoſtles, 
and his Apofles them. And what * /re- 
is once ſaid of his Maſter Polycary, 
we may with equal Truth and Affurance 
apply ro all the reſt of thoſe Fathers, 
whoſe Treatiſes I have here pur yes 
Thar they taught evvermore what they had 
tecerved from the Apoſtles, which alſo they 

| deliver'd 


> as > aw a or a @©#tuoft io a... 


-y 


” YD RVwy 


= V"R.DO Www  EzEEz FM.  Hon”'t 


<= = ,= oO 


of the following T reatiſes, &c. 


delrver'd to the Church, and which only is 
the true Doirine of Chriſt. 


9

~213 words

called, were at laſt 
made perfe&t by Martyrdom; and un- 
derwent the moſt exqui/ite Grueltres wit 
a Courage and Gonftancy, worthy both of 
the wy they profels'd, and. of the 
eminent Gharafters which they had ob- 
tained in the Ghurch. 


10, NOW tho' this do's not imme- 
diately argue the Purity of their Do- 
Brine, yet being added to what I have 
before obſerved ; will give us a new 
Ground to rely upon the Truth of what 
they deliver. For ſince we cannot rea- 
ſonably doubt but thac ſuch Perſons as 
theſe, muſt needs have known what 
the Do&rine of the Apoſtles was 3 and 
have been perfectly inſtructed in that 
Religion which they _ eſlteem'd "_ 

2 Fl 


163 


164 


Of the Authority 


2nd worthy to preach to others : We 
have in this a clear Demonftration of 
their Integrity both in their Teaching 
and Writing of it 3 and muſt conclude, 
Fhart they who liv'd ſuch excellent Lives, 
and took fo much Pains in the Miniſtry 
of the Goſpel; that ſtack with ſuch 
Firmneſs to it , notwithſtanding 'a?l the 
Endeavours of their Enemies to the con- 
trary and choſe rather to undergo the 
moſt bitter Deaths, than they would in 
any wiſe depart from itz have doubtlek 
dealt moſt uprightly in this marrer, -atid 
deliver'd nothing to us but what they 
rook for the true Doctrine of Cri}, 
and what therefore we may conclude, 
undoubtedly was ſo. 


11. SUCH good reafon then have 
we upon all theſe Accounts to look up

~181 words

it againſt Trypho the Jew, 
and urging it as an unanſwerable Argu- 
went in the Behalf of Chriſtianity, and 
againſt che Zews, from whom theſe Gifts 
had a long time been departed. And e- 
ven in the Fathers, whoſe Writings are 
here put together, there appear (uthcienr 
Indications of the Continuance of cheſe 
Extraordinary Powers. 


13, THIS * Sr. Glement manifeſtiy * 5:2 5:/4w, 
declares in his Firſt Epiſtle to the Co c.xiviii. p55. 
r1umthians, He tells us that ſome in that 
Gburch not only had ſuch Gifts, but 

: | 3 were 


166 


+ See his Satu- 
tation to the 


Smyrnxans, P. 


193» 194- 

* Epiſt. to the 
Philadelph 

& VII. p. 182. 
To the Tral- 

hans, Sect. V. 


Pp. 149- 


Of the Authority 


were even proud and conceited upon the 
3ccount of them. Let a Man, fays he, 
have Faith, 1. e. ſuch a Faich by which 
he is able to work Miracles z Let him 
be powerful to utter Myſtical Knowleag ; 
(for to that his Expretſhon manifeſtly re- 
fers 3) Let him be wiſe in diſcerning 
of Speeches; Another Gift common in 
thoſe Times : But fill, ſays he, by how 
much the more he ſeems to excel Others, 
wiz, upon the account of theſe. extra- 
ordinary Endowments, by ſo wuch the 
more will it b:hove him to be humble- 
minded, and to ſeek what is profitable to 
all Men, and not to his own Advantage. 
And St. [zzatius not only f ſuppoſes

~948 words

admit any into 
the higheſt Rank of Honour and Au- 


thoricy in it, but what were in a yet 
| l 4 more 


167 


1E8Y Of the Authority 


more eminent manner endyed with the 
* Clem.Epiſt. ſame Gifts, Hence * St. Clement tells 
pum. xlit. P. xx that The Apoſtles did prove by the 
_ x. cpirit the firſt Fruits of their Gorver- 
obiit ſrons, and ont of thems fet. Biſhops and. Pa- 
ftors over fuch as fhowld believe, And 
which we muſt underſtand One of the 
Two things, and very probably they 
were both meant by it : Either that the 
Apoftles made uſe of their own extrear- 
+ 1 Corxii.1o- atmnary Gift of the Spirit ( One f UG 
He2, .12. of which was to azfcern and try the Spr- 
rits of Others) in chuſing Perſons fitly 
qualified for the Work of the M:nifrrys 
Or elſe, that by the extraordinary Gifts 
of thoſe whom they pitch'd upon, they 
perceiv'd that they were worthy of ſuch 
an Employ, and therefore choſe them 
y Clem. Alex. out for it. And the Other || Glement 
_— -\v. yet more plainly ſpeaks the ſame thing : 
Hi Ec. TDat St- Jobn being returned from his 
clef. lib, 111, c. Baniſhment in Patwzos, went about the 
23. Country near unto Epbeſus, both to form 
and fertle Churches, where he ſaw occa- 
{ttonz and to admit into the Order of 
the Clergy » ſuch as were mark'd out to 
him by the Spirit. 


17. AND then for the Other thing 
obſerved ; It is clear that the very Iw- 
poſition of Hands, did in thoſe days con- 
fer the Holy Spirit, in an extraordin 
manner, upon Thoſe who were ordain'd 
to the Mzniftry of the Goſpel. 6 Thus 

tf, £44 


of the following T reatiſes, &c. 


Se. Paul jntimates in his F:rſt Epyfle ta 
Twmathy, Gh. iv, 14. where he exhorts 
bim ta fer up, 7? xcemue, the Gift, 1, e. 
the extraordinary Power of the Hol 
Spwit , which, lays be, is tn thee by the 
Gtzon of my hapds, 2, Tim. i. 6, And 
would you know how this Ceremony 
of (erring him apart for ſuch a Service 
came to endue him with ſuch an extra- 
ordinary Power « the ſame Apoſtle will 
tell you, 1 Tim. iv. 14, That it was giver 
unto biz by Prophecy 5, with, or through 
the Impofitron of Hands upon him. That 
is to ſay z God, who by his Prophets had 
before deſign'd and mark'd him our for 
that great Office, 1 T:we. i. 18, upon the 
actual admiſſion of him into it by the 
outward Rite of Laying on of Hands, 
and upon the ſolemn Prayers that were 
then withal made for him, did beſtow 
the Gifts of his Bleſſed Spirit, in an ex- 
traordinary manner upon him. 


18. NOW this as will it afford us 
juſt cauſe to conclude that thoſe Holy 
Men, whoſe Writings we have here col- 
lected, were doubtleſs endued with a 
very large Portion of the extraordinary 
Gerfts of the Holy Ghoſt : Whether we 
conſider the Frequency of thoſe Enadow- 
ments in the Age in which they lived ; 
Or the extraorarnary Strifneſs and Prety 
of their Levesz Or the Greatneſs of thole 
Stations © which they were called in 

the 


$169 


170 


Of the Authority 


the Church; Or laſtly, the Judement 
which the Apoſtles, who called them to 
thoſe h1gh Offices, were by the Spirit en- 
abled ro make of them; So, ( 3dly ) If 
we look to thoſe Accounts which ſtill 
remain to us of them; they wed yp 
ſhew us that they were endued, and 
that in a very fingulzr manner, with this 
Power and Gift of the Bleſſed Spirit, 


19. OF Barnabas, the Holy Scripture 
it (elf bears Witneſs, that He was 4 
good Man, full of the Holy Ghoſt, and of 
atth, ARs xi. 24. Hermas is another of 
whom Sr. Paul himſelf makes mention, 
Rom. xvi. 14. as an early Convert to 
Chriſttanity: And what extraordinary 
Revelations he had, and how he foretold 
the Troubles that were to come upon the 
_— his following V:/zons ſuſficiently 
eclare. 


20 CLEMENT is not only ſpo- 
ken of by the ſame Apoſtle, but with this 
advantageous Charater too, that he was 
the Fellow-Labourer of that great Man, 
and had his Name written 1n the Book of 
Tife, Phil. iv. 3. And when we ſhall 
confider ro how much lefſer and worſer 
Men theſe Grfts' were uſually commu- 
nicated at that time; we can hardly 
think chat ſo excellent a Man, and the 
Companion of ſo great an Apoſtle z em- 


ployed firſt in the planting of the Goſpel 
with 


ws cans y em, * wW To 


> _ 7 Fw w— yy © OD 


of the following Treatiſes, &c. I7E 


with him, and then ſet ro govern one 
of the moſt conſiderable Ghurches in the 
World, ſhould have beea deſtitute of ic. 


21. AS for St. Ignativs, I have before 
obſerved that he had this Gift; and by * 
the help of ir, warned the * Phrladelphs. * Fil. to the 
ans againſt falling into thoſe Diviſions, _ vii 
which he fore-ſlaw were about: co riſe p, 182, 183. 
up amonſt them. Add the Mar- 
tyrdom of Igna- 
22. POLYCARP not only Prophe. hs wm xli. 
cd of his own Death, but ſpake often © *** 
times of things that were to come: And 
has this Witneſs from the whole Ghurch 
of Smyrna, that nothing of all that he 
foretold ever failed of coming to pals ac- 
cording to his Prediction. 


23. IT remains then that the Hol 
Men whoſe Writings are here ſ{ubjoyn'd, 
were not only inſtructed by ſuch as were 
Inſpir'd, but were themſelves I»ſpir'd too. 
And therefore we muſt conclude, that 
they have not only not miſtaken the 
Mind of the Apoſtles, in what they deli- 
ver to us as the Goſpel of Ghrift, but were 
not capable of doing of it. By conſe- 
quence, that we ought to look upon their 
Writings, * tho* not of equal Authority + y;q. pog- 
with thoſe which we call in a fingular wel). Differt. 
manner The Holy Scriptures ; ( becauſe in Iren. Pra

~4,251 words

Pieces, 
but even in the Sacred Books of the New 
Teſtament it {cf 


24. I SHALL add but One Confi- 
deration more, the better to ſhew the 
true Deference that ought to be paid to 
the Treatifes here colletted, and that is, 
Sixthly : That they were not only writ- 
ten by (uch Men. as I haye faid, inſtru- 
&ed by the Apafles , and judg'd warthy 
by them both. for their Knowledg and 
their Integrity, © govern ſome of the 
moſt eminent Ghurches in the World ; 
and laſtly, eadued with the extraordiuary 
Gifi of the Holy Ghoſt; and upon all 
theſe Accounts to be much reſpected by 


us : But were moreover received by the 
Ghurch 


of the following T'teatiſes, &c. 
Church in thoſe Fir Ages, as Preces of 


; 2 very great value, winch could nor be 
| miſtaken in its Judgment of theih. | 


25. THE Epiſtle of St.(Glawent wes 
| A og tte read publickly with theO- 
pteres in 'the Gimgyegations of 
the Far |; made a pitrt of their Ye- 
ble, and was'ntmbred ks the Sarrts! 

| Writings, however finally ſeparated froth 
them. . And not only the Apoſtalica} Ca- 
'our moſt anteleht Alezcartttr1an 


73 


tohantus afrer both, tells us, hte 
were both of them wor to be read 
In the Charch inhis Titne * | — II 
Xrel. XXX, 
26. THE Epi/le'of St. Polycarp, with 99% 15: 
only E q gy of Ia, were ot 
ery ighly a of by partr- 
bi the oe of 
= were re roo < 
ſembli of the Faithful. And for thoſe 
Vale pr 'befides that'we'find 2 wighty 
& (2 wpob tHe By, A Chriſtians 
hoſe Times, 't Fo fealed to' tis 


g j this CA ke of ar AM «TY: 
© 'they art whith "we ity 
* be *gfeat hr wy "Bo, fays he, Th, 


© Heat 'of Þarth and Pitience, ar of : 
© things =oe pertaty bo "Edification ty the 
«LOR 


27. THE 


174 


»* Annor. in 
iſt. in Bar- 
-Þ. 9, Io. 


Of the Authority 


27. THE Epifle of Barnabas is not 
only quoted with great Honour by thoſe 
of the next Age to him, but as I have 
before ſhewn, is expreſly called Gathol:ck 
and Ganonical, And in the ancient * St:- 
chometry of Gotelerius, we find it placed 
the very next to the Epi/le of St. Jude, 
and no difference put between the 4«- 
thority of the One and of the Other. 


28, AND for the Bock of Hermas, 
both Ezſehius and St. Jerome tell us, that 
it was alſo uſed to be read in the Churches, 
In the ſame Stichometry, I before men- 
tioned, it is placed in the very next 

to the 4#s of the Holy Apoftles: And in 
ſome of the moſt ancient Manuſcripts of 
the New Teſtament, we find it written 
in the ſame Volume with the Books of 
the Apoftles and Ewangelifts, as if it had 
been eſteem'd of the ſame Value and Au- 
thority with them. 


29. SO that now then we muſt either 
ſay that the Church in thole days was fo 
lictle careful of what was taught in it, as 
to allow ſuch Books to be publickly read 
in its Gongregations, the Doctrine where- 
of it did not approves Or we muſt con- 
fels, that the following Pieces are deli- 
ver'd tous, not only by the Learned Men 
of the Firſt Ages of the Ghurch, bur by 
the whole Body of the Faitliful, as con- 

taining 


of the. following Treaties, &c. 


taining the pure Do#rine of Ghrift; and 
muſt be look'd upon to have nothing in 
them, but what was then thought wor- 
thy of all Acceptation, 


30. NOW how mach this adds to the 
Authority of theſe Diſcourſes , may eafi- 
ly be concluded from what 1 have be- 
ore obſerved. For fince it is certain 
that in thoſe Times the Extratrainary 
G:fts of the Holy Ghoſt were beſtowed, 
not only upon the Bifops. and Paſtors of 
the Church, (tho* upon them in a- more 
eminent degree , but alſo upon a great 
many of. the common Ghriftians too : 
Since One particular De:/zgn of theſe 
Gifts was for the Diſcerning of Prophe- 
cies, to judg of what was propoſed by 
any to the Ghurch, or written for the Hſe 
and Benefit of ic : We cannot doubt bur 
what was univerſally approved of and al- 
low'd, not by a few Learned Mex, but 
by the whole Ghurch in thoſe days; what 
was permitted to be publickly read to 
the Faithful for their Comfort and In- 
ſtruction 3 muſt by this means have re- 
ceived a more than Humane Approbation 
and ought to be look'd upon by us, tho' 
not of Equal Authority with thoſe Books 
which they have deliver'd to us as ftr4#1y 
Canonical, yet as ſtanding in the tirſt Rank 
of Ecdleſraſtical Writings, and as Con- 
taining the true and pure Farth of Ghrift, 
without the leaſt Error incermix'd with 
if, CHAP. 


* 


176 Of the Subject 


CHAP. XL. 


Of the Sahjef of the follow- 
ing Diſcourſes ; and of the 
Uſe that is to be made of 
Them. 


That in the following Treatiſes, there 1s 
aelrorr'd to us a good account, both of the 
Dodrige 4»d Diſcipline of the Church, 
ix the Apoftolical Times. This fhewn 
:n ſeveral particulars. What they taught 
concerning God the Father, our Saviour 
Chriſt, a4 th? Holy Ghoſt. Of An- 
gels and Spirits. Of the reſt of the Ar- 
ticles of the Apoſtles Creed. Concern- 
Tng the two Sacraments of Baptiſta, and 
the Lord's Supper. Of the Holy Scri- 
ptures, «zd the Divine Authority of 
them, What we met with in theſe T rea- 
riſes concerning the Govertnment of the 
Church, Of the Neceſſity of Communi- 
cating with the Biſhops and Paſtors of 
#t. Of Schiſmaticks, Hereticks, and A- 
poſtaes. Of their publick Affembling 

* for the Service of God , and what was 
done by them tn thoſe Mectings. Of ſe- 
veral other Inſtances of their Diſcipline; 
particularly, of theer Faſting and Con- 
feſion of Sins. Of the Gare which 


their 


of the following Treatiles. 


their Biſhops had of the whole Church. 
Of the Reſpect that was paid to them. 
Of thetr Martyrs 3 and the Venera- 
tion which they thought due to them, 
Of their Practical Inltructions, and 
how ſevere thetrr Morality was 5; ſhewn 
in ſeveral particulars. That upon the 
whole, we may here ſee what the State 
of Rnny then was, and ſtill ought 
to be, 


bc ) , fo bou now having ſhewn in the 

foregoing Chapter, what Defe- 
rence we ought to pay to the Authority 
of thoſe Holy Mzn, whoſe Writings I 
have here collected 3 it may not be a- 
mils, in the Third place to enquire, Whac 
it is which they deliver to us z what ac- 
count we find in them, of the Dot#tr;re, 
and Diſcipline of the Church, jn thoſe 
Times in which they lived. 


2, IT would be endleſs for me to go 
about to make a juſt Catalogue of ail the 
Particulars of this kind that occur in the 
following Pieces 3 an4 I havealready ina 
great meaſure perform'd ir, in the [dex 
which I have for that purpoſe {ubjoyn'd 


to cherm, I ſhall therefore here.conſi- _ 


der only a few particulars, in ſuch Points 
as may ſeem moſt worthy to be remark- 
ed; and by them (as by a ſhort Specr- 
men (hew) How the judicious Reader 
may himſelf improve ic, into a more par« 

m ticular 


177 


178 


See the Index, 
God, 


Se? ibid, in 
Chai. 


Of the Ulſciulneſs 


ticular Hiſtory of the Faith and Pratt: 
of the Charch, in the beft and moſt 
ancient State of it. 


3. AND (1/.) for what concerns the 
De#rinzs of thoſe Times; there is bard- 
ty any Poznt that is ro be believ- 
ed or known by us, that is not very plain- 
ly delivered in. Some or Other of the fol- 
lowing Peces. 


4. HERE we may read what we are 
to believe concermag the firſt 4rizcle of 
- of are m_ God the _—_— be 

| >) , mig no1ftb $ <> 

Creator and Maker pe 2 ehings. That 
he is Omniſcient, Inmemenſe; Neither to 
be comprehended within any Bouwds, nor 
much as tobe perfeftly concerved by 
us That his Providence is over all 
things : And that we can none of us 
from him, or eſcape his Knowledg, That 
we are to believe inhim, to fear him, to 
love him 5 And fearing him, to abftatn 
from all Evel. 


5. IF from thence we go on to the 
nexc Perſon of the Bleſſed Franity, Our 
Savioar Jeſus Chrift ; here we ſhall find 
all = eicher our _ ns us to 
profeſs concerning him, or that an 
Chriftianneed to believe, That he Be 
fted not ny before he came into the World, 
bur from all Eternity, That he is wa 

only 


OO 9ffÞ7FrROO_ WY © Ri PS 


of the following T reatiſes. 
caly the Sor of God, but is himſelf alfo 

. Thar in the fulneſs of Time he 
took upon hitn our Nature, and 7 
Max: Was born of the Virgin Mary, 
was criicefied ander Poxtias Pilate That 
he bfes for our Sas 8 =_ __ 
raiſed 2 the dead, not y 
the Poe ofthe Pate but by his Own 

. That he is our High-Prieft and 
PyottRowr now ,. 4d ſhall come again at 
the End of the World, to judge the whole 
Rite of Mankind. That there 5 no 
cothing unto God but by him : Info- 
miich that even the Ancient Fathers, who 
died before his Appeating, are yet ſaved 
by che ſame nieans that we are now. 


6. AS for what concerns the Holy 
Sp:rit, the Third Perſon in the Glorious 


| 


Y, 


ad; he is here ſet ont to us not On- Se: ibid. 
y 28 a Perfon, but as diſtin from the Trinity, 
4 


ther and the Son, And to ſhew what 
kind of Sptrit he is z We may here ſee 
him joyn'd rogether in the (ame Warſhrp 
with the Father, and our Saviour Jeſus 


Chrif, 


ND now I am mentioning the $e the Index, 


7. 
Holy Spirit 5 let me add, that we may Angel, Des 
{te what is needfulto be known,con- Þ4l 


cerning all the Other Sprits of an' infe- 
rivur Nature. How the Holy Angels mi- 
alfter onro tis. but eſpecially chen, when 
we live froſt ited of them, ar the in 
m 3 b 


180 Of the Ulefulneſs 


of our Death. And that tho' the Dew1! 
may attacque us, and-uſe all his Arts to 
draw us away from our Duty ; yet it:mult 
be our own Faults if we are overcome 
by him, and therefore that we ought 
not to be afraid of him, | 


Set ib. Peace, $8. BUT to return to our Creed, and 

Unity, Yar- the Articles of it : Here we may farther 

ryzs, Re ſee, both what a great Obligation there 

"ques, ***. lies upon us to keep up a Communion of 
Saints in the Unity. of the Church on 
Earth, and what is that true Fellowſhip 
that we ought to have with thofe,-. who 
are gone before us to Heaven. Thar it 
confiſts not in the Worſhip of any, tho 
never ſo gloriouſly exalted by God 3 but 
in. Love and Remembrance ; in :Thaxks- 
giving to God for their Excellenttes, and 
in our Prayers to him, joyn'd with hear- 
ty Endeavours of our own, to 1mitate 
their Perfet;ons. 


*« Repen- , 9- AND whilſt we do this, we are 

tance. here afſured of the Forg:veneſs of our 
Sr7s too, through the Merits and.Satil- 
fation of Jeſus Ghrif. And that not 
only of thcte which we committed. be- 
fore our Baptiſm; but of all ſuch as we 
{hall chance to fall into after, if we tru- 
ly repent of them. | 


«+ ibid. Re: , 19 AS for the rext Point, che Re- 
furcetien. ſurrtton of the Body; it is not only alf- 
ſerted, 


of the following Treatiles. i131 


ſerted, bur at large proved too, in the 

following Diſcourſes. There we may 

ſee, not only chat there ſhall be a fw 

ture Reſurre#:0n; but thit we ſhall be 

raiſed in the very ſame Boates in which 

we go down into the Grave. And 

that being raiſed, we ſhall be jadged by 

Ghrift according to our Works 5 and be 1jia, Puniq- 
either unſpeakably rewarded, or exceeding- ment. 

ly puniſhed, and that to all Eternity. 


11. IF from the Articles of our Greed, 

we £0 on to the Sacraments of the $ ibid. Sa- 
Church: Here we have ſet our. to us the crament, 1Ba- 
great Benefit of our Baptiſm , and of P'ifm, &. 
what a mighty Concern it is to us in the 

buſineſs of our Salvatzov, And for the 

Other Sacrament; Here we are taught, S:- ib. Tran- 
that the Elements of Bread and Wine are ſubltantia: 
the ſame (as to their Subſtance) after Con- 19: 
ſecration, that they were before 3 and are 

only in a Spiritual Senſe, the Fleh and 

Blood of our Saviour Chriſt, 


12. AND, Lafly; For that grear, « ivid 

comprehenſive Point of our Religion, 
the Foundation of our Faith, the Holy 
Scriptures : Here we may ſee what Opi- 
nion theſe Holy Men had of the D:iw-2ne 
Inſptration of them; what Deferences 
they paid to them, and how they look- 
ed upon them to contain the true Wards 
of the Holy Ghoſt. 


m 3 13. SUCH 


$2 Of the Uſefulneſs 


13. SUCH is the Dofrine of Faith, 

h that is here Ro to S If from 
thence we paſs; 2dly, to what concerns 

the Publick Ordo _ Governwent of the 

Church, in the firſt Eſtabliſhment of it : 

$ \Bitpops, Here we may ſee by what Perſons it was 

ibid. direted z and how exaQRly our own 
Ghurch do's in this particular reſemble 

the Primitive, perhaps beyond any other 

at this day in the World, in the Apofo- 

lical Orders, of Biſhops, Prieſts, and Dea- 


C075, 


Ibid. 14. HOW neceffarily they eſteem'd 
it their Duty, to keep up a ſtrict Com- 
2un103 with theſe Governoxrs, and how 
letle they thought the very /Vaxe of a 
Ghurch could belong to thoſe who ſepa- 
rated from them, we are here likewiſe 
caught. And how lighe ſoever fome 

Ibid. St may make of the Buſwe of Schiſm now , 

Dchiſm. yer it is plain theſe Holy Mex had a ve- 
ry different Apprehenfion of it, and 
hardly choughe that ſuch could be ſaved 
as continued 1n 1t. 


ſbid, Yere- 15, AND the ſame, or rather much 
_ AP® worſe, was their Opipion of Hereticks 
; and Apoftates, To the latter of which, 

as they ſeem even to have deny'd Re- 

pentance;, fo "tis manifeſt that without 

it, they thought the Others muſt periſh. 

And in:the mean time , they Ge, 

- that 


of the following Treatiles. 183 


that we ought not to have any Commu- 
nication with them : Only we muſt pray 
for them, that they may be corverted, 
oy yet they ſuppoſed would be very 


16. AS for thoſe who continued in the 5, rngex, 
Deoftrine and Communion of the Church ; Wozhip, ke. 
here we may ſee how zealous they were 
in attending all the publ:ck Offces of ir. 
How conſtantly they aſſembled together 
for the Worſhip of God, notwithſtanding 
all the Malice and Fury of their Enemies 
- them upon the Account of ir. 

ere we may fee, how from the begin- 
n___ ey had their ſet Ties and Places 
of Worſhip: And how they look'd upon 
ſuch Offertories, both as more acceptable 
unto God, and more prevalent with 
him, than any Private Addreſſes that 
they could make to him. 


17. IN theſe 4ſemblies, they not on- $4 ibid. @a- 
ly pur up their Prayers to God, but re- crament, i- 
ceived alſo the Holy Sacrament of the 9p» 
Lords Supper. And in that part of their 
Service, none officiated bur either rhe 
Biſhop himſelf, or he who was appoint- 
ed, or allow'd, by him. 


18. FOR this purpoſe they had in #!w, p 
every ſuch place of their 4ſerbling , ''> 1241158» 
One Table or Aitar, at which they per- 
form's this Service. And they com- 


m 4 municated 


184 Of the Ulefulneſs 


municated after the ſame manner, that 
our Sawvicur Ghriſt had fer them the 
Examiple of one common Loaf, which 
was broken and diſtributed ro them, not 
of little ſeparate and unbroken Wafers, 
as ſome now do. 


Sre below, Pp. 19. NOR was this yet all : In theſe 

220. Aſſemblies , the Holy Scriptures were 
read to them; and (as I have before 
ſhewn) fome of the very Treatiſes I have 
here ſubjoyn'd, together with them. 
And the Biſhop beſides, himſelf z»/fruFed 
the People, and expounded the Doctrine 
of Chriſt to them. 


Ser the Index, 20, BY the Biſhop were the C briſttans 

BVarriage, hleſſed, and joyn'd together in the Holy 

JaUþop+ State of Matrimony. And indeed with- 
out him was nothing done of all that 
pertain'd unto Relzgron. 


1b. Se Pzicts 21, IN thoſe Times the Clergy were 
marry'd, as well as Laityz nor do we 


hnd it eſteem'd the leaſt Scandal for 
them ſo to be. 


thid. Fall 22, HERE we may ſee, what the an- 
cient manner of Faſting wasz and what 
was thought requiſite-to render ſuch Ex- 
erciſes acceptable ro God , and profita- 
ble to our own Souls. 


23. IN 


of the following T reatiſes. 185 


23. IN ſhort, Here we may perceive Ibid. Repen: 

what their Opinion was of Repentance for tance+ 

Sins; and how hardly they thought of 

\ thoſe who were ſtill Repentzng, and- yet 

ſtill continuing ro / oz, notwithſtand- 

ing their frequent Repentance, Bur ef- 

pecially, here we are told that we muſt 

finiſh our Repentance before we ate; for 

that there is no place for Repentance af- 

ter. 


24. AND tho? they preſcribe Con- Ibid. Con- 
feſſion, as one 4# of Repentance, and ne: feſſion, 
ceſlary to be perform'd in order to our 
Forgiveneſs; yet we find them adviſing 
it to be done to God only, and intimate 
to us that that alone was tufhcient. 


25, BUT the Care of their B:/hops Se Ignatius's 
in thoſe firſt times was not confin*d with- Epiſtles ang 
in the narrow Bounds 'of their own -————_—_—_— 
| Churches, but extended to All the Faith- 
fal, whereſoever they were. And they 
were ſtill ready to look to thoſe who 
were at the greateſt diſtance from them, 
whenever they thought their Advice 
or Authority might be either uſeful to 
them, or for the Honour and Benefit of 
cheir Religion. 


26, FROM this, and from the gene- $'! 6: Index, 
ral Piety and Excellence of their Lives, '\bop- 
joyn'd to the Greatneſs of their Gba- 


rarer 


166 


Ibid, Par- 
ty2s, and be. 
low, p. 236» 


See Index, 


+ 


Thid. Se Re: 
liques, Mar- 
ryz8. 


Of the Ulefulnels 


rafter in the Church, came that mighty 
R , that was {bewn to the Byſhops 


in e days: And which how great it 
watt the following Treatsſes abundantly 


27. BUT much greater was their 
Veneration for thoſe, who not onl os 
wern'd well, and adorn'd their Holy 
feſſn by an Exemplary Life, but _ 
firm'd the Truth of i 1 with their Blood, 
oy were indeed of Opinion that no 

ought cauſeleſly to expoſe himſelf 
uo Sf : But if God called a Man 
to it it, t Pata not but that our S«- 
wiaur C brif would both ſupport bim in: 
his Confl:#s, and moſt gloriouſly reward 
him for the enduring of them. Hence 
was it their Opinion , that Martyrdom 
blotted out all Sizs : That they who 
re bor the Faith, mone L. 2 
egree of Glory peculiar cor ves, 
above all Other Saints in God's King- 
dom. And when God ſhew'd ſuch re- 
for them , they concluded that 
could never almoſt do enough, to 
reſtifie their ReſpeR ro them. 


28. TO this we muſt aſcribe the Care 
they took to gather up their Rewasxs , 
the Honour which they gave to them , 
and the Solemmnitee with which they de- 
polited them into the Earth. Heace 
came cheir Cuſtoms, which we here fd, 


of the following T reatiles. 187 


of writing down the particulars of their 
Ganfi#s z and ſending them abroad to 
the Churches round abqur, Hence their 

nntverſary etings at their Tombs 
3 omen, me yy recited 
\ the 4&5 of the ir Mar ry rn F, FE 
Wipes made expreſs Diſcourſes in Pras 

Fear Mar s, and to exhort One Ano- 
== to the like Confancy. 


29. BUT not to inſiſt any longer on 
theſe Particulars : There is yor a «bi 
fort of Matters contain'd in theſe 
courſes, and Fr of no leſs oy tO Us, 
| than either 0 {the or ings and that _ 
| he Pradical Rul: FA that are here 
deliver'd to us. 


30. HERE we may ſee what Care $« ibid. Sin, 
we are to take, not only not to Six 
our ſelves, but, as far as in us lies, noc 
to let any that belong to us continue in 
Sin 3 leaft we alſo become Partakers of 
their evil Doings. 


a HERE we are e caught nat only $ below, 
) » ve a care of our Wards and Atttoas, p. 321, &c 
our very Thoughts and Deſires : 

Whit muſt not only not be indulged in 
Y any Inſtances of Sin, but not be ſufferd, 


, if it be poſſible, ro wander on any thing 
: that is 1n the leaſt meaſure wanton or 5r- 
4 regular, 

d 32. IF 


188 


S:t Index, 
Riches, 
Almg-giv- 
ing, &c. 


Ihid. Chzt- 
tian. 


Of the Uſefulneſs 


32, IF we will hearken to theſe Ho- 
iy Men; we muſt learn not only to do 
the Will of God, (but if it be his Plea- 
ſure) to endure patiently whatever he 
ſhall ſend upon us. We muſt conſider, 
that Troubles and Affiritions are not only 
ſent upon us to puniſh us for our Sins 3 
but as Monitors too, to draw us off from 


them, 


33: TO convince us the more effe- 
Qtually of this z We are here ſhewn the 
mighty Danger of Riches, eſpecially 
where Mens Hearts are in any degree et 
upon them 5 and how very hardly ſuch 
Perſons ſhall be ſaved. We are taught 
what &ſe we ſhould make of our Abux- 
dance, that fo it may not prove a Snare 
ro us. But eſpecially, we are ſhewn the 
great Advantage of Alms-giving to this 
Endz and what mighty Engagements 
there lie upon us to the Practice of it. 


34. AND then, as for our Live: We 
are here rold, that a Ghr:ft:an muſt not 
only be Good, but Exemplary : He muſt 
ſhew the Truth of his Profeſhon by a 
ſuitable Gorrverſation 5 and be known by 
his Actzons, rather than by his Woras. 


35. HE muſt pray for all Mez, even 
for his very Enemies ; nay, for the very 


Enemies of the Gharch; for Heretic ji 
an 


vf the- following Treaties, 


and Schiſmaticks 5 for thole of whom 


| there is bur little Hope that they will 


ever come to Repentaxce, or that God 


"will give them Grace fo to do, 


36, HE muſt be 4zd and charitable 
to all Men; free from Exzvy and Gox- 


tention: He muſt neicher raiſe any Dif- 


ferences.-among his Brethren, nor follow 
any in the doing of it. To this End, 
he muſt. carefully obſerve thoſe Dutzes 
which relate to his NVezghbour , as well 
as thoſe he is to pay to God, He muſt 
obey Magiſtrates; muſt reſpet# the Aged 
muſt have a due Regard to all Men, Is 
he a Husband, a Parent, or a Child? He 
muſt then be ſure to exerciſe himſelf in 
the ſeveral Duties becoming thoſe ſeve- 
ral Relations. In ſhort; In the follow- 
-, Writings we may fee. in all the Parrs 
of our Duty towards God , our Netgh- 
bour, and our Selwves, what we are to do, 
and what to avid

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a plain and 
ſimple manner 3 and with ſuch an"afe- 
Qed Sincerity, as-is beyond all the high- 
eſt Rhetorick in the World. 


4. LET not then the Reader be ſur- 
priſed, if in the following Diſcourſes he 
meets with none of thoſe Ornaments, that 
2re-wont tc recommend the Writings 
of Others to his peruſal. But rather ler 
him conſider, that he has here to do with 
Men who were above ſuch a Care, Their 
buſines was to :»fru# not to pleaſe 3, to 
ſpeak to Mens Hearts and Gonſcrences, not 
to- their Fancies : And they knew that 
this is evermore beſt done by a plain and 
unaftected Diſcourſe 3 by ſolid Rules and 
ſubſtantial Motrves , not by vain Words ; 
which if they ſatisfie a Man at the pre- 
ſent, yer ſeldom leave any lafing In- 
preſſion behind them, 


5. BUT of the Authors of the fol- 
lowing Treatiſes, and of the Diſcourſes 
themſelves I have ſaid enough , perhaps 
roo much: Tho' yer I think no more 
than what was neceſl.ry to prepare the 
Englih Reader, for whom I am now chief- 
ly concern'd, toa uſeful peruſal of them. 
As for the preſent Ce{le#0n, I ſhall on- 
ly lay thus muchz that it is the oſt of 

this 


* Low a. 


WY WW "D” MM FF Mn UW ST © 


theſe Diſcourſes are written, &c. 193 


this kind that was ever ſet forth in our 
own Language; nor were the greateſt 
pore of the following Preces, ever (that 
know of) before tranſlated into it, 


6. I CONFESS, when I conſider 
the t Uſefulneſs of ſuch a Work, 
and the high Eſteem, which not only the 
Ancient Fathers, but the moſt Learned of 
all Ages have had of the Treaties here 
colleFed together ; I have ſometimes won- 
dered, that among ſo many things as have 
of late been brought into the Enel:h 
Tongue, none has yet hitherto undertaken 
ſuch a Task as this. But when I came 
to the Tryal, I ſoon found out what may 
perhaps have been one reaſon of it: Since, 
could I have foreſeen the Difficulty of the 
Work, I much queſtion whether I ſhould 
ever have been perſuaded to £0 abour it. 
And this I ſay, not to magnihe any thing 
that I have done, which I have too much 
reaſon to fear will be far from deſerving 
any great Commendation z but to ſuggeſt 
an Apology for whatever Defe&ts thoſe 
of greater Leiſure, more Health, and 
better Abilities, ſhall chance ro find in 
it, notwithſtanding all the Care I have 
taken to gueſs aright at the Intention of 
my Authors, and to deliver what upon the 
beſt Examination I could make, I then 
took to be their Meaning, 


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154 


' The CLOSE. 


7. I NEED not ſay any thing to con- 
vince thoſe who are at all acquaimed 
with theſe Matters, and who are alone 
the competent Judges of the preſent Per- 
formance , How hard oftentimes it is, 
with the help of che beſt Copres, to hit up- 
on the true Meaning of an Author that 
lived ſo many Ages lince, as thoſe I have 
here colletted, And what great Defes 
in many places there are, in the Gopres 1 
have here been forced to make ufe of, is 
not unknown to ther, Had I whilſtI 
was about this Work , been in another 
place, where I could have had recourfe ro 
the Aſſiſtance of a very Learned Friend ; 
than whom-none could have aftorded me 
a better help in this particular, or would 
more readily have done it ; I ſhould have 
had much lefs reaſon to apprehend any 
DefeRs in ict. Buthowever, as it is, I am 
not aware of any great Errors that I have 
committed and am in ſome hope that I 
have no where very much, nor at all ve- 
ry Cangronty, miſtaken the Meaning of 
thoſe Holy Mez, whoſe Senſe I have un- 
certaken to repreſent. 


3. THIS I am fure of, that my De- 
{1gn in this whole Qndertaking,wasto mi- 
niſter the beſt I could to the Intereſts of 
Truth and Piety : And I thought my feif 
at this time, the rather obliged to Co 1t 
from the Preſs, in that it has pleaſed God 

Mn 


The CLOSE. 


in fome meaſure to take me off, from 
the Ability of doing ir, from the Pelpee, 


9. IF it ſhall be ask'd how I came 
to chuſe the Drudgery of a Traxſater, 
rather than the more ingenuous part of 
publiſhmg ſomewhat of my own Com- 
poſing , it was in ſhort this; Becauſe I 
hop'd that fuch Writings as theſe would 
find a more general and unprejudiced ac- 

ance with all ſorts of Men, than any 
chmg that could be written by any One 
now living : Who, if eſteem'd by ſome, 
is yet in danger of being deſpis'd by more z 
* whoſe Prejudice to his Perſon will nor 
ſuffer them to reap any Benefit, by any 
thing, tho' never ſo uſeful, that can come 
from him z Whilſt ſuch TraFs as theſe 
may poſſibly receive a general Reſpe&t 
from all forts of Perſons; and meet nor 
only with an Entertaznment, but an Eſteem 
too from All, 


10. THESE were the Mottwes that 
firſt induced me to ſer about this Work ; 
and in the Reaſonablene(s of which ſhould 
I chance to be miſtaken, yer I cannot bug 
perſuade my ſelf that rhe Honeſty of my 
latentions, ſhall excuſe me to all indiffe- 
rent Perſons. Let Others then, to whom 
God has given better Opportunities, and 
greater Az:l:ties, ferve the Church in bet- 
rer and higher Performances. It ſhall ſuf- 
tice me in any way to miniſter to the 

n 2 Souls 


17s 


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The CLOSE. 


Souls of Men. And if by this preſent 
Undertaking I ſhall but in any meaſure 
have contributed to the reviving a true 
Senſe of Piety and Devotion among us ; 
but eſpecially to the diſpoſing of any num- 
ber of Mea to conſider more ſeriouſly the 
fatal Conſequences of our preſent Divi- 
ſions, and to labour what in them lies to 
the Compoſing of them ; I ſhall heartily 
bleſs God, both that he firſt prompted 
me to undertake this troubleſome Task, 
and has ſince enabled me, tho' amidſt 
many Infirmitzes, to go through with it, 


The 


The Firſt 


EPISTLE 


OF 


 G& CLEMENT 


TO THE 


Cozinthians, 


— 


CONTENTS 


SI. 4 1 4% 


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THE F 


S] 


Ch, I,1I. HF .carmmenas then ! for 

: (4:4 ther. excellent Ofdat 

and Picty in_ Chirift, before their 
Schilm. brake owt.''- | 1 

IT. How their Diviſions began f 

IV, 'V, VI. Envy. ana Emulation 
the Original of all Strife and Diſ- 
order.. + Examples of te Milchiefs 
they have occaſion d. | 

VIE, VHI: He exhorts/ thems to Bok 
up t0 the Rules 'of \ their Rehgion, 
and repent of thtir.Duvifions:, "and 

. they: fhall be \fOrgifoens. - 1ZZ 

IX, X. To encourage thus twheralnto, 
he ſets. before them the Examples 
of Holy: Men, whofe: Prety is ye- 
corded in the Scryptuves. 

XI, XIT. And partzcalnrly farh as 
have beex eminent for their Kinds 
nefs 4#d* Charity to: their Nemgh- 
bours, | | 

XIH. What Rules owr Religion "has 
left us to this purpoſe ? 

i Pry XIV, 


The Contents. 

XIV, XV. Which he applies to the 
Caſe of the Corinthians ; exhorting 
them to put an ;End to their Con- 
tentions, /o contrary to their Duty, 

XVI, XVII, XVIII. Is order to this, 
he adviſes them to be humble ; and 
that from the Examples of our Sa- 
viour, 4nd of Holy Men in all Ages, 

XIX, XX. He returns to the buſi- 
neſs of their Diviſions ; which he 
by more Arguments perſuades them 
#0 compoſe. 

RX. He exhorts them to Obedience, 
from the —_—_ of the Good- 
neſs of God, and of his Preſence 
7n every place. 

XXII, XXIV. Of Faith : And par- 
ticularly what we are to believe as 
#0 the Future ReſurreQion. 

_— _- co XXVIL This Arti- 

e at large proved. 

XXVIIL Hs ain exhorts them to 
Obedience : That it is impoſſible to 
eſcape the Vengeance of God, if we 
continue in Sin. 

XKXIN. This farther enforced from 
the Conſideration of their Relation 
to God, as his EleR. 

XXX. How we muit live that we 


may pleaſe God ? 
XXXII. We 


The Contents. 


XXXII. We are juſtified by Faith. 

XXXIII. Tet this muit not leſſen our 
Care #o live well; zor our Pleaſure 
#32 i. 

XXXIV. This enforc'd fromthe Exam- 
ples of the Holy Angels, and from 
the exceeding greatneſs of that Re- 
ward which God ——— for us. 

XXXV, XXXVI. e muſt attain 
unto this Reward by Faith and O- 
bedience. 

XXXVII. Which we muſt carry on in 
an orderly purſuing of the Duties of 

our (everal Stations, without Envy- 

ing or Contention. 

XXXVIII. The neceſſity of different 
Orders among Men. We have none 
of us any thing but what we received 
of God Whom therefore we onght in 
every Condition thankfully to obey. 

KXXIX, &c. From whence he exhorts 
them to do every thing orderly in the 
Church, as the only way to pleaſe God. 

XLII. The Orders of Miniſters #» 
Chriſt's Church e#abliſh'd by the 
Apoſtles, according to Chriſt”s Com- 
mand, 

XLIIL And after the Example of 
Moſes. 

XLIV. Therefore they who have 
been duly placed in the Miniſtry 


according 


The Contents. 


according to their Order, cannot 

without great Sin be put ont of is, 
XLV, &c. He exhorts them to Peace 

from Examples ou of the Holy Scri- 


x1 VIE. Particalarly from St.Paul's 
Exbortation to them. | 

XLIX. The Value which Gud 
pon Love and Unity: Ther E 
of a true Charity. 

L. Which, «s the Gift of God, and 
muſt be oltain*d by Prayer: | ' © - 
LI. He exhorts ſuch þ have been 
concern'd "Ip theſe Diviſions to re- 
pent, _ and return to their" "Unity, 

"confeſling Yheir Sin to God! + 

LIN. Which, he" iyfers from FR Dx- 
_— of Moſes : 

LV. Nay of | many "among the Hea- 
then; and of Judith, ani Efther 
among the Jews. ' 

LEVI. The bemefit of mip Advice 
aid Correction. 

LVE, He entreats them to baths 
that which is here given tothews. 
LVIIF. Recommends them to God. 
LIX, Deſires ſpeedily to hear © that 
. this Epiſtle had had a good -Effe&t 

upon them, 


LX. Azad ſo concludes. 
The 


S. 8 & 


EPISTLE 
St. CLEMENT 


AW TW 


Counthians. 


The Church of God which i' * at * Syjumeth. 
Rome, to the Church of God 
which * is at Corinth, * Blef, © Called. 
Santtified, Þ by the Will of God, mond on Mart. 
thraugh Jeſus Chriſt ozr Lord : + Ge. is. 
Grace be to yon ; and Peace from 
the Almighty God by Jeſus 


Chritt be multiplied, * * See Biſhop 


Pearſon's Note 


3 H E * ſuddain and unexpeQted El Cer 


| 


Dangers and Calamities that ?. 2- 
have fallen upon Us, BELOvED 
BRETHREN, have, we fear, made us 
the 


x0 St. Clement's Epiſtle 


the more {low in our Conſideration 

* Gr. ſought of of thoſe things which you * propoſed 
+4, to Us: + As alſoof that Wicked and 
Gr. frangero. Deteſtable Sedition, ſo * unbecoming 
the Ele&t

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but that He ſhould repent. 
SSenn;e, Adding this 7 farther Aſſurance; 
® Repent from. ® Tarn from your Iniquity O Houſe of 
Exch. Will. Trael. Say wto the Children of my 
m7 People, Tho' your fins fhould reach from 
Earth to Heaven ; and tho' they ſhould 
be redder than Scarlet, and blacker than 
Sackcloth : Tet if ye ſhall turn to me 
with all your Heart, and ſhall call me 
Father, I will hearken to you, as to 4 
Holy People. 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 Ewil, Learn to do well ; Seek Tude- 
ment ; relieve the Opprefſed, judge the 
Fatherlefs, plead for the Widow. Come 
now and let us reaſon together, ſaith the 
LokD: Tho your ſins be as Scarlet 
they ſhall be as white as Snow; tho' they 

be red as Crimſon, they ſhall be as Wooll. 

If ye be willing and Obedient ye ſhall eat 

the Good of the Land: But if ye refuſe 

and rebell ye ſhall be devoured with - 

Sword ; 


_— IR 


to the Corinthians. 19 
Sword ; for the month of the LoRD hath 


ſpoken it, Theſe things has God eſta- 


bliſh'd by his Almighty Will, deſiring 
that all his Beloved ſhould come to 
Repentance. 


IX. WHEREFORE letusobey

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inherit the Promiſes of God. For 
thus God ſaid unto Him : Gert Thee out 
of thy Country, and from thy Kjnared, 
and from thy Fathers Houſe, unto a 
Land that I will ſhew thee. And | 
will make thee a Great Nation, and I 
will bleſs Thee, and make thy Name 
Great, and thou ſhalt be bleſſed. And 
T will bleſs them that bleſs Thee, and 
Curſe them that Curſe Thee ; And in 
Thee ſhall all Families of the Earth be 
Bleſſed, And again when he ſeparated 
Himſelf from Loz, God faid unto him : 
Lift up now thine Eyes, and look from the 
place where thou art, Northward and 


* Towards the Southward, and Eaſtward and * Weſt. 


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ward: For all the Land which Thou 
ſeeſt to thee will I give it , and to thy 
Seed for ever. And I will make thy 
Seed as the duit of the Earth, ſo that 
if a Man can number the Du#t of the 
Earth, then ſhall thy Seed alſo be _ 

re 


to the Corinthians. 21 


bred, And again He ſaith ; And God Gen. xv. 5. 
brought forth Abraham and ſaid unto 

Him, look now towards Heaven and tell 

' the Stars; if thou be able to number 

them : So ſhall thy Seed be. And Abra- 

ham believed God, and it was counted 

to Him for Righteouſneſs. Through 

Faith and Hoſpitality, * he had a + .; 5m was 
Son given him in his Old Age ; and g#venanto Him. 
through Obedience he offer*'d him up 

in Sacrifice to God, upon One of the 
Mountains which God ſhew'd unto 

Him. 


XI. BY Hoſpitality and Godlinefs Gen. xix

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of 

him that made us. For it 1s writ- 

ten, The Merciful ſhall inherit the Pſal.xxxvii. g, 
Earth; and they that are without 

Evil ſhall be left upon it : But the Prov. ii. 20, 
Tranſgreſſors ſhall periſh from off the 

face of it. And again He faith, 1 

have ſeen the Wicked in great Power, Pſal:xxxvii.36 
and ſpreading himelf like the Cedars 

of Libanus. I paſſed by, and Lo he 

was mot; I ſought his place, but it 

could not be found. Keep Innocency, 

and do the thing that is right , for there 

ſhall be a Remnant to the Peaceable 

Man. 


XV. LET us therefore hold faſt 


certain 


26 St. Clement's EprſHe 
Iſaiah xxix.13. certain place, This People howoureth me 
with rherr tips, but their heart & far 
Pat xI1.4. from me. And again, They * Bleſs with 
4 on their Mouth, but 4 Curſe in their Heart. 
And apain He ſaith, They lowed him 
Pſal. wevili. with their Mouth,and with therr Tongue 
"Po they tied ro Him. For their heart was 
not right with Him, neither were they 
Pſal. xxix. 19. fag thfal in tis Covenant. The Lord 
Plal. ii, 3, ful ext off all flaktering lips, And 
the tongne that [peaketh proud things. 
Who have ſaid, with our tow2ue will 
we prevail, Onr lips are owr own, who 
is LoRb over ws? For the Oppreſſion 
of the Por, for the Sighing of the 
Needy vow will I ariſe ſaith the LORD; 
1 will ſet tbim in ſafety, I will deal con- 
fidemthy with him, 


XVI. FOR Chriſt istheirs who 


__ are Humble,, and

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Chriſt, came not in the 

* Beafting. * ſhew of Pride, and Arrogance, 
tho the could have done {o.; But 

with Humility, ,as the Holy Ghoſt 

had before ſpoken concerning him. 

I(6«b Li, For thus he fanh, Lorb, who hath 
kelicwed 


i WW 5” 


tr , SS... 2 WT. < Ak. 


to the Corinthians. 


| believed our Report, and to whom is 


the Arm of the LORD revealed? For 
He ſhall grow up before him as a ten- 
der Plant , and 4s 4 root out of 4 dry 
Ground, He hath no Form nor Come- 
lineſs, and when we ſhall ſee Him , 
there is no Beauty that we ſbould deſire 
Him, He is deſpiſed and rejefted of 
Men; A man of Sorrows and acquainted 
with Grief. And we hid, as it were, 
our faces from Him; He was deſpiſed, 
and we eſteemed Him not. Surely He 
hath borne our Griefs, and carried our 
Sorrows ; yet we did Eſteem him flricken, 
ſmitten of God axd affliffed. But be 
was wounded for our Tranſereſſions, He 
was bruiſed for our Iniquities; The 
Chaſtiſement of our Peace was upon 
Him; and with his Stripes we are 
healed. 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. He 
wes Oppreſſed and he was Afflided, yet 
he Opened not his mouth : He is brought 
4s & Lamb to the Slaughter; and as 4 
Sheep before her Shearers is Dumb, (0 
He openeth not his Mowth. He was 
takes from Priſon and from Judg- 

2 ment ; 


of d 


28 


Pſal. xxi}, 
Fer. 6. 


St, Clement's Epiſtle 


ment; And who ſhall declare his Gene- 
ration? For he was cut off ont of the 
Land of the Living : For the Tran(- 
greſſion of my People was he ſtricken, 
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 is his Mouth, 
Vet it pleaſed the Lokb to bruiſe him, 
he hath put him to grief : When thou 


ſpalt make his Soul an Offering for ſin, 


He ſhall ſee his Seed, he ſball prolong 
his days; And the pleaſure of the 
Lokd ſhall proſper in his hand, He 
ſhall ſee of the travail of his Soul 
and ſhall be ſatisfied; by his Kpow- 
ledge ſhall my righteous Serwant juſtifie 


many: For He ſhall bear their Ini- | 


quities, Therefore will I divide him 
a portion with the Great, and be ſhall 
arvide the Spoil with the Strong ; be- 
cauſe He hath poured out his Soul unto 
death: And he was numbred with the 
Tranſereſſors, and he bare the ſin of 
many , and made Intercefſion for the 
Tranſgreſſors, And again he Him- 
ſelf _ I am a Worm and ao Man, 
4

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himſelf, what ſhould we 
do who are come under the Yoak of 
his Grace ? 


XVII. LET us be Followers of 
thoſe who went about in Goat- 
Skins and Sheep-skins; preaching 
the Coming of Chriſt. * Such *#e/g. 
were Elias, and Eliſeus and Ezekiel 
the Prophets. + And let us add to +7 theſe, thoſe 
theſe, ſuch others as have received 4 that have 


the like Teſtimony. Abraham has gn 


been greatly witneſſed of ; having 
been called the Friend of God. And 
zet He iſtedfaſtly beholding the Glory 
of God ſays with all Humility, 1 


am Duſt and Aſhes. Again, of Job Gen. xvili. 27, 


| it 1s thus written, That he was Joſt Fob i. 1. 


and without Blame, True; One that 

ſerved God and abſtained from all 

Evil. Yet he deſpiſing himſelf, ſays, 

No man is free from Pollution, no n0t 714 wiv. 4, 
Sq tho) 


30 


* Miniſtry. 


Exod. vii. 11. 
oy, JO, 


Pſal.lxxxix.20 in the Holy Seviptures 


P/al. Li. to 
yer. 17. 


St. Clettient's Epiſtle 

tho' He ſhould live but ovie diy. Moſes 
was called Faithful in all Gods Houſe ; 
and by his * Condu& God deter- 
mined to deliver the 1/rae/ztes from 
their Stripes and Pains. And yet 
even this Man; #hs thus Greatly 
Honourtd,; ſpake not greatly of Him- 
{elf; but when the Oracle of God 
was delivered to him out of the 
Buſh, he ſaid, Who am I, that thou 
doit ſend me ? I am of a ſlender Voice, 
and a flow Tongue. And again He 
faith, 1 am as the ſmoak of the Pot. 


XVIII. AND what ſhall we 
ſay of Devid, fo highly reſtified of 
* To whom 

God faid, I have found a Man after 
»y own heart, David the Sor of Jeſle, 
with my Holy Oil have T anointed 
Him. But yet he Himſelf faith 
unto God, Hove mercy wpon me 0 
God, according to thy loving kinamſs ; 
According wnto the multitude of thy 
tender Merotes blot owt my Tranſ- 
greſſions. Waſh me throighly from 
mine Iniquity, and cleanſe te from 
my Sin. For I acknowledge my Tranſ- 
greſſions, and my Sin is ever before Me. 
Againſt 


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to the Corinthians. 


Aetinſh Thee onh have [ ſinned, aud 
doxe this Evil in thy ſieht, that Thaw 
mighteſt be juſtified when Thow ſpeate#, 
and be clear when Thow judeeſt. Be- 
hold F was ſhaper in Iniquity, and in 
Sin did my Mothey Conceive me. 
hold, Thou defireſt Truth in the In- 
ward parts; aud in the hidden part 
Thos ſhalt male me #9 know Wiſdows. 
Purge me with Hyſop and | fball be 
Clean, waſh me and I ſhall be whiter 
thas Snwow. Make me to hear Joy 
and Gladneſs, that the Bones which 
Thou haſt broken may rejoyre. Hide 
thy face from my ſins, and blot out 
All nune Iniquities. Create in me 4 
cleaw Heart O God ; and rexew a right 
Spirit within Me. Caſt me not away 
from thy preſence, and take not thy 
Holy Spirit from Me. Refftore unto 
me the Joy of thy Salvation, and up- 
hold me with thy free Spirit. Thes 
will 1 teach Tranſoreſſors thy ways, and 
Sinners ſhall be ek fa Thee. 
Deliver me from Blood-ewiltineſs O 
God, thou God of my Salvation, and 
my Tongue ſhall ſing aloud of thy Righte- 
ouſneſs. O LokD open thow my Lips, 
and my Mouth ſhall ſbew forth thy 
C4 Praiſe. 


3k 


32 St. Clement's Epiſtle 


Praiſe. For thou deſireſt not Sacrifice, 
elſe would I give it ; thou delighteſt 
nt in amt! cy The Sacrifices 
of God are a broken Spirit , a broken 
and a Contrite Heart O God thou wilt 


not deſpiſe. 


XIX. THUS has the Humility 

+ Fearfulneſs, and * Godly Fear of theſe || great 
Sor = and excellent Men, + recorded in 
Men. the Scriptures , through Obedience 
t Wireſſed of, qade not only Us but alſo the Gene- 
or Celebrated. tions before us Better; even as 
many as have received his Holy 

# in, Oracles * with Fear and Truth, 
Having therefore ſo many, and 

{uch Great and Glorious Examples, 

| Let s return || Jet us return to that Peace, which 
- wn 19-1 was the Mark that from the Begin- 
from the be- Ning was ſet before Us : Let us look 
pinning, up to

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in Us, and 
when He pleaſes he can take it from 
Us. | 


þ The Faith XXII. BUT alltheſe things||muſt 
confirms. be confirm'd by the Faith which is in 
Chriſt, for ſoHe himſelf beſpeaks us by 
Plal.xxxiv.11, the Holy Ghoſt. Come ye Chilaren and 
harken unto me, and 1 will teach you 
the fear of the Lord. What man is 
there that deſireth Life, and loveth to 
ſee Good days * Keep thy Tongue from 
Evil, and thy Lips that they ſpeak no 
Guile. Depart from Evil and do 
Good ; ſeek Peace and enſue it, The 
Eyes of the L.08D are upon the Righte- 
ous, and his Ears are open unto their 
Prayers. But the face of the LoRD is 
againſt them that do Evil, to cut off the 


Remems 


to the Corinthians. 


Remembrance of them from the Earth. 

The Righteous cried, and the Lokp 

heard Him, and deliver d him out of 

all his Troubles, Many are the Trow- Pſal.xxxii, 10. 
bles of the Wicked, But they that truſt 

in the Lokd , Mercy ſhall encompaſs 

them About. 


XXIII. OUR All-Merciful and 
Beneficent Father hath Bowels of 
Compaſſion towards Them that fear 
Him; And Kindly and Lovingly 
beſftows his Graces upon all ſuch as 
come to Him with a ſimple Mind. 
Wherefore ler us not || waver, neither þ Be double 
let us have any doubt inour Hearts, "#4. 
of his Excellent and Glorious Gifts, 

+ Let that be far from us which is + £* the woir- 
written , Miſerable are the double. 's & far from 
minded, and thoſe who are doubtful in James i. » 
their Hearts. Who ſay, Theſe things 
have we heard, and our Fathers have 
told us theſe things, But behold we are » per. iii. 4. 
grown old, and noxe of them has 
happened unto Us, O ye Fools! 
* Conſider the Trees; take the * compare yow 
Vinefor an Example. Firſt it ſheds /*!re- __ 
its Leaves; then it Buds; after 
that it ſpreads its Leaves; then it 

flowers ; 


38 


Malach. Vii. 1. 


[| See. 


* Went forth, 
and (1 in the 
reſt. 


St. Clement's Epiſtle 


flowers; then come the ſower Grapes; 
and afrer them follows the Ripe 
Fruit. Ye ſee how in a little time 
the Fruit of the Trees comes to 
Marturicy. Of atruth, yet a little 
while and his Will ſhall ſaddainly be 
accompliſh'd. The Holy Scripture 
it ſelf bearing witneſs, That the 
LokD- ſhall ſuddsinly come to his 
Temple, even the Holy one whom ye 
look for. 


XXIV

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the Fruits 
of the Earth. Every one {ces how 
rhe Seed isfown. The Sower * goes 
forth, and caſts it u the Earth ; 
and the Sced which when it was 

ſown 


to the Corinthians. 
ſowh fell upon the Earth dry and 
naked, in time diſſolves: Andifrom 
the Difſolution, the great Power af 
che Providence of the Lord raiſes it 
again ; and of one Seed many arilc, 
and bring forth Fruit. 


XXV. LET us conſider that 


wonderful || Type of the ReſurreCti-|| Sign. 


on, which is /eer in the Eaftern 
Countries ; that is to fay in Arabia. 
There is a certain Bird called a Phe- 
nix: Of this there is never but one 
at a time; and that lives five hun- 
dred Years. And when the time of 
its Diſſolution. draws near that it 
muſt Die; it makes it felt a Neſt of 
Frankincenſe, and Myrrhe, and other 
Spices, into which when its time 1s 
tultilled it enters anddies.Butits Fleth 
putrifyzng breeds a certain Worm, 
which being nouriſhed with the Juice 


of the dead * Bird brings torth Fea- * Anima! 
thers ; and when 1t is grown to & a + 5:rong, 


perfe&t State, it takes up the Neſt 


in which the Bones of its || Parent || Progeniev. 


lic, and carries it from Arabzz into 
Egypt, toa Ciny called Heltopolis : 
And flying in open day in -the fret 

ot 


40 


1] Do. 


Pſal. WL. 8. 


St. Clement's Epiſtle 


of all Men, lays it upon the Altar 
of the Sun, and ſo returns from 
whence it came. The Prieſts then 
ſearch into the Records of the Time; 
and find that it return'd preciſely at 
the end of five hundred Years. 


XXVI. AND || ſhall we thea 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 ſhews us 
the greatneſs of his power to fulfil his 
Promiſe ? For he ſays in a certain 

lace, Thou ſhalt raiſe me up and | 

all confeſs unto Thee. And again, 1 
laid me down aud ſlept, and awaked, 
becauſe thou art with me. And again 


Fob xix, 23. Job ſays, Thog ſhalt raiſe up this fleſb 


of mine , that has ſuffered all theſe 
things. 


XXVII., HAVING therefore. 


* rater Minds this Hope, let us * hold faſt to him 


be faſtned. 


who is Faithful in af

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ſhall he run from him that com- 


prehends all things ? 


XX1X. LET us thereforecome 

+ atind. —Ttohim with Holineſs of + Heart, lift- 
ing up Chaft and Undefiled Hands 

unto him : Loving our gracious and 

merciful Father, who has made us 

+ 4part. T topartake of his Eleftion. Foro 
Det, XxXXit. it 15 written, When the moſt High at- 
b, 9. witled the Nations, when he ſeparated 
the Sons-of Adam, he ſet the Bounds of 

the Nations, according to the number of 

<0 his Angels: His People Jacob became 
Fhe Portion of the LokD, «nd Tiraelthe 

iLot of 'bis Intherizence. And 'in wn. 

tner 


to the Corinthians, 43 


ther Place he ſaith, Behold the Log Per iv. 34; 
raketh unto himſelf a Nation, out of the 

midit of the Nations, as a Man taketh 

the Firſt-fruits of his Flour ; and he vwm, xxvii, 
Moſt Holy ſhall come out of that Nats- 

on. 


XXX. WHEREFORE we 
being a part of the Holy One; Lev 
us do all thoſe things that pertain 
unto Holynels: Fleeing all Evil-ſpeak- 
ing againſt one another ; all filthy 
and impure Embraces, together with 
all Drunkenneſs, Love of Innovati- 
on, abominable Concupiſcences,. de- 
teſtable Adultery, andexecrablePride. 
For God reſiſteth theProud, but giveth prov. iii. 34, 
Grace to the Humble, Let us there- 
fore hold faſt

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to.thoſe to whom || God || The Grace of 
has given his Grace. Andiet us put 527 41 ben 
on — ——_ being Humble, Tem: ©" 
perate ;| free from all Whiſpering 
and DetraCction ;. and: juſtified by our 
+ Attions, nor our Words; Por: lie +wirks. 
faith, * Doth:he that [peaketh and hears * He that (Yeaks 
eth many things, and that' is:of & rewaly © 7411 1hings 


Tongue, ſuppoſe that he. is Righteows'? is 


0b x1. 2, 3. 


Bleſſed. is be that is born. of s Woman, { 
thavlivel-bat a few days : || Ofe 10 | 3. mr much 
D' 2 F 


in Wards. 


44 Sr. Clement's Epiſtle 


therefore much Speech. Let our Praiſe 
be of God, not of our ſelves ; For 

+ dre praiſed eg, God hateth thoſe that + commend 
themſelves. Let the Witneſs of our 
good Attions be given to us of others, 
as it wasgiven to the Holy Men that 
went before us. Raſhneſs, and Ar- 
rogance, and Confidence, be to them 
who are Accurſed of God : But E- 
quity, and Humility, and Mildneſs, 
to ſuch as are Bleſſed by him. 


XXXI. LET vs then hold faſt 
+ Ser what are £O his Bleſſing, and let us + conſider 
the ways of bis yyhat are the ways by which we 
T7 may attain unto it. Let us || look 
back upon thoſe things that have 
happened from the beginning. For 
what was our Father Abraham Blel- 
ſed? Was it not becauſe that through 
Faith he wrought Righteouſneſs and 
* With full per- T'ruth ? Iſaac being * fully perſwa- 
Jong 1% ded of what he knew was to come, 
wa 0be, pleaſ- Chearfully yielded himſelf up for a 
aNeY econ * Sacrifice. Facob with Humility de- 
| . parted out of his own Country, flee- 
ing from his Brother, and went un- 
ro Laban and ſerved him : And fo 
©, . the Scepter of. the Twelve Tribes of 

. «: Frael, was given unto him. 
XXNXIL 


to the Corinthians. 45 


XX XII. NOW what the Great- 
neſs of || chis Gift was, will plain- { TieGifes that 
ly appear, if we ſball rake the pains jo £9 
diftin&ly to conſider all the parts of full know,who- 
it. For from him cawe the Priefts Jo _> 
and Levites; who all Miniftred NE a 
at the Altar of God. From him w/o then. 
came our . Lord Jeſus Chriſt , ac- 
cording 'to the Fleſh. From him 
came the Kings and Princes , and 
Rulers in Jadzh. Nor were the reſt 
of his + Tribes in a» ſmall Glory : + Sceprers: See 
God having promis'd that Thy Seed, J=% Azner. 
[fays he,] ſballbe as the Stars of Hea- © OO 
ven. They wereall thercfore * great- * Ghrifed ard 
ly glorified , ot for their own Mewfed 
Sake, or for

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and follow the way of — ws 
Truth, caſting off all Unrighteouſ- 
neſs and Iniquity, together with. al 
Covetoulneſs, Strife, Evil Manners, 
Deceit , Whiſpering , DetraQtions ; 
all Hatred of God, Pride and Boaſt- 
ing; Vain - glory and Ambition : 
For they that do theſe things, are 
Odious to God; and not only prox 

tanar 


co 


Rom. i. 32. 


St. Clement's Epiſtle 
that do:thera, bus allo &/f ſuch as ap- 
prove of thoſe than do. them. For thus 


Pal, L, 16. &c. Gich the: Seripttre, But unto the 


Wicked' Gud (aid, What haſt thou to do 
to daclare wy Statutes, or that thou 

take my Covenant. in thy 
Adouth * Seeing das Initruttion, 
and c afteit myVords behind thee. When 
thaw [ameit a Thief, then thaw conſent- 
642 migh: him. ; and haſt been. Partaker 
mah Adulterers. Fhow giveſt thy Mouth 
& Erul, and thy Tawef frameth Decem. 


= on 
done and T kep wo, Th thay ut , 


eto Smet any. One 4s 
But I mell reprove thee, and 


Rh, in ordes before thine Eyes. Non 
pri this ye that forget God, left I 
fear 301 in pieces, and there be none t6 
deliver. Whoſo offereth Praiſe, Glo- 
rifiech me: And to him that difpoſeth 
his way aright, will I fhewthe Sabuation 
of God. 


XXXVI, THIS rs the way, 


j That which Beloved, in which we may find 


has the Power 


to ſave us, 


ſour Saviour, even Fcſus Chriſt, the 
High 


Li = WW = =» >.4 ww | tu bd 


to the Corinthians. &1 


High Prieſt of all

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Him : To whom be Glory for ever 
and ever, Amen. 


XXXIX. FOOLISH and Un- 

f ge mw wiſe Men, T who have neither Pru- 
out Irftruflion, JEnce nor Learning , may perhaps 
Mock and Deride us ; being willing 

to ſet up themſelves in their own 

T For. Conceits : | But what can a Mortal 
Man ao ? Or what Strength is there in 

him that is made out of the Duſt ? For 

it is written, There was: no Shape be- 

| 4ir. fore mine Eyes ; only I heard a|| Sound 
Job iv, 16. &c, 4134 a Voice. For what ?'Shall Manbe Pure 
before the LORD ? Shall he be blame- 

leſs in his Works ? Behold, he truſteth 

not in his Servants; and his CAngels 

he charged with Folly. Yea, the Heaven 

is not clean in his Sight, how much leſs 

they that awell in Houſes of Clay;of which 

alſo we our ſelves were made ? He [mote 

them as a Moth, and from Morning even 

wato the Evening they endure not. Be- 

canſe they were not able tohelp them mw 

they 


ro the Cormrhuans. vs 
they PerifÞ'd:; Hebreath'd\upon t hems anul 
they dy d,becaufe they had noki/ iſdomiCall 5.4 iv, ;. wee. 
now if there be auy#hat will anſwer time, 
and to which of he <4ngels wilt uhou 
Jook * For Wrath alleth vhe 
Man, and Envy leyath him That as 'mn 
Error. 1 have ſeen the Fonbifh tuhimg 
Root, 'but lo therr Habitation uuspre- 
ſently conſumed. T heir Clilayen were 
far from Safety, they | 1Perifbed ag the + were cruhed 
Gates of thoſe who mere leſſer than then. "p#. 
ſebves ; And there'was mo Man to \| belp | Deliver. 
them. For what was prepared for Them, 
the Righteous * did Ext : And whey fball * Eat. 
not be delivered from Ew. 


X L. SEEI NG:thea theſe things 
' are manifeſt unto us, mt'wiall Sehove 
us, #0 take care that lookmyg

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by the Word of God, 

a- | and the || Evidence of the Holy ([# tbe fu 
ry | Spirit, they went abroad, publiſhing, #"*** 


or | That the Kjngdom of God was at Hand, c 
nd | And thus Preaching through Coun- I 
el- [n eries 


os) 


Iſaiah Is. 17. 
* Biſhops, Dea» 
Cons, 


j Signifieds 


Sr. Clement's Epiſtle 


tries and Cities , and proving by the 
Spirit,the firit Fruits of their Conver- 
ſions, they appointed out of them Ei- 
ſhopsandMiniſtersover ſuch as ſhould 
aiterwards believe. Nor was this any 
new Thing: Seeing that long betore 
it was written concerning Biſhops 
and Deacons. For thus faith the 
Scripture, in a certain place 3 1 wall 
appoint their * Overſeers in Righte- 
ouſneſs, and their * Miniſters in Faith. 


XLII. AND what wonder if they 
to whom ſuch a work was committed 
by God in Chriſt, cſtabliſh*d ſuch Ofi- 
cers 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. Whom alſo all 
the reſt of the Prophets follow?d,bear- 
ing witnels with one conſent to 
toſe things that were appointed by 


* ;n Emulation 1M. For He, perceiving an * Emu- 


F aj; ening. 


lation 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 Title; commanded their 

twelve 


_* 3. # .... he Sd 


to the Corinthians, 59 


twelve Captains to bring to him 
twelve Rods; every Tribe being Nunb. xvii. 
* noted upon its Rod according to * Wirtn. 
its Name. 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. And when 
he had ſhut the door of the Taber- 
nacle, he ſealed up the Keys of it, 
in like manner || as he-had done the || 41d the Rods, 
Rods; And ſaid unto them, Men 
and Brethren; Which ſoever Tribe 
(ball have its Rod Bloſſom, that Tribe 
has God choſen to Himſelf, * to Mi- * Toexerciſe the 
niſter unto Him i» Holy Things. And oy 4 
when Morning was come, He called: :» Miniſter, gc. 
together All //ra:/,{ix Hundred Thou- 
ſand Men; and ſhew'd to their Princes 
the Seals;and opened the Tabernacle of 
Witneſs; and brought forth the Rods. 
And the Rod of Aaron was found 
not only to have Bloſſom'd, bur alſo 
to have Fruit upon it. What think 

ou, Beloved ? Did not Moſes before 

now || what ſhould happen? Yes jreat this fow's 
verily : But to the End there might &/* 
be no Diviſion nor Tumult ia 1/rael, 

E 2 He 


60 


* About the 
name of the Bt» 


Jhoprick, 


f| That, 


[ Biſoprich, 


St. Clement's Epiſtle 


He did in this manner, that the 
Name of the True and Only God 
might be Glorified: To him be 
Honour for Ever and Ever, Amen, 


XLIV. SO likewiſe our Apoſtles 
knew by our Lord Jc{us Chriſt, that 
there ſhould Contentions ariſe * upon 
the Account of the Miniſtry. And 
therefore having a perfeCt fore-know- 
ledge of this, they appointed Per- 
ſons, as we have before ſaid, and 
then gave Direction, || How

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with 
a Holy and Unblamable Purpoſe of 
mind worſhipped God : Not know- 
ing that the Moſt High is the Pro- 
tetor and Defender of all ſuch as in 
a Pure Conſcience ſerve his * Holy 
Name : To whom be Glory for ever 
and ever, Amen. But they who 
with a full Perſwaſion have endured 
to the exa, || are now made Partakers 
of Glory and Honour : And * are 
Exalted andlifted up by God in their 
Memorial throughout —_—_—— 

XLVYI. 


to the Corinthians. 63 


XLVI. WHEREFORE it will 
behove us alſo, Brethren, * to follow *72 * Glw'd 
ſuch Examples as theſe ; for it is ® 
written, || Hold faft to ſuch as arel| Pſalxviil.zs. 
Holy ; for they that do ſo ſhall be [an- 
tified. And again in another place 
he faith, With the Pure thou ſhalt be Pſi. xvii. 20, 
Pare, but with the Perverſe Man thou 
ſhalt be * perverſe, Let us therefore * Tun afide, 
keep ottr ſelves firm to, the Innocent 
and Righteous ; for ſuch are * Cho- * rh £1-9, 
ſen of God. Wherefore are there 
Strifes and Anger, and Diviſionsand 
Schiſms and Wars among Us? Have Ez). is. 4. 
we fot all One God,and One Chriſt ? « cor. xii. 
Is nbt one Spirit of Grace poured 
out upon us All? Have we not One 
Calling in Chriſt ? Why then do we 
rent and tear in pieces the Members 
of Chriſt; And raiſe Seditions a- 
gainſt our own Body? And are 
come to ſuch a heighth of Madneſs, 
as to forget that we were Members one Row. xii. 5. 
of An3ther * Remember the words 
of the Lord Jeſus, * how he faid, * ror he ſaid, 
Wo to that n, [By whom Offences Lake xvii. 
come] It were better for him that he had 
never been Born, Than that he ſhoula 

E 4 have 


64 


*Goſpel. 

[| Spiritually 
ſend to you. 
1 Coy. 1. 12+ 


+ Inclinations 
[ for one above 
anther. | 


* Inclined. 


{ Witneſed of. 


* Gravity, 


St. Clement's Eprſt/e 


have offended one of My Eleit, It were 
better for him, that a Mill-tone ſhould 
be tyed about his Neck, and he ſhould 
be caſt-into the Sea, than that he ſhould 
offend one of My little ones. Your Schifm 
has perverted Many, has diſcouraged 
many : It has raiſed Doubts in many, 
and Grief in us All. Azd yet your 
Sedition continues (till. 


XLVII. TAKE the Epiltle of 
the Bleſſed Paul the Apoſtle into 


your Hands, What was it that he 


wrote to you in the very Beginning 
of his * Inſtructions to you ? Verily 
he did || by the Spirit admoniſh you 
concerning himſelf, and Cephas, and 
Apoliss, foraſmuch as even then ye 
had begun to fall into + Partics and 
Factions. Nevertheleſs your Incli- 
nations then led you into a much lels 
Sin : Foraſmuch as ye * placed your 
AffeCttions on Apoſtles, Men of 
|| Eminent Reputation inthe Church, 
and on Another who was greatly 
tryd and approved of among you. 
But conſider we pray you, . who are 
they that have now led you aſtray : 
And leſſen'd the * Rn of 
| | | that 


to the Corinthians, 65 


that Brotherly Love that was oxce 

*ſo Eminent among you? *'Tis a * $ nuch fu 
Shame, my Beloved, yea a very &" f: 
great Shame, and unworthy of your 

Chriſtian || Profeſſion, to hear, that | mgirution. 
the moſt firm and antienat Church 

of the Corinthians ſhould by one or 

two Perſons, be /ed into a Sedition 

againſt its Prieſts. And this Report 

is come not only to us, but to thoſe 

alſo that + are without. Inſomuch +40:#erfromm. 
that the Name of the Lord is Blal- 

phemed through your Folly ; and 

even ye your ſelves are brought into 

Danger by it. 


XLVIIL. LET us therefore with 
all haſt * put an End to this Sedztion ; * Take away. 
and lct us fall down before the Lord, 
and beſcech him with Tears that he 
would || be favourably reconciled to || Becoming fe 
us, and reſtore us again to a * ſeem- paar. | 
ly and Holy Courſe of Brotherly a. 
Love. For this is the Gate of 
Righteouſneſs, opening unto Life : 
As it 1s written, Open unto me the Pſalm cxviii. 
Gates of Righteouſneſs; I will go in 9% 
unto them and will praiſe the Lok. 
This is the Gate of/ the LokD, the 
| | _ Righteors 


66 


| Greater. 


+ Bond. 


F Glues, 


St. Clement's Epiſtle 


Righteow ſball enter into it. Although 
therefore there are many Gates that 
are opened, yet this Gate of Righte- 
ouſneſs is that Gate in Chtiſt, at 
which Bleſſed are All they that en- 
ter in, and direft their way in 
Holineſs and Righteouſneſs, doing all 
things without Diſorder. Let a Man 
be Faithful, let him be Powerful in 
the Utterance of Knowledge ; let 
him be wiſe in making an ew. ſudg- 
ment of words; let him be Pure in 
all his Afftions. But #i# 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. 


XLIX

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Moſes the Servant of God. 


LIT. BELOVED, God is not 
Indigent of any thing ; nor does he 
demand any thing of Us, but that 
we ſheuld Conteſs ozr Sizs unto 
Him. For ſo ſays the * Holy David, 
I will Confeſs unto the Lokp, and it 
ſhall pleaſe him better than a Bullock 
that hath Horns and Hoofs. Let the 
Poor ſee it and be Glad, And again 
he ſaith, Offer unto God the Sacrifice 
of Praife, and pay thy Vows unto the 
moſs Higheſt. And call upon Me in 
the day of Trouble, and I will deliver 
Thee, and thou ſhalt Glorifie me. T he 
Sacrifice of God « a Broken Spirit. 


LIIIL. YE know, Beloved, ye 
know full-well the Holy Scriptures ; 
and have thoroughly ſcarch'd into the 
Oracles of God:Call them therefore to 
your Remembrance. For when Moſes 
went up into the Mount, and tarried 
there Forty Days and Forty Nights in 
Faſting and Humility ; God faid 
unto Him, Get thee down quickly 


from 


to the Corinthians, 71 


from Hence ; For thy People whom thou yeur. ix, 
broughteſt out of the Land of Egypt : 

has committed Wickedneff, T bey baws 

ſoon tranſereſſed the way that I come 
manded T hem, and have wage to then- 

ſelves Graven £ es. And the Lokb 

ſaid unto Him, 7) Dad ſpoken unto Thee 

* ſeveral times, ſaying, F have ſeen * once and

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We know how many among our 
ſelves, have given up themitives 
unto Bonds, that thereby they might 
free others from them. Others have 
hired out themſelves to the moſt 
Servile Employments, that with 
the Wages of them they might feed 
+ their Brethen, And even Womes + others. 
themſelves, being ſtrengthned by 
the Grace of God, have done many 
Glorious and Manly things on ſuch 
Occaſions, The Bleſſed Judith, when Fudith viii, is, 
her Ciry was beſieged, defired the * *ili 
Elders, that they would ſuffer her 
to go into the Camp of * their Ene- *The Strangers 
mies: And ſhe went out expoſing 
her ſelf to Danger, for the Love ſhe 
bare to her Country and her People 
that were Beſieged ; and the Lord 
delivered Holofermes into the Hands 
of a Woman. Nor did Eſther, being x6, vii, vit 
perfeQ in Faith, expoſe her ſelf ro 
any leſs Hazard , for the Delivery 
of the Twelve Tribes of 1/rae/, in 
danger of being deſtroyed, For by 
Faſting and Humbling Her felt, 
ſhe intreated the Great Maker of 
All things, the God of Ages ; * So * #%: 
that beholding the Humility of her 

E Soul, 


74 


* There ſhall be 
fo them. 


Pal. cxviii.18. 


Prov. \il. Ut. 


Pſal. cxlt. 5. 


7#b v. 17,&c, 


St. Clement's Epiſtle 


Soul, He delivered the People, for 
whoſe ſake ſhe was in Peril. 


LVI, WHEREFORE let us 
alſo, pray for all ſuch as fall into any 
Trouble or Diſtreſs; That being 
endued with Humility and Modera- 
ration , they, may

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one another, is good, and exceeding 
Profitable : For it unites. us the 
more cloſely to the Will of God. 
For ſo ſays the Holy Scripture, The 
LORD corretted me, but he did mot de- 
liver me over unto Death. For whom 
the Lokb loveth he Chaſtzeth, and 
ſeonrgeth every Son whom he receiveth. 
The Righteous, ſaith He, ſhall inſtruit 
me in Mercy and reprove me; but the 
Oyl of Sinners ſball not make fat my 
Head. And again he ſaith, Happy 
is the Man whom God corredteth; 
theree 


_ KY rp "I BO. OI EO 


to the Corinthians; 


therefore deſpiſe not thou the Chaſining 
of the Almighty. For he maktth ſore 
and bindeth up ; Fle woundeth and bis 
hands make whole. He ſhall deliver 
thee in ſix Troubles ; Tea in ſeven there 
ſball no Evil touch Thee. In Famine 
he ſhall redeems thee from Death ; and 
in War from the Power of the Sword. 
Thou ſhalt be hid from the Scourge of 
the Tongue ; neither ſhalt thou be afraid 
of Deſtruttion when #t ccmeth.. Thou 
ſhalt laugh at the Wicked and Sinners ; 
neither ſhalt thou be afraid of the 
Beaſts of the Earth, The wild Beaſts 
ſhall be at peace with thee. Then ſpalt 
thou know that thy Houſe ſhall be in 
peare; and the Habitation of thy T aber- 
nacle ſhal! not err. Thou ſhalt know 
alſo that thy Seed ſhall be great, and thy 
Of bring as the Graſs of the Earth. 
hou ſbalt come to thy Grave as the 
ripe Corn, that is taken in due time; 
like as a Shock of Corn cometh in, in his 
Seaſon, Ye ſee, Beloved, how there 
ſhall be a Defence to thoſe that are 
correfted of the Lord. For being a 
good Inſtrutor; he is willing to 
Admoniſh us by his Holy Diſcipline. 


F-> ELVIL DO 


E 


76 


See Junius in 
loc. 


Prove t, 23z&C+ 


$:. Clement's Epiſtle 


LVII.:DO

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caſt out 
of his Fold. For thus ſpeaks the 
excellent and all-vertuous Wiſdom, 
Behold I will pour out the word of my 
Spirit upon you, I will make known 
Speech unto you, Becauſe Lealled and 
ye would not hear, I ſtretched out my 
words and ye regarded not. 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, When your Fear cometh 4 
Deſolation, and your Deſtruftion as 4 
Whirlwind, when DiſtrefS and Anguiſb 
cometh upon you. Then fhall ye cal 
upon me, but I will not hear you : The 
Wicked ſhall ſeek me, but they ſhall 
fin 


—_ 


to the Corinthians. 77 


find me, For that they hated Knowleage, 
and did not ſeek the Fear of the Lord. 
They would not hearken unto my Coun- 
ſel : They deſpiſed all my Reproof. 'l here- 
fore ſball they eat of the Fruit of their 


own ways; and be filled with their own 


| ; 
LITE , . «cas 
o EE SS 9 060.90 4 & 1 2D 
d SS SS 54 0 0 G2 
d 
LVIIL. NOW God, the Inſpe- 
x Qtor of all things, the * Father of + wap. 
X qSpirits, and the

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and Might, and Majeſty, and 
Dominion, by * Chrift Jeſus, 
from Everlaſting toEverlafting, 
Anen. 


T- 8.5 
EPISTLE 


O F 


St, POLYCARP 


TO THE 


Philippians. 


81 


S: Bm © 


CONTENTS. 


After the Salutation : 


I, E Commend: the Philippians 
for their Reſpet# to 'Thole 
who {uffer*d for the Goſpel ; and for 
their own Faith and Picty. Numb.T, 
2. He exborts Them to continue in 
Both : And that particularly from 
the Conſideration of the ReſurreQi- 
on ad Judgment to come, MV. Il. 
For their better accompliſhing whereof, 
He, 

}. Adviſes them to call to mind the 
Doftrine which St. Paul had taught 
them whilſt He was in Perſonamong 
them; and after wrote to them in 
his Epiſtle. N. III. 

The Summ of all which be now goes on 
particularly to fet before Them. 


T. £45 to Praical Duties. 


1. Faith, Hope, Charity. N.1TII. 
2. Againſt 


82 


The Contents 


2. Againſt Covetouſneſls. N. TV, 
3. The Duties of Husbands, Wives, 
Widows. 16. 
4 - Deacons, Young Men, Virgins. 
V 


s, Of Presbyters. NV. VI. 

All which He again Inforces with the 
Conſideration of that Account we 
muſt one day give to God of all our 
Attions. 


II. As to Matters of Faith. 


1. What we are to Believe concerning 
our Saviour Chrift : Hi Nature 
and Sufferings, XN, VII. 

2, Of the Future Reſurretion «nd 
Judgment. 16. 

Which being thus ſet forth , He finally 
Exhorts them, 

1. ToPrayer. N. VII. 
2. To Stedfaſtneſs in their Faith, 
N. VIIL 

Inforced from the Examples of the Pa- 
tience ad Conſtancy. 

----Of Our Saviour Chriſt, 16. 
----Of bis Apoſtles and Saints. N.IX. 
3. -1 — et in all Well-doing, 


Amt 


The Contents, 


And more particularly yet , from the 
Miſcarriage of Valens, who had been 
4 Presbyter among Them : He Ex. 
horts them, 

4. Tobeware of Covetouſneſs. V.XT. 

5. Not to be too levere towards ſuch 
Perſons, either in their Cen\ures 
of them, or Behaviour towards 
them, N. XII. 

He Prays for them; and then Exhorts 
them, 

6. ToPray for All others. 16. 

And having thus done with what was 
InſtruQtive of his Epiſtle : He ad- 
viſes Them of his ſending Tgnatius's 
Epiſtles 70 them, N. XII. 

And deſires an Account of Him from 
Them. XV. XIV. 

And laſtly : He recommends Creſcens, 
by whom he wrote this Epiſtle, to- 
gether with his Siſter, to their Fa- 
your and Aſſiſtance, 16. 


THE 


8% 


T H E 
 _EPISTLE 
O F 
St POLTYTCARP 
To-THRE 


Philippians. 
POLYCARP, and the PRES- 
BYTERS that

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once a Presbyter 
among you ; that he ſhould 1o little 
underſtand the place that was given 
to Him #» the Church, Wheretore I 
admoniſh you that ye abſtain trom 
Covetoulneſs; and that ye be Chat, 
and true of Speech. Aep your ſelves 1 Theſſ: v. 22. 
from All Evil, For He that in theſe 
things cannot govern Himſelf, How #75. ». 5. 
ſhall he be able to preſcribe them to G4 
another ? It a Man does not keep 
himſelf fromCovetouſneſs, He ſhall be 
polluted with Idolatry, and be judged 
as if he were a Gentile. But who 
of you are Ignorant of the Judgment | 
of God? Do we not know that the 1 ©.v.2. 
Saints ſball judge the World? As Paul 
teaches. But I have neither per- 
ceived nor heard any thing of this 
Kind in you , among, whom the 
Bleſſed Paul laboured ; and whom 
he mentions with ſo much Honour in 7 
the beginning of his Epiſtle. For he 

G 4 Glor' al. 4. 


95 


Pſal. iv. 5. 
Eph, iv. 36. 


St. Polycarp's Epiſtle 
Glories of you in All the Churches 
who then only knew God; for we 
did not then know Him. Where- 
fore, my Brethren, I am exccedingly 
ſorry both for him and for his Wite ; 
to whom God grant a true Repen- 
tance. And be ye allo mode- 
rate on this occaſion ; and look not 
upon ſuch as Enemies, but call them ' 
back as Suffering and Erring Mem- 
bers

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and of all things that 

rtain to Edification 1nÞ the Lord 
eſus. 


XIV. WHAT you know cer- 
tainly of Iznativs, and thoſe that are 
with him, ſignihe unto us. 

T HESE things have I written 
unto you by Creſcezs, whom by this 


preſent Epiſtle 1 have recommended ' 
to you, and do now again commend, 


For he has had his Converſation 
without blame among us; And I 
ſuppoſe alſo with you. Ye will alſo 
have regard unto his Siſter when 
ſhe ſhall come unto you. Be ye fate 
ia the Lord Jeſus Chriſt; And in 
{| Favour with all yours. Ames. 


THE 


-” 2A 


— 


Genuine Epiſtles 
1 O F 
6. IGNATIOS. 
L 
TZO THE 


Epheſians, 


T H. E 


CONTENTS. 


Afftey the Salutation : 
Chap.1. E thanks them for ſend- 
ſhop 


ing Oneſimus ther Bi- 
ro Him: Whom he greatly 

Commends; and expreſſes his Joy 
to receive from Him ſo good « Cha- 
ratter of them. 

II. He mentions the reſt of their Mem- 
bers who were ſent with Oneſimus to 
Him : And Exhorts them to Unity 
by a due SubjeCtion to their Bilkop 
axd Presbyters. 

III. He excuſes the Liberty He takes of 
Admoniſhing them, and ſo returns 
to his Advice to them, | 

IV. Which « ſtill the ſame; namely, 
By a due Subjeftion to their Biſhop, 
to preſerve Unity among themſelves. 

V. The Bencfit of which He particu- 
larly ſets ont to them. 


VI. That 


IOI 


102 


The Contents. 


VI. That they ought not to Reſpett 
their Biſhop the lefs ; - becauſe he 5; 
not forward in exatting it from them : 
But ſhould rather Honour him the 
more; which He alſo Commenas then 

or. doing. . 

IT. He warns them againſ} Here- 
ticks; bidding them ſtick to their 
Maſter Jeſus: Chrift : Whoſe Di- 
vine aud Humane Nature he ge- 
clares to Them. 

YL. IX. He Commenas them for their 
Care to keep themſelves from Palſe 
Teachers ; and fhews them the Way 

"ro God. 

X. He exhorts them. to Prayer; and to 

© behave themſebuts unblameably to- 
warts thoſe that are without. * © 

Xt. XII. To be threfal of their Salva- 
tron ; To Pray for Himſelf; whoſe 
own worth he much leſſens in Compa- 
riſon of theirs, Eſpecially, | 

XTH. XIV. To tbe frequent i» Publick 
Devotion :* To live in Unity, in 
Faith, nd iz Charity. bd, 

RV. To ſhew forth the Trath of their 
Profeſſion by their Works. 

XVI.XVII. To have a Care that the 
Goſpel of Chriſt be not Corrupted, 

X VIII. 


The Contents. 


XVIII. Upor which occaſion, He treats 
particularly of the Three great Myſte- 
ries of Chriſtianity, viz. The Vir- 


ginity of Mary : Azxd the Incarna-, 


tion ad Death of Chriſt: Which 
he ſays were hid from the Devil. 

XIX. How the Birth of Chriſt was in 
4 moſt extraordinary Manner re- 
veal'd io the World. 

XX. XXI. Of all which he promiſes to 
Write more largely in 4 ſecond Epi- 
ſtle. Azd ther finally Undertakes 
for their Salvation 3 if they continued, 
as he hadexhorted them, to purſue it, 
by Unity among Themſelves, and 
Picty towards God. 


THE 


103 


—— — 


T H'RB 
EBPIST LE 
O F 
Se. IGNAT IVS 
TO TH i 


Epheſtans. 


IGNATIUS, who # alſo

~156 words

Jeſus Chriſt, our common Hope: 

Amezy, 


” 

(as 

E ” . A 

p To the EPHESIANS. 
{4 

Nn 


»f [| THE 


S 0 


EPISTLE 


O F 


St IGNATIVUS 
TO THE 


Magneſians, 


CI" 


125 


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CONTENTS. 


After the Salutation : He declares, 


Chap.lI. HE . Occaſion of his 
Writing to Them and 
to the other Churches that were 
about them: Aad then mentions, 
WH. The Arrival of Damas their Bi- 
ſhop, and of the reſt whom They had 
ſent unto Him. 
III. He exhorts them to all due Reve- 
rence aud SubjeCtion to their Bi- 
ſhop ; notwith/tanding * He was but * Vid. Annor. 
« Young Man, and had not long <**ler.inlec. 
been in that Great Office among 
them. 
IV. Which alſo they muſt do, if they 
will be Chriſtians indeed. 
V. That we muſt all 'ere long Die; 
and then be for ever either Happy or 
Milcrable. 


I 3 VI. He 


156 The Contents. 


VT. He exhorts them therefore to live 

 Orderly ; and tomaintain 4 Unity 
among each other. 

VII. And that eſpecially by a due Sub- 

jeQtion #0 their Bilhop avd Presbyters. 

VIIL IX. X. He cautions them againſt 
falſe Opinions :; Efecially thoſe of 

* Pearſan,Vind. * Fbion and the Judaizing Chri- 
Ign.par.2.cap.4 ſtians. 

XI. Fe Apologizes for this Advice ; 
which he gave not to Reprove, but to 
Fore-warnT hem. 

XII. Whoſe Faith and Piery he here 
greatly commends : nd 

XIII.. Exhorts thers to go on, and 11- 
creaſe in Both, 

XIV. He deſires their Prayers both for 
Himſelf and his Chnrch at Antioch, 

XV. And then concludes all with the 
Salutations of thoſe who were pre- 
ſent with Him at the Writing of this 
Epiltle, 


127 


TH E 
EPISTLE 
O PF 
St. IGNATIVS 
TO THE 


Magneſians, 


ION ATIUS who

~88 words

the Biſhop of us All. 

It - will. theretore | behoye you , + is becom- 

* With all Sincerity to obey your -2, TORS 

Biſhop, in Honour of Him, | whoſe Hypecriſie. , 

pleaſure it is that ye ſbould do ſo. t Who willeth 

Becaule he that. does nor do ſo, de- © 

ceives not the Biſhop whom he ſees, 

but X., affronts him that is Inviſible. « 1,4. 

Far whatſoever of this kind 7x doxe, 

it\,xeflefts not . upon || Man , but yia, git. 1n- 

ypon God who knows the Secrets of terp. ad loc. 

our Hearts. | Heſb 


IV. IT 


140 St, Ignatius's Epiſtle 


IV. IT is therefore fitting, ther 

we ſhould not only be called Chri- 

{tians, but be ſo. As ſome call i»- 

deedtheir Governipars Biſhop ; but yet 

do all things without Him. But I 

catr tiever think that fuch as- theſe 

have #- good Conſience, ſeeing 

they are fot pither'd topether 

* zimh. * thoroughly 8etording to Gods Com- 
roamadmme ne. | 


V. SEEING then a

~311 words

Spirit, which is Jeſus Chriſt. 
c 
Y 
n To the MAGNESIANS, 
q 
h 
qi 
[| FOES 47" VER 
s 
t 
C 
K THE 
E 


T HE 


EPISTLE 


O F 


St. IGNATIUS 
TO THE 


Trallians. 


—— OR, 


————————— 


THR 
CON TE NFHS 


The Salutation. 


Chap.l. E acknowledges the Com- 
ing of their Biſhop, and 
his receit of their Charity by Him. 

Il. He commenads them for their Orderly 
SubjeCion 70 their Biſhop, Priefts, 
and Deacons ; and exhorts them to 
continue 11 1t. 

Ill. He inforces the ſame Exhortation, 
Commexas their Biſhop, and excuſes 
his not writing more fully to them of 
this Matter. 

IV. Which he does not, leaſt he ſhould 
ſeem to take too much upon Him ; 
And be too much exalted #3 his own 
Conceit, which would be very Dan- 
gerous to Him : Who ts afraid even 
of his Over-great Deſire to Suffer, 
leaſt it ſhould be prejudicial zo 
Him. 


K 2 V. Ano- 


141 


142 


The Contents. 


V. <Another Reaſon why he did not 
write more largely to them is, that 
at preſent they are not able to bear 
{of 

VI. Me warns them azainſt Hereticks, 
who poiſon the found Word of 
Chriſt : And 

VII. Exhorts them by Humility of 
Mind, azd Unity with the Church, 
to guard Themſelves againſt Them. 

VII. And this he does, not that be 
knows of any preſent need they had 
of this Advice; but to prevent 
any Miſchief from fallins pox 
them. 

IX. To which Exd, he briefly ſets before 
them the true DoQrine concerning 
Chriſt, 

X. And particularly expoſes the Error 
of ſoon, who ”———- he ſeemed 
only to Die, but did not really 
Sufter. 

hay From theſe he would have Them 

ce. 

XII. He returns again to his Exhor- 
tation of them #0 Unity : And ae- 
fires their Prayers, of which he was 


ach in need. 


XIII M/brich 


The Conrents. 


XIII. Which allo he begs for his Church 
at Antioch: And having given 
them the Salutations of Thoſe who 
were with Him, and once more ex- 
horted them to due Submiſſion 7o 
their Biſhop, &'c. He Concludes. 


x 4 TRE 


143 


145 


3 Ka 


EPISTLE 


O -F 
St IGNATIVS

~174 words

the Devil. Wherefore 
putting on Meeknefs, renew your - 
fetres in Paith, which is the Fleſh 
of the LokD; and in Charity, which 
s-the Blood of Jeſus Chrift. Let no 

* Any thing, Man have * any Grudge againſt his 
Nephbour, Give no Occaſion ro 

the Geariles ; leaſt by means of a 

ew 


to #he Tratlians. IS 


few Fooliſh Men, the whole Coat 
pany 'thatis in 'Gad be Eval {poken 
of, For Woe tothat Man, through 14 Li. 5. 
whoſe Vanity my Name is Blaſ- 


phemed by any. 


TIX. STOP your #Ears'therefore, 

as often 8s any one ſhall ſpeak * '©on- * Withur, 
trary 'to ere - of R—_ 

of Dawvid/by'the Vargin . WM 

was += ty 4a "_ id Ear and 

Drink 3 Was truly Perſecuted under 

Pontizs Pilate,; Was'itruly'Crucified 

and Dead ; Both'the Things in He- 

ven, and:the Thiags 'on-Earth, -and 

the Things under the 'Earth * being * Seeing, or 
Conſcious of it. Whowas alſo'truly 
raiſed from the Dead || by his Father, j His Farber 
after the ſame manner as * he will 1%ne Fin. 
.at{o raiferup us who believe in /Him, ; 
by Chriſt Jeſus; without whomwe 

have no true Life. 


X. BUT if as ſome who are 
Atheiſts, that is'to ſay-Infidels, pre- 
tend, that he only ſeem'd 'to Sutter : 
(They themſelves only {ceming to 
exiſt) why then am I Bound ? Why 
do I deſire to fight with -Beaſts? 

There- 


182 


* Plants, 


St. Ignatius's Epiſtle 
Therefore do I die in vain. Nay, 


but I ſpeak nothing that is Falſe of 
the Lord. 50: 


XI. FLEE therefore theſe Evit ' 
* Branches

~170 words

whom 
may ye be found Unblameable, 


To the TRALLIANS. 


THE 


EPISTLE 


O F 


St IGNATIVS 
TO THE 


Romans. 


CONTENT S. 


The Salutation. 
Chap.T. H* teſtifies his Deſire to 


Come unto Them; and 
Hu Hopes of Suffering for Chriſt, 
unleſs they Prevent it. 


IT. Which he Earneſtly Intreats the 


not to do: 

III. But rather to Pray for Him, that 
God would Strengthen Him to the 
Combat «nto which He had called 
Him. 

IV. He expreſſes the Great Delire he 
bad to Suffer Martyrdom. 

V. VI. And the Mighty Advantage & 
would be to Him ſo to do. 

VIL. VIII. And therefore ag4in intreats 
them that they would not do any 
thing to prevent it. 

IX. He deſires their Prayers for his 
Church at Antioch ; and expreſſes 
| L 3 the 


157 


158 The Contents, 


the Kjnaneſs of the Chriſtians to 
Him on his Way to Them. 

X, And then Concludes, with his Re- 
commenaations of Thoſe who came 
from Syria with Him, and were gone 
before to Rome, to their Favourable 
Acceptance. 


— — ———— 9 co 


153 


_—— — _ Rm ———_—_— 


TH ah 
EPISTLE 
& IGNAT/IVS

~269 words

End, in the Patience of 
Jelus Chriſt. 


To the Romans. 


THE 


3:-00--2 


ErISTHEE 


O F 


| &IGNATIVTS 


TO TRR 


Philadelphians: 


M 


Y TE -£ 
CONTENTS. 


The Salutation. 


Chap:T. =E beyins with avery Great 

Commendation of their 

Biſhop , whom they had ſent mnto 
Him. 

Il. He warns them againff Diviſions; 
and to flick cloſe to their Biſhop, as 
the beſt means to avoid falling into 
Errors and Falſe Dottrines. 

III. IV. Which Exhortation he again 
enforces ; and ſhews them the Danger 
of following Any Perſons, to the 
making of a Schiſm in the Church. 

V. He excuſes the length of this Ad- 
vice ; which proceeded from his Love 
towards Them: Deſires their Prayers; 
And ſhews how the Holy Men under 
the Law, as well as ſince under the 
Goſpel, were all United zz Chriſt. 


M 2 VI. Let 


7s 


176 


The Contents. 


VI. Tet this muſt not prompt them to 
receive their DoQtrine, who would 
tempt them to Judaize. 

VII. He declares what his own Condut 
had been whilſt he was amongſt T hens, 

VIII.IX. And exhorts them, after his 
Example, to-maintain a Pure Do- 
Arine, i» Unity with one Another. 

X, He accounts to them how he had 
heard that the *Perſecution was 
ſtoppd in bis. Church at Antioch : 

. And direits them to ſend ſome Mc\- 
ſenger hither, to Congratulate 
with Them thereupon. 

XI. He tells them what Perſons were 
ſtall with Him; and thanks them 
for. the kind Entertainment they 
gave to ſome of Them: And ſo con- 
cludes with the common Salutation 
of thoſe who were preſent at his 
Writing of this Epiſtle t# Them. 


THE 


177 


— 


| rH ny 
EPISTLE 


O F 


Se IGNATIVUS 
TO THE 


Philadelphians, 


Icon ATIUS, who is alſo called 
THEOPHORUS, t

~187 words

fulfilled in all Mercy through 

M 3 his 


1.78 St. Ignatius's Epiſtle 
his Reſurreftion: Which alſo 1 
ſalute tn the Bloud of 7eſus 
* vid. Ver.l Chriſt, * whq 1s our Eternal 
mn and undefiled Joy; Eſpecially 
if they are at Unity with the 
Biſhop and Presbyters who are 
with Him, and the Deacons 
{ In. ppornted || according to the Mind 
we efus Chriſt; whom he has 
T7 according to his own Will in 
all Thech by His Holy $ parit. 


'S 
* Miſtry be- 
longing t9 the 


Pablick. 


HICH Biſhop [ kalows 
obtain'd * that Great 
Miniftry among you,not 
of Himſelf, neither by Men , nor 
out of Vain Glory ; but in the Love 
of God the Father and our Lord Jeſus 
[as firuck me Chriſt : Whoſe Mildneſs + I admire, 
with Wondr. xgho by his filence is able to do 
+ 7boſ* that more, than Þ others with all their 
pom Yan Vain Talk. For he is fixted to 
; the Commands, as the Harp to its 
Strings. Wherefore my douledcoms 

his Mind towards God moſt Happy, 

knowing it to be Fruitful in all 

Vertue, 


to the Philadelphians. 179 


Vertue, and perfe& 3 full of Con- 
ſtancy; free from Paſſion, || and ac- || ts. 
cording to all the Moderation of the 
Living God. 


II WHEREFORE as be- 
comes the Children both of the Light 
and of

~203 words

But in your Concord, They 
{hall find no place. 


ITI. ABSTAIN therefore from 
thoſe Evil Herbs which Jeſus Chriſt 
does not dreſs ; becauſe ſuch are not 
the Plantation of the Father. Not 
that I have found any Diviſion 
among you, but rather af! manner of 
Purity. For as many as are of Jeſus 
Chriſt, are alſo with their Biſhop. 
And as many as ſhall with Repen- 
tance rerurn into the Unity of the 
Church, even theſe ſhall alſo be 
the Servants of God, that they = 

A 4 ve 


* Very much 


* 189 


Poxred out. 


St. Tgnatius's Epiſtle 
live according to Jeſus Chriſt. Be 
not deceived, Brethren : If any one 
follows him that makes a. Schiſm #z 
the Charch, he ſhall not inherit the 
Kingdom of God. If any one walks 


after any other's Opinion, he agrees 
not with the Paſſion of Chriſt. 


IV. WHEREFORE {tit be 
your Endeavour to partake All of 
the ſame Holy Euchariſt. For there 
is but one Fleſh of our Lord Jeſus 
Chriſt; And One Cup, unto the 
Unity of his Bloud ; One Altar ; As 
alſo there is One Biſhop, together . 
with his Presbytery , and the Dea- 
cons my Fellow-Servants: That fo 
whatſoever ye do, ye may do it ac- 
cording to the Will of God. 


V

~261 words

Faith, in Love, 
in Unity. Farewel in Chriſt Jeſus 
out Common Hope. 


THE 


SW D 


EPISTLE 


O F 


St. IGNATIVUS 
TO THE 


$—_ CG 


Smy2neans. 


- <———— 


— C 
— ————————R——— 


CONTENTS. 


The Salerwins, 


Chap... JE declares the Joy be 

had to hear L their 

Firmnels i» the Goſpel : The Sub- 

ſtance of which, as to what con- 

cerns the Perlon of Chriſt, he briefly 
repeats to Them. 

II. And this againſt ſuch as pretended, 
that Chriſt ſuffer*'d oxly in Shew, 
and not Really. Againſt theſe, 

III. He aſſures them, that he knew 
Chriſt was 4 True Man, ever after 
his ReſurreQtionz Axd did give ma- 
nifeſt Proofs to bis Diſciples of his 
Being ſuch, 

IV. He Exhorts them therefore, t0 
have nothing to do with thoſe Here- 
ticks whom he here Oppoſes : Nor 
believe that He would Suffer /o 


N much 


190 


The Contents, 


fo much for the Faith of Chriſt, 
awleſs he were very ſure of the Truth 
Of #8, 

V. Ut ſbews them, farther, the Dan- 
ger of the Dottrine before menti- 
oned: And how they who held it did, 
in Effet, Deny Chriſt. 

VI. How Dangerous this is? And 
how different thoſe who maintain 
this Doftrine are, in All other re- 
* ou the Church of Chriſt ? 

VII. That it will therefore become them, 
zo Guard themſelves againſt ſuch 
Perfons. 

VII. To this end; He Exhorts them 
zo follow their Biſhop a»d Paſtors : 
But eſpecially their Biſbop. 

IX. He thanks them for their Kindneſs 
to Himelf: 

X. Cndto thoſe that were with Him; 
which God will reward. 

XI. He acquaints them with the Cea- 
fing of the Perſecution, at Antioch: 
And exhorts them to ſend a Meſlen- 
ger unto them, to congratulate with 
them on this Occaſion. 


SI.. He 


t: 


The Contents. 


XII. He concludes with his own Salu- 
tation, and the Remembrances of 
thoſe that were with Him, to them 
all i» General; azd to ſeveral i» 
Particular. 


N 2 T H E 


198 


—— 


= 8-20 


EPISTLE 


O F 


St TGNATIUS 
TO- THR 


Smyrneans, 


Ic ATIUS, who

~297 words

Will and Power of God : 
Truly Born of the Virgin, and Bap- 
Mat. iii,1s. tized of John ; that ſo all Righteouſ- 
nels might be fulfilled by his. He was 
alſo truly Crucified by Poztins Pi- 
late, and Herod the Tetrarch, for us | 
in the Fleſh ; by the Fruits of which 
we are ſaved, even by his moſt Bleſ- 


+ Vid. Voſl. ſed Paſſion, that he might ſet + up a 
Annox. in loc. | | {ure 


to the Smyrnzans, 195 


ſure Token and Earne#t of Hop:, for 
all folowing Ages through his Reſur- 
rection, to all his Holy and Faithful 
Servants, whether they be Jews 
or Gentiles, in one Body of his 
Church. 


I. NOW all theſe things he ſut- 
fer'd for us, that we might be ſaved. 
And he ſuffer'd truly,as He alſo truly 
Raiſed up himſelf: And not as fome 
Unbelievers ſay, that he only ſeemed 
to ſuffer, they themſelves only ſeem- 
ing to be. And as they Believe fo 
ſhall it happen unto them ; when 
they ſhall become * Sparitual and In- * meor;uro4/ 
corporcal, and DeMygnt s 


HIT. BU T I know that evenafter 
his Reſurreion he was in the Fleſh; 
and | believe that he was fo. And 
when he came to thoſe who were 
with P eter, he ſaid unto them, Take, Luke xXiv.39 
| Handle me and ſee that I am not an In- 19" **- 27. 
corporeal Demon. And ſtraightway 
they felt Him and Believed ; being 
convinced both by his Fleſh and 
Spirit. For this cauſe they deſpiſed 
Death, and were found to be .above 
N 4 "I 


196 


# Death, 


f| Admoniſh. 


T Hare ſe. 


St. Tgnatius's Epiſtle 
* jt. But after his Reſurre&ion he 
did Eat and Drink with them, as he 
was Fleſh; although as to his Spirit 
he nas united to the Father. 


IV. NOW theſethings

~157 words

Only in the Name of Jeſus Chriſt, 
who was a PerfeQt Man, and by his 
Aſſiſtance, 


to the Hmyrnxans. 


Affſtance , am I ready to ſuffer All 
things together with Him. 


.  V. WHOM ſome, not knowing, 

do deny ; or rather have been denied 
by him, being the Advocates of 
Death, rather than of the Truth. 
Whom neither the Prophecies, nor 
the Law of Moſes have perſwaded ; 
nor the Goſpel it ſelf even to this 
day, nor all our Sufferings. For they 
think alſo the ſame things of us. 
For what does a Man profit me, if 
he ſhall Praiſe me, and Blaſpheme 
my Lord ; not confefling that he 


197 


* was truly made Man ? Now he * #4 mr 


that ſays this, does in effect den 
him, and is in Death. But for the 
Names of ſuch as do this, they being 
Unbelievers, I thought it not fitting 
to write them unto you. Nay, God 
forbid that I ſhould make any men- 
tion of them, till they ſhall repeat to 
a true Belief of Chriſt's Paſſion, which 
is our ReſurreCtion, 


VI. LE T no Man deceive him- 
ſelf

~267 words

God with you. Grace be 9% 19 loc. 
with you, and Mercy, ang Peace,and 

Patience, for Ever-more. 


XIII. I SALUTE the Families 
of my Brethren , with their Wives 
and Children 5 and the * Virgins * See for the 
that are called Widows. Be ſtrong 79m of ib 
in the Power of the. Holy Ghoſt. nor.in loc. Add. 
Philo, who is preſent with inie ſalutes ©ot<ler- ib. 
you. Iſalute the Houſe of Tavias,and 
pray that it may be ſtrengthned in 
Faithand Charity, both ot Fleſh and 
Spirit.I ſalute A/ce my Well-beloved, 
* together with the very Excellent * $:e voſſan- 
Daphnus, and Entychns, and all by Jo: ex Feit 
Name. Farewel 'in the Grace of 


God. 
To the SMYRN # ANs from TROAS. 


THE 


= 6 I 


EPISTLE 


O F 


St IGNATIUS 


Si. Polycarp. 


2” H Þ£ 
CONTENTS. 
The Sataratios. 

Chap.l. E Bleſſes God for the 

F H Firm able of 
Polycarp i» all Piety : And gives 
him many particular DireQions for 
his [Improvement 3» #t. 

IL But eſpecially with Relation to the 
Church, over which he was Biſhop. 

ITE. IV. He continues his Advice to 
Him : And 

V. Ther teaches Him, what Advice he 
ſhould give to Others. 

VI. In which He continues; and eſpe- 
cially inforces Unity among Them- 
ſelves, and: Subjeftion #o their 
Biſhop. 

VII Ee accounts to Polycarp the Peace 
of His Church in Syria ; And diretts 
Him to appoint -= Meſſenger 70 

2 - 


207 


208 The Contents. 


go to Antioch ; to rejoxce with them 

on that Occaſion. 

VIII. He defires Polycarp to write #0 
the ſame Effeft to the Neighbouring 
Churches ;. which He had not Him- 
ſelf time to ao. 

And then concludes all with bis Sa- 
lutation both to Polycarp, and to 
ſeveral of the Church of Smyr- 
na, by Name. 


THE 


PE 


T HE | 
EPISTLE 
SIGNATIUS 


St, Polycarp, 


IGNATIUS who i alſo called 
THEOPHORUS, to Poly- 
carp

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Which were carried to Antioch; and 
ition. here put up in a Caſe, as an in- 


And buried ( , 
Fry Annor. ; eſtimable | 1 reaſure. 


Uſſer, in AR, 

Ignat. 0.3) X{Y. NOW theſe things were 
done the Day betore the xiuuh of 
the Calends of January ; Syria and 
Synecins being the ſecond time Con- 
ſals Of which we our ſelves were 
Eye-witneſſeſs with Tears: And be» 
ing the whole Night following in 
Watching, Praying to God with our 
bended Knees, that he would give 
us Weak Men fome Afſurance of 
what had been before done; it 
happened, rhat falling into a ſlum- 
ber, ſome of us on the ſuddain ſaw 
the Bleſſed [gnatres franding by us 
and embracing vs; Orhers beheld 
him as it were ſweating, as if he 
were juſt come from tas great La- 
bour ; aud ftanding by the Lokn 
with much Aflurance, and in un- 


ſpeakable Glory. XV. 


Martyrdom of Ft. TJenatius. 22 9 


XV. Which when we ſaw, being 
filled wzth Joy, and glorifying God, 
the Giver of all good rar. of and 
| aſſured of the Bleſſedneſs of they graggcances 
Saint ; we * thought fir to manifeſt Santum, Pro- 
unto you both the Day and the gs 
Time : That being aſſembled toge- * Hung ma-; 
ther according to the time of his nifefed or 
Martyrdom, we may communicate "* 
with the Combatant, and moſt va- 
liant Martyr of Chriſt; Who

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an 
end to the Perſecution; ſetting as it 
were, his Seal to it. For almoſt all 
things that went before, were done, 
that the Loxd might ſhew us from 
Above, a Martyrdom truly ſuch 
as became the Goſpel. For he ex- 
peed to be deliver'd to the Per- 


E have written to you, 


ſecution ; Even as the Lokp allo 


do's, that we ſhould become the Fol- 
lowers of || his Example : Conſider- 
ing not only what is profitable for 
our ſelves, but alſo for our Neigh- 
bours Advantage. Por it is the part 
of a true and perfect Charity, to de- 
ſire, not only that a Mans ſelf ſhould 
be ſaved, but alſo all the Brethren, 
together with him, 


IT. THE + Sufferings then of all 


the other Martyrs, were Bleſſed and 
Gene- 


Martyrdom of St. Polycarp. 
Generous ; which they underwent 
according to the Will of God. For 


ſo it * becomes us, who are more * vid. Corree . 
Religious than others, to refer the Corcler. & v.. 
Power and Ordering of all things gy inn. 
unto Him. And indeed who can 1s. p. 51. 


chuſe but admire the greatneſs of 
their Mind, and that admirable Pa- 
tience, and Love of their Maſter 5 
which then appeared in them? Who 
when they were ſo flea'd with Whip- 
ping, that the frame and ſtrufture 
of their Bodies were laid opento their 
very inward Veins and Arteries ; ne- 
vertheleſs endured it. And when 
all that beheld them pitied and la- 
mented them ; yet ſhew'd ſo great 
a Generoſity of Mind, that not one 
of them ler ſo much as a Sigh or a 


Groan eſcape them : ÞF Plainly ſhew- + $tewing te 
ing , that thoſe Holy Martyrs of #f * 


Chriſt, at the very ſame time that 
they were thus tormented, were ab- 
ſent from the Body ; Or rather, that 
the Lokxp ſtood by them, and con- 
verſed with them. Wherefore being 
ſupported by the Grace of Chriſt, 
they deſpiſed all the rorments of the 
World; By the Sufferings of an hour, 


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234 A Relation of the 


redeeming themſelves from Everlaſt. 
ing Puniſhment. For this cauſe, even 
| the Fire of their Cruel and Barbarous 
Executioners ſeemed Cold to them ; 
For they bad || whilft they hoped hereby to eſcape 
ce that Fire which 1s Beernal and ſhall 
never be extinguiſh'd 3 And beheld 
with the Eyes of Faith, thoſe good 
things which are reſerved for them 
' that endure zo the End ; which neither 
2 Cor-ll. 9. Far has heard, nor Eye ſeen, nor have 
they entred into the Heart of Man. 
* sheww. But to them they were now * reveal- 
ed by the Lord; as who were no 
longer Men, but already become 
Angels. In like manner, Thoſe who 
were condemned to the Beaſts, being 
kept a long time in Priſon, under- 
went many cruel 'Torments : Being 
+ See Biſhop forced to lie upon + ſharp Spikes laid 
"Ty under their Bodies ; and tormented 
br. c.1s. & in with divers other ſorts of puniſh- 
cum Annot, ments; that ſo if it were poſlible, 
6% the Tyrant by the length of their 
Sufferings, might have brought them 

to Deny Chriſt. 


II. FOR indeed, the Devil did 
invent many things againft them : 
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Martyrdom of St. Polycarp. 


But thanks be to God, he was not 
able to prevail over All. For the 
Brave GERMAN1Cus ftrengthen'd 


* tlzoſe that fear'd, by his Patience ; * rheir fafat

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commanded the || Executioner to go | Keugix/oga 
near to him and ſtick bis Dagger 1n ju. —_ 
him : Which being accordingly valec under. 
done there came forth + ſo great an by it me 
Quantity of Blood, as even extin- ho i 
guiſh'd the Fire ; and raiſed an Ad- / ts hill the 
miration ig all the People, to conſi- —_ 
der what a difference there was be- theſe kind of 
tween the Infidels and the Ele. PZ Vid. 
One of which this great Martyr Po- 64. c. Al 
LYCARP moſt certainly was ; being f So Euſebius. 
in our Times a truly Apoſtolical an 
Prophetical Teacher; and Biſhop of 
the Catholick Church which is at 
Smyrna. For every Word that went 
out of his Mouth either has been al- 
ready fulfPd, or 5» its dye time will 


be accompliſhed. 


XVII, BU T when the Emulaus, 
- andEnvious, and Wicked Adverſary 
of the Race of the Juſt, faw the 
Greatneſs of his Martyrdom ; and 
conſider'd how irrepreheofible his 
Converſation had been from the be- 

ginning ; 


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} Knowing. 


4 Relation of the 


ginning ; and how he was now 
crown'd with the Crown of Immor- 
tality, having without all Contro- 
ney” received his Reward : He took 
all poſſible Care that not the leaſt 
Remainder of his Body ſhould be 
taken away by us ; although many 
deſired to do it, and to be made Par- - 
takers of his Holy Fleſh. And to 
that end he ſuggeſted it to Nicetas 
the Father of Herod and Brother of 
Alce to go to the Governour, and 
hinder him from giving us his Body 
to be buried. Lea#, ſays he, for- 
ſaking him that was (rucified, they ſhould . 
begin to worſbip this POLYCARP. And 
this he ſaid at the Suggeſtion and In- 
ſtance of the Jews; who alſo watch'd 
us, that we ſhould not take any part 
of him out of the Fire: Not || con- 
ſidering, that neither is ir poſſible 
for us ever to forſake Chriſt, who 
ſuffer'd for the Salvation of all ſuch as 
ſhall be ſaved throughout the whole 
World , the Righteous, for the Un- 
godly ; nor worlds any other beſides 
him. For him indeed, as being the 
Son of God, we do adore : But for 
the Martyrs, we worthily love them, 

as 


Martyrdom of St. Polycarp. 


as the Diſciples and * Followers of * Imitarxrs, 


our LoRD, and upon the account of 
their exceeding great AffeCtion to- 


wards Þ their Maſter, and their King, + own proper, 


Of whom may wealſo be made Com- 
panions, and Fellow-diſciples. 
XVII. THE Centurion there- 
fore ſeeing the Contention of the 
Jews

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is over all'the. Earth: 


XX. WHEREAS therefore. ye 
deſired that” we would at” large FX 
clare to you what: was done; we 
bave by this preſent. Epy{le. given 
you'a ſummary account of it by 
our Brother 'Marzus : Having theres 
fore, your ſelves read this EW, 
yout may, do well, to ſend; it” fore 
ward. to the Brethren that ars: far- 
ther, off; that they 'alſo may gfo- 


rific 


Martyrdom of St. Polycarp. ags 
rifie God who makes fuch Choice 
of his own Servants : And is-able 
to bring all of us by his Grage'#nd 
Help to his Eternal Rage >| 
through his only begottert Sory Je- | 
ſus Chriſt 3 To whom be Glory, and 
Honour, and Power, andi Miyeldy, 
for Ever and Ever, Amen. 
all the Saintsz they that are with 
us ſalute you: With Evariſtws, who 
wrote this Epiſtle, and his whole 
Houſe. 


XXI. N OW the Suffering of P9- 
tycarp was the ſecond Day of the 
Month Xanthicus ; wiz. before the 
viith of the Calends of + May; being + Rather of 
the Great Sabbath about viii a Clock, 427i: Ste An- 
He was taken by Herod, Philip the —— 
Trallian, being * High-Prieſt ; $4 on Chron. Dil. 
tius Quadratus Proconſul ; But our 4\413:04- 
Saviour Chriſt reigning for ever- 
more: To him be Honour, Glory, 
Majeſty, and an Eternal Throne, 
from Generation to Generation, A- 
men. 


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