{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/002/0020290.htm","path":"chr/ecf/002/0020290.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/002/0020290.htm","text":"I would counsel the married never to kiss their wives in the presence of their domestics. For Aristotle does not allow people to laugh to their slaves. And by no means must a wife be seen saluted in their presence. It is moreover better that, beginning at home with marriage, we should exhibit propriety in it. For it is the greatest bond of chastity, breathing forth pure pleasure. Very admirably the tragedy says:\u2014\n \u201cWell! well! ladies, how is it, then, that among men,\nNot gold, not empire, or luxury of wealth,\nConferred to such an extent signal delights,\nAs the right and virtuous disposition\nOf a man of worth and a dutiful wife?\u201d\nSuch injunctions of righteousness uttered by those who are conversant with worldly wisdom are not to be refused. Knowing, then, the duty of each, \u201cpass the time of your sojourning here in fear: forasmuch as ye know that ye were not deemed with corruptible things, such as silver or gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.\u201d 1737 \u201cFor,\u201d says Peter, \u201cthe time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries.\u201d 1738 We have as a limit the cross of the Lord, by which we are fenced and hedged about from our former sins. Therefore, being regenerated, let us fix ourselves to it in truth, and return to sobriety, and sanctify ourselves; \u201cfor the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.\u201d 1739 And who is he that will harm us, if we p. 292 be followers of that which is good?\u201d 1740 \u2014\u201cus\u201d for \u201cyou.\u201d But the best training is good order, which is perfect decorum, and stable and orderly power, which in action maintains consistence in what it does. If these things have been adduced by me with too great asperity, in order to effect the salvation which follows from your correction; they have been spoken also, says the Instructor, by me: \u201cSince he who reproves with boldness is a peacemaker.\u201d 1741 And if ye hear me, ye shall be saved. And if ye attend not to what is spoken, it is not my concern. And yet it is my concern thus: \u201cFor he desires the repentance rather than the death of a sinner.\u201d 1742 \u201cIf ye shall hear me, ye shall eat the good of the land,\u201d the Instructor again says, calling by the appellation \u201cthe good of the land,\u201d beauty, wealth, health, strength, sustenance. For those things which are really good, are what \u201cneither ear hath heard, not hath ever entered into the heart\u201d 1743 respecting Him who is really King, and the realities truly good which await us. For He is the giver and the guard of good things. And with respect to their participation, He applies the same names of things in this world, the Word thus training in God the feebleness of men from sensible things to understanding.\nWhat has to be observed at home, and how our life is to be regulated, the Instructor has abundantly declared. And the things which He is wont to say to children by the way, 1744 while He conducts them to the Master, these He suggests, and adduces the Scriptures themselves in a compendious form, setting forth bare injunctions, accommodating them to the period of guidance, and assigning the interpretation of them to the Master. 1745 For the intention of His law is to dissipate fear, emancipating free-will in order to faith. \u201cHear,\u201d He says, \u201cO child,\u201d who art rightly instructed, the principal points of salvation. For I will disclose my ways, and lay before thee good commandments; by which thou wilt reach salvation. And I lead thee by the way of salvation. Depart from the paths of deceit.\n\u201cFor the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, and the way of the ungodly shall perish.\u201d 1746 \u201cFollow, therefore, O son, the good way which I shall describe, lending to me attentive ears.\u201d \u201cAnd I will give to thee the treasures of darkness, hidden and unseen\u201d 1747 by the nations, but seen by us. And the treasures of wisdom are unfailing, in admiration of which the apostle says, \u201cO the depth of the riches and the wisdom!\u201d 1748 And by one God are many treasures dispensed; some disclosed by the law, others by the prophets; some to the divine mouth, and others to the heptad of the spirit singing accordant. And the Lord being one, is the same Instructor by all these. Here is then a comprehensive precept, and an exhortation of life, all-embracing: \u201cAs ye would that men should do unto you, do ye likewise to, them.\u201d 1749 We may comprehend the commandments in two, as the Lord says, \u201cThou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy strength; and thy neighbour as thyself.\u201d Then from these He infers, \u201con this hang the law and the prophets.\u201d 1750 Further, to him that asked, \u201cWhat good thing shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life?\u201d He answered, \u201cThou knowest the commandments?\u201d And on him replying Yea, He said, \u201cThis do, and thou shalt be saved.\u201d Especially conspicuous is the love of the Instructor set forth in various salutary commandments, in order that the discovery may be readier, from the abundance and arrangement of the Scriptures. We have the Decalogue 1751 given by Moses, which, indicating by an elementary principle, simple and of one kind, defines the designation of sins in a way conducive to salvation: \u201cThou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not worship idols. Thou shalt not corrupt boys. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shall not bear false witness. Honour thy father and thy mother.\u201d 1752 And so forth. These things are to be observed, and whatever else is commanded in reading the Bible. And He enjoins on us by Isaiah: \u201cWash you, and make you clean. Put away iniquities from your souls before mine eyes. Learn to do well. Seek judgment. Deliver the wronged. Judge for the orphan, and justify the widow. And come, and let us reason together, saith the Lord.\u201d 1753 And we shall find many examples also in other places,\u2014as, for instance, respecting prayer: \u201cGood works are an acceptable prayer to the Lord,\u201d says the Scripture. 1754 And the manner of prayer is described. \u201cIf thou seest,\u201d it is said, \u201cthe naked, cover him; and thou shalt not overlook those who belong to thy seed. Then shall thy light spring forth early, and thy healing shall spring up quickly; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall encompass thee.\u201d What, then, is the fruit of such prayer? \u201cThen shall thou call, and God will hear thee; whilst thou art yet speaking, He will say, I am here.\u201d 1755\nIn regard to fasting it is said, \u201cWherefore do p. 293 ye fast to me? saith the Lord. Is it such a fast that I have chosen, even a day for a man to humble his soul? Thou shall not bend thy neck like a circle, and spread sackcloth and ashes under thee. Not thus shall ye call it an acceptable fast.\u201d\nWhat means a fast, then? \u201cLo, this is the fast which I have chosen, saith the Lord. Loose every band of wickedness. Dissolve the knots of oppressive contracts. Let the oppressed go free, and tear every unjust bond. Break thy bread to the hungry; and lead the houseless poor into thy house. If thou see the naked cover him.\u201d 1756 About sacrifices too: \u201cTo what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? saith the Lord. I am full of burnt-offerings and of rams; and the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and kids I do not wish; nor that ye should come to appear before me. Who hath required this at your hands? You shall no more tread my court. If ye bring fine flour, the vain oblation is an abomination to me. Your new moons and your sabbaths I cannot away with.\u201d 1757 How, then, shall I sacrifice to the Lord? \u201cThe sacrifice of the Lord is,\u201d He says, \u201ca broken heart.\u201d 1758 How, then, shall I crown myself, or anoint with ointment, or offer incense to the Lord? \u201cAn odour of a sweet fragrance,\u201d it is said, 1759 \u201cis the heart that glorifies Him who made it.\u201d These are the crowns and sacrifices, aromatic odours, and flowers of God.\nFurther, in respect to forbearance. \u201cIf thy brother,\u201d it is said, \u201csin against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. If he sin against thee seven times in a day, and turn to thee the seventh time, and say, I repent, forgive him.\u201d 1760 Also to the soldiers, by John, He commands, \u201cto be content with their wages only;\u201d and to the publicans, \u201cto exact no more than is appointed.\u201d To the judges He says, \u201cThou shalt not show partiality in judgment. For gifts blind the eyes of those who see, and corrupt just words. Rescue the wronged.\u201d\nAnd to householders: \u201cA possession which is acquired with iniquity becomes less.\u201d 1761\nAlso of \u201clove.\u201d \u201cLove,\u201d He says, \u201ccovers a multitude of sins.\u201d 1762\nAnd of civil government: \u201cRender to C\u00e6sar the things which are C\u00e6sar\u2019s; and unto God the things which are God\u2019s.\u201d 1763\nOf swearing and the remembrance of injuries: \u201cDid I command your fathers, when they went out of Egypt, to offer burnt-offerings and sacrifices? But I commanded them, Let none of you bear malice in his heart against his neighbour, or love a false oath.\u201d 1764\nThe liars and the proud, too, He threatens; the former thus: \u201cWoe to them that call bitter sweet, and sweet bitter;\u201d and the latter: \u201cWoe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight.\u201d 1765 \u201cFor he that humbleth himself shall be exalted, and he that exalteth himself shall be humbled.\u201d 1766\nAnd \u201cthe merciful\u201d He blesses, \u201cfor they shall obtain mercy.\u201d\nWisdom pronounces anger a wretched thing, because \u201cit will destroy the wise.\u201d 1767 And now He bids us \u201clove our enemies, bless them that curse us, and pray for them that despitefully use us.\u201d And He says: \u201cIf any one strike thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any one take away thy coat, hinder him not from taking thy cloak also.\u201d 1768\nOf faith He says: \u201cWhatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.\u201d 1769 \u201cTo the unbelieving nothing is trustworthy,\u201d according to Pindar.\nDomestics, too, are to be treated like ourselves; for they are human beings, as we are. For God is the same to free and bond, if you consider.\nSuch of our brethren as transgress, we must not punish, but rebuke. \u201cFor he that spareth the rod hateth his son.\u201d 1770\nFurther, He banishes utterly love of glory, saying, \u201cWoe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the chief seat in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.\u201d 1771 But He welcomes the repentance of the sinner\u2014loving repentance\u2014which follows sins. For this Word of whom we speak alone is sinless. For to sin is natural and common to all. But to return [to God] after sinning is characteristic not of any man, but only of a man of worth.\nRespecting liberality He said: \u201cCome to me, ye blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungry, and ye gave Me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took Me in; naked, and ye clothed Me; sick, and ye visited Me; in prison, and ye came unto Me.\u201d And when have we done any of these things to the Lord?\nThe Instructor Himself will say again, loving to refer to Himself the kindness of the brethren, \u201cInasmuch as ye have done it to these least, ye have done it to Me. And these shall go away into everlasting life.\u201d 1772\np. 294\nSuch are the laws of the Word, the consolatory words not on tables of stone which were written by the finger of the Lord, but inscribed on men\u2019s hearts, on which alone they can remain imperishable. Wherefore the tablets of those who had hearts of stone are broken, that the faith of the children may be impressed on softened hearts.\nHowever, both the laws served the Word for the instruction of humanity, both that given by Moses and that by the apostles. What, therefore, is the nature of the training by the apostles, appears to me to require to be treated of. Under this head, I, or rather the Instructor by me, 1773 will recount; and I shall again set before you the precepts themselves, as it were in the germ.\n\u201cPutting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath; neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ hath forgiven you. Be therefore wise, 1774 followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us. Let wives be subject to their own husbands, as to the Lord. And let husbands love their wives as Christ also hath loved the Church.\u201d Let those who are yoked together love one another \u201cas their own bodies.\u201d \u201cChildren, be obedient to your parents. Parents, provoke not your children to wrath; but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Servants, be obedient to those that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the singleness of your hearts, as unto Christ; with good-will from the soul doing service. ye masters, treat your servants well, forbearing threatening: knowing that both their and your Lord is in heaven; and there is no respect of persons with Him.\u201d 1775\n\u201cIf we live in the Spirit, let us walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vainglory, provoking one another, envying one another. Bear ye one another\u2019s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Be not deceived; God is not mocked. Let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due time we shall reap, if we faint not.\u201d 1776\n\u201cBe at peace among yourselves. Now we admonish you, brethren, warn them who are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil to any man. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things: hold fast that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil.\u201d 1777\n\u201cContinue in prayer, watching thereunto with thanksgiving. Walk in wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.\u201d 1778\n\u201cNourish yourselves up in the words of faith. Exercise yourselves unto godliness: for bodily exercise profiteth little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life which now is, and that which is to come.\u201d 1779\n\u201cLet those who have faithful masters not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful.\u201d 1780\n\u201cHe that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love, in honour preferring one another. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Given to hospitality; communicating to the necessities of the saints.\u201d 1781\nSuch are a few injunctions out of many, for the sake of example, which the Instructor, running over the divine Scriptures, sets before His children; by which, so to speak, vice is cut up by the roots, and iniquity is circumscribed.\nInnumerable commands such as these are written in the holy Bible appertaining to chosen persons, some to presbyters, some to bishops, some to deacons, others to widows, 1782 of whom we shall have another opportunity of speaking. Many things spoken in enigmas, many in parables, may benefit such as fall in with them. But it is not my province, says the Instructor, to teach these any longer. But we need a Teacher of the exposition of those sacred words, to whom we must direct our steps.\nAnd now, in truth, it is time for me to cease from my instruction, and for you to listen to the Teacher. 1783 And He, receiving you who have been trained up in excellent discipline, will teach you the oracles. To noble purpose has p. 295 the Church sung, and the Bridegroom also, the only Teacher, the good Counsel, of the good Father, the true Wisdom, the Sanctuary of knowledge. \u201cAnd He is the propitiation for our sins,\u201d as John says; Jesus, who heals both our body and soul\u2014which are the proper man. \u201cAnd not for our sins only, but also for the whole world. And by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar; and the truth is not in Him. But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected. Hereby know we that we are in Him. He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself to walk even as He also walked.\u201d 1784 O nurslings of His blessed training! let us complete the fair face of the church; and let us run as children to our good mother. And if we become listeners to the Word, let us glorify the blessed dispensation by which man is trained and sanctified as a child of God, and has his conversation in heaven, being trained from earth, and there receives the Father, whom he learns to know on earth. The Word both does and teaches all things, and trains in all things.\nA horse is guided by a bit, and a bull is guided by a yoke, and a wild beast is caught in a noose. But man is transformed by the Word, by whom wild beasts are tamed, and fishes caught, and birds drawn down. He it is, in truth, who fashions the bit for the horse, the yoke for the bull, the noose for the wild beast, the rod for the fish, the snare for the bird. He both manages the state and tills the ground; commands, and helps, and creates the universe.\n \u201cThere were figured earth, and sky, and sea,\nThe ever-circling sun, and full-orbed moon,\nAnd all the signs that crown the vault of heaven.\u201d 1785\nO divine works! O divine commands! \u201cLet this water undulate within itself; let this fire restrain its wrath; let this air wander into ether; and this earth be consolidated, and acquire motion! When I want to form man, I want matter, and have matter in the elements. I dwell with what I have formed. If you know me, the fire will be your slave.\u201d\nSuch is the Word, such is the Instructor, the Creator of the world and of man: and of Himself, now the world\u2019s Instructor, by whose command we and the universe subsist, and await judgment. \u201cFor it is not he who brings a stealthy vocal word to men,\u201d as Bacchylidis says, \u201cwho shall be the Word of Wisdom;\u201d but \u201cthe blameless, the pure, and faultless sons of God,\u201d according to Paul, \u201cin the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, to shine as lights in the world.\u201d 1786\nAll that remains therefore now, in such a celebration of the Word as this, is that we address to the Word our prayer.\nBe gracious, O Instructor, to us Thy children, Father, Charioteer of Israel, Son and Father, both in One, O Lord. Grant to us who obey Thy precepts, that we may perfect the likeness of the image, and with all our power know Him who is the good God and not a harsh judge. And do Thou Thyself cause that all of us who have our conversation in Thy peace, who have been translated into Thy commonwealth, having sailed tranquilly over the billows of sin, may be wafted in calm by Thy Holy Spirit, by the ineffable wisdom, by night and day to the perfect day; and giving thanks may praise, and praising thank the Alone Father and Son, Son and Father, the Son, Instructor and Teacher, with the Holy Spirit, all in One, in whom is all, for whom all is One, for whom is eternity, whose members we all are, whose glory the \u00e6ons 1787 are; for the All-good, All-lovely, All-wise, All-just One. To whom be glory both now and for ever. Amen.\nAnd since the Instructor, by translating us into His Church, has united us to Himself, the teaching and all-surveying Word, it were right that, having got to this point, we should offer to the Lord the reward of due thanksgiving\u2014praise suitable to His fair instruction.\nComposed by St. Clement. 1788\n Bridle of colts untamed,\nOver our wills presiding;\nWing of unwandering birds,\nOur flight securely guiding.\nRudder of youth unbending,\nFirm against adverse shock;\nShepherd, with wisdom tending\nLambs of the royal flock:\nThy simple children bring\nIn one, that they may sing\nIn solemn lays\nTheir hymns of praise\nWith guileless lips to Christ their King.\n King of saints, almighty Word\nOf the Father highest Lord;\nWisdom\u2019s head and chief;\nAssuagement of all grief;\nLord of all time and space,\nJesus, Saviour of our race;\nShepherd, who dost us keep;\nHusbandman, who tillest,\nBit to restrain us, Rudder\nTo guide us as Thou willest;\nOf the all-holy flock celestial wing;\nFisher of men, whom Thou to life dost bring;\nFrom evil sea of sin,\nAnd from the billowy strife,\nGathering pure fishes in,\nCaught with sweet bait of life:\nLead us, Shepherd of the sheep,\nReason-gifted, holy One;\nKing of youths, whom Thou dost keep,\nSo that they pollution shun:\nSteps of Christ, celestial Way;\nWord eternal, Age unending;\nLife that never can decay;\nFount of mercy, virtue-sending;\nLife august of those who raise\nUnto God their hymn of praise,\nJesus Christ!\n Nourished by the milk of heaven,\nTo our tender palates given;\nMilk of wisdom from the breast\nOf that bride of grace exprest;\nBy a dewy spirit filled\nFrom fair Reason\u2019s breast distilled;\nLet us sucklings join to raise\nWith pure lips our hymns of praise\nAs our grateful offering,\nClean and pure, to Christ our King.\nLet us, with hearts undefiled,\nCelebrate the mighty Child.\nWe, Christ-born, the choir of peace;\nWe, the people of His love,\nLet us sing, nor ever cease,\nTo the God of peace above.\nWe subjoin the following literal translation of the foregoing hymn:\u2014\nBridle of untamed colts, Wing of unwandering birds, sure Helm of babes, 1789 Shepherd of royal lambs, assemble Thy simple children to praise holily, to hymn guilelessly with innocent mouths, Christ the guide of children. O King of saints, all-subduing Word of the most high Father, Ruler of wisdom, Support of sorrows, that rejoicest in the ages, 1790 Jesus, Saviour of the human race, Shepherd, Husbandman, Helm, Bridle, Heavenly Wing of the all-holy flock, Fisher of men who are saved, catching the chaste fishes with sweet life from the hateful wave of a sea of vices,\u2014Guide [us], Shepherd of rational sheep; guide unharmed children, O holy King, 1791 O footsteps of Christ, O heavenly way, perennial Word, immeasurable Age, Eternal Light, Fount of mercy, performer of virtue; noble [is the] life of those who hymn God, O Christ Jesus, heavenly milk of the sweet breasts of the graces of the Bride, pressed out of Thy wisdom. Babes nourished with tender mouths, filled with the dewy spirit of the rational pap, let us sing together simple praises, true hymns to Christ [our] King, holy fee for the teaching of life; let us sing in simplicity the powerful Child. O choir of peace, the Christ-begotten, O chaste people, let us sing together 1792 the God of peace. 1793\n Teacher, to Thee a chaplet I present,\nWoven of words culled from the spotless mead,\nWhere Thou dost feed Thy flocks; like to the bee,\nThat skilful worker, which from many a flower\nGathers its treasures, that she may convey\nA luscious offering to the master\u2019s hand.\nThough but the least, I am Thy servant still,\n(Seemly is praise to Thee for Thy behests).\nO King, great Giver of good gifts to men,\nLord of the good, Father, of all the Maker,\nWho heaven and heaven\u2019s adornment, by Thy word\nDivine fitly disposed, alone didst make;\nWho broughtest forth the sunshine and the day;\nWho didst appoint their courses to the stars,\nAnd how the earth and sea their place should keep;\nAnd when the seasons, in their circling course,\nWinter and summer, spring and autumn, each 1794\nShould come, according to well-ordered plan;\nOut of a confused heap who didst create\nThis ordered sphere, and from the shapeless mass\nOf matter didst the universe adorn;\u2014\nGrant to me life, and be that life well spent,\nThy grace enjoying; let me act and speak\nIn all things as Thy Holy Scriptures teach; 1795\nThee and Thy co-eternal Word, All-wise,\nFrom Thee proceeding, ever may I praise;\nGive me nor poverty nor wealth, but what is meet,\nFather, in life, and then life\u2019s happy close. 1796\nProv. x. 10, Sept.\n292:1742 292:1743 292:1744\n[Here the p\u00e6dagogue is the child-guide, leading to the Teacher.]\n292:1745\n[Important foot-note, Kaye, p. 105.]\n292:1746 292:1747 292:1748 292:1749 292:1750\nMatt. 22:37, 39, 40.\n292:1751\n[See Iren\u00e6us, vol. i. p. 482, this series. Stromata, vi. 360.]\n292:1752 292:1753 292:1754 292:1755 293:1756 293:1757 293:1758 293:1759\nNot in Scripture. [Iren\u00e6us, iv. 17, vol. i. 444, this series.]\n293:1760 293:1761 293:1762 293:1763\nMatt. xxii. 21; Mark xii. 17; Luke xx. 25.\n293:1764\nIn Jer. 7:22, 23, and Zech. viii. we find the substance of what Clement gives here.\n293:1765 293:1766\nLuke xiv. 11, xviii. 14.\n293:1767\nProv. xvi. Sept.\n293:1768 293:1769 293:1770 293:1771 293:1772\nMatt. xxv. 34-36, 40, 46.\n294:1773\n\u03b4\u1f30 \u1f10\u03bc\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6. The reading here adopted is found in Bod. and Reg.\n294:1774\ni\u03c6\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03b9, not found in Eph. v. 1.\n294:1775\nEph. iv. 25-29, v. 1, 2, 22, 25, vi. 1, 4\u20139.\n294:1776 294:1777\n1 Thess. v. 13-15, 19\u201322.\n294:1778 294:1779 294:1780 294:1781 294:1782\n[Consult Bunsen\u2019s Handbook, book iv. pp. 75\u201382. Thus did primitive Christianity labour to uproot the social estate of heathenism.]\n294:1783\nThat is, he who undertakes the instruction of those that are full-grown, as Clemens does in the Stromata. [Where see his esoteric doctrine.]\n295:1784 295:1785\nIliad, xviii. 483\u2013485; spoken of Vulcan making the shield of Archilles.\n295:1786 295:1787\n\u0391\u03af\u1ff6\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2, \u201ccelestial spirits and angels.\u201d\u2014Grabe, in a note on Bull\u2019s Defence of the Nicene Creed. [I wish a more definite reference had been furnished by the learned translator. Even Kaye\u2019s reference is not precise. Consulting Grabe\u2019s annotations in vain, I was then obliged to go through the foot-notes, where, at last (vol. v. part i. p. 246.), I found in comparative obscurity Grabe\u2019s language. It may be rendered: \u201cThese words I think should be thus construed\u2014cujus gloria sunt s\u0153cula\u2014whose glory are the heavenly spirits or angels. Concerning which signification of \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b1\u1f30\u03ce\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd, note what I have said among divers annotations on Iren\u00e6us, p. 32. ed. Benedict.\u201d]\n295:1788\n[Elucidation III.] The translator has done what he could to render this hymn literally. He has been obliged, however, to add somewhat to it in the way of expansion, for otherwise it would have been impossible to secure anything approaching the flow of English versification. The original is in many parts a mere string of epithets, which no ingenuity could render in rhymed verse without some additions.\n296:1789\nOr, \u201cships:\u201d \u03bd\u03b7\u1ff6\u03bd, instead of \u03bd\u03b7\u03c0\u03af\u03c9\u03bd, has been suggested as better sense and better metre.\n296:1790 296:1791\nBy altering the punctuation, we can translate thus: \u201cGuide, O holy King, Thy children safely along the footsteps of Christ.\u201d\n296:1792\nThe word used here is \u03c8\u03ac\u03bb\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd, originally signifying, \u201cLet us celebrate on a stringed instrument.\u201d Whether it is so used here or not, may be matter of disupte.\n296:1793\n[The holy virgin of Nazareth is the author of the first Christian hymn, The Magnificat. It is a sequel to the psalms of her father David, and interprets them. To Clement of Alexandria belongs the praise of leading the choir of uninspired Christian poets, whom he thus might seem to invoke to carry on the strain through all time.]\n296:1794\n[The hymn suffixed to Thomson\u2019s Seasons might seem to have been suggested by this ancient example of praise to the Maker. But, to feel this hymn, we must reflect upon its superiority, in a moral point of view, to all the Attic Muse had ever produced before.]\n296:1795\n[The Scriptures are the rule of faith.]\n296:1796\n[Kaye\u2019s careful criticism of M. Barbeyrac\u2019s captious complains against Clement, are specially instructive. p. 109.]","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol II: CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: Chapter XII.\u2014Continuation: with Texts from Scripture.","type":"page"}