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Lake Apostolic Fathers 2 - Bible Translation

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THE SHEPHERD, mand. viii. lo-ix. 3<br />

brotherhood, to submit to insult, to be brave, to bear<br />

no mahce, to comfort those who are oppressed in<br />

spirit, not to cast aside those who are offended in<br />

the faith, but to convert them and give them<br />

courage, to reprove sinners, not to oppress poor<br />

debtors, and whatever i& like to these things.<br />

11. Do you not think," said he, "that these things<br />

are good?" "Yes, sir, "said I, "for what is better<br />

than these things?" "Walk then," said he, "in<br />

them, and do not refrain from them, and you shall<br />

live to God. 1 2. Keep therefore this commandment.<br />

If you do good, and do not refrain from it, you shall<br />

live to God, and all who act so shall live to God.<br />

And again, if you do not do that which is wicked,<br />

and refrain from it, you shall live to God, and all<br />

shall live to God who keep these commandments and<br />

walk in them."<br />

Mandate 9<br />

1. And he said to me: "Remove from yourself Against<br />

double-mindedness, and be not at all double-minded nTindedness<br />

about asking anything from God, saying in yourself,<br />

How can I ask anything from the Lord and receive<br />

it after having sinned so greatly against him ?<br />

2. Do not have these thoughts but Hum to the Lord<br />

with all your heart,' and ask from him without<br />

doubting, and you shall know his great mercifulness,<br />

that he will not desert you, but will fulfil the<br />

petition of your soul. 3. For God is not as men who<br />

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