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Title: The apocryphal books of the New Testament, being all the gospels, epistles, and other pieces now extant attributed in the first four centuries to Jesus Christ, His apostles, and their companions, not included
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Hone, William, 1780-1842 Jones, Jeremiah, 1693-1724 Wake, William, 1657-1737
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Gebbie & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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y and their hair loose;they fixed their desires uponthem, being tempted with theirbeauty; and were clothed withtheir power, and cast off theclothing of the virgins: 131 Therefore were they castoff from the house of God, anddelivered to those women. Butthey that were not corruptedwith their beauty, remained inthe house of God. This, saidhe, is the signification of thosestones which were rejected. 132 T And I said, Sir, whatif any of these men shall repent,and cast away their desire ofthose women, and be converted,and return to these virgins, andput on again their virtue ; shallthey not enter into the house ofGod? 133 They shall enter, said he,if they shall lay aside all theworks of those women, and shallresume the power of these virgins,and shall walk in their works. 134 And for this cause there 1 Vid. Annot. Edit. Oxon. p. 116, d. 2 Vid. Origen. Philocal. c viii. 3Sentiebant sequitatem, Lat. from the Greek e<ppovovv; but the true readingof Her mas seeineth to have been o^npovv. 256
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1 i 5 7. O < O Z. i \ H £ O C 5 U militant SIMILITUDE IX. and triumphant is a stop in the building, that ifthey shall repent, they may beadded to the build ing of thistower; but if they shall not re-pent, that others may be builtin their places, and so they maybe utterly cast away. 135 For all these things Igave thanks unto the Lord, thatbeing moved with mercy towardsall those upon whom his name iscalled, he sent to us the angel ofrepentance to preside over uswho have sinned against him;and that he has refreshed our spir-its which were almost gone, andwho had no hope of salvation,but are now refreshed to the re-newal of life. 136 Then I said, Shew menow, Sir, why this tower is notbuilt upon the ground, but upona rock, and upon the gate ? Hereplied, thou art foolish, andwithout understanding, thereforethou asketh this. 137 And I said, Sir, I mustneeds ask all things of you, be-cause I understand nothing atall. For all your answers aregreat and excellent; and whicha man can hardly u

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