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The Pastor of Hermas
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Introductory Note to The Pastor of Hermas
[108] [Greek, ῥῆμα not λόγος. To translate this as if it referred to the Word (St. John i. i) is a great mistake. (Heb. xi. 3). Compare Wake’s rendering. It seems a reference to the audientes, seperated from the faithful, but admitted to hear the Word. See Bingham, and Apost. Constit., as above.]
[109] [Salvation is ascribed to faith; and works of faith follow after, being faith in action.]
[110] [Girded rather, the loins compressed.]
[111] [Their mother is Faith (ut supra), and works of faith are here represented as deriving their value from faith only.]
[112] Regulated. They have equal powers, but their powers are connected with each other.—Vat.
[113] [Appearently for fasting, and to wait for the appearance of the interpreter, in cap. x.]
[114] The Lord. God.—Vat. [See Hos. x. 12.]
[115] Or, that ye may be justified and sanctified.
[116] I have translated the Vat. Reading here. The Greek seems to mean, “Do not partake of God’s creatures alone by way of mere relish.” The Pal. Has, “Do not partake of God’s creatures alone joylessly, in a way calculated to defeat enjoyment of them.”
[117] [Jas. v. 1-4.]
[118] Those that love the first seats, omitted in Æth. [Greek, τοῖς προηγουμένοις τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ τοῖς πρωτοκαθεδρίταις. Hermas seems, purposely, colourless as to technical distinctions in the clergy; giving a more primitive cast to his fiction, by this feature.Matt. xxiii. 6; Mark xii. 39; Luke xi. 43, xx. 46.]
[119] [Rom. ii. 21; 1 Thess. v. 13.]
[121] Fast. Believe.—Pal.
[122] Literally, “stronger,” and therefore more injurious to the body.
[123] How long. Ye are not senseless.—Vat. [Matt. xvii. 17; Luke xxiv. 25.]
[124] [1 Pet. v. 7.]
[125] His spirit … renewed. He is freed from his former sorrows.—Vat.
[126] The Lord. God.—Vat.
[127] Shape … beautiful. Her countenance was serene.—Vat.
[128] [As Dupin suggest of The Shepherd, generally, one may feel that these “revelations” would be better without the symbolical part.]
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