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to see God, the King of all."-(Recognitions of Clement) A.N.C.L. vol. ni. P. 307.
“But ye are not able to endure the austerity of salvation; ... And be pot afraid lest the multitude of pleasing objects which rise before you withdraw you from wisdom. You yourself will spontaneously surmount the frivolousness of custom, as boys when they have become men throw aside their toys."-(Clement) A.N.C.L. vol. iv. p. 98.
"The kingdom of beaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof."-Matt. xiii. 31-32.
"... the kingdom of God... is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." Luke siji. 20-21.
i “Practice husbandry, we say, if you are a husbandmen; but while you till your fields, know God."--(Clement) A.N.C.L. vol. iv. p. 92.
It must, however, be distinctly understood that by itself faith is not enough to save the soul.
" For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the worla tbrough the knowledge of tbe Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning."_Peter ii. 20.
6. (Passions to be completely destroyed): . " For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die : but if ye throngb the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live."--Romans' vii. 18.
"But to be carnally minded is death."--Romans viii. 6.
"But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth." 1 Timothy v. 6.
"For the filesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh : and these are contrary the one to another: Bo that ye. cannot do the things that ye would."-Galatians v. 17.
"... for he that had suffered in the flesh bath ceased from sin."-1 Peter iv. 1.
