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Weyant + + + + + + THE + SUPPRESSED + GOSPELS AND EPISTLES + OF THE ORIGINAL + NEW TESTAMENT + OF + JESUS THE CHRIST + + AND OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ANCIENT HOLY SCRIPTURES. + NOW EXTANT, ATTRIBUTED TO + HIS APOSTLES, AND THEIR DISCIPLES, + AND VENERATED BY THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES DURING + THE FIRST FOUR CENTURIES, + BUT SINCE, AFTER VIOLENT DISPUTATIONS + FORBIDDEN BY THE + BISHOPS OF THE NICENE COUNCIL, + IN THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE + AND OMITTED FROM THE CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANT + EDITIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY ITS COMPILERS + + TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TONGUES, WITH HISTORICAL + REFERENCES TO THEIR AUTHENTICITY, + + BY + ARCHBISHOP WAKE + AND OTHER + LEARNED DIVINES + + + + + + THE EPISTLE OF + IGNATIUS TO THE EPHESIANS. + + +CHAPTER I. + + 1 Ignatius commends the brethren for sending + Onesimus and other members of the church to him. + 8 Exhorts them to unity; + 13 by a due subjection to their bishop; + +IGNATIUS, who is also called +Theophorus, to the church which +is at Ephesus in Asia; most +deservedly happy: being blessed +through the greatness and fullness +of God the Father, and predestinated +before the world began; that it +should be always unto an enduring +and unchangeable glory; united and +chosen through his true passion, +according to the will of the Father, +and Jesus Christ our God; all +happiness, by Jesus Christ, +and his undefiled grace. + +2 I have heard of your name +much beloved in God; which ye +have very justly attained by a +habit of righteousness, according +to the faith and love which is in +Jesus Christ our Saviour. + +3 How that being followers of +God, and stirring up yourselves +by the blood of Christ ye have +perfectly accomplished the work +that was con-natural unto you. + +4 For hearing that I came bound +from Syria, for the common name +and hope, trusting through your +prayers to fight with beasts at +home; so that by suffering I may +become indeed the disciple of him +who gave himself to God, an offering +and sacrifice for us; ye hastened +to see me. I received, therefore, +in the name of God, your whole +multitude in Onesimus; + +5 Who by: inexpressible love is +ours, but according to the flesh +is our bishop; whom I beseech you, +pray Jesus Christ, to love: and that +you would all strive to be like unto +him. And blessed be God, who +has granted unto you, who are so +worthy of him, to enjoy such an +excellent bishop. + +6 For what concerns my fellow +servant Burrhus, and your most +blessed deacon in things pertaining +to God; I entreat you that he may +tarry longer, both for yours, and +your bishop's honour. + +7 And Crocus also worthy of +both our God and you, whom I +have received as the pattern +of your love, has in all things +refreshed me, as the Father of +our Lord Jesus Christ shall also +refresh him; together with Onesimus, +and Burrhus, and Euplus, and Fronto, +in whom I have, as to your charity, +seen all of you, And may always, +have joy of you, if I shall be +worthy of it. + +8 It is therefore fitting that you +should by all means glorify Jesus +Christ, who hath glorified you +that by a uniform obedience ye +may be perfectly joined together +in the same mind, and in the same +judgment; and may all speak the +same things concerning everything: + +9 And that being, subject to +your bishop, and the presbytery, +ye may be wholly and thoroughly +sanctified. + +10 These things I prescribe to +you, not as if I were somebody +extraordinary: for though I am +bound for his name, I am not yet +perfect in Christ Jesus. But now +I begin to learn, and I speak to +you as fellow disciples together +with me. + +11 For I ought to have been +stirred up by you, in faith: in +admonition; in patience; in long- +suffering; but forasmuch as +charity suffers me not to be +silent towards you, I have first +taken upon me to exhort you, that +ye would all run together, +according to the will of God. + +12 For even Jesus Christ, our +inseparable life, is sent by the +will of the Father; as the bishops, +appointed unto the utmost bounds of +the earth, are by the will of Jesus +Christ. + +13 Wherefore it will become you +to run together according to the +will of your bishop, as also ye do, + +14 For your famous presbytery, +worthy of God, is fitted as exactly +to the bishop, as the strings are +to the harp. + +15 Therefore in your concord +and agreeing charity, Jesus Christ +is sung; and every single person +among you makes up the chorus: + +16 That so being all consonant +in love, and taking up the song +of God, ye may in a perfect unity +with one voice, sing to the Father +by Jesus Christ; to the end that +he may both hear you, and perceive +by your works, that ye are indeed +the members of his son. + +17 Wherefore it is profitable for +you to live in an unblameable +unity, that so ye may always have +a fellowship with God. + + + +CHAPTER II. + + 1 The benefit of subjection. + 4 The bishop not to be respected the less + because he is not forward in exacting it: + 8 warns brethren against heretics; bidding + them cleave to Jesus, whose divine and human + mature is declared: commends them for their care + to keep themselves from false teachers: + and shews them the way to God. + +FOR if I in this little time have +had such a familiarity with +your bishop, I mean not a carnal, +but spiritual acquaintance with +him; how much more must I think +you happy who are so joined to him, +as the church is to Jesus Christ, +and Jesus Christ to the Father; +so that all things may agree in +the same unity. + +2 Let no man deceive himself; +if a man be not within the altar, +he is deprived of the bread of God. +For if the prayer of one or two +be of such force, as we are told; +how much more powerful shall +that of the bishop and the whole +church be? + +3 He therefore that does not +come together in the same place +with it, is proud, and has already +condemned himself; for it is written, +God resisteth the proud. Let us take +heed therefore, that we do not set +ourselves against the bishop, +that we may be subject to God. + +4 The more any one sees his +bishop silent, the more let him +revere him. For whomsoever the +master of the house sends to be +over his own household, we ought +in like manner to receive him, as +we do him that sent him. It is +therefore evident that we ought +to look upon the bishop, even as +we do upon the Lord himself. + +5 And indeed Onesimus himself +does greatly commend your good +order in God: that you all live +according to the truth, and that +no heresy dwells among you. For +neither do ye hearken to anyone +more than to Jesus Christ +speaking to you in truth. + +6 For some there are who +carry about the name of Christ +in deceitfulness, but do things +unworthy of God; whom ye must +flee, as ye would do so many +wild beasts. For they are raving +dogs, who bite secretly; against +whom ye must guard yourselves, +as men hardly to be cured. + +7 There is one Physician, both +fleshy and spiritual; made and +not made; God incarnate; true +life in death; both of Mary and +of God: first passible, then +impassible; even Jesus Christ our +Lord. + +8 Wherefore let no man deceive +you; as indeed neither are ye +deceived, being wholly the +servants of God. For inasmuch as +there is no contention nor strife +among you, to trouble you, ye +must needs live according to God's +will. My soul be for yours; +and I myself, the expiatory +offering for your church of Ephesus; +so famous throughout the world. + +9 They that are of the flesh +cannot do the works of the spirit; +neither they that are of the spirit +the works of the flesh; as he +that has faith cannot be an infidel; +nor he that is an infidel have +faith. But even those things +which ye do according to the flesh +are spiritual; forasmuch as ye do +all things in Jesus Christ. + +10 Nevertheless I have heard +of some who have passed by you, +having perverse doctrine; whom +ye did not suffer to sow among +you; but stopped your ears, that +ye might not receive those things +that were sown by them: because +being the stones of the temple of +the Father, prepared for his +building; and drawn up on high +by the Cross of Christ, +as by an engine; + +11. Using the Holy Ghost as the +rope: your faith being your support; +and your charity the way that leads +unto God. + +12 Ye are therefore, with all +your companions in the same +journey full of God; his spiritual +temples, full of Christ, and of +holiness: adorned in all things +with the commands of Christ. + +13 In whom also I rejoice that +I have been thought worthy by +this present epistle to converse, +and joy together with you; that +with respect to the other life, ye +love nothing but God only. + + + +CHAPTER III. + + 1 Exorts them to prayer; to be unblamable. + 5 To be careful of salvation; + 11 frequent in public devotion; + 13 and to live in charity. + +PRAY also without ceasing for +other men; for there is hope +of repentance in them, that they +may attain unto God. Let them +therefore at least be instructed by +your works, if they will be no +other way. + +2 Be ye mild at their anger; +humble at their boasting; to their +blasphemies return your prayers +to their error, your firmness in +the faith; when they are cruel, +be ye gentle; not endeavouring +to imitate their ways. + +(3 Let us be their brethren in +all kindness and moderation, but +let us be followers of the Lord; +for who was ever more unjustly +used? More destitute? More +despised?). + +4 That so no herb of the devil +may be found in you: but ye may +remain in all holiness and sobriety +both of body and spirit, in Christ +Jesus. + +5 The last times are come upon +us: let us therefore be very +reverent, and fear the long- +suffering of God, that it be +not to us unto condemnation. + +6 For let us either fear the +wrath that is to come, or let us +love the grace that we at present +enjoy; that by the one or other of +these, we may be found in Christ +Jesus, unto true life. + +7 Besides him, let nothing be +worthy of you; for whom also I +bear about these bonds; those +spiritual jewels, in which I would +to God that I might arise through +your prayers. + +8 Of which I entreat you to +make me always partaker, that I +may be found in the lot of the +Christians of Ephesus, who have +always agreed with the Apostles, +through the power of Jesus Christ. + +9 I know both who I am, and +to whom I write: I, a person +condemned; ye, such as have +obtained mercy; I, exposed +to danger; ye confirmed +against danger. + +10 Ye are the passage of +those that are killed for God; +the companions of Paul in the +mysteries of the Gospel; the +holy, the martyr, the deservedly +most happy Paul: at whose feet +may I be found, when I shall have +attained unto God; who throughout +all his epistles, makes mention +of you in Christ Jesus. + +11 Let it be your care therefore +to come more fully together, to +the praise and glory of God; +for when ye meet fully together +in the same place, the powers of +the devil are destroyed, and his +mischief is dissolved by the unity +of your faith. + +12 And indeed, nothing is better +than peace, by which all war both +spiritual and earthly is abolished. + +13 Of all which, nothing is hid +from you, if ye have perfect faith +and charity in Christ Jesus, which +are the beginning and end of life. + +14 For the beginning is faith; +the end is charity. And these two +joined together, are of God; but +all other things which concern a +holy life, are the consequences of +these. + +15 No man professing a true +faith, sinneth; neither does he +who has charity hate any. + +16 The tree is made manifest +by its fruit; so they who profess +themselves to be Christians are +known by what they do. + +17 For Christianity is not the +work of an outward profession; +but shows itself in the power of +faith, if a man be found faithful +unto the end. + +18 It is better for a man to hold +his peace, and be; than to say, he +is a Christian, and not to be. + +19 It is good to teach; if what +he says he does likewise. + +20 There is therefore one master +who spake, and it was done; and +even those things which he did +without speaking, are worthy +of the Father. + +21 He that possesses the word +of Jesus, is truly able to bear his +very silence. That he may be perfect, +be will do according to what he +speaks, and be known by those +things of which he is silent. + +22 There is nothing hid from +God, but even our secrets are nigh +unto him. + +23 Let us therefore do all +things, as becomes those who +have God dwelling in them; +that we maybe his temples; +and he may be our God as also +he is, and will manifest himself +before our faces, by those things +for which we justly love him, + + + +CHAPTER IV. + + 1 To have a care for the Gospel. + 9 The virginity of Mary, the incarnation, + and the death of Christ, were hid from the Devil. + 11 How the birth of Christ was revealed. + 16 Exhorts to unity. + +BE not deceived, my brethren: +those that corrupt families +by adultery, shall not inherit +the kingdom of God. + +2 If therefore they who do this +according to the flesh, have +suffered death; how much more shall +he die, who by his wicked doctrine +corrupts the faith of God, for which +Christ was crucified? + +3 He that is thus defiled, shall +depart into unquenchable fire, and +so also shall he that hearkens to +him. + +4 For this cause did the Lord +suffer the ointment to be poured +on his head; that he might breathe +the breath of immortality unto his +church. + +5 Be not ye therefore anointed +with the evil savour of the doctrine +of the prince of this world: let him +not take you captive from the life +that is set before you. + +6 And why are we not all +wise, seeing we have received +the knowledge of God, which is +Jesus Christ? Why do we suffer +ourselves foolishly to perish; +not considering the gift which +the Lord has truly sent to us? + +7 Let my life be sacrificed +for the doctrine of the cross; +which is indeed a scandal to the +unbelievers, but to us is salvation +and life eternal. + +8 Where is the wise man? +Where is the disputer? Where +is the boasting of those who +are called wise? + +9 For our Lord Jesus Christ was +according to the dispensation of +God, conceived in the womb of +Mary, of the seed of David, +by the Holy Ghost. He was born +and baptized, that through his +passion he might purify water, +to the washing away of sin. + +10 Now the Virginity of Mary, +and he who was born of her, was +kept in secret from the prince of +this world; as was also the death +of our Lord: three of the mysteries +the most spoken of throughout the +world, yet done in secret by God. + +11 How then was our Saviour +manifested to the world? A star +shone in heaven beyond all the +other stars, and its light was +inexpressible, and its novelty +struck terror into men's minds. +All the rest of the stars, +together with the sun and moon, +were the chorus to this star; +but that sent out its light +exceedingly above them all. + +12 And men began to be troubled +to think whence this new star +came so unlike to all the others. + +13 Hence all the power of magic +became dissolved; and every bond +of wickedness was destroyed: men's +ignorance was taken away; and +the old kingdom abolished; God +himself appearing in the form +of a man, for the renewal of +eternal life. + +14 From thence began what +God had prepared: from thence. +forth things were disturbed; +forasmuch as he designed to +abolish death. + +15 But if Jesus Christ shall +give me grace through your prayers, +and if it be his will, I purpose +in a second epistle which I will +suddenly write unto you, to manifest +to you more fully the dispensation +of which I have now begun to speak, +about the new man, which is Jesus +Christ; both in his faith, and +charity; in his suffering, and +in his resurrection. + +16 Especially if the Lord shall +make known unto me, that ye all +by name come together united in +one faith, and in Jesus Christ; +who was of the race of David +according to the flesh; the Son +of man, and son of God; obeying +your bishop and the presbytery +with an entire affection; breaking +one and the same bread, which is +the medicine of immortality; +our antidote that we should not +die, but live for ever in Christ +Jesus. + +17 My soul be for yours, and +theirs whom ye have sent, to the +glory of God; even unto Smyrna, +from whence also I write to you; +giving thanks unto the Lord and +loving Polycarp even as I do you. +Remember me, as Jesus Christ does +remember you. + +18 Pray for the church which is +in Syria from whence I am carried +bound to Rome; being the least +of all the faithful which are there, +as I have been thought worthy to +be found, to the glory of God. + +19 Fare ye well in God the +Father, and in Jesus Christ, our +common hope. Amen. + + + + + THE EPISTLE OF + IGNATIUS TO THE MAGNESIANS + + +CHAPTER I. + + 4 Ignatius mentions the arrival of Damas, + their bishop, and others, + 6 whom he exhorts them to reverence + notwithstanding he was a young man. + +IGNATIUS, who is also called +Theophorus, to the blessed +church, by the grace of God the +Father, in Jesus Christ our Saviour; +through whom I salute the church +which is at Magnesia, near the +Maeander: and wish it all joy in +God the Father, and in Jesus +Christ. + +2 When I heard of your well- +ordered love and charity in God, +being full of joy, I desired much +to speak unto you in the faith of +Jesus Christ. + +3 For having been thought +worthy to obtain a most excellent +name, in the bonds which I carry +about, I salute the churches; +wishing in them a union both of +the body and spirit of Jesus Christ, +our eternal life: as also of faith +and charity, to which nothing is +preferred: but especially of Jesus +and the Father; in whom if we +undergo all the injuries of the +prince of this present world, and +escape, we shall enjoy God, + +4 Seeing, then, I have been +judged worthy to see you, by +Damas your most excellent bishop; +and by your worthy presbyters, +Bassus and Apollonius; and by my +fellow-servant Sotio, the deacon; + +5 In whom I rejoice, forasmuch +as he is subject unto his bishop as +to the grace of God; and to the +presbytery as to the law of Jesus +Christ; I determined to write +unto you. + +6 Wherefore it will become you +also not to use your bishop too +familiarly upon the account of his +youth; but to yield all reverence +to him according to the power of +God the Father; as also I perceive +that your holy presbyters do: not +considering his age, which indeed +to appearance is young; but as +becomes those who are prudent in +God, submitting to him, or rather +not to him but to the Father of our +Lord Jesus Christ, the bishop of +us all. + +7 It will therefore behove you +with all sincerity, to obey your +bishop; in honour of him whose +pleasure it is that ye should do so. + +8 Because he that does not do +so, deceives not the bishop whom +he sees, but affronts him that is +invisible. For whatsoever of this +kind is done, it reflects not upon +man, but upon God, who knows +the secrets of our hearts. + +9 It is therefore fitting, +that we should not only be called +christians, but be so. + +10 As some call indeed their +governor, bishop; but yet do all +things without him. + +11 But I can never think +that such as these have a good +conscience, seeing that they are +not gathered together thoroughly +according to God's commandment. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +1 That as all must die, +4 he exhorts them to live orderly and in unity. + + +SEEING then all things have +an end, there are these two +indifferently set before us, +death and life: and everyone +shall depart unto his proper place. + +2 For as there are two sorts of +coins, the one of God, the other of +the world, and each of these has +its proper inscription engraven +upon it; so also is it here. + +3 The unbelievers are of this +world; but the faithful, through +charity have the character of God +the Father by Jesus Christ: +by whom if we are not readily +disposed to die after the likeness +of his passion, his life is not in us. + +4 Forasmuch, therefore, as I +have in the persons before mentioned, +seen all of you in faith and charity; +I exhort you that ye study to do all +things in a divine concord: + +5 Your bishop presiding in the +place of God; your presbyters in +the place of the council of the +Apostles; and your deacons most +dear to me, being entrusted with +the ministry of Jesus Christ; who +was the Father before all ages, +and appeared in the end to us. + +6 Wherefore taking the same +holy course, see that ye all +reverence one another, and let no +one look upon his neighbour after +the flesh; but do ye all mutually +love each other in Jesus Christ. + +7 Let there be nothing that may +be able to make a division among +you; but be ye united to your +bishop, and those who preside +over you, to be your pattern and +direction in the way to immortality. + +8 As therefore the Lord did +nothing without the Father, being +united to him; neither by himself +nor yet by his Apostles, so neither +do ye do anything without your +bishop and presbyters: + +9 Neither endeavour to let +anything appear rational to +yourselves apart; + +10 But being come together into +the same place, have one common +prayer; one supplication; +one mind; one hope; one in charity, +and in joy undefiled. + +11 There is one Lord Jesus +Christ, than whom nothing is better. +Wherefore come ye all together, as +unto one temple of God; as to one +altar; as to one: Jesus Christ, +who proceeded from one Father, +and exists in one; and is +returned to one. + + + +CHAPTER III. + + 1 He cautions them against false opinions. + 3 Especially those of Ebion and the Judaising Christians. + +BE not deceived with strange +doctrines; nor with old fables +which are unprofitable. For if +westill continue to live according +to the Jewish law, we do confess +ourselves not to have received grace. +For even the most holy prophets +lived according to Christ Jesus. + +2 And for this cause were they +persecuted, being inspired by his +grace to convince the unbelievers +and disobedient that there is one +God who has manifested himself +by Jesus Christ his Son; who is +his eternal word, not coming forth +from silence; who in all things +pleased him that sent him. + +3 Wherefore if they who were +brought up in these ancient laws, +came nevertheless to the newness +of hope; no longer observing +sabbaths, but keeping the Lord's +day in which also our life is +sprung up by him, and through +his death, whom yet some deny: + +4 (By which mystery we have +been brought to believe and +therefore wait that we maybe +found the disciples of Jesus +Christ, our only master:) + +5 How shall we be able to live +different from him; whose disciples +the very prophets themselves +being, did by the spirit expect him +as their master; + +6 And therefore he whom they +justly waited for, being come, +raised, them up from the dead. + +7 Let us not then be insensible +of his goodness; for should he +have dealt with us according to +our works, we had not now had a +being. + +8 Wherefore being become his +disciples, let us learn to live +according to the rules of +Christianity; for whosoever is +called by any other name besides +this, he is not of God. + +9 Lay aside therefore the old and +sour, and evil leaven; and be ye +changed into the new leaven, which +is Jesus Christ. + +10 Be ye salted in him, lest any +one among you should be corrupted; +for by your Savior ye shall +be judged. + +11 It is absurd to name Jesus +Christ, and to Judaize. For the +christian religion did not embrace +the Jewish, but the Jewish the +christian; that so every tongue +that believed might be gathered +together unto God. + +12 These things, my beloved, I +write unto you; not that I know +of any among you that lie under +this error: but as one of the least +among you, I am desirous to forewarn +you, that ye fall not into the +snares of false doctrine. + +13 But that ye be fully instructed +in the birth, and suffering, and +resurrection of Jesus Christ, +our hope; which was accomplished +in the time of the government of +Pontius Pilate, and that most truly +and certainly: and from which God +forbid that any among you should +be turned aside. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + + 1 Commends their faith and piety; exhorts them + to persevere; + 10 desires their prayers for himself and the + church at Antioch. + +MAY I therefore have joy of +you in all things, if I shall +be worthy of it. For though I am +bound, yet am I not worthy to be +compared to one of you that are at +liberty. + +2 I know that ye are not puffed +up; for ye have Jesus Christ in +your hearts. + +3 And especially when I commend +you, I know that ye are ashamed, +as it is written, The just man +condemneth himself. + +4 Study therefore to be confirmed +in the doctrine of our Lord, and +of his Apostles; that so whatever +ye do, ye may prosper both in body +and spirit, in faith and charity, +in the Son, and in the Father, +and in the Holy Spirit; in the +beginning, and in the end: + +5 Together with your most worthy +bishop, and the well-wrought +spiritual crown of your presbytery, +and your deacons, which are +according to God. + +6 Be subject to your bishop, and +to one another, as Jesus Christ +was to the Father, according to the +flesh; and the Apostles, both to +Christ, and to the Father; and to +the Holy Ghost: that so ye may +be united both in body and spirit. + +7 Knowing you to be full of +God, I have the more briefly +exhorted you. + +8 Be mindful of me in your +prayers, that I may attain unto +God, and of the church that is in +Syria, from which I am not worthy +to be called. + +9 For I stand in need of your +joint prayers in God, and of your +charity, that the church which is +in Syria may he thought worthy +to be nourished by your church. + +10 The Ephesians from Smyrna +salute you, from which place I +write unto you; (being present +here to the glory of God, in like +manner as you are,) who have in +all things refreshed me, together +with Polycarp, the bishop of the +Smyrneans. + +11 The rest of the churches in +the honour of Jesus Christ salute +you. + +12 Farewell, and be ye strengthened +in the concord of God; enjoying +his inseparable spirit, which +is Christ Jesus. + + + + + THE EPISTLE OF + IGNATIUS TO THE TRALLIANS. + +CHAPTER 1. + + 1 Acknowledges the coming of their bishop. + 5 Commends them for their subjection to their bishop, + priests, and deacons; and exhorts them to continue in it: + 15 is afraid even of his over-great desire to suffer, + lest it should be prejudicial to him. + +IGNATTUS, who is also called +Theophorus, to the holy church +which is at Tralles in Asia: +beloved of God, the Father of Jesus +Christ; elect and worthy of God, +having peace through the flesh and +blood, and passion of Jesus Christ +our hope; in the resurrection which +is by him: which also I salute in +its fullness, continuing in the +apostolical character, wishing all +joy and happiness unto it. + +2 I have heard of your blameless +and constant disposition through +patience, which not only appears +in your outward conversation, but +is naturally rooted and grounded +in you. + +3 In like manner as Polybius +your bishop has declared unto me, +who came to me to Smyrna, by the +will of God and Jesus Christ, and +so rejoiced together with me in my +bonds for Jesus Christ, that in +effect I saw your whole church in +him. + +4 Having therefore received +testimony of your good will towards +me for God's sake, by him; I seemed +to find you, as also I knew that ye +were the followers of God. + +5 For whereas ye are subject to +your bishop as to Jesus Christ, ye +appear to one to live not after the +manner of men, but according to +Jesus Christ who died for us, +that so believing in his death, +ye might escape death. + +6 It is therefore necessary, that +as ye do, so without your bishop +you should do nothing: also be +ye subject to your presbyters, as +to the Apostles of Jesus Christ our +hope; in whom if we walk, we +shall be found in him. + +7 The deacons also, as being +the ministers of the mysteries of +Jesus Christ, must by all means +please ye. For they are not the +ministers of meat and drink, +but of the church of God. Wherefore +they must avoid all offences, +as they would do fire. + +8 In like manner let us reverence +the deacons as Jesus Christ; +and the bishop as the Father; and +the presbyters as the Sanctuary of +God, and college of the Apostles. + +9 Without these there is no +church; concerning all which, I +am persuaded that ye think after +the very same manner; for I have +received, and even now have with +me, the pattern of your love, in +your bishop. + +10 Whose very look is instructive; +and whose mildness powerful: whom +I am persuaded, the very Atheists +themselves cannot but reverence. + +11 But because I have a love +towards you, I will not write any +more sharply unto you about this +matter, though I very well might +but now I have done so, lest being +a condemned man, I should seem +to prescribe to you as an Apostle. + +12 I have great knowledge in +God; but I refrain myself, lest +I should perish in my boasting. + +13 For now I ought the more +to fear, and not to hearken to +those that would puff me up. + +14 For they that speak to me, +in my praise, chasten me. + +15 For I indeed desire to suffer, +but I cannot tell whether I am +worthy so to do. + +16 And this desire, though to +others it does not appear, yet to +myself it is for that very reason +the more violent. I have, therefore, +need of moderation; by which the +prince of this world is destroyed. + +17 Am I not able to write to +you of heavenly things?--But I +fear lest I should harm you, who +are yet but babes in Christ; +(excuse me this care;) and lest +perchance being not able to +receive them, ye should be +choken with them. + +18 For even I myself, although +I am in bonds, yet am not therefore +able to understand heavenly things; + +19 As the assembly of angels, +and the several companies of them, +under their respective princes; +things visible and invisible: but +in these I am yet a learner. + +20 For many things are wanting to +us, that we come not short of God. + + + +CHAP. II. + + 1 Warns them against heretics, + 4 exhorts them to humility and unity, + 10 and briefly sets before them the true + doctrine concerning Christ. + +EXHORT you therefore, or +rather not I, but the love of +Jesus Christ; that ye use none but +christian nourishment; abstaining +from pasture which is of another +kind, I mean heresy. + +2 For they that are heretics, +confound together the doctrine of +Jesus Christ, with their own poison: +whilst they seem worthy of belief: + +3 As men give a deadly potion +mixed with sweet wine; which he +who drinks of, does with the +treacherous pleasure sweetly +drink in his own death. + +4 Wherefore guard yourself +against such persons; and that +you will do, if you are not puffed +up; but continue inseparable from +Jesus Christ our God, and from +your bishop, and from the +commands of the Apostles. + +5 He that is within the altar, +is pure; but he that is without, +namely, does anything without the +bishop, the presbyters, and deacons, +is not pure in his conscience. + +6 Not that I know there is any +thing of this nature among you; +but I fore-arm you, as being +greatly beloved by me, foreseeing +the snares of the devil. + +7 Wherefore putting on meekness, +renew yourselves in faith, +which is the flesh of the Lord; +and in charity, which is the blood +of Jesus Christ. + +8 Let no man have any grudge +against his neighbour. Give no +occasion to the Gentiles; lest by +means of a few foolish men, the +whole congregation of God be +evil spoken of. + +9 For woe to that man through +whose vanity my name is +blasphemed by any. + +10 Stop your ears therefore, +as often as any one shall speak +contrary to Jesus Christ, who was +of the race of David; by the Virgin +Mary. + +11 Who was truly born, and +did eat and drink; was truly +persecuted under Pontius Pilate; +was truly crucified and dead; both +those in heaven and on earth, and +under the earth, being spectators +of it: + +12 Who, was also truly raised +from the dead by his Father, after +the same manner as HE will also +raise up us who believe in him by +Christ Jesus; without whom we +have no true life. + +13 But if, as some who are +Atheists, that is to say infidels, +pretend, that he seemed to suffer, +(they themselves only seeming to +exist) why then am I bound?-- +Why do I desire to fight with +beasts?--Therefore do I die in +vain: therefore I will not speak +falsely against the Lord. + +14 Flee therefore these evil +sprouts which bring forth deadly +fruit; of which if any one taste, +he shall presently die. + +15 For these are not the plants +of the Father; seeing if they were, +they would appear to be the +branches of the cross, and their +fruit would be incorruptible; by +which he invites you through his +passion, who are members of him. + +16 For the head cannot be without +its members, God having promised +a union with himself. + + + +CHAP. III. + + He again exhorts to unity, and desires their + prayers for himself, and for his church at Antioch. + +I SALUTE you from Smyrna, +together with the churches of +God that are present with me; +who have refreshed me in all +things, both in the flesh and +in the spirit. + +2 My bonds, which I carry about +me for the sake of Christ, +(beseeching him that I may +attain unto God) exhort you that +you continue in concord among +yourselves, and in prayer with +one another. + +3 For it becomes everyone of +you, especially the presbyters, to +refresh the bishop, to the honour +of the Father of Jesus Christ, and +of the Apostles. + +4 I beseech you, that you hearken +to me in love; that I may not by +those things which I write, rise up +in witness against you. + +5 Pray also for me; who, +through the mercy of God, stand +in need of your prayers, that I +may be worthy of the portion which +I am about to obtain, and that I +be not found a reprobate. + +6 The love of those who are at +Smyrna and Ephesus salute you. +Remember in your prayers the +church of Syria, from which I am +not worthy to be called, being one +of the least of it. + +7 Fare ye well in Jesus Christ; +being subject to your bishop as to +the command of God; and so like. +wise to the presbytery. + +8 Love every one his brother +with an unfeigned heart. My soul +be your expiation, not only now, +but when I shall have attained +unto God; for I am yet under +danger. + +9 But the Father is faithful in +Jesus Christ, to fulfil both mine +and your petition; in whom may +ye be found unblamable. + + + + + + THE EPISTLE OF + IGNATIUS TO THE ROMANS. + + +CHAPTER I. + + Ignatius testifies his desire to see, and his + hopes of suffering for Christ + 5 which he earnestly entreats them not to prevent, + 10 but to pray for him, that God would strengthen + him to the combat. + + +IGNATIUS, who is also called +Theophorus, to the church +which has obtained mercy from +the majesty of the Most High +Father, and his only begotten +Son Jesus Christ; beloved, and +illuminated through the will of him +who willeth all things which are +according to the love of Jesus +Christ our God; which also presides +in the place of the region +of the Romans; and which I salute +in the name of Jesus Christ, as +being united both in flesh and +spirit to all his commands, and +filed with the grace of God; with +all joy in Jesus Christ our God. + +2 Forasmuch as I have at last +obtained through my prayers to +God, permission to see your faces, +which I much desired to do; being +bound in Jesus Christ, I hope ere +long to salute you, if it shall be +the will of God to grant me to +attain unto the end I long for. + +3 For the beginning is well +disposed, if I shall but have grace, +without hindrance, to receive what +is appointed for me. + +4 But I fear your love, lest it +do me an injury; for it is easy for +you to do what you please; but it +will be hard for me to attain unto +God, if you spare me. + +5 But I would not that ye +should please men, but God; whom +also ye do, please. For neither +shall I hereafter have such an +opportunity of going unto God; nor +will you, if ye shall now be silent, +ever be entitled to a better work. +For if you, shall be silent in my +behalf, I shall be made partaker of +God. + +6 But if you shall love my body, +I shall have my course again to +run. Wherefore ye cannot do me +a greater kindness, than to suffer +me to be sacrificed unto God, now +that the altar is already prepared: + +7 That when ye shall be gathered +together in love, ye nay give +thanks to the Father through +Christ Jesus, that he has +vouchsafed to bring a bishop +of Syria unto you, being called +from the east unto the west. + +8 For it is good for me to turn +from the world, unto God; that I +may rise again unto him. + +9 Ye have never envied any one; +ye have taught others. I would +therefore that ye should now do +those things yourselves, which +in your instructions you have +prescribed to others. + +10 Only pray for me, that God +would give me both inward and +outward strength, that I may not +only say, but will; nor be only +called a christian, but be found +one. + +11 For if I shall be found a +christian, I may then deservedly +be called one; and be thought +faithful, when I shall no longer +appear to the world. + +12 Nothing is good, that is +seen. + +13 For even our God, Jesus +Christ, now that he is in the +Father, does so much the more +appear. + +14 A christian is not a work of +opinion; but of greatness of mind, +especially when he is hated by the +world. + + + +CHAPTER. II. + + Expresses his great desire and determination + to suffer martyrdom. + +I WRITE to the churches, and +signify to them all, that I am +willing to die for God, unless you +hinder me. + +2 I beseech you that you show +not an unseasonable good will +towards me. Suffer me to be food +to the wild beasts, by whom I shall +attain unto God. + +3 For I am the wheat of God, +and I shall be ground by the teeth +of the wild-beasts, that I may be +found the pure bread of Christ. +Rather encourage the beasts, +that they may became my sepulchre, +and may let live nothing of my +body; that being dead I may not +be troublesome to any. + +5 Then shall I be truly the +disciple of Jesus Christ, when the +world shall not see so much as my +body. Pray therefore unto Christ +for me, that by these instruments +I may be made the sacrifice of +God. + +6 I do not, as Peter and Paul, +command you. They were Apostles, +I a condemned man; they were free, +but I am even to this day a servant: + +7 But if I shall suffer, I shall +then become the freeman of Jesus +Christ, and shall rise free. And +now, being in bonds, I learn not +to desire any thing. + +8 From Syria even unto Rome, +I fight with beasts both by sea and +land; both night and day: being +bound to ten leopards, that is to +say, to such a band of soldiers, +who, though treated with all manner +of kindness, are the worse for +it. + +9 But I am the more instructed +by their injuries; yet am I not +therefore justified. + +10 May I enjoy the wild beasts +that are prepared for me; which +also I wish may exercise all their +fierceness upon me. + +11 And whom for that end I will +encourage, that they may be sure +to devour me, and not serve me as +they have done some, whom out of +fear they have not touched. But +if they will not do it willingly, +I will provoke them to it. + +12 Pardon me in this matter; I +know what is profitable for me, +now I begin to be a disciple. +Not shall any thing move me +whether visible or invisible, +that I may attain to Jesus Christ. + +13 Let fire and the cross; let +the companies of wild beasts; +let breakings of bones, and tearing +of members; let the shattering in +pieces of the whole body, and all +the wicked torments of the devil +come upon me; only let me enjoy +Jesus Christ. + +14 All the ends of the world, +and the kingdoms of it, will profit +me nothing: I would rather die +for Jesus Christ, than rule to the +utmost ends of the earth. Him +I seek who died for us; him I +desire who rose again for us. +This is the gain that is laid up +for me. + +15 Pardon me, my brethren, ye +shall not hinder me from living; +nor seeing I desire to go to God, +may you separate me from him, +for the sake of this world;--nor +induce me by any of the desires of +it. Suffer me to enter into pure +light, where being come, I shall +be indeed the servant of God. + +16 Permit me to imitate the +passion of my God. If any one has +God within himself, let him consider +what I desire; and let him have +compassion on me, as knowing how +I am straightened. + + + +CHAPTER III. + + Further expresses his desire to suffer. + +THE prince of this world would +fain carry me away, and corrupt +my resolution towards my God. +Let none of you therefore help +him; rather do ye join with me, +that is, with God. + +2 Do not speak with Jesus +Christ, and yet covet the world. +Let not any envy dwell with you; +no, not though I myself, when I +shall be come unto you, should +exhort you to it, yet do not ye +hearken to me; but rather believe +what I now write to you. + +3 For though I am alive at the +writing of this, yet my desire is +to die. My love is crucified; and +the fire that is within me does +not desire any water; but being +alive and springing within me, +says, Come to the Father. + +4 I take no pleasure in the food +of corruption, nor in the pleasures +of this life. + +5 I desire the bread of God +which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, +of the seed of David; and the +drink that I long for is his blood, +which is incorruptible love. + +6 I have no desire to live any +longer after the manner of men; +neither shall I, if you consent. +Be ye therefore willing, that ye +yourselves also maybe pleasing to +God. I exhort you in a few words; +I pray you believe me. + +7 Jesus Christ will shew you +that I speak truly. My mouth is +without deceit, and the Father +hath truly spoken by it. Pray +therefore for me, that I may +accomplish what I desire. + +8 I have not written to you after +the flesh, but according to the will +of God. If I shall suffer, ye have +loved me: but if I shall be rejected, +ye have hated me. + +9 Remember in your prayers +the church of Syria, which now +enjoys God for its shepherd instead +of me. Let Jesus Christ only oversee +it, and your charity. + +10 But I am even ashamed to +be reckoned as one of them; for +neither am I worthy, being the +least among them, and as one +born out of due season. But +through mercy I have risen to +be somebody, if I shall get unto +God. + +11 My spirit salutes you; and +the charity of the churches that +have received me in the name of +Jesus Christ; not as a passenger, +for even they that were not near +to me in the way, have gone before +me to the next city to meet me. + +12 These things I write to you +from Smyrna, by the most worthy +of the church of Ephesus. + +13 There is now with me, together +with many others, Crocus, most +beloved of me. As for those which +are come from Syria, and are gone +before me to Rome, to the glory +of God, I suppose you are not +ignorant of them. + +14 Ye shall therefore signify to +them that I draw near, for they, +are all worthy both of God and of +you: Whom it is fit that you +refresh in all things. + +15 This have I written to you, +the day before the ninth of the, +calends of September. Be strong +unto the end, in the patience of +Jesus Christ. + + + + + + + IGNATIUS TO THE PHILADELPHIANS. + + +CHAPTER I. + + Commends their bishop, whom they had sent unto him, + warns them against division and schism. + +IGNATIUS, who is also called +Theophorus, to the church of +God the Father, and our Lord +Jesus Christ, which is at Philadelphia +in Asia; which has obtained mercy, +being fixed in the concord of God, +and rejoicing evermore in the passion +of our Lord, and being fulfilled in +all mercy through his resurrection: +Which also I salute in the blood of +Jesus Christ, which is our eternal +and undefiled joy; especially if +they are at unity with the bishop, +and presbyters who are with him, +and the deacons appointed according +to the mind of Jesus Christ; whom +he has settled according to his own +will in all firmness by his Holy +Spirit: + +2 Which bishop I know obtained +that great ministry among you, +not of himself, neither by men, +nor out of vain glory; but by the +love of God the Father, and our +Lord Jesus Christ. + +3 Whose moderation I admire; +who by his silence is able to do +more than others with all their +vain talk. For he is fitted to the +commands, as the harp to its strings. + +4 Wherefore my soul esteems +his mind towards God most happy, +knowing it to be fruitful in all +virtue, and perfect; full of +constancy, free from passion, +and according to all the +moderation of the living God. + +5 Wherefore as becomes the +children both of the light and of +truth; flee divisions and false +doctrines; but where your shepherd +is, there do ye, as sheep, follow +after. + +6 For there are many wolves +who seem worthy of belief, that +with a false pleasure lead captive +those that run in the course of +God; but in the concord they shall +find no place. + +7 Abstain therefore from those +evil herbs which Jesus Christ does +not dress: because such are not +the plantation of the Father. Not +that I have found any division +among you, but rather all manner +of purity. + +8 For as many as are of God, +and of Jesus Christ, are also with +their bishop. And as many as +shall with repentance return into +the unity of the church, even these +shall also be the servants of God, +that they may live according to +Jesus Christ. + +9 Be not deceived brethren; +if any one follows him that makes +a schism in the church, he shall +not inherit the kingdom of God. +If any one walks after any other +opinion, he agrees not with the +passion of Christ. + +10 Wherefore let it be your +endeavour to partake all of the +same holy eucharist. + +11 For there is but one flesh of +our Lord Jesus Christ; one cup +in the unity of his blood; and one +altar; + +12 As also there is one bishop, +together with his presbytery, and +the deacons my fellow servants +that so whatsoever ye do, ye may +do it according to the will of God. + + + +CHAPTER II. + +Desires their prayers, and to be +united, but not to Judaize. + +MY brethren, the love I have +towards you makes me the +more large; and having a great +joy in you, I endeavour to secure +you against danger; or rather not +I, but Jesus Christ; in whom +being bound, I the more fear, +as being yet only on the way +to suffering. + +2 But your prayer to God shall +make me perfect, that I may attain +to that portion, which by God's +mercy is allotted to me Fleeing +to the Gospel as to the flesh of +Christ; and to the Apostles as +to the presbytery of the church. + +3 Let us also love the prophets, +forasmuch as they have led us +to the Gospel, and to hope in +Christ, and to expect him. + +4 In whom also believing they +were saved in the unity of Jesus +Christ; being holy men, worthy +to be loved, and had in wonder; + +5 Who have received testimony +from Jesus Christ, and are +numbered in the Gospel of our +common hope. + +6 But if any one shall preach +the Jewish law unto you, hearken +not unto him; for it is better to +receive the doctrine of Christ from +one that has been circumcised, than +Judaism from one that has not. + +7 But if either the one, or other, +do not speak concerning Christ +Jesus; they seem to me to be but +as monuments and sepulchres of +the dead, upon which are written +only the names of men. + +8 Flee therefore the wicked arts +and snares of the prince of this +world; lest at any time being +oppressed by his cunning, ye grow +cold in your charity. But come +altogether into the same place, +with an undivided heart. + +9 And I bless my God that I +have a good conscience towards +you, and that no one among you +has whereof to boast either openly +or privately, that I have been +burthensome to him in much or +little. + +10 And I wish to all, among +whom I have conversed, that +may not turn to a witness again +them. + +11 For although some would +have deceived me according to +the flesh, yet the spirit, being +from God, is not deceived: for it +knows, both whence it comes and +whither it goes, and reproves the +secrets of the heart. + +12 I cried whilst I was among +you; I spake with a loud voice: +attend to the bishop, and to the +presbytery, and to the deacons. + +13 Now some supposed that I spake +this as foreseeing the division +that should come among you. + +14 But he is my witness for +whose sake I am in bonds that +I know nothing from any man. +But the spirit spake, saying +on this wise: Do nothing without +the bishop: + +15 Keep your bodies as the +temples of God: Love unity; +Flee divisions; Be the followers +of Christ, as he was of his Father. + +16 I therefore did as became +me, as a man composed to unity +for where there is division, +and wrath, God dwelleth not. + +17 But the Lord forgives all +that repent, if they return to the +unity of God, and to the council +of the bishop. + +18 For I trust in the grace +Jesus Christ that he will free +you from every bond. + +19 Nevertheless I exhort you +that you do nothing out of strife +but according to the instruction +of Christ. + +20 Because I have heard +some who say; unless I find +written in the originals, I will +not believe it to be written in +the Gospel. And when I said, +It is written; they answered +from what lay before them in the +corrupted copies. + +21 But to me Jesus Christ +instead of all the uncorrupted +monuments in the world; together +with those undefiled monuments, +his cross, and death, and +resurrection, and the faith +which is by him; by which I +desire, through your prayers, +to be justified. + +22 The priests indeed are +good; but much better is the High +Priest to whom the Holy of Holies +has been committed; and who +alone has been intrusted with the +secrets of God. + +23 He is the door of the Father; +by which Abraham, and Isaac, +and Jacob, and all the prophets, +enter in; as well as the Apostles, +and the church. + +24 And all these things tend to +the unity which is of God. Howbeit +the Gospel has somewhat in it far +above all other dispensations; +namely, the appearance of our +Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, +his passion and resurrection. + +25 For the beloved prophets +referred to him; but the Gospel +is the perfection of incorruption. +All therefore together are good, +if ye believe with charity. + + + +CHAPTER III. + + Informs them he had heard that the persecution + was stopped at Antioch: and directs them to send + a messenger thither to congratulate with the church. + +NOW as concerning the church +of Antioch which is in Syria, +seeing I am told that through +your prayers and the bowels which +ye have towards it in Jesus Christ, +it is in peace; it will become you, +as the church of God, to ordain +some I deacon to go to them thither +as the ambassador of God; that +he may rejoice with them when +they meet together, and glorify +God's name. + +2 Blessed be that man in Jesus, +Christ, who shall be found worthy +of such a ministry; and ye yourselves +also shall be glorified. + +3 Now if you be willing, it is +not impossible for you to do this +for the grace of God; as also the +other neighbouring churches have +sent them some bishops, some +priests and some deacons. + +4 As concerning Philo the deacon +of Cilicia, a most worthy man, +he still ministers unto me in the +word of God: together with Rheus +of Agathopolis a singular good +person, who has followed me even +from Syria, not regarding his life: +These also bear witness unto you. + +5 And I myself give thanks to +God for you, that you receive them +as the Lord shall receive you. +But for those that dishonoured +them, may they be forgiven +through the grace of Jesus Christ. + +6 The charity of the brethren +that are at Troas salutes you: +from whence also I now write +by Burrhurs, who was sent together +with me by those of Ephesus and +Smyrna, for respect sake. + +7 May our Lord Jesus Christ +honour them; in whom they hope, +both in flesh, and soul, and spirit; +in faith, in love, in unity. +Fare-well in Christ Jesus our +common hope. + + + + + + + IGNATIUS TO THE SMYRNEANS. + +CHAPTER I. + + 1 Declares his joy for their firmness in the Gospel. + 4 Enlarges on the person of Christ, against such + as pretend that Christ did not suffer. + +IGNATIUS, who is also called +Theohorus, to the church of +God the Father, and of the beloved +Jesus Christ, which God hath +mercifully blessed with every +good gift; being filled with faith +and charity, so that it is wanting +in no gift; most worthy of God, +and fruitful in saints; the church +which is at Smyrna in Asia; all +through his immaculate spirit, +through word of God. + +2 I glorify God, even Jesus +Christ, who has given you such +wisdom. + +3 For I have observed that you +are settled in an immoveable faith, +as if you were nailed to the cross +of our Lord Jesus Christ, both in +the flesh and in the spirit; and +are confirmed in love through the +blood of Christ; being fully +persuaded of those things which +relate unto our Lord. + +4 Who truly was of the race +of David according to the flesh, +but the Son of God according to +the will and power of God; +truly born of the Virgin, and +baptised of John; that so all +righteousness might be fulfilled +by him. + +5 He was also truly crucified +by Pontius Pilate, and Herod the +Tetrarch, being nailed for us in +the flesh; by the fruits of which +we are, even by his most blessed +Passion; + +6 That he might set up a token +for all ages through his resurrection, +to all his holy and faithful servants, +whether they be Jews or Gentiles, +in one body of his church. + +7 Now all these things he suffered +for us that we might be saved; and +he suffered truly, as he also truly +raised up himself; and not, as some +unbelievers say, that he only seemed +to suffer; they themselves 'only +seeming to be.' + +8 And as they believe so shall it +happen unto them, when being divested +of the body they shall become mere +spirits. + +9 But I know that even after his +resurrection he was in the flesh; +and I believe that he is still so. + +10 And when he came to those +who were with Peter, he said +unto them, Take, handle me, and +see that I am not an incorporeal +daemon. And straightway they +felt and believed; being convinced +both by his flesh and spirit. + +11 For this cause they despised +death, and were bound to be above +it. + +12 But after his resurrection he +did eat and drink with them, as he +was flesh; although as to his +Spirit he was united to the Father. + + + +CHAPTER II. + + 1 Exhorts them against heretics. + 8 The danger of their doctrine. + +NOW these things, beloved, I put +you in mind of, not questioning +but that you yourselves also +believe that they are so. + +2 But I arm you before-hand +against certain beasts in the shape +of men, whom you must not only +not receive, but if it be possible +must not meet with. + +3 Only you must pray for them, +that if it be the will of God they +may repent; which yet will be +very hard. But of this our Lord +Jesus Christ has the power, who +is our true life. + +4 For if all these things were +done only in show by our Lord, +then do I also seem only to be +bound: + +5 And why have I given up myself +to death, to the fire, to the +sword, to wild beasts? + +6 But now the nearer I am to +the sword, the nearer I am to +God: when I shall come among +the wild beasts, I shall come to +God. + +7 Only in the name of Jesus +Christ, I undergo all, to suffer +together with him; he who was +made a perfect man strengthening, +me. + +8 Whom some not knowing, do +deny; or rather have been denied +by him, being the advocates of +death, rather than of the truth. +Whom neither the prophecies, nor +the law of Moses have persuaded; +nor the Gospel itself, even to this +day; nor the sufferings of every +one of us. + +9 For they think also the same +things of us. For what does a +man profit me, if he shall praise +me, and blaspheme my Lord; not +confessing that he was truly made +man? + +10 Now he that doth not say +this, does in effect deny him, +and is in death. But for the names +of such as do this, they being +unbelievers, I thought it not +fitting to write them unto you. + +11 Yea, God forbid that I should +make any mention of them, till +they shall repent to a true belief +of Christ's passion, which is our +resurrection. + +12 Let no man deceive himself; +both the things which are in heaven, +and the glorious angels, and princes, +whether visible or invisible, if they +believe not in the blood of Christ, +it shall be to them, unto condemnation. + +13 He that is able to receive +this, let him receive it. Let no +man's place or state in the world +puff him up: that which is worth +all his faith and charity, to it +nothing is to be preferred. + +14 But consider those who are +of a different opinion from us, +as to what concerns the grace of +Jesus Christ which is come unto us, +how contrary they are to the +design of God. + +15 They have no regard to charity, +no care of the widow, the fatherless, +and the oppressed; of the bond or +free, of the hungry or thirsty. + +16 They abstain from the eucharist, +and from the public offices; +because they confess not the eucharist +to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus +Christ which suffered for our sins, +and which the Father of his goodness +raised again from the dead. + +17 And for this cause contradicting +the gift of God, they die in their +disputes; but much better would it +be for them to receive it, that they +might one day rise through it. + +18 It will therefore become you. +to abstain from such persons, and +not to speak with them, neither in +public nor in private. + +19 But to hearken to the prophets, +and especially to the Gospel, in +which both Christ's passion is +manifested unto us, and his +resurrection perfectly declared. + +20 But flee all divisions, as the +beginning of evils. + + + +CHAPTER III. + + 1 Exhorts them to follow their bishop and pastors; + but especially their bishop. + 6 Thanks them for their kindness, + 11 and acquaints them with the ceasing of the + persecution at Antioch. + +SEE that ye all follow your +bishop, as Jesus Christ, the +Father; and the presbytery, as +the Apostles; and reverence the +deacons, as the command of God. + +2 Let no man do any thing +of what belongs to the church +separately from the bishop. + +3 Let that eucharist be looked +upon as well established, which is +either offered by the bishop, or by +him to whom the bishop has given. +his consent. + +4 Wheresoever the bishop shall +appear, there let the people also +be: as where Jesus Christ is, there +is the Catholic church. + +5 It is not lawful without the +bishop; neither to baptize, nor to +celebrate the Holy Communion +but whatsoever he shall approve +of, that is also pleasing unto God; +that so whatever is done, may be +sure and well done. + +6 For what remains, it is very +reasonable that we should repent +whilst there is yet time to return +unto God. + +7 It is a good thin to have a +due regard both to God, and to +the bishop: he that honours the +bishop, shall be honoured of God; +but he that does any thing without +his knowledge, ministers unto the +devil. + +8 Let all things therefore abound +to you in charity; seeing that ye +are worthy. + +9 Ye have refreshed me in all +things; so shall Jesus Christ you. +Ye have loved me both when I was +present with you, and now being +absent, ye cease not to do so. + +10 May God be your reward, +for whom whilst ye undergo all +things, ye shall attain unto +him. + +11 Ye have done well in that ye +have received Philo, and Rheus +Agathopus, who followed me for +the word of God, as the deacons +of Christ our God. + +12 Who also gave thanks unto +the Lord for you, forasmuch as ye +have refreshed them in all things. +Nor shall any thing that you have +done be lost to you. + +13 My soul be for yours, and +my bonds which ye have not despised, +nor been ashamed of. Wherefore +neither shall. Jesus Christ, +our perfect faith, be ashamed +of you. + +14 Your prayer is come to the +church of Antioch, which is in +Syria. From whence being sent +bound with chains becoming God. +I salute the churches; being not +worthy to be called from thence, +as being the least among them. + +15 Nevertheless by the will of +God I have been thought worthy +of this honour; not for that I +think I have deserved it, but by +the grace of God; + +16 Which I wish may be perfectly +given unto me, that through your +prayers I may attain unto God. + +17 And therefore, that your +work may be fully accomplished, +both upon earth and in heaven; +it will be fitting, and for the +honour of God, that your church +appoint some worthy deldgate, +who being come as far as Syria, +may rejoice together with them +that they are in peace; and that +they are again restored to their +former state, and have again +received their proper body. + +18 Wherefore I should think it +a worthy action, to send some +one from you with an epistle, +to congratulate with them their +peace in God; and that through +your prayers, they have now +gotten to their harbour. + +19 For inasmuch as ye are perfect +yourselves, you ought to think +those things that are perfect. For +when you are desirous to do well, +God is ready to enable you there. +unto. + +20 The love of the brethren that +are at Troas salute you; from whence +I write to you by Burrhus whom ye +sent with me, together with the +Ephesians, your brethren; and who +has in all Things refreshed me. + +21 And I would to God that all +would imitate him, as being a pattern +of the ministry of God. May his grace +fully reward him. + +22 I salute your very worthy +bishop, and your venerable presbytery; +and your deacons, my fellow-servants; +and all of you in general, and every +one in particular, in the name of +Jesus Christ, and in his flesh and +blood; in his passion and resurrection +both fleshly and spiritually; and in +the unity of God with you. + +23 Grace be with you, and mercy, +and peace, and patience, for evermore. + +24 I salute the families of my +brethren, with their wives and +children; and the virgins that are +called widows. Be strong in the +power of the Holy Ghost. Philo, +who is present with me salutes +you. + +25 I salute the house of Tavias, +and pray that it may be strengthened +in faith and charity, both of flesh +and spirit. + +26 I salute Alce my well-beloved, +together with the incomparable +Daphnus, and Eutechnus, and all +by name. + +27 Farewell in the grace of God. + + + + + + + IGNATIUS TO POLYCARP + +CHAPTER I. + +Ignatius blesses God for the firm, +establishment of Polycarp in the +faith, and gives him particular +directions for improving it. + +IGNATIUS, who is also called +Theophorus, to Polycarp, bishop +of the church which is at Smyrna; +their overseer, but rather himself +overlooked by God the Father, +and the Lord Jesus Christ; +all happiness. + +2 Having known that thy mind +towards God, is fixed as it were +upon an immoveable rock; +I exceedingly give thanks, that +I have been thought worthy to +behold thy blessed face, in +which may I always rejoice in God. + +3 Wherefore I beseech thee by +the grace of God with which thou +art clothed, to press forward in +thy course, and to exhort all +others that they may be saved. + +4 Maintain thy place with all +care both of flesh and spirit: Make +it thy endeavour to preserve unity, +than which nothing is better. +Bear with all men even as the +Lord with thee. + +5 Support all in love, as also +thou dost. Pray without ceasing +ask more understanding than what +thou already hast. Be watchful, +having thy spirit always awake. + +6 Speak to every one according +as God shall enable thee. Bear +the infirmities of all, as a +perfect combatant; where the +labour is great, the gain is +the more. + +7 If thou shalt love the good +disciples, what thank is it? But +rather do thou subject to thee +those that are mischievous, in +meekness. + +8 Every wound is not healed +with the same plaister: if the +accessions of the disease be +vehement, modify them with soft +remedies: be in all things wise +as a serpent, but harmless as a +dove. + +9 For this cause thou art +composed of flesh and spirit; +that thou mayest modify those +things that appear before thy face. + +10 And as for those that are not +seen, pray to God that he would +reveal them into thee, that so +thou mayest be wanting in nothing, +but mayest abound in every gift. + +11 The times demand thee, as +the pilots the winds; and be that +is tossed in a tempest, the haven +where he would be. + +12 That thou mayest attain unto +God, be sober as the combatant +of God. The crown proposed to +thee is immortality, and eternal +life: concerning which thou art +also fully persuaded. I will be +thy surety in all things, by my +bonds, which thou halt loved. + +13 Let not those that seem +worthy of credit, but teach other +doctrines, disturb thee. Stand +firm and immoveable, as an anvil +when it is beaten upon. + +14 It is the part of a brave +combatant to be wounded, and yet +overcome. But especially we ought +to endure all things for God's +sake, that he may bear with us. + +15 Be every day better than +others; consider the times, and +expect him, who is above all time, +eternal; invisible, though for our +sakes made visible: impalpable, +and impassible, yet for us +subjected to sufferings; enduring +all manner of ways for our salvation. + + + +CHAPTER II. + + 1 Continues his advice, + 6 and teaches him how to advise others. + 12 Enforces unity and subjection to the bishop. + +LET not the widows be neglected: +be thou after God, their Guardian. + +2 Let nothing be done without thy +knowledge and consent; neither do +thou anything but according to the +will of God; as also thou dost, +with all constancy. + +3 Let your assemblies be more +full: inquire into all by name. + +4 Overlook not the men and +maid servants; neither let them +be puffed up: but rather let them +be the more subject to the glory +of God, that they may obtain from +him a better liberty. + +5 Let them not desire to be +set free at the public cost, that +they be not slaves to their own +lusts. + +6 Flee evil arts; or rather make +not any mention of them. + +7 Say to my sisters, that they +love the Lord; and be satisfied +with their own husbands, both in +the flesh and spirit. + +8 In like manner, exhort my +brethren in the name of Jesus +Christ, that they love their wives, +even as the Lord the church. + +9 If any man can remain in a +virgin state, to the honour of the +flesh of Christ, let him remain +without boasting; but if he boast, +he is undone. And if he desire to +be more taken notice of than the +bishop he is corrupted. + +10 But it becomes all such as +are married, whether men or women, +to come together with the consent +of the bishop, that so their +marriage may be according to +godliness, and not in lust. + +11 Let all things be done to the +honour of God. + +12 Hearken unto the bishop, +that God also may hearken unto +you. My soul be security for +them that submit to their bishop, +with their presbyters and deacons. +And may my portion be together +with theirs in God. + +13 Labour with one another; +contend together, run together, +suffer together; sleep together, +and rise together; as the stewards, +and assessors, and ministers of +God. + +14 Please him under whom ye +war; and from whom ye receive +your wages. Let none of you be +found a deserter; but let your +baptism remain, as your arms; +your faith, as your helmet; your +charity, as your spear; your +patience, as your whole armour. + +15 Let your works be your +charge, that so you may receive +a suitable reward. Be long +suffering therefore towards each +other in meekness; as God is +towards you. + +16 Let me have joy of you in +all things. + + + +CHAPTER III. + + 1 Greets Polycarp on the peace of the church at Antioch: + 2 and desires him to write to that and other churches. + +NOW forasmuch as the church +of Antioch in Lyria is, as +I am told, in peace through your +prayers; I also have been the more +comforted, and without care in +God; if so be that by suffering, I +shall attain unto God; and through +your prayers I may be found a +disciple of Christ. + +2 It will be very fit, O most +worthy Polycarp, to call a select +council, and choose some one +whom ye particularly love, and +who is patient of labour: that he +may be the messenger of God; +and that going unto Syria, he may +glorify your incessant love, to the +praise of Christ. + +3 A Christian has not the power +of himself; but must be always +at leisure for God's service. +Now this work is both God's and +our's; when ye shall have +perfected it. + +4 For I trust through the grace +of God that ye are ready to every +good work that is fitting for you +in the Lord. + +5 Knowing therefore your +earnest affection for the truth, +I have exhorted you by these short +letters. + +6 But forasmuch as I have not +been able to write to all the +churches, because I must suddenly +sail from Troas to Neapolis; +(for so is the command of those +to whose pleasure I am subject;) +do you write to the churches that +are near you, as being instructed +in the will of God, that they also +may do in like manner. + +7 Let those that are able send +messengers; and let the rest send +their letters by those who shall be +sent by you: that you may be +glorified to all eternity, +of which you are worthy. + +8 I salute all by name; particularly +the wife of Epitropus with all her +house and children. I salute Attalus +my well-beloved. + +9 I salute him who shall be +thought worthy to be sent by you +into Syria. Let grace be ever +with him, and with Polycarp who +sends him. + +10 I wish you all happiness in +our God, Jesus Christ; in whom +continue, in the unity and +protection of God. + +11 I salute Alce my well- +beloved. Farewell in the Lord. + + + + + REFERENCES TO THE SEVEN EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS, + +[The Epistles of Ignatius are translated by Archbishop Wake from the text +of Vossius. He says that there were considerable difference in the +editions; the best for a long time extant containing fabrications, and +the genuine being altered and corrupted. Archbishop Usher printed old +Latin translations of them at Oxford, in 1644. At Amsterdam, two years +afterwards, Vossius printed six of them in their ancient and pure Greek; +and the seventh, greatly amended from the ancient Latin version, was +Printed at Paris, by Ruinart, in 1689, in the Acts and Martyrdom of +Ignatius, from a Greek uninterpolated copy. These are supposed to form +the collection that Polycarp made of the Epistles of Ignatius, mentioned +by Irenaes, Origen, Eusebius, Jerome, Athanasius, Theodoret, and other +ancients: but many learned men have imagined all of them to be +apocryphal. This supposition, the piety of Arch-bishop Wake, and his +persuasion of their utility to the faith of the church, will not permit +him to entertain: hence he has taken great pains to render the present +translation acceptable, by adding numerous readings and references to the +Canonical Books.] + + + + + + + THE EPISTLE OF + POLYCARP TO THE PHILIPPIANS. + + [The genuineness of this Epistle is controverted, but implicitly + believed by Arch-bishop Wake, whose translation is below. There is + also a translation by Dr. Cave attached to his life of Polycarp.] + + +CHAPTER I. + + Polycarp commends the Philippians for their respect to + those who suffered for the Gospel; and for their own faith. + +POLYCARP, and the presbyters +that are with him, to the +church of God which is at Philippi; +mercy unto you, and peace from +God Almighty, and the Lord Jesus +Christ our Saviour, be multiplied. + +2 I rejoiced greatly with you +in our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye +received the images of a true love, +and accompanied, as it behoved you, +those who were in bonds, becoming +saints; which are the crowns of +such as are truly chosen by God +and our Lord: + +3 As also that the root of the +faith which was preached from +ancient times, remains firm in you +to this day; and brings forth fruit +to our Lord Jesus Christ, who +suffered himself to be brought +even to the death for our sins: + +4 Whom God hath raised up, having +loosed the pains of death. Whom +having not seen, ye love; in whom +though now ye see him not, yet +believing, ye rejoice with joy +unspeakable and full of glory. + +5 Into which many desire to +enter; I knowing that by grace ye +are saved; not by works, but by +the will of God through Jesus +Christ. + +6 Wherefore girding up the +loins of your minds; I serve +the Lord with fear, and in truth; +laying aside all empty and vain +speech, and the errors of many; +believing in him that raised up +our Lord Jesus Christ from the +dead, and hath given him glory +and a throne at his right hand. + +7 To whom all things are made +subject, both that are in heaven, +and that are in earth; whom every +living creature shall worship; +who shall come to be the judge of +the quick and dead: whose blood +God shall require of them that +believe not in him. + +8 But he that raised up Christ +from the dead, shall also raise up +us in like manner, if we do his +will, and walk according to his +commandments; and love those +things which he loved: + +9 Abstaining from all +unrighteousness; inordinate affection, +and love of money; from evil. +speaking; false witness; not +rendering evil for evil, or +railing for railing, or striking +for striking, or cursing +for cursing: + +10 But remembering what the +Lord has taught us saying, Judge +not, and ye shall not be judged; +forgive and ye shall be forgiven; +be ye merciful, and ye shall obtain +mercy; for with the same measure +that ye meet withal, it shall be +measured to you again. + +11 And again; Blessed are the +poor, and they that are persecuted +for righteousness sake; for theirs +is the kingdom of God. + + + +CHAPTER II. + + 2 Exhorts to Faith, Hope, and Charity. + 5 Against covetousness, and as to the + duties of husbands, wives, widows, + 9 deacons, young men, virgins, and presbyters. + +THESE things, my brethren, +I took not the liberty of myself +to write unto you concerning +righteousness, but you yourselves +before encouraged me to it. + +2 For neither can i, nor any +other such as I am, come up to +the wisdom of the blessed and +renowned Paul; who being himself +in person with those who then +lived, did with all exactness and +soundness teach the word of truth; +and being gone from you wrote an +epistle to you. + +3 Into which if you look, you +will be able to edify yourselves in +the faith that has been delivered +unto you, which is the mother of +us all; being followed with hope, +and led on by a general love, both +towards God and towards Christ, +and towards our neighbour. + +4 For if any man has these +things, he has fulfilled the law +of righteousness: for he that has +charity is far from all sin. + +5 But the love of money is the +root of all evil. Knowing therefore +that as we brought nothing into this +world, so neither may we carry any +thing out; let us arm ourselves +with the armour of righteousness. + +6 And teach ourselves first to +walk according to the commandments +of the Lord; and then your wives +to walk likewise according to the +faith that is given to them; in +charity, and in purity; loving +their own husbands, with all +sincerity, and all others alike, +with all temperance; and to bring up +their children in the instruction +and fear of the Lord. + +7 The widows likewise teach +that they be sober as to what +concerns the faith of the Lord: +praying always for all men; being far +from all detraction, evil speaking, +false witness; from covetousness, +and from all evil. + +8 Knowing that they are the +altars of God, who sees all blemishes, +and from whom nothing is hid; who +searches out the very reasonings, +and thoughts, and secrets of our +hearts. + +9 Knowing therefore that God +is not mocked, we ought to walk +worthy both of his command and +of his glory. + +10 Also the deacons must be +blameless before him, as the +ministers of God in Christ, and +not of men. Not false mousers, not +double tongued, not lovers of money; +but moderate in all things; +compassionate, careful; walking +according to the truth of the Lord, +who was the servant of all. + +11 Whom if we please in this +present world, we shall also be +made partakers of that which is +to come, according as he has +promised to us, that he will raise +us from the dead; and that if we +shall walk worthy of him, we shall +also reign together with him, if +we believe. + +12 In like manner the younger +men must be unblameable in all +things; above all, taking care of +their purity, and to restrain +themselves from all evil. For it is +good to be cut off from the lusts that +are in the world; because every +such lust warreth against the +spirit: and neither fornicators, +nor effeminate, nor abusers of +themselves with mankind, shall +inherit the kingdom of God; nor +they who do such things as are +foolish and unreasonable. + +13 Wherefore ye must needs +abstain from all these things, +being subject to the priests and +deacons, as unto God and Christ. + +14 The virgins admonish to +walk in a spotless and pure +conscience. + +15 And let the elders be +compassionate and merciful towards +all; turning them from their errors; +seeking out those that are weak; +not forgetting the widows, the +fatherless, and the poor; but +always providing what is good +both in the sight of God and man. + +16 Abstaining from all wrath, +respect of persons, and unrighteous +judgment; and especially being +free from all covetousness. + +17 Not easy to believe anything +against any; not severe in judgment; +knowing that we are all debtors +in point of sin. + +18 If therefore we pray to the +Lord that he would forgive us, we +ought also to forgive others; for +we are all in the sight of our Lord +and God; a and must all stand before +the judgment-seat of Christ; +and shall every one give an +account of himself. + +19 Let us therefore serve him in +fear, and with all reverence as +both himself hath commanded; +and as the Apostles who have +preached the Gospel unto us, and +the prophets who have foretold +the coming of our Lord have +taught us: + +20 Being zealous of what is +good; abstaining from all offence, +and from false brethren; and +from those who bear the name of +Christ in hypocrisy; who deceive +vain men. + + + +CHAPTER III. + + 1 As to faith in our Saviour Christ; + his nature and sufferings, the resurrection and judgment. + 3 Exhorts to prayer + 5 and steadfastness in the faith, from the examples of Christ, + 7 and Apostles and saints, and exhorts to carefulness + in all well-doing. + +FOR whosoever does not confess +that Jesus Christ is come in +the flesh, he is Antichrist: and +whoever does not confess his +suffering upon the cross, is +from the devil. + +2 And whosoever perverts the +oracles of the Lord to his own +lusts, and says that there shall. +neither be any resurrection, nor +judgment, he is the first-born of +Satan. + +3 Wherefore leaving the vanity +of many, and their false doctrines; +let us return to the word that was +delivered to us from the beginning: +Watching unto prayer; and +persevering in fasting; + +4 With supplication beseeching +the all seeing God not to lead us +into temptation; as the Lord hath +said, The spirit is truly willing, +but the flesh is weak. + +5 Let us therefore without ceasing +hold steadfastly to him who is our +hope, and the earnest of our +righteousnes, even Jesus Christ; +Who, his own self, bare our sins +in his own body on the tree: who +did no sin, neither was guile found +in his mouth; but suffered all for +us that we might live through +him. + +6 Let us therefore imitate his +patience; and if we suffer for his +name, let us glorify him; for this +example he has given us by himself, +and so have we believed. + +7 Wherefore I exhort all +of you that ye obey the word of +righteousness, and exercise all +patience; which ye have seen set +forth before your eyes, not only +in the blessed Ignatius, and Zozimus, +and Rufus; but in others among +yourselves; and in Paul himself, +and the rest of the Apostles: + +8 Being confident of this, that +all these have not run in vain, but +in faith and righteousness; and +are gone to the place that was due +to them from the Lord; with +whom also they suffered. + +9 For they loved not this +present world; but him who died, +and was raised again by God for +us. + +10 Stand therefore in these +things, and follow the example of +the Lord; being firm and immutable +in the faith, lovers of the +brotherhood, lovers of one +another: companions together +in the truth, being kind and +gentle towards each other, +despising none. + +11 When it is in your power to +do good defer it not, for charity +delivered from death. + +12 Be all of you subject one to +another, having your conversation +honest among the Gentiles; that +by your good works, both ye +yourselves may receive praise, and +the Lord may not be blasphemed +through you. But woe be to him +by whom the name of the Lord is +blasphemed. + +13 Therefore teach all men +sobriety; in which do ye also +exercise yourselves. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + + Valens, a presbyter, having fallen into the sin + of covetousness, he exhorts them against it. + +I am greatly afflicted for Valens, +who was once a presbyter among you; +that he should so little understand +the place that was given to him in +the church, Wherefore I admonish you +that ye abstain from covetousness; +and that ye be chaste, and true of +speech. + +2 Keep yourselves from all evil. +For he that in these things cannot +govern himself, how shall he be +able to prescribe them to another? + +3 If a man does not keep himself +from covetousness, he shall be +polluted with idolatry, and be +judged as if he were a Gentile. + +4 But who of you are ignorant +of the judgment of God? Do we +not know that the saints shall +judge the world, as Paul teaches? + +5 But I have neither perceived +nor heard anything of this kind +in you, among whom the blessed +Paul laboured; and who are +named in the beginning of his +Epistle. + +6 For he glories of you in all +the churches who then only knew +God; for we did not then know +him. Wherefore, my brethren, I +am exceedingly sorry both for him +and for his wife; to whom God +grant a true repentance. + +7 And be ye also moderate upon +this occasion; and look not upon +such as enemies, but call them +back as suffering and erring +members, that ye may save your +whole body: for by so doing, +ye shall edify your own selves. + +8 For I trust that ye are well +exercised in the Holy Scriptures, +and that nothing is hid from you +but at present it is not granted +unto me to practise that which is +written, Be angry and sin not; +and again, Let not the sun go +down upon your wrath. + +9 Blessed be he that believeth +and remembereth these things; +which also I trust you do. + +10 Now the God and Father of +our Lord Jesus Christ, and he +himself who is our everlasting +high-priest, the Son of God, even +Jesus Christ, build you up in faith +and in truth, and in all meekness +and lenity; in patience and long- +suffering, in forbearance and +chastity: + +11 And grant unto you a lot and +portion among his saints, and us +with you; and to all that are under +the heavens, who shall believe in +our Lord Jesus Christ, and in his +Father who raised him from the dead. + +12 Pray for all the saints: +pray also for kings, and all that +are in authority; and for those who +persecute you, and hate you, and for +the enemies of the cross; that your +fruit may be manifest in all; and +that ye may be perfect in Christ. + +13 Ye wrote to me, both ye, and +also Ignatius, that if any one +went from hence into Syria, he +should bring your letters with +him; which also I will take care +of, as soon as I shall have a +convenient opportunity; either +by myself, or him whom I shall +send upon your account. + +14 The Epistle of Ignatius, +which he wrote unto us, together +with what others of his have come +to our hands, we have sent to you, +according to your order; which +are subjoined to this Epistle: + +15 By which we may be greatly +profited; for they treat of faith +and patience, and of all things that +pertain to edification in the Lord +Jesus. + +16 What you know certainly of +Ignatius, and those that are +with him, signify to us. + +17 These things have I written +unto you by Crescens, whom by +this present Epistle I have +recommended to you, and do now +again commend. + +18 For he has had his conversation +without blame among us; and I suppose +also with you. + +19 Ye will also have regard unto +his sister when she shall come +unto you. + +20 Be ye safe in the Lord Jesus +Christ; and in favour with all +yours. 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