Herm. Vif.

2, S. 2, 3,

p. 76, 77

Citat. ab
Origine
Philocal. 6.

S. 4, p. 78

I, P.9

C.

as the Apocalypfe does, and contains commonly fresh Inftructions and Admonitions from him for the Advantage of his Church, yet are there feveral Paffages that Confirm the Clementine Conftitutions, as then the Rule of Chriftians; and this particularly at Rome, the Seat of Clement, nay in the very Days of Clement, and very probably as conveyed to the Churches by the means of Clement also. Take feveral of the Paffages in Order.

Hermas.

d

Conftitutions.

d-conveying the ConftituClmeent the means of

tions to the Churches. Deaconelfes, and PresbyOf Widows,Orphans, and sers, pallin

Conjugi tua qua futura L. vi. c. 28. p. 357-
eft foror tua. Nec Soro-
rem tuam negligas.
realds duo Bibnia,
sev Kλnjer, y sv Teanin
Κλήμεντι, κ
Teanth MN VEDETHOD TWS
χήρας, καὶ τὶς ὀρφανές Κλής
μης ἢ πέμψας εἰς τοὺς ἔξω πό-
λεις σύ ή αναγδελεῖς τοῖς
πρεσβυτέροις τῆς ἐκκλησίας.
Scribes ergo duos Libellos,
& mittes unum Clementi,
& unum Grapta: mittet

autem Clemens in exteras
civitates, illi enim permif-
fum eft. Grapte autem
commonebit viduas & or-
phanos: Tu autem Leges

in

1.80

in bac civitate cum Senio- Paffim.
ribus qui prafunt Ecclefia.

3,5, Lapides quidem illi qua-
drati albi convenientes
in commisjuris fuis, li funt
Apoftoli,& Epifcopi, & Do-
Elores, & Miniftri, qui in-
greffi funt in clementia Dei,
& Epifcopatum gefferunt,
&docuerunt, & miniftra-
verunt fan&te & modefte
Ele&tis Dei.

non egerit pænitentiam mu- of Repentance L. ii.

lier, & permanet in forni-pain.

catione fua, & convivit
cum illa vir, reus erit pec-
cati ejus, & particeps ma-
chationis ejus. Et dixi illi,
Quid ergo fi permanferit in
vitio fuo mulier? Et dixit,
Dimittat illam vir, & vir

per!

per fe maneat. Quod fi dimiferit mulierem fuam & aliam duxerit, & ipfe mœchatur. Et dixi illi, Quid fi mulier dimiffa pœnitentiam egerit, & voluerit ad virum fuum reverti ? Nonne recipietur à viro fuo? Et dixit mihi, imo ; fi non receperit eam vir fuus peccat, & magnum peccatum fibi admittit: fed debet recipere peccatricem quæ pœnitentiam egit, fed non fape. Servis enim Dei pœnitentia una eft. Propter pænitentiam ergo non debet dimiffa conjuge fua vir aliam ducere. Hic actus fimilis eft in viro, & in muliere.-proper hoc præceptum eft vobis ut calibes maneatis tum vir tum mulier: poteft enim in hujufmodi pœMand. 10, nitentia effe.

§. 3, P. 97.

Μὴ λίπει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄγιον τὸ κατοικεν ἐν τοι μήποτε εντεύξης της Θεῷ, κ ἀποστῇ ἀπὸ σε. Noli offendere Spiritum San&tum qui in te habitat, ne roget Dominum, & recedat à te.

Cum

L. vi. c.11, p. 340, and the Prayers in the vii and viii Books.

Simil. 5. §.

103, &c.

280

Cum jejunarem & fede-Paim &. L. iii, c. 6, pi 1, &c. p: rem in monte quodam; ftationem habeo. Quid eft, inquit, ftatio? & Dixi, Fejunium. Illo die quo jejunabis nihil omnino gufabis mihi panem & aquam; & computata quantitate cibi quem cæteris die

P. 327

bus comefturus eras, fum- Lc., p. 301, c. 20,
ptum diei illius quem factu-
rus eras repones, & dabis
vidua, pupillo, aut inopi.—
Hac ftatio fic acta eft bona,
bilaris, & accepta à Do-

mino.

Here we may obferve (1) That that degree of Primitive Matrimonial Chastity, after the time of Child-bearing was over, I mean of living together like Brother and Sifter, which is here recommended to Hermas, as a Counfel of Chriftian Perfection, is very agreeable to the like Counfel of Perfection in the Conftitutions of the Apostles of Hufbands not frequenting the Company of their Wives when they are with Child. Which Counfels of Perfection, by the way, as at first recommended by the Apostles feem to me the occafion of that Cafe of 1 Cor. 7, 1, Confcience refolv'd by Paul to the Corinthians, relating to fuch abtinence; where

he

he determins that 'tis no farther a Duty than as both Parties have the gift of Continency, and are able to obferve it for a time, by mutual confent, for the purposes of Self-denyal Fafting and Prayer, and not otherwife. In which Cafes both thefe Rules become if not strict Duties, yet certainly very acceptable inftances of Piety and Mortification in all Ages of the Gofpel. (2) That Clement was Bishop of Rome when Hermas faw his Third Vision; and that he was look'd on as the proper Perfon to Communicate facred Precepts and Visions to other Churches; as if it was then well known how he had been employ'd about the Apoftolical Constitutions before, or was employ'd about them at the time of his Writing. This is a Paffage highly remarkable, and of moft undoubted Authority, as cited from Hermas by Origen himfelf. (3) That there were certainly the very fame Ranks and Orders in the Church of Rome in the Days of Hermas, that are setled by the Apoftolical Conftitutions; Five or Six of them being exprefly Nam'd by him here. Bishops, Doctors or Prefbyters, and Minifters or Deacons, Widows and Orphans; with the Deaconeffes also; for fuch the employing Grapte, a Woman, for the Admonition of the Widows and Orphans fairly imply's her to have been. (4) That an Adulteress is to be put away, unless fhe Repent; but yet is to be receiv'd again upon her Repentance;