The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
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The humility and obedient submission of so
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many men of such great fame, have rendered better not only us, but also the generations before us, who received his oracles in fear and truth.
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Seeing then that we have received a share in many great and glorious deeds, let us hasten on to the goal of peace, which was given us from the beginning, and let us fix our gaze on the Father and Creator of the whole world and cleave to his splendid and excellent gifts of peace, and to his good deeds to us.
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Let us contemplate him with our mind, let us gaze with the eyes of our soul on his long-suffering purpose, let us consider how free from wrath he is towards all his creatures.