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Ignatius to Tarsians

Anonymous Pseudo-Ignatian compiler

Chapter 8

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Ignatian compiler

Chapter VIII.—Exhortations to holiness and good order.

May I have joy of you in the Lord! Be ye

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sober

.

Lay

aside

,

every

one

of

you

,

all

malice

and

beast

-

like

fury

,

evil

-

speaking

,

calumny

,

filthy

speaking

,

ribaldry

,

whispering

,

arrogance

,

drunkenness

,

lust

,

avarice

,

vainglory

,

envy

,

and

everything

akin

to

these

.

“

But

put

ye

on

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

and

make

no

provision

for

the

flesh

,

to

fulfil

the

lusts

thereof

.

”

Ye

presbyters

,

be

subject

to

the

bishop

;

ye

deacons

,

to

the

presbyters

;

and

ye

,

the

people

,

to

the

presbyters

and

the

deacons

.

Let

my

soul

be

for

theirs

who

preserve

this

good

order

;

and

may

the

Lord

be

with

them

continually

!

Notes

35
Rom. xiii. 14.