First Clement: Clement of Rome
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1Clem 19:1 The humility therefore and the submissiveness of so many and so great men, who have thus obtained a good report, hath through obedience made better not only us but also the generations which were before us, even them that received His oracles in fear and truth. 1Clem 19:2 Seeing then that we have been partakers of many great and glorious doings, let us hasten to return unto the goal of peace which hath been handed down to us from the beginning, and let us look steadfastly unto the Father and Maker of the whole world, and cleave unto His splendid and excellent gifts of peace and benefits. 1Clem 19:3 Let us behold Him in our mind, and let us look with the eyes of our soul unto His long-suffering will. Let us note how free from anger He is towards all His creatures. 1Clem 20:1 The heavens are moved by His direction and obey Him in peace. 1Clem 20:2 Day and night accomplish the course assigned to them by Him, without hindrance one to another. 1Clem 20:3 The sun and the moon and the dancing stars according to His appointment circle in harmony within the bounds assigned to them, without any swerving aside. 1Clem 20:4 The earth, bearing fruit in fulfillment of His will at her proper seasons, putteth forth the food that supplieth abundantly both men and beasts and all living things which are thereupon, making no dissension, neither altering anything which He hath decreed. 1Clem 20:5 Moreover, the inscrutable depths of the abysses and the unutterable statutes of the nether regions are constrained by the same ordinances. 1Clem 20:6 The basin of the boundless sea, gathered together by His workmanship into it's reservoirs, passeth not the barriers wherewith it is surrounded; but even as He ordered it, so it doeth. 1Clem 20:7 For He said, So far shalt thou come, and thy waves shall be broken within thee. 1Clem 20:8 The ocean which is impassable for men, and the worlds beyond it, are directed by the same ordinances of the Master. 1Clem 20:9 The seasons of spring and summer and autumn and winter give way in succession one to another in peace. 1Clem 20:10 The winds in their several quarters at their proper season fulfill
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