The Sacred Writings of the Pastor of Hermas by The Pastor of Hermas

Author:The Pastor of Hermas [Unbekannt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion
ISBN: 9783849621612
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2012-09-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter IV.

I said to him, "Sir, explain this also to me." "What is it you ask? "he said. "Whether, sir," I continued, "they who indulge in luxury, and who are deceived, are tortured for the same period of time that they have indulged in luxury and deceit? "He said to me, "They are tortured in the same manner." 12 ["They are tormented much less, sir," I replied; 13 ] "for those who are so luxurious and who forget God ought to be tortured seven-fold." He said to me "You are foolish, and do not understand the power of torment." "Why, sir," I said, "if I had understood it, I would not have asked you to show me." "Hear," he said, "the power of both. The time of luxury and deceit is one hour; but the hour of torment is equivalent to thirty days. If, accordingly, a man indulge in luxury for one day, and be deceived and be tortured for one day, the day of his torture is equivalent to a whole year. For all the days of luxury, therefore, there are as many years of torture to be undergone. You see, then," he continued, "that the time of luxury and deceit is very short, 14 but that of punishment and torture long."

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