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| Chapter XLVIII.—Let us return to the practice of brotherly love.
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Chapter XLVIII.—Let us return to the
practice of brotherly love.
Let us therefore, with all haste, put
an end218
to this [state of things]; and let us
fall down before the Lord, and beseech Him with tears, that He would
mercifully219
| 219 Literally,
“becoming merciful.” | be reconciled to us, and
restore us to our former seemly and holy practice of brotherly love. For
[such conduct] is the gate of righteousness, which is set open for the
attainment of life, as it is written, “Open to me the gates of
righteousness; I will go in by them, and will praise the Lord: this is
the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter in by it.”220
Although, therefore, many gates have been set
open, yet this gate of righteousness is that gate in Christ by which
blessed are all they that have entered in and have directed their way in
holiness and righteousness, doing all things without disorder. Let a man
be faithful: let him be powerful in the utterance of knowledge; let him
be wise in judging of words; let him be pure in all his deeds; yet the
more he seems to be superior to others [in these respects], the more
humble-minded ought he to be, and to seek the common good of all, and not
merely his own advantage.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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