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| Chapter IV.—Commendation and exhortation.
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Chapter IV.—Commendation and
exhortation.
Now it occurs to me to mention, that the report is true
which I heard of thee whilst thou wast at Rome with the blessed
father1382
| 1382 The original is
πάπᾳ,
[common to primitive bishops.] | Linus, whom the
deservedly-blessed Clement, a hearer of Peter and Paul, has now
succeeded. And by this time thou hast added a hundred-fold to thy
reputation; and may thou, O woman! still further increase it. I greatly
desired to come unto you, that I might have rest with you; but “the
way of man is not in himself.”1383
For the
military guard [under which I am kept] hinders my purpose, and does not
permit me to go further. Nor indeed, in the state I am now in, can I
either do or suffer anything. Wherefore deeming the practice of writing
the second resource
of friends for their mutual
encouragement, I salute thy sacred soul, beseeching of thee to add still
further to thy vigour. For our present labour is but little, while the
reward which is expected is great.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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