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bound though I am, I am above comparison with any of you who are loosed. I know that ye are not puffed up, for ye love Jesus Christ within you; and I know that from the abundance of my praise ye gather caution; as it is written, the just man accuseth himself.
XIII. Study therefore to be confirmed in the doctrines of the Lord and of the Apostles, that in all you do, you may be well advanced in flesh and spirit, in faith and love, through the Son, Father, and Spirit, the Beginning and the End; under your most excellent Bishop, and your Presbytery, a well twined spiritual garland, and the Deacons according to God: be ye subject to the Bishop, and one to another, as Jesus Christ to His Father according to the Flesh, and the Apostles to Christ, and to the Father, and to the Spirit, that your union may be of the flesh and of the spirit.
XIV. Knowing that God dwelleth in you richly, I have exhorted you in few words. Remember me in your prayers, that I may be joined to God. Remember also the Church which is in Syria, (whereby I am not worthy to be called;) for I require your united prayer and love to God, that the Church in Syria may be refreshed with dew through your Church.
XV. The Ephesians in Smyrna, (whence I write to you,) salute you; who now are here to the glory of God, like unto you, and have refreshed me in all things, together with Polycarp, Bishop of the Smyrnæans. Likewise the other Churches salute you in the honour of Jesus Christ. Be strong in the concord of God, possessing the Spirit indivisible, which is Christ Jesus.
king, printer, st. clement's, oxford.
