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| Chapter XXIII.—Be humble, and believe that Christ will come again.
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Chapter XXIII.—Be humble, and believe
that Christ will come again.
The
all-merciful and beneficent Father has bowels [of compassion] towards
those that fear Him, and kindly and lovingly bestows His favours upon
those who come to Him with a simple mind. Wherefore let us not be
double-minded; neither let our soul be lifted98
| 98 Or, as some render, “neither let us
have any doubt of.” | up on account of His exceedingly
great and glorious gifts. Far from us be that which is written,
“Wretched are they who are of a double mind, and of a doubting
heart; who say, These things we have heard even in the times of our
fathers; but, behold, we have grown old, and none of them has happened
unto us.”99
| 99 Some
regard these words as taken from an apocryphal book, others as derived
from a fusion of Jas. i. 8and 2 Pet. iii.
3, 4. | Ye foolish ones! compare yourselves to a
tree: take [for instance] the vine. First of all, it sheds its leaves,
then it buds, next it puts forth leaves, and then it flowers; after that
comes the sour grape, and then follows the ripened fruit. Ye perceive how
in a little time the fruit of a tree comes to maturity. Of a truth, soon and
suddenly shall His will be accomplished, as the Scripture also bears
witness, saying, “Speedily will He come, and will not
tarry;”100
and, “The Lord shall suddenly come to His temple, even the
Holy One, for whom ye look.”101
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