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Chapter XXX.
For the Church3524 of God, e.g.,
which is at Athens, is a meek and stable body, as being one which
desires to please God, who is over all things; whereas the
assembly3525 of the Athenians is
given to sedition, and is not at all to be compared to the Church of
God in that city. And you may say the same thing of the Church of
God at Corinth, and of the assembly of the Corinthian people; and also
of the Church of God at Alexandria, and of the assembly of the people
of Alexandria. And if he who hears this be a candid man, and one
who investigates things with a desire to ascertain the truth, he will
be filled with admiration of Him who not only conceived the design, but
also was able to secure in all places the establishment of Churches of
God alongside3526 of the assemblies
of the people in each city. In like manner, also, in comparing
the council3527 of the Church of
God with the council in any city, you would find that certain
councillors3528 of the Church are
worthy to rule in the city of God, if there be any such city in the
whole world;3529
3529 εὕροις ἂν
τίνες μὲν τῆς
ἐκκλησίας
βουλευταὶ
ἄξιοί εἰσιν,
εἴ τίς ἐστιν
ἐν τῷ πάντι
πόγις τοῦ
Θεοῦ, ἐν
ἐκεινῇ
πολιτεύεσθαι.
Boherellus conjectures εὕροις ἂν
ὅτι τινὲς
μὲν, κ.τ.λ. | whereas the
councillors in all other places exhibit in their characters no quality
worthy of the conventional3530
3530 τῆς ἐκ
κατατάξεως
ὑπεροχῆς. | superiority which
they appear to enjoy over their fellow-citizens. And so, too, you
must compare the ruler of the Church in each city with
the ruler of the people of the city, in order to observe that
even amongst those councillors and rulers of the Church of God who come
very far short of their duty, and who lead more indolent lives than
others who are more energetic, it is nevertheless possible to discover
a general superiority in what relates to the progress of virtue over
the characters of the councillors and rulers in the various
cities.3531
3531 ὅτι
και ἐπὶ τῶν
σφόδρα
ἀποτυγχανομένων
βουλευτῶν
καὶ ἀρχόντων
ἐκκλησίας
Θεοῦ, καὶ
ῥαθυμότερον
παρὰ τοὺς
εὐτονωτέρως
βιοῦντας,
οὐδὲν ἧττόν
ἐστιν εὑρεῖν
ὡς ἐπίπαν
ὑπεροχὴν, τὴν
ἐν τῇ ἐπὶ τὰς
ἀρετὰς
προκοπῆ, παρὰ
τὰ ἔθη τῶν ἐν
ταῖς πόλεσι
βουλευτῶν
καὶ
ἀρχόντων.
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