Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. I — Section 20
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume I
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The good servant '^ receives the bread of his labour with confidence ; the lazy and slothful cannot look his employer in the face. It is requisite, therefore, that we be prompt in the practice of well-doing ; for of Him are all things. And thus He forewarns us : " Behold, the Lord [cometh], and His reward is before His face, to render to every man according to his work." 5 He exhorts us, therefore, with our whole heart to attend to this,^ that we be not lazy or slothful in any good work. Let our boasting and our confidence be in Him. Let us submit ourselves to His will. Let us cons…
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