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AN ANCIENT HOMILY, COMMONLY STYLED THE SECOND EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.

Introductory Notice to the Homily Known as the Second Epistle of Clement.

Introductory Notice by Professor M. B. Riddle, D.D.

The Homily.

Chap. i.--we ought to think highly of christ.

Chap. ii.--the church, formerly barren, is now fruitful.

Chap. iii.--the duty of confessing christ.

Chap. iv.--true confession of christ.

Chap. v.--this world should be despised.

Chap. vi.--the present and future worlds are enemies to each other.

Chap. vii.--we must strive in order to be crowned.

Chap. viii.--the necessity of repentance while we are on earth.

Chap. ix.--we shall be judged in the flesh.

Chap. x.--vice is to be forsaken, and virtue followed.

Chap. xi.--we ought to serve god, trusting in his promises.

Chap. xii.--we are constantly to look for the kingdom of god.

Chap. xiii.--disobedience causeth god's name to be blasphemed.

Chap. xiv.--the living church is the body of christ.

Chap. xv.--faith and love the proper return to god.

Chap. xvi.--the excellence of almsgiving.

Chap. xvii.--the danger of impenitence.

Chap. xviii.--the preacher confesseth his own sinfulness.

Chap. xix.--he justifieth his exhortation.

Chap. xx.--concluding word of consolation. doxology.