Origin and history of the books of the Bible, both the canonical and the apocryphal, designed to show what the Bible is not, what it is, and how to use it . llyours. Amen. THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS. FROM THE FIRST BOOK OF HERMAS CALLED VISIONS. He who had bred me up sold a certain young maidat Rome ; whom when I saw many years after, I re-membered her, and began to love her as a sister. Ithappened some time afterwards, that I saw her wash-ing at the river Tyber, and I reached out my hand toher, and led her away from the river. And when Isaw her, I thought with myself, saying, How happyshould I be
Origin and history of the books of the Bible, both the canonical and the apocryphal, designed to show what the Bible is not, what it is, and how to use it . llyours. Amen. THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS. FROM THE FIRST BOOK OF HERMAS CALLED VISIONS. He who had bred me up sold a certain young maidat Rome ; whom when I saw many years after, I re-membered her, and began to love her as a sister. Ithappened some time afterwards, that I saw her wash-ing at the river Tyber, and I reached out my hand toher, and led her away from the river. And when Isaw her, I thought with myself, saying, How happyshould I be if I had such a wife, both for beauty andmanners! This I thought with myself; nor did I thinkany thing more. But not long after, as I was walking,and musing on these thoughts, I began to honor thiscreature of God, thinking with myself how noble andbeautiful she was. And when I had walked a little, 1fell asleep. And the Spirit caught me away, and car*ried me through a certain place toward the right hand^through which no man could pass. It was a placeamong rocks, very steep, and unpassable for I was past this place, I came into a plain; and. THE HOLY SEPULOII1SE THE APOCRYPHAL EPISTLES. 441 there, falling down upon my knees, I began to prayunto the Lord, and to confess my sins. And as I waspraying, the heaven was opened, and I saw the womanwhom I had coveted, saluting me from heaven, andsaying, Hernias, hail! and I, looking upon her, an-swered, Lady, what dost thou do here ? She answeredme, I am taken up hither to accuse thee of sin beforethe Lord. Lady, said I, Wilt thou convince me ? No,said she; but hear the words which I am about tospeak unto thee. God, who dwelleth in heaven, andhath made all things out of nothing, and hath multi-plied them for his holy churchs sake, is angry withthee, because thou hast sinned against me. And I an-swering said unto her, Lady, if I have sinned againstthee, tell me where, or in what place; or when did Iever speak an unseemly or dis
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