ll we be seen by the divine
all-seeing eye. Therefore pay we first mercy for mercy, that we may
obtain like for like.

"But hear yet another commandment, the fellow of the former; 'Forgive,
and it shall be forgiven unto you;' and 'If ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your heavenly father forgive you your
trespasses.' Wherefore bear no malice against them that offend against
thee; but, when thou askest forgiveness of thy sins, forgive thyself
also them that injure thee, because forgiveness is repaid by
forgiveness, and by making peace with our fellow-servants we are
ourselves delivered from the wrath of our Master. Again, a lack of
compassion towards them that trespass against us maketh our own
trespasses unpardonable, even as thou hast heard what befell the man
that owed ten thousand talents, how, through his want of pity on his
fellow-servant, he was again required to pay all that mighty debt. So
we must take good heed lest a like fate betide us. But let us forgive
every debt, and cast all anger out of our hearts, in order that our
many debts, too, may be forgiven. Beside this, and before all things,
keep thou that good thing which is committed to thy trust, the holy
Word of faith wherein thou hast been taught and instructed. And let no
tare of heresy grow up amongst you, but preserve the heavenly seed pure
and sincere, that it may yield a manifold harvest to the master, when
he cometh to demand account of our lives, and to reward us according to
our deeds, when the righteous shall shine forth as the sun, but
darkness and everlasting shame shall cover the sinners. And now,
brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is
able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them
which are sanctified."

And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, as it is written, and
prayed again in tears. And he turned him round, and kissed Barachias,
whom he had chosen to their king, and all the officers. Then came a
scene fit, belike, to make one weep. They all crowded around him, as
though his presence meant life to them, and his departure would reave
them of their very souls; and what piteous pleading, what extravagance
of grief did they omit? They kissed him; they hung about him; they were
beside themselves for anguish of heart. "Wo is us," cried they, "for
this grievous calamity!" They called him, Master, Father, Saviour,
Benefactor. "Through thine," said they, "we l