Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume IV/Letters/Letters/Festal Letters/Chapter 26

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&#8216; are they that have continued with Me in My temptations; and I appoint unto you a kingdom, as My Father hath appointed unto Me, that ye may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom .&#8217; Being called, then, to the great and heavenly Supper, in that upper room which has been swept, let us &#8216;cleanse ourselves,&#8217; as the Apostle exhorted, &#8216;from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God ;&#8217; that so, being spotless within and without,&#8212;without, clothing ourselves with temperance and justice; within, by the Spirit, rightly dividing the word of truth&#8212;we may hear, &#8216;Enter into the joy of thy Lord .&#8217;