Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
"Inserting thus the particle of present time, "And now "He shows that He had made for a time, and at present, a prolongation of man's life. Therefore He did not actually.
"Thus, too, again "Blessed they who act according to the precepts, that they may have power over the tree of life and over the gates, for entering into the holy city. Dogs, sorcerers, fornicators, murderers, out!"