_Who is the rich man that shall be saved?_ (τίς ὁ σωζόμενος πλούσιος) is the title of a practical treatise, in which Clement shows, in opposition to those who interpreted our Lord’s words to the young ruler as requiring the renunciation of worldly goods, that the disposition of the soul is the great essential. Of other numerous works of Clement, of which only a few stray fragments have been preserved, the chief are the eight books of _The Hypotyposes_, which consisted of expositions of all the books of Scripture. Of these we have a few undoubted fragments. _The Adumbrations_, or _Commentaries on some of the Catholic Epistles_, and _The Selections from the Prophetic Scriptures_, are compositions of the same character, as far as we can judge, as the _Hypotyposes_, and are supposed by some to have formed part of that work. Other lost works of Clement are: The Treatise of Clement, the Stromatist, on the Prophet Amos. On Providence. Treatise on Easter. On Evil-speaking. Discussion on Fasting. Exhortation to Patience; or, To the newly baptized. Ecclesiastical Canon; or, Against the Judaizers. Different Terms. The following are the names of treatises which Clement refers to as written or about to be written by him, but of which otherwise we have no trace or mention:--_On First Principles_; _On Prophecy_; _On the Allegorical Interpretation of Members and Affections when ascribed to God_; _On Angels_; _On the Devil_; _On the Origin of the Universe_; _On the Unity and Excellence of the Church_; _On the Offices of Bishops, Presbyters, Deacons, and Widows_; _On the Soul_; _On the Resurrection_; _On Marriage_; _On Continence_; _Against Heresies_. Preserved among Clement’s works is a fragment called _Epitomes of the Writings of Theodotus, and of the Eastern Doctrine_, most likely abridged extracts made by Clement for his own use, and giving considerable insight into Gnosticism. Clement’s quotations from Scripture are made from the Septuagint version, often inaccurately from memory, sometimes from a different text from what we possess, often with verbal adaptations; and not rarely different texts are blended together. The works of Clement present considerable difficulties to the translator; and one of the chief is the state of the text, which greatly needs to be expurgated and amended. For this there are abundant materials, in the copious annotations and disquisitions, by various hands, collected together in Migne’s edition; where, however, corruptions the most obvious have been allowed to remain in the text. * * * * * The publishers are indebted to Dr. W. L. ALEXANDER for the poetical translations of the Hymns of Clement. EXHORTATION TO THE HEATHEN. CHAPTER I. EXHORTATION TO ABANDON THE IMPIOUS MYSTERIES OF IDOLATRY FOR THE ADORATION OF THE DIVINE WORD AND GOD THE FATHER.