“The Lord judgeth the world without respect of persons; each man shall receive according to his deeds. If he be good, his righteousness shall go before him in the way; if he be evil, the recompense of his evil-doing is before him; lest perchance, if we relax as mean that are called, we should slumber over our sins, and the prince of evil receive power against us and thrust us out from the kingdom of the Lord.” (The Epistle of Barnabas)