¶ He sheweth the cause of hys absence and exhorteth them to forgyue the man that was fallen, and to receyue hym a∣gayne with loue.
CAPI. II.
BUt I determyned this in myselfe, that [unspec A] I wolde not come agayne to you in he∣nynesse. For yf I make you sorye, who is it that shulde make me glad, but the same whi¦che is made sory by me? And I wrot th{is} same vnto you, least yf I came vnto you, I shuld take heuynes {fleur-de-lys} (vpon heuines) of them, of whom I ought to reioyce. This confidence haue I toward you al, that my ioy is the ioy of you all. For out of great afflyccyon and anguyshe of hert. I wrote vnto you with many teares: not that ye shulde be made so∣ry, but that ye might {per}ceyue the loue, which I haue, most specially vnto you. [unspec B]
If any man hath caused sorow, the same hath not made me sory, but partely: least I shulde greue you all. * 1.1 It is suffycyent vn∣to the same man, that he was rebuked of many. So that now cōtrary wyse, ye ought rather to forgyue hym, and comforte hym: least that same person shulde be swalowed vp wyth ouer muche heuynes. Wherfore, I exhorte you, that loue maye haue strength ouer hym. For thys cause verely dyd I writ that I myght knowe the profe of you, whe∣ther ye shulde be obedyent in all thynges. To whom ye forgyue any thyng, I forgyue also. For yf I forgaue any thynge, to whom I forgaue it, for your sakes forgaue I it, in the syght of Christe, lest Satan shulde pre∣uent vs. For his thoughtes are not vnkno∣wen vnto vs. ⊢ [unspec C]
✚ When I was come to Troada for Chrst{is} Gospels sake (and a great dore was opened vnto me of the Lorde) I had no rest in my spirite, because I founde not Titus my bro¦ther: but toke my leue of them, & went away into Macedonia. Thanckes be vnto God, whiche alwayes gyueth vs the vyctorye in Christ, & openeth the sauer of h{is} knowledge [unspec D] by vs in euery place. For we are vnto God the swete sauoure of Chryste, amonge them that are sauyd, and among them whiche pe∣ryshe. * 1.2 To the one parte are we the sauoure of death vnto deth. And vnto the other part are we the sauour of life vnto lyfe. And who is mete vnto these thynges? For we are not as the most part are, whiche choppe & chaū∣ge with the worde of god, but euen out of pu¦renes, & by the power of God, in the syght of God, so speake we in Christ.