¶ In all thinges shewe thy selfe an ensample of good worckes in thy doctrine with honestye, grauitie, and with y• wholsome worde which cannot be rebuked: that he whiche withstandeth maye be a shamed hauyng no euyll thinge to saye of you.
And that thou mayest the more effectuousely perswade these thinges, firste of all be thou thy selfe an example vnto them of honest doynges, in al that is the dutie of a true christian man to do. For no man doeth soner perswade men to folowe his doctrine, then he that doeth the same that he byddeth other men to do. Thou shalte therfore so teache the youthe, that together with thy doctryne thou shewe▪ thy selfe a lyuely example of a pure and vpright lyfe, corrupte with no maner of vyce at al. And that thou kepe suche grauitie that they haue theyr teacher in reuerence, and be afeared to offende him. Se therfore that thou mo∣derate all thy lyfe and also thy wordes, that there maye nothinge be founde in the that maye be contemned, that not onely they whiche be vnder thy lore maye obey the, but also they whiche afore were against the gospell, maye be ashamed of their euyll saying, whan they shall se all thinges in the so withoute blame, that euen they that lye in wayte for the and seke all the meanes they can to get some occasion to laye somwhat against the, can fynde nothing at all to brynge their entent to passe, neyther in the nor in thyne.