But why doest thou then iudge thy brother? Either why doest thou dispise thy bro∣ther? We shal all be brought before the iudgement seate of Christ. For it is written: as truely as I liue sayth the lorde, all knees shal bowe to me, and all tongues shall geue praise to God. So shal euery one of vs geue accoumptes of him selfe to God. Let vs not therfore iudge one an other any more.
And then, why doeth the seruaunt take vpon him any authoritie vpō his felowe, ouer whom onely God hath power? Thou that art somwhat scrupulous, with what boldnes (I say) iudgest thou thy brother, whiche is stronger than thou art, for that he frely eateth, or because he in like sort vseth euery day? Or why doest thou whiche art stronger, disdaine at and disp••se thy weaker brother, as though thou were his maister, and not ra∣ther his felow? Why doeth either of you both vsurpe Goddes authoritie* 1.1 and preuent the daye of iudgement? One must not iudge an other. The onely iudge of all wyll geue sentence vpō all. For al shal once be brought before y• iudgement place of Christ, ther by his sentēce to be quited or cō∣dēned, who throughly seeth the most hidden & secrete partes of our heart. Vntyl that day, let not one seruaunt play the lorde vpon an other. For this honoure hath he for him selfe onely reserued, as him selfe sayeth by the prophet Esai: as truely as I liue sayeth the lorde, all knees shal bowe* 1.2 vnto me, and all tongues shal geue praise to God. In the meane season let euery man, asmuche as he can, with all his power endeuoure, howe he may for him selfe before this iudge make his accoumpte, and take heede that no man iudge others actes to the worse.