The .ii. Chapter.
Therfore art thou inexcusable, O man, whosoeuer thou be that iudgest. For in that same wherin thou iudgest another thou condemnest thy selfe. For thou that iudgest, doest euen the self same thynges. But we are sure, that the iudgement of God is accor∣dyng to the trueth against thē whiche cōmit suche thinges. Thinkest thou this, O thou mā that iudgest them whiche do suche thynges, & doest euen the very same thy self, that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God? Either dispisest thou the riches of his goodnes and pacience & long sufferaunce, not knowyng that the kyndenes of God leadeth to re∣pentaunce.
NOr maketh it so greatly for theyr excuse to say, that wyse men with wordes abhorre suche enormities: nor yet to allege, that the magistrates by the lawes inhi∣bite and punishe them. For whatsoeuer a manne in the trade of his lyfe foloweth, the same thyng he appro∣ueth. Nothyng therefore hast thou to excuse thy selfe withal, whosoeuer thou he, whiche winkyng at thyne owne faultes, condemnest an other. But muche rather assure the, that whiles thou geuest sentence vpon an other, in so doyng thou condemnest thy selfe: forasmuche as thou takyng vpō the the office of a iudge, doest euen the same thynges, for whiche thou condemnest another. And synce thou art in the same thyng faultie, that he is, surely whyles thou geuest sentence against him, therin pronouncest thou sentence against thy selfe. Men mayest thou deceiue, and theyr iudgementes escape parauenture, because they vpon coniectures onely and likelyhodes geue sentence, and are not able to see the secretes of mannes heart. But God whiche seeth, and knoweth all thynges, shall against all suche haynouse offen∣ders,* 1.1 as we before spoke of, geue sentence of iuste damnacion, not vpon any slender or apparent profe, but euen as the very trueth is.
What doest thou so farfoorth man, stande in thine owne phantasie (I speake to euery suche, as herein knoweth him selfe giltie) to thynke, whi∣les thou iudgest suche offenders, that thou canst escape Goddes iudge∣mente