Brethren, if a man also be taken in any faulte, ye whiche are spiritual, healpe to a∣mende him, in the spirite of mekenes: consideryng thy selfe, lest thou also be tempted.
HItherto haue I shewed you (brethren) to what ende all they, that haue taken Christes religion vpon them, must enforce thē selfes. Yet because baptisme taketh not from vs, but that we are men styl, if any among you by reason of weakenes fal into any of∣fence, your part is, which are strōger, & by the spirit of God haue not geuē place to fleshly desyres, with gentle and meke wordes to restore him againe, en∣couragyng him vp, that he may rise againe, not wt rough speache causing him to despayre. Hipocrites vse suche proud lokes and high wordes, but Christes spirite, forasmuche as it desyreth al mens saluacion, with meke and gentle meanes calleth men to amendement. And oftetymes it chaunceth, that whō a sharpe earnestnes withdraweth vtterly, them gentle and brotherly correccion maketh humble and boweth. Moses law after suche sorte suppresseth synne, that it destroyeth the siner, but christiā charitie so remedyeth vice, that she yet saueth y• mā. The better thou arte, by so muche the more gentlely condescende thou to thy brothers weakenes. If Christes owne example moue the not suffici∣ently so to do, who most mercifully suffered his children, vntil tyme they amended, at lestwyse yet lette this encourage you, because ye knowe, that the like may chaunce vnto your selfes.