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'''35. Why are we answerable for the sin which another commits? '''

Because, in any of the above ways, we are either the cause of his sin or co-operate with him in it, and thus are as guilty before God as if we had committed it our:3elves; or, it may be, even more so.

Application. Always receive wholesome admonitions willingly and gratefully. Never participate in the sins of others; on the contrary, endeavor, to the utmost of your power, to hinder them; and when, for that reason, you are to reveal them, do not say: 'I do not like to denounce others, because I should not like them to denounce me.' Ought you, then, to be sorry, if some one were to snatch from your hands the knife with which you were about to kill yourself?

'''I. Should we be contented with avoiding grievous sins and crimes? '''

No; we should also diligently endeavor to become more and more virtuous, and to attain the perfection suitable to our condition.