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nan yfel ne doo. Da fortrawodnesse & %a anwilnesse an Corincthetiffi Paulus ongeat suHSe wi^rweardne wi% hine, & betweoh him selfam flui^Se ai^undene & upahaefene; sua ^eette sume cuaedon %8et hie wsroD ApoUan, si^me ciUBdon ^eet hi wseron Saules, sume Petres, S aom ciue% tet he waere Cristes. Ac Pa[a]la8 ^ sona %a unclaemui flcylde beforan him allum saede, ^ an hiera e[a]lra gewitnesse gedon iraea, A %agiet nngebet ; he cn»% : We gehierdon betueozn eow unryhthffimed, ge sua unryht sua we fur%um betwuxn hae^nnm monnum ne hierdon, ^t [is Vnt] ge sume hsefdon eowre steopmodur,

10-& [ge] ^Sses n»fdon nane sorge, & noldon from eow adon %a %e tet djdon, ac wSBron sua lipahaefene sua ge ter weron. Sueloe he open- lioe cusede : Hwaei wille ge for eowerre fortruwodnesse & for eowerre anwibiesse cue^an, hwsBs o^S^e hwaes ge sien ? For^a&m^ [on eo}werre towesnesse ge habba% gecy^ed %aet ge ures nanes ne siendon. Ac ^

15 Ijtelmodan &, %a un%riestan we magon %y ie% on %aem wege gebringan godra weorca^ gif we healfuuga & %eah be sumum dele heora godan weorc 6e[c]gea¥y for^m, %onn« we hira yfel tse]a%, iSmt we eac hira god herigen, forVaem %8st we hira modes me[a]ruwnesse gesti^igen mid %8em %est hie gehiren [%8Bt we hi herigenj & %8ette eft sien hira

20 scyl^a ge^reade mid ¥am %aet we hie taelen. Oft we magon beon sua njttran set him, gif we hie myndgia% hira godna weorca, A. ^ secgeaY, & gif we hwset ongieta% on him ungesceadwislioes gedoon, ne sculon we no hi ^reagean suelce hie hit gedoon hssbben, ^Seah hit gedon sie, ac we sculon him forbeodan %£et hie huru sua ne don,

25 suelce hit ^UTie giet gedon ne sie, for^aem %oet sio hering %e we ser

and obstinacy, whose ye are ? For by your laxity ye have shown that ye belong not to any of us/' But we can the more easily bring the fainthearted and diffident on the path of good works by partially mentioning their good works, so that when we blame their faults we may also praise their virtues, that we may strengthen the weakness of their minds by allowing them to hear how we praise them, and again, that their sins may be chastised by our blame. Often we can be mcHre useful to them by remindiog them of their good works, and mentioning them, and if we perceive that they have committed an imprudence, we must not blame them as if they had done it, although it be done, but we must forbid them to do so, as if it were not yet done, that our

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