“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. if: or, although”
He condemneth importunate rigor, because that brotherly reprehensions ought to be moderated and tempered by the spirit of meekness. Through the malice of the flesh and the devil. Which are upholden by the virtue of God’s Spirit. Labor to fill up that that is wanting in him. This is a kind of speech which the Hebrews use, giving to understand thereby, that all good gifts come from God. He toucheth the fore: for they commonly are most severe judges, which forget their own infirmities.