LXXI. Quomodo magister corrigit.
LXXI. Quomodo magister corrigit.
For the teacher is to be both gentle like Jacob and stern like Esau. Jacob did indeed sin, but he was still benevolent; Esau, on the other hand, also sinned. But he was still harsh. But God loved Jacob because of his goodness, while He rejected Esau because of his wickedness; in the same way, the master should act. If someone sins out of goodwill, let them draw themselves back, so they don't fall away; but if someone sins out of malice, let them be harshly corrected, so they don't fall into greater evils. If someone has sinned with a serious wound, and wants to repent, let them receive help, and let their wounds be tended to. They should consider whether they have given the care they ought to have given, and if they remember neglecting this, let them sincerely repent.
Read the original Latin
Nam magister in duabus partibus sit, sciiicet in lenitate Jacob et in acerbitate Esau.
Jacob quidem deliquit, sed tamen benevolus fuit; Esau autem deliquit. sed tamen acer erat.
Sed Deus Jacob propter benevolentiam suam dilexit, Esau autem propter malevolentiam suam reprobavit: sic et magister faciat.
IUum qui in benevolentia delinquit, ad se trahat, ne deficiat; hunc autem qui in malignitate delinquit, aspere corripiat, ne ad majora mala profluat.
Iste quoque qui cum gravi vulnere deliquit, si poenitentiam agere voluerit, adjutorium praebeat, et vulnera ejus lambat, et consideret si ei talem curam adhibuerit, qualem ei adhibere debuit, et si hoc se neglexisse meminerit, studiose poeniteat.
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