Commodian — Instructiones 68
If a pastor has confessed, he has doubled the contest. But the apostle orders such to be teachers: let the ruler be patient; let him know where to loosen the reins; let him terrify first and afterward anoint with honey; and let him watch first that he himself do what he says. A pastor keeping worldly things is rendered in fault — against whose face you would dare say anything. Rumor itself of Gehenna boils in hell: woe to the wretched people that perhaps wavers in doubt! If such a pastor is at hand, near-lost ruin threatens; but a devoted one holds her, governing rightly; for she is gladdened in soul by kings fit for her. In such is hope, and the whole church lives.
Latin
68 PASTORIBUS DEI. Pastor si confessus fuerit, geminauit agonem. Apostolus autem tales iubet esse magistros: Sit patiens rector, sciat, ubi frena remittat; Terreat in primis, et postea melle perungat, Obseruetque prius, ut faciat ipse quid dicit; Redditur in culpa pastor saecularia seruans, In faciem cuius sis ausus dicere quicquam. Bullit in inferno rumoribus ipsa gehenna: Uae miserae plebi, dubia quae forte uacillat! Si talis aderit pastor, paene perdita instat; Deuotus autem <eam> continet recte gubernans; Exhilaratur enim ex anima regibus aptis. In talibus spes est et uiuit ecclesia tota.