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Stop accusing men of sound mind and leaders of churches.Let less careful remarks not be brought to judgment: a brief hesitation does not deserve anger, but a stubborn intention does.Let us instead imitate the zeal with which they built up their peoples by exhorting, beseeching, and rebuking.Would they have done any of this if, like you, they had believed sins natural rather than voluntary?
Desine itaque viros sani capitis et Ecclesiarum antistites criminari; non subiciantur iudicio negligentiora commenta; neque enim iram cunctatio brevis, sed pertinax meretur intentio. Imitemur sane eorum illud studium, quo populos aedificaverunt exhortando, obsecrando, coarguendo; quorum num quidquam fecissent, si vestro more peccata non voluntaria, sed naturalia credidissent?