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V ers. 17. — Facies mea intumuit b a fletu. 23. Filios suos poenitentes fletibus suis adjuvat. Praelati de alienis tanquam de propriis lapsibus se af- fligant. Facies quippe sanctae Ecclesiae sunt hi qui, in locis regiminum positi, apparent primi, ut ex eo- rum specie sit honor fidelis populi, diam si quid in corpore latet deforme. Qui nimirum praelati plebibus plangunt culpas infirmantium, seque sic de alienis lapsibus ac si de propriis affligunt. Et saepe dum quosdam vident ad veniam post culpas redire, quos- dam vero in iniquitate persistere, occulta omnipo- tentis Dei judicia miramur, sed penetrare nequeunt. Obstupescunt enim c quae non intelligunt. Unde et apte subditur:
Ver. 17.—'My face is swollen with weeping.' 23. She aids her penitent children with her weeping. Prelates should afflict themselves over others' falls as over their own. For the face of holy Church are those who, placed in positions of governance, appear first, so that from their comeliness may come the honour of the faithful people, even if something unseemly lie hidden in the body. Such prelates assuredly lament to their peoples the faults of the weak, and so afflict themselves over others' falls as over their own. And often, while they see some return to pardon after their faults, but others persist in iniquity, they marvel at the hidden judgments of almighty God, yet cannot penetrate them. For they are astonished at what they do not understand. Whence it is fittingly subjoined:
第十七節——「我的臉因哀哭而腫脹。」二十三、她以哀哭幫助她悔改的兒女。教牧當為他人的跌倒憂傷，如同為自己的跌倒一般。因為聖教會的臉，就是那些被立在治理職位上、首先顯露出來的人，好使因他們的儀容而生出信實百姓的尊榮，縱使身體中隱藏著某些不雅之處。這樣的教牧確實向他們的百姓哀悼軟弱者的過犯，並為他人的跌倒憂傷如同為自己的跌倒一樣。他們也常在看見有些人於過犯之後歸回蒙赦、而另有些人仍持守罪孽時，驚奇於全能神隱祕的判斷，卻不能參透。因為他們對自己所不明白的事驚愕。故此貼切地接著說：