353. That a priest, or any one that is called to rebuke, ought to correct himself before he correct others.
Leviticus 1:15 || Ecclesiasticus 19:17 || S. Matthew 7:3 || S. John 8:6 || Galatians 6:1 .
354. Of the correction which brings favour and friends.
Job 20:3 || Proverbs 9:8 | 24:25 | 25:12 | 29:15 || Ecclesiasticus 19:13 || 1 Maccabees 9:69 || 2 Timothy 4:2 .
355. That correction should be administered with gentleness and in moderation.
Proverbs 17:27 || Ecclesiasticus 36:23 || 1 Corinthians 9:22 || 1 Timothy 5:1 || 2 Timothy 2:24 | 4:2 .
356. That a gentle correction may amend, where severity would harden, an offender.
Genesis 3:9 | 4:9 | 9:2 | 19:16 || Exodus 2:13 | 21:28 | 22:6 || Proverbs 14:3 | 15:1 ,4 | 17:27 | 19:18 || Song of Solomon 4:3 || Haggai 2:22 || Ecclesiasticus 6:5 | 8:11 | 31:7 | 20:2 | 27:9 | 31:31 || S. Matthew 18:15 || Galatians 6:1 || Colossians 1:28 || 1 Thessalonians 5:12 || 2 Thessalonians 3:14 || 1 Timothy 5:1 | 2:24 || S. James 3:13 .
357. That one is corrected by the example of another; or, that a good man profits from the punishment and sudden death of others.
Genesis 9:18 | 11:7 | 26:19 | 42:1 || Exodus 7:24 | 13:9 || Numbers 16:37 || Joshua 7:27 || Judges 14:14 || 1 Samuel 17:54 || 2 Samuel 20:21 || Psalms 9:4 | 58:9 | 60:4 | 119:120 | 170:5 || Proverbs 19:25 | 21:11 | 24:30 ,32 || Isaiah 5:25 | 19:17 | 26:9 | 28:19 || Jeremiah 8:2 | 9:22 | 16:4 || Micah 1:11 | 2:4 || Nahum 1:1 | 3:7 || Zephaniah 1:17 J 2:15 | 13:5 || Luke 17:32 || Acts 5:11 || 1 Corinthians 10:11 || 1 Timothy 5:20 .
358. That evil prelates may be rebuked by their inferiors, and may be reverently admonished when they are guilty of enormous sins.
Nehemiah 5:7 | 13:11 | 25:12 || Ecclesiasticus 4:25 | 48:7 || S. Matthew 14:4 || Galatians 2:11 | 6:1
