77. Let us, then, not be ashamed to say that our
fault is more serious than that of him whom we think we must reprove,
for this is what Judah did who reprimanded Tamar, and remembering his
own fault said: “Tamar is more righteous than
I.” In which saying there is a deep mystery and a moral
precept; and therefore is his offence not reckoned to him, because he
accused himself before he was accused by others.