Part II.
Of the Life of the Pastor.
Chapter I.
How one who has in due order arrived at a place of rule
ought to demean himself in it.
The conduct of a prelate ought so far to transcend the
conduct of the people as the life of a shepherd is wont to exalt him
above the flock. For one whose estimation is such that the people
are called his flock is bound anxiously to consider what great
necessity is laid upon him to maintain rectitude. It is
necessary, then, that in thought he should be pure, in action chief;
discreet in keeping silence, profitable in speech; a near neighbour to
every one in sympathy, exalted above all in contemplation; a familiar
friend of good livers through humility, unbending against the vices of
evil-doers through zeal for righteousness; not relaxing in his care for
what is inward from being occupied in outward things, nor neglecting to
provide for outward things in his solicitude for what is inward.
But the things which we have thus briefly touched on let us now unfold
and discuss more at length.