Lukexxiii. sinned, as it is written in the Gospel, " My Father, they know not what
they do, nor what they speak, yet, if it be possible, forgive them." Then
thou, O Bishop, command him to come in, and thyself ask him if he
repents. If he be worthy to be received into the Church, appoint him days
of fasting according to his fault, two, or three, or five, or seven weeks, and
thus allow him to go, saying to him all that is proper for admonition
and doctrine. Reprove him, and tell him to be humble-minded, and
to pray and make supplication in the days of fasting, that he be found