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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 99: With What Disposition Ought One to Administer Rebuke? (R. 23)
As regards God, with the disposition shown by David when he said: “I beheld the senseless, and melted away with grief; because they kept not thy words.”1 As regards those who are rebuked, with the disposition of a father and doctor treating his own son with sympathy and compassion according to knowledge. Especially so, when pain is involved, and the manner of treatment is irksome.
Notes
- Ps. cxix. 158.