§1.177illi tamquam semen erant, quod toto dispersum est orbe, §1.178ut alia surgeret messis, quae uentilanda est in fine.
They were like seed, which was dispersed in the whole world, so that another harvest might arise, which is to be winnowed in the end.
§1.179haec crescit inter zizania, quia sunt haereses ubique; §1.180huius palea sunt iniusti, qui non sunt in unitate.
This grows among the tares, because there are heresies everywhere; the chaff of this are the unjust, who are not in unity.
§1.181ex quibus si erat Macarius, nos quid uis rebaptizare?
If Macarius was from among them, why do you wish to rebaptize us?
§1.182Omnes qui gaudetis de pace, modo uerum iudicate.
All you who rejoice in peace, now judge what is true.
§1.183Pone in corde areas duas, ut possis quod dico uidere.
Place in your heart two threshing-floors, so that you may be able to see what I say.
§1.184certe et priores habebant sanctos, sicut ostendunt scripturae.
Certainly even the former people had holy ones, as the scriptures show.
§1.185185 nam et septem milia uirorum deus se dixit reliquisse, §1.186et sacerdotes et reges multi iusti sunt in lege.
For God said that He had left for Himself seven thousand men, and there are many righteous priests and kings in the law.
§1.187ibi habes tantos prophetas, habes multos et de plebe.
There you have so many prophets, you have many also from among the people.
§1.188dic mihi quis tunc iustorum separauit sibi altare.
Tell me, who among the righteous then separated an altar for himself?
§1.189multa scelera admittebat iniquus populus ille, §1.190idolis sacrificatum est, tot occisi sunt prophetae §1.191et nemo tamen iustorum recessit ab unitate.
That unjust people committed many crimes; sacrifices were made to idols, so many prophets were killed, and yet none of the righteous departed from unity.
§1.192iusti iniustos sufferebant uenturo uentilatore, §1.193uno templo miscebantur, sed mixti non erant corde, §1.194dicebant in illos tanta et unum habebant altare.
The righteous tolerated the unjust, waiting for the winnower to come; they were mixed in one temple, but they were not mixed in heart; they spoke so many things against them, and yet they shared one altar.
§1.195Omnes qui gaudetis de pace, modo uerum iudicate.
All you who rejoice in peace, now judge what is true.
§1.196Quid uobis ad haec uidetur? secunda messis ecclesiae,
How does this seem to you?
§1.197quae per totum orbem crescit, plura debet sustinere: §1.198habet [et]iam domini exemplum et in Iuda traditore.
The second harvest of the church, which grows throughout the whole world, must endure more things; it has also the example of the Lord, even in the betrayer Judas.
§1.199hunc inter bonos ferebat, hunc misit et praedicare.
He tolerated him among the good, He sent him also to preach.
§1.200malus seruus praedicabat, sed Christus erat in fide, §1.201quia qui iudici credebant non curabant de praecone.
The evil servant preached, but Christ was in the faith of the believers, because those who believed the judge did not care about the herald.
§1.202quando dedit sanctam cenam, nec tunc illum exclusit inde, §1.203et posset per illum tradi, etiam si inde exisset ante.
When He gave the holy supper, He did not exclude him from there even then, and He could have been betrayed by him, even if he had gone out from there before.
§1.204sed nobis exemplum datum est malos fratres tolerare, §1.205ut, cum non possunt excludi, solo separemur corde.
But to us an example was given to tolerate bad brothers, so that, when they cannot be excluded, we may be separated only in heart.
§1.206Omnes qui gaudetis de pace, modo uerum iudicate.
All you who rejoice in peace, now judge what is true.
§1.207Rogo, respondete nobis, quid uultis rebaptizare.
I ask, answer us, why do you wish to rebaptize?
§1.208lapsos sacerdotes uestros pellitis a communione §1.209et nemo tamen post illos ausus est rebaptizare §1.210et quoscumque baptizarunt uobis communicant hodie.
You expel your lapsed priests from communion, and yet no one after them dared to rebaptize, and whoever they baptized commune with you today.
§1.211quid ab eis acceperunt, si non habebant quid dare?
What did they receive from them, if they did not have what to give?
§1.212legite quomodo adulteri puniantur in sancta lege; §1.213non enim dicere possunt, quia peccarunt a timore.
Read how adulterers are punished in the holy law; for they cannot say that they sinned out of fear.
§1.214si sancti soli baptizant, post istos rebaptizate.
If only the holy baptize, rebaptize after these.
§1.215quid calumniamini nobis, quia sumus in unitate, §1.216qui nondum eramus nati in illa persecutione?.
Why do you slander us, because we are in unity, we who were not yet born during that persecution?
§1.217scriptum est peccata patrum ad filios non pertinere, §1.218sed nemo dat fructum bonum, si praecisus est de uite.
It is written that the sins of the fathers do not belong to the children, but no one gives good fruit, if he has been cut off from the vine.
§1.219Omnes qui gaudetis de pace, modo uerum iudicate.
All you who rejoice in peace, now judge what is true.
§1.220Scitis catholica quid sit et quid sit praecisum a uite.
You know what the Catholic is and what has been cut off from the vine.
§1.221si qui sunt inter uos cauti, ueniant, uiuant in radice; §1.222antequam nimis arescant, iam liberentur ab igne.
If there are any cautious among you, let them come, let them live in the root; before they dry up too much, let them be freed now from the fire.
§1.223ideo non rebaptizamus, quod unum signum est in fide, §1.224non quia uos sanctos uidemus, sed solam formam tenere, §1.225quia ipsam formam habet sarmentum, quod praecisum est de uite.
Therefore we do not rebaptize, because there is one sign in faith, not because we see you as holy, but that you hold only the form, since the branch which is cut off from the vine has the same form.
§1.226sed quid illi prodest forma, si non uiuit de radice?
But what does the form profit it, if it does not live from the root?
§1.227uenite, fratres, si uultis, ut inseramini in uite.
Come, brothers, if you wish, so that you may be grafted into the vine.
§1.228dolor est cum uos uidemus praecisos ita iacere.
It is a pain when we see you lying thus cut off.
§1.229numerate sacerdotes uel ab ipsa Petri sede §1.230et in ordine illo patrum quis cui successit uidete: §1.231ipsa est petra quam non uincunt superbae inferorum portae.
Number the priests even from the very seat of Peter, and see in that order of fathers who succeeded whom: That is the rock which the proud gates of hell do not conquer.
§1.232Omnes qui gaudetis de pace, modo uerum iudicate. .
All you who rejoice in peace, now judge what is true.