and, under a false cloak of shame, you will not pity this blindness of heart, this deafness of soul, this dumbness of conscience, which sets the poor afflicted creature beside herself and makes her, in spite of herself, incapable of seeing what is good, of hearing the Lord, and of speaking the pure language of love and faith.
It is wrong to look down on a fellow creature for their sin. God deals with us all in an understanding way. To understand the downtrodden one must understand the downward spiral of sin and act with compassion. This is a very Christian teaching, which translates that the author was Christian with great compassion towards sinners.
