Melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam justitiæ, quam post agnitionem, retrorsum converti ab eo, quod illis traditum est, sancto mandato.
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of justice than, after they have known it, to turn back from that holy commandment which was delivered to them.
Melius nam es ad illos non cognosce via de iustitia, quam post agnitione, retrorsus converte ab eo, quod ad illos trade es, sancto mandato.