Where an offence has taken place, we should never suppose it removed till love be restored. Never let false delicacy, or a wish to avoid trouble, lead any one, in such a case, to disguise his sentiments. Let the matter be fully examined without delay. Better take a little more time, and trouble too, that the difference, if possible, may be effectually done away, than huddle up the business, by professing satisfaction when it is not real. If a difference be thus superficially patched up, merely for the sake of peace, or to avoid the discipline of the church, or the censure of such of the brethren as may be acquainted with it, it will prove like a wound not properly healed. When it meets with the most trifling injury, it is perpetually apt to break out afresh.
William Innes — William Innes, Minister in Edinburgh, Advice to Church Members: or Sketches of Human Nature; Comprising Useful Hints Relating to the Duties and Difficulties That Occur in the Intercourse of Christians with One Another and with the World, Revised from the Edinburgh Edition (Boston: James Loring, 1833), Chapter VII, "When an Offence May Be Considered as Removed," p. 32
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