The purpose of this screed is to accuse ministers and counselors who take sin seriously and confront it in the lives of their charges of being Sanctimonious, and of being Hypocrites, and of being Just Damn Mean.
It's a lot like the lily-livered preachers and teachers that tell the story of Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery, but somehow manage to leave off the part at the end where Jesus sternly tells the adultress "go and sin no more." I guess that sharp warning makes Jesus seem sanctimonious, mean and probabaly misogynistic to boot.
In deed! Repentance involves a change of actions as well as regrets for wrong doing.