He had told his hearers thet he was altogether vile, a viler companion of the vilest, the worst of sinners, an abomination, a thing of unimaginable iniquity; and that the only wonder was, that they did not see his wretched body shrivelled up before their eyes, by the burning wrath of the Almighty!
What this is saying is that Dimmesdale confessed to a sin that he has done, but he is not telling them what he really did. So the church people think that he is confessing to a minor sin which makes them feel closer to him knowing that he had sinned as well. If he is saying that his sin is so bad that they are just thinking that he didn't open a door for a lady or something else minor then their sins are much worse than that.
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