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A recovery from apostasy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepney Church near…A recovery from apostacy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepny Church neere…
A recovery from apostasy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepney Church near London at the receiving of a penitent renegado into the Church, Octob. 21. 1638. By William Gouge D.D. and min. in Black-Friars London Herein is the history of the surprisal and admirable escape of the said penitent.A recovery from apostacy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepny Church neere London at the receiving of a penitent renegado into the Church, Octob. 21. 1638. By William Gouge D.D. and min. in Black-Friers London Herein is the history of the surprizall and admirable escape of the said penitent.
London: printed by George Miller for Joshua Kirton, 1639London: printed by George Miller for Ioshua Kirton, 1639
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5. A fifth is Gods faithfulness in ratifying the just censure of his Church. For Christ gave to his Church in the person of Saint Peter power of binding and loosing, when he said (Mat. 16.19.) ⟨p. 77⟩I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: whatsoever thou shalt loos• on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. When therefore the Church upon due observation of an Apostates true repentance absolves him, and receives him into her communion, that Apostate may justly be accounted to be recovered, and to be brought into the state of salvation.
5. A fift is Gods faithfullnesse in ratifying the just censure of his Church. For Christ gave to his Church in the person of Saint Peter power of binding and loosing, when he said (Mat. 16.19.) ⟨p. 77⟩I will give unto thee the keyes of the kingdome of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt binde on earth shall be bound in heaven: whatsoever thou shalt loos• on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. When therfore the Church upon due observation of an Apostates true repentance absolves him, and receives him into her communion, that Apostate may justly be accounted to be recovered, and to be brought into the state of salvation.
6. The last ground,1 which now I intend to note, is example. For we read that in all ages Apostates, and that of all sorts and kinds (except before excepted) have been recovered, and received into the favour of God and his Church.