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An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…
An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians by the reverend Father John Jewel ... ; whereunto is adjoined a very necessary table of the principal matters contained in this exposition.An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians by the reuerend Father Iohn Ievvel ... ; vvhereunto is adioined a very necessarie table of the principal matters contained in this exposition.
London: printed by Ralfe Newberie, 1584
¶ The Second Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Thessalonians. › Chapter 3
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15. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
15. Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.
You have been taught not only what you shall believe, but also how ye ought to live: be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only. If any despise and will not follow our doctrine, forsake him, and let him have no fellowship with ⟨p. 413⟩you: that, so he may be ashamed, and repent, & turn again to the obedience of Christ. But lay apart all bitterness, and anger, & wrath. Reprove him, but hate him not. Kill the sin that is in him by all the means you can, for it is the work of the Devil: but recover again the man that did offend, & restore him if it be possible, by exhortation, and by your prayers made for him: for he is the creature of God.
You haue béene taught not only what you shal beléeue, but also how ye ought to liue: bée ye doers of the word, and not hearers only. If any despise and wil not follow our doctrin, forsake him, and let him haue no fellowship with ⟨p. 413⟩you: that, so he may be ashamed, and repent, & turne againe to the obedience of Christ. But lay apart al bitternes, and anger, & wrath. Reproue him, but hate him not. Kil the sin that is in him by al the meanes you can, for it is the worke of the Diuel: but recouer againe the man that did offend, & restore him if it be possible, by exhortation, and by your prayers made for him: for he is the creature of God.
Here I have good occasion to speak of excommunication, a principal part of the discipline of the Church: a matter which many know not, which some do solely abuse, & over lightly give forth, & which many regard not as they ought. It cutteth us off from the body of Christ, and removeth us from the fellowship of the Gospel. Let no man despise it. It is the sword of God, the power of the holy Ghost, the discipline of Christ, it is an ordinance which the Church hath received from above.