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Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion
Aphorisms of Christian religion: or, a very compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.
London: printed by Richard Field and Robert Dexter, 1596
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This discipline is either common or proper: common, whereunto all ought to be subject: proper, which pertaineth to the Ministers of the Church only.
This discipline is either common or proper: common, whereunto all ought to be subiect: proper, which pertaineth to the Ministers of the Church onely.
III.
The common discipline doth respect, athree degrees in private or secret sins. The first is, that he that hath sinned be admonished, and reproved privately of him, to whom alone that sin was known: the second, that if he despise his correction, then he must be rebuked and admonished before one or two witnesses: the third that if he contemn their admonition also, he must be admonished by the Church, that is, the bgovernors and judges, which are appointed by the Church.
The common discipline doth respect, a