A25291:1310
The Marrow of Sacred Divinity
The marrow of sacred divinity drawn out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latin ... ; whereunto are annexed certain tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.The marrow of sacred divinity drawne out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latine ... ; whereunto are annexed certaine tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Overton, 1642
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
24. From the bond Excommunication none that is not penitent ought to be loosed, neither ought it to be denied to any that is penitent. But it is not a sufficient repentance, if one say it repent me, I will do so no more, and do not otherwise show true Repentance: but such judgements, of serious repentance ought to appear as the Church is bound to be, satisfied in ⟨p. 192⟩them: otherwise hypocrisy is nourished, and the Church is mocked, and Christ himself.
24. From the bond Excommunication none that is not penitent ought to be loosed, neither ought it to be denied to any that is penitent. But it is not a sufficient repentance, if one say it repent me, I will doe so no more, and doe not otherwise shew true Repentance: but such judgements, of serious repentance ought to appeare as the Church is bound to bee, satisfied in ⟨p. 192⟩them: otherwise hyprocrisie is nourished, and the Church is mocked, and Christ himselfe.
25. Yet in some sins a weak repentance (so it appear true) may be admitted them in other sins.
25. Yet in some sins a weake repentance (so it appeare true) may be admitted them in other sins.
26. The power of this Discipline in respect of the right it self pertains to that Church in common, whereof the offender is a member, for it pertains to her to cast out to whom it belongs to admit at first: and the conservation or cutting off of members concerns the whole body equally: it is therefore to be committed to execution with the consent of the Church (and that not only the Church permitting, but also approving and appointing.)