A26886:932
Certain disputations of right to sacraments, and the true nature of visible Christianity defending…
Certain disputations of right to sacraments, and the true nature of visible Christianity defending them against several sorts of opponents, especially against the second assault of that pious, reverend and dear brother Mr. Thomas Blake / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1658
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.
6. I do therefore distinguish of such Exclusion as we commonly call Excommunication, or casting out of Churches, or suspending from communion. 1. As to the ground and cause of the Exclusion. 2. As to the Terminus ad quem, or the in quantum, or intended effect of the Exclusion. 1. It is one thing ⟨p. 282⟩to be excluded on a cause that is supposed exclusive of Christianity it self: and another thing to be excluded on a cause that supposeth him uncapable of the Privilege of all incorporated Churches: and a third thing to be excluded on a cause that makes men uncapable of Member-ship with that one Church only, or some particulars, and not all. 2. So as to the effect, It is one thing to be excluded from the number of Christians as such; Another thing to be excluded from all Incorporated Churches as such: And a third thing to be excluded from one particular Church only, or some more on the like ground that are in the like case. Besides all this, I distinguish between an Exclusion upon the certain Nullity of the Title; and a suspension while the Title is under trial, upon a just occasion of questioning it. From hence I hold as followeth.
6. I do therefore distinguish of such Exclusion as we commonly call Excommunication, or casting out of Churches, or suspending from communion. 1. As to the ground and cause of the Exclusion. 2. As to the Terminus ad quem, or the in quantum, or intended effect of the Exclusion. 1. It is one thing ⟨p. 282⟩to be excluded on a cause that is supposed exclusive of Christianity it self: and another thing to be excluded on a cause that supposeth him uncapable of the Priviledge of all incorporated Churches: and a third thing to be excluded on a cause that makes men uncapable of Member-ship with that one Church only, or some particulars, and not all. 2. So as to the effect, It is one thing to be excluded from the number of Christians as such; Another thing to be excluded from all Incorporated Churches as such: And a third thing to be excluded from one particular Church only, or some more on the like ground that are in the like case. Besides all this, I distinguish between an Exclusion upon the certain Nullitie of the Title; and a suspension while the Title is under tryall, upon a just occasion of questioning it. From hence I hold as followeth.