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A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God…
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
London : printed, and are to be sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopsgate, 1688
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.
But if he falls before thee at the first, Then be thou to him, faithful, loving, just, Forgive his sin, tell it not to a Brother, Lest thou thy self be served so by another.1
But if he falls before thee at the first, Then be thou to him, faithful, loving, just, Forgive his sin, tell it not to a Brother, Lest thou thy self be serv'd so by another.1
If he falls not, but in the second charge; Spread not his wickedness abroad at large. But, if thou think his sorrow to be sound, Forgive his sin, and hide it under ground.1
If he shall stand the first and second shot? If he before the Church, repenteth not? Deal with him as the matter shall require, Let not the House for him be set on fire. If after all, he shall repent and turn To God, and you, you must not let him burn For ever under sense of sin and shame, You must his sin forgive in Christ his name.1