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The glory of a true church, and its discipline displayed wherein a true gospel-church…The glory of a true church, and its discipline display'd wherein a true gospel-church…
The glory of a true church, and its discipline displayed wherein a true gospel-church is described : together with the power of the keys, and who are to be let in, and who to be shut out / by Benjamin Keach.The glory of a true church, and its discipline display'd wherein a true gospel-church is described : together with the power of the keys, and who are to be let in, and who to be shut out / by Benjamin Keach.
London : s.n., 1697
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.
III. Another disorderly Practice is this, When one Member or another knows of some sinful act, or evils done by one or more Members,1 and they conceal it; or do not act according to the Rule;2 pretending they would not be looked upon as Contentious Persons: but hereby they may become guilty of other Mens Sins, and also suffer the Name of God, and the Church, to lye under Reproach, and all through their neglect. This is a great Iniquity.
III. Another disorderly Practice is this, When one Member or another knows of some sinful act, or evils done by one or more Members,1 and they conceal it; or do not act according to the Rule;2 pretending they would not be lookt upon as Contentious Persons: but hereby they may become guilty of other Mens Sins, and also suffer the Name of God, and the Church, to lye under Reproach, and all thro their neglect. This is a great Iniquity.
IV. When an Elder, or Church shall know that some persons are Scandalous in their Lives, or Heretical in Judgment, and yet shall bear or connive with them.
IV. When an Elder, or Church shall know that some persons are Scandalous in their Lives, or Hereretical in Judgment, and yet shall bear or connive with them.