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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.
Of private Offences of one Brother against another.
1. AS touching private Offences,1 the Rule Mat. 18. is to be observed, only this by the way must be premised, viz. if but one Brother or two have the knowledge of some Members Crime, yet if it be publicly known to the World, and the Name of God be reproached, ⟨p. 26⟩it being an immoral Act, […] private Brother is not to proceed with such an Offender, according to Mat. 18. but forthwith to brin• it to the Church, that the public Scandal may be taken off.
1. AS touching private Offences,1 the Rule Mat. 18. is to be observed, only this by the way must be premised, viz. if but one Brother or two have the knowledg of some Members Crime, yet if it be publickly known to the World, and the Name of God be reproached, ⟨p. 26⟩it being an immoral Act, 〈…〉 private Brother is not to proceed with such an Offender, according to Mat. 18. but forthwith to brin• it to the Church, that the public• Scandal may be taken off.
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