A53671:290
A brief instruction in the worship of God, and discipline of the churches of…
A brief instruction in the worship of God, and discipline of the churches of the New Testament, by way of question and answer with an explication and confirmation of those answers.
London : s.n., 1667
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.
Qu. 43. Wherein doth the exercise of the authority for discipline committed unto the Elders of the Church consist?
An. (1) In personal private admonition of any member or members of the Church, in case of sin, error, or ⟨p. 189⟩any miscarriage known unto themselves. (2) In public admonition in case of offences persisted in and brought orderly to the knowledge and consideration of the Church. (3) In the ejection of obstinate offenders from the society and communion of the Church. (4) In exhorting, comforting, and restoring to the enjoyment and exercise of Church privileges such as are recovered from the error of their ways; all according to the laws, rules, and directions of the Gospel. (1) Matth. 18.15. 1 Thess. 5.14. 1 Cor. 4.14. Titus 1.13. Chap. 2.15. 2 Tim. 4.2. (2) 1 Tim. 5.19.20. Matth. 18.16, 17. (3) Titus 3.10. 1 Tim. 1.20. Matth. 18.17. 1 Cor. 5.5. Gal. 5.12