A53671:324
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
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Tenthly, In case there be not the success aimed at obtained in these several degrees of private admonition, it is then the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the matter be reported unto the Church, that the offender may be publicly admonished thereby, and brought to repentance; wherein is to be observed,
Tenthly, In case there be not the success aimed at obtained in these several degrees of private admonition, it is then the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the matter be reported unto the Church, that the offender may be publickly admonished thereby, and brought to repentance; wherein is to be observed,
First, That the persons who have endeavoured in vain to reclaim their offending Brother by private admonition, are to acquaint the Elders of the Church with the case and crime: as also what they have done according to rule, for the rectifying of it; who upon that information, are obliged to communicate the knowledge of the whole matter to the Church. This is to be done by the Elders, as to whom the preservation of order in the Church, and the rule of its proceeding do belong, as we have showed before.
First, That the persons who have endeavoured in vain to reclaim their offending Brother by private admonition, are to acquaint the Elders of the Church with the case and crime: as also what they have done according to rule, for the rectifying of it; who upon that information, are obliged to communicate the knowledge of the whole matter to the Church. This is to be done by the Elders, as to whom the preservation of order in the Church, and the rule of its proceeding do belong, as we have shewed before.
Secondly, The report made to the Church by the Elders is to be, (1.) Of the crime, guilt, or offence (2.) Of the Testimony given unto the truth of it (3.) Of the means used to bring the offender to acknowledgement and repentance (4.) Of his deportment under the private previous admonitions either as to his rejecting of them, or as to any satisfaction tendered; all in order, love, meekness, and tenderness.