A53671:343
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.
First, Moral evils, contrary to the light of nature, and express commands or prohibitions of the moral law, direct rules of the Gospel, or of evil report in the world amongst men walking according to the rule and light of reason. And in cases of this nature, the Church may proceed unto the sentence whereof we speak, without previous admonition, in case the matter of fact be notorious, publicly and unquestionably known to be true, and no general rule (which is not to be impeached by particular instances) lye against their procedure, 1 Cor. 5.3, 4. 2 Tim. 3.2, 3, 4, 5.
First, Moral evils, contrary to the light of nature, and express commands or prohibitions of the moral law, direct rules of the Gospel, or of evil report in the world amongst men walking according to the rule and light of reason. And in cases of this nature, the Church may proceed unto the sentence whereof we speak, without previous admonition, in case the matter of fact be notorious, publickly and unquestionably known to be true, and no general rule (which is not to be impeached by particular instances) lye against their proceedure, 1 Cor. 5.3, 4. 2 Tim. 3.2, 3, 4, 5.
Secondly, Offences against that mutual love which is the bond of perfection in the Church if pertinaciously persisted in, Matth. 18.16, 17.
Thirdly, false doctrines against the fundamentals in faith or worship, especially if maintained with contention, to the trouble and disturbance of the peace of the Church,