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The true nature of a Gospel church and its government
The true nature of a Gospel church and its government ... by the late pious and learned minister of the Gospel, John Owen ...
London: printed for William Marshall, 1689
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 10: Of EXCOMMUNICATION.Chapter 10: Of EXCOMMVNICATION.
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.
I. IT is Enquired, Whether Excommunication, justly deserved, may and ought to be omitted in case of trouble, or danger that may ensue unto the Church therein.
IT is usually granted that so it may and ought to be; which seems in general to have been the judgment of Austin.
THE Troubles and Dangers intended, are three-fold. (1.) From the Thing it self. (2.) From the Persons to be Excommunicated. (3.) From the Church.
1. TROUBLE may arise from the Thing it self. For there being an exercise of Authority or Jurisdiction in it over the Persons of Men, not granted from the Civil Magistrate by the Law of the Land, those that execute it may be liable unto Penalties ordained in such cases.