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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.
2. WHEN persons are under this Sentence, the Church is in a state of expecting of their Recovery and Return; and therefore are not to prohibit them any Means thereof, such as is preaching of the Word.
IX. HOW far extends the Rule of the Apostle towards persons rejected of the Church, 1 Cor. 5.11. With such an one no not to Eat; as that also, Note that Man and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed? 2 Thess. 3.14.
1. TO Eat compriseth all ordinary Converse in things of this Life; Give us our daily Bread. (2.) To Note, is either the act of the Church, setting the Mark of its Censure and Disapprobation on him; or the Duty of the Members of the Church, to take notice of him, as unto the End of not keeping company with him. Wherefore,
1. TO Eat comprizeth all ordinary Converse in things of this Life; Give us our daily Bread. (2.) To Note, is either the act of the Church, setting the Mark of its Censure and Disapprobation on him; or the Duty of the Members of the Church, to take notice of him, as unto the End of not keeping company with him. Wherefore,