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6. Because a scandalous Member of a Church, by virtue of Christs Institution, Mat. 18.17. is to be accounted not as an Heathen and Publican, but still a Church-Brother if he will hear the Church, this is clearly intimated in those words If he neglect to hear the Church) running conditionally, which suppose, that if he will hear, he is not to be as an Heathen i. e. his Membership shall not cease notwithstanding the Scandalous sin Committed. Therefore by his wickedness and offence he is not felo de se.

6. Because a scandalous Member of a Church, by virtue of Christs Institution, Mat. 18.17. is to be accounted not as an Heathen and Publican, but stil a Church-Brother if he will hear the Church, this is clearly intimated in those words If he neglect to hear the Church) runing conditionally, which suppose, that if he will hear, he is not to be as an Heathen i. e. his Membership shall not cease notwithstanding the Scandalous sin Committed. Therefore by his wickedness and offence he is not felo de se.

7. Because this felony objected tend's to render that Ordinance of Church-Censure and Admonition laid down Mat. 18.15. &c. vain and useless, for the felo de s•, by his sin becoming a non-Member and so no Church-Brother, hence let a private Member of the Church go to tell him his fault, in the sense of the text, which is in order to more solemn Church-proceeding and Judicature, in case he will not hear; ⟨image 10⟩or let the Church require him in th• name of Christ to hear, in such a Church-way as is there spoken of; he may tell them that he is no Brother of the Church, for he hath by his offence cut off himself, and therefore they have nothing to do with him: that that rule of Christ concerns only the Brother or the Church-Member, not one that is out of the Church, as he is, being felo de se, and therefore may say (according to