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The doctrine of instituted churches explained and proved from the word of God
The doctrine of instituted churches explained and proved from the word of God by Solomon Stoddard ...
London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1700
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.
Obj. 1 Cor. 5.1,4. The Church was ordered to cast out the Incestuous Person, and 2 Cor. 12. His Punishment is said to be inflicted by many.
Answ. 1. They may be only required to publish a sentence of Excommunication from Paul.
2. It is common in Scripture, to attribute that which is done by the Ruler to the Public Society; as when God requires that the People of Judah do Acts of Public Justice, he doth not intend that the People should intrude into that work, but that the Ruler do it.
2. It is common in Scripture, to attribute that which is done by the Ruler to the Publick Society; as when God requires that the People of Judah do Acts of Publick Justice, he doth not intend that the People should intrude into that work, but that the Ruler do it.