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Again, If an Elder offend, the rest of the Presbytery with the Congregation joining together, may proceed against him, (if they cannot otherwise heal him) and so remove the offence ⟨p. 43⟩from amongst them. If the whole Presbytery offend, or such, a part as will draw a party and a faction in the Church with them their readiest course is, to bring the matter then to a Synod. For though this place in Matthew direct not to that; yet the Holy Ghost leaveth us not without direction in such a case, but giveth us a pattern in the church of Antioch, to repair to a Synod. And the like course is to be taken in the offence of a whole Congregation, if it be persisted in with obstinacy. Neither is it true which was said, that it was the purpose of Christ in Mat. 18.17. to prescribe a rule for the removal of all offences out of the Church; but only of such private and less heinous offences, as grow public and notorious only by obstinacy of the offenders: For if offences be heinous and public at first, the Holy Ghost doth not direct us to proceed in such a general course from a private admonition by one brother alone, and then to a second, by one or two more, and at last, to tell it to the Church. But in such a case the Apostle giveth another rule, (1 Cor. 5.11.) to cast an heinous notorious offender, both out of church-communion, and private familiar communion also.

Again, If an Elder offend, the rest of the Presbytery with the Congregation joyning together, may proceed against him, (if they cannot otherwise heal him) and so remove the offence ⟨p. 43⟩from amongst them. If the whole Presbyterie offend, or such, a part as will draw a party and a faction in the Church with them their readiest course is, to bring the matter then to a Synod. For though this place in Matthew direct not to that; yet the Holy Ghost leaveth us not without direction in such a case, but giveth us a pattern in the church of Antioch, to repaire to a Synod. And the like course is to be taken in the offence of a whole Congregation, if it be persisted in with obstinacy. Neither is it true which was said, that it was the purpose of Christ in