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The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applied in…The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applyed in…
The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applied in a sermon preached at Swampfield, January 1st. 1717[/]18. Being the day of the gathering of the church, and the ordination of the Reverend Joseph Willard their pastor. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. & Pastor of Northampton.The presence of Christ with the ministers of the Gospel, opened & applyed in a sermon preached at Swampfield, January 1st. 1717[/]18. Being the day of the gathering of the church, and the ordination of the Reverend Joseph Willard their pastor. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. & Pastor of Northampton.
printed by B. Green, 1718
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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. Because it is spoken as the Evidence of the Sufficiency of his punishment. If it had been by the Suffrage of many, that would have been no evidence of the sufficiency of his punishment, it would not been the heavier for the consent of the Brethren. But this is an argument of the heaviness of it, that it was a Public punishment, that he was put to open shame; he was punished in the presence of the whole Congregation. Paul had directed so, that they should be gathered together, 1 Cor. 5.4. Whereby he was exposed to the greater shame.
2. Because it is spoken as the Evidence of the Sufficiency of his punishment. If it had been by the Suffrage of many, that would have been no evidence of the sufficiency of his punishment, it would not been the heavier for the consent of the Brethren. But this is an argument of the heaviness of it, that it was a Publick punishment, that he was put to open shame; he was punished in the presence of the whole Congregation. Paul had directed so, that they should be gathered together, 1 Cor. 5.4. Whereby he was exposed to the greater shame.
3. Obj. 1 Cor. 5.12. Do not ye judge them that are within Gal. 6.1. Ye that are spiritual restore him. 1 Thes. 5.14. Warn the umuly. Col. 4.17. Say to Archippus take heed to thy Ministry. Rev. 2.20. Thou sufferest that woman Jezebel These things were written to the Churches, and so show the power of the Brethren.