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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
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But if his Repentance, upon its being weighed in the Balance, be found Wanting, the Pastor propounds it unto the Brethren, that they may proceed unto a more solemn Admonition.
But if his Repentance, upon its being weighed in the Ballance, be found Wanting, the Pastor propounds it unto the Brethren, that they may proceed unto a more solemn Admonition.
In the sad Cases of Censures, it has been thought an Indecency, to ask for the Vote of Uplifted Hands: But the Pastor chooses to tell the Brethren, that if no Objection be made against the Proceeding, he shall take their Silence for a loud Expression of their Concurrence.
In the sad Cases of Censures, it has been tho't an Indecency, to ask for the Vote of Uplifted Hands: But the Pastor chuses to tell the Brethren, that if no Objection be made against the Proceeding, he shall take their Silence for a loud Expression of their Concurrence.
Hereupon, either at this Time or at some other appointed by the Pastor, the Offender stands forth in the Christian Assembly; and the Pastor distinctly sets before him his Faults, with the several Rules in the Gospel, which have in his Faults been violated, concluding with Terms of this Importance.