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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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If the Offender have refused his Attendance, the Excommunication yet goes on, in Terms proper for one that is out of hearing, and will not hear.
If the Offender have refused his Attendence, the Excommunication yet goes on, in Terms proper for one that is out of hearing, and will not hear.
Sometimes the Circumstances of the Offender are so difficult, that before the Church proceeds to this Extremity, they send unto some of the Neighbouring Churches, that from their legates meeting in a Council for this Purpose, they may receive that Advice, which may put their Proceedings beyond all Contestation. And in this the Practice of New-England, is not very far different from that of the primitive Times, when it was a Custom, for the Decision of more difficult Points, to desire the Bishops of the neighbouring Churches, to come over and assist with their Presence, to free the Censures from the Imputation of Unrighteousness or Partiality. Thus when a nice Affair was to be determined at Rome, on Cornelius's Desire, *five Bishops assisted, that so what they did might be Indisputable.
Sometimes the Circumstances of the Offender are so difficult, that before the Church proceeds to this Extremity, they send unto some of the Neighbouring Churches, that from their •legates meeting in a Council for this Purpose, they may receive that Advice, which may put their Proceedings beyond all Contestation. And in this the Practice of New-England, is not very far different from that of the primitive Times, when it was a Custome, for the Decision of more difficult Points, to desire the Bishops of the neighbouring Churches, to come over and assist with their Presence, to free the Censures from the Imputation of Unrighteousness or Partiality. Thus when a nice Affair was to be determined at Rome, on Cornelius's Desire, *five Bishops assisted, that so what they did might be Indisputable.