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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
If the Offender do now come unto them with sufficient Expressions of Repentance, they direct a Satisfactory Repetition thereof Now in the public Assembly, (and if need be, on some following Lord's Day also;) and they advise the Dissatisfied Brethren to restore their just Regards unto him.
If the Offendor do now come unto them with sufficient Expressions of Repentance, they direct a Satisfactory Repetition thereof Now in the public Assembly, (and if need be, on some following Lord's Day also;) and they advise the Dissatisfied Brethren to restore their just Regards unto him.
If the Offender be obstinate, they then sharply rebuke him; and in a Written Instrument, signed by the Moderator, and all the Council, (or by him, In the Name of the Council —) they pronounce him Unworthy of the Sacred Ministry, and advise the Church (after due Waiting) to supply his Place with a more worthy Person; and also to proceed unto an Excommunication, if he continue in his Impenitency.
If the Offendor be obstinate, they then sharply rebuke him; and in a Written Instrument, signed by the Moderator, and all the Council, (or by him, In the Name of the Council —) they pronounce him Unworthy of the Sacred Ministry, and advise the Church (after due Waiting) to supply his Place with a more worthy Person; and also to proceed unto an Excommunication, if he continue in his Impenitency.
The Council returning to the public Assembly, there, after seasonable Speeches made by the Moderator, (and others of the Council, if they please) the Result of the Council is read, and then delivered unto one of the Brethren, at whose Invitation they are here together. And pertinent Prayers are added for the Close of all.