AMP .,51 ),,e tioli.a1WV ko4> . C,sA P. z Langui ritual! (word.- ?uf#ine witnef eth,that noYnànWas admittedto the Sa- thing crament of theripper, but he Whore life did anflder to húprofefon of Eplatf. ;oodlinefife, inhis 2,Apologie. Bttt.TertoNian more plainly , writing thus; In,thefame place alfö a hortations,correttions,and thedivinecon- fures are in tfe;for it ti procl xymed,Withgreat gravity and earneftnefie by the church,that if anyfbouldoffend,hefbouldbe baniJbed from parta- king With thechurch in prayer,in every one of their holy afernbliesand meetings, thitherpublike orprivate ; every one oftheElders that are moflapproved,aremade theprefidents in t4efecenfures,Which honour they have obtained,not by their mony,but by theirgoodreport. Apologet. ch. 39. Origen in his 35. Treatife on ./WattheW faith thus;In the churches ofChríffìch a euftomeprevailed , that they Who Were takenmani- feftly infouleofences,flouldbe ca/Ì outfrom commonprayer,leaft a little leven of' thofe Whichpray , riot out ofa pureheart, /houldcorrupt the 'Whole lump and confent of truth.So in hisy. Homily uponyofua;Chrift commandeth, that he Who u thethird time admontlhed, andyet Will not repent,fbould be cut offfron the body ofthe church by theprefidents ofthe church ; Wh: realfo hefheweth, that the Ìriefts thatfpareany one man, andfo neolc1t the Tricftsfeverity, do Work the defirullion ofthe Whole church. Cyprians Epifiles are molt cheer & notable witnelles, how ho- lily and religioully he obferveth this difcipline in his church, yea théyteach how enteir this difcipline flood as yet in Rome, as is deer out of the Epifiles of Cyprian to the clergy ofRome,and to Corml ,e', as alfoofthere men againe unto Cyprian. Palling great was the com- mendation ofthat time, which together with the purity ofDoc`trinr, joyned holinefs ofmaners,by thehelp of this moll: Wholfomdifcipline. And than haft tried thofe that ray theyare Apoftles. Here is theo- ther partof the difcipline ageinff Ecclefiafticall men,who are not on- ly reproved for their offences in life, but alfo ifthey brought in any new thing and contrary to the truth, which after lawful! examinati- on was found out to be difagreeing from the fquare ofthe fanetuary, they fuffered punilhment anfwerable to their impiety. And the cou- rage of the Angel in this point was very great, who would not bea- fraid from doinghis duty with great Titles, but did even call back thofe men to the holy ballance, who bragged and boafled of them- felves,is if they wereApoftles.Ofwhich kinde-of men it is cheer there were fome at ephefus,by that charge given to Timothy : To abide at ephefue, and to charge certaine men that theyfhouldnot teach diver/è doïtrine, neither _am- attend to fables andinfinit genealogies , Which ;breedgaeftions rather then godly edification, t Tim. i. 3. And the fame
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