in receiving the Sacrament of the Lords Supper. 237 cloth there require, in ver.r i Ifany man that is called a 'Brother bea fornicator,or covetous ,or an idolater, or a railer, or a&un- kard,oran extortioner ,with fuchan one,no not to eat ; for what have Ito do to judg them alfo that are without ? chat ts. the Hea- thens and thole that are in no communion with Them, I have no- thing todo to judg them ; but do not ye judg them that are with- in ? When we have le far freed our leives as profeffing againft their fin, then we cannot be faid to havecommunion with them, and then we do withdraw from thofethat roalkdirorderly, when we do our duty thus far, z Tbeff.3.14, Ifany man obey not our Word by this piffle, note that man, and haveno company with him, that be may be afbained ; and in the fix( vette of that chaper he commands them in the Name of cur Lord Jeius Chtift, that they fhouldwithdraw themfelvei from everybrother that walked difordeuly. So that till we do our duty wecome to be defiled ; but now if we do our duty, then it is not the mixture of a Con- gregation that is enough to hinder any from receiving the Sacra- ment there, and this will tend much to fati5fie men about the re- ceiving in mixt Congregations where any arecall into them, and are aCtual Membecithere. But now on the other fide, If we be in a place where either this Congregation will not take upon them any fuch power to call out unworthy ones, or are not convinc'd of this power, then there is no rule that Chrift hash let, that we mutt be for- ced al our dales to continue to be in fuch a Congregation as de- nies one of the Ordinances of jefils Chrift ; if fo be there be any fuch that arewicked. and we do hill what we can to have them call out, and we wait with patience in Inch a Congregation for to have them call out, and yet we fee that either the Congrega- tion doth not underffand that they have any frith powers or- deny fuch a power that they haves. and fo upon that all people are left in amixt way , Hay then there is no Rule in all theBook of God that fhould force men to continue to be Members of fuch a Communion where they cannck enjoy one Ordinance of jefus Chrift, which is the Ordinance of Separating the precious from thevile, the Ordinance of calling out the wicked and un- godly. It were a very difeafed body, and in danger quickly of the lots of life, to cake in every thing into it, and to have no ex- , Z 2
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