crna'Ttl,cár tr`ltan.6. ACorn»tentarie vpon refolued to excommunicate themwithout any former procee- ding a;ainU them. inf. When Paul faith , Iwrite to themwhich haue pried, andto allothers ,that if Icomeagainefwillnot[pare. Byall others, he rneancth not Come which hepurpofed toex- communicate without former admonition: (for inwriting this s.. Epiflle to them,he admonitheth them all to repent , lean when he came he fhould vfe fèueritie) but tholewhich hued fecurely to theopen breach of the taw,to whome he threatned to come with a roddc, ifthey did not amend. 1.Cor.4.2. r. and whenhe now againe adnaonifheth , threatning that if he come the third, to time he wí11not (pare. Betides this,Patil fhould be vnconftant and vnhke himfelfe , if he fhoúld admonith vncleane perlons, fornicatours, wantons , and that three times before excommtí- nication: and should at the firil excommunicateeatenothers, without any precedent admonition. t$ 3. The. word therevfed,fignificth reproofe in word,as it is takenLulc, t7.lfthydrotherfine egainfl thee,redsnkehim : there- fore the repro-ate by many,or o fmanymentioned 2.Cor. 2.6. may fignsfie as well the grace, ferious,andeffeEtuall reproofe of the Chorch,by which the incefluous perron was reclaimed from 20 his finale, and fo preuented the thunderbolt ofexcommunica lion; as the real! eieelion out ofthe Church: and thole words v. t o. i.frem forgiue any thing, may as well fignifie receiuing into fauour and familtaritie b_forcexcommunication, vpon his re- pentance, as refitution after excommunication. 25 4. Beiíbrauntcd, he were indeede excommunicate(as it is moll probablehe was)yet hence it cannotbe loferred,that they . did proceedeagain(i himwithout precedentadmonition. The Scripture is filent in this point. Therefore the reafon isnot good;lt is not recorded, therefore it wasnot praftiled. 3° 5. Though the Apoftle command we fhould haue nofa- miliaritic with inordinate liuers,2.Thefh 3.6. but that we with. drawour felues from them,,yet he addes withal} , that if there were any amongn them that would not obey his fayings, they f;,ould note himby a letter, v. 14. andhe exprefllcly common- 35 deth that they fhouldad sonil the inordinate. r.Thef :5.14. for that was hispraftife, as it mayappeare, 2. Theft: 3. Thole that are /uch,that is,inordinate liuers,we exhort & cémand6y our lcrd lefies (hrs1f,that'they »orke with elstietnes,4ndeate theirowndread. 11 i. Who areto reprooue..
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