4$6 %Chap d ci1Crrmpoer.trarse vPos+ Church, and not before all men, in eueryplace,and affembli :, where they offend. For we haue no warrant in Scripture fo to doe. Sccondly,this open difgracefull rebukingofmenwill ra- ther harden them in their finnes, then any way reclairnc them . De verb.Dom. from fume. Á.rg3Tìne faith well , Pr pudlore incipiet defende. íirm.t6. re peseatu7i fiats", O., gtte.nz vii. corretiierwm, facis peiorem.,. 5 Thirdly, they might as well fay,a man is to be rcproauedfór suety finnc,arid that openly beforeall seen, as for open finnes, becaufe Paul faith not , Them that firne openly, rebnk before adlmen them that fmnne,rebtskeopenly. Fourthly , thewordes to dependvpon the former verfc, whereit is Paid, Receivenot en accufationagain1` anElder, vs:der trayor throe witneffes: and then it. followes,Thofethat firne, rebnk¿,eopenly: that is , thofeelderi that finne,and haue beetle fist} privatlyadmonifhed, and after that before witneffes, if they be accufed by two or three wit-; rt tief%es ; then reproouc them openly, beforeall men : that is,be- fore the whole Church. X. We moil' carefully obfer'uc the order let downeby our 1 Saniour Chrif},Matth. t 8.15. Fiat, we muff triewhether by 1 prir:ate reproofe our brother will be reclaimed-or not; ifhebe, eo we mull proceeds no-further , for then we haue attained the mainc end ofall reproofis , Ifheheare thee, those bewenne thy brother:Ifnot , wemull- take one or two , which may witnefle the faet,and that for fundrie caufes : the firli is given by Saint Hierom, vpon the place, That they may witneffe that tobe aS a finne,for which he is reprooued, and that he is worthily re- ; proouedfor the fame. The fecund is laid downby Samt Au- gulf.Epif}. t o9.to conuince the partie offending,of theaf3 có- mitted,if he fhould iterate the farrrcagaine.The third-,byChry fof}ome.,Horn.6.in Matth.to witnefie that he whichrepro°. 3o. ues, bath difchargedhis dutie,and done what inhim lay to win his - brother. If he be reclaimed at- the fecondreproofc before witneffes,we muffproceedc tin--further , but reti there,as be- fore:if not, we snuff relate it- to the Church: ifheheare the Church,rhere is no further proceedings to be vfed:ifheBeare 35 not the Church,he is to becxcommunicatedand holden as a heathen.Offenders therefore are not to be excommunicated at-the very fini ,but orderly tobe proceeded againff,andlo-I stingily to be dealt withall,and pat:gnrty to be endured , accor m.4.R. reprootrewith ti fernaing as the Apofllecormandethee.Ti
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