i _ sieng!offering. Imay be tibielcd that Paul biddeth Titus he fhould anoyd an hereticke after once er tarije admonition..T it.3° Io.Thereforewe are not to proceed againft offenders accor- dingto Chriftsconarmndement.Arf.That text makesnothing 5 agaìnft this orderly proceeding commended vnto vs by our Saraiour Chrift. For f:rf},this cotnmandement is not giuen to all,but ©nely to the Paftors (as hereto Titus)or Bi (hops, who reprelcnting thewhole Church , are to glue fentence of e:scö- munication.Second;y,it is tobe vrrderftood ofpublike admo- to nition in the faceof the Church , after that the partie bath bin privately dealt withall;and &after this admonition, he doe not recant his errours, and' reforme himfslfe,thenis he robe reie- fed as an heretike,that is ctv1oralárji7os , condemned Debts cone Ifelfe,Tit. 3 . r I. a Neuertheleffe,there be certaine cafes,, in which we are not i bound to folio/ye this order or manner ofproceeding in our rcproofes,and they are principally three. I. When the fïnne committed tendeth to the hurt Orthe Church,or commonwcalth,and there bedanger in delay.as al- 2o fo danger to thepartie that is priuie to it, and doeth not d:.te. it;and !'Mall hope of hinderingof it, (as when a mandoh plot treafon, or intermed letfr in treasonable prafìifis;) in this cart the partie offending, is not firl$privately tobe reprooued> but publikcly to be deteeted,and fo tobe dealt withal! oftherIa- 35 gif1irate,accordingto the nature and clu:litie of his cufence:for D ",et,ùseaüt the common good is to be preferred before anyone ruins psi.. pereato,uc uate good: better it is that one strataperiAtben that the bond f tr- j q: iaem r. sav1. E"' nitie7bouldbe broken. i I. When the fault is,gre.5ter ifit -becommitted,then the 3o Joffe of his credit that committed iti though it be published. For example,ifonc intend to flayanother,,and lie inWaite for hin ;in this cafe,we are not bound privately to admonifh the partie intendingmurther, or bloodfl:ed , but todetea him to I the magiffrate:for his life is tobe preferred before themails 355 credit that fought his life. When Pauls kinfman (to.wit his fi- 1 flersfonne)heard thataboue4o men,hadconpired together, andbound themfelucs with an oaah , that they would neither A=q o,,, Ì rk. éate nor drinke,till they had kille-cl Paul:be doeth not aoe.and xeprooue them for this faro, but relates it to Paul;añd Paul hearing ofit , doth not counfell him to goc and r.eprooue D d d d 3 them 1 the Epifilets the Galatians. Chap.6. I 487
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