the:;. Chap.o/the 1<_ewI. bMn.l3,JS bclccuc, and of others that doe not rrucly re- A the liberties of rhe Church rill he repent: wee pent nor bclceuc. may here fcc,rhat this ccnii.ttc ought tO be vfed The fccond pare.of this powt"r of the kcycs, with great reucrencc, fearc, :md confiJcr3tion: is{piritual! iHrifdiUion: I call irfpiritu.ail, to dicucn fi.1ch or greater, as -..vcc would vfe jn cut: Hinoui(h it from th:lt outward iurifdit'Hon tingoffamcn1bcrfromthebod}'. The abufing wh~rcby rhc con'lmonv\·calth is gouerncd.That therefore ofthis fcmcflcc in (mall matters, canthis fpirituall iurifdi£tion is a k..;y. may appcarc, not but be a·gncuous !innc,and a breacb ofthe Match. I 8. x6,17, t 8. If t~y brother offend th(e third commsund~mcnt "wherein one of G-qds .((aith Chrift) admMifbhJmpriuau(y: tflue.hearc moftweighry6tdinances is taken in vaine. 'theenot,yet talz! lJiitb rhu tlVO or three;" anazfiJce Further' one rpcciall degreeofExcotlllllUl\i~ heare not them, tellit to the C~urch;and if be recation is Anathema: ·which is vvhcn oncisprofufotohattrctheChurch, let himhevntothe(tif an nounced eo be tondemncd,whereofPauifpea~ heath"enm:rn, and M a Puhlican. ThenfDllowkcth, r.Cor.t 6.2 z. But tbis is not pronounced cth thepromifc, Veri!], !Jay vnto.zoH,-Wharfoevpon any, but on thofe that finne :tgainfi the, uerJO!tltiJideonearthJb-al!be boundin bra:uc_,.,,and holy Ghofi';and therefore it is fc:ldom vfcd, be.. whdrfoeko~y< lcofo,{haU{!c.loofodin hcarun. IB caufc :hat Gnne i! hardly difcerncd: conG!llng_ JThiSfpmtuallnmfdtChon~ ts apowcrwher- , not fo much in rhc fpccch, as in the malice oi by chofilhurch pronounccth fcmcn(C v:pon the 1· the heart agitnhChrifi. n- ·~· ob{\in:ne oftcndors in rhe Chmch,and puts rhc : , The fccona'j>art ofthis fpiti_tual it.:rifdiP\i~I1r fame 1B ~ecutkm.'r!tnd it bath iw.o pat~S ·:Exi~ abfoluti~fl.l!--\.vbicli is, ~li~1f.~ nlal'CfaCl:or vp:· comnturriCation ) an8tA.bfolution. E~comtnu... Ion his fttffi.ci£-1\"f'repcrtt:mr.~ i:_s)apP.reouOO .fe nicattoil is an·aCHon'Of the Chnrth in Chr;jh I be it member bftMc (~tnJrchfJ!tfid'iS·admittt'Q.tOL 1 namc;cxCludingan'ob.ftitrateoffcndoithat 1~ apre.:. the kingdofh'c.Of'hCauch~ ·Aud·yct hcrc the fcjfor of the Gofpel ,Jramallthe priuiledgeJ ofthe :Church rccci\les him not Ill tO the kingdoll!C ot' Chr<rch:, and from the k.J~<gdomc of htaucn. So i <i:hri{t, blft' ollt!l'f dctbretlr '>'po'n his r<pi::Hi Paut.ateommaundcthcllcincCH:uous man to Pee tan'Cc what <!?hrift doth:~flO'thuS we iee·wht.-r.;: commrtt.cd to Satban: that IS, not onc:lyput out ;in Eccldia(tid.ll~·haifdiC)i'Oli eo'rtfificth :1 -and · ofthe•kmgdorne ofG:hn{t, but alfo afler a fort Wha"be th<.parts ofdie poWer ~frhe kcycs. ,. madofitb!ctt vntoSarhan, robeOutwardly af- · ,For the beher difccniiflg rofc.this power of .. fl:tted by hun. And therefore Chr:Jt fa:th: If the·keyes, \vee'lnuilr~rnemberfourefj>eci~lli!O bhehcAr.enPt theCh~~rcb-~· !ethim he-e ·vnttJthct I bufcs nercof~hac hauc takcn•'pla'cc in Ged~r ii!A,J heathen man: rha.cis, as one t~ar-harh nd , Churc~ for 1h':!hy lluridrcd ycar~S·, !he fir~~i's ride to the king.dom ofheauen.Hcremay feme IG:llrh.is: tllaiinfc:inr.e'r agesrh.c; Churcl.' hath'giUcn fay, C"n the Church thrua any man out ofrhe l'rhis power of the kcyes toP'.tcr?lone, deb:i~' kingdomc ~fhcaucn? ~.Anfw. It is Chri!t oncly rlng the fame frOm all orher, Cu~n froin thc1t~fi that receiucth men thither, and it is he alone of the Apo!Hes; as thdughd~ey had·one!y llooe' that mufr thrufl them out: the Church doth vfc, nOt the iigbtdf tbis·r·o:wtt: Bi.lt thecate not properlycithcrrccciucmcn in, or.put them_ i5-plainc, this power belongs to ell'et"} miniHCi out; but onely pronounce and declare what of the Gofpell, though they be !iot ApoiHo§ ' Chri{\ cloth in this behalfe. As if a man thac asOWell as it did toPeter; fot'•intH~ jirooi"lgl liues in the church,be:t commondrunkard;the t·ioil of this power, MaH:lL •.J e; '19 1 ~tliough1 Churoh "finding in Gods w6rd tl•ar <'nodmn- ·Chri{t direct his· fpeech to'·PI'tcrj yh he fpea~ ' k__ardcan i,rherir theki~g:domeofiheauin; whi"ch·is kethvmo all; aS the circuni{bf1Ccs of the·pl~c~ the femenee of Chn{l·, may ptonoun<e rh<: doe plainly Jhewi; for-Chri{ts que{t:on (Whom fame again_a him, and fo exclude hi!'\fro~ the ,fo; ;ee that la'?') was rnade•F<Yall l now jlekingdorne of heauen. Obteil. The true childe caufe it wouldhaue been great diforder ih tfiis of God.may be excommunicated, bu't lrec C:ln holy eornpanie, fo~ all ofthe?:' t<!.'haue fpo~efl¥· ncucr be excluded from the kmgdome of hea1 thercforcPeter bCctng both-more auncient~ria uen. Anf. The rrue childc·of God •may for a bold offpeech fpcakerh for all, and the reil antime, and in part be excluded rhe kingdom of fwered in his perfon: and fo·· aecordiitdly beauen. :Inparr;as aman rnat harh fr.ccdornc in Chrifl fpc:U.:ingFo Peter, doth make a gdJm any incorporation; may lie inprifon for fome of this powe~ vmo all his difciplcs in his pcftrefpaffcs, :md fo want the vfc of~is f1:ecdom, Jdi1. And,therefore /oh. 204 Zj. f1c giuts this thoughh~ b~a frccmat~.: fo the child~ of God, power toall; •faying plainly ,u41ofoeuert fr.tinet for commntmg fin ne may want tbe!v.foo£ this J"t: rctaine, thiy arC retained,· e;;-c.•SO that fhc libcrtic :md freedome which h.c hatP in. Gods word of God 'is J)lainc in th.is point, to f:itisfie ki!1gdor:n<:; and for a tiotc, while lree'liucth in 1rhc tonrcicncC of any. that i'S ·I!Ot wilfully ~d1finne Without repenunc.-1, yet who_lly an~·for _dl'~cd to the Popifl1 religion. ~eft. Wl~~1-1r~\ ! cucrhe cann.ot:but fo fomnc a~ he repems·,hrl~ 1 halJeth~ mini"flCrs bf·rhe Gofpcll this powcr'lf I fh:tl! be reccm.cd certcnly ag:tmc: for·~10 man is An(By fucceffion fromrhc Apollles: for Ctn1 to ho b:tr~·cd ctthcr from hcauen or,thd chta:ch;. . faich, M:mh'. z8. 19. 20. Go'eandpreach r}w'il/ I any longer th~n h_: tcm_aineth impchitcno (·~ ·1 fewrrh you to the cnf.eof theWlfrld. VVhc1~d h~eJ VVhcrcas th1s cefiJrc.'s fuch.? as cloth exclude : 'ca-nnot meane the Apofilc~ oncly; but ""w1Hl'- l I aman both from,thc luqgdome ofhc:tuciJand · thCttl all mi~tlers that did preach and b~: . Hli h z riu . .;·~,. . ·' J.Cor,f.IO Thcvf'· I
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