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Show . ... Of their EXCIJIII!JIHHictJtion. Ll B. V. partttion from aU commerce or fociety either with man or woman for the diHance of four Cubits; a)fo from eat· ing or drin'kjng with any; frofJt the ufe of the marriage• bed,fromjhaviltg, wajhing, or the !if<!, according to the pleafure of the Judge, and the quality of the offence: It was of force 3 o days, yet fo that they might be fhortned upon repeotance. He that was thus tx· com;;Junicated, had power to be preflnt at divine fer .. 'lJice, to teach others, and learn oj:otherJ; he hired ferVAn Is, and wtH hir~d himfelf, but always on condition of the aforefaidftpar.dio~t. I fhe remained impenitent, . according to th(l pleafure of tho Judge, his punifh. ment was increa£ed, either to the doubling or the tripling of the time~ o~ to the extending of it to their lives end; his male::children were not circomcifed .~ if he died without repentance, then, by the fentence of the Judge) a ttone was cafl: upon his Coffin or Bier, to iliew that he was worthy to be itoned. They mourned not for fuch a one with folemn lamentation , they followed him not unto the grave, nor buried him with common burial. · The fecond was called ia theN. T. a givi11g one ov~r to Sat~n, 1 Cor.5 . 5· By the Jews IJ\in Che,em. For the betterunderfianding of this worct; we muLl know that it is not ufed in this fenfe in the old Teflawent; there we fhall find it applied to perfons~ or to thi11gs; if to ~ Bud~ru perfonJ, then it figoifieth a devotion uf them to God hJ ~;;~r4:d~:~ ho- th,ir death, Ltv it. 2 7.2 9· If to thivgs, th~n it fignifieth m;,ret jacro1, a devotioN of them Nnto God, by feparaqng them from (•) .lf"0r.JI.':. . ordinary ufe ~ Hence it is that A chan is punifht for d;~~r,:;:~:r" llealing the de'lJoted thing, Jofo. 7· (c) Perfons thus de" & tlevfJta; fJo(ed, were termed by the Greek_.1 civet-3-i~«1et; and dewo~ ti.vt~.~dn~ .. 1 ~ ted things, civtt.~np. .. ?~. Notwithftanding, in the .Apofiles '«ll;tY;O, uOnrft4tCcYrItAt l" ti• me, bo t h Ch e re111 an d ct ,V ett. 3-ttJ.~, f1i gni" fi ed a J(e. conuJ de - gree LIB. V. Ofthei'r· ExtiJIHIIJHnit~tion. i·~.; ct(~ee of Excom"!1111icat~on, differing fi·om the · forn1er. Fnfr. beca.ufe 1t was not done in a priv,1te court; but publifhed 1n th_e ~udience of the whr.le church. Se· · conJI.~ \ maledJcbons and cuJfes were added out of · the La~ of Mofes, At the publifhing hereof Candles were ktndled; and when the curfes were ended h ,put out the can~les, in token that the ·excommu~litca~~ perf on was de;rz~ed oft he ligh~ of heaven. This kind ¥- of excom1Jtflntcat1o1z was exercJfed agaiofl: th · eji . ' .Cor:. s 5· VIr; d . * e tn ce u ':f Tt m. < o r ... ous per'_!on.'J an ag:nnft. Hymen£tt:r,rlnd *Alexander. d.aw Dorni~111_. The third was called 1n the New Tell. by the 8 riful. Nn~ venit· name Mttrllndtha, I Cor. 16. that is the Lord J th"t ~.Etta_,~ Thif: 114. fi . fi h h ' come . vlfeJ '" radtce· aran tgm. t>t • t e I ord> and Atha conteth and thi; N:-rnw they fay was Infhtuted by Ettoch ]Hdg 1 1 Th 7 f B~tram de called it SchamnJatha' the Ettrm~logy ~f w. h. he Jewds Polnia Jztdaic• 1 fi d b 1 1c wor c. :1. p. 2 .. n to e twofold. Some (1y it foundeth as mu h g Bu:ctorf Ep;, a~ .Mara~t Atha the Lord co.rnel h (d) Sc z. G 'fi ch He~r, 1'· ~9 in h d d JJ I'J8111 1gm let dor1o EtJijlo/~ t e Lo.r , an Atha conJeth: (e) others fay it foundeth [~thjici [ole/Jar there 11 dcath,schem fignifying there .and M."tli _1 h 1 h tcabbrevia. Hen w d · ... t .Ja a eat • r~tra 110 ,., ce e D!ay re~ er lt an excommHnication to death r:i'10 J.'1!1:J (f) And thts JS thought to be the reafon ofth t h r, • 1 prolnbttkm 1 '+oh 5 Jl 6 rth . fi a p ra .e, en per ana·h~-.- J ·' n • • , ere _1S a lit Unto dedth, i_ Which defer-. rna .. R_• G;rfom· Vfth excommuntcatl01t to death ( g )R. Ge VIr; fc b d lumtnu capti. the breaking open of letters ~nder .th.e Pr.;oml or fa lei vi~atiJ ( fcil. h {( f . ' en a ty 0 a re,,,tnare hal t ree orts ~ ex_conununicttlio11• And this was termed lire~a1) Excommuntcalto in fec~eto nom.init tetra .. r. h v,~. J~~fidli the form thereof· h c l 'grd!JJ!?Jtllt .. lee not,. tn ' odicerlJ' In t e IJapter oft he Sttddttces. canomtm EccJ: In the Greek_ Church there were (h) fi d untverf. ad ca-t~ hi J cenfore. r. ~J$"et~J~· Thoie were cen1_uoruerd e~rheeJ·hof ~a" H: ~el!ar. d h WJ t t ts Cl't PrE,ut.,. I c egree, w .o w~re only d~bttrredthe Lords Tahle:as for ~2 &'_Cafa;b: enterance JOtO the Chu·1·c1J hearing theW d . E:cerctt. p. 52o with th c .· ' or ,prayJng obfcrvanr q'rrill- .· e on~r~gauons, they enjoyed equal libert _ rum g~·adum WJth other Chriflrans they migl1t fia db 1 b Y fJ l'.WJJI/e · ... t.. • b , n Y ana ehold , ,. OuJers recelv.e t e SccrameNt but rhenJr.l d'd f!.:r<da-Jv.;,ttcr· . ' .. 1e ves I not tJ.~~E ~o Par 6 fP::l!tst"' |