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Show Chap. 5. ----------- --- - ---------- made.) And the brother offended laieth open the offence before them, and declarcth how ill the labour of his love was accepted before and ddircth their helpe to afiii1 him in the convittion of the offer~d~r .• If-they can prevaile with him to acknowled~e his offence, and to be hwnl.>led fur ir,the foule of the offender 1_s healcJ, thanks a1 e given to God, and mutmlllove renewed and mcreafc~ amongi1 themfdvcs. Bur if the offender deny the fatl:, and there IS none to prove it but the Brother that brought th~m,they can. proceed no fJ.rth'er, becanfe the tei1imony of one agamft one, nnll not p.md in Jud6ement, !).:ul:. I 9· l). If he acknowledge ~he fa~, ~ut doe not a.cknowlcdgc the i7nfulmffi: of it, bnt ftand ft1flr to Jul1i!lc ir,the11 the Brother fir offended rcllcrh the Church ofJt, to w:t, in Gods w.ty. HC' tc!leth the E!dm, who arc the mouth of the Church, that by them it m.ty be prefent~d before the Chnrch, and the canfe he~rd and examined, and Jndged by them. Then oite of the E!dm, either by himfclfe>or.calliiig forth the Brother offended,dechrerh the offence giv~n tu him by fuch a Brother, and what conrfe he ro0ke. with him( according tQ the ftule of Chrii1) to heale his Brother. Firfl by private admonition, but fo he prevailed not to tiring him to a fight and G:nfeofhis Iinne; then how be tooke a Brother or two more to affifr him in the worke, bnt neither Co could: he or they prevaile with him; which they being prcfenr, doe opcn,ly teflifie before the Lord and'his Church : And {o by the moutb of two or thr<e, t/Je worrl of bh .:tcctl{<ltion if eftablifh•d before the Church. · The Church being thus informed of the ei1ate· and-carriage of the offence, the Eldm doe labour in pub lick with the offender to convince him, both.ofhis Gnne and impenitencie underit, notwith !landing all the faithfulnc!fe,and love of his Brethren,in Ceekirig to heale his fpirit in private. It is free alfo for any of the Brethren (leave and !ibertie being firfr defired and obtained of the Elders) ~o help forward· the conviCtion by any words of wifdmnt a~d zeale which God !hall put into tkeir mouths; wherein if the conviaions and perfwali!;ms of the Church doe prevaile to any kindly hllll)iliation of the offender in the acknowledgement of his fume before the Lord arid his Church ; the offentkr il t,ailleJ, the Jinm n fubt!Htdlothendifomraged'from fbt /i/l,!'offimt)and theCbureh if fotnjietf. · - Euc Sccc. r. . Chu--;;i;;e--;;ru~~how difP~"fed. -- ~-----= . But if on the contrary h ffi d :------.---------fm, as well againft the wb l t C~ 0 /.en er fiand out In defence of his tbren who dealt w· h h." e. u~n,u he did before againft the Bre- ' It lm In pnvate the Chu h h. h · to confideration of theN, 1 d d.. . rc t en enteret m-a ure an ~alu• of th ffi h h it be groffi: and hainous fi h . d " eo ence, w et er ik ' uc as IS con emned by the r b .r (1 e thofe cail: out by the A i1le Co tg t o1 n~lllre, [uch as (through (omemift [f. ' 1 r. 'i· 11·) or whether It be he doth not clearly difceme~;ffi~fi:j~~ fit~tf? [f pbreflnt pajfion) mer fort, they proceed then to excomm e '? It: 1 It e of the furof the natttre of the crime (whereofmo. uhmcaufion, both ll·u refpeCl: fi n. fh" Ie erea tcr) as a lo i peL' o JHontumar.y to the Church If· be f h I · 11 re- Chur~h procecde'h not fgrr~wirh t; exc~~un~n~:i;~c~~ott~~ ~f~ fe·nt d! ct1h, bua:t adfi :er onc·e ho r tWICe admonition. F · h" r • · n ' or 111 t IS cate It IS ~VJ ~ .e.•.. u m eraswn ann<r~ti~,whomayerreatfiri1,andfraud m h1s en or, for want of clear hght and 1"s the c . d · ( d. 1 . • ' . retOieonce an auam a~cor mg tot 1eruleot tile Apoff!e Tit 3 1o) t be d -? d b·' h b · d '' 7 " • · P a mmijbe CJJre e e reJeCie :when therefore an admonition is judged feafon• able, one of the Elders, with the confent of the whole Church, ,dothrecolle[i the offence, and ,,II tbe aruuments n•w~1· !Jt 1. • h h ~ b/'hnf · b ~ ' g > W 1lC ave ~eu• P" . '-f!.':J or prtwtcly 1efod to convince t be o!+fnrlu 0r I,;,Ji d d." . h h" 1r . . . ~)' ~ -.. mrze, an ucove• et to 1m a tO, that tmahd<ty and Jballown."J]e of all 1m an-fwm .Jnd evafions; and thereupon doth folemll/y in the name ofth Lord,admonijhalldchargehimtofiethe dallatroffi:c!J a Jin · d'd"t Jlemper of hu Jotlle, in maintailling of it ; that fo (if it be the :'m ~f God)he ma~ be recovered out .of the fnare a( the T en,pter. Whil!l: theBroth.er IS th~IS caft, and lyeth 14nder the cenfore of admonitio~; he ftan?eth m the judgement of the whole Church, as a convinced pubh~ offender; and therefore, till hee be recOJlciled to the Chu h by the penitent an~ publiqqe acknowledgement of hh lin befu~c the~1, bee dotb ab~ain from the Lords Tub!~ ;. , accor~1ng ·.to the direCl: i'?n'?f our SaviOur, who wouldn:ot have ';~nojfender p1·ejent himfelf 11or hu gift befin-e the altat, whilej! the guilt, of the ojfonce of hif brothtr lay t~pon lllm, Mat. 5· 2 3, 24. or, as the Prieflr 'n the Law did farbear to eat of the holy ~r~~d, ~hi/eft they lay in uncleamu!Jfe~ Lev,22• · 3, 4· ~r) as onewhq iym,~ m lm Ull<kanll$..(1, didrather poli,1te tb§ bo~ OHrdmancc of God by partakJ.n!5 of it, then receive all] holillfjl from at, ag. 2.12, _13• The offender then by this publique admonition being debarred N 2 · of |