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authority_n depute_v from_o he_o he_o himself_o become_v liable_a to_o be_v depose_v and_o no_o long_o entrust_v in_o the_o ministry_n 3_o whosoever_o stand_v excommunicate_v non_fw-la â—rrante_fw-la cleave_v he_o be_v dismember_v and_o cut_v off_o from_o the_o church_n and_o consequent_o deprive_v of_o those_o supply_n and_o succour_n which_o the_o member_n receive_v by_o be_v unite_v together_o in_o one_o body_n and_o by_o mean_n thereof_o to_o christ_n their_o head_n they_o be_v like_o branch_n cut_v off_o from_o the_o vine_n there_o be_v no_o way_n or_o mean_n leave_v whereby_o any_o gracious_a succour_n can_v be_v convey_v unto_o they_o unless_o there_o be_v a_o reinsition_n and_o they_o be_v receive_v and_o graft_v in_o again_o 4_o every_o excommunicate_a person_n be_v under_o a_o heavy_a curse_n the_o devil_n have_v a_o peculiar_a power_n over_o he_o so_o that_o his_o condition_n be_v very_o deplorable_a and_o desperate_a whilsâ—_n he_o remain_v under_o that_o sentence_n hence_o the_o scripture_n style_v it_o a_o deliver_v unto_o satan_n 1_o cor._n 5._o 5._o and_o 1_o tim._n 1._o 20._o and_o tertullian_n call_v it_o summum_fw-la futuri_fw-la judicii_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la the_o high_a presumption_n of_o what_o shall_v be_v his_o sentence_n in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n god_n will_v ratify_v in_o heaven_n the_o sentence_n of_o his_o church_n on_o earth_n when_o she_o proceed_v against_o offender_n in_o vindication_n of_o his_o law_n and_o ordinance_n that_o say_v of_o our_o saviour_n to_o his_o apostle_n be_v enough_o to_o strike_v any_o man_n with_o horror_n who_o just_o incur_v the_o censure_n of_o the_o officer_n of_o the_o church_n very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o whatsoever_o you_o shall_v bind_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v bind_v in_o heaven_n and_o whatsoever_o you_o shall_v loose_v on_o earth_n shall_v be_v loose_v in_o heaven_n mat._n 18._o 18._o 5_o a_o excommunicate_v person_n be_v or_o aught_o to_o be_v debar_v from_o most_o of_o the_o benesit_n and_o comfort_n of_o civil_a conversation_n he_o be_v like_o a_o blow_v dear_a every_o one_o in_o the_o herd_n even_o for_o his_o own_o safety_n will_v push_v he_o from_o he_o or_o like_o a_o man_n that_o have_v the_o plague_n every_o one_o that_o will_v escape_v the_o infection_n avoid_v he_o but_o of_o this_o more_o present_o in_o its_o due_a place_n the_o state_n and_o condition_n of_o a_o person_n under_o the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n be_v thus_o brief_o explain_v i_o think_v it_o may_v be_v sufficient_o dreadful_a to_o any_o who_o have_v any_o sense_n of_o christianity_n or_o apprehension_n of_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n and_o if_o this_o be_v the_o state_n of_o the_o revolutionist_n they_o have_v no_o great_a cause_n to_o brag_v of_o their_o bargain_n and_o if_o other_o do_v carry_v themselves_o towards_o they_o as_o they_o ought_v to_o do_v towards_o man_n in_o such_o a_o state_n i_o be_o apt_a to_o think_v they_o will_v quick_o hang_v their_o head_n and_o if_o their_o 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not_o in_o any_o private_a devotion_n with_o he_o nor_o admit_v he_o to_o prayer_n with_o they_o though_o in_o their_o own_o house_n i_o do_v not_o say_v but_o they_o may_v pray_v for_o instruct_v admonish_v and_o endeavour_v what_o they_o can_v to_o reclaim_v such_o a_o one_o but_o they_o must_v not_o pray_v with_o he_o nor_o join_v in_o any_o other_o act_n of_o christian_a communion_n with_o he_o procul_fw-la ite_z profani_fw-la be_v proclaim_v at_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o heathen_a mystery_n and_o do_v not_o the_o christian_a mystery_n deserve_v much_o more_o reverence_n and_o awâ—_n ought_v we_o not_o as_o nigh_o as_o we_o can_v to_o have_v a_o care_n that_o we_o admit_v none_o of_o his_o enemy_n none_o that_o have_v notorious_o provoke_v he_o and_o not_o atone_v their_o crime_n when_o we_o perform_v those_o act_n and_o office_n wherein_o we_o have_v access_n to_o and_o communion_n with_o the_o great_a god_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n i_o confess_v that_o particular_a 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