after_o the_o profession_n of_o their_o resolution_n to_o amend_v and_o last_o those_o who_o be_v not_o altogether_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o any_o scandal_n or_o spot_n these_o be_v all_o remove_v say_v dionysius_n before_o the_o lord_n supper_n be_v administer_v but_o sure_o these_o be_v not_o all_o excommunicate_v here_o be_v not_o a_o word_n of_o that_o those_o who_o will_v see_v more_o may_v look_v into_o maximus_n and_o pachymeres_n the_o two_o scholiast_n upon_o dionysius_n i_o have_v not_o translate_v the_o passage_n because_o it_o be_v large_a but_o dionysius_n say_v plain_o that_o such_o as_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n man_n give_v to_o their_o lust_n etc._n etc._n shall_v much_o more_o be_v keep_v from_o the_o lord_n table_n than_o either_o catechumeni_fw-la or_o poenitentes_fw-la i_o know_v none_o else_o in_o the_o first_o century_n but_o ignatius_n who_o have_v leave_v we_o any_o write_n and_o it_o be_v questionable_a whether_o any_o 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policarpus_fw-la apollinaris_n athenagoras_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n pantaenus_n tertullian_n etc._n etc._n if_o testimony_n can_v be_v produce_v out_o of_o these_o it_o be_v to_o little_a purpose_n justin_n martyr_n have_v sufficient_o evidence_v for_o that_o century_n but_o the_o truth_n be_v some_o of_o they_o have_v nothing_o extant_a and_o other_o very_o little_a and_o upon_o restrain_a subject_n in_o the_o handle_n of_o which_o they_o be_v not_o lead_v to_o this_o theme_n and_o in_o those_o piece_n of_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n and_o tertullian_n i_o find_v very_o little_o speak_v concern_v the_o discipline_n and_o order_n of_o the_o church_n something_o there_o be_v in_o tertullian_n but_o justin_n martyr_n have_v already_o speak_v enough_o for_o this_o age_n consider_v the_o occasion_n of_o his_o speak_n it_o be_v in_o a_o apology_n for_o all_o christian_n in_o his_o age_n and_o apologize_v for_o they_o he_o set_v out_o their_o pure_a worship_v of_o god_n and_o inoffensive_a 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two_o most_o famous_a father_n in_o this_o century_n be_v origen_n about_o the_o year_n 202._o and_o cyprian_n 250._o origen_n have_v some_o not_o obscure_a hint_n of_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o church_n in_o his_o time_n 23._o oâ—ig_n in_o levit._n homil._n 23._o cibus_fw-la iste_fw-la sanctus_n non_fw-la est_fw-la communis_fw-la omnium_fw-la nec_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la indigni_fw-la sed_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la est_fw-la several_a other_o hint_n be_v in_o origen_n though_o he_o not_o where_o speak_v direct_o to_o the_o case_n for_o cyprian_a he_o that_o read_v his_o ten_o epistle_n ad_fw-la clerum_fw-la de_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la etc._n etc._n or_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la will_v find_v enough_o i_o have_v think_v to_o have_v transcribe_v some_o passage_n but_o i_o be_o prevent_v by_o mr_n gillespy_n in_o his_o aaron_n rod_n l._n 3._o cap._n 17._o where_o the_o reader_n shall_v find_v they_o quote_v from_o the_o year_n three_o hundred_o to_o four_o hundred_o in_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o grant_v it_o but_o i_o have_v already_o prove_v sol._n that_o here_o be_v a_o implicit_a consequential_a prohibition_n of_o the_o church_n to_o admit_v such_o and_o he_o have_v before_o forbid_v they_o with_o idolater_n not_o to_o â—at_a 1_o cor._n 5.11_o of_o which_o place_n more_o hereafter_o god_n will_v but_o will_v some_o say_v this_o be_v for_o a_o open_a horrid_a sin_n object_n idolatry_n etc._n etc._n have_v fellowship_n with_o devil_n etc._n etc._n admit_v it_o yet_o thus_o much_o we_o have_v gain_v sol._n that_o idolater_n though_o they_o be_v not_o excommunicate_v yet_o they_o may_v be_v deny_v the_o lord_n supper_n as_o well_o as_o persecutor_n by_o mat._n 7.6_o but_o second_o let_v we_o observe_v what_o fellowship_n these_o corinthian_n have_v with_o devil_n they_o do_v not_o make_v a_o compact_n with_o devil_n they_o do_v not_o worship_v the_o devil_n as_o some_o idolater_n the_o business_n be_v only_o this_o they_o be_v member_n of_o a_o gospel_n 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