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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04472	An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians by the reuerend Father Iohn Ievvel ... ; vvhereunto is adioined a very necessarie table of the principal matters contained in this exposition.	Jewel, John, 1522-1571.; Garbrand, John, 1542-1589.	1584 (1584)	STC 14604; ESTC S1254	203,148	439

shal bee shewed vnto you V. 14. If any man obey not this our saying note him by a letter and haue no companie with him that he may be ashamed 15. Yet count him not as an enemie but admonish him as a brother You haue béene taught not only what you shal beléeue but also how ye ought to liue bée ye doers of the word and not hearers only If any despise and wil not follow our doctrin forsake him and let him haue no fellowship with you that so he may be ashamed and repent turne againe to the obedience of Christ. But lay apart al bitternes and anger wrath Reproue him but hate him not Kil the sin that is in him by al the meanes you can for it is the worke of the Diuel but recouer againe the man that did offend restore him if it be possible by exhortation and by your prayers made for him for he is the creature of God Here I haue good occasion to speake of excommunication a principal part of the discipline of the Church a matter which manie know not which some do souly abuse ouer lightly giue forth which many regard not as they ought It cutteth vs off from the bodic of Christ and remoueth vs from the felowship of the Gospel Let no man despise it It is y e sword of God the power of the holy Ghost the discipline of Christ it is an ordinaunce which the Church hath receiued from aboue By it the Goates are diuided from the Lambes the wéede from the good corne and the sonnes of GOD from the sonnes of Belial It hath continued from the beginning and hath béene vsed in the Church of Christ in the sinagogue of the Iewes in the lawe of Moses and before Moses receyued the lawe among the Patriarches and the Prophets and the Apostles of Christ. Christ sayeth If thy brother trespasse against thee in doing any wickednesse Goe and tel him his fault betweene thee him alone if he heare thee thou hast wonne thy brother But if hee heare thee not take yet with thee one or two and if he wil not vouchsafe to hea●…e them tel it vnto the Church publish it and make it knowen And if he refuse to heare the Church also if he continue wilful and stande in his wickednesse Let him be vnto thee as a heathen man and a publicane This forme of excommunication our sauiour hath set downe whereby the wicked and vngodly are remoued from the Church of Christ. So Saint Paule speaketh of him that liued in filthynesse with his fathers wife That they giue him no comfort in wickednesse but take away the euil from among them Let such a one sayeth he Bee deliuered vnto Sathan for the destruction of the fleshe that the spirite may bee saued in the day of the Lorde Iesus Companie not together with fornicatours If anie that is called a brother be a fornicatour or couetous or an idolater or a rayler or a drunkarde or an extortioner with such one eate not Let him be put away from the companie of the faithfull So did Saint Paule excommunicate Himenaeus and Alexander and deliuered them to Satan that they might learne not to blaspheme In the lawe of Moses God commaunded the children of Israel to put out of the host euerie leaper that they should neither eate nor drinke nor walke abroad nor come to church nor offer sacrifice nor make their prayers with the people Such one whithersoeuer he went hid his face rent his clothes gaue warning to auoide his companie and to flie from him because he was foule and filthy His hands were filthy made the water vncleane his breath was corrupt and infected the ayre So miserable was his case This was a kinde of excommunication in such sort were the filthie diuided from the cleane God also sette downe this ordinaunce to Abraham that euerie vncircumcised man childe should be cut off from his people because he hath broken the couenaunt This ordinaunce of excommunication God hath appointed against Idolaters against fornicatours and craftie deceiuers and other such like offenders in the seauen and twentith of Deuteronomie Cursed bee the man that shal make anie carued or molten Image an abhomination vnto the Lorde the worke of the handes of the craftesman and putteth it in a secret place And al the people shal aunswere and say Amen Cursed be he that maketh the blinde goe out of the way and al the people shal aunswere and say Amen This is excommunication This is the vse of the keyes This is that of which Christ spake He that heareth you heareth mee and he that despiseth you despiseth me and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent mee And Whosoeuers sinnes ye remit they are remitted and whosoeuers sinnes yee retaine they are retained Whatsoeuer yee binde on earth shall be bounde in heauen and whatsoener ye loose on earth shalbe loosed in heauen That which you say shal be confirmed it shal continue and stande for euer If anie therefore be excommunicate from the Church and remoued from the fellowship of the Gospel and from the hope of the life to come let him humble himselfe and pray vnto God that he wil open his eyes and that hée may see in what case he standeth Let him lay foorth his heart in the sight of God and consider his fault and behold his miserie thinke thus with himself I was sometimes the child of God and a member of his bodie I was a ●…raunch of the vine which God hath planted and a shéepe of his pasture But now alas I am diuided from the pastures of life I am fruitelesse and withered and cut off from that blessed vine I receiue no moysture from that heauenly roote I am no more a member of the bodie of Christ. I am out of Paradise and haue no ioy or pleasure I am out of the temple and cannot offer any sacrifice I am fallen from that heauenly Hierusalem from the Citie of God from the fellowship of the Saints and can not knéele downe nor lift vp my handes nor make my prayers God wil not heare me I am none of his I am as a heathen a publicane I can not thinke of those things which are on high aboue But why art thou cut off from thy brethren and banished out of the florke of Christ because of thine vngodlynesse and loosenesse of life Because thou hast offended heauen earth and hast offended against the Church of God And liued in fornication and adulterie and both thy body and thy minde are defiled thou art vnworthie to dwel in the house of God his house is holy By what authoritie is this doone thou must not thinke that the Judge or the Officer doth it It is not the iudgement of any mortal man It is the iudgement of the almighty and euerlasting God It is his hand that bringeth this to passe against thée It is his worde it is his key His