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or_o live_v not_o honest_o or_o have_v commit_v any_o thing_n worthy_a of_o blame_n he_o shall_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v admonish_v and_o that_o every_o man_n shall_v study_v to_o admonish_v his_o brother_n when_o occasion_n shall_v require_v but_o special_o let_v the_o pastor_n and_o preste_n be_v watchful_a to_o do_v this_o who_o be_v office_n be_v not_o only_o to_o preach_v to_o the_o people_n but_o in_o every_o house_n to_o admonish_v and_o exhort_v if_o at_o any_o time_n they_o do_v not_o sufficient_o prevail_v by_o general_a doctrine_n as_o paul_n teach_v when_o he_o reherse_v that_o he_o teach_v private_o and_o in_o house_n xxvi_o and_o protest_v that_o he_o be_v clean_o from_o the_o blood_n of_o all_o man_n because_o he_o have_v not_o cess_v with_o tear_n day_n and_o night_n to_o admonish_v every_o one_o for_o doctrine_n do_v then_o obtain_v force_n and_o authority_n when_o the_o minister_v not_o only_o do_v declare_v to_o altogether_o what_o their_o duty_n be_v to_o christ_n but_o also_o have_v power_n and_o order_n to_o require_v the_o keep_v thereof_o of_o they_o who_o he_o mark_v to_o be_v either_o not_o obediente_a to_o doctrine_n or_o slothful_a if_o any_o man_n do_v either_o stubborne_o refuse_v or_o in_o go_v forward_o in_o his_o fault_n do_v despise_v such_o admonishmente_n xvii_o when_o he_o have_v be_v the_o second_o time_n admonish_v with_o witness_n call_v to_o it_o christ_n command_v they_o to_o be_v call_v to_o the_o iugement_n of_o the_o chirch_n which_o be_v yâ—_z assembly_n of_o elder_n and_o that_o there_o they_o shall_v be_v more_o grevous_o admonish_v as_o it_o be_v by_o public_a authority_n that_o if_o he_o reverence_v the_o chirch_n he_o may_v submit_v himself_o and_o obey_v but_o if_o he_o be_v not_o hereby_o subdue_v but_o do_v continue_v in_o his_o wickedness_n than_o he_o command_v he_o as_o a_o despiser_n of_o the_o chirch_n to_o be_v put_v away_o from_o the_o fellowship_n of_o the_o faithful_a but_o because_o he_o speak_v here_o only_o of_o secret_a fault_n we_o must_v make_v this_o division_n xx_o that_o some_o sin_n be_v private_a and_o some_o public_a or_o open_o manifest_v of_o the_o first_o sort_n christ_n say_v to_o every_o private_a man_n reprove_v he_o between_o thou_o and_o he_o alone_o of_o manifest_a sin_n paul_n say_v in_o timothee_n reprove_v he_o before_o all_o man_n that_o the_o rest_n may_v have_v fear_n for_o christ_n have_v say_v before_o if_o thy_o brother_n have_v offend_v against_o thou_o which_o word_n against_o thou_o unless_o thou_o will_v be_v contentious_a thou_o canneste_a not_o otherwise_o understande_v than_o under_o thy_o own_o secret_a knowledge_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o privy_a to_o it_o but_o the_o same_o thing_n which_o the_o apostle_n teach_v timothee_n concern_v the_o rebuke_n of_o they_o open_o that_o sin_n open_o xiiii_o he_o himself_o follow_v in_o peter_n for_o when_o peter_n sin_v even_o to_o publyke_a offence_n he_o do_v not_o admonyshe_v he_o apart_o by_o himself_o but_o bring_v he_o four_o into_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o chirch_n therefore_o this_o shall_v be_v the_o right_a order_n of_o do_v if_o in_o secret_a fault_n we_o go_v forward_o according_a to_o those_o degree_n that_o christ_n have_v set_v but_o in_o manifest_a fault_n we_o immediate_o proceed_v to_o the_o chirche_n solemn_a rebuke_v if_o the_o offence_n be_v public_a let_v this_o also_o be_v a_o other_o distinction_n that_o of_o sin_n some_o be_v defaulte_n other_o some_o be_v wicked_a do_n or_o heinous_a offence_n to_o the_o correct_v of_o this_o late_a sort_n not_o only_a admonishment_n or_o rebuke_v be_v to_o be_v use_v but_o also_o a_o severe_a remedy_n as_o paul_n show_v which_o not_o only_o chastise_v with_o word_n the_o corinthian_a that_o have_v commit_v incest_n iiii_o but_o also_o punish_v he_o with_o excommunication_n so_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v certify_v of_o his_o wicked_a deed_n now_o therefore_o we_o begin_v better_a to_o see_v how_o the_o spiritual_a jurisdiction_n of_o the_o chirch_n which_o punish_v sin_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v the_o best_a maintenance_n of_o health_n and_o fundation_n of_o order_n and_o bond_n of_o unity_n therefore_o when_o the_o chirch_n do_v banish_v out_o of_o her_o company_n manifest_a adulterer_n whoremonger_n thief_n robber_n seditious_a person_n perjure_a man_n false_a witness_n and_o such_o other_o again_o obstinate_a man_n which_o be_v orderly_o admonish_v even_o of_o small_a fault_n do_v scorn_n god_n and_o his_o iugement_n she_o take_v nothing_o upon_o herself_o without_o reason_n but_o execute_v the_o jurisdiction_n give_v she_o of_o the_o lord_n moreover_o that_o none_o shall_v despise_v such_o iugement_n of_o the_o chirch_n or_o light_o regard_v that_o he_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o consent_a voice_n of_o the_o faithful_a the_o lord_n have_v testify_v xxiii_o that_o