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and_o i_o find_v there_o be_v three_o sort_n of_o man_n excommunicable_a by_o scripture_n rule_n first_o such_o as_o pervert_v the_o sound_a doctrine_n of_o truth_n as_o do_v hymeneus_n and_o alexander_n 1_o tim._n 1._o 20._o second_o such_o as_o be_v defile_v with_o notorious_a wickedness_n as_o the_o incestuous_a person_n at_o corinth_n 1_o cor._n 5._o 1_o 5._o three_o such_o as_o obstinate_o persist_v in_o their_o crime_n and_o offence_n after_o a_o double_a admonition_n or_o treble_a rather_o private_o by_o himself_o after_o that_o before_o two_o or_o three_o and_o if_o that_o fail_v then_o open_o before_o the_o church_n and_o if_o he_o will_v not_o hear_v the_o church_n then_o let_v he_o be_v to_o thou_o as_o a_o heathen_a man_n or_o a_o publican_n matth._n 18.15_o 16_o 17._o where_o our_o saviour_n plain_o teach_v we_o that_o as_o this_o must_v be_v the_o last_o remedy_n so_o