...established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church, but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican." 16, 17. A separation is here pointed out, but it is evident that where this takes place, the member...

...according to the example of the former Church of the Jews:) Tell the Church: and if he refuse to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man, and a publican. , J , . r . . 6 and duty of Ecclesiastical excommunication is the public judgment of the Seniors of...

...established; and if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church ; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican." In this passage there are evident allusions to the laws and customs of the Jews, who, for the conviction...

...established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : But if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican." In many cases, it may be perfectly proper to demand satisfaction for a wrong we have sustained; but...

...no infallibility. But they argue farther, that our Saviour directs f, if a man neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as a Heathen man and a publican. But what is he there speaking of? Let us read the context. If thy brother shall trespass against thee,...

...assembled synagogue: but if all these endeavours should fail to reclaim him, " then," said our Lord, (11)" let him be unto " thee as a heathen man and a publican;" let the presbyters pronounce sentence, and expel him from their communion: to which he immediately...

...partaker of other men's sins. If this, or what we can do in this way will not avail, our Lord's rule is, Let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican: and we must not presume to be more merciful than our Master. "Had ministers of the gospel, in this...

...established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a Heathen man and a publican."* On these directions the injunction of our article appears to be founded. They evidently refer to the...

...15—20. ' If thy brother shall trespass, &c. tell it unto the church ; bat if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. Verily I say unto yon, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever...

...guilt by sufficient witness, may authoritatively admonisli him to amend: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican; ie give him over for a desperate sinner, as one that is to be ejected from the communion of the church,...