The Church of England's Wish for the Restoring of Primitive Discipline;: Considered, in Order to Its Being Brought to Effect. On which Occasion is Shewn the Institution, Nature, End, and Necessity of Discipline in the Church of Christ..

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W. Rogers, at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet., 1703 - Church discipline - 285 pages
 

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Page 16 - Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter : for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Page 32 - Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained. And be thou a faithful Dispenser of the Word of GOD, and of His Holy Sacraments; in the Name of the FATHER, and of the SON, and of the HOLY GHOST. Amen.
Page 46 - In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Page 99 - But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 76 - For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
Page 98 - And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Page 132 - Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God...
Page 8 - ... hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the CHURCH: but if he neglect to hear the CHURCH, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 200 - Will you then give your faithful diligence, always so to minister the Doctrine and Sacraments, and the discipline of Christ, as the Lord hath commanded, and as this Church and Realm hath received the same...
Page 93 - I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time ; and being absent now [I write] to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare...

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