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XIV. ut the exclaim, that it is an intolerable hin that the pestilene os crimes o generali prevatis. Pgrant i Wouldb happycis the fac mere therwiseri ut in reply, Ι ould present them illi the hadgment of the apostle. Among the
Corinthians, more than a se had gone astray, and the insection ad seigod almos the hole Society there a notis lyone Species of sin, ut many and the were O triviai fatalis, but dreadsul crimes and there a not ni a corruption Os morais, ut also os doctrine. In his case, What is the conduct
severest anathema II no Only Oes One of these things, but On the contrary, aclinowledges an Spealis of them asin Chureliis Christ an a societ os suinis. Is there rem aliae achiarchisi non the Orinthians, here contentio S, saetions, and emulations ere aging Where cupidi ty, di Sputes, and litigations ere prevalling here a crime et in Xecrationeven among the Gentiles, a publici Sanctioned Where thenam O Paul, homolle oughto have revere a theirri
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fharpi reproves it in the Corinthians But though the Chiarchma b doficiunt in iis duty, it cloes no theres ore follo that itis the place of ver individual to as judgmen os separationsor himself. Padmi that it is the diit os a pious manu mith-dra himself srom ali privato intimae With the wicked, and
notri involve himself in an voluntar connection illi them. But it is no thin to void familia intercourse illi thewtokod and another hing 1 romiatred of them, o renounce the communion of the Chureli. An person solio duom it sacrilege to participate illi them the broad of the Lord ar in this respectria more rigid than Paul. For lieni eXhoris UStoin pure an hol participation oscit, he require not ne to
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contamina ted. ut asino ni requires very one to Xamine
Order, a mill e State more a large heroas ter. It would bo Unjust, heres ore, that any individualisliould e contamina ted With themii orthinos os a nother, hos approach it Smeither in his poWorior his duinto prevent. XVI. ut though this temptation Ometime arises Ven togood men, rom an inconsiderate eul for righteOUSness, et eshali onurn dy in that Xcessive severit is moro Win topride and haughtiness, and a salse opinion hicli person ente tali os their Wn superior sanctity than to true holinoss, and area concern forcit interesis Those, heres ore, ho ure moStdarin in promotin a separation rom the Church, and uet, asit ere, a Standard-bearer in the revolt have in generat noother motive than to mali an ostentatious display of theiriwn Superior Xcellence, and thei contemptis allithers. Augustine correctly und judicio usi observe hereas the pious utean methodis ecclesiastical disciplino ought principali to rcgardili unit of the Spirit in the ond of peaco, hieli ho apostloenjoined to e reservo by mutuat sorbea rance, and whicli notbe in preserved the medicina punishment is evince to e notoni Superfluoia S, ut even pernicious, and theres ore t bo nolongur modicinal; hos Wicked childron, ho, notorona ahatrod of the iniquities of thors, ut froni a fontines for their
vninformed multitudo holi astor thoni, by ontangi in them With boastin of their o ii characters o ut eas to divide thoin thos persons, I say, inflatod illi pride, infuriato milli obstinacy, insidiotis in the circulationis calumnies, and turbulent inraiSing seditions concent themsolves unde tho masti os a rigid40- verity les the should e prove to e destitute of the truth;
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trui holy an innocent in the figlit os God. Secondi y letthem consider, that os hos Who appea subjectri morai mal dieS, there ure many ho by no means lea Semrisaiter them-Selves in thoi vices, ut re ostentimes arouSed, illi a serioussea O God, o spire t greater integrity. Thirdly let homconsido that judgmont ought notrio e pronouneedipon a munsrom a Single et sine the holies persons have Sometimes ostgrievous salis. Fourthly, et them considor that tho ministryof the word, and the participation Os the Sacraments haveto much influence in preservin the unit of the Church,
to ad mitis iis uin destroyed by the guit os a se implous
men Lastly, et them consider, that in formin an estimate
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Inoon and of the star sor a light y night Is hos ordinances de part rom es ore me, aith the Lord, thon the eed os Israel also hali censu rom oin a nation es ore me so evor. V h XVIII. Os his trulli Chris himself the apostles, an alia iΟStad the propheis h. giVen iis an example Drondsul ure those description in hic hosaiah, Ieremiali Ioel, Habui kuk, undothers deplore thoiisorder of the Chiarchis Jorusalem. There
Wa sueti genera und extreme corruption in the ooplo, in themagistrateS, and in the riesis that Isaiah doos o hesitate tocompare Ierusalem to Odoin and Gomorrali. Religion asparti despiSed parti corrupted Thei manner Were generali disgraced by thesis, robberies, renchorieS murderS, and Simila crimes. evertheless, the propheis On his accountneitheronised themSelves ne churches, nor uili ne altarS
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so the oblation os separate sacrifices; ut linteuer ore thecharacter of the eople, et oenus the considerod that God ad deposited his ord amon that nation unu institute dili ceremonio in hic me a there ors ippod the Iis tedii pure haud to im even in the congregation of the impious. Ιf tho had thought that the contrae ted an contagion romthes SerVices, uret the would have sufferod a hundro diuullis ruthor than have permitte 1 themSelve to e dragged to them. There as Othin theres ore to prevent thei departure romthem, ut the destre os preservin the nil of the Chureli. But is the hol propheis ore rostrained by a Sense of utysrom forsat in the Church on account of the numerotis undenormons crimes Whicli,ere practised noti a se individuals, but ulmos by the whole nation, it S Xtrem arrogane in US, is, prosum immediatet to it drua si om tho communionos a Church, ore the conduet os nil the member is no compatibi eithe with ur judgment, or even illi tho Christian
XIX. o , hat in os an ago a that os Chris and his apost lesse et the desperato impiot of the Phariseos, an the
dissolitioives Vory here te by the eople, could no prevenithom froni using the a me aerifiees, and assembling in the fame temple illi thers for tho public Xercise of religion. O di this appen, ut rom a linowledge that the societ of the wick0 could no contaminute those ho illi pure conscienceSunito with thum in the samo solemnities Θ f any one a nodesere ne to the propheis an disposites, et hi in ut eas acquiesce in the aut horit os Christ. Cyprian has excellentlyremari ed, although tares, o impure esseis ure found in the Chiarch, et his is no a reason hy e liould Withdra fromit. It ni bello vos iis to labour that, Inny e the whent, und
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no that there an verme an Church ithout remission ossitis, ut ecausu God has no promisexto impar his mercy, excepi in the communion Os suinis. Our firs entraneo, here res into the Chiarch and ingdom os God is the remission ofSiris, Without hieli, have no ovenant or union ith God.
mercy. So in another place, here he foretelis the est oration
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it se, is o obtained a pardon hicli ould astorWard be ostio suci And that the inero os the Lor Nould e uin and dehisivo, is it e re ni grante for nee ali tota perSoti cantestis to themselves sor very one os them is ali his su- time conscio his os an infirmities, hicli eo the Divino mercy. An Suret it is no Nithout reuson, that God particulari prom i Se thi grace to the member of his fami ly, and
command the Same message os reconciliation to e dat ly ad-dresse 1 to them. As e carr abo ut illi us the re es of Sin, theres ore, a longin We live, e hali Scurcei continue in the Chureli or a Single moment, uile Ss e re Sustained by the
constant grace of tho Lord in orgiving ou sitis. ut the Lordhas calle his pooptorio terna salvation the ought theres ore, to e ovo that his graue is alWays ready to ardon thei SinS. Whures ore it ought o b held us a certain conclusion that stoin the Divino libera ty by the intorventior of the merit os Christ through the sanctification Os the Spirit, ardor of Sins has been, an is datly bostoWed pon his, ho have been admitto Dan ingrastud in to the od os the Church. XXIL It was to dispenso this tessin to iis, that the keys
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Third ly that it is dispenso to us by tho minister and a StorSos tho Chiarch, ither in tho reac in os the gospei, O in the
administration of the Sacraments and that this is the principaloxercis of the poWer of the keys, hieli ho Lor has conforre on the Societ of e evers. et very one of us, there- fore, conside itin hi duty, noto Seeli remission os sin a nyWhoro ut horo the ordinas placed it os public reconciliation, hicli is a branch os discipline, o hali sponti in iis
XXIII. ut a thos sanati Spiriis, of homes polle en-doavou to ob the Church of this Sole anchor os Salvation, urconscience ought to e Stili more strongi sortisiud against suci a pestilent opinion The ovalians disturbo tho ancient Chiarches illi his tenet; ut the present age also a Wit-nesse Some of the nnbapti Sis, ho resemble the ovalians
by sali in into the sanae fossies. For the imagine that bybaptismolin eople of God are regenerate to a pure an angelicisse, hicli cannot e contaminated by an impurities fili flesti. An is an one e guila os Sin aster baptism, theyleave himmo proSpee of sua ping the inexorable udgmen os
An What a the designis his injunction, ut that emight
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patriarchilia been circumcised admitte to the privileges Osthe covenant, and Without doub instrue ted in justico nil integrit by the care of thei sather, hen the conspire tomurde thoi brother. his as a crime to e abominated even by the mos desperate and abundone robbers. t longili, Sos tened by the admonitions os Judati, the sol him for a Stave Thi utS Was an intolerable eruelay. Simon an Levi, in a Spirit os nesariou revenge condemned even by the judg-ment of thei fallier, murdere the inhabitant Os Sichem. Rouben a guili os Xecrabio incest illi his futtior' concubine Judati, illi an intention os indulgin a libidinous passion Violate the law of nature by a crimina connectionWith his son's isse. Et thenare o far romae in eXpungedout of the number of the chosen eopte that, On the contrary,
the are constitute the ead of the nation. r What halime fa os David Θ Though 0 was the ossiciat uardian os justice ho scandaloiasty disti prepare tho a for the gratificationis a bland passion by the effusion os innocent lood He had Iready been regeneralest, an among the regenerate had 00n distinguis ud by the peculia commendation of the Lord ; et e perpetrate a crime even umong enthen re-garded with horror, and et ho obtaino mercy. s Aud notto wellian longor on particular XampleS, the numeroUS promises hicli the la and the propheis contain, o Divine mere toWard the Srae tes, are O man proos of the manifestation os God' placabi tyrio the offences of his poople. ForWhat does Moses promis to the eopte in ea se of thei return
XXV. Buto in unWillingo commoneo Ria enumerationWhicli, aut have no end. For the propheis are fudis Such promiSes, hicli offer mere to the eoplo though overedWitti innumerable crimes. What in is ors thuri rebellion Θ
r Gen. xxxvii. 18, 28 xxxiv. 25; xxv. 22 xxxviii. 16. s 2 Sam. i. 4, 15 xii. 13. t Deut xxx. 3, 4