...infallible; they are nothing at all to the purpofe, but prove rather the direct contrary. The Firft is, Tell the Church, and if he will not hear the Church , let him be to thee en a Heathen or Publican , Matth. 18. <6, iy. But this Text plainly relates to fuch Private Injuries...

...thee, take with thee one or two more, that every thing may be teftified by two or three witneffes. And if he will not hear them ; tell the Church. And...hear the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen or the publican. Amen I fay to you : Whatsoever you fhall bind on earth, (hall be bound alfo in heaven;...

...laity, .feeming to exclude them from the pale of Cbrift's church, and to give them 'a difpoprecept, " If he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as a heathen man and a publican," to imply the fubmiflion which is to be paid to his authority, on pain...

...induced to dispute their authority in spiritual concerns from perusing such texts as the following : Tell the Church, and if he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as a heathen or a publican §. Ob-ey your prelates ||, 192 and be subject to them : for they watch as...

...authority in spiritual concerns from perusing such texts as the following : Tell the Church, and jf i he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as a heathen or a publican \. Obey your prelates ||, . . ' • *- *„" * Matt. xxvi. 26, 27. Mark xiv....

...witnesses, every word may be established. " And if he will not hear them, tell it to the Church : but if he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as an heathen man and a publican." 1. " SPEAK evil of no man," says the great Apostle : as plain a command...

...aloue tuat are; fur they all Sit church, and the gates of hell shall never prevail against it. He that will not hear the church let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican." Could he, who is truth itself, give tis this positive command, to hear and obey his church, under pain...

...are necessary to salvation. He that believeth not, shall be condemned, Mark. xvi. v. 16, and he that will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the Heathen man and the Publican, Matt, xviii. v. 17. Away then with private sense and interpretation, as directly...

...take with thee one or two more : that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. And if he will not hear them, tell the Church. And...the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven ;...

...assistance by virtue of Christ's words, and consequently infallibility. They urge Matt. xviii. 17. *' If he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican." And here again the church must be the church of Rome, or we are as far to seek as ever. But what if...