...objection, in the present instance, to comply with the demand. What does the Scriptures say on this head 1 " If he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican." (Matt. xviii. 17.) "Into whatever city you (my apostles) enter, and...

...practice : — Christ's Church hath done so from the first. 24. And must we not hear the Church ? Yes : " If he will not he,ar the Church, let him be to thee as a heathen man and a publican." Matt. xviii. 16, 17. 25. What advantages did you gain; that is, what...

...three, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand. But if he will not hear them, tell the Church ; and if he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.' Behold ! the king of England your brother, brother not by carnal kindred,...

...them, and the intimation of the Supreme Legislator. Now the law and the will of Christ is this : — If he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as an heathen man and a publican (Matt. xviii. 17.); that is, let him be driven from the precincts...

...commences. "And if he will not hear them, tell it to the church." Here co-operation is greatly enlarged. " If he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as an heathen man and a publican." Here some brethren say co-operation ends ; but suppose the excluded...

...Himself, after speaking of various ways in which an offender was to be treated, — at last he says, if he will not " hear the Church, let him be to thee as an heathen and a publican." And still, though the arm of the Lord is not visibly stretched out as....

...exercised " in interiori foro :" nor was the authority " in exteriori" of less early date. " Tell it to the Church ; and if he will not hear the Church, let him be unto thee, as an heathen man and a publican." Here we have the accuser, the accused, the judge, the...

...under the awful penalty of being ranked with heathens and publicans, the off-casts of Jewish society: "And if he will not hear the Church, let him be to you as a heathen and a publican." || There is obviously no limitation whatever as to time, place, or...

...duty could be more clearly or strongly expressed, than in the following commands : — " Tell it to the church, and if he will not hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican ;" " Put away from yourselves that wicked person;" — "...

...objection, in the present instance, to comply with the demand. What does the Scripture say on this head ? " If he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican." (Matt, xviii. 17.) " Into whatever city you (my apostles) enter,...