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29. (Book 29)
They therefore who with an high hand do persevere in their wickednesse, after foregoing admonitions stubbornly despised or carelesly neglected, are justly by Excommunication in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ cut off and cast out from the so∣ciety of the faithfull, and are pronounced to be cast out from the Church, untill being filled with shame, and cast downe, they shall return again to a more sound minde, and by con∣fession of their sinne and amendment of their lives, they shall shew tokens of their repentance, Matth. 18. 16, 17, 18. 1 Cor. 5. 13. which places are also alledged in the Confession of Bo∣hemia, Art. 8. to prove that the Excommunication of the im∣penitent and stubborn, whose wickednesse is known, is com∣manded of the Lord: But if stubborn Hereticks, or unclean persons be not removed or cast out from the Church, therein doe the Governours of the Church sinne, and are found guilty, Rev. 2. 14, 20.