[A] true account of what was done by a Church of Christ in Exon (whereof Mr. Lewis Stucley is pastor) the eighth day of March, 1657. when two members thereof were excommunicated. Together with the judgement of the non-conformists in the dayes of Q. Elizabeth, and K. Iames, concerning excommunication by a particular church. [Pu]blished by an eye abd ear-witness.

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Title: [A] true account of what was done by a Church of Christ in Exon (whereof Mr. Lewis Stucley is pastor) the eighth day of March, 1657. when two members thereof were excommunicated. Together with the judgement of the non-conformists in the dayes of Q. Elizabeth, and K. Iames, concerning excommunication by a particular church. [Pu]blished by an eye abd ear-witness.
Author: Mall, Thomas, b. 1629 or 30.
Publication: London :: printed by R.W. for Matthew Keinton, at the Fountain in Pauls Church-yard,; 1658.
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I Am their same opinion, who interpret the delivering to Satan of Excommunication, and so doth Gual∣ter himself; so doth the Syriack which readeth; that you (Corinthians may deliver such an one to Satan. If it was an act of the Church of Corinth, then it was a Church-sensure not a Miracle. The Greek doth also carry it to be an Act of the Church of Corinth assembled together. We have also some, (though not all) of the Antients for us in this particular: as Balsamon in Canon. Epist Ba∣silij ad Amphilock. Can. 7. observeth. Gillespy's Aarons-rod blossoming. p. 435.

Whether the Power of Excommunication in actu pri∣mo, seu quoad esse did belong to the collective body of the Church of Corinth or not, is a question controverted and to this day, sub judice lis est; yet even those who hold the affirmative part of the question, do notwithstanding say, that in actu secundo, seu quoad operari, the power pertained to their Bresbytery, which is confirmed by 2 Cor. 2.6 where the Apostle speaking of the censure of that incestuous man, saith not that it was inflicted by all, but by many, the Pastors and Elders of Corinth; how be it the execution and final act of that high censure was to be with the consent, and in the Presence of the Congre∣gation. Gillespy's Asserion of the Government of the Church of Scotland. p. 115, 116.