[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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- [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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- Mall, Thomas, b. 1629 or 30.
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- London :: printed by R.W. for Matthew Keinton, at the Fountain in Pauls Church-yard,
- 1658.
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"[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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B26461.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.
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might further appear by the motives, whereby the Apostle Paul •…•…resseth the Church of Corinth to excommunicate the incestuous Co∣•…•…thian, 1 Cor. 5, 6.7. now this is the use that Gods People should •…•…ake of any choice mercy, thereby to engage themselves more close∣•…•…y to God; this is the motive that Moses urgeth to perswade the Is∣•…•…aelites to enter into a special Covenant with God, beside the solemn Covenant which he made with them (and they with him) in Ho∣•…•…eb, Deut. 29.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.9, 10, &c.
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The Doctrine that Dr. Burges in the first Par. Sermon, raiseth from Jer. 50.5. is this, when God vouchsafe•…•… any deliverance to his Church, especially from Babilon, then it is m•…•… seasonable and necessary to close with God by a more solemn, strict a•…•… inviolable Covenant, to be his, and only his for ever. See it largely pros•…•…¦cu•••• ••hrough the Sermon.