# Xvi. Of The Ecclesiastical Ban, Or Separation From The Church.

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We also believe in, and confess, a ban, Separation,
and Christian correction in the church, for amendment,
and not for destruction, in order to distinguish
that which is pure from the impure: namely,
when any one, after he is enlightened, has accepted
the knowledge of the truth, and been incorporated
into the communion of the saints, sins again unto
death, either through willfulness, or through presumption
against God, or through some other cause,
and falls into the unfruitful works of darkness,
thereby becoming separated from God, and forfeiting
the kingdom of God, that such a one, after the
deed is manifest and sufficiently known to the
church, may not remain in the congregation of the
righteous, but, as an offensive member and open
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sinner, shall and must be separated, put away, reproved
before all, and purged out as leaven; and
this for his amendment, as an example, that others
may fear, and to keep the church pure, by cleansing
her from such spots, lest, in default of this, the
name of the Lord be blasphemed, the church dishonored,
and offense given to them that are without;
and finally, that the sinner may not be condemned
with the world, but become convinced in
his mind, and be moved to sorrow, repentance and
reformation. Jer. 59:2; 1 Cor. 5:5,13; 1 Tim.
5:20; 1 Cor. 5:6; 2 Cor. 10:8; 13:10.

Further, concerning brotherly reproof or admonition,
as also the instruction of the erring, it is
necessary to exercise all diligence and care, to watch
over them and to admonish them with all meekness,
that they may be bettered, and to reprove, according
as is proper, the stubborn who remain obdurate;
in short, the church must put away from her the
wicked (either in doctrine or life), and no other.
James 5:19; Tit. 3:10; 1 Cor. 5:13.



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