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and notorious Offenders; of their doing which we want not instances in that account St. Luke gives us of the Acts of the Apostles, where we read of Elymas the Sorcerer smitten with Blindness by St. Paul; and of Ananias and Sapphira struck with Death it self by St. Peter; Either of them an Instance terrible enough of that Power and Authority which Christ, the Head of His Church, had given to the (then) Rulers and Governors of it, of punishing and chastising Her undutifull and incorrigible Children, and of revenging upon them all their disobedience, as the Apostle speaks to these his Corinthians, 2. Cor. 10.6. Besides both which we have an Example of the Use of the Virga Apostolica in another no less dreadfull manner, 1 Tim. 1.20. where Hymenaeus and Alexander having first put away a good Conscience, and at last made Shipwrack of their Faith too, (as nothing is more ordinary or natural than for such as are loose and careless in their Practice to fall into Errors in Judgment, and to be given up to believe lies ) are by the Apostle deliver'd unto Satan, that they might learn not to blaspheme. |
and notorious Offenders; of their doing which we want not instances in that account Saint Lycia gives us of the Acts of the Apostles, where we read of Elymas the Sorcerer smitten with Blindness by Saint Paul; and of Ananias and Sapphira struck with Death it self by Saint Peter; Either of them an Instance terrible enough of that Power and authority which christ, the Head of His Church, had given to the (then) Rulers and Governors of it, of punishing and chastising Her undutiful and incorrigible Children, and of revenging upon them all their disobedience, as the Apostle speaks to these his Corinthians, 2. Cor. 10.6. Beside both which we have an Exampl of the Use of the Virga Apostolica in Another no less dreadful manner, 1 Tim. 1.20. where Hymenaeus and Alexander having First put away a good Conscience, and At last made Shipwreck of their Faith too, (as nothing is more ordinary or natural than for such as Are lose and careless in their Practice to fallen into Errors in Judgement, and to be given up to believe lies) Are by the Apostle Delivered unto Satan, that they might Learn not to Blaspheme. |
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