Question 43

Name: Introduction to the Worship of God - Question 43
Author: John Owen

Wherein doth the exercise of the authority for discipline committed unto the elders of the church consist?

Answer —

1.In personal private admonition of any member or members of the church, in case of sin, error, or any miscarriage known unto themselves;

2.in public admonition in case of offences persisted in, and brought orderly to the knowledge and consideration of the church;

3.in the ejection of obstinate offenders from the society and communion of the church;

4.in exhorting, comforting, and restoring to the enjoyment and exercise of church-privileges such as are recovered from the error of their ways; all according to the laws, rules, and directions of the gospel.

1.Matthew 18:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 1 Corinthians 4:14; Titus 1:13, 2:15; 2 Timothy 4:2.

2.1 Timothy 5:19, 20; Matthew 18:16, 17.

3.Titus 3:10; 1 Timothy 1:20; Matthew 18:17; 1 Corinthians 5:5; Galatians 5:12.

4.2 Corinthians 2:7, 8; Galatians 6:1; 2 Thessalonians 3:15.

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Chicago: John Owen, "Question 43," Introduction to the Worship of God in Introduction to the Worship of God, and Discipline of the Churches of the New Testament Original Sources, accessed July 3, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V47DIAZFGY19KUV.

MLA: Owen, John. "Question 43." Introduction to the Worship of God, in Introduction to the Worship of God, and Discipline of the Churches of the New Testament, Original Sources. 3 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V47DIAZFGY19KUV.

Harvard: Owen, J, 'Question 43' in Introduction to the Worship of God. cited in 1667, Introduction to the Worship of God, and Discipline of the Churches of the New Testament. Original Sources, retrieved 3 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V47DIAZFGY19KUV.