Question 44 -- May the church cast any person out of its communion

discipline committed unto the elders of the church consist?

Answer -- ^aIn personal private admonition of any member or members of the church, in case of sin, error, or any miscarriage known unto themselves; ^bin public admonition in case of offences persisted in, and brought orderly to the knowledge and consideration of the church; ^cin the ejection of obstinate offenders from the society and communion of the church; ^din 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. ^aMatt. xviii. 15; 1 Thess. v. 14; 1 Cor. iv. 14; Titus i. 13, , ii. 15; 2 Tim. iv. 2. ^b1 Tim. v. 19, 20; Matt. xviii. 16, 17. ^cTitus iii. 10; 1 Tim. i. 20; Matt. xviii. 17; 1 Cor. v. 5; Gal. v. 12. ^d2 Cor. ii. 7, 8; Gal. vi. 1; 2 Thess. iii. 15.

without previous admonition?

Answer -- It may in some cases, where the offence is notorious and the scandal grievous, so that nothing be done against other general rules. 1 Cor. v.