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branch of th;~;i. extrajudicial discipiiile, which supplies
the defects 2 nd tile remi>sness of la\v ; and is expressly
authorized ~J St. Paul ( I Cor. v. I I.) "But
now I have wri.ten unto you, not to ketp company,
if any man, that is called a brother be a fonncator,
or coyetou~, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunk·
ard, or an extortioner; "ith such an one no not to
eat." The use of this association against ,·ice continues
to be f.~X1>~! 'ienced in one remarkable instanc{-.,
and might b~= extended with good effect to others.
The confe1era;.:y am.:-ngst women. ~f character, to exdude
fro,n their society kept mistresses and prostilutes,
c cntrib utes more perhaps to discourage tllat
condition of life, alle! pI-events greater nUIIlbers from
entcnng into iL, than all Ihe considerarions of i1rudence
and religi()n put together.
'Ve are like,\ise ailo'l"eJ to practise so much caution,
as not to put ou!"st=h-es in the way of injury,
or iJlvite the repetition of it. If a sel~-ani or traJcslllati
has cheated us, \\-e are not bOli!ld to trust him
again; for this is to encourage him in fUS dishonest
practices, \\:hich ~ doing him much harm.
\Vhere a benefit can be ~:onferred onl,- up·Jr. one
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or fe\v~ and the choice of th~ person, upon \\-1~0rl1 it is
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