Thomas Boston, Works, 3:633:
Admonition and reproof is an ordinance of Christ, appointed by him in his church among the visible members of his body, Matt. 18:15, and downwards; 1 Tim. 5:20. Why are ye angry at your brother for doing his duty he is obliged to do under the pain of the Lord’s displeasure? Why will ye be reckoned members of Christ’s family, and will not submit to the ordinances and laws of his house? Is it fit the Church of Christ should be as when there was no king in Israel, every one doing that which is right in his own eyes?
Admonition and reproof is an ordinance of Christ, appointed by him in his church among the visible members of his body, Matt. 18:15, and downwards; 1 Tim. 5:20. Why are ye angry at your brother for doing his duty he is obliged to do under the pain of the Lord’s displeasure? Why will ye be reckoned members of Christ’s family, and will not submit to the ordinances and laws of his house? Is it fit the Church of Christ should be as when there was no king in Israel, every one doing that which is right in his own eyes?