37. That the believer ought
not to be punished for other offences, except for the name he
bears.
In the Epistle of Peter to them of Pontus:
“Nor let any of you suffer as a thief, or a murderer, or as an
evil-doer, or as a minder of other people’s business,
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but as a
Christian.”
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[Gr.
ὡς ἀλλοτριοεπίσκοπος
;
a strange expression. This is St. Paul’s canon (Greek) of
jurisdiction, which he expounds,
2 Cor. x. 13, 14
. Comp.
Gal. ii. 9
. Showing, by the way, the limits
of Peter’s jurisdiction, “measure,” or
μετρόν
τοῦ
κανόνος
. Note
15, p. 544,
supra
.]
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1 Pet. iv. 15, 16
.