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Protestant Reformed Theological Journal Vol. 59, No. 1 148 also act with authority in this matter, and, if necessary, proceed to deposition? This cannot be denied. In the defense of the Provincial Synod to the deputies of Leicester and to the Synod of The Hague, 1586, it was said to those who doubted the right of excommunication by the Synod (points 42 and 43): that according to the church order of Middelburg (Art. 62) it was indeed stated that no consistory may proceed to excommunication...