Answer: Such as are found to be ignorant or scandalous, notwithstanding their profession of the faith, and desire to come to the Lord’s Supper, may and ought to be kept from that sacrament, by the power which Christ has left in his church₁, until they receive instruction, and manifest their reformation₂.

1. 1 Cor 11:27-34; Matt 7:6; 1 Cor 5: Jude 1:23; 1 Tim 5:22
2. 2 Cor 2:7