Deuteronomy 19:15-19

Bishops(i) 15 One witnesse shall not rise agaynst a man for any maner trespasse, or for any maner sinne, or for any maner fault that he offendeth in: but at the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished 16 If a false witnesse rise vp agaynst a man, to accuse hym of trespasse 17 Then both the men which stryue together, shall stande before the Lorde, before the priestes and the iudges which shalbe in those dayes 18 And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be founde false, and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother 19 Then shall ye do vnto hym, as he had thought to do vnto his brother, & thou shalt put euyll away from the middes of thee