Messias, the revelation those before and
under the law had of one, 117. Jews
have long had, and still have, an ex-
pectation of him, ib. proofs of the
Messias from the Old Testament,
117-121. Daniel very express in
this matter, 121. the proofs summed
up, 122. the objections of the Jews
answered, ib.
Metaphor, no good foundation for ar-
gument, 280, 288.
Middle knowledge, what meant by it,
32, 33, 200.
Millennium, an account of it, 290.
Mind. See Soul.
Ministers, their unworthiness hinders
not the effect of the sacraments, 386.
their intention not necessary to the
essence of a sacrament, 387. ought
to be censured for their faults, 389.
Miracles well attested a proof of the
being of a God, 25. a distinct idea
of them, 49. the nature and de-
sign of them, 77, 422. how to know
if they are performed by good or evil
spirits, 77, 78. of those wrought by
Moses, 106. the spiteful construction
put upon those of our Saviour by the
Jews, 188. are necessary to prove infal-
libility, 234. the instruments of them
not to be superstitiously used, 317.
were not to be attempted without an
inward impulse, 380. are an appeal
to our senses, 420. those that are
contrary to our senses not to be be-
lieved, ib. the absurdity of those pre-
tended in the church of Rome, 415,
423.
Missals, those of the Gallican church
different from the Roman, 490.
Molina and Fonseca invented the mid-
dle or mean science, 200. what meant
by it, ib.
Moral evil, how reconciled with provi-
dence, 38. the occasion of physical
evil, ib.
Moral Law. See Commandments.
Morality, the sources of it, 130. two
orders of moral precepts, ib. religion
the foundation of it, 131.
Moses, the design of the Mosaical re-
ligion, 57. God's design in ordering
him to put things in writing, 93, 94.
his miracles a proof of his divine
mission, 106. the design and autho-
rity of his writings, ib. his laws not
unalterable, 123. of the covenant he
made between God and the Israelites,
124. the several things he supposed
known, ib. the Jews had better rea-
son to invoke him, than Christians
have any saint under the gospel, 322.
Mysteries that contradict reason are not
to be believed, 421.
Natalitia, the day of a saint's death, so
called, 295.
Nature, though we cannot fix the bounds
of it, we can know what goes beyond
it, 77.
Nazianzen, his complaints of councils,
276.
Necessary, whether God's acts are so,
30.
Necessary Erudition, the title of a book,
published at the beginning of the Re-
formation, 6.
Necessary existence must belong to
God, 26.
Necessity justifies the breaking through
the rules of worship, 339.
Nectarius, bishop of Constantinople,
what occasioned him to forbid con-
fession, 363.
Negative, why to be maintained in
points of faith, and not in matters of
fact, or theories of nature, 6.
Nestorius, his doctrine concerning the
person of Christ, 63, 64. concerning
the Blessed Virgin, 320. his heresies
are condemned in the Athanasian
Creed, 135, 136.
Nice, council, composed their Creed
out of many former ones, 3. what
they determined concerning the Tri-
nity, 47. asserted the worship of
images, 309. was rejected in Eng-
land on that account, 310. the history
and acts of that council give a bad
opinion of them, ib. the nature of
that worship they allowed to images,
311.
Nicene Creed, an account of it, 135.
Nicolaitans, a name of reproach given
to the married clergy, 473.
Notes, the pretended ones of the true
church examined, 239.
Novatians opposed the receiving the
lapsed into the church, 189, 362.
Oaths, ill and rashly made, ought not to
be kept, 475. what an oath is, 515.
a false one, what, ib. oaths were very
carly used, 516. are lawful among
Christians, 517. objections against
them answered, ib. all vain and rash
swearing condemned, 518. when and
in what manner they ought to be
taken, ib.
Oil began very early to be used in sa-
cred rites, 353, 381. what probably
introduced it, ib. that used by the
apostles was attended with a miracu-
lous effect, 378, 379. the form of
applying it in the church of Rome,
381. this is of a modern date, 382.
argument from the fitness of it an-
swered, 384.
Old Testament.
Opinions, a rule to be observed in repre-
senting different opinions, 151. in
what case opinion is no excuse for
sin, 446.
Opus Operatum, or the act of receiving
the sacraments not sufficient to con-
vey grace, 347.
Orders, the different ranks of them in
the church, 371. no sacrament, ib.
what the essentials of them are, 372.
validity of those of the church of
England, 494. See Pastors.
Ordination by laymen valid, 340. the
form of it in the Greek church, 372.
in the church of Rome, 373. several
regulations about them, 494. the
phrase, Receive ye the Holy Ghost,'
which is used in them, explained and
vindicated, 495.
Origen, his care in settling the canon
of the New Testament, 102. his
opinion of the soul, free-will, and
providence, 196. his doctrine was
much followed, ib.
Original sin, various opinions about it,
140-142. what the scriptures teach
concerning it, 142. how it may be
conveyed, 143, 144. the consequences
of it more than a natural death, 144.
the effects of it not quite taken away
by baptism, 146.
Overal, bishop, espoused the Armi-
nian tenets, 204.
Pagans not excused from idolatry, be-
cause they worshipped the true God
under their idols, 446,
Papias, who conversed with the apos-
tles, his account of the Gospels of
St. Matthew and St. Mark, 102.
Papists. See Church of Rome.
Parable, consequences to be drawn from
the scope of them, and not from par-
ticular phrases, 288.
Paradise, what notion the Jews had of
it, 72.
Pardon of sin, the conditions of it, 33.
the doctrine of the church of Rome
concerning pardons, 299. the abuse
and bad consequences of it, 182, 298.
this gave rise to the Reformation,
299. the pretence of their being only
an exemption from penance examined,
300. is without foundation in scrip-
ture or antiquity, ib.
Parents, their authority over their chil-
dren by the Jewish constitution, 398.
this agreeable to Christianity and the
law of nature, 399. their obligation
more particularly to take care of
their souls, 400, 401.
Paris council condemned image-wor-
ship, 310.
Passion defined, 31. in what sense as-
cribed to God, ib. its influence, 153.
Passover, the original and design of its
institution, 403. a type of our de-
liverance by the Messias, 404.
Pastors, a succession of them ought to
be in the church, 333. this to con-
tinue till the end of the world, 334.
and did not belong to the infancy of
Christianity only, 335. the danger of
taking this office, without a due vo-
cation, 335, 336. who are lawfully
called, 336. lawful authority, what,
337. where the jurisdiction is fixed
in the church of Rome, 339. what
may be done in cases of necessity, ib.
instances of lay preachers, ib.
Patriarchal authority of the see of
Rome is dissolved with that empire,
502.
Pelagius, his opinion of original sin,
140. objections against it, ib. his
opinion of liberty, 154, 197. his cha-
racter, 197. is opposed by several
learned men, ib. had many followers
in Britain, ib.
Penance, a long one imposed on sinners
in the primitive times, 182. whence
the word is derived, 355. the several
acts of it, ib. no characters of a sa-
crament in it, 357. the doctrine of
the church of Rome concerning it, ib.
no sacrament, because of a modern
date, ib. many canons about it, 363.
the ancient discipline slackened, ib.
whether penance is to be performed
before absolution, 368. the absurdity
of the doctrine of the church of
Rome on this subject, ib. what is
the true penance enjoined by the
gospel, 369.
Perfection, no councils of perfection in
the New Testament, 177. a passage
in the nineteenth of St. Matthew,
which seems to imply this, explained,
178. in what sense we are called to
be perfect as God and Christ, 185.
the scripture represents the best of
men as imperfect, ib. this is no en-
couragement to live in sin, ib.
Perseverance, a necessary consequence
of absolute decrees, 211.
Person, resulting from the conjunction
of two natures, what, 62. what meant
by Christ's having one person, 64.
of the personality of the Holy Ghost,
86.
St. Peter, of the authority committed to
him, 259. had no superiority, 499.
was withstood by St. Paul, ib.
Pharisees, asserted free-will and provi-
dence, 196.
Philosophers, their opinion of matter,
29. despised revelation, secret assist-
ances, and miracles, 76. their account
of original sin, and the pre-existence
of souls, 142. were puzzled about
free-will and providence, 196. were
not so gross idolaters as the vulgar
among the heathens, 302.
Philosophy was new modelled to ex-
plain transubstantiation, 424.
Photinus, his opinion of Christ, 61.
Pictures in churches condemned by the
council of Eliberis, 308. soon led to
idolatry, 309.
Plato, his opinion of the soul after
death, 291. was probably the source
of purgatory, ib.
Polycarp, a remarkable passage con-
cerning his body, 317.
Popes, when they took the full power
of indulgences to themselves, 182.
have been condemned for heresy,
251, 252. their ambition, forgeries,
-and cruelties, 252. of their pretended
power over princes, 253. arguments
against their infallibility, 250, 254.
alleged proofs of it answered, 259.
several absurdities in asserting it, ib.
were not much consulted in calling
some councils, 273. of the pardons
and indulgences granted by them, 298.
have been the most wicked succes-
sion of men history has produced, 438.
their authority was pretended to long
before their infallibility, 498. their
jurisdiction founded on a forgery,
501. the extent of their claim, and
by whom completed, ib. See church
Prayer, what outward gestures proper
for it, 57. prayers for the dead, an
early practice in the church, 294.
what gave occasion to it, ib. Tertul-
lian's opinion of them, 295. why not
practised in the church of England,
ib. prayers in an unknown tongue.
See Worship. the great efficacy of
prayer with right dispositions, 370.
the absurdity of appointing prayers
as a task, ib.
Preaching of the apostles, the nature of
it, and wherein it differed from that of
their successors, 398.
Precepts, wherein they differ from the
means of salvation, 394.
Predestination, the controversy about it
reduced to a single point, 193. three
main questions that arise out of it, ib.
various opinions about it, 194. his-
tory of the controversy concerning it
both in ancient and modern times,
195-204. general reflections on the
subject, 221. the advantages and dis-
advantages of the several opinions,
222. points in which all are agreed,
224. how far the Article has deter-
mined in this controversy, 225. the
design of the cautions added to it, 226.
passages in the Liturgy concerning it
explained, 226, 227. the impartiality
observed in treating this subject, 227.
Prescience, the notions of the Supralap-
sarians concerning it, 205. those of
the Sublaparians, 212. the certainty
of it is not causal, but eventual, 217.
a conditionate prescience agreeable to
scripture, ib.
Presence, real, the meaning of it as
taught by the church of England, 414.
the doctrine of the church of Rome
concerning it, 415. the mystical pre-
sence is acknowledged by them, 423.
whence the controversy about the
matter of the presence took its rise,
439.
Preventing grace, proof of it, 157. of
the efficacy and extent of it, 158.
See Grace.
Priest, the rules concerning the high
priest of the Jews dispensed with in
cases of necessity, 339. the Jewish
notion of a priest, 461. Christ was
both a Priest and Sacrifice, ib.
Primasius, his comparison of the eucha-
rist, 435.
Private judgment, objections against it
answered, 245, 246. is allowed by the
church of Rome, 246.
Procession of the Holy Ghost, we can
have no explicit idea of it, 85. yet
ought to be believed, 86.
Promises, whether any other than tem-
porary under the old dispensation, 124.
those that were national only tempo-
rary, ib. particular persons had a
prospect of a future state, 125. proofs
of this, 125, 126.
Prophecy, not a mark of the true church,
240. of those relating to the Messias,
117-122.
Prophetical writings, why dark and ob-
scure, 110, 111.
Providence, wherein it consists, 36, 37.
how the difficulty of conceiving it may
be removed, 37. objections against it
considered, 38. the necessity of it, ib.
was denied by the Epicureans and
Sadducees, 196. how the great de-
signs of it are carried on, 218.
Punishments, the temporal ones of good
men, no argument for the reserve of
others in another state, 287. the law-
fulness and necessity of capital punish-
ments, 507. the measure and extent
of them, 508, 509.
Purgatory, the doctrine of the church of
Rome concerning it, 284. no founda-
tion for it in scripture, 286. argu-
ments for it considered, 287, 288.
reasons for rejecting it, 289. a middle
state not warranted from scripture, ib.
different opinions about the state after
death, 290. the sources of this doc-
trine, 291. argument from Maccabees
examined, ib. a passage from the New
Testament alleged in favour of it,
considered, 293. not known for the
first six hundred years, 294. was ne-
ver received by the Greek church, ib.
is a remnant of paganism, ib. the great
abuses of this doctrine, 297. political
reasons are not sufficient to support
it, 298.
Radbert, Paschase, the first who asserted
and explained the corporal presence,
440. was opposed by all the eminent
men of his time, ib.
Ratramne, his account of the real pre-
sence, 440.
Real presence, the meaning of it in the
doctrine of the church of England,
414. the absurdity of the Romish
doctrine on this head, 415-424. See
Transubstantiation.
Reconciliation by the death of Christ is
not absolute and without conditions,
68.
Redemption, the Remonstrants' notion
of its extent, 218.
Reformation, why many wild sects
sprang up with it, 4. the fundamental
article on which it depends, 6. the
main ground upon which it is justified,
100. what occasioned the first begin-
nings and progress of it, 299.
Reformed, their different opinions con-
cerning free-will and predestination,
202.
Reformers, reasons for their descending
into so many particulars, 5. put Chris-
tianity on its right foundation, 167.
those in England were Sublapsarians,
202.
Regeneration, how it may be explained,
Relics, whence a superstitious regard
for them took its rise, 316. the con-
sequence of enshrining of them, ib.
were appointed to be venerated by
the council of Trent, ib. have no
countenance from scripture, 317. nor
from the practice of the first Chris-
tians, ib. no use made of them in the
times of persecution, when most ne-
cessary, 318. fables and forgeries in-
vented to support them, 318, 321. the
novelty of the worship of them, 320.
Religion, just notions of God the basis
of it, 34, 48, 131. the assistance that
revealed religion can receive from
philosophy, 144. the design of natural
and revealed religion, 154, 332. the
truths of religion are impressed by a
divine direction, 156. Alcoran asserts
that all religions are equally accept-
able to God, 228. Hobbes makes
religion and law to be the same, ib.
the hypothesis of those who would
accommodate their religion to their
secular interest, ib. these opinions
condemned, 229-231. all religions
are not alike, 232. a true notion of
it, 369.
Remission of sins, the notion of it un-
der the old dispensation, 126, 127.
not previous to justification, 163. is
an act of God's favour, 166, 167. the
nature of it in the gospel, 286. of
the power of it committed to the
apostles, 357, 358. in what sense it
is continued by their successors, 261,
262.
Remonstrants, their opinions concern-
ing free-will and predestination, 195,
213. their arguments, 213-221. diffi-
culties obviated by their doctrine, 218.
the advantages and disadvantages of
it, 222, 223.
Repentance, not the valuable considera-
tion, but the condition of justification,
168. the true notion of it, 356, 368.
the danger of trusting to a death-bed
repentance, ib.
Reprobation, the Supralapsarians' notion
of it, 212. is a doctrine hard to be
digested, 224.
Resurrection, the possibility of it, 42.
of the nature of the body after it, ib.
was denied by the Sadducees, 94.
was believed under the Old Testa-
ment, 124-127. completes the hap-
piness of a future state, 290.
Resurrection of Christ. See Christ.
Revelation, what it is, and the design of
it, 154, 332. that which destroys the
evidence of our senses is not to be
believed, 420. See Scripture.
Revelation of St. John its authority
proved, 104. why not mentioned in
the catalogue of the council of Lao-
dicea, 114.
Righteousness, the doctrine of the
church of Rome concerning it, 166,
167. that of the reformed, 167.
Rites. See Ceremonies.
Rock of the church, what meant by it,
259,260.
Roman catholic. See Church of Rome.
Ruffin was the first who mentioned the
article of Christ's descent into hell,
Sabbath is not moral in the highest
sense, 132. the reasonableness of it,
ib. of the change of it, 133. works of
necessity or charity may be done on
it, 179.
Sacramental actions, the nature of them
considered, 453. may be altered as
to circumstances, ib.
Sacraments, the doctrine of the church
of Rome concerning them, 164, 347.
its bad consequences, ib. of the essen-
tials of them, 244. are to be mea-
sured only by the institution, 296.
are more than mere ritual acts, 347,
348. do not justify by the Opus Opera-
tum, 349. a sacrament defined, ib.
matter is of the essence of it, 350.
must be instituted by Christ, ib. Pro-
testants acknowledge only two, ib.
Lombard the first who mentioned
seven of them, 351. reasons for re-
jecting the five additional sacraments,
384. sacraments are ordained to be
used, and not to be gazed on and
carried about, ib. their effect depends
on the worthy receiving, and not on
the intention of him that dispenses
them, 386.
Sacraments considered as acts of church-
communion, or as federal acts, 450.
Sacrifices, expiatory ones, the nature
of them, 65. how the death of Christ
may be said to be our sacrifice, 67.
in a general sense all religious wor-
ship may be so called, 459. but one
Priest and one Sacrifice in the Chris-
tian religion, 461. answer of the
fathers to the heathens, who charged
them with having no sacrifices, 463.
Sadducees denied the resurrection 94.
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