Of the providence of God, 36. Objections against it answered, ib. Whether God does immediately produce all things, 38.
Thought and liberty not proper
to matter, 39.
Whether beasts think, or are only machines, 40.
How bodies and spirits are united,
ib.
The doctrine of the Trinity, 42. Whether revealed in the Old Tes- tament, or not, 43.
The doctrine stated, ib.
Argument from the form of Bap-
tism, 44.
Other arguments for it, 45.
This was received in the first ages of Christianity, 47.
Some attempt to the stating true
ideas of God, 48.
The proof of Christ's resurrec- tion, 73.
The Jews in that time did not
disprove it, 75.
Several proofs of the incredibility
of a forgery in this matter, ib.
The nature and proof of a mira-
cle, 77.
What must be ascribed to good or evil spirits, ib.
The apostles could not be im-
posed on, 78.
Nor could they have imposed on
the world, 79.
Of Christ's ascension, 80.
Curiosity in these matters taxed, ib.
The authority with which Christ
is now vested, 82.
ART. V.
The senses of the word, Holy
Ghost, 84.
It stands oft for a person, ib.
Curiosities to be avoided about
procession, 85.
The Holy Ghost is truly God, 87.
ART. VI.
The controversy about oral tra-
dition, 92.
That was soon corrupted, 93.
Guarded against by revelation,
94.
Tradition corrupted among the Jews, ib.
The scripture appealed to by
Christ and the apostles, 95.
What is well proved from scrip-
ture, 97.
Objections from the darkness of
scripture answered, ib. No sure guard against error, nor
against sin, 99.
The proof of the canon of the
scripture, 100.
Particularly of the New Testa-
ment, 101.
These books were early. received,
105.
The canon of the Old Testamen proved, ib.
Concerning the Pentateuch, 107.
What may be the true sense of Objections against the Old Tes-
Old Testament, 124.
Our Saviour proved the resurrec-
tion from the words to Moses,
125.
Expiation of sin in the old dis-
pensation, 126.
Sins then expiated by the blood of
Christ, 127.
Of the rites and ceremonies among
the Jews, 128.
Of their judiciary laws, 129.
Of the moral law, 130.
The principles of morality, 131.
Of idolatry, ib.
Concerning the Sabbath, 132.
Of the second table, 133.
Of not coveting what is our neigh-
bour's, 134.
Concerning the Creed of Athana- sius, 135.
And the condemning clauses in it, 136.
Of the Apostles' Creed, 137.
ART. IX.
Different opinions concerning ori-
ginal sin, 140.
All men liable to death by it, ib.
A corruption spread through the
whole race of Adam, 141.
Of the state of innocence, 143.
Of the effects of Adam's fall, 144.
God's justice vindicated, 145.
Of the imputation of Adam's sin,
ib.
The state of the question, 193. The doctrine of the supralapsarians and sublapsarians, 194.
The doctrine of the remonstrants
and the Socinians, 195.
This is a controversy that arises
out of natural religion, ib.
The history of this controversy
both in ancient and modern
times, 196.
The arguments of the supralap- sarians, 204.
The arguments of the sublapsa-
rians, 212.
The arguments of the remon-
strants, 213.
They affirm a certain prescience, 217.
The Socinians' plea, 221.
General reflections on the whole
matter, ib.
The advantages and disadvantages
of both sides, and the faults of
both, 223.
In what both do agree, 224.
The sense of the Article, 225.
The cautions added to it, 226.
Passages in the Liturgy explained,
227.
ART. XVIII.
Philosophers thought men might
be saved in all religions, 228.
So do the Mahometans, ib.
None are saved but by Christ,
229.
Whether some may not be saved by him, who never heard of him, 230.
None are in covenant with God,
but through the knowledge of
Christ, 231.
But for others, we cannot judge
of the extent of the mercies of
God, 231.
Curiosity is to be restrained, ib.
ART. XIX.
We ought not to believe that any are infallible, without good au-
thority, 234.
Just prejudices against some who
pretend to it, 235.
No miracles brought to prove this,
236.
Proofs brought from scripture,
238.
Things to be supposed previous to these, ib.
A circle is not to be admitted,
239.
The notes given of the true church,
ib.
These are examined, 240.
And whether they do agree to the
church of Rome, 241.
The truth of doctrine must be first settled, ib.
A society that has a true baptism,
is a true church, 242.
Sacraments are not annulled by
every corruption, 244.
We own the baptism and orders
given in the church of Rome, ib.
And yet justify our separating
from them, 245.
Objections against private judging,
ib.
Our reasons are given us for that
end, 246.
Our minds are free as our wills
are, 247.
The church is still visible, but not
infallible, 248.
Of the pope's infallibility, 250.
That was not pretended to in the
first ages, 251.
The dignity of sees rose from the
cities, ib.
Popes have fallen into heresy, ib.
Their ambition and forgeries, 252.
Their cruelty, ib.
The power of deposing princes claimed by them as given them
by God, 254.
This was not a corruption only of
discipline, but of doctrine, 255
The church has authority, though
not infallible, 268.
Great respect due to her decisions,
269.
But no absolute submission, ib.
The church is the depository of
the scriptures, 270.
The church of Rome run in a
circle, ib.
ART. XXI.
Councils cannot be called, but by
the consent of princes, 272.
The first were called by the Ro-
man emperors, ib.
Afterwards the popes called them,
273.
Then some councils thought on
methods to fix their meeting,
274.
What makes a council to be ge-
neral, 275.
What numbers are necessary, ib.
How must they be cited, ib.
No rules given in scripture con-
cerning their constitution, 275.
Nazianzen's complaints of coun-
cils, 276.
Councils have been contrary to one another, ib.
Disorders and intrigues in coun- cils, ib.
They judge not by inspiration,
277.
Concerning the pope's bull con- firming them, ib.
They have an authority, but not absolute, ib.
Nor do they need the pope's bulls,
How the church is the pillar and ground of truth, ib.
Christ's promise, 'I am with you
alway, even to the end of the
world,' 281.
Of that, 'It seemed good to the
Holy Ghost, and to us,' ib.
Some general councils have erred,
282.
ART. XXII.
The doctrine of purgatory, 285.
Sins once pardoned are not punish-
ed, 286.
Unless with chastisements in this
life, 287.
No state of satisfaction after death,
Whether these ought to be sacred,
It is only the excusing from pe-
nance, 300.
No foundation for it in scripture, ib.
General rules concerning idolatry,
301.
Of the idolatry of heathens, 302.
Laws given to the Jews against it, ib.
The expostulations of the pro-
phets, 303.
Concerning the golden calf, 304.
And the calves at Dan and Bethel,
ib.
The apostles opposed all idolatry, 305.
St. Paul at Athens, and to the
Romans, 306.
The sense of the primitive fathers
The first use of images among
Christians, ib.
Pictures in churches for instruc- tion, 309.
Were afterwards worshipped, ib.
Contests about that, ib.
Images of the Deity and Trinity, 310.
On what the worship of images terminates, 311.
The due worship settled by the
council at Trent, 312.
Images consecrated, and how,
313.
Arguments for worshipping them
answered, 314. Arguments against the use or worship of images, ib.
The worship of relics, 315.
The progress of superstition, 316.
A due regard to the bodies of martyrs, ib.
No warrant for this in scripture,
317.
Hezekiah broke the brazen ser- pent, ib.
The memorable passage concern-
ing the body of St. Polycarp,
ib.
Fables and forgeries prevailed,
318.
The souls of the martyrs believed to hover about their tombs,
319.
Nothing of this kind objected to
the first Christians, 320.
Disputes between Vigilantius and
St. Jerome, ib.
No invocation of saints in the
Old Testament, 322.
The invocating angels condemned
in the New Testament, 323.
No saints invocated, Christ only, ib.
No mention of this in the three
first ages, 324.
In the fourth, martyrs were invo-
cated, 325.
The progress that this made, 326.
Scandalous offices in the church of Rome, ib.
Arguments against this invoca-
tion, 327.
An apology for those who began it, ib.
The scandal given by it, 329.
Arguments for it answered, 330.
Whether the saints see all things
This no part of the communion
of saints, 331.
Prayers ought to be directed only- to God, ib.
Revealed religion designed to de- liver the world from idolatry,
332.
ART. XXIII.
A succession of pastors ought to
be in the church, 333.
This was settled by the Apostles, 334.
And must continue to the end of the world, ib.
It was settled in the first age of
the church, 335.
The danger of men's taking to themselves this authority with-
out a due vocation, 336.
The difference between means of
salvation, and precepts for or- der's sake, ib.
What is lawful authority, 337.
What may be done upon extra-
ordinary occasions, 338.
Necessity is above rules of order,
ib.
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