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.

See Scriptures.

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.

P.

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.

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-

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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 or 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
of Rome.

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

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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

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.

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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

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 more 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 ali 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.

from whom sprung, and what gave
rise to their opinions, 123. our Sa-
viour's answer to their puzzling ques-
tion, 125. asserted liberty free from
all restraints, 196.

Saints were not invocated under the Old
Testament, 322. more rational founda-
tion for this under the old than under
the new dispensation, ib. Christ the
only mediator and intercessor, 323.
this superstition derived from the
heathens, ib when it was introduced,
325. its progress, ib. the absurdity
of it, 326. scandalous offices of this
kind in the church of Rome, ib. what
they found this practice upon, 327.
arguments for it examined, 327-331.
Salvation, whether eternal salvation was
promised under the Old Testament,
124. is to be obtained only by the
name of Christ, 228. of those who
never heard of the Christian religion,
230. curiosity in this not to be in-
dulged, 231. how far the Article has
determined in it, 232. difference be-
tween the means of salvation, and
commanded precepts, 336.
Samosatenus, his opinion of Christ, 61.
Sanctification, what it is, and wherein

it differs from justification, 164. is
not perfected in this life, 189.
Scandal, the true notion of it, 487. the

fear of giving scandal no warrant to
break established laws, 488.
Schism in the church, the making it a
great sin, 486.

Schoolmen, their vain attempt to ex-

plain the Trinity, 85. their many
subtilties in the doctrine of the eu-

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complete rule of faith, 90. Old Testa
ment was always appealed to by
Christ and his apostles, 94, 95, 105.
the care taken to preserve them, 95.
just consequences from them are to
be believed, 97. contain all that is
necessary to salvation, 98. are nc sure
guard against error, 99. ought not to
be read carelessly, ib. proofs of the
canon of the New Testament, 101-
105. their authority is not founded
on the judgment of the church, 104.
that of the Old, 105-112. why di-
vided into three volumes, 111. why
they were called canonical, 115.
Sees, whence their privileges and ex-

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emptions rose, 489. the vanity of
keeping up their ancient dignity, ib.
Semipelagians, their notion of assisting
grace and free-will, 155, 197.
Senses, their influence on the mind, 315.
the importance of their evidence, 420.
they determine our judgment of
miracles, ib. the foundation of cur
belief of them, 421. were appealed
to by the fathers as infallible, 426.
Septuagint was highly esteemed in our

Saviour's time, 106. when, and at
whose charge, it was wrote, 107, 108.
how it may be reconciled to the He-
brew, 109.

Serenus, bishop of Marseilles, his zeal

against image-worship, 309.
Serpent, brazen, the breaking it when it

came to be superstitiously used, vin-
dicated, 317.

Severity ought not to be affected, 191.
Sin, Adam's sin said to be personal by
the Pelagians and Socinians, 140.
our being liable to death and the
miseries of mortality thought by some
to be original sin, 141. experience
and scripture teach an universal cor-
ruption, 142. how this came about,
143. God's justice vindicated in the
imputation of Adam's sin, 143. whe-
ther it deserves damnation, 144.
church of Rome believe original sin
is taken away by baptism, 145. St.
Austin's doctrine concerning it, 146,
147. the manner of its propagation
not easy to be explained, 147. reasons
why many are of a different opinion,
148. how they explain the passages
of scripture, and the Article concern-
ing it, 150. what meant by deadly