to true Religion, ii. 13. Its radical
cause,
ib.
Attendancy, lawfully ufed by the
higher orders of the Clergy, iii.
240. The abfurd opinion of the
Puritans respecting the origin of
this custom,
241.
Attire of Minifters vindicated, ii.
113.
St. AUGUSTINE vindicated, i. 308.
Authority (human) how far to be
urged,
i. 325.

B.

Baptifm, administered by Hereticks,
why rejected by the Ancients, i.

352.

Baptifm, its fubftance and rites, ii.
241. In cafes of neceffity to be
administered without the ufual ce-
remonies, 243. 252. The neceffi-
ty of it, 243. 245. The inward
grace of it conferred where the
outward means cannot be had, 250.
The cafe of Infants dying without
it confidered, 252. To be private-
ly administered in cafes of neceffity,
255. Valid and effectual when
adininistered by Laymen and Wo,
inen, in the opinion of the Author,
261. To be administered but once,
263. Not fruftrated by the incom-
petency of the Minifter, 270. An
action moral, ecclefiaftical, and
myftical, 273. Of Infants, and
the interrogations defended, 287.

(See Crofs-Interrogatories.)
St. BASIL's advice to them who ap-
prove not their governors' ordi-

nances,

ii. 122.
Benedictus, the ufe of it in our Litur-
gy vindicated,
ii. 150.
Benefice, what the name fignifics,
ii. 471.

BEZA and ERASTUS, their controver-
fy about the power of Excommu-
nication,
i. 139.
Bishops, their order appointed of
God, iii. 111. Were in all Churches
univerfally for 1500 years after

CHRIST, ib. In England before
A.D. 359. 112. Their office now
effentially the fame as it was in
the Primitive Church, 113. Whence
they took their name, 115. Their
order more ancient than their name,
116. A definition of a Bishop, and
in what his office confifts, ib. At
large, and with restraint, how dif
tinguished, 117. Their fuperiority,
in what fenfe difputed, ib. The
Apoftles the first Bishops, and all
Bishops the Apoftles fucceffors,
120. All Bishops originally called
Apoftles, 123. Firft inftituted with
reftraint, and why, ib. St. JEROME'S
notion of them vindicated, 126.
Their fucceffion from the Apoftles
to be proved in all Churches which
the Apoftles founded, 134. What
their power was originally, 136.
Have the power of Ordination veft-
ed folely in them, ib. Have the
power of Jurifdiction vefted folely
in them, 138. How far they ad-
mitted Prefbyters to the exercife of
jurisdiction, 147. They and their
Cathedral Churches bear a full
refemblance of Apoftolical antiqui-
ty, 149. How far their power ex-
tended originally in compafs, 150,
Some fuperior to others, and why,
154. This fuperiority suggested by
the ftate of the world at that time,
155. By whom their order was
firft oppofed, 165. Their inter-
eft in civil affairs vindicated, 199.
What honours are due to them,
and upon what account, 221. 235.
In what inftances honour is to be
fhewn them, 238. What share they
had formerly out of the public main-
tenance of the Church, 259. Not
needful for them to be now limit.
ed in their maintenance as for-
merly they were, 260. Not to be
deprived of their lawful poffef-
fions on pretence of their unworthi-
nefs to enjoy them, 261. Their be-
haviour

haviour and conduct, what it should
be, 264. The great fin of pro-
curing their office by fimony, ib.
The great detriment that arifes
from careless Bishops to the Church,
266. 270. The fin of their cor-
ruptly beftowing places of Eccle-
fiaftical charge, 267. How their
Vifitations and Courts ought to be
managed, 268. Their duty to take
care of the Clergy under them,
269. The duty of their Clergy
and People to bear with their infir-
mities, 273. Their revenues and
wealth to be carefully protected,
275. Their title to their revenues
justified,
(See Epifcopacy-Maintenance-

Prelates.)

282.

Body, Soul, and Spirit, i. 228.
politick and Laws politick, i.
239.
Bowing at the Name of JESUS vin-
dicated,
ii. 123.
Brazen Serpent deftroyed by HEZE-
KIAH, how far to be drawn into a
precedent,
ii. 307.
Burial Office, the defign of it, ii.
408. Mourning attire at Funerals,
lawful and decent, ibid. Procef-
fions at Funerals, decent and an-
cient, ii. 409. Sermons at Fu-
nerals, the proper use of them, ib.
Funeral Banquets or Doles, the
proper use of them, 410. Tefti-
fication of our hope of the Re-
furrection at fuch times, how
neceffary, ibid. Funeral Offices,
ufed by the Jews and Chriftians
of old,

411.

C.
CALVIN (JOHN) born in France, and
originally a Lawyer, i. 129. How
he introduced himself into the
Church of Geneva, 130. Is ba-
nished thence, and recalled thither
again, 131, 132. What condi-
tions he required of them upon
his return, 133. The fubtilty of

his conditions, and how received
by the People, 134. Is again
difgufted and takes his leave of
them, 135. His juft praife, and
how univerfally honoured among
the foreign Reformed, 138. His
opinion refpecting difference in
Ceremonies, 490. His teftimony
to the antiquity and utility of the
order of Bishops,
iii. 142.
Catechifing, the defign and useful-
ness of it,
ii. 56.

Catechumens, called Hearers by the
Fathers, and why?
ii. 57.
Ceremonies, what meant by them,
i. 416, 431. How univerfal, 432.
The ufe of them, 434. How far
we may vary from the primitive
Ceremonies, 435. The objec-
tions that are made against our
Ceremonies as popish, 438. These
objections contradict themfelves,
442. Not to be abolished on ac-
count of the boafts and hopes of
the Papifts, 460. The grief of
thofe that are difturbed at them,
by whom to be remedied, 465.
Not always to be rejected because
originally derived from the Jews,
468. When fcandalous, and when
not, 481. When to be removed
for fear of fcandal, and when
not, 485. Not neceffary to be
formed after the pattern of elder
Churches, 488. The moderation
and prudence of the Church of
England in eftablishing them, 498.
Certainty of evidence, what, iii.

522. Of adherence, what, 523.
Charity hopeth and prayeth for all

Men's falvation, and why, ii. 194.
CHARLES I. King of England, his
advice to his Children respecting
Mr. HOOKER'S Ecclefiaflical Po-
lity, a few days before his death,

i. 5.

Chorepifcopi, what, and how diftin-
guished from Bishops,
iii. 153.
CHRIST and MOSES, their faithful-

nefs