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vinity, 52-62. this was early denied
by Ebion and Cerinthus, 53. was the
Creator of all things, 52. has all the
names, operations, and attributes, of
God given him, 56. is proposed in
the New Testament as the object of
divine worship, 58. this not charged
as idolatry by the Jews at that time,
ib. the Jews understood this part of
our religion in a manner consistent
with their former ideas, ib. what
those were, 59. the Arian and So-
cinian hypothesis concerning him, 60.
is not to be worshipped as an angel
or prophet, but as truly God, 61.
took on him the nature of man, 62.
the two natures united in one person,
ib. the design of using the term Per-
son, 64. that there shall be an end to
his mediatorial office, ib. but not to
his personal glory, ib. of the certainty
and design of his death, 65. it was
not merely in confirmation of his doc-
trine, and a pattern of suffering, 66.
atoned for more than Adam's sin, 67.
in what sense his death is said to be our
sacrifice, ib. his agony explained, ib.
the reconciliation made by his death
not absolute, and without conditions,
68. of his descent into hell, 69. when -
and by whom this article was intro-
duced, ib. several different opinions
about this, 70, 71. what seems to be
the true meaning of it, 72. proof of
his resurrection depends on the au-
thority of the New Testament, 73.
several circumstances concurring to
prove it, 73-80. his ascension not
capable of so full a proof, 80. this
depends chiefly on the testimony of
the apostles and effusion of the Holy
Ghost, ib. his resurrection was
brought about by a miracle, ib. curi-
osity about the manner of it taxed,
81. how it may be said he was three
days in the grave, ib. the intention of
his staying forty days after on earth,
ib. of the manner of his ascension, ib.
the great authority with which he is
vested, 82. of his glorious appearance
at the last day, ib. whether he was
the mediator of the old, as well as the
new dispensation, 124. his death ap-
plied to those who are incapable of
expressly laying hold of it, 128. his
death the only cause of our justifica-

tion, 167. Christ alone was without
sin, 184. of the efficacy and extent of
his death, 169, 208, 209. is our only
mediator in point of intercession as
well as redemption, 323. why he
chose to suffer at the time of the
passover, 404. he is the only Priest,
and his death the only sacrifice under
the gospel, 461.
Christianity gives much purer ideas of
God than the Mosaic dispensation,
57. the foundation of, 167. does not
lessen the temporal authority, 503.
raises the laws of love and charity to
a high degree, 514. does not con-
demn all oaths, 517.

Christians are not exempt from capital
punishment for great crimes, 508. in
what case may engage in war, 509.
or go to law, 510. are not obliged
to have their goods in common, 513.
may swear on important occasions,

517.

Chronology, the diversity of it no suf-

ficient objection to the authority of
the scriptures, 109.
Chrysostom, St. mentions nothing of
relics, 319. denies that any miracles
were wrought in his time, ib. con-
demns auricular confession, 363.
Church ought to proportion her rules

of communion and censure to those
of the gospel, 190. of its authority to
establish doctrines, 233. what a true
church is, 243, 247, 248. may be
visible, though not infallible, 247. of
her power in appointing ceremonies,
264, 265. and in matters of faith,
268. can make no new terms of sal-
vation, 269. the meaning of Christ's
words, Tell the church,' &c., 280.
how the church is the pillar and
ground of truth, ib. there was to be
an authority in the church, 334. what
it is, 337. the order settled by the
apostles was for succeeding ages, 335.
every church an independent body,
490. the respect due from one church
to another, ib. wherein her authority
in opposition to the civil magistrate
consists, 506.

Church of Rome owns the positive doc-
trines of the church of England, 5. its
tyranny in imposing its doctrines, 8.
their opinion concerning the scrip-
tures and traditions confuted, 90.

leave the second commandment out
of their Catechism, 133. maintain that
original sin is quite taken away by
baptism, 145. the consequence of
this, 146. their doctrine concerning
the remission of sins, 164. the use of
the sacraments, ib. and the sufficiency
of inherent holiness for justification,
166. what they call a good work, 172.
what they teach concerning the love of
God, 176. their doctrine of superero-
gation confuted, 180. their distinction
of mortal and venial sin, 187. just pre-
judices against its infallibility, 234-
262. their notes of a true church,
239. these do not agree to their
church, 240. have erred not only in
their living and ceremonies, but in mat-
ters of faith also, 249. the influence of
the popes on the canons, ceremonies,
and government, of the church, 250.
is guilty of a circle, 239, 270. the
absurdity of this, ib. their doctrine
concerning purgatory, 285. See Pur-
gatory. concerning pardons, 298. of
indulgences, 299. of image-worship,
301. of worshipping of relics, 315. of
the invocation of saints and angels,
322. of worship in an unknown tongue,
344. of their five additional sacra-
ments, 351, of the intention of the
priest being necessary to the essence
of a sacrament, 388. of transubstan-
tiation, 415. of withholding the cup
from the laity, 452. of the sacrifice
of the mass, 460. of the celibacy of
the clergy, 461.

Church of England and Rome, wherein
they agree, and wherein of different
opinions, 139. answer to the ques-
tion, Where was your church before
Henry VIII.? 248. See Articles,
Authority.

Circumcision, why not necessary to be
continued, 123. of infants under the
Old Testament an argument for in-
fant baptism under the New, 400.
Claud of Turin wrote with vehemence
against image-worship, 310.
Clergy, the import of their subscription

to the Articles, 9. their marriage
made an argument against the Refor-
mation, 467. this not contrary to the
purity of divine performances, ib.
those in England were married in the
Saxon times, 472. are subject to their

princes in ecclesiastical matters, 502.
See Celibacy, Councils.
Commandments, or moral law, the na-
ture of it, 130. the two first against
idolatry, 131. the morality of them,
ib. the third against not only vain
and idle, but false swearing, 132. the
morality of this, ib. the fourth, in
what sense moral and reasonable, ib.
the rigour of it abated by our Sa-
viour, 133. these four distinct com-
mandments, ib. why this division is
preferred to that of the church of
Rome, ib. the order of the second
table, ib. the fifth and tenth, how
they are the fences of the interme-
diate four, 134. in what sense the
last is moral, ib. of the obligation of
this law upon Christians, ib.
Communion of the body and blood of
Christ, the meaning of it explained,
404.
Concomitance, no sufficient argument
for communion only in one kind,
454.

Confession of sins, the scripture ac-

count of it, 357. auricular confession
not necessary, 361. no authority for it
in scripture, ib. nor from the practice
of the primitive Christians, 362. the
first occasion and progress of it, 363.
gave great scandal at Constantinople,
ib. how far the power of the church
extends in this matter, 365. the good
and bad effects of it, ib. ought to be
no law of the church, because not a
law of God, 366. the bad effects of it
in the church of Rome, 366, 484.
Confession of adversaries, not a note of
the true church, 240.

Confirmation a very ancient practice,
and justifiable as used in the church
of England, 352. reasons why it is no
sacrament, 353. the form of it in the
church of Rome, ib. whether the
bishop only should confirm, 354.
great disputes about this, 355.
Consecration, the effect of it in the eu-

charist, according to the doctrine of
the church of Rome, 416. the virtue
of it depends on the intention of the
priest, 417. by whom a bell was or-
dered to be rung at the consecration,
439. it was an opinion that the Lord's
Prayer was at first the prayer of con-
secration, 457.

Consequences of opinions ought not
to be charged as tenets, 423, 424.
Constance, council of, its decree for
withholding the cup from the laity,
458. the absurdity of it, and cruelty
used to establish it, ib.
Constantia, the legend concerning her
great respect for Hilarion's body,
318.

Constantinople, council, made no new
additions to the Creed, 3. said that
the Holy Ghost proceeded from the
Father only, 89. condemned image-
worship, 309.

Consubstantiation, what the Lutherans

mean by it, 444. their doctrine con-
futed, ib. ought not to dissolve the
union of churches where adoration is
not joined with it, 445.

Contrition, the definition of it, 366.
wherein the church of Rome make it
differ from attrition, ib. their doc-
trine concerning it liable to great
abuse, 367.

Corporal presence, how the doctrine

concerning it came into the church,
437. the progress of it, 437-444.
See Transubstantiation.

Covenant, whether God made one with
Adam for his posterity, 147. the
tenor of the new covenant, 190.
Covetousness, the precept against it not
moral in the strictest sense, 133. not
a crime more peculiar to the married
than the unmarried clergy, 470.
Councils, cannot be called without the
consent of princes, 272. popes were
not always consulted, 273. have as-
sumed the power of censuring, de-
priving, and making popes, 274. what
makes a council to be general, 275.
the numbers necessary, and how cited,
ib. not of divine institution, because
no rules in scripture concerning
them, 275. several arguments against
their infallibility, 275-283. they
have been contrary to one another,
276. disorders and intrigues in
councils, ib. no general councils
pretended in the first three cen-
turies, 279. no prospect of another
general council, ib. of the decree of
the council of Jerusalem, 281. some
general councils have erred, 282.
doctrines are not to be believed on
their authority, 283.

Creation imports infinite power, 35, 52.
the nearest approach to a true idea of
it, ib. is ascribed to Christ in the
New Testament, 56.

Creeds were at first conceived in gene-
ral terms, 2. that which goes by the
name of the Apostles' not made by
them, 2, 137. what probably was the
first, 2. the occasion of their being
enlarged, 3. those of Nice and Con-
stantinople, ib. none of the three
Creeds named with exactness, 135.
that of Nice is the Constantinopoli-
tan, ib. that of Athanasius not made
by him, 136. that said to be the
Apostles' of no great antiquity, 138.
Cross, a prayer used in the consecra-
tion of a cross,
Crucifixion of Christ, and his death,

313.

owned by all Christians, 64. denied
by the Docetæ and Mahomet, ib.
Cup, or chalice, in the sacrament, ought
to be given to the laity, 452. this
particularly enjoined in the words of
institution, ib. not to the clergy only,
as priests, 453. this the practice for
above a thousand years, 455. the in-
sufficiency of concomitance and other
arguments advanced against it, 454-
456.

Cyprian owned not the infallibility of
pope Stephen, 251. made the effect
of a sacrament to depend on the good
state of the administrator, 386.

D.

Damnation, to eat and drink their own
damnation explained, 411. damna-
tion sometimes means temporary pu-
nishments, ib.

Daniel, his prophecy of the LXX.
weeks explained, 121.

Death might have been the natural con-

sequence of Adam's fall, 147. this not
to be restrained to a natural death, ib.
how this might be transmitted to his
posterity, 145. prayers for the dead,
an early practice in the church, 294.
what gave rise to it, ib. Tertullian's
opinion about it, 295. the absurdity
of masses for the dead, 296. the
method of commemorating eminent
saints in the primitive times, ib.
Death-bed repentance, the trusting to
it a fatal error, 190, 368, 369.
Decrees of God have been the subject

of many disputes, 9, 140. the foun-
dation of the doctrine of absolute de-
crees, 147. this seems contrary to the
nature of God, 148. and exposes the
Christian religion, 149. upon what
views God formed his decrees con-
cerning mankind, 194. four opinions
concerning them, 195, 196.
Decretal Epistles of the first popes, with
what view published, 252. are univer-
sally held spurious, ib. was a forgery
of the eighth century, contrived with
little art, 438.

Delivery unto Satan, an effect of the
extraordinary power of the apostles,
478, 479.

Dipping in baptism, the danger of it in
cold climates, a good reason for
sprinkling, 454. the custom of dip-
ping the bread in the wine in the
Lord's supper, when introduced, 456.
was condemned by the council of
Bracara, ib.

Discipline in the church, the nature and
necessity of it, 389, 477. that of the
primitive church lay heaviest on the
clergy, 389. moderation ought to be
observed in it, 477.

Divorce lawful in case of adultery, 377.

our Saviour's rule in this case, ib.
this agreeable to the opinion of the
fathers, ib. the contrary was not es-
tablished till the council of Trent,
378.

Docetæ, a sect that denied the death of

Christ, 64.

Doctrine, the difference between Arti-
cles of faith, and those of doctrine, 8.
the tyranny of imposing doctrines, ib.
conformity of doctrines with former
times, not a note of a true church,
240.

Donatists, their notions concerning the
sacraments, 386.

Dulia and Hyperdulia, degrees of wor-
ship paid to images in the church of
Rome, 313.

Durandus was censured by the church
of Rome for his opinion of image-
worship, 311.

E.

Earth is greatly improved by man's in-
dustry, 36. the influence of the wind
upon it, ib. See World.

Eating and drinking their own damna-
tion, the meaning of the phrase, 411.
opinions of several fathers concerning
eating and drinking Christ's body and
blood, 451.

Ebion denied the divinity of Christ very
early, 53.

Edward VI., differences of the Articles
in his reign from the present, 115,
116, 284, 341, 346, 402, 467, 494,
497.

Egyptians, their alleged antiquity with-
out foundation, 23.

Elders, who they were at the council of
Jerusalem, 281.

Election, of election and predestination,
193. See Predestination.
Elevation of the host not known in the
first ages, 428, 448. what gave rise to
it, 449. was not done at first, in order
to adoration, ib. who first mentions
it with that view, ib.
Eliberis, council of, condemned pictures
on the walls of churches, 308. for-
bid the lighting candles about the
tombs of martyrs in day-light, 319,
328.

Elizabeth, queen, gives authority to re-
quire subscriptions to the Articles, 9.
a royal declaration for taking them in
the literal sense, ib. her injunctions
concerning supremacy, 497.

Elohim, the meaning of it in the Old
Testament, 43.

Emperors, their authority in ecclesiasti-
cal affairs, 503.

Endowments were procured by impos-
tors in the church of Rome, 297. by
what means the profuseness of them
was restrained, ib. when they are to
be held sacred, ib. the violation of
them, when founded on false opinions,
no sacrilege, 298.

Enthusiasts, an extravagant sort of them
at the Reformation, 123.

Ephesus, council, their decree concern-
ing the Holy Ghost, 86.

Epicureans set all things at liberty, and
denied Providence, 196.

Epiphanius, his zeal against pictures in
churches, 308. is severe upon the
Collyridians for worshipping the bless-
ed Virgin, 328.
Epistles, why the general ones were not
so early and universally received, as
the rest of the New Testament, 103.

Erudition, a book published, called the
Necessary Erudition, a preliminary
to compiling the Articles, 6.
Eternity, in a succession of determinate

durations impossible, 22. of the world
disproved, 23. See World.
Eucharist, in what sense it may be
called a sacrifice, 459. the virtue of
it, to whom limited, 460. the doctrine
of the church of Rome concerning it,
ib. wherein the virtue of it consists,
462. the importance of the contro-
versy concerning it, 465. See Lord's
Supper.

Eugenius, pope, does not mention bi-
shops as belonging to the sacrament
of orders, 374.

Evil, whether God is the author of it,
38. the being of it in the world, how
accounted for by the Remonstrants,
213. liberty cannot be asserted with-
out it, 223.

Evil spirits, what sort of miracles they
can perform, 78.

Eunapius, his spiteful representation of
the primitive martyrs, 320.
Eutychian heresy was condemned by
the Athanasian Creed, 136. what it
was, 431. was confuted by several
ancient writers, ib. the force of their
argument explained, 432.
Excommunication, the nature of it, and
its necessity in some cases, 477-483.
ought not to be done rashly, 483.
Extreme unction no sacrament, 378. a
passage in St. James, which seems to
favour it, explained, 379. the design
and effects of the anointing by the
apostles and elders, 380. the matter
and form of it used in the church of
Rome, 381. was not reckoned a sa-
crament in the first ages of Christi-
anity, 383. when and by whom de-
creed to be one, ib. argument for it
answered, 384.

F.

Fabri Honoratus, the doctrines of the
church of Rome examined in this
book, chiefly taken from him, 375.
his character, ib.

Faith, the scriptures the only and com-

plete rule of it, 89. no articles of it
to be allowed, but what are proved
from scripture, 96. an objection
against this answered, 97. what is

meant by it in the New Testament,
162. how it justifies, 167. is indis-
pensably necessary to salvation, 168,
394. the nature of justifying faith,
168.

Fall of Adam, of its consequences to
him, and his posterity, 140, 149, 150.
See Sin.

Fasting, times of fasting, appointing
them in the power of the church, 265.
when joined with prayer, its efficacy,
369. in what cases of no avail, 370.
the absurdity of pretending to expiate
sins by it, ib.

Fate, the Stoics put all things, even the
gods themselves, under it, 196. this
downright atheism, ib. was main-
tained by the Essens, ib. is a pre-
vailing opinion among the Mahome-
tans, ib.

Figures in scripture, how to be ex-
plained, 112. were frequently made
use of by Christ, 409. Augustine's
rule for explaining them, 423.
Fire of purgatory, the proof alleged for
it examined, 293.

Forgiving injuries, the necessity and
extent of it, 190.

Forms were settled very early in most
churches, 2. these not all in the same
words, ib. See Creed.

Francfurt, council, condemned the Ni-
cene council, together with the wor-
ship of images, 309.

Free-will, wherein it consists, 152. See
Liberty.

Frumentius preached to the Indians be-
fore he was ordained, 340.
Future state was looked for under the

Old Testament, 126. but is brought
to a much clearer light by the gospel,
127.

G.

Gehenna, hell known by that name
among the Jews, 72.
Gelasius, pope, condemns the commu-
nicating in one kind, only as sacri-
lege, 456.

General Council. See Council.
Gentiles, their prejudices against Chris-
tianity, 76.

German and Lupus reform Britain

from Pelagianism, 197. a legendary
miracle said to be wrought by them,

ib.

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