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,
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,
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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,
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