Gnostics pretended to traditions from the apostles, 96. their opinion con- cerning the soul, 196. were detested by all Christians for idolatry, 307. God, his existence proved from the uni- versal consent of mankind, 20. ob- jections that some nations do not believe a Deity, and that it is not the same belief amongst them all, answered, ib. the visible world, and history of nations, prove a Deity, 21 -25. whence the notion of a plu- rality of gods might take its rise, 21. the argument from miracles consi- dered, 25. and from the idea of God, ib. this not the most conclusive, 26. must be eternal, and necessarily ex- ists, ib. his existence ought not to be proved from scripture, 27. his unity proved from the order of the world, and from the idea of infinite perfec- tion, 27. from the scriptures, ib. is without body or parts, 28. the origin of the notion of a good and bad god, 29. the world not a body to God, ib. the outward manifestations and bodily parts ascribed to God in scripture, how to be understood, 30. no succes- zive acts in God, 31, 33. question concerning his immanent acts, 31. is without passions, ib. the meaning of scriptures, which ascribe these to him, ib. is of infinite power, 32. objections to this answered, ib. wherein his wisdom consists, and a twofold dis- tinction of it, ib. true ideas of his goodness of great importance, 33. wherein it consists, ib. and how limit- ed, 34. has a power of creating and annihilating, 32, 35. is the preserver of all things, 35. this a consequence of his being infinitely perfect, 37. ob- jection against his providence answer- ed, 38. whether he does immediately produce all things, ib. or is the author of evil, 39. all agree that the Father is truly God, 48. just notions of him the fundamental article of all reli- gion, 48, 131. the best manner of framing an idea of him, 48. is the only proper object of adoration, 56. in what sense called the God of Abra- ham, &c. long after they were dead, 126. image of God in which man was created, wherein it consisted, 143. distinction between the methods of his
goodness and the strictness of his jus- tice, 174. the doctrine of the church of Rome concerning our love of God, 177. his view in forming his decrees, 194. what meant by his hardening Pharaoh's heart, 219. the impiety of speaking too boldly of him, 223. Goods, the unreasonableness of a com- munity of them, 513.
Good Works. See Works. Gospel condemns all idolatry, 57. the design of it, 76. refines upon the law of Moses, 132.
Government was settled in the church
by the apostles, 334. the necessity of church government, 335.
Grace, assisting and preventing grace, asserted and proved from scripture, 155-159. a probable conjecture con- cerning the conveyance of actual grace, 156. the efficacy and extent of it, 158, 206, 209, 220. Greek church, wherein they differed from the Latins, 86. Gregory I., pope, condemns worship-
ping of images, 309. the IId de- clares for them, ib. the IXth first ordered the adoration of the Host as now practised, 439. Gregory the Great, his violent opposition to the title of Universal Bishop, 501.
Head of the church, in what sense
Christ is the only head of the church, 507. and in what sense the king is called the head, ib.
Hebrews, why the authority of the Epis-
tle to them was doubted, 102. proofs of its authority, 103. Heliodorus, a bishop, author of the first
romance, 472. proposed that clergy- men should live from their wives, ib. Hell, three different senses of it, 10. of
Christ's descent into hell, 69. See Christ. The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church, the mean- ing of this, 260. Henry VIII. several steps towards re-
formation, and the foundation of the Articles were laid in his time, 6. Heresies occasioned the enlargement of Creeds, 4.
Heretics, several of them pretended to
traditions from the apostles, 96. when
the doctrine of extirpating them took place, 442.
Hezekiah commended for breaking the brazen serpent, 317.
Hilarion, a fabulous story of his body
Hobbes grafted fate and absolute ne- cessity on the Supralapsarian hypo- thesis, 204.
Holiness of life, not a note of the church, 240. a twofold sense of holi- ness in scripture, 400. Holy Ghost, or Holy Spirit, what meant by it in the Old and New Testament, 84. is properly a distinct person in the Trinity, 85. curiosities about his pro- cession to be avoided, ib. decrees of several churches and councils about it, 86. the doctrine of the church of Eng- land concerning it, ib. is truly God, 87. his testimony not a sufficient ar- gument to prove the canon of the scriptures, 101. of the sin against the Holy Ghost, 188, 190. It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us,' the meaning of this, 281. of the form, Receive ye the Holy Ghost,' in ordination, 495.
Homilies of the Church of England,
their names, 491. when and on what account they were composed, ib. the meaning of the approbation of them, 492. ought to be read by all who subscribe them, ib. the meaning of their being said to be necessary for these times, ib. Honorius, pope, was condemned as a Monothelite, 251, 252. the 111d first appointed the adoration of the Host, 439.
Host, adoration of it, by whom first in- troduced, 439. is plain idolatry, 445. argument for it answered, 446. re- serving, carrying it about, and the elevation of it, without foundation in scripture or primitive practice, 447, 448.
Huss, John, met with great cruelty from the church of Rome, 458.
James I., king, his declaration concern- ing the subscription of the Arti- cles, 9.
Jansenius published a system of St.
Austin's doctrine, 201. on what ac- count his book was condemned at Rome, 202.
Iberians were converted by their king before he was baptized, 340. Idolatry, the necessity of guarding against it at the establishment of Christianity, 4. what makes it a great sin, 34, 131. the Jews were particu- larly jealous of every thing that savoured of it, 53. the design both of the Jewish and Christian religion to banish it, 57. by what means the seed of Abraham were preserved from it, 93. the nature and immorality of it, 131, 302. general rules concern- ing it, 301. several kinds of it among the heathens, 302. was very strictly prohibited among the Jews, 303. this owing chiefly to the Egyptian idola- try, ib. the expostulations of the prophets against it, ib. how practised by the Israelites, 304. is contrary to the nature and perfections of God, 306. St. Paul condemns the idolatry of the Greeks and Romans, ib. the refined notions of the Athenians con- cerning it, ib. was much condemned by the writers of the first four centu- ries, 307.
Idols, enchantment in sacrifices offered to them, 413. Christians not to par- take of them, 414.
Jehu rewarded, though acting with a bad design, 174.
Jerome, St. once admired, but after-
wards opposed, Origen's doctrine, 197. maintained that no Christian would finally perish, 292. set a high value on relics, 316. but disclaims the worshipping of them, ib. said that the souls of the saints might be in several places at once, 320.
Jerom of Prague suffered cruelly by the Roman catholics, 458. Jesuits, wherein they differed from the Semipelagians, 199. what gave them great merit at Rome, 200. Jews, their aversion to idolatry and Christianity, 52. did not charge Chris- tianity with idolatry, 58. their notions of God, 59. their notion of the state of the soul after death, 71, 291. ex- pected the Messias to be a conqueror, 76, 95. were always rebellious, 106. wherein the Jewish and Christian re-
ligions differed from those of the hea- then, 108. their objections against the authority of the New Testament, 122. looked for more than transitory promises, 126. believed that some sins cannot be expiated by sacrifices, ib. of their ceremonial, judiciary, and moral laws, 128, 129. imagined that the souls of all mankind were in Adam's body, 149. the distinguishing point of the Jewish from the Christian religion, 211. their religion had a period fixed to it, 248. had many rites not mentioned in the Old Testament, 265. fell into great errors, though the keepers of the oracles of God, 270. believe that every Jew shall have a share in the world to come, 291. they prayed only to God, 322. of the office of their high priest, 339. had their worship in a known tongue, 342. their authority over their children, 398. were strictly prohibited the eating of blood, 405. their objections to Chris- tianity, 426
Images, the worshipping even the true
God by them expressly forbidden, 304. in churches when introduced, 308. great debates about them, 309. foun- dation of image-worship laid by the council of Nice, ib. is carried much further by the modern church of Rome, 310. those of the Egyptians and Chineses less scandalous, 311. the decision of the council of Trent in this matter, 313. reason for en- larging on this subject, ib. the argu- ment in favour of them drawn from the Cherubims answered, 314. the sum of the arguments against them, ib. the corruptions occasioned by worshipping them, 315.
Immaterial substance, proof of its being in us, 39. its nature and operations, ib. objections against it answered, 40. there may be other intellectual sub- stances which have no bodies, 41. these beings were created by God, and are not rays of his essence, ib. Imposition of hands, a necessary rite in
Indulgences, the doctrine and practice of the church of Rome concerning them, 298. when introduced and es- tablished, 299. the abuse of them gave
rise to the Reformation, ib. the pre- tences for them examined, 300. no foundation for them in scripture or in the first ten centuries, ib. the natural ill tendency of them, 301. See Par- dons.
Industry of man, of great advantage to the earth and air, 36. Infallibility, proofs of it ought to be very express, 234. is not to be inferred from the necessity of it, ib. general considerations against it, 235. miracles, though necessary, not pretended to support it, 236. the Jewish had a better claim to it than the Roman church, ib. reasons why it cannot be proved from scripture, 238. a circle not to be admitted, 239. notes of the church no proof of it, ib. argument against the infallibility both of popes and general councils, 255. proofs from scripture answered, 258. the impor- tance of this controversy, 262. no determination where it is fixed, 277. Infants are by the law of nature and na-
tions in the power of their parents, 399. argument from circumcision for infant baptism, ib. this agreeable to the institution of Christ, 400, 401. Infinite, time nor number cannot be in- finite, 22. difference betwixt an infi- nite succession of time, and composi- tion of matter, 23.
Injuries, our Saviour's words concerning them explained, 509.
Innocent I., pope, his Epistle advanced to favour the chrism, does not prove it, 382. the VIIIth granted license to celebrate the Lord's supper without wine in Norway, 454. the IVth said that all might have the cup who were cautious that none of it was spilt, 457. Insects, the argument for chance from the production of them considered, 24.
Inspiration, a general notion of it, 110. several kinds and degrees of it, ib. different styles in those degrees, 111. distinguished from enthusiasm and imposture by miracles and prophecy, ib. of individual words, or strict order of time, not necessary, ib. John, St. the passage concerning the Trinity in his first Epistle doubtful, 46. the beginning of his Gospel ex-
plained, 52. this confirmed by the state of the world at that time, 53. Jonas of Orleans wrote against image- worship, 310.
Josephus, his account of the books of
the Old Testament, 113.
Josias, what those books of the law were which were discovered in his time, 108.
Irenæus, his care to prove the authority
of the Gospel, 102. Judgment, private, ought to be allowed in religious matters, 246. Julian the Apostate, though he re- proaches the Christians for baptism, does not charge them with the absur- dities of transubstantiation, 427. ob- jected that the Christians had no sacrifices, 463.
Just, or justified, two senses of these words, 160.
Justification, several mistaken notions of it, 123. whence they proceeded, ib. the law of Moses not sufficient to jus- tify, 160. the condition of our justifica- tion, 161, 164. the difference between St. Paul and St. James on this sub- ject explained, 162, 163. inherent holiness not the cause of justification, 166. what we ought to believe con- cerning it, and the proper use to be made of this doctrine, 169.
Keys, of the power of them committed to St. Peter, 260.
Kingdom of heaven, what meant by it
Kings, their authority, founded on scripture, 502. and practice of the primitive church, 503. this does not depend on their religion, 506. can- not make void the laws of God, ib. King of England declared head of the church, 497. this claimed very early by them, 504.
Kiss of Peace, a practice of the aposto- lic times, why let fall, 265.
Laity, were of great use to the church in times of persecution, 482. had a right to be consulted in the decisions of the primitive church, ib. how far
required to submit to the clergy, 482, 483.
Languages, the gift of them to the apostles, a strong proof of Chris- tianity, 75.
Laodicea council, their catalogue of the canonical books, 114. why the book of the Revelation was not in it, ib. condemned those who invocated an- gels, 324.
Latria, a degree of religious worship, the doctrine and practice of the church of Rome concerning it, 311, 312, 313.
Laud, archbishop, falsely accused with corrupting the doctrine of the church, 18, 19. espoused the Arminian tenets, 204.
Law, not binding the consciences of those of a different persuasion, 6, 7. in what sense the laws of the Jews are said to be statutes for ever, 122. why not always observed, 123. errors that flowed from mistaking the word Law in the New Testament, ib. the design of the ceremonial law, 128. it is now abrogated, 129. judiciary laws of the Jews belonged only to them, ib. what is meant by the moral law, 130. laws of the church in matters indifferent are not unalterable, 488. Lay administrations in the church not lawful, 333-336. lay baptism, how introduced, 396.
Liberius, pope, condemned Athanasius, and subscribed to Semi-Arianism, 251.
Liberty, several opinions about it, 152, 153. wherein it consists, 153. the notions of the Stoics, Epicureans, Philosophers, and Jews, concerning it, 195, 196. that of the Fathers, 196, 197. what coaction is consistent with it, 210. the Remonstrants' no- tion of it, 214. several advantages and temptations that attend the dif- ferent opinions, 222. See Predes- tination.
Limbus Infantum, a supposed partition
in hell for children that die without baptism, 147.
Limbus Patrum, what, 71. without
foundation in scripture, ib.
Lombard, Peter, the first that reckons
seven sacraments, 351.
Lord's supper, the change made in the
Article concerning it in queen Eliza- beth's reign, 402, 403. the import- ance of the controversy with the church of Rome concerning it, 403, 415. the words of the institution ex- plained, 403-408. the design of it, 410. who are unworthy receivers of it, 411. the danger of this, 411, 450. of the good effects of worthy receiving, 412. what meant by the communion of the body and blood of Christ, ib. of receiving it in both kinds, 452.
Lucifer, the common notion of his sin, 55.
Lucretius owns that the world had a beginning, 23. his argument for chance from the production of in- sects, answered, 24.
Luther, what determined him to em- brace St. Austin's opinions, 199. whether he asserted free-will, 202. Lutherans have universally gone into the Semipelagian opinions, 202. their doctrine of consubstantiation, 444. wherein it differs from transub- stantiation, ib.
Lie, what is the lowest, and what the highest, act of that kind, 301.
Maccabees, the first book commended, 291. the second of little authority, ib. the argument in favour of purga- tory taken from this book confuted, 292.
Macedonians denied the divinity of the
Holy Ghost, 86. this heresy con- demned by the Athanasian Creed, 135, 136.
Mahomet denied the death of Christ, 64. Mahometans, one sect assert liberty,
but the generality fate, 196. maintain that men of all religions are equally acceptable to God, 228.
Magistrate, the extent of his authority
in sacred things, 485.
Man, though all resemble one another, yet each have their peculiar differ- ence, 24.
Manichees denied the authority of the Gospels, 102. scarce deserved the name of Christians, 104. their absurd opinions, ib. concerning the Old and New Testament, 116. of original sin,
142. did not use wine in the sacra- ment, 456. Marcionites, their opinions, 102, 196. are opposed by Origen, 196. Marriage, in what degrees, and why, unlawful, 130. why it ought to be for life, ib. the meaning of that passage, 'Such as marry do well, but such as marry not do better,' 179, 474. is no sacrament, 374. in what sense a mys- tery, ib. the bad consequences of the Romish doctrine on this subject, 375. is dissolved by adultery, 377. the practice of the church in this matter, ib. whether a Christian may marry an infidel, 399. that of the clergy lawful, 467. is recommended equally to all ranks of men, 468. is one of the rights of human nature, 469. se- veral of the apostles and fathers of the primitive church were married, ib. Martyrs, the regard due to their bodies,
315. this being carried too far de- generates into superstition, 316. Mass, the absurdity of saying masses for the dead, 296. this was the occasion of great endowments, 297. as prac- tised in the church of Rome not known in the primitive ages, 464. what was understood by it in the pri- mitive church, ib. solitary masses not known to them, ib. the bad effects of them, 297, 465.
Matter, of the divisibility of it, 22. a
difference between the succession of time, and the divisibility of matter, 23. is a passive principle, 25, 49, is not capable of thought, 39. objec- tions to this answered, 40. how the mind acts on it, we cannot distinctly conceive, ib. had its first motion from the Eternal Mind, 49. the great influence of the animal spirits on it, 78.
St. Matthew's and St. Mark's Gospel, Papias, his account of them, 102. Maurus Rabanus wrote against the cor-
poral presence, 440.
Mean, what meant by it, 394.
Melito, bishop of Sardis, his account of the books of the Old Testament, 113. Memories of the martyrs, what, 318, 319.
Merit of congruity, what meant by it, See 175. there is no such merit, ib. Works.
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