Baptism, what, ii. (7.) 482. B. Baptizing of children not proveable by Scripture, ii. (7.) 482. Belief. Things worthy to be believed not always necessary to be Belief in Christ, what, i. (13.) 373. Bible only is the religion of protestants, ii. (56.) 449. The Bible, which is the religion of protestants, to be preferred be- C. The Calvinists' rigid doctrine of predetermination unjustly reproach- To give a catalogue of our fundamentals not necessary nor possible, Want of such a catalogue leaves us not uncertain in our faith, i. Papists as much bound to give a catalogue of the church's propo- Our general catalogue of fundamentals as theirs, ii.(12.) 36. (35.) 520. Catholic church:-I believe in the catholic church—what it signi- Ceremonies, i. (42.) 408. Moral certainty a sufficient foundation of faith, i. (154.) 316. Certainty, actual, may be without absolute infallibility, i. (26.) 386. A protestant may have certainty, though disagreeing protestants all What charity papists allow to us protestants, and we to them, i. A charitable judgment should be made of such as err, but lead good Protestant charity to ignorant papists no comfort to them that will Christianity must be known before the church, ii. (53.) 84. Church, by what constituted, ibid. true visible, what, i. (19.) 105. The church how furnished with means to determine controversies, Church of Rome, how a true church, ii. (20.) 372. Not infallible, We may be a true church, though deriving ordination, and receiving Circumstances of worship, how far to be taken from the church, i. Commands in Scripture to hear the church, and obey it, suppose it Common truths believed, may preserve them good, that otherwise Concord in damned errors worse than disagreement in controverted Conscience, how far it justifies disobedience to superiors, ii. (108.) 292. The consequence of men's opinions may be unjustly charged upon Contradictions a man may believe, ii. (46.) 71. Controversies in religion not necessary to be all determined, i. (7.) How controversies about Scripture itself are to be decided, i. (27.) 219. Controversies not necessary to be decided by a judicial sentence, Creed, how it contains the credenda necessary to be proposed, ii. That the Creed contains all necessary points, and how to be under- Not necessary, that our Creed should be larger than that of the apo- D. Damnable, i. (21.) 107. (26.) 111. Defining is no more than declaring what the word signifies, ii. St. Dennis of Alexandria's saying explained, about not dividing To deny a truth witnessed by God, whether always damnable, i. The apostle's depositing truth with the church, no argument that Of disagreeing protestants, though one side must err, yet both may Two may disagree in a matter of faith, and yet neither be charge- Differences among protestants vainly objected against them, i. (2, 3. No reason to reproach them for their differences about necessary Disbelief, when a fault, i. (9.) 95. What is requisite to convince a man that a doctrine comes from Believing the doctrine of Scripture, a man may be saved, though The Donatists' error about the catholic church, what it was and was The Donatists' case and ours not alike, ii. (101.) 279. E. English divines vindicated from inclining to popery, and for want Errors damnable, what and how, i. (6, 7.) 92, 93. (26.) 111. (29.) In what case errors damnable may not damn those that hold them, In what case errors not damnable may be damnable to those that No man to be reproached for quitting his errors, ii. (103.) 282. Errors of the Roman church that endanger salvation to be forsaken, Erring persons, that lead good lives, should be judged of charita- A man may learn of the church to confute its errors, i. (40.) 407. We must not adhere to a church in professing the least errors, lest Eucharist given to infants, accounted an apostolic tradition by St. The examples of those, that, forsaking popish errors, have denied External communion of a church may be left without leaving a F. Faith, what, i. (8.) 136. It is not knowledge, ii. (2.) 348. Articles of Whether faith be destroyed by denying a truth testified by God, i. The objects of faith, of two sorts; essential and occasional, ii. (3.) 31. Faith, less than infallibly certain, may resist temptations and diffi- There may be faith, where the church and its infallibility begets it Faith does not go before Scripture, but follows its efficacy, i. (48.). 233. Protestants have sufficient means to know the certainty of their In the Roman church, the last resolution of faith is into motives of The fathers declared their judgment of articles, but did not require their declarations to be received under anathema, ii. (18.) 43. Protestants did not forsake the church, though they forsook its errors, i. (11.) 371. Sufficient foundation for faith without infallible certainty, ii. (6.) 354. (45.) 429. Fundamentals, what, i. (20, 21.) 381, 382. (51.) 422. ii. (52.) 83. Differences in fundamentals, i. (19.) 380. (13.) 373. ii. (19.) 45. Not necessary to have a list of them, i.(53.) 426. Who secure from erring in them, ii.(64.) 237. No infallible guide in fundamentals, i. (39.) 406. Fundamental errors twofold, ii. (88.) 258. To be unerring in fundamentals can be said of no church of one denomination, i. (55.) 431. To say, that there shall always be a church not erring in fundamentals, is to say, that there shall be always a church, i. (35.) 402. A church is not safe, though retaining fundamentals, when it builds hay and stubble on the foundation, and neglects to reform her errors. ii. (61.) 238. Ignorance of what points in particular are fundamental, does not make it uncertain whether we do not err fundamentally, or differ in fundamentals among ourselves, ii. (14.) 496. In what sense the church of Rome errs not fundamentally, i. (20.) 106. G. The four gospels contain all necessary doctrines, ii. (40–43.) 64. 66, 67. An infallible guide not necessary for avoiding heresy, i. (127.) 294. The apostolic church an infallible guide, to which we may resort, i. (69.) 447. The church may not be an infallible guide in fundamentals, though it be infallible in fundamentals, i. (39.) 406. That the Roman church should be the only infallible guide of faith, and the Scriptures say nothing concerning it, is incredible, ii. (20.) 372. H. Heresy, what, i. (8.) 94. (127.) 294. ii. (18.) 43. (51.) 221. (11.) 362. (38.) 411. No mark of heresy to want succession of bishops holding the same `doctrine, ii. (38.) 411. (41.) 423. Heretics, who, i. (127.) 294. We are not heretics for opposing things propounded by the church of Rome for Divine truth, ii. (11, 12.) 362, 363. Holy Ghost, its motions, i. (95.) 267. Hooker's fundamentals, ii. (49.) 79. Whether protestants schismatically cut off the Roman church from hopes of salvation, ii. (38.) 211. I. Jewish church had in it no infallible direction, i.(124.) 293. (141.) 304. The imposing a necessity of professing known errors, and practising known corruptions, is a just cause of separating from a church, ii. (31.) 208. (36.) 211. (40.) 214. (50.) 221. (59, 60.) 228. 230. (68, 69.) 241, 242. Indifferency to all religions falsely charged upon protestants, i. (3.) 88. (12.) 372. The belief of the church's infallibility makes way for heresy, i. (10.)99. An infallible guide not needful for avoiding heresies, i. (127.) 294. VOL. III. 2 I The church's infallibility has not the same evidence as there is for the Scriptures, i. (30.) 392. (31.) 395. The church's infallibility can no way be better assured to us, than the Scriptures incorruption, i. (25.) 217. (27.) 388. The church's infallibility is not proved from the promise, that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, i. (70.) 449. Nor from the promise of the Spirit's leading into all truth, which was made only to the apostles, i. (71.) 450. (72.) 452. The church's infallibility not proved from Ephes. iv. 11-13.-He gave some apostles, &c. till we all come in the unity of the faith, &c. i. (79, 80.) 460, 461. That God has appointed an infallible judge of controversies, because such a one is desirable and useful, is a weak conclusion, i. (128—136.) 296-299. Infallibility in fundamentals no warrant to adhere to a church in all that she proposes, i. (57.) 435. Infallible interpretations of Scripture vainly boasted of by the Roman church, i. (93—95.) 265–267. Whether the denial of the church's infallibility leaves men to their private spirit, reason, and discourse, and what is the harm of it, i. (12, 13.) 102, 103. Traditional interpretations of Scripture how ill preserved, i.(10.) 206. Interpretations of Scripture, which private men make for themselves (not pretending to prescribe their sense to others) though false, or seditious, endanger only themselves, i. (122.) 291. Allow the pope or Roman church to be a decisive interpreter of Christ's laws, and she can evacuate them, and make what laws she pleases, i. (10, 11.) 99. 101. (1.) 197. Interpretations of Scripture may not be imposed, ii. (16.) 41. Men may declare their sense, but cannot impose it, (18.) 43. Interpreter of Scripture, every man for himself, i. (110.) 282. Not the Roman church, (80.) 257. St. Irenæus's account of tradition favours not popery, i. (144–146.) 308.310. His saying, that no reformation can countervail the danger of a schism, explained, ii. (11.) 192. A living judge to end controversies about the sense of Scripture, not necessary, i. (12, 13.) 209, 210. If Christ had intended such a judge in religion, he would have named him, which he has not done, i. (23.) 215. (69.) 252. ii. (20.) 372. Though a living judge be necessary to determine civil causes, yet not necessary for religious causes, i. (14-22.) 212–214. If there be a judge of controversies, no necessity he should be of the Roman church, i. (69.) 447. Roman catholics set up as many judges in religion, as protestants, i. (116.) 285. (118.) 287. (153.) 315. Judge of controversies none, i. (10.) 206. (13, &c.) 210. (85.) 260. (103.) 275. (69.) 447. In religion every one for himself, ii. (11.) 208. (116.) 285. (153, &c.) 315. (87.) 468. Justification, verbal disputes about it, ii. (30, &c.) 513. K. Our obligation to know any Divine truth arises from God's manifest revealing of it, i. (19.) 380. L. How we are assured, in what language the Scripture is uncorrupted, i. 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