TABLE

OF THE

PRINCIPAL MATTERS IN CHARITY MAINTAINED, &c.

NOTE. The Roman numerals of this Table refer to the volume; the figures within the parentheses to the paragraph ; and those which follow to the page.

PROTESTANTS agree in more things than they differ in, by believing the Scripture, ii. (49, 50.) 79. 82.

We have as many rational means of agreement as the papists, i. (7, 8.) 368.

Papists pretend to means of agreement and do not agree, i. (3—6.) 366, 367.

Not necessary to find a church agreeing with protestants in all points, i. (19.) 105. ii. (27.) 206.

Antiquity vainly pleaded for Romish doctrines and practices, since many errors are more ancient than some of their doctrines, ii. (19.) 197, 198.

Apostles erred after the sending of the Holy Ghost, i. (33.) 396. The apostolic church an infallible guide, to which we may resort, being present to us by her writings, i. (69. 80.) 447. 461.

That the church has power to make new articles of faith, asserted by the Romish doctors, ii. (18.) 43.

This one article-I believe the Roman catholic church to be infallible if their doctrines were true, would secure against heresy more than the whole Creed, ii. (77-79.) 106, 107. (83.) 110.

Assent, evidence the cause thereof, ii. (51.) 441.

Christ's assistance promised to the church, to lead her into more than necessary truths, ii. (61, 62.) 232, 235.

Assistance, Divine, who shall have it, ii. (88.) 258.

Atheism and irreligion spring easily from some Romish doctrines and practices, i. (7, 8.) 93, 94.

Attrition, what, i. (4.) 140.

St. Augustine's saying, Evangelio non crederem, &c. how to be understood, i. (54.) 239. (97-99.) 269, 270.

St. Augustine's testimony against the Donatists not cogent against protestants, i. (163.) 328.

St. Augustine's words, No necessity to divide unity, explained, ii. (10.) 190.

The Author's vindication from suspicion of heresy, i. (28.) 122. The Author's motives to turn a papist, with answers to them, i. (42, 43.) 63, 64.

B.

Baptism, what, ii. (7.) 482.

Baptizing of children not proveable by Scripture, ii. (7.) 482.
Belief. Things worthy to be believed not always necessary to be
believed, i. (46.) 413. Things necessary to be believed, what, i. (17.)
105. (101.) 272. (5.) 306. (13.) 373.

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-
fore the way of Romish religion, shewed at large, ii. (56—72.) 449—
458.

C.

The Calvinists' rigid doctrine of predetermination unjustly reproach-
ed by papists, who communicate with those that hold the same, ii.
(10.) 513.

To give a catalogue of our fundamentals not necessary nor possible,
i. (27.) 118. (13.) 373. (53.) 426.

Want of such a catalogue leaves us not uncertain in our faith, i.
(14.) 377.

Papists as much bound to give a catalogue of the church's propo-
sals, which are their fundamentals, and yet do it not, i. (53.) 426.
Our general catalogue of fundamentals as theirs, ii. (12.) 36. (35.)
520.

Catholic church:-I believe in the catholic church—what it signi-
fies, ii. (41.) 214.

Ceremonies, i. (42.) 408.

Moral certainty a sufficient foundation of faith, i. (154.)316.
Certainty, actual, may be without absolute infallibility, i. (26.) 386.
What certainty required, (154.) 316.

A protestant may have certainty, though disagreeing protestants all
pretend to like certainty, ii. (13.) 495.

What charity papists allow to us protestants, and we to them, i.
(1.3-5.) 136, 139–144.

A charitable judgment should be made of such as err, but lead good
lives, ii. (33.) 516.

Protestant charity to ignorant papists no comfort to them that will
not see their errors, ii. (76.) 247.

Christianity must be known before the church, ii. (53.) 84.

Church, by what constituted, ibid. true visible, what, i. (19.) 105.
Its visibility may cease, ii. (13.) 194. Visible church in some cases
may be resisted, i. (164.) 329. Where to be hearkened to, (3.) 88.
What errors free from, ii. (64.) 237. It may err, i. (11.) 371. (70.) 449.
How far to be obeyed, (58.) 438. Its communion when to be separated
from, (11.) 371. What authority it hath to decide controversies of faith,
(162.) 326. No particular church secured from erring in fundamentals,
(55.) 431. The same church, what, (11.) 371. Not judge of controver-
sies, ii. (20.) 372. Its perpetuity not necessary, (13.) 364.

The church how furnished with means to determine controversies,
i. (7. 11.) 147. 154.

Church of Rome, how a true church, ii. (20.) 372. Not infallible,
nor our guide, (29.) 509.

We may be a true church, though deriving ordination, and receiving
Scripture from a false one, i. (54.) 446.

Circumstances of worship, how far to be taken from the church, i.
(42.) 408.

Commands in Scripture to hear the church, and obey it, suppose it
not infallible, i. (41.) 408.

Common truths believed, may preserve them good, that otherwise
err, ii. (38.) 516.

Concord in damned errors worse than disagreement in controverted
points, ii. (72.) 244.

Conscience, how far it justifies disobedience to superiors, ii. (108.)

292.

The consequence of men's opinions may be unjustly charged upon
them, i. (12.) 155. ii. (30.) 513.

Contradictions a man may believe, ii. (46.) 71.

Controversies in religion not necessary to be all determined, i. (7.)
147. (88.) 469. Means of ending them, i. (7, 8.) 368.

How controversies about Scripture itself are to be decided, i. (27.)

219.

Controversies not necessary to be decided by a judicial sentence,
without any appeal, i. (85.) 260.

Creed, how it contains the credenda necessary to be proposed, ii.
(12.) 36. and believed, i. (1.) 136. ii. (21, &c.) 48. (65.) 98. (73.) 103.
All the points in it not fundamental, (69.) 101. and why, (75.) 104.

That the Creed contains all necessary points, and how to be under-
stood, ii. (23.) 51. (73, 74.) 103.

Not necessary, that our Creed should be larger than that of the apo-
stles, ii. (67.) 99. (70-72.) 101-103.

D.

Damnable, i. (21.) 107. (26.) 111.

Defining is no more than declaring what the word signifies, ii.
(22.) 200.

St. Dennis of Alexandria's saying explained, about not dividing
the church, ii. (12.) 193.

To deny a truth witnessed by God, whether always damnable, i.
(9.) 95.

The apostle's depositing truth with the church, no argument that
she should always keep it sincere and entire, i. (148.) 311.

Of disagreeing protestants, though one side must err, yet both may
hope for salvation, i. (22.) 108. (10.) 153. (13.) 158. (17.) 161.

Two may disagree in a matter of faith, and yet neither be charge-
able with denying a declared truth of God, i. (10.) 99.

Differences among protestants vainly objected against them, i. (2, 3.
5.) 365, 366.

No reason to reproach them for their differences about necessary
truths and damnable errors, i. (52.) 423.

Disbelief, when a fault, i. (9.) 95.

What is requisite to convince a man that a doctrine comes from
God, i. (8.) 94.

Believing the doctrine of Scripture, a man may be saved, though
he did not believe it to be the word of God, i. (159.) 323.

The Donatists' error about the catholic church, what it was and was
not, i. (64.) 442.

The Donatists' case and ours not alike, ii. (101.) 279.

The Roman church guilty of the Donatists' error, in persuading men,
as good not to be Christians, as not Roman catholics, i. (64.) 442.
Papists liker to the Donatists than we, by their uncharitable deny-
ing of salvation out of their church, ii. (21, 22.) 503. (27.) 506.

E.

English divines vindicated from inclining to popery, and for want
of skill in school divinity, i. (19.) 105.

Errors damnable, what and how, i. (6, 7.) 92, 93. (26.) 111. (29.)
122. (4.) 140. (12.) 155. (12.) 209. (11.) 371. (17.) 378. (52.) 423. ii.
(14.) 40. (49.) 79. Dangerous, ib. Fundamental, i. (21.) 107. (9.) 370.
Sinful, (26.) 111. Venial, ii. (29.) 509. Security from fundamental er-
rors, how, i. 432.

In what case errors damnable may not damn those that hold them,
i. (58.) 438. ii. (14.) 15.

In what case errors not damnable may be damnable to those that
hold them, ii. (66.) 239.

No man to be reproached for quitting his errors, ii. (103.) 282.

Though we may pardon the Roman church for her errors, yet we
may not sin with it, ii. (70.) 242.

Errors of the Roman church that endanger salvation to be forsaken,
though they are not destructive of it, ii. (6.) 480.

Erring persons, that lead good lives, should be judged of charita-
bly, ii. (33.) 516.

A man may learn of the church to confute its errors, i. (40.) 407.
We did well to forsake the Roman church for her errors, though we
afterwards may crr out of it, ii. (63—65.) 236––238. (67.) 240. (87.)
257. (92.) 264.

We must not adhere to a church in professing the least errors, lest
we should not profess with her necessary doctrine, i. (56.) 432.

Eucharist given to infants, accounted an apostolic tradition by St.
Augustine, &c. i. (10.) 99. (42.) 408.

The examples of those, that, forsaking popish errors, have denied
necessary truths, no argument against protestants, i. (63.) 441.

External communion of a church may be left without leaving a
church, ii. (32.) 209. (45.) 216. (47) 218.

F.

Faith, what, i. (8.) 136. It is not knowledge, ii. (2.) 348. Articles of
faith necessary to be believed, i. (17.) 105. (144.)308. (159.)323. (2.)365.
Faith certain, how required, (9.) 151. Matter of faith, (10.) 153. Scrip-
ture the sole and adequate object of faith, (101.) 272. Faith in Christ,
what, (13.) 373. Faith no new article, (28.) 390. No article of faith
can be made or declared by any one, which was not made and de-
clared before, ii. (18.) 43.

Whether faith be destroyed by denying a truth testified by God, i.
(25.) 110. ii. (49.) 432. (19.) 500.

The objects of faith, of two sorts; essential and occasional, ii. (3.) 31.
Certainty of faith, less than the highest degree, may please God, and
save a man, i. (8.) 150. ii. (3—5.) 349, 350. 352.

Faith, less than infallibly certain, may resist temptations and diffi-
culties, ii. (5.) 352.

There may be faith, where the church and its infallibility begets it
not, i. (49.) 234.

Faith does not go before Scripture, but follows its efficacy, i. (48.)

233.

Protestants have sufficient means to know the certainty of their
faith, i. (152.) 314.

In the Roman church, the last resolution of faith is into motives of
credibility, i. (154.) 316.