Epistles, why the general ones were not so early and universally received, as the rest of the New Testament, 107.
Erudition, a book published, called the Necessary Erudition, a pre- liminary to compiling the Articles, 6.
Eternity, in a succession of determinate durations impossible, 25. Of the world disproved, 26. See World.
Eucharist, in what sense it may be called a sacrifice, 477. The vir- tue of it, to whom limited, 478. The doctrine of the Church of Rome concerning it, ibid. Wherein the virtue of it consists, 480. The importance of the controversy concerning it, 483. See Lord's Supper.
Eugenius, Pope, does not mention Bishops as belonging to the sa- crament of orders, 385.
Evil, whether God is the author of it, 42. The being of it in the world, how accounted for by the Remonstrants, 225. Liberty cannot be asserted without it, 233.
Evil spirits, what sort of miracles they can perform, 82.
Eunapius, his spiteful representation of the primitive martyrs, 327. Eutychian heresy was condemned by the Athanasian Creed, 142.
What it was, 446. Was confuted by several ancient writers, ibid. The force of their argument explained, 448.
Excommunication, the nature of it, and its necessity in some cases, 495-502. Ought not to be done rashly, 502.
Extreme Unction no Sacrament, 390. A passage in St. James, which seems to favour it, explained, 391. The design and ef- fects of the anointing by the Apostles and Elders, 392. The matter and form of it used in the Church of Rome, 393. Was not reckoned a Sacrament in the first ages of Christianity, 395. When and by whom decreed to be one, ibid. Argument for it answered, ibid.
ABRI HONORATUS, the doctrines of the Church of Rome examined in this book, chiefly taken from him, 386. His cha- racter, ibid.
Faith, the Scriptures the only and complete rule of it, 95. No ar- ticles of it to be allowed, but what are proved from Scripture, 100. An objection against this answered, 101. What is meant by it in the New Testament, 170. How it justifies, 174. Is in- dispensably necessary to salvation, 175, 407. The nature of jus- tifying faith, 175.
Fall of Adam, of its consequences to him, and his posterity, 147- 158. See Sin.
Fasting, times of fasting, appointing them in the power of the Church, 271. When joined with prayer, its efficacy, 380. In what cases of no avail, ibid. The absurdity of pretending to ex- piate sins by it, 381.
Fate, the Stoics put all things, even the Gods themselves, under it, 204. This downright atheism, ibid. Was maintained by the
Essenes, 204. Is a prevailing opinion among the Mahometans, ibid.
Figures in Scripture, how to be explained, 117. Were frequently made use of by Christ, 423. Augustine's rule for explaining them, 437.
Fire of purgatory, the proof alleged for it examined, 299. Forgiving injuries, the necessity and extent of it, 197..
Forms were settled very early in most Churches, 2. These not all in the same words, ibid. See Creed.
Francfort, Council, condemned the Nicene Council, together with the worship of images, 317.
Free-will, wherein it consists, 160. See Liberty.
Frumentius preached to the Indians before he was ordained, 348. Future state was looked for under the Old Testament, 132. But is ⚫ brought to a much clearer light by the Gospel, 133.
GEHENNA, Hell known by that name among the Jews, 76.
Gelasius, Pope, condemns the communicating in one kind only as sacrilege, 473.
General Council. See Council.
Gentiles, their prejudices against Christianity, 81.
German and Lupus reform Britain from Pelagianism, 206. A le- gendary miracle said to be wrought by them, ibid.
Gnostics pretended to traditions from the Apostles, 100. Their opi- nion concerning the soul, 205. Were detested by all Christians for idolatry, 315..
God, his existence proved from the universal consent of mankind, 22. Objections, that some nations do not believe a Deity, and that it is not the same belief amongst them all, answered, 23. The visible world and history of nations, prove a Deity, 24-27. Whence the notion of a plurality of Gods might take its rise, 24. The argument from miracles considered, 28. And from the idea of God, 29. This not the most conclusive, ibid. Must be eter- nal, and necessarily exists, ibid. His existence ought not to be proved from Scripture, 30. His unity proved from the order of the world, and from the idea of infinite perfection, 31. From the Scriptures, ibid. Is without body or parts, 32. The origin of the notion of a good and bad God, ibid. The world not a body to God, 33. The outward manifestations and bodily parts ascribed to God in Scripture, how to be understood, ibid. No successive acts in God, 34. Question concerning his immanent acts, ibid. Is without passions, 35. The meaning of Scriptures, which ascribe these to him, ibid. Is of infinite power, 36. Ob- jections to this answered, ibid. Wherein his wisdom consists, and a twofold distinction of it, ibid. True ideas of his goodness of great importance, 37. Wherein it consists, ibid. And how li- mited, 38. Has a power of creating and annihilating, 36, 39. Is the preserver of all things, 40. This a consequence of his being infinitely perfect, 41. Objection against his providence
answered, 42. Whether he does immediately produce all things, 43. Or is the author of evil, ibid. All agree that the Father is truly God, 53. Just notions of him the fundamental article of all religion, ibid. 135. The best manner of framing an idea of him, ibid. Is the only proper object of adoration, 62. In what sense called the God of Abraham, &c. long after they were dead, 131. Image of God in which man was created, wherein it consisted, 150. Distinction between the methods of his goodness and the strictness of his justice, 181. The doctrine of the Church of Rome concerning our love of God, 184. His view in forming his decrees, 202. What meant by his harden- ing Pharaoh's heart, 228. The impiety of speaking too boldly of him, 233.
Goods, the unreasonableness of a community of them, 535. Good works. See Works.
Gospel condemns all idolatry, 62. The design of it, 80. Refines upon the law of Moses, 138.
Government was settled in the Church by the Apostles, 343. The necessity of Church-Government, 344.
Grace, assisting and preventing grace asserted and proved from Scripture, 162-166. A probable conjecture concerning the conveyance of actual grace, 164. The efficacy and extent of it, 167, 214, 217, 229.
Greek Church, wherein they differed from the Latins, 92. Gregory I. Pope, condemns worshipping of images, 316. The IId declares for them, ibid. The IXth first ordered the adoration of the Host as now practised, 455. Gregory the Great, his violent opposition to the title of Universal Bishop, 521.
HEAD of the Church, in what sense Christ is the only head of the Church, 529. And in what sense the King is called the Head, ibid.
Hebrews, why the authority of the Epistle to them was doubted, 106. Proofs of its authority, ibid.
Heliodorus, a Bishop, author of the first romance, 490. Proposed that Clergymen should live from their wives, ibid.
Hell, three different senses of it, 11. Of Christ's descent into Hell, 73. See Christ. The gates of Hell shall not prevail against the Church, the meaning of this, 266.
Henry VIII. several steps towards reformation, 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, FOO. When the doctrine of extirpating them took place, 458. Hezekiah commended for breaking the Brazen Serpent, 324. Hilarion, a fabulous story of his body and tomb, 325.
Hobbes grafted fate and absolute necessity on the Supralapsarian hypothesis, 212.
Holiness of life, not a note of the Church, 250. A twofold sense of holiness in Scripture, 413.
Holy Ghost, or Holy Spirit, what meant by it in the Old and New Testament, 89. Is properly a distinct person in the Trinity, 90. Curiosities about his procession to be avoided, 91. Decrees of several Churches and Councils about it, ibid. The doctrine of the Church of England concerning it, 92. Is truly God, ibid. His testimony not a sufficient argument to prove the canon of the Scriptures, 104. Of the sin against the Holy Ghost, 195, 198. It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, the meaning of this, 287. Of the form, Receive ye the Holy Ghost, in Ordination, 515. Homilies of the Church of England, their names, 511. When and
on what account they were composed, ibid. The meaning of the approbation of them, 512. Ought to be read by all who sub- scribe them, ibid. The meaning of their being said to be neces- sary for these times, 513.
Honorius, Pope, was condemned as a Monothelite, 260. The IVth first appointed the adoration of the Host, 455.
Host, adoration of it, by whom first introduced, 455. Is plain ido- latry, 461. Argument for it answered, 462. Reserving, carry- ing it about, and the elevation of it without foundation in Scripture, or primitive practice, 463, 464.
Huss, John, met with great cruelty from the Church of Rome, 475.
JAMES 1. King, his declaration concerning the subscription of
Jansenius published a system of St. Austin's doctrine, 209. On what account his book was condemned at Rome, 210. Iberians were converted by their King before he was baptized, 349. Idolatry, the necessity of guarding against it at the establishment of Christianity, 4. What makes it a great sin, 38, 137. The Jews were particularly jealous of every thing that savoured of it, 58. The design both of the Jewish and Christian religion to banish it, 62. By what means the seed of Abram were pre- served from it, 96. The nature and immorality of it, 137, 309. General rules concerning it, 308 Seevral kinds of it among the Heathens, ibid. Was very strictly prohibited among the Jews, 309. This owing chiefly to the Egyptian idolatry, 310. The expostulations of the Prophets against it, ibid. How practised by the Israelites, 311. Is contrary to the nature and perfections of God, 313. St. Paul condemns the idolatry of the Greeks and Romans, ibid. The refined notions of the Athenians concerning it, ibid. Was much condemned by the writers of the first four centuries, 314. "
Idols, inchantment in sacrifices offered to them, 428. Christians not to partake of them, ibid.
Jehu rewarded, though acting with a bad design, 182.
Jerome, St. once admired, but afterwards opposed Origen's doc- trine, 205. Maintained that no Christian would finally perish, 298. Set a high value on relics, 323. But disclaims the wor- shipping of them, ibid. Said that the souls of the saints might be in several places at once, 328.
Jerom of Prague suffered cruelly by the Roman Catholics, 475. Jesuits, wherein they differed from the Semipelagians, 208. What gave them great merit at Rome, 209.
Jews, their aversion to idolatry and Christianity, 58. Did not charge Christianity with idolatry, 63. Their notions of God, 64. Their notion of the state of the soul after death, 76, 296. Expected the Messias to be a conqueror, 81, 98. Were always rebellious, 110. Wherein the Jewish and Christian religions differed from those of the Heathen, 112. Their objections against the authority of the New Testament, 127. Looked for more than transitory promises, 132. Believed that some sins cannot be expiated by sacrifices, ibid. Of their ceremonial, ju- diciary, and moral laws, 134, 135, 136. Imagined that the souls of all mankind were in Adam's body, 157. The distinguishing point of the Jewish from the Christian religion, 217. Their re- ligion had a period fixed to it, 257. Had many rites not men- tioned in the Old Testament, 270. Fell into great errors, though the keepers of the oracles of God, 276. Believe that every Jew shall have a share in the world to come, 297. They prayed only to God, 330. Of the office of their High Priest, 347. Had their worship in a known tongue, 351. Their au- thority over their children, 412. Were strictly prohibited the eating of blood, 419. Their objections to Christianity, 441. Images, the worshipping even the true God by them expressly for- bidden, 311. In Churches when introduced, 315. Great de- bates about them, 316. Foundation of image-worship laid by the Council of Nice, 317. Is carried much farther by the modern Church of Rome, ibid. Those of the Egyptians and Chineses less scandalous, 318. The decision of the Council of Trent in this matter, 319. Reason for enlarging on this subject, 320. The argument in favour of them drawn from the Cherubims answered, ibid. The sum of the arguments against them, 21. The corruptions occasioned by worshipping them, 322. Immaterial substance, proof of its being in us, 44. Its nature and operations, ibid. Objections against it answered, ibid. There may be other intellectual substances which have no bodies, 46. These beings were created by God, and are not rays of his es- sence, 47.
Imposition of hands, a necessary rite in giving orders, 383. Indulgences, the doctrine and practice of the Church of Rome concerning them, 305. When introduced and established, ibid. The abuse of them gave rise to the Reformation, 306. The pretences for them examined, ibid. No foundation for them in Scripture or in the first ten centuries, 307. The natural ill tendency of them, ibid. See Pardons.
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