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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.

FABRI

F

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.

G.

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.

H.

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.

I.

I.

JAMES 1. King, his declaration concerning the subscription of

the Articles, 10.

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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