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Of the rites and ceremonies among the Jews,
The hopes of another life in the Old Teftament,
129
Our Saviour proved the Refurrection from the words to Mofes,
Expiation of fin in the old difpenfation,
Sins then expiated by the blood of Christ,
Of their judiciary laws,
Of the moral law,
The principles of morality,
Of idolatry,
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
ibid.
Concerning the Sabbath,
138
Of the Second Table,
140
Of not coveting what is our neighbour's,
141
All men liable to death by it,
A corruption fpread through the whole race of Adam,
Both fides pretend their doctrines agree with the Article, 158
The true notion of liberty,
Inward affiftances promifed in the New Covenant,
160
161
163
The difference between the Church of England and the Church
of Rome in this point,
The conditions upon which men are justified,
The ufe to be made of this doctrine,
171
174
175
ARTICLE
Actions in themfelves good, yet may he fins in him who does
Of the pardon of fin after Baptifm,
196
That as God forgives, the Church ought also to forgive, 197
Concerning apoftafy, and fin unto death,
ARTICLE XVII.
The flate of the question,
199
201
202
The doctrine of the Supralapfarians and Sublapfarians, 203
The doctrine of the Remonftrants and the Socinians, ibid.
This is a controverfy that arifes out of natural religion, 204
The biftory of this controverfy both in ancient and modern
times,
The arguments of the Supralapfarians,
The arguments of the Sublapfarians,
The arguments of the Remonftrants,
205
212
221
222
226
230
231
They affirm a certain prefcience,
The Socinians' plea,
General reflections on the whole matter,
The advantages and disadvantages of both fides, and the
faults of both,
In what both do agree,
232
234
Philofophers thought men might be faved in all religions,
So do the Mahometans,
None are faved but by Christ,
240
None are in covenant with God, but through the knowledge
of Chrifl,
Whether fome may not be faved by him, who never heard of
bim,
241
242
But for others, we cannot judge of the extent of the mercies of
God,
Curiofity is to be restrained,
243
We ought not to believe that any are infallible, without good
authority,
Thefe are examined,
250
And whether they do agree to the Church of Rome,
The truth of doctrine must be first fettled,
251
A fociety that has a true Baptifm, is a true Church,
Sacraments are not annulled by every corruption,
252
253
We own the Baptifm and Orders given in the Church of
Rome,
The power of depofing Princes claimed by them as given them
by God,
260
261
262
This was not a corruption only of discipline, but of doctrine,
Councils cannot be called, but by the confent of princes, ibid.
The firft were called by the Roman Emperors,
279
Afterwards the Popes called them,
Then fome Councils thought on methods to fix their meeting,
What makes a Council to be general,
280
What numbers are necessary,
How muft they be cited,
No rules given in Scripture concerning their conftitution, 281
Nazianzen's complaints of Councils,
Councils bave been contrary to one another,
Disorders and intrigues in Councils,
They judge not by infpiration,
282
283
The Churches may examine their proceedings, and judge of
The Fathers do argue for the truth of the decifions, but not
Concerning the words, Tell the Church,
How the Church is the pillar and ground of truth,
286
Chrift's promife, I am with you alway, even to the end
of the world,
287
Of that, It feemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, ibid.
Some General Councils have erred,
ARTICLE XXII.
The doctrine of purgatory,
Sins once pardoned are not punished,
Unless with chaftifements in this life,
No ftate of fatisfaction after death,
No mention made of that in Scripture,
But it is plain to the contrary,
Different opinions among the ancients,
A paffage in the Epifle to the Corinthians confidered,
The original of purgatory,
A paffage in Maccabees confidered,
The progress of the belief of purgatory,
Prayers for the dead among the ancients,
Endowments for redeeming out of purgatory,
Whether thefe ought to be facred, or not,
The doctrine of pardons and indulgences,
It is only the excufing from penance,
No foundation for it in Scripture,
General rules concerning idolatry,
Of the idolatry of Heathens,
Laws given to the Jews against it,
The expoftulations of the Prophets,
Concerning the golden calf,
And the calves at Dan and Bethel,
The Apoflles oppofed all idolatry,
The fenfe of the primitive Fathers upon it,
St. Paul at Athens, and to the Romans,
The first use of images among Chriftians,
Pictures in Churches for inflruction,
Were afterwards worshipped,
Contefls about that,
Images of the Deity and Trinity,
On what the worship of images terminates,
The due worship fettled by the Council at Trent,
Images confecrated, and how,
Arguments for worshipping them answered,
Arguments against the use or worship of images,
A due regard to the bodies of martyrs,
The worship of relics,
The progress of fuperftition,