His ascension not capable of so full a proof, 85. This depends
chiefly on the testimony of the Apostles and effusion of the Holy
Ghost, ibid. His resurrection was brought about by a miracle,
86. Curiosity about the manner of it taxed, ibid. How it may
be said he was three days in the grave, ibid. The intention of
his staying forty days after on earth, ibid. Of the manner of
his ascension, 87. The great authority with which he is vested,
ibid. Of his glorious appearance at the last day, 88. Whether
he was the mediator of the old, as well as the new dispensation.
129. His death applied to those who are incapable of expressly
laying hold of it, 133. His death the only cause of our justifica-
tion, 174. Christ alone was without sin, 191. Of the efficacy
and extent of his death, 176, 217. Is our only mediator in
point of intercession as well as redemption, 330. Why he chose
to suffer at the time of the Passover, 417. He is the only priest,
and his death the only sacrifice under the Gospel, 479.
Christianity gives much purer ideas of God than the Mosaic dis-
pensation, 62. The foundation of, 173. Does not lessen the
temporal authority, 524. Raises the laws of love and charity to
a high degree, 536. Does not condemn all oaths, 541.
Christians are not exempt from capital punishment for great crimes,
530. In what case may engage in war, 532. Or go to law, ibid.
Are not obliged to have their goods in common, 535. May
swear on important occasions, 540.
Chronology, the diversity of it no sufficient objection to the autho-
rity of the Scriptures, 114.
Chrysostom, St. mentions nothing of relics, 326. Denies that any
miracles were wrought in his time, ibid. Condemns auricular
confession, 373.
Church ought to proportion her rules of communion and censure
to those of the Gospel, 198. Of its authority to establish doc-
trines, 245. What a true Church is, 252, 257. May be visible,
though not infallible, 257. Of her power in appointing cere-
monies, 270, 271. And in matters of faith, 268. Can make
no new terms of salvation, 276. The meaning of Christ's words,
Tell the Church, &c. 286. How the Church is the pillar and
ground of truth, ibid. There was to be an authority in the
Church, 342. What it is, 345. The order settled by the Apo-
stles was for succeeding ages, 343. Every Church an indepen-
dent body, 510. The respect due from one Church to another,
ibid. Wherein her authority in opposition to the civil magistrate
consists, 528.
Church of Rome owns the positive doctrines of the Church of
England, 6. Its tyranny in imposing its doctrines. 9. Their
opinion concerning the Scriptures and traditions confuted, 95.
Leave the second commandment out of their Catechism, 140.
Maintain that original sin is quite taken away by Baptism, 153.
The consequence of this, ibid. Their doctrine concerning the re-
mission of sins, 171. The use of the Sacraments, 172. And the
sufficiency of inherent holiness for justification, 173. What they
call a good work, 178. What they teach concerning the love
of God, 184. Their doctrine of supererogation confuted, 188.
Their distinction of mortal and venial sin, 194. Just preju-
dices against its infallibility, 246-268. Their notes of a true
Church, 249. These do not agree to their Church, 251. Have
erred not only in their living and ceremonies, but in matters of
faith also, 258. The influence of the Popes on the canons, cere-
monies, and government of the Church, ibid. Is guilty of a cir-
cle, 249, 277. The absurdity of this, ibid. Their doctrine con-
cerning purgatory, 290. See Purgatory. Concerning pardons,
305. Of indulgences, 307. Of image-worship, ibid. Of wor-
shipping of relics, 322. Of the invocation of saints and angels,
329. Of worship in an unknown tongue, 354. Of their five
additional Sacraments, 362. Of the intention of the Priest be-
ing necessary to the essence of a Sacrament, 400. Of Transub-
stantiation, 430. Of withholding the cup from the Laity, 469.
Of the sacrifice of the Mass, 478. Of the celibacy of the Clergy,
485.
Church of England and Rome, wherein they agree, and wherein
of different opinions, 146. Answer to the question, Where was
your Church before Henry VIII. 258. See Articles, Authority.
Circumcision, why not necessary to be continued, 128. Of infants
under the Old Testament an argument for infant Baptism under
the New, 414.
Claud of Turin wrote with vehemence against image-worship, 317.
Clergy, the import of their subscription to the Articles, 10. Their
marriage made an argument against the Reformation, 485.
This not contrary to the purity of divine performances, 486.
Those in England were married in the Saxon times, 490. Are
subject to their Princes in ecclesiastical matters, 523. See Celi-
bacy, Councils.
Commandments, or moral law, the nature of it, 136. The two
first against idolatry, 137. The morality of them, ibid. The third
against not only vain and idle, but false swearing, 138. The
morality of this, ibid. The fourth, in what sense moral and rea-
sonable, ibid. The rigour of it abated by our Saviour, 139. These
four distinct Commandments, 140. Why this division is pre-
ferred to that of the Church of Rome, ibid. The order of the
second table, ibid. The fifth and tenth, how they are the fences
of the intermediate four, ibid. In what sense the last is moral,
141. Of the obligation of this law upon Christians, ibid.
Communion of the body and blood of Christ, the meaning of it
explained, 427.
Concomitance, no sufficient argument for communion only in one
kind, 472.
Confession of sins, the Scripture account of it, 368. Auricular
confession not necessary, 371. No authority for it in Scripture,
ibid. Nor from the practice of the primitive Christians, 372.
The first occasion and progress of it, ibid. Gave great scandal at
Constantinople, 373. How far the power of the Church extends
in this matter, 375. The good and bad effects of it, ibid. Ought
to be no law of the Church, because not a law of God, 376.
The bad effects of it in the Church of Rome, 376, 503.
Confession of adversaries, not a note of the true Church, 250.
Confirmation a very ancient practice, and justifiable as used in the
Church of England, 362. Reasons why it is no Sacrament, 363.
The form of it in the Church of Rome, 364. Whether the Bi-
shop only should confirm, 365. Great disputes about this, 366.
Consecration, the effect of it in the Eucharist, according to the doc-
trine of the Church of Rome, 430. The virtue of it depends on
the intention of the Priest, 431. By whom a bell was ordered to
be rung at the consecration, 455. It was an opinion that the
Lord's prayer was at first the prayer of consecration, 475.
Consequences of opinions ought not to be charged as tenets, 233.
Constance, Council of, its decree for withholding the cup from the
Laity, 475. The absurdity of it, and cruelty used to establish it,
ibid.
Constantia, the legend concerning her great respect for Hilarion's
body, 325.
Constantinople, Council, made no new additions to the Creed, 3.
Said that the Holy Ghost proceeded from the Father only, 91.
Condemned image-worship, 316.
Consubstantiation, what the Lutherans mean by it, 460. Their
doctrine confuted, ibid. Ought not to dissolve the union of
Churches where adoration is not joined with it, 461.
Contrition, the definition of it, 377. Wherein the Church of Rome
make it differ from attrition, ibid. Their doctrine concerning it
liable to great abuse, 378.
Corporal Presence, how the doctrine concerning it came into the
Church, 452. The progress of it, 453-460. See Transubstan-
tiation.
Covenant, whether God made one with Adam for his posterity,
154. The tenor of the New Covenant, 198.
Covetousness, the precept against it not moral in the strictest sense,
140. Not a crime more peculiar to the married than the un-
married Clergy, 488.
Councils, cannot be called without the consent of Princes, 278.
Popes were not always consulted, 279. Have assumed the power
of censuring, depriving, and making Popes, ibid. What makes
a Council to be general, 280. The numbers necessary, and how
cited, ibid. Not of divine institution, because no rules in Scrip-
ture concerning them, 281. Several arguments against their in-
fallibility, ibid.-288. They have been contrary to one another,
282. Disorders and intrigues in Councils, ibid. No General
Councils pretended in the first three centuries, 285. No prospect
of another General Council, ibid. Of the decree of the Council
of Jerusalem, 287. Some General Councils have erred, 288.
Doctrines are not to be believed on their authority, ibid.
Creation imports infinite power, 39, 57. The nearest approach to
a true idea of it, 39, 57. Is ascribed to Christ in the New Tes-
tament, 61.
Creeds were at first conceived in general terms, 2. That which
goes by the name of the Apostles not made by them, ibid.—144.
What probably was the first, 2. The occasion of their being en-
larged, 4. Those of Nice and Constantinople, 3. None of the
three Creeds named with exactness, 142. That of Nice is the
Constantinopolitan, ibid. That of Athanasius not made by him,
ibid. That said to be the Apostles, of no great antiquity, 144.
Cross, a prayer used in the consecration of a cross, 320.
Crucifixion of Christ, and his death, owned by all Christians, 69.
Denied by the Docetæ and Mahomet, ibid.
Cup, or Chalice, in the Sacrament, ought to be given to the Laity,
469. This particularly enjoined in the words of institution,
ibid. Not to the Clergy only, as Priests, 470. This the practice
for above a thousand years, 472. The insufficiency of concomi
tance and other arguments advanced against it, ibid.—474.
Cyprian owned not the infallibility of Pope Stephen, 263. Made
the effect of a Sacrament to depend on the good state of the ad-
ministrator, 398.
DAMNATION, to eat and drink their own damnation ex-
plained, 425. Damnation sometimes means temporary pu-
nishments, ibid.
Daniel, his prophecy of the LXX. Weeks explained, 126.
Death might have been the natural consequence of Adam's fall, 154.
This not to be restrained to a natural death, ibid. How this
might be transmitted to his posterity, 152. Prayers for the dead,
an early practice in the Church, 300. What gave rise to it, ibid.
Tertullian's opinion about it, 301. The absurdity of masses for
the dead, 302. The method of commemorating eminent saints
in the primitive times, 303.
Death-bed repentance, the trusting to it a fatal error, 197, 379.
Decrees of God have been the subject of many disputes, 10, 146.
The foundation of the doctrine of absolute decrees, 155. This
seems contrary to the nature of God, 156. And exposes the Chris-
tian religion, ibid. Upon what views God formed his decrees con-
cerning mankind, 202. Four opinions concerning them, 203, 204.
Decretal Epistles of the first Popes, with what view published, 261.
Are universally held spurious, ibid. Was a forgery of the eighth
century, contrived with little art, 454.
Delivery unto Satan, an effect of the extraordinary power of the
Apostles, 496, 497.
Dipping in Baptism, the danger of it in cold climates, a good rea-
son for sprinkling, 471. The custom of dipping the bread in the
wine in the Lord's Supper, when introduced, 474. Was con-
demned by the Council of Bracara, ibid.
Discipline in the Church, the nature and necessity of it, 402, 495.
That of the primitive Church lay heaviest on the Clergy, 402.
Moderation ought to be observed in it, 495.
Divorce lawful in case of adultery, 389. Our Saviour's rule in this
case, ibid. This agreeable to the opinion of the Fathers, ibid.
The contrary was not established till the Council of Trent, 390.
Docetæ, a sect that denied the death of Christ, 69.
Doctrine, the difference between Articles of Faith, and those of
Doctrine, 8, The tyranny of imposing doctrines, 9. Con-
formity of doctrines with former times not a note of a true
Church, 270.
Donatists, their notions concerning the Sacraments, 398.
Dulia and Hyperdulia, degrees of worship paid to images in the
Church of Rome, 320.
Durandus was censured by the Church of Rome for his opinion of
image-worship, 318.
EARTH is greatly improved by man's industry, 40. The influ-
ence of the wind upon it, 41. See World.
Eating and drinking their own damnation, the meaning of the
phrase, 425. Opinions of several Fathers concerning eating and
drinking Christ's body and blood, 467.
Ebion denied the divinity of Christ very early, 59.
Edward VI. differences of the Articles in his reign from the pre-
sent, 120, 121, 290, 350, 356, 415, 485, 514, 517.
Egyptians, their alleged antiquity without foundation, 26.
Elders, who they were at the Council of Jerusalem, 287.
Election, of Election and Predestination, 201. See Predestination.
Elevation of the Host not known in the first ages, 443, 464. What
gave rise to it, ibid. Was not done at first, in order to adora-
tion, 465. Who first mentions it with that view, ibid.
Eliberis, Council of, condemned pictures on the walls of Churches,
315. Forbid the lighting candles about the tombs of martyrs in
day-light, 326, 336.
Elizabeth, Queen, gives authority to require subscriptions to the
Articles, 10. A royal declaration for taking them in the literal
sense, ibid. Her injunctions concerning supremacy, 518.
Elohim, the meaning of it in the Old Testament, 48.
Emperors, their authority in ecclesiastical affairs, 524.
Endowments were procured by impostors in the Church of Rome,
304. By what means the profuseness of them was restrained,
ibid. When they are to be held sacred, ibid. The violation of
them, when founded on false opinions, no sacrilege, ibid.
Enthusiasts, an extravagant sort of them at the Reformation, 128.
Ephesus, Council, their decree concerning the Holy Ghost, 91.
Epicureans set all things ac liberty, and denied Providence, 204.
Epiphanius, his zeal against pictures in Churches, 315. Is severe
upon the Collyridians for worshipping the blessed Virgin, 336.
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