expressed in, but left to be revealed
by the Holy Spirit, denied, 497; the
bishops of Rome have set their de-
crees against, 496; in this alone and
not in the Fathers, or the practice of
the Church, the will of God is to be
sought, 522; ignorance of, is igno-
rance of Christ, 522; must be read
diligently that we may have true
sorrow for sin, 573.

Holy Spirit, is the author of holy Scrip-

Horn, what is meant by, in some pas-
sages of Scripture, 394.
House of God, must be resorted to, 164;
the house of prayer, 165; must be
had in honour, 175; what are the
gold and silver by which it is truly
decked, 270.

Humility, advantage of, in reading
holy Scripture, 7.
Husband, duties of the, 537.

Hypocrites, what they aim at by their
fasts, 299; rob Almighty God of his
honour, 507.

Idleness, the sin and evil of, 550; one
of the sins of Sodom, 552; is never
alone, 553; gives advantage to the
devil, 555; laws against, 556.
Idolatry, against the peril of, 179; in-
troduction of images leads to, 182;
man's nature prone to, 183, 184;
passages of Scripture against, 183;
bishops and learned men fell into,
by means of images, 214, 252; attri-
buting the defence of certaincountries
to Saints nothing less than, 235.
Image, one said to be brought by
angels, 244; one said to be brought
from the East to the West, ib.

ture, 1; teaches us to trust in God
and to call upon him as our Father,
39; received more abundantly by the
coming of Christ, 40; the author of
all goodness, 89; dreadful state of
those whom he has left, 90; spirit
of counsel and comfort, ib.; the
schoolmaster of truth, 390; whoso
is not led and taught by, cannot but
fall into error, whatever learning he
hath, ib.; giveth utterance in preach-
ing the Gospel, 486; is a spiritual
and divine substance, proceeding
from the Father and the Son, 487,
488; yet distinct from both, 487; is
one with the Father and the Son,
488;
called the Spirit of the Father,
ib.; illuminated the patriarchs and
prophets with knowledge of the Mes-
siah, ib.; worketh the regeneration
of mankind, ib.; instances of the
power of, in regenerating men, 490 ;
dwelleth in true Christians, ib. ;
why called the Comforter, 492; why
the Spirit of Truth, ib.; promised
not to the Apostles only, but to the
universal Church, 493; office of,
not to bring in new ordinances, but
to expound things taught before,
497; who have the Holy Spirit
within them, 500; the aids imparted
by, 521; must be invoked, 520; by
the Holy Spirit alone, we can know
and serve God, 521; divers gifts of,
522; how we may keep the presence
of, 525; his help to be continually
sought that we may discharge our
duties aright, 536; the sin against,
what, 568.

Holy Water, superstitious use of, 369.
Hope, shut out from the office of justi-
fying, 22; is yet in the justified, ib. ;
it is of God's goodness if we falter
not in our hope towards him, 518.

Images, pilgrimages, &c. to, 57, 262;
worshipping of, contrary to the wor-
shipping of God, 173; with what
idea brought into churches, 180;
the same in Scripture as idols, 181;
called laymen's books, 189; must be
taken down, but yet by the magis-
trate, ib.; none publicly used in the
Church for four hundred years after
Christ, 199; how they crept into
churches, 202; history of the intro-
duction of, into Christian churches,
203; forbidden by the emperors
Valens and Theodosius II., 205;
when, and how, brought into the Wes-
tern churches, 206; broken by Sere-
nus, bishop of Massile, 207; worship-
ping of, forbidden by Pope Gregory
I., ib.; caused a schism between the
Eastern and Western Churches, 210;
promoted Mahometanism, 209; for-
bidden by the emperors, Philippicus,
Armenius, and Leo, 210; encouraged
by Theodosius III., ib.; opposed by
a council held under Leo, 211; to
which Paul, bishop of Rome, refused
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obedience, 213; none publicly used
in Asia and Greece for nearly seven
hundred years, ib.; worship of, en-
joined by the second Council of Nice,
214; opposed by Councils held at
Eliberi in Spain, and Toledo, and at
Frankfort, 217; caused a division of
the empire, 219; mischiefs occasioned
by, 220; reasons alleged by some in
favour of, 224; images of the Trinity
expressly forbidden in Scripture,
ib.; to desire images of God, com-
eth of infidelity, 225; images of the
ass on which Christ rode, brought
into churches, 229; none allowed in
the temple by the Jews, 232; miracles
attributed to, 244; were unspoken
against for eight hundred years, 253;
if set up, nothing can hinder idolatry,
250-258; blind books and dumb
schoolmasters, 256; were gradually
introduced and worshipped, 251;
Clemens quoted against the worship
➡of, 279; books and scripture of Satan,
279; are like the idols of the Gen-
tiles, 281.

Imperfections, we be full of, 16; are in
our best works, ib.
Imputed, no sin is, unto condemnation, to

them who are delivered by Christ, 454.
Inability, man's, to cleanse himself, 17;
to make himself the child of God
and inheritor of God's glory, ib.; to
think a good thought, by his own
power, 19.
Incorporation, the faithful have, with
Christ, 478.

Infants, baptized, and dying in infancy,
saved through Christ, 20.
Injuries, patience under, urged by many
arguments, 146; examples of, among
heathens, 149.
Intercession of Christ obtaineth for us
God's favour and love, 417.

Jews, controversy between us and them,
429; their notion of the Messias,
ib.; cruelty of the, not so much to
be blamed as our sins, 439.
Jubilees, 60.

Justice of God, how reconciled with his
mercy, 21.

Justiciaries, who are such, 507.
Justification, not to be challenged by
our merits and works, 16, 21; is by

faith in Christ, 20; is wholly free,
21; what must concur in our justifi
cation, 22; repentance, hope, &c. are
united with faith in all who are justi
fied, but yet do not justify, 22, 23;
is of the free mercy of God in Christ
25; by faith only, the doctrine of
the Fathers, ib.; and of holy Scrip
ture, ib.; the foundation of Christian
religion, ib.; is not the office of man,
but of God, 26; whosoever denieth,
is not a Christian man, ib.; setteth
forth the true glory of Christ, and
beateth down the vain glory of men,
ib.; an explanation of the doctrine,
ib.; Christ the only meritorious cause
of, 28; we must not live idly or un-
fruitfully after, 30; is the proper
work of God without our merits, 299;
whom the glorified will thank for
their, 506. See Faith, God, Grace,
Law, Man, Mercy.
Justinian, decree of, on the performance
of divine service, 384.

Keys, authority of the, for what purpose.
ordained by Christ, 495; how abused,
495.

Kings, and other supreme officers, or
dained of God, 111, 591; have au-
thority from God to execute justice,
112; obedience to bad, urged by the
example of David, 115, 601; and of
the Virgin Mary, 120, 607; may not
be withstood or hurt, 116; yet are
not to be obeyed, if they command
aught contrary to God's command-
ments, 117; ought to be prayed for,
596.
Knowledge of God, trust in, presump
tuous, if not accompanied by good
works, 45.

Lady Psalters, 60.

Latria and Dulia, supposed distinc
tion between, confuted, 240.
Law of God, all are breakers of the, 20
fulfilled by Christ for us, ib.; every
true Christian a fulfiller of, in and by
Christ, 23;
the way that leadeth to
everlasting life, and not the traditions
of men, 51; laws of men must be
obeyed, when not contrary to the, 5+
the general law of God must be obeyed
particular
and not the examples of a)

curse,

dispensation, 233; the moral, though
not the ceremonial, bindeth us as
much as the Jews, 232; bringeth a
because we cannot fulfil it, 450.
Laws of men are to be obeyed, but are
not equal to God's, 54, 302; ecclesi-
astical or political, of things in their
own nature indifferent, may be altered
by the higher powers, 301, 304; in
England, Athens, and Egypt, against
idleness, 556; given to man after the
fall, lest all things should come to
confusion, 589.

Lent, fast anciently kept at Rome for
three weeks before Easter, 305.

Liberty, under pretence of, we are not
to do what we list, 325; who they are
who say that the reading of holy
Scripture promotes carnal, 389.
Life, the present, lent us by God, 291;
everlasting, how obtained, ib.; who
are appointed unto everlasting, 415. |
Liturgies, prescribed by Basil and
Chrysostom, 381.
Lord's Day, 361.

Lord's Supper, the, how administered
in the primitive Church, 381; hymns
sung at the celebration of, 382;!
grossly abused by the church of
Rome by toys and trifles, 369; bene-
fits of receiving, 472, 476; three
things requisite in him who would
seemly resort to, 473; must be minis-
tered as Christ commanded it to be

ments, 43; who they are that have,
66.

Love of enemies, the property of the
children of God, 67.

Magistrates, may punish evil doers,
without breach of charity, 68; obe-
dience to, enjoined, 110; not to be
obeyed when their commands are
contrary to God's, 117; redress of
public enormities belongeth to, 189;
ought to remove images and idols
out of temples, 261; excessive
drinking intolerable in, 320. See
Kings.
Man, his misery and condemnation by
sin, 12; prone to sin, ib.; bringeth
forth evil, 16, 19, 490; is unable to
save himself, 17; cannot be justified
by his own acts, 22, 27; ever ready
to invent a new way unto salvation,
52, 60; blessed state of, when first
created, 425, 587; dreadful effects of
his fall, 426, 550. See Justification,
Manslaughter, 135.
Grace, Works, Sin.
Marriage, being at the, what, 306. See
Matrimony.

Married persons should pray for the
Holy Spirit that they be not divided
by discord, 535; should often pray
for each other, 536.
Martyrs, churches ought not to be
builded for them (Augustine), 201.
Mass, superstitious idea of, 369; not

needed to make Christ our own, 477.

Masses, satisfactory, one of the Romish
abuses, 61.

Masters, ought to be served in their
absence, as in their presence, 61.
Matrimony, not a sacrament, 377; for
what purposes ordained, 534; causes
of unhappiness in, 536; directions
for happiness in, 538.

done, 474; is no bare sign, no untrue
figure of a thing absent, 476; how
the ancient Catholic Fathers, con-
sidering the fruition and union be-
tween Christ and believers, spoke of,
ib.; to be received with faith, 477;
is spiritual food, ib.; thankfulness
for God's mercies necessary for those
who would rightly receive, 480; why
called the Eucharist, ib.; why called
in the primitive Church "Love,"
481; the sacrament of Christian
society, 482; how changed by the
church of Rome, 495.
Love of God, shut out from the office of
justifying, 22; yet joined with faith
in them who are justified, 23; the
chief cause of obedience, and not
dread of punishment, 36; tried by
good works, 42; vainly professed by Mediation of Christ, benefits of, through
those who keep not God's command- | the free grace of God, 291, 417.

Means, God commonly worketh by, 457.
Meat, much, maketh a weary mind
(Bernard), 321.

Mediator, Christ our only, 344; our
sufficient, 346; promised before his
coming, 427; requisite that Christ
as our, should be both God and man,
433; to Christ as our, all things are
committed, 519.

INDEX.

duty, 110, 302; not required to the
pretended power of the bishop of
Rome, 119; to God's will, an evi-
dence of what, 416.

Oblation, the Lord's Supper so called
in a constitution of Justinian, 384.
Offertory time, abuses at, 245.
Oratories, churches so called, 268.
Order, exhortation to, 109; God hath
created all things in, ib.

Ordering of ministers, not a sacrament,

Ordinance, every, of man, in things
indifferent, may be changed, 301.
Original sin, remission of, in baptism,
27; through the corruption of, all
imperfect within us, 29; men blinded
by, 52.
Os fifteen, 60.

Papists, charged with corrupting his
tory, 218; compared with the Gen-
tile idolaters, 234; superstitions of
236, 243.

Pardon of sin, only through the me-
diation of Christ, 291.

Misery of all mankind by sin, 12, 426, Pardons, one of the Romish abuses, 60.

Preachers, sincere and diligent, ever Religion, three chief foundations of,

Priest, no sacrificing, necessary for the Remission of sins, by faith only without

receiving of Christ, 477; we ought
to acknowledge none other for deli-
verance from sin than our Savicur
Jesus Christ, 576.
Priests, decked with gold and pearl, 276.
Promises, holy effect of, in baptism and
matrimony, 74; unlawful, not to be
performed, 78; of the Messiah from
the Fall, 427.
Prophecies of the Messiah, 428.
Proprium in communi, meaning of, 58.

Quarrels, exhortation against, 144;
reasons against, 150.

Ransom, none required on our part in
order to justification, 21; we cannot
pay any part towards our, 23.
Rebellion, not in any case lawful, 113;
promoted by Christ and his