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CONTENTS
OF
THE FIFTH VOLUME.
CHRISTIAN ECCLESIASTICS.
CHAPTER I.
Or the Worship of God in general. The Nature and Reasons
of it, and Directions for it. How to know right Ends in
Worship, &c. . . .
CHAPTER II.
Directions about the manner of Worship, to avoid all corrup-
tions, and false, unacceptable Worshipping of God. The
disadvantages of ungodly men in judging of Holy Worship.
How far the Scriptures are the Rule or Law of Worship
and Discipline, and how far not? Instances of things un-
determined in Scripture. What Commands of Scripture
are not universal and perpetual? May danger excuse from
Duty, and when? Rules for the right manner
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VOL. V.
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18
CHAPTER III.
Directions about the Christian Covenant with God, and Bap-
tism. The Covenant, what? The Parties, Matter, Terms,
Forms, necessary Modes, Fruits, &c. External Baptism,
what? Complete Baptism, what? Of renewing the Co-
venant
CHAPTER IV.
Directions about the Profession of our Religion to others.
The greatness of the Duty of open Profession. When and
how it must be made?
.
39
49
CHAPTER V.
Directions about Vows and particular Covenants with God..
Tit. 1. Directions for the right making such Vows and Co-
venants. What a Vow is? The sorts of Vows. The use and
obligation. Whether any things he indifferent; and such
may be Vowed? As Marrying, &c. May we Vow things in-
different in themselves, though not in their circumstances?
In what cases we may not Vow. What if Rulers command
it? What if I doubt whether the matter imposed be law-
ful? Of Vowing with a doubting conscience.
Tit. 2. Directions against Perjury and Perfidiousness; and
for keeping Vows and Oaths. The heinousness of Perjury.
Thirty-six Rules about the obligation of a Vow, to shew
when and how far it is obligatory; useful in an age stig-
matized with open Perjury. (Mostly out of Dr. Sanderson.)
What is the Nullity of an Oath? Cases in which Vows
must not be kept
How far Rulers may Nullify a Vow? Num. xxx. opened.
Of the accidental evil of a Vow. Of Scandal. Q. Doth
an. error 'de persona' caused by that person disoblige me?
54
ibid.
69
76
CHAPTER VI.
Directions to the People concerning their internal and private
Duty to their Pastors, and their profiting by the Ministerial
office and gifts.
The Ministerial Office opened in fifteen particulars
The Reasons of it. . . .
The true old Episcopacy . . .
107
108
111
Of the Calling, Power, and Succession of Pastors
The best to be preferred . . .
115
118
The order of Ministerial teaching, and the resolution of faith 120
How far Human faith conduceth to Divine
Of Tradition. .
127
130
What use to make of
Pastors.
your
131
CHAPTER VII.
Directions for the discovery of Truth among contenders, and
how to escape Heresy and Deceit. Cautions for avoiding
Deceit in Disputations
CHAPTER VIII.
134
Directions for the Union and Communion of Saints, and for
avoiding Unpeaceableness and Schism
Wherein our Unity consisteth ..
What Diversity will be in the Churches.
What Heresy? What Apostacy? Who are Schismatics?
The degrees and progress of it. What Separation is a
Duty ?
...
Q. Is any one form of Church-government of Divine appoint-
ment? May man make new Church-officers ?.
The benefits of Christian concord; to themselves, and to in-
fidels
Whether Papists or Protestants are Schismatics.
175
The aggravations of Division . . .
179
Two hindrances of our true apprehension of the evil of Schism
185
Directions against it. .
186
Of imposing defective Liturgies
188
The testimonies of antiquity against the bloody and cruel way
of curing Schism. Their character of Ithacian Prelates..
208
CHAPTER IX.
Twenty Directions how to worship God in the Church-as-
semblies.
CHAPTER X.
Directions about our Communion with holy souls departed,
now with Christ.
CHAPTER XI.
Directions about our Communion with the holy angels
215
223
235
ECCLESIASTICAL CASES OF CONSCIENCE.
Q. 1. How to know which is the true Church among all pre-
tenders, that a Christian's conscience may be quiet in his
Relation and Communion.
247
Q. 2. Whether we must esteem the Church of Rome a true
Church? and in what sense some Protestant divines affirm
it, and some deny it?
254
Q. 3. Whether we must take the Romish clergy for a true
ministry?
Q. 4. Whether it be necessary to believe that the Pope is the
Antichrist? .
Q. 5. Whether we must hold that a Papist may be saved?
Q. 6. Whether those that are in the Church of Rome are
bound to separate from it? And whether it be lawful to go
to their mass or other worship?...
256
262
263
265
Q. 7. Whether the true calling of the Minister by Ordination
or Election be necessary to the essence of the church? . . 266
Q. 8. Whether sincere faith and godliness be necessary to the
being of the ministry? And whether it be lawful to hear
a wicked man, or take the sacrament from him, or take
him for a minister? . . .
Q. 9. Whether the people are bound to receive or consent
to an ungodly, intolerable, heretical pastor, (yea or one far
less fit and worthy than a competitor) if the magistrate
command it, or the bishop impose him?.
268
270
Q. 10. What if the magistrate command the people to receive
one pastor, and the bishop or ordainers another, which of
them must be obeyed? . . .
275
Q. 11. Whether an uninterrupted succession either of right
ordination or of conveyance by jurisdiction, be necessary to
the being of the ministry, or of a true church?
Q. 12. Whether there he or ever was such a thing in the world
as one Catholic church, constituted by any head besides or
under Christ?
276
280
Q. 13. Whether there be such a thing as a visible Catholic
church, and what it is?
Q. 14. What is it that maketh a visible member of the univer-
sal church, and who are to be accounted such? . . . . .
Q. 15. Whether besides the profession of Christianity, either
testimony or evidence of conversion or practical godliness
be necessary to prove a man a member of the universal
visible church?.
281
282
Q. 16. What is necessary to a man's reception into member-
ship in a particular church, over and above this aforesaid
title? Whether any other trials, or covenant, or what? . . 285
Q. 17. Wherein doth the ministerial office essentially consist? 287.
Q. 18. Whether the people's choice or consent is necessary
to the office of a minister in his first work, as he is to con-
vert infidels and baptize them? And whether this be a
work of office, and what call is necessary to it? . . .
289