&c.

THE.

CONTENTS.

HE rational Foundation, Form,

and Order of a Chriftian Church,

SECTION. I,

Reason and Revelation agree to require foci-

al Religion.

Page 1.

SECT. II.

Inftances of the Agreement of Reason and

Revelation in focial Religion.

P. 10.

SECT.

SECT. III.

A brief Enquiry, how far the Modes of the

Miffion or Ordination of primitive Mini-

fters, are our Rule now.

P. 35.

SECT. IV.

The rest of the Inftances, wherein Reason

and Revelation agree in Matters of social

Worship.

p. 48.

SECT. V.

Where Revelation is filent, Reason must

direct.

P. 55.

SECT. VI.

Chriftian Churches formed like civil Socie-

ties, on the plain Nature and Reason of

Things.

p. 83.

SECT. VII.

The feveral Advantages of fuch a Church,

or Christian Society.

p. 90.

SECT.

SECT. VIII.

Of the Power of Churches to appoint holy

Things, or holy Actions.
p. 98.

The Terms of Christian Communion, &c.

QUESTION I.

What is Chriftian Communion? And what

are the general and agreed Terms of

it?

p. 110.

QUEST. II.

Who are the proper Judges of the Credibi-

lity of our Profeffion?

P. 116.

QUEST. III.

What are the particular Terms of Chri-

ftian Communion? Or what Things are

neceffary to make the Profeffion of Chri-

stianity credible?

P. 135.

QUEST.

QUEST. IV.

What is a Church Covenant? And whe-

ther it be neceffary to Chriftian Commu-

nion?

P. 155.

QUEST. V.

When a Person is joined to a particular

Church, whether he may never wor-

ship with other Churches occafionally, or

change his fixed Communion to another

Church?
p. 164.

QUEST. VI.

Whether fixed Communion with fome par-

ticular Church be a neceffary Duty; and

whether any may be admitted to occa-

fional Communion, who are no fixed

Members of any Church?

p. 168.

QUEST. VII.

What Knowledge is neceffary for Christian

Communion?

p. 176.

QUEST.

QUEST. VIII.

In what Words and Expreffions must our Faith be profeffed in Order to Commumunion? And in what Manner must we profess it?

p. 192.

QUEST. IX.

Where the Seclufion from Chriftian Communion carries temporal Inconveniencies with it, hath a particular Church the Power to feclude a Perfon merely for Want of Orthodoxy? p. 205.

QUEST. X.

Whether a Profeffion to believe the exprefs Words of Scripture, without any Explication, be an Evidence of Knowledge fufficient for Chriftian Communion?

p. 212.

QUEST. XI.

Whether all Sorts of Proteftants may join together as Members of the fame Church?

p. 256. QUEST.