Industry of man, of great advantage to the earth and air,
Infallibility, proofs of it ought to be very express, 245.
be inferred from the necessity of it, 246. General considerations
against it, ibid. Miracles, though necessary, not pretended to
support it, 247. The Jewish had a better claim to it than the
Roman Church, ibid. Reasons why it cannot be proved from
Scripture, 248. A circle not to be admitted, 249. Notes of the
Church no proof of it, ibid. Argument against the infallibility
both of Popes and General Councils, 263. Proofs from Scripture
answered, 266. The importance of this controversy, 268. No
determination where it is fixed, 282.
Infants are by the law of nature and nations in the power of their
parents, 412. Argument from circumcision for infant Baptism,
ibid. This agreeable to the institution of Christ, 413, 414.
Infinite, time nor number cannot be infinite, 25. Difference be-
twixt an infinite succession of time, and composition of matter.
26.
Injuries, our Saviour's words concerning them explained, 531.
Innocent I. Pope, his Epistle advanced to favour the chrism, does
not prove it, 393. The VIIIth granted licence to celebrate the
Lord's Supper without wine in Norway, 471. The IVth said
that all might have the cup who were cautious that none of it
was spilt, 474.
Insects, the argument for chance from the production of them con-
sidered, 27.
Inspiration, a general notion of it, 114. Several kinds and degrees
of it, ibid. Different styles in those degrees, 115. Distinguished
from enthusiasm and imposture by miracles and prophecy, 116.
Of individual words, or strict order of time, not necessary, ibid.
John, St. the passage concerning the Trinity in his first Epistle
doubtful, 52. The beginning of his Gospel explained, 57. This
confirmed by the state of the world at that time, 58.
Jonas of Orleans wrote against image-worship, 347.
Josephus, his account of the books of the Old Testament, 118.
Josias, what those books of the law were which were discovered in
his time, III.
Irenæus, his care to prove the authority of the Gospel, 105.
Judgment, private, ought to be allowed in religious matters, 255.
Julian the Apostate, though he reproaches the Christians for Bap-
tism, does not charge them with the absurdities of Transubstan-
tiation, 441. Objected that the Christians had no sacrifices,
481.
Just, or justified, two senses of these words, 168.
Justification, several mistaken notions of it, 128. Whence they
proceeded, ibid. The law of Moses not sufficient to justify, 168.
The condition of our justification, 169, 172. The difference be-
tween St. Paul and St. James on this subject explained, 170. In-
herent holiness not the cause of justification, 173. What we
ought to believe concerning it, and the proper use to be made of
this doctrine, 176.
EYS, of the power of them committed to St. Peter, 267.
Kingdom of Heaven, what meant by it in the Gospel, 267.
Kings, their authority founded on Scripture, 523. And practice of
the primitive Church, 524. This does not depend on their re-
ligion, 527. Cannot make void the laws of God, ibid.
King of England declared head of the Church, 517. This claimed
very early by them, 525.
Kiss of Peace, a practice of the apostolic times, why let fall, 271.
LAITY, were of great use to the Church in times of persecution,
500. Had a right to be consulted in the decisions of the pri-
mitive Church, ibid. How far required to submit to the Clergy,
501, 502.
Languages, the gift of them to the Apostles, a strong proof of
Christianity, 79.
Laodicea Council, their catalogue of the canonical books, 119.
Why the book of the Revelation was not in it, ibid. Condemn-
ed those who invocated angels, 332.
Latria, a degree of religious worship, the doctrine and practice of
the Church of Rome concerning it, 318, 319, 320.
Laud, Archbishop, falsely accused with corrupting the doctrine of
the Church, 20. Espoused the Arminian tenets, 211.
Law, not binding the consciences of those of a different persuasion,
7. In what sense the laws of the Jews are said to be statutes for
ever, 127. Why not always observed, 128. Errors that flowed
from mistaking the word Law in the New Testament, 129. The
design of the ceremonial law, 134. It is now abrogated, 135-
Judiciary laws of the Jews belonged only to them, ibid. What
is meant by the moral law, 136. Laws of the Church in matters
indifferent are not unalterable, 507.
Lay Administrations in the Church not lawful, 341-344. Lay-
Baptism, how introduced, 409.
Liberius, Pope, condemned Athanasius, and subscribed to Semiari-
anism, 260.
Liberty, several opinions about it, 160. Wherein it consists, 161.
The notions of the Stoics, Epicureans, Philosophers, and Jews,
concerning it, 204. That of the Fathers, 205, 206. What coac-
tion is consistent with it, 218. The Remonstrants' notion of it,
224. Several advantages and temptations that attend the dif-
ferent opinions, 232. See Predestination.
Limbus Infantum, a supposed partition in hell for children that die
without Baptism, 154.
Limbus Patrum, what, 75. Without foundation in Scripture,
ibid.
Lombard, Peter, the first that reckons seven sacraments, 362.
Lord's Supper, the change made in the Article concerning it in
Queen Elizabeth's reign, 415. The importance of the contro-
versy with the Church of Rome concerning it, 416, 429. The
words of the institution explained, 417-422. The design of it,
424. Who are unworthy receivers of it, 425. The danger of
this, ibid. 466. Of the good effects of worthy receiving, 426.
What meant by the communion of the body and blood of Christ,
427. Of receiving it in both kinds, 469.
Lucifer, the common notion of his sin, 60.
Lucretius owns that the world had a beginning, 26. His argu-
ment for chance from the production of insects, answered, 27.
Luther, what determined him to embrace St. Austin's opinions,
208. Whether he asserted free-will, 210.
Lutherans have universally gone into the Semipelagian opinions,
210. Their doctrine of Consubstantiation, 460. Wherein it
differs from Transubstantiation, 461.
Lie, what is the lowest, and what the highest act of that kind,
308.
ACCABEES, the first book commended, 297. The second
of little authority, ibid. The argument in favour of purga-
tory taken from this book confuted, 298.
Macedonians denied the Divinity of the Holy Ghost, 91. This
heresy condemned by the Athanasian Creed, 142.
Mahomet denied the death of Christ, 69.
Mahometans, one sect assert liberty, but the generality fate, 204.
Maintain that men of all religions are equally acceptable to God,
239.
Magistrate, the extent of his authority in sacred things, 504.
Man, though all resemble one another, yet each have their peculiar
difference, 27.
Manichees denied the authority of the Gospels, 105. Scarce de-
served the name of Christians, 108. Their absurd opinions, ibid.
Concerning the Old and New Testament, 121. Of original sin,
149. Did not use wine in the Sacrament, 473.
Marcionites, their opinions, 105, 205. Are opposed by Origen,
ibid.
Marriage, in what degrees, and why, unlawful, 136. Why it ought
to be for life, 137. The meaning of that passage, Such as marry
do well, but such as marry not do better, 186, 492. Is no sacra-
ment, 386. In what sense a mystery, ibid. The bad conse-
quences of the Romish doctrine on this subject, ibid. Is dissolved
by adultery, 389. The practice of the Church in this matter,
390. Whether a Christian may marry an Infidel, 412. That of
the Clergy lawful, 485. Is recommended equally to all ranks of
men, 486. Is one of the rights of human nature, ibid. Se-
veral of the Apostles and Fathers of the primitive Church were
married, ibid.
Martyrs, the regard due to their bodies, 322. This being carried
too far degenerates into superstition, 323.
Mass, the absurdity of saying masses for the dead, 302. This was
the occasion of great endowments, 303. As practised in the
Church of Rome not known in the primitive ages, 482. What
was understood by it in the primitive Church, ibid. Solitary
masses not known to them, ibid. The bad effects of them, 303,
483.
Matter, of the divisibility of it, 25. A difference between the suc-
cession of time, and the divisibility of matter, 26. Is a pas-
sive principle, 28, 54. Is not capable of thought, 44. Objec-
tions to this answered, 45. How the mind acts on it, we can-
not distinctly conceive, ibid. Had its first motion from the Eter-
nal Mind, 54. The great influence of the animal spirits on it,
St. Matthew's and St. Mark's Gospel, Papias, his account of them,
105.
Maurus Rabanus wrote against the Corporal Presence, 456.
Melito, Bishop of Sardis, his account of the books of the Old
Testament, 118.
Memories of the Martyrs, what, 326, 327.
Merit of Congruity, what meant by it, 182. There is no such
merit, ibid. See Works.
Messias, the revelation those before and under the law had of one,
122. Jews have long had, and still have, an expectation of him,
ibid. Proofs of the Messias from the Old Testament, ibid. 125.
Daniel very express in this matter, 126. The proofs summed
up, 127. The objections of the Jews answered, ibid.
Metaphor, no good foundation for argument, 287, 293.
Middle Knowledge, what meant by it, 37, 209.
Millennium, an account of it, 296.
Ministers, their unworthiness hinders not the effect of the sacra-
ments, 398. Their intention not necessary to the essence of a
sacrament, 400. Ought to be censured for their faults,
Miracles well attested a proof of the being of a God, 29. A dis-
tinct idea of them, 55. The nature and design of them, 81,
436. How to know if they are performed by good or evil spirits,
82. Of those wrought by Moses, 110. The spiteful construction
put upon those of our Saviour by the Jews, 195. Are necessary
to prove infallibility, 246. The instruments of them not to
be superstitiously used, 324. Were not to be attempted with-
out an inward impulse, 392. Are an appeal to our senses, 434.
Those that are contrary to our senses not to be believed, 435.
The absurdity of those pretended in the Church of Rome, 430,
437.
Missals, those of the Gallican Church different from the Roman,
509.
Molina and Fonseca invented the middle or mean, science, 209.
Moral evil, how reconciled with providence, 42. The occasion of
physical evil, ibid.
Moral Law. See Commandments.
Morality, the sources of it, 136. Two orders of moral precepts,
ibid. Religion the foundation of it, 137.
Moses, the design of the Mosaical religion, 62. God's design in
ordering him to put things in writing, 96. His miracles a proof
of his divine mission, 110. The design and authority of his
writings, ibid. His laws not unalterable, 128. Of the covenant
he made between God and the Israelites, 129. The several
things he supposed known, 130. The Jews had better reason to
invoke him, than Christians have any saint under the Gospel,
329.
Mysteries that contradict reason are not to be believed, 435.
NATALITIA, the day of a saint's death, so called, 301.
Nature, though we cannot fix the bounds of it, we can know
what goes beyond it, 81.
Nazianzen, his complaints of Councils, 282.
Necessary, whether God's acts are so, 34.
Necessary Erudition, the title of a book, published at the beginning
of the Reformation, 6.
Necessary existence must belong to God, 30.
Necessity justifies breaking through rules of worship, 348.
Nectarius, Bishop of Constantinople, what occasioned him to for-
bid confession, 373.
Negative, why to be maintained in points of faith, and not in mat-
ters of fact, or theories of nature, 6.
Nestorius, his doctrine concerning the person of Christ, 68. Con-
cerning the Blessed Virgin, 327. His heresies are condemned in
the Athanasian Creed, 142.
Nice, Council, composed their Creed out of many former ones, 3.
What they determined concerning the Trinity, 52. Asserted the
worship of images, 317. Was rejected in England on that ac-
count, ibid. The history and acts of that Council give a bad opi-
nion of them, ibid. The nature of that worship they allowed to
images, 318.
Nicene Creed, an account of it, 142.
Nicolaitans, a name of reproach given to the married Clergy,
491.
Notes, the pretended ones of the true Church examined, 249.
Novatians opposed the receiving the lapsed into the Church, 197,
372.
ATHS, ill and rashly made, ought not to be kept, 494. What
an oath is, 538. A false one, what, ibid. Oaths were very
early used, 539. Are lawful among Christians, 540. Objections
against them answered, 541. All vain and rash swearing con-
demned, ibid. When and in what manner they ought to be
taken, 542.
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