Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies, Subject index 1
An Alphabeticall Table of ſome ſpeciall pointes interlaced here and there in this Booke.
A.
God accurſed the preſumptiō of the Fathers in vſing other fignes beſides his, pa. 99.
To adde new ſignes is to vſurpe the office of the holy Ghoſt, pa. 97. and to defile the inſtitution, ibid. & pa. 112.
We may adde roſt-meate, or ſod-meate to the Supper of the Lorde, as well as the figne of the croſſe to Baptiſme, pa. 102.
Any addition in Gods ſervice, without his warrant, is an Image which he deteſteth, pa. 62.
The addition of a new Altar by Salomon, was vponupon ſpeciall warrant, he being a prophet, and it was added out of the equitie of Moſes law, p. 100
All that is added to the inſtitution, by man, is the Devils, pa. 129. R. p. 1.
The Adiaphoriſme of popiſh rites retained, is the verie image of the beaſt, pa. 136. and a countermaund of that precept, Reve. 18.4. ibid.
The affectation of great learning hath brought forth a windie kinde of teaching, pa. 184.
The Altar of the two Tribes and a halfe, was not in ſtate religious as the croſſe is, nor in vſe, but was civill, pa. 100.
Antiquation of popiſh ceremonies bewayled by the papiſtes, as a downfall of their religion it ſelfe, pa. 68.
The Apostles them ſelves cannot abſolutelie commaund in things indifferent, pa. 87.
The Armorie of Rome yeeldeth weapons ſufficient againſt the dumbe Miniſterie, Pluralities, and Non-reſidencie, pa. 180.
B.
The Beades and Bells of the papiſtes not ſo bad as the croſſe, pa. 162.
The Brazē ſerpent, after it had ſerved idolatrie, was no longer the ſerpent of God, but the ſerpent of idolaters, & the ſerpēt of the devil, pa. 40.
Bread & cheeſe in the Lord Supper as lawful as the croſſe in baptiſme, pa. 95.103.
A paire of Bulles hornes put vppon the forehead of the baptized, is as warrantable as the croſſe, pa. 109.
C.
The Calfe of the Iſraelites was an Image of God, pa. 59.
Everie ceremonie vniteth a man to the Religion to which it belongeth, pa. 75.
Ceremonies which hauehave beene abuſed to ſuperſtition, can never ſerve for order or comelines, pa. 78.
Our ceremo, a ſcourge to good preachers, and a meanes to keepe in Oxen and Aſſes, pa. 151.
The ceremo. in controverſe (viz the Croſſe and Surplice) hauehave bene not onelyonly offered privately, but they hauehave alſo been publikely cōſecrated to idolatrous ſervice, and ſo are become Idolothytes in the higheſt degree, pa. 9.10. They are idoles, monumentes of idolatrie, and incentiues to the ſame, pa. 13. They are reliques of poperie, p. 12. They are notorious brokers of poperie, and poyſonfull, pa. 22. In retayning of them we approve of poperie, ibid. & 23. They are harlots that hauehave proceeded out of the loynes of mans braynes, & pedlery wares of poperie, pa. 23. No Church or holy ſocietie can make thē holy, pa. 24. they are meere inventions of man, pag. 26. They have no needfull vſe to proone them ſelues Gods lawfull coyne, ibidem. They are no otherwiſe to bee thought of then we thinke of the devil him ſelfe, pa. 38. They hauehave ben inſtruments of the ſervice of devils, pa. 49. If they were cut off & gone, the word of God would flouriſh more, pa. 66. They hazard the ſubſtāce of the dectrine it ſelf of our Church, ibid. They hauehave been defloured by that man of ſinne, & hauehave drawne in the yoke of Antichriſt, pa. 76. They are vaine, & light, & hated of good men, pa. 78. They diſturbe the churches that hauehave diſcontinued them, & ſet the churches that nouriſh them in their boſomes, in a combuſtion of endles cōtentions, ibid. There is an opinion of too great holines had of thē, p. 84. there is no vſe of them pleaſing to the Lord, but that which moſt diſſeiſeth them of that honorable eſtimatiō which they hauehave, pa. 85. There is in thē, a ſmatch of the popiſh leaven, & ſuch a twange… of holines, as is proper to worſhip, ibid. They are creatures of Antic. pa. 108. They are reliques of idolatry, pa. 158. They cauſe the ſonns & daughters of the Philiſtines to boaſt, pag. 159. they are more ſhamefull & hatefull to a miniſter of God, thē is a fooles coate, pa. 175. they are badges of Antic. & love tokens of former adultery, ibi. they are the two Gileadites that keepe the paſſages of our church, to ſtay (if not ſtabbe) every able and worthy ſcholler, that wil not pronouce their Shibboleth. & daunce roundly after the pipe of their Subſcriptiō, pa. 178. they are ſworne ſervants to that mā of ſin, and yet made Porters of Chriſtes houſe, ibid. the keies are cōmitted to thē to open & ſhut, & yet they can no lōger ſtay in office, thē whileſt the keies of heavēly knowledge are taken away frō the people, ibid. They are as bad as the Serpent, and bring in all manner of evill into the world, pa. 179. they drive frō Gods ſervice many worthy Miniſters, ibid. They hinder the purging of our church, as being loth to part cōpany from that droue of their own coūtrey cattel, that came frō Rome with thē, ibid. they are moſt obſtinate enemies to the preaching of the Sabbath, pa. 180 They lay waſt the chaire of Moſes, pa. 181. They are not wel purged from their auncient Romane pride, ibi. They are Agagites, which hauehave got thē hornes, & they thruſt with ſide & ſhoulder, to the ſmiting of the ſhepheardes, and ſcattering of the flockes, pa. 182. When they were newly borne, their hurt was not litle, ibid.
Chappels of caſe would be vnited to other churches, where there may bee proviſion for preaching, pa. 193.
The Church barreth her dores againſt all ſuch things as hauehave ben cōſecrat vntounto Idoles, pa. 55. It muſt be fedde with the word, and not with dumbe ſignes and dead images, pa. 114.
The ſtate of our Courch would be glorious, and many golden Preachers would enter, if the barre of Subſcription, and the clogg of Ceremonies were rolled away pa. 176.
Many Churches hauehave bene built to the name, and honor of the croſſe, pa. 169.
The Churches of France, Helvetia, & Germanie, as they hauehave aboliſhed the whole droſſe of popiſh doctrine, ſo they retaine not ſo much as a dramine of their ceremonies, pa. 134. R. 3. p. 2
Our Communion booke termed by the papiſts an Engliſh tranſlation of the Maſſe-booke, pa. 135. R. 4. p. 1. It is not throughly purged of popiſh ſuperſtition, ibid.
We concurre with papiſts in holy daies and in feaſtes, in ſinging & chaunting, & church muſique, in Coapes & Cappes, & in faſts, pa. 172.
Confirmation at the firſt was only within the ſolemnitie of Baptiſme, p. 97. It robbeth Baptiſme of his honor, pa. 101.
Our cōform▪ with papiſts in their rites deſtroyeth that difference & ſeparatiō which ought to be betwene the church of God and aliens, p. 69.
All Coparturſhip with aliens in their rites and …uſtoms is vnlawful, pa. 78. 79 133, R. 3. p. 1.171
A Cow is as good a ſigne of Chriſtes death, as is the croſſe, pa. 60.
A Croſſe was the harbinger of al Rom. cerem. when they firſt entered into England. pa. 163.
The Croſſe is an Idol many wayes polluted, p. 3. 5. 18. 48. 169. It is held to be a neceſſarie inſtrument & meane of mans ſalvation, pa. 4. 85. It is ſuppoſed to bleſſe, convert ſinners, ſanctifie, drive away the Devill, worke miracles, and ſaue all that are marked with it. p. 4. 5. It is a Devill and adored by the papiſts as a diſtributer both of temporall bleſſings and heavenly graces, pa. 5. It is an idolatrous ſigne, as bad as the ſerpent idolized by the Iewes, and it cutteth too neate vpō the office of the H. Ghoſt, ibid. It partaketh of Gods worſhip both inward and outward, pa. 6. 7. It is a Rite of the devils, an inſtrumēt of witchcraft, & a very inchaūting rod. p. 7 It wil never goe frō the poſſeſſiō of privat houſes, vntill the publike houſe of God doe ſpue it out, ibid. It is made an Amulete againſt the devil, ibi. It paſſeth the pollutiō of al other Idolothites, pa. 10. It is a grand Conſecratour of all things in idolatr-worſhip, ibid. It muſt bee caſt out of the Temple of God, and throwne to the moules & backes, the cōmō receptacle of al defiled reliques, p. 10. It is a principal badge of popery, pa. 11. 12. R. 1. p. 2. 136. It is not to be mē tioned honourably with the ſigne of the Covenant, pa. 12. It is a iewell of the harlots, a Prophee of Antic. cōqueſt, a ſigne of cōmoderation with Gods enemies, a ſtūbling block to the popiſhly minded, a ſnare like to one of Canaans monuments, & a vanitie no way profitable, ibi. It muſt pack out of gods worſhip, pa. 13. If but the carcaſſe of it be left aboue groūd, the ſtinke therof wilbe intollerable, pa. 19. It is an vnlawfull imitation of the popiſh croſſing, though it be pretended that with vsus it is vſed to a diverſe end, pa. 21. 72. 73. 74. 134. R. 3. p. 2. It is leprous & ought to be burnt, as being (when it was at the beſt) but hay & ſtubble, pa. 25. 39. It is too too like the popiſh croſſe, p. 26. 28. 32. 34. 80. It hath too honorable a place in Gods ſervice, pa. 26. 27, 41. It retaineth with vsus (& that intirely) his old idols office, pa. 27. It is not only ſignifie … tiue, but effectiue, pa. 33 91. 129. 160. People are prone to dote vpō it in popiſh maner, ſo long as they ſee it before their eies after their old popiſh faſhion, pa. 34. It had never any ancient vſe that was laudable, pa. 39. Many other ſuperſtitions ceremonies as auncient as it, ibid. It hath receiued in poperie all the abuſes which can be named, pa. 40. It is not the ancient Fathers croſſe, ibid. & 75. A poyſonful ruſt hath ſo deeply eaten into it, that it cannot be cured, pa. 41. It is a ring-worme that ſpreadeth mightily, ibid. It hath been a fertile mother of much ſuperſtitiō, even from the infancie of it, pa. 42. 57. The aereal croſſe much worſe then the material, p. 47. It is a harlot that is talkatiue, pa. 49. It is a ceremonie abuſed to the depth of al miquitie, pa. 52. It is an Idole an Idolothite, an Image forbiddē, a ſigne humane, a ceremonie popiſh, pa. 55. It hath been no where more a…uſed then in Baptiſme, pa. 56. It hath a deepe hande in all the incantations of the water in baptiſme, pag. 57. It is a breach of the very letter of the ſecond commaundement, pa. 58. 59. It is greater then any other Image, pa. 58. It is the great…ſt Deuill amongſt all the Idoles of Rome, pa. 59. It reacheth with a feſcue, & keepeth the church ſtill in her infancie, pa. 66. It ſinneth againſt a maine authorament of the 2. command. pa. 68. It is a member of the harlot of Rome vnited to Antichriſt. p. 75. It is partner with the Oyle in all the horrible ſuperſtitiōs of it. It is the chief cogniſāce of the harlot of Rome, p. 78. It is the very Queene of all other Traditions, pa. 82. It ought to be as odious to vsus, as is the Gallouſe to a child, on which his father was hanged, ibid. It is preferred before preaching & deeds of mercy ibid. It is made as neceſſarie with vsus as it is in poperie. pa. 85. Jt is an Hagar that hath a long time not only crowed againſt her miſtreſſe, but alſo crowded into her place, pa, 89. Jt is a Sacramentall, if not a Sacrament, pa. 90.
It fitteth with Baptiſme, & dedicateth out ſeede to God, pa. 94. It is worſe then the worſt of the Romiſh ſymbolical ſignes, pa. 99. 104. 149. It is an Altar fetcht from Damaſcus, and ſett in the Temple cheeke by ioule with the Altar of the Lord, pa. 101. It is ſacriledge, pa. 102. It is taken from the brothelhouſe of Gods great enemie, and muſt out to the dunghill, pa. 104. It is as ſwines fleſh to the Lord, ibid. Among all the ſignes of Rome, there is not a more groſſe or dirtie harlot, ibid. It is caſhiered out of all proteſtant Churches, pa. 105. 159. It being a plant of mans, it muſt be rooted out, ibid.
It is beheaded with the ſame Axe that cutteth off other popish ſignes, pa. 112. It was vſed by the Fathers as a geſture of prayer, without anie word annexed vntounto it, pa. 114. It is a ſuperfluous, vnlawfull, and inſufficient Teacher, no better then the Devill, pa. 115. It is incorporated (even with vsus) into the Sacramentall actions, ibid. It is not Chriſtes banner, pag. 116. It is a Character of the Beaſt, pag. 120. It hath no ground in Gods worde, ibid. It ietteth in the name of Chriſtes ſigne, wherof it hath robbed the water in Baptiſme, pa. 133. Out of our church, it is no where vſed but for a ſigne of Antichriſtianitie, ibid. It is needles and ſuperfluous, a Iewell of Antichriſt, and a fruite forbidden, pag. 134. It is a very play-game, no better then faſt and looſe, pa. 135. It is too merrie a geſture, to repreſent the ſorrowfull tormentes of Chriſt, ibid. No fether lighter, no not the fethers of the Maſſe-flap, pag. 128. Q. 4. pa. 2. It is a ſoule-murtherer, and a ſtirrer of ſedition in our church, ibid. The more auncient it is, the worſe? and the more contentment it giveth, the more ſuperſtition it breedeth, pa. 129. R. pa. 1. As much may be ſaide for the whole waine-lode of popiſh ceremonies, as the Proctors of the croſſe ſay for it, ibid. It ſmelleth too much of the ſtewes, ibid. It is a ſtraunge fire, pa. 131. R. 2. pag. 1. The vſe of it againſt the Devill, is no better then a ſtrawe to runne at Tilt withall, pa. 132. R. 2. p. 2. It ſtayeth and ſtayneth out profeſſion, ibid. It is the ſpeciall marke of the Beaſt, and the cogniſance of Antichriſt, pag. 136. It is a beggerlie ceremonie, wanting power to inrich with grace ſpiritual, pa. 138. It is matched with the word, & in ſome ſort preferred before it, p. 136 It is held to be better thē a ſermon, and worthy of worſhippe and adotation, pa. 140. It is a mute character, & dumbe ſigne, a blind guide, and a dumbe vicar of the Devill, ibid. It hath no inſtructions in it, but onelyonly the leſſons of groſſe Idolatrie, penned by the Devill, ibid. It defileth like an Harpie, whatſoever it toucheth, with all his hypocriſies, pa. 141. By retayning it, we open a gappe to Lutheraniſme, Adiaphoriſme, and all Idolatrie, pag. 141. It is a thorne in the …ande of a violent man, to hurt others, and to vndoe them, pag. 142. It is but a Tradition of mans, and yet it is preferred before the lawes of God, pa. 147. There is more ſtirre to vpholde it, then the preaching of the word, pa. 148. It is a deceiptfull toy, pag. 154. It was at the firſte a faithles invention taken vp without all warrant, occaſion, or neede, pag. 155. It is made a Magicall inchauntment, Ibid. The pruning knife of doctrine was never able, to this houre, to loppe of the abuſes of it, ibidem. It bewitcheth the ſoule, it blaſteth the body, and waſteth the goods without all pitty, pag. 156. It is a mutuall prayer. pag. 160. The maintayners of it hauehave nothing to cover it withall but figge-leeves, pa. 165. It is dounge that polluteth the Sabbath, pa. 166. It mocketh the Sabbath by the mocke-ſabbaths which it hath ſett vpp to it ſelfe, ibid. It is not founde in the Leiturgies of the primitiue Church, pag. 169. It came into the Sabbath by Montanus, and grewe into credite with the reſt of his inventions, pa. 170. It is an hereticall and idolatrous rite of the forehead, as badde as a pagan garland, ibi. It is a badge of the Devill, fodered into the verie forehead of the Sacrament it ſelfe, pa. 172. Bleſſing with it is no better then bleſſing with an old ſhooe-ſole. pa. 161.
D.
The Deacon was wont to teade an Homilie, when the Miniſter of a Countrey-pariſh was ſicke, and could not preach, pa. 195.
The Devill doeth bend him ſelfe againſt the Paſtors, that he may make the more havock of the flocke, pa. 181.
To deviſe new ſignes is to ſet the church to ſchoole againe after the Iewiſh maner, pa. 98. and to vilifie the ſignes which God hath appointed. pa. 100.
Everie new deviſed ſigne is a newe deviſed ſacrament, pag 90.
Great diverſitie and doubtfulnes touching the faſhion of the croſſe, pa. 60.
A Done let downe of old vponupon the baptiſed, for a ſigne of regeneration by the ſpirit, an vnlawfull ſigne, pa. 101.
The duties of the Sabbath ſerve to edifie the Church, as well as for the ſervice of God, pag. 195.
E.
The Ephod ſet vp by Gedeon in ſhort time made Ophra more famous then the Tubernacle, pa. 100.
F.
The Fathers holde the water in Baptiſme to be nothing worth without the croſſe, pa. 77. 90 92. 113. They can be no vizard for a ceremonie which hath beene abuſed ſince, pag. 75. They called the ſigne of the croſſe a ſacrament, pa. 89. They are verie vnſavourie in the matter of the croſſe. pa. 90.
The Feast came after the worſhipping of the calfe, and after the ſubſtance of Idolatrie: and yet the Apoſtle counteth it a principall part of the Idoles ſervice, pag. 95.
Formaliſtes for livings ſake lye downe vnderunder the burden of Subſcription and conformitie, which wring the ſhoulders of their cōſciences, pag. 188. Many of them cut our their tōgues, either not vſing their giftes at all, or having no giftes to vſe, or abuſing their giftes, or vſing them to no purpoſe, pag. 189. Some of them are non-reſidentes loco, others officio, by their conformitie gracing popery, and for the vpholding of their conformitie broaching many popiſh pointes in their preaching. Ibid.
Maiſter Foxe prayeth hartily againſt the Surplice, pa. 196.
G.
GOD beſtoweth no grace vponupon any, but by his owne meanes; which the croſſe is not, pa. 4.
He alloweth no Teacher but him ſelfe, nor meanes of Teaching, but his holy Worde and Sacraments, pa. 62.
There were no Godfathers in the primitive church, pa. 71.
H.
Heatheniſh Jdolatrie ſprang from a deſire to adde viſible ſignes to the booke of the creaturs, pag. 139.
Hezekiah was bound to demoliſh the brazē ſerpent, pa. 36. 37. 41.
The holy kiſſe is caſt out of the church, though it went before the ſolemnitie of the Supper, & was a meere naturall ſigne of peace, and had no ſtate in the Sacrament it ſelfe, pag. 111.
Holy water a meere prophanation, and repetition of Baptiſme, pag. 101.
Homilies dubd with the name of preaching, and held to bee a preaching ſufficient for the ſanctifying and ſaving of the church, pa. 175.
A Homilie is too leane a ſacrifice for a Sabbath▪ Ibid.
It is but a dead letter, pa. 176.
There wanteth in it the gift of the ſpirit, the arte of the huſbandman, the heate of the nurſe, the opening of the Booke, the dreſſing of the meate, the interpreter which is one amongeſt a thouſande, and that ordinance of God, which onelyonly bringeth the bleſſing with it, Ibid. It is but a woodden ſhadow of preaching, and nothing worth, Ibid.
How Homelies beganne, pa. 195.
Hony added to the wine of the Supper, and to the water of Baptiſme, is as auncient as the croſſe, and hath bene leſſe abuſed, and yet is vnlawfull, pag. 103.
I.
An Jdole is to the Lord as doungue, pa. 3.
Jdolaters defile whatſoever belongeth vntounto them, if their vſe which is religious, hath but touched it, pa. 9. Yea ſo as it cannot be made cleane to vsus, pa. 18. 24.
Things that hauehave once ſerved Idolatrie, are Idolatrous, pa. 40. 56.
An Jdoles name muſt not bee mentioned in common talke, pag. 53.
The Idole and ignorant ministerie is the bane of our church, pag. 150. It is the very ſinnewes of Antichriſt, pa. 179.
An Jdolothite defined, pag. 9.
A thing being knowne to bee Idolothious, a proteſtation that we honor not the Idole, ſerveth not the turne, pag. 23.
All Jmages in churches daungerous and vnlawfull, though not worſhipped, pa. 64. 65.
Jmages of God in poperie are as vile Idoles as the Images of the Pagans were, pa. 38.
Impoſition of handes is vſed with vsus effectiuely, pa. 34.
All Inventions of man in the worſhippe of God, are forbidden in the ſecond commaundement. pag. 61.
K.
Sundrie ſortes of Knightes, which beare the croſſe for their badge: and why? pa. 163.
L.
In what caſe the leaving of the Ministerie is ſinfull, pa. 188.
A long Leiturgie wearieth the people before the Sermon beginneth, cloyeth the Miniſter, and filleth vp the roome of preaching, pa. 177.
Libertie turned into neceſſitie, is libertie no longer, pa. 87.
Libertie to deviſe newe ſignes, is but a young wanton novice, which the licentious Adiaphoriſme hath begotten, pag. 100.
All likenes of Cerem. with Idolaters forbidden, pa. 78. 133. R. 3. pa. 1. 134. R. 3. p. 2. 171.
No worſe livers in the world, then the likers of the Croſſe, pa. 163.
Lordlines in Prelates is one of the ſhames & blaynes of this church, pag. 193.
The Love-feastes were more auncient and farre more tolerable then the croſſe, and yet romoved by the Apoſtle, pa. 95. 102.
M.
Melanthons fall was fearfull, and all formaliſtes may take warning by him, pa. 186.
Milke added to the Lords ſupper & to Baptiſme is as auncient as the croſſe, and as ſignificant, and hath bene leſſe abuſed, and yet is vnlawfull, pag. 103.
No one Minister deprived in this lande but by Chriſtes ſufferance and toleration, pa. 189.
A Minister that laboureth by another, muſt eate by another alſo, but him ſelf eate nothing, pag. 194.
A Minister that entreth into the church vponupon a Sabbath without preaching, is culpable of a grievous ſinne, ibid. He ſinneth the ſinne of a dumbe dogge, and ſuffereth the people to pollute the Sabbath, Jbid.
All monumentes of Idolatrie are to be demoliſhed, pa. 12. 36. 37. 41. 43.
N.
Nonreſidencie vnlawfull, pa. 150. 180. It is one of the ſhames and blaynes of this church, pag. 193.
The Nonreſident droppeth but now & then a ſhower, which never maketh fruitfull, pa. 185
Non-reſidents, idle and Idole miniſters, drū kards, fornicators, and ganiſters, ſhould be puniſhed rather then the painefull and profitable Miniſters, who notwithſtanding are purſued, whereas there is no lawe to puniſh the other, pag. 148.
O.
All occaſions that may reduce to Idolatrie, are to be removed, pa. 13.
Occaſions that deferre from the Miniſterie, muſt bee very carefully weeded out, and all meanes poſſible brought in place, that may thruſt men into the vineyard, pa. 178.
In the Old law no ſignes were lawfull which were not ſhewed in the patterne in the mount, pag. 98.
Thoſe Orders be moſt pure that come moſt nigh to the enſample of the primitiue church. p. 170.
No outward ſigne muſt bee added by the church to Chriſtes inſtitution, pa. 102. 103.
Oyle is as auncient as the croſſe, pa. 76. & yet to be aboliſhed, pag. 93.
The Oyle and the croſſe are twinnes of one birth, pag. 98.
P.
Papiſme will ſprout vp againe, vnleſſe all the cuſtomes of it bee heawen downe at the roote, pag. 73.
Pluralitie of Benefices vnlawfull, pag. 180.
Poperie is furthered whileſt ſuch notorious brokers of it (as the Surplice and the croſſe) are not reſiſted, pa. 22.
Poperie is the greateſt hereſie of the new Teſtament, pag. 37. It is the quinteſſence of all Paganiſme, ibid.
Popiſh ceremonies are worſe then Iewiſh, pa. 31. 69. 133. R. 3. pa. 1. 166. The eſtabliſhing of them is a deviſe to drawe in the whole body of poperie, and carieth a ſhew of inclination thereto, pag. 67. The retayning of them keepeth ſtill on foote many popiſh principles, and will in the end robbe and rifle our faith, pa. 68. They muſt be grubd cleane out of the church, pag. 31.
Popiſh rites renew a Iewiſh and carnall worſhip, and are but vayles which muſt away, pag. 139.
Popiſh conſecrated Oyle good to greaze ſhoes withall, pa. 64.
The Popiſh Proceſsion is litle better then a heatheniſh May-game, and a pompous Atheman ſacrifice, pa. 168.
Popiſh Saints are painted in their churches with the beaſtes which they loved, as the Pagan Gods were with thens. pag. 72.
No Popiſh rite ſhould hauehave to doe in our ſervice, eſpecially it should not meddle with the office of the Sacrament, pag. 74.
One good Preacher is able to doe exceeding much good: and there is a great loſſe of ſuch a one turned to another courſe of life. pa. 178.
The painefull Preacher (though not ſo learned) bringeth in a greater harveſt for the moſt part, then he that ſtandeth vppon his learning: and the reaſons why, pag. 184.
Preachers lippes are in a maner ſowed vp frō ſpeaking againſt the abuſe of the Croſſe, leſt they ſhould ſeeme to ſpeake againſt the croſſe in Baptiſme, pa. 132. R. 2. p. 2.
The Preachers which refuſe the ſigne of the croſſe, doe more truly beare the croſſe thē their purſuers, pag. 165.
The Preachers who hauehave their mouthes gagged, are in Paules caſe, and in the caſe of Iulians ſouldiers, pa. 135. R. 4. p. 1. and in Ambroſe his caſe, pa. 187. They can not conforme without making ſhipwracke of a good conſcience, pag. 145.146. They hauehave learning enough, as having learned the trueth, pa. 183. Their Churches are letters of commendations ſpeaking for them, pa. 184. They leaue not their Miniſterie, but are thruſt our againſt their wills, their miniſterie being the cōfort of their liues, pa. 187. They hauehave vſed all lawfull meanes for the keeping of their miniſterie, ibid. and 188. They are called from their Miniſterie by him that called them to it: the worke being ended for which they were called, yag. 189. They are readie, even at an houres warning, if the Lord call them, the Church neede them, or they finde in conſcience they may reenter, pag. 190. They leaue their Churches no other wayes then our Saviour Chriſt, Elias, & Saint Paul did, ibid.
None but Preachers are depoſed, whereas none but they should ſtay in pag. 194.
Great learned Preaching is very fruitles, and great learned Sermons are ſtrawbery ſermons, pag. 184.
Preaching by others is not ſufficient, pa. 194. He that preacheth by others, shall goe to heaven by others, but to hell in his owne perſon, ibid.
Preaching is the chiefeſt worſhip of God more excellent then adminiſtring the Sacramentes, exerciſing the Diſcipline, reading, or prayer, ibid. It is the moſt notable and the chiefeſt meanes for the erecting of Gods kingdome in the world, pa. 195. A Sabbath cannot be well ſanctified without it, and the reaſon why, ibid. It is the ordinarie meanes of regeneration, and of our ſpeciall faith, pa. 196.
The Prelates, by their rigorous exaction of ceremonies, giuegive ſuſpicion of many hypocriſies, pa. 150. 151. They retaine a croſſe in ſigne to bring their brethren vnderunder the croſſe in ſuffering, pa. 165. They exchaūge golden preaching for woodden ceremonies, pa. 175. Their deepe learning is but the depth of Satan, p. 183.
R.
Reverence to the Sacrament is beſt procured, by laying open the inſtitution by the preaching of the worde, and thē delivering it in that ſimplicitie in which we hauehave received it, pa. 112.
The Ring hath too honorable a place in mariage, pa. 96.
All Rites abuſed popiſhlie (if they be not ordained of God) muſt be aboliſhed, p. 26. 77. 93.
All Rites, which are helde neceſſarie by the papiſtes, are to be diſvſed, pa. 88.
Rome the greateſt enemie that ever Chriſt had vponupon the earth, pag. 38. It is an habitation & cage of Devils, her factors the ſpirits of Devils, and her Idoles even Devils themſelves, ibid.
S.
A Sacrament and a Sacramētal, all one, pa. 90. The ſecond commaundement authoriſeth the word to be the rule of all Gods worſhip, pa. 66.
All ſhewe of Idolatrie, even in the leaſt ceremonie, is to be avoided, pa. 11.
No ſignes now ſhould burdē the church, ſaue thoſe which the Lord hath left, which are not burdenſome, pa. 98.
The ſigne of the ſon of man, what it is, pa. 129
The ſimplicitie of the firſt church, is a paterne for vsus to follow, pa. 169. R. 4. p. 1.
A ſquare cap, vnfit for a round head, pa. 135.
Subſcription is a rough way to walk in, where every ſteppe wilbe a gaſh, pa. 143. It ſpurneth out of our church many Preachers, whom God hath fitted for his worke, pa. 178. It hath ben ſo fleſhed, that it will hurt ſo long as it is retayned, pa. 181.
Suing for benefices & church dignities, is very pernitious, pa. 193.
That is Superſtition, which is ſupra ſtatutum, pa. 58.
The Surplice is a filthy Idole. p. 9. In retayning it, we approue of Popery. pa. 22. It is the Idoles habite. pa. 29. 130. R. 1. p. 2. It is one of the pedlery wares of popery, pa. 23. It may be worne no where out of Gods ſervice, pa. 53. It is the caſt apparell of the harlot of Rome, pa. 71. 78. 129. R. 1. p. 1. It is as vndecent for the holy ſpouſe of Chriſt, as a harlots weede is for a grave matrone, pa. 78. It is vſed no where out of our church, & in that regard alſo is vndecent, pa. 108. It is player-like apparel, hiſtrionicall, ſcenicall, a vaine vizard, & a prety apiſh toy, pa. 135. By it Chriſt is againe expoſed to laughter in a white garment, pa. 186. It is a cunning invention of the Devill, pa. 187. It is a character of Antichriſt. ibid.
T.
A Temple built on Garezim, ſoone overtopt the Temple at Ieruſalem, pa. 100.
Things of them ſelues free, become neceſſarie to bee vſed when they edifie, to bee diſvſed when they edifie not, pa. 87.
Thoſe Times bee pureſt that bee neereſt to Chriſt and his Apoſtles, pa. 170.
The three hundreth ſouldiors of Gedeon reſemble the 300. Miniſters, who now ſtande out againſt the croſſe, pa. 120.
The Traditions of men defile the confeſſion of faith, pa. 133. R. 3. p. 1.
The fat Traditions of the papiſtes are retayned ſtill amongſt vsus, pa. 149. 150.
V.
Valentinus the heretique was the father and firſt begetter of the croſſe, pa. 75.
W.
The Wafer-cake was never halfe ſo ſuperſtiouſlie abuſed as the croſſe, pa. 80.
Want of preaching is very daungerous, pag. 193. 196.
Water mingled with the wine in the Lordes ſupper, is more tollerable thē the croſſe in baptiſme, pa. 52. 95. 102. 103.
The White garment, not fit to be vſed at baptiſme, pa. 156.
All Wil-worſhip is carnall worſhip and flat idolatrie, pa. 3.
Gods Worſhip is wronged by all new deviſed ſignes, and popiſh rites, pa. 66.
Worſhipping in the Papacie is as abhominable as the pagane adoration, pa. 38.
Y.
We muſt not Yeeld one whit to papiſtes, pag. 135. R. 4. p. 1.
They yelding of Miniſters openeth the mouths of papiſtes, and of the common people, pa. 191.
VponUpon yeelding to Conformity there followeth a deprivation of former giftes, zeale, louelove, painfulnes, ioy, yea knowledge and all, pa. 191.
Z.
Zeale cā indure nothing of Antich. no not the name of any thing that bolongeth vntounto him, & is defiled by his polluted mēbers, pa. 156. It abhorreth all ſhew of poperie, ibi. It cānot indure cōform. with aliens, no not in civil guiſes p. 157 much leſſe in their relig. rites, ſuch as the croſſe & Surplice are, ibi. It wil ſhew no countenance towards Idolaters or heretikes, ibi. It can abide no reliques of idolatrie, pa. 158.