A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered, Table of contents 2 – Book 2
The Table of the Vindication.
THe Praeface of the State of Now-Rome and her seven miserable shiftings. 1, Scripture. 2. Traditions, 3. Fathers. 4. Councels. 5. Popes 6. Philosophie. 7. Crueltie. 1. 2
Ch. 1. Of her fiue periodicall estates. Pura. Ambitiosa. Insidiosa, seditiosa, Pernitiosa.
Ch. 2. The first part of this Treatise: Usurpation it selfe. 1. The matter of it. 1. At Kings entrie. 4.
Ch. 3. 2. In their administration. 1. In vile stiles. 9.
Ch. 4. 2. In Base offices: Of kissing the Popes feete. 10
Ch. 5. 3. In their Lawes. 14
Ch. 6 4. In their censures: and excommunications, depositions, &c. 17.
Ch. 7. This Vsurpation is the head Article of their Faith: 22.
Ch. 8. Their end is a Monarchie. 25
The second part of the Treatise. The noveltie of Vsurpation. Ch. 9 1. The Negatiue proofe of it, not of Christ. 29.
Nor the Apostles, nor Fathers, nor first Popes &c. 30.
Ch. 10. Their exceptions against primitiue obedience. 34
Ch. 11. 2. The Positiue proofe of Noveltie. Hildebrands contention 39
Vsurpation is Hildebrandine doctrine. 46
Ch. 12. Eight causes of this Vsurpation. 48
Popes holinesse, is profainnesse: 51,
Ch. 13. The third part. Of their colours and defences. 59
Professions for that end. 1. Schoole-men. 2. Canonists. 61.
3. Casuists. 4. Orders. 5. Iesuits. 6. N…reans. 65
Ch. 14. 2. Their Recrimination. 66.
Ch. 15. 3. Their Tergiversations, and Schifting. 72
Ch. 16. 4. Their Ludification of Kings. 1. Of pretended lo…o. 78.
Ch. 17. 2. Of fained Limitations. 80.
Ch 18. 3. Of futill Distinctions. 90:
Ch. 19. 5. Of glorious Titles given to Kings. 91.
Ch. 20. 5. Of canonizing of Kings.
The fourth part. Of their madnesse▪ in Vsurpation. Ch 21. 1. Their ignorance of the powers. civill and Ecclesiasticke. 94.
Ch. 22. 2. The fruits of their madnesse. 1. irritation. 106
Ch. 23 2. Exact inquirie of the matter. 109
Ch. 24. 3. Discoverie of Antichrist. 111.
Wrong supputation bred their fancie of Antichrist. 112.
The Impyre is removed 113.
Antichrist is come: And the Pope is hee. 122.
Ch. 24. 4. Of their destruction. Begun. Perfected. 124
Their oppression of Protestants doeth hasten it. 129.
Ch. 26. Now-Rome is incurable. 131.
Ch. 27. Of their treacherous practises. First in France. 136.
Ch. 28. 2. Their attempts in Venice. 142.
Ch. 29. 3. In great Britaine. 148.
Ch 30 The troubles of Europe are of the Pope. 152.
Hee intendeth the rooting out of Protestants.
Their policie. 154.
Periurie. 156.
Oppression. 158.
Their matchlesse crueltie at Magdeburge. 159.
They vrged a godlesse forme of abiuration. 160.
Their fleshlie confidence. 160.
Their prophecie of our imminent ruine. 162.
But let them take heede to themselues. 163.
Ch. 31. That Now-Rome will not reconceale. 164.
They minde not common Peace 171.
But our destruction. 170.
No reconciliation A tolerable condescending. 171.
Conclusion. A conclusion Exhortatorie to Princes. 172.
The Popes Dittay and doome of God. 173.
It is faceable to Princes. 177.
Begunne in part. And shall bee perfected in Gods time. 177.
Faults escaped of the Vindication.
| Pag. | Lin. | Fault. | Read |
| 33 | 24 | old | of old |
| 32 | 32 | and | Dele |
| 41 | 21 | great | great part |
| 47 | 34 | Proscription | Prescription |
| 62 | 22 | must bee | may bee |
| 80 | 27 | a penaltie | appealing to |
| 96 | 18 | her | not her parents |
| 261 | 28 | but | Dele |
| Ibid. | 31 | biddes | but biddes |