A Learned Treatise of Traditions, Table of contents
A Table of the Chapters in this Treatiſe of TRADITION.
Chap. 1. COncerning the nature of this Controverſie. p. 1.
Chap. 2. Of the word Tradition. p. 22.
Chap. 3. The beliefe of our Churches. The Calumny of Regourd. p. 24.
Chap. 4, The opinion of the Romiſh Church. That our Adverſaries with one conſent accuſe the Scripture of inſufficiency, &c. pag. 31.
Chap. 5. That our adverſaries ſay there are Doctrines and Articles of Chriſtian Faith, yea in the very eſſentiall things, which the Apoſtles have neither taught by mouth nor writing. pag. 45.
Chap. 6. A proofe of the ſame, becauſe our Adverſaries doe affirme that the Pope and the Church of Rome may change that which God commandeth in the Scriptures, and infringe the Apoſtles Commandements. p. 60.
Chap. 7. Paſſages extracted one of the writings of our Adverſaries, which prove that in the Church of Rome, Traditions are without compariſon more eſteemed then the holy Scripture, and the Scripture charged with Injuries. Regourds boldneſſe to defame the ſame. pag. 76.
Cha. 8. A proofe of the ſame by the practice of the Primitive Church. p. 110.
Chap. 9. Three reaſons wherefore Tradition is preferred before the Scripture, &c. pag. 121.
Chap. 10. That in this Queſtion, by the word Church, our Adverſaries underſtand the Pope alone. pag. 129.
Chap. 11. Of what ſort, how weake, and how uncertaine the Foundations are whereon the Traditions of the Romiſh Church are built, &c. pag. 139.
Chap. 12. That our Adverſaries alledging the Scripture, doe contradict themſelves, and alledge Scripture for Tradition in generall without touching the particulars, wherein they finde the Scripture contrary. pag. 165.
Chap. 13. That our Adverſaries to diſtinguiſh the good Traditions from bad, doe give vsus a plea wherein th…y wholly convict themſelves. p. 175.
Chap. 14. A proofe of the ſame, by the Traditions which our Adverſars …s doe …uppoſe to be the miſt ancient and beſt grounded in Antiquity. p. 195.
Chap. 15. The ſecon… marke ſet by our Adverſaries, to diſtinguiſh the good Traditions from the bad, viz. Succeſſion. p. 205.
Chap. 16. That the Phariſees and ancient Hereticks had recourſe to Tradition; that Clemens Alexandrius ſuffered himſelfe to be too much carried away in the ſame. p. 217.
Chap. 17 An examination of the paſſages of Scripture, whereon they found Traditions. p. 223.
Chap 18. An anſwere to that which is obje…ed vntounto us, that the Church hath bin ſometime without the Scripture. pag. 231.
Chap. 19. That the Church of the old Teſtament, after the Law given by Moſes vntill Ieſus Chriſt, hath had no unwritten Traditions. p. 236.
Cha. 20. An anſwer to our adverſaries a…ming, that we receive many Traditions contained in Scripture. p. 254
Chap. 21. A proofe of the ſufficiency and perfection of the Scriptures, by the teſtimony of God himſelfe, ſpeaking in the Scriptures. P. 267.
Chap. 22. Whether to ground a Doctrine, it be lawfull to uſe words equivalent to thoſe that are found in the Scripture, or to vſe conſequences and Arguments. pag. 298.
Chap. 23. Teſtimonies of the Fathers, touching the perfection of the Scripture. pag. 322.
Cha. 24. How the Texts and paſſages of the Fathers, which our Adverſaries alledge for the unwritten Traditions, ought to be vnderſtood. p. 346.
Chap. 25. A proofe of that which went before. pag. 349.
Cha. 26. Three ancient Cuſtomes which we are blamed to have forſaken. p. 393
Chap. 27. That the Traditions of the Romiſh Church of this time have nothing in common with the unwritten Traditions mentioned by the Fathers. pag. 398.
Chap. 28. Of the multitude of Traditions in the Church of Rome. p. 403.