Answer to Dodwell and Sherlock, Table of contents
THE CONTENTS.
A Late Letter of Mr. Dodwell's, with the Answer, written since the rest was printed.
Chap. 1. Of Mr. Dodwell's displeasure against me, as if I accused him to be a Papist, and wronged the Councils of Bishops. p. 1.
Chap. 2. His schismatical Church-destroying Scheme, the sum of his great schismatical book confuted. p. 7
Chap. 3. The consequents of Mr. Dodwell's foresaid Doctrine. p. 21
Chap. 4. My words of Gods Collation of Ministerial Authority vindicated from the forgeries and fallacies of Mr. Dodwell. p. 27
What my assertion is of the cause of Church power. p. 29. The contrary, p. 32. The truth proved, p 33, &c. His objections answered, p. 36. &c. Bishops are of God, p. 46. &c. His sad qualification of Ministers, p. 48. Preferring God is no wrong to Government, p. 54. What succession we have, p. 54. Of Aidan and Finans Episcopacy, p. 57. His assertion of supreme Church-power, from whom there is no appeal to Scripture, to God, or the life to come, and whose intention is the measure of the power of all ordained by them, examined, p. 57, &c. Whether the Church on earth be one visible society under one visible humane Government, p. 59. Whether Divine Authority may not be pretended for practising contrary to some superiors, p. 60
Chap. 5. Wherein Mr Dodwell's deceits, and their danger lie. p. 63.
Whether there be but one sense of all terms, which causes obliging men to mean, all that have skill in causes are to understand, p. 63.
Twelve great doctrinal Articles in which we differ from Mr. Dodwell, p. 65. Some questions put to him, p. 68
His second Letter to me from Ireland, p. 70. My Answer to it, p. 75. proving the impossibtlity of just Discipline in the Diocesan way, which I dissent from.
The short Answer to Mr. Dodwell's long Letter (which Dr▪ Sherlocke and Mr. Morrice extol), which is fully answered in my Treatise of Episcopacy, p. 90.
A Letter sent to Mr. Dodwell Mar. 12 1681.
A Letter to Mr. Dodwell Nov. 15. 1680.
Anoth…r to him of July 9. 1677. opening many of our chief differences. p. 100.
Another after a personal conference sent to him, but returned, because he was gone into the Country; debating with him eleven of our great differences: in which Mr. Dodwell may be known. p. 118.
An Account of my dissent from Dr. Sherlocke his Doctrine, Accusations and Argumentation; specially about the essence of the Universal, a National and Single Church, and the nature of Schism, &c.
CHap. 1. The Historical Proem.
Chap. 2. My …etter and Couns…l to Mr. Sherlocke many years ago, advising him to expound or retract his words, which seem to deny the three Articles of our Baptismal covenant, our belief in God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, p. 162
His Answer, p. 173
Chap. 3. Of the ill manner of these mens Confutations. p. 174
Chap. 4. The main part of our difference, viz. what is the essential form of the Catholick, National and single Churches, p. 182
Chap. 5. What is the Catholick Church, as described by Arch-Bishop Bramhall, Bishop Gunning, Dr. Saywell, Mr. Thorndike, Mr. Dodwell, Mr. Sherlocke and the French Papists, p. 193. Some notes on Dr. Saywell's Communion, p. 198. More on Dr. Sherlocke's. p. 203
Chap. 6. What is the Vnion and necessary Communion of the Catholick Church, according to this accusing Defender? p. 207. His unsatisfactory solutions manifested, and Dr. Isaac Barrow's excellent Treatise of Church-Vnity, published by Dr. Tillotson, defended against his vain exceptions.
Chap. 7. Of the rest of his book. p. 228.