Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable, Table of contents 4
THE CONTENTS OF THE Second Book.
The first days Conference, about Predeſtination.
THe need of conciliatory endeavours, p. 1, 2. What this undertaking is, p. 3. Predetermination to Sin excluded; the caſe briefly opened, p. 4.
The firſt Crimination by the Arminian: Of eternal abſolute Reprobation, p. 6. Whether a thing not exiſtent may be a Moral cauſe; or God's Acts have Cauſes, p. 7. How far Gods Decrees may be ſaid to have extrinſick Cauſes, p. 8.
The ſecond Crimination, Of God's decreeing Sin; either to predetermine it, or the event, or his permiſſion, p. 9.
The third Crimination: Neceſſitution of Sin by Negative decrees. Negation of decrees opened, p. 11.
The fourth Crimination; The pure Maſſe whether the object of Predeſtination, p. 12. Decrees diſtinguiſhed, p. 13.
The fifth Crimination; Do the Decrees proceed according to the order of Intention, or of Execution, p. 14.
The ſixth Crimination; Denying all Conditional Decrees, p. 16.
The ſeventh Crimination; Of abſolute Election, p. 17.
The eighth Crimination; Leading men to preſumption hereby, p. 18.
The ninth Crimination; Setting neceſſity and fate, p. 19.
The tenth Crimination; Making God a Reſpecter of perſons, by unequal Decrees, p. 21.
The eleventh Crimination; Making God and Miniſters Diſſemblers, p. 22.
Crim. 12. Of a vain power given, p. 23.
The ſecond days Conference, The Criminations by the Calvinist.
What good this conciliatory attempt may do, p. 24.
The firſt Crimination, Denying election uncomfortable.
The ſecond Crim. An election of Things inſtead of Perſons, p. 26.
The third Crim. Denying a decree of the firſt ſpecial Grave.
The fourth Crim. of Scientia Media, p. 27.
The fifth Crim. Denying Abſolute Reprobation. Reprobation opened, p. 29, 30. Whether God will Sin, p. 30. or the Act, p. 31. How far man can cauſe his act undetermined, p. 32. Pretences for Gods cauſing Sin, anſwered. How God cauſeth the effect and not the Volition, p. 85, &c. What God doth about Sin, p. 37.
The ſixth Crim. Of Conditional decrees, p. 38.
The ſeventh Crim. Of foreſeen Merit, p. 39.
The eighth Crim. Of making many Elections, p. 40.
The ninth Crim. Ordering the Decrees according to Execution, p. 41. How God doth Velle finem. The Caſe opened, p. 42.
The tenth Crim. denying an eternal cauſe of futurition, p. 45. Whether futurity be any thing, and have any cauſe, p. 48.
The third days Conference, Of Univerſal and Special Redemption.
The firſt Crim. Of the Armin. denying Chriſt's office to the world, p. 50. Calviniſts for univerſal Redemption, what all agree in, p. 54. *To which I here add the Church of England Homil. li. 2. p. 185. [God ſo loved the world that he gave his only Son, &c.] But to whom did he give him? He gave him to the whole world, that is to ſay, to Adam, and to all that ſhould come after him! O Lord, what had Adam, or any other man deſerved at God's hands, that he ſhould give us his only Son? We are all miſerable Sinners, damnable perſons, juſtly driven out of Paradiſe, juſtly excluded from Heaven, and juſtly condemned to Hell. See a Learned Gentleman's Reaſons for Univerſ. Redemp. (yet living) Mr. Polehill, of Gods Decrees.Did Chriſt die equally for all, p. 55.
The ſecond Crim. Denying expreſs Scripture, p. 57. The Synod of Dort vindicated, p. 59.
The third Crim. They deny the Goſpel Covenant it ſelf, p. 61.
The fourth and fifth Crim. Making an impoſſibility, or falſhood the object of faith, p. 62.
The ſixth, ſeventh, and eighth Crim. Diſabling Miniſters to Preach, leaving most men remedileſs; teaching Infidels impenitence, p. 63.
The ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth Crim. Exempting men from Hell torments; juſtifying Ingratitude; denying Chriſt's Kingdoms; tempting men to Infidelity, p. 64, 65.
The fourth days Conference.
The Calviniſts firſt Crim. Making Chriſt dye in vain, for them that he knew would periſh, p. 66.
The ſecond Crim. An imperfect Saviour, p. 67.
The third Crim. Dying for men in Hell, p. 67.
The fourth Crim. To die for thoſe whom he would not pray for, p. 68.
The fifth Crim. Making Chriſt not to purchaſe faith, p. 69.
The ſixth, ſeventh, eighth, and ninth Crim. Uncertain conditional Redemption; no more for the ſaved than the damned: Christ's ſheep to know him before he know them; Pardoning Original Sin to all, p. 70.
Crim. 10. To die for the Seed of the Serpent, p. 72.
The fifth days Conference, Of Man's Sinfulneſs, and Impotency, and of Free-will.
The Armin. Crim. 1ſt. Denying all free-will, they deny all Morality, p. 73. What Liberty is here meant? largely diſcuſſed, to p. 79. What Liberty we hold, p. 79. Doth Original Sin neceſſitate all evil, p. 82.
The ſecond Crim. Denying Power to believe, p. 85. What [Power] [can] and [cannot] mean, p. 86. fullier opened, p. 87, &c. Questions hence anſwered, p. 96, &c. The advantage of ſome by denying Habits beſides Power and Acts, p. 99. Habits proved, p. 100.
Crim. 3. Making all men utterly and equally bad, p. 101.
Crim. 4. Infants, Heathens, and most men made and neceſſitated to ſin and damnation, p. 103. Of Infants remedy, p. 104. Parents ſin defileth them, p. 105. Of Heathens Caſe, p. 106.
Crim. 5. That none can do more good or leſs evil than he doth, p. 107.
The ſixth days Conference.
The Calviniſts Crim. 1. Denying original ſin, p. 109. Original ſin opened, p. 111.
Crim. 2. That men can uſe their Naturals to prepare for Grace, p. 113. What man can do, further opened, p. 114.
Crim. 3. Holding free will to good, p. 121. A manifold Liberty evinced by many Queſtions, p. 122. Whether any that uſe it not have liberty to believe, p. 124, 125.
Crim. 4. That men are not dead in ſin, p. 125.
Crim. 5. That man is not meerly paſſive in his firſt converſion, p. 126.
Crim 6. None damned for Adam's ſin only, p. 128.
The ſeventh days Conference, Of Sufficient and Effectual Grace.
Crim. 1. Of the Armin. Denying ſufficient Grace they damn men for meer Impoſſibilities, p. 130. Had Adam ſufficient Grace, p. 132. Of the 13th. Artic. of the Church of England, p. 133. How God willeth mens Salvation, p. 134.
Crim. 2. Making Grace unreſistible, p. 136. How far they do ſo.
The eighth days Conference.
Crim. 1. Of the Calv. They aſſert univerſal ſufficient Grace, p. 139. Queries evincing Common Grace, p. 139. The greatneſs of their error that deny it, p. 141. Doth this ſatisfie, while God that can ſave men will not, p. 143. What Grace, and what ſufficient Grace is, p. 145. Whether the ſame meaſure of Grace called meerly ſufficient, be ever effectual, p. 148. What the Grace in that queſtion is. Whether a vis impreſſa? Of determination by God, and by the Intellect, p. 151, 152, 153.
Crim. 2. By Grace they mean Nature as Pelagius, p. 156. What Nature is? Grace, how far ſupernatural, p. 158.
Crim. 3. Making Grace but a Moral ſwaſion, p. 160. Phyſical operation what, p. 162.
Crim. 4. They hold faith to be acquired and not infuſed, p. 162. What acquired and infuſed means, p. 163. Dr. Twiſſe about this noted, p. 167, &c.
Crim. 5. They hold Grace given according to works or preparation, p. 169.
Crim. 6. They make the Will to have no ſin or Grace, p. 171.
Crim. 7. They make Grace reſiſtible, p. 172. The caſe further opened, p. 173, 174, &c. Is there any univerſal ſecond cauſe of Grace under God, (as the Sun in Nature) which worketh reſiſtibly (and God by it) ad modum recipientis? p. 177. Chriſt how far ſuch, ib.
Crim. 8. They make mans Will to make himſelf to differ, &c. p. 180. What differing is? what the cauſes? as to believing, ib. How far God worketh by univerſal Grace, p. 185. Who made thee to differ, opened, p. 186.
Crim. 9. Man's will maketh Gods Grace effectual, and not Gods, p. 186. Whence Grace is effectual, p. 189. Differencing Grace what, p. 192. It not all the queſtion of the Divine Impreſs, p. 193, 194. The caſe ſummarily opened, p. 196.
The ninth days Conference, Of Perſeverance.
The Arm. Crim. 1. They make fear and care to be folly, p. 198.
Crim. 2. They cheriſh all ſin, p. 200.
Crim. 3. Their Doctrine is uncomfortable on pretence of confuting, p. 200, 201. Both ſides charge each other thus. A middle way about Perſeverance, avoiding both, p. 204.
Crim. 4. They diſhonour Gods Image making heinous ſin conſistent with it, p. 204.
Crim. 5. Immodeſty and ſingularity contradicting all the ancient Church, p. 206.
Crim. 6. Contradicting expreſs Scripture, p. 207.
The tenth days Conference. The Calv. Criminations about Perſeverance.
Crim. 1. They overthrow the comfort of believers, that deny Perſeverance, p. 208. What comfort may be had by ſuch, p. 211.
Crim. 2. and 3. They make God or his Covenant mutable, p. 212.
Crim. 4. They deny the Promiſe of Perſeverance, p. 213.
Crim. 5. They infer a ſecond Regeneration, p. 214.
Crim. 6. They go againſt the Doctrine of Auguſtine, &c. p. 215.
The juſt extenuation of this last controverſie, p. 215.
The eleventh days Conference, with a Libertine (called Antinomian) vindicating ſound Doctrine againſt divers accuſations.
Chap. 1. Whether we must call men to come to Chriſt without Preparation, p. 220.
Chap. 2. Of denying our own Righteouſneſs, p. 223. Perſonal Righteouſneſs neceſſary, p. 224. Of Reward and worthineſs (or Merit) p. 225. The truth largely opened about merit and reward, p. 230. Reaſons for it, p. 232, &c.
Ch. 3. Whether our own Righteouſneſs conduce to our Juſtification? Or we are any way juſtified by it, p. 238.
Ch. 4. Whether the Goſpel be a Law of Christ, p. 243.
Ch. 5. Whether Chriſt (and not we) be the only party in Covenant with God, p. 245.
Ch. 6. Whether the new Covenant have conditions, p. 247.
Ch. 7. Whether juſtifying faith be a believing in Christ as Teacher, Ruler, &c. or only a receiving his Righteouſneſs, p. 251.
Ch. 8. Of Faiths Juſtifying Inſtrumentally, p. 251.
Ch. 9. Whether Faith it ſelf be Imputed for Righteouſneſs, p. 252.
Ch. 10. Whether it be a change in God to juſtifie the (before) unjuſtified, p. 256.
Ch. 11. Whether a juſtified man ſhould fear becoming unjustified? ibid.
Ch. 12. Of mans power to believe: and our calling the unregenerate to Duty, p. 258.
Ch. 13. Of the witneſs of the Spirit, and of Evidences of Juſtification, p. 261. The Concluſion.
The twelfth days Conference with a (learned) Lutherane.
Whether the difference among Chriſtians about Merit, be as great as ſome think it, p. 263.
Some Proteſtants (and the late Lecturers) Reaſons againſt Merit propoſed, p. 265. and the caſe opened.
Of the Doctrine of the Council of Trent, p. 266, &c.
Of condignity, p. 267.
The Doctrine of Vega, Scotus, Waldenſis, Eckius, Marſilius, Bellarmine, Greg. Armin. Durand. Brugenſ. Cuſanus, Stapleton, Bradwardine, Soto, Bonaventure ſt. Clara, and all the Schoolmen as he judgeth, Carthuſ: Caſſander, p. 270.
Holineſs and Glory a greater gift than Glory without holineſs, p. 271.
Aquinas judgment. His confuſion occaſioned by his opinion that the new Law is that which is in the heart, and not written, viz. the Spirit (as the Quakers hold) ib.
Vaſquez denyeth Commutative Juſtice in God, with all the School Doctors, (17 of them cited). He confuteth it (even as to Chriſt). He denyeth proper Diſtributive Juſtice alſo in God, citing Bonavent. Scotus, Durand. Palud. Gabriel, Alexand. Aquin. &c. p. 272, &c.
Aquinas ſenſe, in Carbo's words, p. 275.
Many Schoolmen deny as much as Legal or Governing Juſtice in God. Ruiz citeth for this Argent. Baſſol. Suarez, Peſant: Suarez ſaith, God's promiſes are but naked Aſſertions declaring his Will. Durand. that promiſes ſignifie not obligation: Greg. Armin. That the Crown is no Debt, but of free Ordination. Marſil. That God is no Debtor, but free Giver: Scotus, Major, Ricard. deny God to be a Debtor by his promiſe, but hold that Merits are ſuch by Promiſe. Ruiz ſaith (againſt Suarez) That Promiſes are more than Aſſertions, but that God's obligation is to himſelf, p. 276.
Medina againſt Meriting Remiſſion, p. 277.
Against Preparation, p. 277.
Contarenus judgment. Fiſher's of Rocheſter, p. 278.
The words of Tolet, p. 280.
The thirteenth days Conference, with a Sectary.
Of the great errors, ſin and danger which many Ignorant Profeſſors fall into, on the pretence of abhorring and avoiding Popery, p. 283.
The ſins of ſuch as Calumniate ſound Teachers as favouring Popery, p. 285.
Errors vended by ſome Protestants through an injudicious oppoſition to Popery, p. 287.
It's neceſſary that we mention them and repent of them, p. 288.
Wherein theſe Sectaries agree with the Papiſts while they over-oppoſe them, p. 289.
The great miſchief that is done by railing at Truth as Popery, and calling good things Anti-Christian, and prating thus before they underſtand, p. 289.
More of ſuch miſchiefs, with Counſel to the Guilty, p. 291, &c.
Horrid Lies of Papiſts againſt Proteſtants, inſtanced out of Tympius, ſhould warn us that we imitate them not. More Objections anſwered, p. 296, &c.