The English Nonconformity Under King Charles II and James II, Table of contents – Errata
THE CONTENTS.
CHap. 1. The Introductory Conference.
Ch. 2. The things presupposed as agreed on.
Ch. 3. What our Nonconformity is not, in 50 Instances.
Ch. 4. A brief Enumeration of the things imposed on us, which are the Matter of our Nonconformity.
Ch. 5. I. Of Reordination.
Ch. 6. II. Of the Oath and Covenant of Canonical Obedience to Bishops and Ordinaries.
Ch. 7. III. Ordained Ministers forbidden to Preach, or Expound any Scripture, or Matter or Doctrine, Can. 49.
Ch. 8. IV. and V. Of Subscribing that there is nothing in three Books contrary to the Word of God, and Declaring Assent and Consent to all in the Liturgy, &c.
Ch. 9. VI. Of Assenting that it is CERTAIN by the Word of God, that Infants baptized dying before actual Sin, are undoubtedly saved (qua tales) not exceepting the seed of Atheists, Iews, or any.
Ch. 10. VII. Of the English sort of Godfathers at Baptism and their Vows.
Ch. 11. VIII. Of refusing to Baptize such as have not such Godfathers.
Ch. 12. IX. Of the Dedicating symbol of Crossing at Baptism.
Ch. 13. X. Of denying Baptism where Crossing is refused.
Ch. 14. XI. Of Rejecting from Communion all that dare not receive Kneeling.
Ch. 15. XII. Of consenting to the false Rule, as true, for finding Easter Day always: Whether small lyes be Sin?
Ch. 16. XIII. Of Pronouncing all Saved that are Buried, except the Excommunicate, Vnbaptized, and Self-Murderers.
Ch. 17. XIV. Of Consenting to read so much of the Apocrypha.
Ch. 18. XV. Of Assenting to Mis-translations of God's Word, and subscribing that they are not contrary to it.
Ch. 19. XVI. Of Consenting to reject all from Christian Communion, who desire not the English manner of Episcopal Confirmation.
C. 20. XVII. Of Consenting to all the Ornaments of Church and Ministers which were in use in the Second year of King Edw. 6.
Ch. 21. XVIII. Of giving account to the Ordinary of all that we keep from the Sacrament, that he may proceed against them according to the Canons: which leads us to consider those Canons.
Ch. 22. XIX. Of Publishing Lay-Chancellors Excommunications and Absolutions, according to the Canons.
Ch. 23. XX. Of Publishing Excommunications according to the fourth Canon.
Ch. 24. XXI. Of Publishing Excommunications according to the fifth Canon.
Ch. 25. XXII. Of Publishing Excommunications by the sixth Canon.
Ch. 26. XXIII. Of Publishing Excommunications by the seventh Canon.
Ch. 27. XXIV. Of Publishing Excommunications by the eighth Canon:
Ch. 28. XXV. Of Excommunicating all that call Dissenters a Church, according to the 9th, 10th, and 11th Canons.
Ch. 29. XXVI. Of executing Canon 27, rejecting Nonconformists from Communion.
Ch. 30. XXVII. Of refusing others Parishioners from Communion according to Can. 28.
Ch. 31. XXVIII. Of Can. 38. Excommunicating Ministers for Repenting of their Subscribing.
Ch. 32. XXIX. Of Can. 57. Excommunicating Men for going for Baptism and Communion from Ministers that never Preach to those that do.
Ch. 33. XXX. Of Can. 58. making the Surplice necessary to Ministration.
Ch. 34. XXXI. Of forcing Ministers by Can. 68. to Baptize all Children without exception of Atheists or Insidels.
Ch. 35. XXXII. Of Can. 72. against Fasts and Prayer unlicensed.
Ch. 36. XXXIII. Of Excommunication by the three last Canons.
Ch. 37. XXXIV. Of renouncing all Obligation by the Covenant, as on me or Any other, to Endeavour any alteration of Church Government.
Ch. 38. XXXV. Of the Oxford Oath, never to Endeavor such Al…io….
Ch. 39. XXXVI. Of Subscribing and Swearing that the Position is Traitorous of taking Arms by the King's Authority against those Commissioned by him in Pursuance of such Commission; without Exception. A Lord Keeper's Seal to a Commission to Conspirators to seize the King's Forts, Magazine and Guards may so depose him.
Ch. 40. XXXVII. Of Assenting and Consenting to the damning Clauses in Athanasius's Creed.
Ch. 41. XXXVIII. Of saying Common-Prayer twice a day, every day in the year or dinarily.
Ch. 42. XXXIX. Of forcing unwilling Men to the Sacrament and Accusing and Excommunicating the refusers.
Ch. 43. XL. Of forsaking our Ministry and ceasing to Preach the Gospel; Whether it be not Sacriledge and Cruelty in us: and of Banishment 5 miles from all Corporations, &c.
Ch. 44. Of Lay-Conformity. I. Whether all men must trust their Souls on the Pastoral Conduct of all such, as our Patrons will choose, and the Bishops institute.
Ch. 45. II. Whether Parents have not more right than our Patrons, to choose Pastors and Church-Communion for their Children.
Ch. 46. III. Of forcing Men to Schism, by renouncing Communion with true Christians and true Churches.
Chap. 47. IV. Of binding all the Laity to live without any more benefit of Church-Discipline, than is used by the Bishops and their Courts.
Ch. 48. V. Of discountenancing the fear of Sin, and the serious practice of Godliness: divers instances.
Ch. 49. VI. The Laity denied Baptism, who refuse the foresaid sort of Godfathers, excluding the Parents.
Ch. 50. VII. Baptism denied to them that dare not submit to the dedicating Symbol of Crossing.
Ch. 51. VIII. Of Rejecting not-kneelers from Church Communion.
Ch. 52. IX. Of denying Lay-men Communion in a Neighbour Parish-Church, when they dare not Communicate with their own Parishes: For the Reasons aforesaid.
Ch. 53. X. The Laity must Swear never to endeavour any Alteration of Government in the Church, without Exception.
Ch. 54. XI. The Laity must swear an Abhorrence of taking Arms against any Commissioned by the King, without Exception: when they understand not whether every one be the King's Commission that is signed by the Lord Chancellor or Privy Seal, though it be against Law, and tend to overthrow King and Kingdom.
Ch. 55. XII. Whether all trusted in Corporations may declare that there is no Obligation on them or any other, from the Oath call'd The Solemn League and Covenant, not so much as to repent of Sin, or oppose Profaneness, Popery or Schism, and defend the King: and so that G. Monk's Army, and all the rest of the Three Nations that restored the King as obliged to it by that Vow, were all deceived, and not so obliged: and whether all the Subjects must be sure of this?
Ch. 56. Of Thirty tremendous Circumstances and Principles which all agree in, that affright Men from Conformity.
Ch. 57. The Reasons for Conformity considered.
Ch. 58. Whether Communion with so faulty a Church be lawful. Separation confuted.
Ch. 59. A Draught (in ten Articles) of that which the Reconciling Nonconformists desire for healing our Church Divisions: In the words which they judge meetest to that use.
Ch. 60. The Reasons of those ten Articles distinctly render'd.
Ch. 61. Whether the Extirpation of the Nonconformists be not rather to be attempted, than a Vnion with them by these means: Handled with reference to a late Treasonable Plot against the King.
Ch. 62. Fifty Questions proposed to unjust Silencers.
ERRATA.
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