A Key for Catholics, Table of contents – Treatise 1
The Contents.
CHap. 1. Popery no way to Unity, page 1.
Chap. 2. Directions for them that will deal with a Papiſt, p. 5.
Chap. 3. Argum. 1. Againſt Popery, by which every honeſt godly man is ſecured from them, p. 9.
Chap. 4. The ſecond Argument, p. 16.
Chap. 5. Argum. 3. That depoſing Kings that will not exterminate us, and abſolving Subjects from their Allegiance, and giving their Dominions to others, is an Article of the Papiſts Faith, p. 17, 18.
Chap. 6. Argum. 4. The Church of Rome unholy in its Eſſentials, p. 21, 22, &c.
Chap. 7. Argum. 5. The Papiſts of more then One Church, yet each part pretending to be the Catholick Church, p. 26.
Chap. 8. Argum. 6. The Church of Rome hath diſcontinued, p. 31.
Chap. 9. Argum. 7. From ſenſe; ſecuring all men from Popery that will believe their eyes, or any of their or others ſenſes,—p. 32. H. T's frivolous anſwer refelled, p. 34.
Chap. 10. Detect. 1. Prove them but guilty of one Error in Faith, and all Popery is confuted, p. 38.
Chap. 11. Detect. 2. A Doctrine ſo contrary to Scripture and it ſelf, cannot be free from Error, p. 39.
Chap. 12. Detect. 3. Agree on the way of proof, before you diſpute: Papiſts will take neither Senſe, Reaſon, Scripture, nor the Tradition or Judgement of the greater part of the Church for judge or proof, p. 41.
Chap. 13. Detect. 4. Underſtand what they mean, when they call to you for a Judge of Controverſies. How far a Judge is neceſſary, and who. p. 43.
Chap. 14. Detect. 5. They pretend, that in their way there is an End of Controverſies, but in ours there is none: Detected, p. 46.
Chap. 15. Detect. 6. Their boaſt of Unity, and reproaching us with Diviſions, Detected, p. 52.
Chap. 16. Detect. 7. Their confounding the Eſſentials and Integrals of Chriſtianity Detected, p. 63.
Chap. 17. Detect. 8. Their extolling the judgement of the Catholick Church Detected: It is againſt them, p. 71.
Chap. 18. Detect. 9. Some of their deluding Ambiguities Detected. 1. In the word [Church] 2. In the word [Pope.] 3. [A General Council.] Bring them to Define what they mean by theſe, and you break them, p. 73.
Chap. 19. Detect. 10. Their Confounding 1. An humane Ordinance, and a Divine. 2. Meere Primacy with Soveraignty. 3. An alterable Order with an unalterable Eſſential, Detected, p. 81.
Chap. 20. Detect. 11. The vanity of their pretending Tradition detected, p. 86. How far we are for Tradition, p. 87. Tradition confoundeth Popery, p. 98.
Chap. 21. Detect. 12. Their pretence that the Greeks and all other Churches were once under the Pope, Detected, p. 102.
Chap. 22. Detect. 13. Their plea that the Church of Rome is a True Church, and therefore we are Schiſmaticks for ſeparating from it, Detected, p. 103.
Chap. 23. Detect. 14. Their pretending to fixed Unity and ſettledneſs, and that we are at uncertainty, incoherent, and changelings, Detected, p. 107.
Chap. 24. Detect. 15. Their plea that our Church and Religion is new, and theirs old; and their calling for a Catalogue, and proof of the Succeſsion of our Church before Luther, Detected; and our Church made known to them, p. 115. And vindicated from H. Turbervile's exceptions. Proved fully that perſons differing in points of Faith are Chriſtians, and of the ſame Church, p. 125, 127, &c. And that the Abaſſines, Armenians, Copties, Greeks, &c. are of the ſame Church with us, proved. H. T's proof of their Succeſsion confuted, to▪ p. 141.
Chap. 25. Detect. 16. Their jumbling all our differences together, and then making leſſer or common differences to be the Proteſtant Religion, Detected, p. 141.
Thirty two points of Popery named, which they are challenged to prove a Succeſsion of, with my promiſe to receive what is ſo proved, p. 142. H. T's Arguments for the Succeſsion of their Doctrine confuted to p. 155.
Papiſts have thoſe in their Church that differ in point of Faith, p. 155.
No ſuch difference between us and the moſt of the Chriſtian world as can prove us not of the ſame Catholick Church, proved againſt H. T. in the inſtances, 1. Of Invocation of Saints, p. 157. 2. Praying for the dead, p. 160. 3. Veneration or Adoration of Images, Croſs and Reliques, p. 162. 4. Tranſubſtantiation, 5. Satiſfaction and Purgatory, 6. Of Faſts, Free-will, &c.
Chap. 26. Detect. 17. Their falſe interpretation of the ſayings of Ancients, from whence they would extort a proof of their Soveraignty, Detected in eight inſtances, p. 169.
Chap. 27. Detect. 18. Their corrupting Councils and Fathers, and citing ſuch, Detected, p. 176.
Chap. 28. Detect. 19. Their perſwading the people that we are all Lyars, that nothing we ſay and write may be regarded, p. 182.
Chap. 29. Detect. 20. Their feigned Miracles: 184. The ſtory of the Boy of Bilſon, p. 185.
Chap. 30. Detect. 21. Their Impudent ſlanders. The horrid Lyes againſt Luther and Calvin, inſiſted on by the Marqueſs of Worceſter, and their common Writers, fully detected, p. 189.
Chap. 31. Detect. 22. Their quarrels at our Tranſlations of Scripture, p. 200.
Chap. 32. Detect. 23. Their deſign to make the Miniſters odious to the people. Their riches and ours compared, p. 201.
Chap. 33. Detect. 24. Their cavils againſt our Miniſtry, Ordination and Succeſsion, confuted, p. 205.
Chap. 34. Detect. 25. Their pretence of the Holineſs of their Church, and the unholineſs of ours: And 1. Of their Canonized Saints, p. 214, 217. 2. Of the ſtrictneſs of their Religious Orders. 3. Of their unmarryed Clergie, p. 227. 4. Their Holy Ceremonies.
Chap. 35. Detect. 26. Their demanding of us to tell them when every one of their Corruptions did begin, p. 233. Their Novelty proved, p. 234, &c.
A Confutation of a Papiſts M. S. on this point, which was ſent to Mr. Millard, neer Sturbridge, p. 244.
Chap. 36. Detect. 27. They charge us with New Articles, for denying their new Articles of Faith, and then bid us prove the Succeſsion of our Negatives, p. 258.
Chap. 37. Detect. 28. They conclude that theirs is the ſafer Religion, becauſe it is moſt uncharitable and damneth others, and ours the leſs ſafe becauſe the more charitable, p. 261. They admit or ſave Heathens while they would damn Proteſtants, proved, p. 265.
Chap. 38. Detect. 29. They win the Great ones and multitude by ſuiting their Doctrine and Worſhip to the fleſhly conceits and inclinations of ungodly men, p. 271. ſhewed in twenty inſtances.
Chap. 39. Detect. 30. They pick up the miſtakes or harſh paſſages of ſome particular Divines, and perſwade men that theſe are the Proteſtant Religion, p. 279. A Confutation of Cardinal Richlieu's twelve Accuſations or Arguments againſt the Proteſtants, p. 280, 281, &c.
Chap. 42. Detect. 33. Their pretence of a Divine inſtitution, and Natural Excellency of a viſible Monarchical Government of the whole Church Detected, p. 297. An Anſwer to the ridiculous Reaſons of Cardinal Boverius to Prince Charles, p. 297.
Chap. 43. Detect. 34. Their new device of receiving nothing as Scripture Evidence; but the expreſs words, p 307.
Chap. 44. Detect. 35. They chooſe ſuch perſons to diſpute with againſt whom they have ſome notable advantage, p. 312.
Chap. 45. Detect. 36. Their deſigns to divide us, or ſow Hereſies among the Vulgar, and then draw them to ſome odious practices, p. 313. About our late changes and warres, and Hereſies in England. The Proteſtants, and particularly the Presbyterians vindicated from their charge of killing the late King, p. 321. Yet the caſe different from theirs, p. 323. How Papiſts have crept into moſt parties, p. 327. What Hereſies and Sects are their proper ſpawn, p. 330.
Chap. 46. Detect. 37. They Hide themſelves (in their Agents and new Converts:) The means: Our danger by the Hiders: The Detection, p. 337. to 345.
Chap. 47. Detect. 38. Their exceeding induſtry to pervert men of Intereſt and power, p. 345.
Chap. 48. Detect. 39. Their Treaſons againſt the lives of Princes and the Peace of Nations, and their diſſolving the bond of Oaths and Covenants, and making Perjury and Rebellion to ſeem Duties and Meritorius, p. 348. proved from themſelves; their recrimination about the late Kings death further refelled, p. 355.
Chap. 49. Detect. 40. Their laſt courſe is to turn to open Hoſtility, and ſtir up Princes to war and blood, p. 356.
Chap. 50. Some Propoſals to the Papiſts for a (Hopeleſs) Peace, p. 364.
The Contents of the Second Part.
Queſt. WHether the way to heal the Diviſions in the Churches of Chriſt, be by drawing them all into One Univerſal Viſible Political body, under One Univerſal viſible Head or Government? Or whether the Catholick Church be a body ſo United and Governed? Neg.
Chap. 1. Shewing the Occaſions and reaſons of this writing, eſpecially as from the Grotians: Mr. Pierce's exceptions manifeſted to be frivelous, p. 379. Grotius ſpeaking Engliſh to gratifie Mr. Pierce, p. 383.
Chap. 2. The true ſtate of the Controverſie: and what Conſociations of Paſtors, and union of Churches we grant, p. 394.
Chap. 3. Our Arguments for the Negative. Fifteen Reaſons againſt the Popes Soveraignty briefly named, p. 402.
Againſt the Headſhip of Pope or General Councils. Argum. 1. From the non-exiſtence of an univerſal Head, p. 404.
Argum. 2. It never did exiſt, much leſs in continued ſucceſsion, p. 406.
Argum. 3. A General Council unneceſſary, impoſsible, and would be unjuſt, p. 409. proved to p. 421.
Argum. 4. If aſſembled, it could not poſsibly do the work of the Head or Soveraign, p. 421.
Argum. 5. None hath power to ſummon a General Council, p. 421.
Argum. 6. Pope nor Council have not the Legiſlative Power, to the Church Univerſal, p. 423.
Argum. 7. Pope nor Council are not the Fountain of Power to all Church-officers, p. 425.
Argum. 8. In great Cauſes all may not appeal to them, nor can they finally decide, p. 425.
Argum. 9. They cannot put down other inferior officers through the world, p. 426.
Argum. 10. & 11. Our Relation to ſuch a Head not Eſſential to our Chriſtianity, nor are we baptized into ſuch a Head, p. 127.
Argum. 12. This Head no Principle anciently taught the Catechized, p. 428.
Argum. 13. & 14. It is no Treaſon or damning ſin to deny this Head. Nor are all Chriſtians bound to ſtudy the Laws of Popes and Councils, p. 428, 429.
Argum. 15. & 16. The Head of the Church muſt be evident to all the members: and his Laws certain, p. 430.
Argum. 17. & 18. Councils and Decretals muſt not be uſually preached. A Viſible Head not agreed on among Papiſts: and therefore as none, p. 431.
Argum. 19. No ſuch Head revealed in Scripture, p. 432.
Argum. 20. The Scripture appropriates the Soveraignty to Chriſt only, p. 433. Proved; and the Objections anſwered.
Chap. 4. Opening the true grounds on which the Churches Unity and Peace muſt be ſought, and the means that muſt be uſed to attain ſo much as is here to be expected.
1. The General Grounds, p. 440.
The true particular Grounds of Peace, in twenty Propoſitions, p. 442.
What unity to be here expected, p. 443.
The Applications of the foreſaid Grounds, or the reduction of them into practice, p. 453.
The Concluſion, p. 455.
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