Naked popery, Table of contents – Errata
THE CONTENTS.
CHAP. I.
WHether Chriſt hath not left us ſure and eaſie notice what the Chriſtian Religion is: what it is, and how delivered to us, in three degrees. 1. The Eſſentials generally in the Sacramental Covenant. 2. The Expoſition of the Eſſentials in three ſummaries, the Creed, Lords Prayer and Decalogue. 3. The Eſſentials, Integrals and needful Accidentals in the whole Canonical Scripture. p. 1, &c.
Our Confeſſion, Articles, Books, and Sermons are but the expreſſions of our Subjective Religion, or fides menſurata, and are not our Objective and fides menſurans in terminis. p. 9.
The Papiſts confeſs every word of our Objective Religion to be Divine and Infallible. But we confeſs not the truth of all theirs. They blame us only, 1. As not having enough. 2. And as not receiving it the right way. p. 9.
I. Whether the Papiſts Religion be better than ours, as bigger? Some Queries of the Antiquity of the belief of the Roman additions, viz. the Apocrypha and the Decrees of all the Councils, &c. p. 10, &c. What Implicite Faith we are agreed in, and what not. p. 12. The Papiſts confeſs that their Church hath not kept God's own written word without many hundred errours, and ſo not all that is de fide. p. 13. Therefore they muſt needs diſtinguiſh the Eſſentials of Chriſtianity from other points.
Of Implicite belief in the Pope and Councils. p. 13. &c.
II. Whether it was or is neceſſary to receive Chriſtianity as from the Infallibility or Authority of the Pope and Papiſts (or Councils) p. 19. &c. We have much more and ſurer Tradition for our Religion than that which the Papiſts would have us truſt to. 20. The difference of our Tradition from theirs. Whether Rome or a Church there may not ceaſe. p. 22. Whether the Seat, the Election, or what doth prove the Pope to be St. Peter's ſucceſſour. p. 23. Whether Books or oral Tradition by Memory of all Generations, be the ſurer preſervative of the Faith. p. 24.
CHAP. II.
THe Puritane is ambiguouſly named, and falſly deſcribed. p. 25.
Of Imputed Righteouſneſs. p. 30. Puritanes not againſt external worſhip, nor all Ceremonies. p. 36. Of their Uſage. ibid.
The Puritans judgment about Faſts Holy-days, Ceremonies, &c. p. 38. The Papiſt writer knoweth not what the Puritans Religion is. p. 40. The true Religion of a Puritane deſcribed. p. 41, 42. 1. The writer wrongeth his Relations. 2. He declareth that he was before an ungodly perfidious Hypocrite, and no true Puritane, and therefore no wonder that he turned Papiſt. p. 43.
None but ſuch can turn Papiſts without ſelf Contradiction.
His ſlander of the Puritanes, that they think Piety, Charity, Humility and other Chriſtian Virtues not poſſible and neceſſary to ſalvation. p. 45.
CHAP. III.
HIs hard Character of Prelatical Proteſtants. p. 46.
Many Nonconformiſts are Epiſcopal; therefore not diſlinguiſhable by that name. p. 47.
What men many Biſhops and Conformiſts have been and are in England. p. 48.
The Religion which is uppermoſt, right or wrong, will be profeſſed uſually by the moſt, and therefore by bad men. p. 49.
It is worſe with the Papiſts, who are many very bad, even where they differ from ſuperiours and ſuffer. ibid.
His accuſations of Puritanes and Prelaticks Proteſtants about imputed Righteouſneſs and inherent confuted: A true deſcription of the Proteſtants judgment of juſtifying Righteouſneſs. p. 51, 52, &c.
His deriſion of Imputed Righteouſneſs as a Mummery. p. 54, 55. His groſs ſlander that we are for [meer Imputed Holineſs.] p. 55.
The true middle way about Indifferent Rituals. p. 56.
I. Of his charge on Prelatiſts for ſilencing Puritanes for not obſerving Faſts, &c. which they neglect themſelves. p. 57.
Puritanes and Papiſts faſting.
2. Of wax tapers on the Altar. p. 58.
3. Of the Sign of the Croſs. p. 58, 59.
4. Of the real preſence. p. 60.
5. Of Confeſſion and Abſolution. p. 61.
6. Of bowing at the Name Jeſus, and Images. p. 62.
7. Of the Surplice, Girdle, Stole, and Caſuble. p. 63.
8. Of praying for the Dead. p. 64.
9. Of the Government of the Pope and Councils. p. 65.
1. Whether Gods Wiſdom require it. 2. Civil and Eccleſiaſtick Monarchy of the whole world, Compared. p. 66, 67.
3. Is the Pope Univerſal Apoſtle or Teacher? p. 55.
4. Whether the Pope be Head but in the Vacancy of Councils? p. 66. 5. Moſt of the Chriſtian World by far are no Papiſts. 68. 6. The Pope diſſenteth from General Councils, and ſo far from the Univerſal Church: we own them when he doth not. 69. 7. The difference between the Kings Headſhip and the Popes. 37. 8. Puritanes are for the Kings ſupremacie. 70. 9. How far they ſubmit their judgment to the Churches. p. 70. 10. The Church teacheth us the Faith, but may not judge in partem utramlibet, viz. that there is no God, no Chriſt, no Heaven, &c. p. 71.
II. It's Schiſmatical and worſe to feign that various habite, Geſtures, Meats, &c. make various Religions. Q. 1. Do variety of Liturgies make various Religions? 2. Is not Religion more concerned in the Papiſts Doctrinal Differences among themſelves about Predeſtination, Grace, Free-will, the immaculate conception and hundreds more in the School Doctors, and about the depoſing, excommunicating and killing Kings, and about all the Controverſies mentioned by the Janſeniſts in the Jeſuits Morals, and by Mr. Clarkſon in the Practical Divinity of the Papiſts, than in variety of Clothes, Formes or Ceremonies? And is it not as laudable for Proteſtants to hold Union and Communion with them that uſe not the ſame words or rites, as in the Church of Rome to tolerate without ſo much as any diſowning cenſure, the foreſaid Doctrinal Differences about King killing (when excommunicate) Murder, Adultery, Fornication, Perjury, Lying, Stealing, &c. mentioned in the foreſaid Books. p. 72.
CHAP. IV.
H. W's ill forming Accuſations, which he can beſt anſwer. p. 77. What Grotius meant by Papiſts. p. 79.
I. Of Papiſts Image-worſhip. p. 79.
II. Of Popes Pardons. p. 80.
III. Their praying to the Virgin Mary. 83.
IV. Latine prayers. 84.
V. Implicite belief in Teachers. 85.
VI. Preferring the Churches Laws to Gods. 87.
VII. Obedience. 88.
CHAP. V.
THe true Hiſtory of the Papacie, its original and growth. 94.
1. The ancient Church took not the Papacie to be of Gods inſtitution, but Mans, fully proved. p. 99. &c.
2. The Roman Primacie was ever but one Empire, and not all the Chriſtian People in the world, proved. p. 103, &c.
3. Councils were General only as to the Empire, and not the World. p. 104. Five exceptions. p. 106.
Remarks upon the Africans pretended ſchiſm (Auſtin being one.) p. 112. The not able words of Mel. Canus againſt the Roman Univerſality. 113.
The means of the Popes last growth to maturity. 119.
The doctrines by which they do their work. p. 122.
1. Depreſſing the Scriptures ſufficiency and crying up their Traditions, which are again conjuted. 123.
2. Pretending Antiquity and Univerſality. 125. Both confuted. The objection of Hereſie and Schiſm to other Churches anſwered. p. 127.
3. Aggravating our Diviſions and boaſting of their Unity. p. 128.
Even the ſcandalous contending Sects among Proteſtants have more Unity with each other than the Papiſts, proved.
4. Their vile Counſel to men to ſuſpect all Religion and ſuſpend it, to make them Papists: Boverius to our late King. p. 131.
CHAP. VI.
WHat the Pope is in forty Characters, or inadequate conceptions of him. p. 134. &c.
CHAP. VII.
WHat a Papiſt is. The word [PAPIST] is equivocal. Many ſorts are called Papiſts that differ both in the Foundation and the very Form and the Subject and the Terminus of Church Power, and are not formally one Church as is commonly thought. pag. 165.
A PAPIST of the moſt learned ſort deſcribed, who placeth the Authority Univerſal and the Infallibility in the Pope and Council agreeing: Thirty Properties or Characters of them. The firſt about the Reſolution of their Faith into the Authority or Infallibility of the Church propoſing. How Proteſtants reſolve their Faith, and how they take it from their Teachers. p. 169. &c.
See the reſt.
CHAP. VIII.
WHat the Papiſts Church called the Roman Catholick Church is, in twenty Characters. p. 184.
CHAP. IX.
TWenty Properties of the Proteſtant's Religion as it differeth from Popery. 187.
ERRATA.
PAge 26. line 28. for Turrian read Piſanus. p. 76. l. 7. for in r. it. p. 97. l. 21. r. Presbyters. p. 93. l. 20. r. Roman. p. 94. l. 2. for or r. of. p. 107. l. 1. for Gothes r. Vandals. p. 110. l. 4. dele and. p 115. l. 13. for Com. r. Corn. p. 123. l. 11. r. Libraries. p. 156. l. 28. r. Greatreaks.
Errata, in Roman Tradition, &c.
Page 18. l. 1. for moſt real r. Moral. p. 20. l. 5. r. Georgians. p. 29. l. 16. r. Sirmium. p. 37. l. 5. for ſind r. ſaid.
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