The Safe Religion, Table of contents
THE CONTENTS. Diſp. 1.
Q WHether the Reformed Catholike Chriſtian Religion, commonly called Proteſtant, be a ſafe way to ſalvation? Aff.
The terms explained to pag. 11
The firſt Argument p. 11
The ſecond Argument p. 14
The third Argument p. 16
Argument fourth p. 17. to 26.
Obj. 1. True Religion is but one, anſwered p. 26.
Obj 2. The true Religion hath ſtill had a viſible Chu…ch profeſſing it. p. 32
Obj. 3. Your Religion hath no certain teſt to diſcover it p. 40
Obj. 4. You have ſeparated from all the Churches in the world p. 41
Obj. 5. You are divided into Sects, and have no unity among your ſelves p. 42
Obj. 6. You have no infallible certainty of your Religion p. 43
Obj. 7. You want many Articles of the faith p. 45
Obj. 8 …ou condemn one another ibid.
Obj. 9. Your titles ſhew you are Sectaries p. 46
Obj. 10. You found us in poſſeſſion: where was your Church before Luther? 47. to 52
A Defence of Biſhop Uſhers Serm of the Churches unity, againſt the confutation of Paulus Veridicus: p. 52. to 77. Wherein the common Arguments of the Papiſts againſt us are refelled.
Diſp. 2. Q. Whether Popery be a ſafe way to ſalvation? Neg. p. 78
The term [Popery] and the reſt explained, to p. 84
Twelve propoſitions for the full anſwering of the queſtion p. 84
Argument 1. Popery is built upon and reſolved into a a notorious falſhood p. 91
Argument 2. They hold Chriſtianity it ſelf on a ground utterly uncertain, if not, certainly falſe. p. 93
Argument 3. They are diſagreed among themſelves in the very fundamentals p. 104
Argument 4. Popery is a novel profeſſion, unknown to the Apoſtles and Primitive Church p. 106
Argument 5. They make a new Catholike Church p. 110
Argument 6. They are the greateſt Schiſmaticks on earth p. 126
Argument 7. Popery is an uncertain changeable thing, ſo that a man can never tell when he hath it all p. 128
Argument 8. They expreſly contradict the word of God, and ſet up man above it p. 142
Argument 9. They worſhip the creature with Divine worſhip p.153
The monſtrouſneſs of Tranſubſtantiation p. 154
Arg. 10. They turn Gods worſhip into ſcenical formalities and Ceremonies p. 161
Arg. 11. Popery is upheld by moſt wicked meanes, and ſo by Satan p. 164
Arg. 12. They adde to all, impenitency and uncureableneſs p. 171
Arg. 13. It plungeth men into certain perjury p. 172
Objections for Popery. Obj. 1. It is delivered dow… from the Apoſtles: p. 175. Obj. 2. They are … true Church: p. 177. Obj. 3. A Papiſt may be ſaved: p. 179. Obj. 4. There is but one true Church, and thats theirs p. 180
Obj. 5. They have unity, univerſality, antiquity, ſucceſſion: p. 181. Confuted.
Diſp. 3. Q. Whether the infallible judge…ent of the Romane Pope and his Clergie muſt be the ground of our belief of the Chriſtian doctrine, or of our receiving the holy Scriptures as the word of God? Neg. p. 186
The Reſolution of the Proteſtants faith ibid
The Popiſh confuſion about the reſolution of their faith p. 189
Three queſtions contained in this one. 1. Whether the Pope and his Council be judge of controverſies? The truth opened in ten propoſitions p. 195
Arg. 1. p. 199. Arg. 2. p. 200. Arg. 3. p. 202. Arg 4 p. 20…
Obj. Shall every illiterate perſon be judge of the ſence of Scripture? p. 205
Q 2. Whether the Pope be infallibie in this deciſive judgement which he pretendeth to? p. 208.
What infallibility we hold p. 209
An anſwer to that which Bellarmine ſaith for the Popes infallibility p. 213. to 221
An anſwer to Knots arguments againſt Chillingworth p. 221. to 240
Arg. 2. againſt their infallibility from common ſenſe p. 240
Argument 3. from experience: p. 248. arg. 4. p 152. arg. 5. p. 253. arg. 6. p. 256. arg. 7. p. 257. arg 8 p. 258. arg 9. p. 259. arg. 10. p. 260. arg. 11. p. 262. arg. 12. p. 267. arg. 13. p. 267. arg. 14. p 268. arg. 15. p. 207. arg. 16. & 17. p. 272. arg. 18. p. 274. arg. 19. p. 277. arg. 20. p. 278.
Q 3. Whether our faith muſt be reſolved into the infallibility of the Romane authoritative judgment p 278
Two more Argu. againſt the Popes judgment p. 279
That we muſt not receive our Religion on the credit of his judgement, manifeſted in twenty queres p. 281
How Dr. H. Holden ſhuns the circle p. 282
The ancient Fathers and Church fully againſt them p. 295. to 351
Their Obj. againſt us for our want of infallibility, anſwered p. 351. to 356
More out of antiquity againſt them p. 357. to 364
Their own uſuraption againſt Scripture p. 365
Vincentius Lirinenſis againſt them p. 368. to 373
Dr. Fields Catalogue of Popiſh errors p. 375
Appendix, Biſhop Downames Catalogue of Popiſh errors: p. 381. to the end.