Irenicum to the Lover of Truth and Peace, Table of contents
The Contents.
Chap. 1. THe Text opened, and ſuitableneſs thereof ſhewed, p. 1.
Chap. 2. The evill of dividing between God and any thing elſe, p. 6.
Chap. 3. Heart-diviſions one from another: the difficulty of medling with them, 11. the Cauſes of them, and method in handling them, 12.
Chap. 4. The firſt Dividing Principle, There can be no agreement without uniformity, 14. wherein is ſhewn in what things it is neceſſary for peace we ſhould be the ſame, and in what not, 15.
Chap. 5. The ſecond Dividing Principle, All Religions are to be tolerated, wherein is diſcuſſed the power of the Magiſtrate in matters of Religion, 19. and 158.
Chap. 6. That question diſcuſſed, What ſhould be done to a man who pleads his conſcience, 30.
Chap. 7. The congregationall way does not held abſolute liberty for all Religions, 41.
Chap. 8. Not to tolerate any thing which is conceived evill, is a Dividing Principle, as well as to tolerate all things, 48.
Chap. 9. Rules to know in what things we are to beare with our brethren, 54.
Chap. 10. The fourth Dividing Principle, Diviſion is the beſt way for rule. Wherein the curſed evill of this Principle is ſhewn, and ſome freedome from it that are thought to be guilty of it, 72.
Chap. 11. The fifth Dividing Principle, That every man is bound to profeſs and practice alwayes, what he apprehends to be truth, Here that caſe of conſcience, When a man is bound to profeſſe, when not, is diſcuſſed, and what rules to be obſerved in it, 75 to 84.
Chap. 12. The ſixth Dividing Principle, is, What is in it ſelfe beſt, muſt be choſen and done, not weighing circumſtances or references, 84.
Chap. 13. The ſeventh Dividing Principle, That it is obſtinacy for a man to be convinced by the judgement of many more learned and godly then himſelf. 87. Wherein is ſhewn 1. what reſpect is to be given to the judgments of learned and godly men; 2. what men ſhould do that cannot ſubmit to their judgements; by what rules we ſhould judge men to be obſtinate, 88.
Chap. 14. If others be againſt what we conceive to be truth, we may judge them to go againſt their owne light: the raſhneſſe and evill of this Principle, 95.
The ninth Dividing Principle, That rules of prudence are ſufficient to guide us in naturall and civill things, therefore they may ſuffice us in ſpirituall and Church affaires, 97. to 100.
The tenth Dividing Principle, Every difference in Religion is a differing Religion, 100.
Chap. 15. Dividing Diſtempers; what they are, how they cauſe Diviſions, 105.
Chap. 21. Dividing Practices: what they are, 145.
Chap. 23. Diſorderly gathering of Churches: divers things diſcuſſed about it, 162.
Chap. 25. Characterizing the names of diviſion, amongst others the name of Schiſmatick. The point of Schiſme, who is a Schiſmaticke, who not, is diſcuſſed, 171.
9. Becauſe men cannot joyn in all things, they will joyn in nothing, 182. The point of hearing ſuch as are ſuppoſed not to have a lawfull calling, diſcuſſed, 183.
Chap. 27. The evill of diviſions, how much good they hinder, 189.
Aggravations of the ſinfulneſſe of our diviſions, 209.
Chap. 29. The wofull miſeries of our Diviſions, 217.
Futher Aggravations of this miſery of our Diviſions, 221.
The ill uſes that are made of our Diviſions, 226.
Reaſons why it is not to be wondred at, that godly men ſhould be divid…d, 237.
That Chriſt and the Goſpel occaſion diviſions, and how, 245.
The good uſe to be made of our Diviſions, 247. The cure of them, 252.
Fourteen joyning Principles, from 254. to 267.
Fourteen joyning Conſiderations, from 268. to 280.
Eight joyning graces, 281.
Sixteene joyning Practiſes, 285.
An Exhortation to peaceable and brotherly union, ſhewing the excellency of it. 296.
FINIS.
End of the text · Jeremiah Burroughs, Irenicum to the Lover of Truth and Peace (1653)