Historical Defense of the Reformation, Table of contents
A TABLE OF THE CONTENTS of the CHAPTERS.
The Firſt Part. Wherein it is ſhewn that our Anceſtors were obliged to Examine by themſelves the State of Religion and of the Church, in their Days
CHap. I. General Conſiderations upon this Controverſy. The Diviſion of this Treatiſe Page 1.
Chap. II. That the State of the Government of the Latin Church ſome Ages ago, gave to our Fathers Prejudices of its Corruption in Doctrine and Worſhip, ſufficient to drive them more nearly to Examine their Religion. Page 8.
Chap. III. That the External State of that Religion it ſelf, had in the times of our Fathers Signs of its Corruption ſufficient to afford them juſt Motives to Examine it, Page 23.
Chap. IV. That ſuch a Corruption of the Latin Church as our Fathers had conceived, was no ways an Impoſſible thing. Page 37.
Chap. V. More particular Reflections upon that priviledge of Infallibility which they aſcribe to the Church, and of its Authority. Page 45.
Chap. VI. An Examination of the Proofs which they produce to Eſtabliſh the Infallibility of the Church-of Rome. Page 54.
Chap. VII. That the Authority of the Prelates of the Latin Church had not any Right to bind our Fathers to yield a blind Obedience to them, or to hinder them from Examining their Doctrines. Page 75.
Chap. VIII. A further Examination of that Authority of the Prelates, and that Abſolute Obedience which they pretend ought to be given them. Page 85.
Chap. IX. An Examen of thoſe Reaſons they Alledge to Eſtabliſh that Soveraign Authority of the Prelates in the Latin Church. Page 109.
The Second Part. Of the Juſtice of the REFORMATION.
CHap. I. That our Fathers could not expect a Reformation either from the hands of the Popes, or from thoſe of the Prelates. Page 125.
Chap. II. A Confirmation of the ſame thing, from the Hiſtory of that which paſſed in the firſt Quarrels of Luther with the Conrt of Rome concerning Indulgences. Page 142.
Chap. III. That our Fathers, not being able any more to hope for a Reformation on the part of the Pope or his Prelates, were indiſpenſably bound to provide for their own Salvation, and to Reform themſelves. Page 156.
Chap. IV. That our Fathers had a Lawful and ſufficient Call to Reform themſelves, and to labour to Reform others. Page 166.
Chap. V. An Anſwer to the Objections that are made againſt the Perſons of the Reformers. Page 177.
Chap. VI. A further Justification of the firſt Reformers against the Objections of the Author of the Prejudices contained in his Tenth and Eleventh Chapters. Page 196.
Chap. VII. An Anſwer to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Chapters of the Prejudices. Page 222.
Chap. VIII. That our Fathers in their Deſign of Reforming themſelves, were bound to take the Holy Scriptures alone for the Rule of their Faith. Page 241
Chap. IX. An Examination of the Objections which the Author of the Prejudices makes against the Scripture. Page 260.
The Third Part. Of the Obligation and Neceſſity that lay-upon our Fathers to ſeparate themſelves from the Church of Rome.
CHap. I. That our Fathers had juſt, ſufficient, and neceſſary Cauſes for their Separation, ſuppoſing that they had Right at the Bottom, in the Controverted Points. Page 1.
Chap. II. That our Fathers were bound to Separate themſelves from the Body of thoſe who poſſeſs'd the Ministry in the Church, and particularly in the See of Rome, ſuppoſing that they had a Right at the Foundation. Page 15.
Chap. III. That the Conduct of the Court of Rome, and thoſe of her Party, in reſpect of the Proteſtants, has given them a juſt cauſe to ſeparate themſelves from them, ſuppoſing that they had Right at the Foundation. Page 53.
Chap. IV. An Examination of the Objection of the Author of the Prejudices taken out of the Diſpute of Saint Auguſtine against the Schiſm of the Donatiſts. Page 79.
Chap. V. A further Examination of the Reaſoning of the Author of the Prejudices upon the Subject of our Separation. Page 113.
The Fourth Part. Of the Right that our Fathers had to hold a Chriſtian Society among themſelves, by Publick Aſſemblies, and the Exerciſe of the Miniſtry.
CHap. 1. That our Fathers had a Right to have their Church-Aſſemblies ſeparate from thoſe of the Church of Rome, on the Suppoſition that they were right in the Foundation. Page 1.
Chap. II.That the Society of the Protestants is not a new Cburch. Page 28.
Chap. III. That the Ministry Exerciſed in the Communion of the Protestants, is Lawful; and that the Call of their Ministers is ſo alſo. Page 48.
Chap. IV. An Anſwer to the Objections of the Author of the Prejudices about the Call of the first Reformers, and the Validity of our Baptiſm. P. 84,
The End of the CONTENTS of the CHAPTERS.