Second Reply to Baxter, Table of contents
The CONTENTS.
The First Part defends the Treatise of Baptism against Mr. B's charge of forgery.
CHAP. I. Shews his owning 12. if not 13. chapters of the 14 chapters of that Book.
1st. By confirming the Anabaptists Arguments for believers Baptism to p. 18. 2ly. By justifying their Arguments against Infants Baptism to p. 33. 3ly. By his eminent witness against humane invention and addition to Gods worship. p. 30. &c.
What he offers to reconcile his contradiction is fully Answered, p. 24. &c.
CHAP. II. Justifyes the witness against Infants Baptism against his Cavils and how farr he ownes the 14. chapter also.
Sect. 1. Justifyes Tertullians witness, p. 33. Sect. 2. the Donatists, p. 35. Sect. 3. The old Britans. p. 54. Sect. 4. The witness out of the Dutch books of Martyrs. Sect. 5. The Waldenses. 1st. from their confessions of faith p. … 2ly. from their leading-men, viz. Beringarius p. 93. Pet. Bruis Henricus and Arnoldus, p. 97. &c. 3ly. from the learned writers and decrees of Councils p. 109. Whreein is shewed that the Waldenses were called Manichees and why, p. 110. 4ly from the footsteps they left hereof in diverse Countrys p. 120. And amongst the rest in England amongst the Lollards and Wickliffists and wherein Jo. Wick. witnesse is fully justified. p. 121.
Mr. B's. notorious abuse of the Waldenses in fathering a Popish confession upon them, p. 84. His Egregious mistakes about Beringarius p. 94. His several confident false assertions about the 2d Lateran Council respecting Pet. Bruis p. And his notorious abuse of John Wickliff in many particulars. p. 139. Detected.
The Second Part makes good the charge of slander and Contradiction against Mr. B's writings.
CHAP. I. Proves M. B's slanders against the Anabaptists and Vanists p. 154. The danger and evil of slander (by his own Rules) brought home to himself, 188.
CHAP. II. Detects M. B's manifold Contradictions in his writings, viz.
Sect. 1. About Episcopacy, having sometimes been violently against it p. 177. both in its Government in Diocess and parisbes, 178. Lyturgy 178. and 189. &c. Ministry 181. And again zealously for it 183. Rites, Government 183. Service and most disputable Ceremonies, p. 185. Parish-Communion, 187. And eminently for the Liturgy, 189. Severely censuring the dissenters or Non-conformists 192. contradicts himself again therein, 195. Jesuitical Equivocation 195. Mock-repentance, 197.
Sect. 2. About Non-conformity, sometimes highly for it, Then a great opposer thereof. 202.
Sect. 3. About Arminianism, sometimes an opposer then a great defender thereof. 204.
Sect. 4. About the Parliament and their Cause, how 1st he defends then highly censures the same. p. 206.
Sect 5. About Tradition, sometimes against then a pleader for it, 207. particularly, 1st. A great opposer of the Tradition of the Creed, 209. 2ly A great defender of the same 213. His notorious absurdity that it was writ by the Apostles 12 years hefore any …ook of the New Testament was writ 236.
Sect. 6. About Popery, which he hath sometimes violently impugned, 218. And again pleaded for it, viz. For many of the Popish Doctrines, 219. In opposition to the Protestant Doctrines, 222. Many learned men accuse Mr. B. of Popery 223. His Arguments in favour of Popery out of his Cath. Theol. 227. His evil dealing with the book of the Revelations 130. And his deriding those that conscientiously separate from Antichristian pollutions 233.
Sect. 7. His 42. superstitious Popisb Assertions, the contrary whereto he calls the sectarys New Commandements about Baptizing Children with the blasphemous chrysms, cringings, Crucifixes, Images, holyness of days, places, persons &c. 240 &c.
Sect. 8. His Jesuitical popish Quaerys about the Translation of the Scripture, and in derogation thereof, answered from his own pen and others &c. 243.
CHAP. III. Reproves Mr. William Allen for his Groundless complaint against me, and M. B. for abetting the same p. 245.
CHAP. IV. An Admonition to M. B. 1st. for slander and false accusation 2. Railing ill language 3. Notorious contradictions 4 Adding to & altering Gods worship 5. proud Dictatorship. 6. Forgery and abuse of Authors, 7. abetting others in evil, 8. False worship or Idolatry p. 256. &c.