Animadversions on Doctor Heylins Quinquarticular History, Table of contents
THE CONTENTS.
AN Introduction, giving an account of the undertaking,
Page 1, 2.
Of the Blasphemy of Florinus; and whether Eusebius charge Blastus with it,
p. 3.
Irenaeus his Arguments against Florinus,
p. 4.
The Arguments of other Fathers against his Blasphemy,
p. 5.
Of the Libertines, and Calvin,
p. 6, 7, 8.
Of Mr. Archers Book, and its burning.
p. 9, 10.
Of Manes, Bardesanes, Colarbas, Priscilianus,
p. 11, 12, 13.
Luther no Manichee.
p. 14, 15.
Calvin no Bardesanist, nor Priscilianist,
p. 16.
Of Socinus denying Gods Prescience; and the Iesuits. Scientia media,
p. 19, to 23.
Of Pelagius his Heresie, &c.
p. 23, 24, 25.
Of the S…mipelagians,
p. 26, 27.
The Arminians follow the Pelagians and Semipepelagians; Calvin, Austin,
p. 27, to 35.
Of Godescalk,
p. 35, to 38.
Of the Councel of Trent,
p. 38, to 43.
Of the Condemnation of Jansenius,
p. 43, to 46.
The Opinion of the Piedmont Churches concerning Predestination and Grace.
p. 46, 47.
Of the Augustan Confession, by whom made. p. 49. not relished by the Papists, ib. drawn up in hast, p. 50. subscribed by Calvin and Zanchy,
ibid.
Melancthon not against Calvin in the point of Predestination, p. 51, to 55. Luther retracted not his Book De servo arbitrio, p. 55. An Article of the Confession explained,
p. 55, 56, 57.
Of the Liber Concordiae,
p. 57, 58, 59.
Of the Conference betwixt Beza and Andraeas.
p. 59, 60, 61.
Calvin not proved, to make God the Author of Sin,
p. 62, to 66.
Of his Horribile Decretum, p. 66, 67. Reprobation, as stated by him, not of such reproach among Papists, nor of such offence among the Lutherans as the Doctor pretends, 68, to 71. Iustified as to Castalio, 71, 72. No Supralapsarian, at least not the first,
p. 72, 73.
Of the different opinions concerning the object of Predestination,
p. 73.
Supralapsarians abused by the Doctor,
p. 74, 75.
Sublapsarian Opinion stated out of the Synod of Dort, p. 76, to 79. Answers to Mr Hoards objections against it,
p. 79. to 91.
Of the Remonstrants and Arminians,
p. 9…, to 104.
The Doctor's Parallel betwixt the Synod of Dort and the Councel of Trent disproved,
p. 104, to 112.
Of the Deputies of Utrecht and Maccovius,
p. 112, 113.
… Remonstrants not used cruelly,
p. 114.
… made the Author of Sin by those who charge others to make him such,
p. 116, to 120.
The City of Sedan abused,
p. 120.
Episcopius his humour described,
p. 121.
The Remonstrants cannot joyn with any Christian Church,
p. 122.
The Charge against the Remonstrants made good,
p. 123, to 127.
Whether their Opinions tend to Popery,
p. 127, to 138.
Wickliff defended,
p. 139, to 146.
Tindal, Barnes, Frith justified and commended,
p. 146, 147.
Dr. Heylin's mistakes about our Reformation and Reformers in England rectified,
p. 148, to 157.
The English Article about Predestination laid down, and its sense, p. 157, to 160. The Historians Observations therefrom considered and confuted,
p. 160, to 165.
Of the Liturgy, p. 165. K. Edw. Catechism,
ib.
Of the Iudgment of our Martyrs, Mr. Rogers, p. 166, 167. Cranmer, Ridley, p. 167, to 170. Philpot, p. 170. Bradford,
p. 170, to 175.
Of Peter Martyr and Bucer,
p. 175, to 178.
Of the Geneva Bible,
p. 178, 179.
Hooper and Latimer no Friends to Arminianism,
p. 179, to 182.
Calvin's Reprobation misrepresented by Dr. H. p. 182. as also his Doctrine concerning Perseverance,
p. 184.
Of the sixteenth Article of our Church,
p. 185. to 191.
Calvinists no new Gospellers,
p. 192, 193.
Of Campneys, Veron, Crowley,
p. 193, 194.
Of Queen Elizabeths Articles,
p. 196, 197.
Of Mr.Nowels Catechisme,
p. 197, to 200.
Of Queen Elizabeths Homilies,
p. 20▪0 201.
Of Mr. Harsnet, and Bishop King,
p. 202, 203.
Of Mr. Fox; His Martyrology vindicated,
p. 205, 206.
Mr. Perkins cleared,
p. 206, to 209.
Of Whitaker, Baro, Barret,
p. 209, &c.
Of the Lambeth Articles,
p. 211, &c.
Of the Questions and Answers put betwixt the Old and New Testament in former Bibles,
p. 214.
Of the Hampton-Court Conference,
p. 217.
Of the Irish Articles,
p. 219.
A Catalogue of Bishops preferred by King James,
p. 221.
Of Overal, Vorstius, our Divines at the Synod of Dort, Sympson, Tompsom, K. James his directions, Bridges, Mountague,
p. 221, to the end.
A Postscript concerning Barret,
p. 232, &c.
HISTORIA Quinq-Articularis Exarticulata; OR, ANIMADVERSIONS ON Doctor Heylin's QUINQUARTICULAR HISTORY.
IT is an happiness rather to be wished, than hoped for, that the Church of God should stand in need of no. Polemical Divines: for whilst Satan is Satan, and Men Men, and whilst the Righteous Judge of all Mankind sees meet to punish those who receive not the truth in the love of it, by giving them up to strong delusions, there will be Hereticks wresting the Scriptures, and opposing the Faith once delivered to the Saints. Against these, as many as had any regard of mens precious and immortal souls, have in all Ages thought themselves obliged to contend earnestly, and that with two sorts of weapons: The first Apodictical, proving the truth, and refelling the errors opposite to it, by evidence of Scriptures, and strength of Reason; the second Historical, confirming Truth by the Testimonies and Authority of men renowned for Learning and Piety. The former are the weapons mighty through God to the throwing down of strong holds, but the later have also been used with good success; and indeed he must be a perfect stranger to all modesty and humility, who doth hastily embrace any assertion opposed by all, or the greatest part of the Fathers, Martyrs and Reformers of the Church. With these later Weapons I intend (he assisting who worketh in us both to will and to do,) to encounter the Reverend Doctor Peter Heylin, thought, it seems by the many importunate Letters sent to him, as able as any to strengthen the weak hands of Arminius, and his followers. I do in the entrance promise, to have in my eye that golden saying. Historici primum munus est, ne quid falsi dic… audeat, deinde, ne quid veri non audeat; ne qua suspicio gratiae sit in scribendo, ne qua simultatis: Which that the Doctor observed not, will be evident before I have done to all▪ but those who cannot or will not see. Our Subject must be the unhappy Quinquarticular Controversie, about which the Doctor had written something, in that part of his Certamen Epistolare, which was directed against Mr. Hickman. That Certamen, whether it pleased others or no, it seems pleased the Doctor himself so well, that he hath thought meet to repeat a good part of it in his Historia Quinquarticularis, and that without begging pardon for his Ta…tology. But this being a fault against my purse rather than against the Truth, I can easily forgive: and shall make some Animadversions on his History, and insert such Digression…, as I shall judge meet to decide the Controversie, Whet…er the Remonstrant or Contra-Remonstrant opinions be most agreeable to the sense of the Antient and Modern Reformed Protestant Churches, more especially this of England? If I evince not that the Contra-Remonstrant are, I refuse not the hardest Censure.
The Doctor in his first Chapter makes some declamatory attempts against such, As have either made God the Author of sin, or denyed the liberty of mans will, or attributed too much to the natural freedom of mans will, in the works of piety; Whether with that fidelity and candor that becomes an Historian, must now be examined.