Concerning Certainty of Faith, Half title – Errata
Dr. Stillingfleet's ANSWER TO J. S's Catholick Letters.
Imprimatur, Liber cui Titulus, A Discourse Concerning the Nature and Grounds of the Cerrainty of Faith, &c.
Jan. 5. 1687. H. Maurice, Rmo in Christo, P. D. Wilhelmo Archiep. Cantuariensi, a Sacris.
A DISCOURSE Concerning the Nature and Grounds OF THE CERTAINTY OF FAITH, IN ANSWER To J. S. his Catholick Letters.
By EDW. STILLINGFLEET, D. D. Dean of St. Pauls.
LONDON: Printed for Henry Mortlock, at the Phoenix in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCLXXXVIII.
THE CONTENTS
THe Title of Catholick Letters Examin'd Page 1
How J. S. comes to be concerned in this Debate 3
His Doctrine denied to be Catholick by the Sorbon Doctors and others 5
His Self-Contradiction about it in seven Particulars 7
The State of the present Controversie about the Certainty of Faith 15
How it is altered by J. S. 25
Of the Certainty of Particular Points of Faith 27
The Grounds of the Certainty of Faith laid down by the General Consent of the School-Divines 31
J. S's main Argument against our Certainty of Faith Answer'd and Retorted 34
An Evident Proof of the Certainty of Faith without Infallibility 37
The Notion of a Rule of Faith Explained 38
The Sense of Tradition may be mistaken as well as Scripture 43
The Instances of it defended 44
The Second Argument, about Fallible Certainty, Answer'd. 49
The Third, about our Rule of Faith, being common to all Heresies, Answer'd 50
The Fourth, about making our Private Judgment our Rule, Answer'd 53
The Fifth, about Judgment of Discretion Consider'd and Answer'd 54
How far the Scripture is a Rule to our People 55
What Certainty they have as to things necessary to Salvation 61
What Judgment of Discretion allowed by him 62
That it doth not serve only to find an Infallible Authority proved at large 64
His severe Conclusion of his Third Letter Answer'd 69
The Answer to the Argument summ'd up 71
The Sixth Argument about the Apostles not using a Written Rule in their Preaching, Answer'd 73
The Seventh, about Points necessary to Salvation, Answer'd 74
The Similitude of the Purse defended 76
Scripture owned to be a Rule of Faith (though not complete) by the Divines of the Church of Rome 78
And that all Points simply necessary are therein contained 81
J. S. his Concession that all Points are not necessary to all Persons 83
Some Mens Vncertainty overthrows not the Certainty of Others 85
The Eighth Argument about the Certainty of the Letter of Scripture 86
J. S. overthrows it, by allowing it to be corrected by the Sense of the Faithful 87
The Grounds of our Certainty laid down 89
Of Human and Divine Faith 91
The Last Argument, about the Number of Canonical Books, Answer'd 92
No Books of the New Testament lost 93
How the Canon was entire in the First Ages 95
Of the Vniversal Consent of all Christian Churches 97
The Demonstration for Oral Tradition laid down 100
The Instance of the Greek Church not Answer'd 101
The Argument it self consider'd 104
A clear and distinct Answer given to it, and its notorious Fallacy laid open 105
How Errors might come into the Church 109
The late Instance of Molinos produced 109, 110
Many other Causes of Errors besides Forgetfulness and Malice set down ibid.
The Charge of Pelagianism defended against J. S. 113
Of the Council of Trents Proceeding on Tradition 115
The Proof that it did not, referr'd to another Discourse 116
ERRATA.
PAge 16. line 9. for as Mr. G. read as Mr. S. p. 32. Marg. for 9.6. times, r. q. for 19.9. r. 1, 2. q. ibid. Marg. l. 9. for the 2d. 13. r. A. 10. p. 62. l. 23. r. and how far, and. p. 105. l. 15. blot out not before really, l. 16. add not after are.