A Body of Divinity, Table of contents 2 – Title page
The Table.
ALL men desire eternall life and happinesse. 3
Religion the meanes to obtaine it.
No salvation but by true Religion.
The divers kindes of false Religion.
What Christian Religion is.
Of Catechising. 4
What Catechising is.
Where to be used, and by whom.
The necessity of it.
True happinesse consisteth in God.
How we come to enjoy God.
Meanes to know God. By
His divine works.
His holy word.
5
Of the divine workes of God.
The uses of knowing God by his works.
Of Gods holy Word, the Scriptures. 6
How the Scriptures were delivered.
By Revelations.
By Oracles.
By visions. 7
What the Scripture is.
That the Scriptures are the Word of God. 8
Reasons to prove God to be the Author of the holy Scriptures.
1. Efficient; instrumentall.
2. The simplicitie and sincerity of the Writers.
3. The quality and condition of the pen-men of the holy Scriptures. 9
4. The holy matters of holy Scriptures.
5. The doctrine of Scriptures are above humane capacity.
6. The concord of the severall Writers one with another.
7. The Prophesies fulfilled in their due times.
8. The Majesty and authority of the Scriptures. 10
9. The motives used in them to perswade, not reason, but commands.
10. The end and scope of the Scripture, which is Gods glory.
11. Their admirable power.
12. Their antiquity.
13. The hatred of the devill and wicked men against them.
14. The preservation of the Scriptures.
15. The power to humble a man, and raise him up againe.
16. The consonant testimony of all men at all times. 11
17. The knowne miracles done by the Writers.
18. The testimony of the Spirit in the hearts of men.
What are the books of holy Scripture. 12
In what language the old Testament were first written, with vowels and pricks.
That the Scriptures of the old Testament were first written without pricks or vowels. 13
The Book of Moses.
The Booke of the Prophets.
The Historicall Books.
The Doctrinall Books.
The Poeticall books.
The Prosaicall books. 14
The Apocryphall Bookes.
The erroors of the Apocryphall books. 15
Of the books of the New Testament. 16
The properties of the holy scriptures. 17
1. Holy.
2. Highest in authority. 18
3. Sufficient in themselves.
That the Scriptures are a perfect Rule for doctrine, life, and salvation.
Objections against the sufficiency of the holy Scriptures answered. 20
Of the perspicuity of the holy Scripture. 21
The Papists objections against the perspicuity of the Scriptures answered. 22
Why God hath left some places of Scripture obscure. 23
Of the translations of holy Scriptures.
An objection grounded on various readings answered. 24
Why the Scriptures must be expounded by the Scriptures.
The use of the holy Scriptures. 25
Who must read the Scriptures.
That all must read the Scriptures proved.
The Papists objections against reading the Scriptures answered. 26
That there is a God. 27
Of the nature of God. 29
Of Gods essence. 30
The Name of God.
Of the Properties or Attributes of God. 32
A description of God.
God is a spirit. 33
The perfection of God.
The felicity of God.
Of the simplenesse, or singlenesse of God. 35
Gods infinitenesse. 36
Gods immensity or greatnesse. 37
Gods eternity. 38
The life of God. 39
Of the knowledge or wisedome of God.
Fore-knowledge or counsell of God.
The counsell of God.
Gods absolute wisdome and knowledge.
The uses. 45
Of the omnipotence or almighty power of God.
Of Gods absolute power. 47
Of Gods actuall power.
Gods power infinite.
The uses. 50
Of Gods will.
Whether God doth will evill. 56
The holinesse of Gods will. 61
Of Gods goodnesse.
The use of Gods goodnesse. 62
The graciousnesse of God. 63
Of the love of God. 64
Uses of Gods love. 67
Of the mercy of God.
The uses of Gods mercy.
Of the justice of God. 70
The uses of Gods justice. 72
That there is but one God. 73
Of the unity of the God-head.
Of the Trinity. 75
What a Person in the Trinity is. 78
Of the Father, the first person of the Trinity. 79
Of the other persons of the Trinity in generall.
Of the second person in the Trinity. 80
Of the third person in the Trinity. 83
How to know that wee have the Spirit. 86
Things commune to the three persons. 87
In what they all agree.
1. Coessentiall.
2. Coequall.
3. Coeternall.
Things proper to each of the persons.
Of the kingdome of God. 88
The parts of Gods Kingdome.
Of Gods decree.
Of Predestination. 91
Parts of Predestination.
Election.
Reprobation.
Election.
Of Reprobation.
Execution of Gods decree. 93
Creation.
Providence.
Creation in generall.
Vses of the creation.
Creation of the particular creatures.
The Heavens.
The earth.
Of the invisible Creatures, the
third Heaven.
and Angels.
Of Angels.
Of the creation of visible things. 98
Of the Chaos, or rude masse.
Of the parts of the rude Masse.
Heaven.
Earth.
Of the frame of the world.
Of the Elements.
The foure Elements.
Of the mixt or compound bodies.
The severall works of the six days. 100
The 1. day, heaven, earth, and the light.
The 2. day the firmament.
The third day grasse, corne, trees.
Of the water and earth.
The 4. day, of the Creation of lights. 101
The 5. day, of the creation of fishes, birds
The 6. day, of the creation of man and woman. 102
Of the parts of man, and
1. Of his body.
2. Of the soule of man. 103
Of the immortality of the soule.
Of the seat of the soule.
What is the Image of God in man. 104
Of the womans creation 106
The end of the creation.
Of Gods providence. 107
Definition of Gods providence. 108
The uses of the Doctrine of Gods providence. 115
Of Gods speciall providence over Angels.
Good Angels. 116
Of the Evill Angels 120
Vses of the Doctrine concerning evill Angells. 122
Of Gods particular providence over man.
Of Gods providence towards mankind. 123
Of the Covenant between God and man.
First Covenant of works. 124
The state of man in the time of his innocency. 126
Of man in the state of corruption, and of his fall. 127
That the breaches of all the Commandements concurred in Adam and Eves sinne. 134
The effects of the fall. 136
Sin, guiltinesse, punishment.
Of our first Parents nakednesse. 137
Of their hiding themselves.
Of sinne.
Why all Adams posterity are partakers of his sinne and misery. 142
What sinne is. 143
Imputed sinne. 144
Inherent sinne.
Originall sinne.
The propagation of originall sinne. 145
The minde corrupted.
The corruption of the memory.
The corruption of the will. 147
The corruption of affections.
The corruption of the conscience.
Of the corruption of the body.
Actuall sinne.
Of the sin against the Holy Ghost. 151
The divers differences of actuall sinne. 152
Guilt of sinne. 153
Punishment of sinne.
Of Gods covenants of man. 157
Of the covenant of grace. 158
The differences between the covenant of works, and the covenant of grace. 159
Wherein they agree.
Of Jesus the Mediator of this covenant 160
The foundation of it.
Of the person of Christ.
Of the natures of Christ,
Divine.
Humane.
Of the divine nature of Christ,
Why it was necessary that Christ should be God. 161
Of the humane nature of Christ. 162
Why it was necessary that Christ should be man. 164
Of the union of the two natures of Christ. 165
Of Christs Office & Mediatorship. 166
That here is but one Mediator.
Of his names, Iesus, Christ. 167
Of Christs Priest-hood. 168
The Popish Priest-hood overthrowne. 169
Of Christs satisfaction. 170
Of Christs sufferings. 171
Of Christs sufferings in his soule 172
Of Christs sufferings in his body.
Uses of Christs passion. 174
Of Christs buriall.
His descending into hell.
Christs righteousnesse in fulfilling the Law.
Christs originall righteousnesse. 175
Christs actuall holinesse.
Of the intercession of Christ. 176
Of the Propheticall office of Christ. 177
Of the Kingly office of Christ. 179
Of Christs humiliation. 183
Of Christs exaltation.
Of the Resurrection of Christ.
Of Christs ascension. 184
Of the third degree of Christs exaltation, his sitting at the right hand of God. 185
The state of the godly in Christ. 186
Of the Church of Christ. 187
The Catholick Church.
The property and office of the head of the Church.
The Church triumphant. 188
Of the Church militant.
Prerogatives of the members of the Catholike Church. 190
What Sanctification is.
What Redemption is.
Of our union and communion with Christ. 192
Communion of Saints.
The benefit of our Communion with Christ. 193
Justification.
Glorification.
Of Justification. What Justification is.
Vses arising from the Doctrine of Justification. 195.
Of Faith. 196
The various acception of Faith.
The divers kindes of Faith. 197
Historicall faith.
Temporary faith.
Miraculous faith.
Justifying faith.
The Popish implicite faith. 198
That the whole soule is the seat of faith.
What reconciliation is. 200
What adoption is. 201
The benefits of adoption.
Sanctification. 202
The differences between justification, and sanctification.
The differences between the Law and the Gospell. 203
The Morall Law the rule of sanctification.
Ceremoniall Law. 204
Judiciall Law.
The Morall Law.
The end and use of the Law. 205
1. Knowledge of the Law required.
Rules to be observed for the Interpretation of the Law.
1. Rule, the Law is spirituall.
2. Rule, the Law is perfect. 206
3. Rule, in every commandement there is a Metaphor or Synecdoche.
1. Branch of the third rule.
2. Branch.
3. Branch.
Why the Commandements are propounded in the second person. 207
Good company required.
Why the Commandements are propounded negatively. 208
The division of the Decalogue
The summe of the 1. table.
The summe of the 2. table. 209
The division of the 1. table. 211
The Preface of the Commandements. 212
How the reason of the 1. Commandement belongeth to us 213
The fift Commandement.
The scope and meaning of this Commandement. 214
What is forbidden and required in this first Commandement.
The severall branches of the first Commandement.
What it is to have a God 125
Of the knowledge of God.
Opposites to the knowledge of God.
Ignorance of God.
Affiance in God. 216
Patience.
Hope.
Love of God.
Thankfulnesse. 217
Feare of God.
Reverence. 218
Humility.
Pride.
Sorrow.
Joy.
Vnity in Religion. 219
What it is to have other Gods.
Sinfull confidence. 220
Inordinate love.
Sinfull feare.
Sinfull joy and sorrow.
The third branch of this Commandement.
True Religion.
How we must come to the true Religion.
Helpes inabling us to obey this Commandement. 221
Meanes of the knowledge of God.
Hindrances.
Meanes of ignorance here forbidden.
What is enjoyned in the three following Commandements.
The second Commandement. 222
The scope and meaning of the second Commandement.
What is here forbidden.
What is meant by making of Images.
The speciall branches of the second Commandement. 223
Of Prayer. 224
Of Fasts.
Of Vowes. 225
The manner of Gods worship.
Of Preparation.
Of the disposition in the action.
What is required after the action. 226
Ecclesiasticall Ceremonies.
Of bodily gestures.
Of the abuse of Gods Ordinances.
Defects respecting the inward Worship. 227
Defects in outward Worship. 228
Helps in performing Gods pure worship The second maine branch of the second Commandement. 229
What is forbidden concerning Images. 230
That it is unlawfull to make the Image of God. 231
That it is unlawfull to make the Image of Christ.
What is meant by worshipping Images. 232
Of countenancing Idolatrie. 233
Reasons to back this Commandement, taken from Gods Titles.
Jealous God
Reasons drawne from the works of God. 234
The first reason.
The second reason. 235
The third Commandement. 236
The summe of the third Commandement.
What is meant by the Name of God.
What is meant by the word In vaine. 237
What is forbidden in the third Commandement.
What is required in the third Commandement.
The particular duties required in the third Commandement.
The duties repugnant. 238
The right use of Oathes.
What persons may lawfully take an Oath. 239
The speciall abuses of an oath.
How Gods Name is taken in vaine in regard of his properties.
How in respect of his Works. 240
How in respect of his Word.
Of the helpes and hindrances. 241
The reason annexed to the third Commandement.
The fourth Commandement.
The meaning of the fourth Commandement. 242
What need there is of one day in seven to serve God.
That the Sabbath day is not ceremoniall.
Of the change of the seventh day to the first, and the reason thereof. 243
The time of the Sabbath, and when it beginneth. 244
What is meant by the word Remember. 245
Of the preparation of the Sabbath.
The parts of the fourth Commandement. 246
What workes ought to be declined.
What rest required in the fourth Commandement. 247
The speciall breaches opposite to an holy rest.
To whom this Commandement is chiefly directed. 289
The second part of this Commandement, which is the sanctifying of the rest.
The exercises and duties required on the Sabbath.
Prayer with the Congregation. 250
Hearing the Word.
Receiving the Sacraments.
Private duties of the Sabbath.
Of the evening preparation 251
The first duties of the morning.
Of the publick duties of the Sabbath. 252
What is to bee done after the publick Ministery.
Sins to be condemned in respect of the second part of this Cōmandment 253
Helpes and hinderances to the keeping of this Commandement.
The reasons enforcing obedience to this Commandement.
1 Reason.
2 Reason.
3 Reason.
4 Reason. 254
The second Table.
The summe of the second Table.
The generalls to bee observed in this Table.
The division of the second Table. 255
The first Commandement. 256
The meaning and scope of the fift Commandement.
The duties of equalls.
What are Superiors.
Who are Inferiours. 257
What it is to honour.
Duties of Superiours.
The divers sorts of Superiours. 258
The duties of aged Persons.
Duties of the yonger unto them.
Superiours in knowledge.
Superiours in authority.
Duties of inferiours to those that are in authority.
Duties of Superiours in authority. 259
Kinds of Superiours in authority. 260
Superiours in the family, and their duties.
Inferiours in the Family, and their duties.
Duties of husbands and wives.
Duties of the husband.
The duties of the wife. 261
Duties of Parents.
Sinnes of Parents. 262
Duties of Children towards their parents.
Duties of Masters towards their Servants. 263
Duties of Servants towards their Masters. 264
Publick Superiours, and their duties.
The sorts of publick Superiours.
Superiours in the Church, and their duties. 265
The Peoples dutie to their Minister.
Superiours in the common-wealth.
The Magistrates dutie in civill affaires. 266
The duties of Subjects towards their Magistrates.
Of the helps and meanes enabling us to keep this fifth Commandement. 267
Hinderances to these duties here commanded.
Of the reason annexed to the fifth Commandement.
Of the promise of long life, and how performed. 268
The sixth Commandement.
The summe and meaning of it.
The negative part.
The affirmative part.
The duties respecting our owne persons. 269
Duties respecting our soules.
The contrary vices forbidden.
Duties respecting our bodies.
The contrary sins forbidden.
Duties respecting the time of our departure. 270
Duties respecting our neighbour while he liveth.
Inward duties respecting our affections
Duties respecting the preservation of peace. 271
Evill passions opposite to these duties.
Outward duties respecting the soules of our neighbours.
The contrary vices to the former duties.
Duties respecting the whole person of our neighbour. 272
Duties required in words.
The opposite vices.
The use. 273
Duties required in our deeds.
The contrary vices to the former duties.
How we doe indirectly endanger our neighbours life. 274
How wee doe directly take away our neighbours life.
Chance-medley, and how proved to be a sinne.
Of manslaughter. 275
Of Duels.
Of wilfull murther.
Reasons perswading to the detestation of this sinne.
Duties to be performed to our neighbour after his death.
Duties respecting beasts.
Of punishments due to the breakers of this Commandement. 276
Meanes furthering us in the obedience of this Commandement.
Hinderances to the obedience of this Commandement.
The seventh Commandement. 277
The meaning and scope of the seventh Commandement.
Of inward impurity, and the branches of it.
Abuse of apparell. 278
Of the abuse of meat and drink.
Wanton gestures. 279
Chastitie in the eyes, &c.
Wanton speeches.
Chastity in the tongue and eares.
Stage-playes. 280
Breach of the seventh Commandement in respect of action.
Of Stewes, and the unlawfulnesse of them. 281
Of Rape
Of Incest.
Of Fornication. 282
Of Adultery.
Of Polygamy.
What is required in the entrance into Marriage.
The contrary abuses. 283
What is required in the holy use of Marriage.
Vnlawfull separation.
The punishments of the breach of this Commandement. 284
Helps and means of keeping this Commandement.
Hinderances of obedience. 285
The eighth Commandement.
The end of the eighth Commandement.
The occasion of this Commandement. 286
Of Theft.
The parts of this eight Commandement.
Generall duties commanded. 287
Opposite vices.
Speciall duties here required.
Arguments disswading from the love of money and earthly things. 288
Self-contentednesse.
Motives perswading to self-contentednesse.
Lawfull measuring of our appetite. 289
Affected poverty. 290
Covetousnesse.
Ambition. 291
Carking care.
Carelesnesse.
Solicitous and distracting care.
What required to just getting. 292
Lawfull Calling, and labour in it.
Extraordinary getting. 293
VVhat is opposite to a lawfull Calling.
Vnjust getting out of contract.
Theft. 294
Domesticall Theft.
Theft committed out of the family.
Sacriledge.
Theft of persons. 295
Rapine.
Oppression.
Accessaries to theft.
Acquisition by lawfull contract. 296
Acquisition by liberall altenation.
Acquisition by illiberall alienation.
Merchandise. 297
Of selling.
Vices and corruptions in selling.
Of buying, & what is required to it. 298
Of pawning, and what is required unto it. 299
Of location and letting. 300
Of conduction and hiring.
Of usury.
Of contracts between Magistrates and people. 301
Of contracts betweene Ministers and people.
Of Work-masters and hirelings, and their duties to one another.
Of things deposited and committed to trust. 302
The duties of Executors.
Of persons committed to trust.
Of just possession of goods, and what is required unto it. 303
Of restitution, and what is to be required in it.
Of the right use and fruition of goods. 304
Of parsimony and frugality.
Of tenacity and miserlinesse. 305
Profusion and prodigality.
Of liberality.
Of lending.
Of free giving.
The ninth Commandement. 306
The scope or end.
The occasion of this Commandement. 307
The chiefe sinne here forbidden.
The negative part.
The affirmative part.
The sum of the duties here required. 308
Of truth.
Truth must be professed, and how.
Opposite to truth. 309
1. Lying.
Reasons to disswade from lying.
Three sorts of Lyes.
Vices opposed to freedom of speech. 310
Opposites to simplicity of speaking truth
Meanes of preserving truth. 311
Profitable speech.
Curtesie and affability. 312
Seasonable silence.
Opposites to profitable speech.
1. Unprofitable,
2. Hurtfull speech.
3. Rotten speech.
Fame and good name. 313
Of publike testimonies. 314
Of rash judgement. 315
Of perverse judgment.
The duties of the plaintiffe, and the vices opposed hereunto.
The vices of the defendant. 316
The duties of Lawyers, and the opposite vices.
The duty of witnesses. 317
False testimony in the publike ministry of the Word.
Flattery. 318
Evill speaking.
Whispering.
Obtrectation.
Conserving our owne good name. 319
The means of getting a good name. 320
A true testimony of our selves. 321
The opposites to the profession of truth concerning our selves.
Arrogancy and boasting.
Confession of sinne. 322
The tenth Commandement.
The end of this Commandement. 323
The occassion of this Commandement.
Two sorts of concupiscence.
Lawfull concupiscence. 324
Unlawfull concupiscence, and the kindes thereof.
The growth of sinne.
The parts of this Commandement. 325
And first, the negative part.
Originall concupiscence.
That originall concupiscence is sin.
Actuall concupiscence. 326
Evill thoughts.
Evill thoughts injected by Satan. 327
Evill thoughts arising from naturall corruption.
The speciall kinds of concupiscence here forbidden. 328
What is meant by our neighbors house.
Neighbours wife. 329
Neighbours servant.
His Oxe and Asse.
The affirmative part.
The meanes inabling us to obey this commandement. 330
The impossibility of keeping this Commandement.
Hitherto of the rule of our sanctification, the Morall. 331
The effect or exercise of sanctification, in repentance and new obedience.
Repentance what it is.
When repentance is to be exercised. 332
Of the spirituall warfare. 333
Of our spirituall armour. 334
Of our first enemy Satan. 335
2. Enemy the world.
3. Enemy our flesh. 336
New obedience. 337
Of good works in generall, and of the properties of them. 338
That there is no merit in good works.
Wherein our good works faile. 339
Why God rewardeth our works. 340
The ends of good works.
Of speciall good works required. 341
Of prayer what it is. 342
The necessity of prayer.
A more full description of prayer.
What is required that prayer may be holy. 343
That we must pray to God alone. 344
That we must pray onelyonly in the mediation of Christ.
For whom we must pray.
The parts of Prayer. 346
Of Petition.
The meanes of obtaining the gift of prayer. 348
Motives to Prayer.
Hinderances of prayer. 349
The subject of our requests.
Prayer for others. 350
Of thanksgiving.
In what thanksgiving consisteth. 351
Why thanksgiving is required.
The properties of praise.
The meanes of thanksgiving.
Motives to thanksgiving.
Signes of thankfulnesse. 352
Of the Lords prayer.
Of the preface. 353
Our Father. 354
Which art in heaven. 355
The parts of the Lords prayer. 356
Sixe petitions in the Lords prayer.
The first Petition. 357
What is meant by Name.
What is meant by hallowed. 358
What we aske in the first Petition.
What graces we here pray for. 359
What things we here pray against.
The second Petition. 360
What is meant by Kingdome.
What is meant by Comming.
The particulars here prayed for, 1. respecting the kingdome of grace. 362
2. Respecting the kingdome of glory. 363
The third Petition.
The summe of this Petition.
What meant by the word Thy.
What will is here to be understood. 364
VVhat we aske in this Petition concerning Gods revealed will.
What meant by this word Doing. 365
VVhat meant by Earth and Heaven.
The order of the three last Petitions.
The three last Petitions. 366
The fourth Petition. 367
What meant by Bread.
What meant by Give.
Give us.
This day. 368
Our daily.
VVhat we begge in this Petition.
The fifth Petition. 370
VVhat is meant by Debts.
What we aske in this Petition. 372
The reason of this Petition.
The sixt Petition. 374
The summe of the sixt Petition.
Of the temptations, and the causes why we must pray against them. 375
How God may be said to tempt us. 376
What is meant by Deliver us from evill. 377
VVhat is meant by Evill.
VVhat things we pray for in this petition. 378
Conclusion of the Lords Prayer.
VVhat is meant by Kingdome. 379
VVhat is meant by Power.
VVhat is meant by Glory.
VVhat meant by Thine. 380
VVhat by For ever.
VVhat is meant by Amen.
VVhether it be lawfull to use any other forme of Prayer. 381
VVhat pulike Prayer is.
VVhat private Prayer is.
VVhat ordinary prayer is. 382
What extraordinary Prayer is.
Circumstances of Prayer.
Gesture in Prayer.
Of the place of Prayer.
Of the time of Prayer. 383
Of Fasting.
What an holy Fast is.
Of the time of Fasting. 384
Of the kinds of Fasting. 385
Of a publick Fast.
Of a private Fast.
Who are to fast. 386
Of the parts of a Christian Fast.
Of a holy Feast. 388
Of the time of Feasting. 389
In what an holy Feast consisteth.
Of Vowes. 390
Who are to vow.
What is to be vowed. 391
The duty of those that have vowed.
Of Almes. 392
Who are to give Almes.
Whereof we must give Almes.
How much must be given. 393
To whom Almes must be given.
What order must be observed in giving
With what affection Almes must be given.
The fruits of Almes-deeds. 394
Of Vocation.
Externall.
Internall.
Meanes of Vocation. 395
Inward.
Outward.
Inward, the Spirit of God.
Of the Church visible. 396
The infallible markes of a true visible Church.
VVhether the Church may erre. 397
In what cases we may separate from a corrupt Church. 398
Of the enemies of the Church.
Of the Governours of the Church. 399
Things proper to the visible Church.
The Word.
Sacraments.
Censures.
Of the Word.
What things are common between godly and wicked hearers. 401
Things proper to godly hearers.
How justifying Faith differeth from the faith of worldlings. 402
Of the Sacraments. 403
The Sacraments of great use.
VVhat a Sacrament is.
The use of Sacraments. 406
The ends why Sacraments are instituted
The persons that are actors in the Sacraments, and their actions. 407
Of preparation to the Sacraments. 408
Duties in the action of receiving.
Duties after receiving.
Of the old Testament, and the Sacraments of it. 409
The new administration of the Gospel. 410
The Sacraments of the new Testament.
Of Baptisme, what it is. 411
Whether diving or dipping be essentiall to Baptisme. 413
Sprinkling in Baptisme warrantable.
The inward part, or thing signified in Baptisme.
The similitude betweene the signe and thing signified.
The benefit of Baptisme to a common Christian. 415
To whom Baptisme is effectuall.
How infants may be capable of the grace of the Sacrament. 416
What benefit elect infants have by Baptisme for the present. 417
The lawfulnesse of infants Baptism. 418
Baptisme not of absolute necessity to salvation. 419
Baptism to be highly accounted of. 420
That many have a slight esteem of this ordinance.
What the meanes are to reforme this slight esteem. 421
Of the Lords Supper. 422
What it is.
The differences between Baptisme and the Lords Supper. 423
Why it is called the Lords Supper.
Of the matter of the Lords Supper. 424
That the bread and wine are not changed into the body and blood of Christ
Of the forme of this Sacrament of the Lords Supper. 426
The sacramentall actions of the Minister.
Of the consecration of the bread and wine.
The sacramentall actions of the receivers. 427
The ends and uses of the Lords Supper. 428
Who are to receive the Lords Supper.
Preparation to the Lords Table.
Duties in the action of receiving to be performed by the Communicant.
Duties to be performed after the action. 430
Of the censures of the Church. 431
Of the degrees of Censures. 432
Of the kindes of Censures. 433
Of private admonition.
The degrees of private admonition.
1. Most private.
How we must reprove. 434
2. The second degree of private admonition.
Of publick admonition. 435
Of Suspension.
Of Excommunication. Anathema Maranatha.
Of the enemies of the Church. 437
Of the generall apostasie.
Of Antichrist, and who he is. 438
What difference between Christs miracles and the Popes. 442
The seat of Antichrist. 443
Of the last judgement. 445
Why the righteous dye.
Of particular judgment at the houre of death. 446
Of the generall judgement.
Of the preparation to the last judgement.
The signes of the last judgement.
The second thing in the preparation. 447
The third thing.
The fourth thing. 448
The fift thing.
The act of judgment, & how performed.
The execution of the last judgement. 449
The state of the Reprobate in hell.
The state of the Elect in heaven.
The use of this Doctrine concerning the last judgment. 450
FINIS.
ERRATA.
PAge 21. line 9. for saith read truth. p. 31. l. 33. for distinction read definition. p. 232. l. 31▪ read, you shall no more call for me in Baal. p. 245. l. 13. for private good read private prayer. p. 254. l. 2, for preferring read preserving. p. 255. l. 15. for revile read reveale. p. 262. l. 21. for towards them read before them. p. 272. l. 37. for owne read very. p. 277. l. 43. for commended read commanded. p. 289 l. 3. for goe, read and therefore. p. 293. l. 10. for retained read received. l. 11. for retaine read receive. p. 301. l. 5. read, the publike are either. p. 314. l. 32. for thirst read Christ. p. 323. l. 11. leave out [other.] p. 364. l. 36. for proposeth read purposeth. p. 374. l. 13. for hands read hearts. p. 405. l. 34. for of read and. p. 417. l. 41. read, now in the time. p. 420. l. 10. read, But where God denieth. p. 421. l. 17. leave out [but.] p. 423. l. 36. for, which we have alone, read, which we have not. p. 427. l. 47. for groaning read growing p. 435. l. 45. for examination read Excommunication.
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