Confession of His Faith, Table of contents – Errata
CONTENTS.
CHAP. 1. The Occasion of this writing.
Chap. 2. A true Confession of my Faith. Sect. 1. A General Confession. Sect. 2. A Particular Confession, containing the Fundamentals. Sect. 3▪ My subscription to the Assemblies lesser Catechism. Sect. 4▪ My Consent to the larger Catechism of the Assembly; supposing a Liberty of Expounding four Passages. Sect. 5. My Consent to the Assemblies Confession of Faith, supposing the Liberty of expounding six Passages, as is expressed. Sect. 6. My hearty Approbation of the Doctrine or Articles of the Synod of Dort, with the liberty of expounding but six words of small moment, wherein I am perswaded I miss not their sense: with a Profession of my dissent against the forcible Imposing of such large Confessions.
Chap. 3. A more full Account how much I ascribe to mans Qualifications, or Works of Inherent Righteousness, in the business of Justification, Acceptation, and Salvation: and what I deny to them. Sect. 3. The summe in seven Propositions, with the Scripture-words which enforce my Judgement. Sect. 4. My opinion of the Verbal differences, and 1. About the word Works. Sect. 6. About the word Merit. Sect. 7. More of my thoughts about the matter of Merit. Sect. 7. Of the words, Worthy, Reward, Righteous and Righteousness, Justifie, Justification, Condition, making Righteous, Iudging According to Work…, Because of them, for them, &c.
Chap. 4. Additions to the former Confession, occasioned by the sight of Mr. Caryls Epistle to Mr. Crandons Volumn: tendred to Mr. Caryl for his satisfaction in the points wherein he expresseth himself offended.
Chap. 5. Additions about the F…eedom of Believers from the curse of the Law: 1. Affirmatively. 2. Negatively, tend…ed to the said Mr. Caryl, for his satisfaction.
Chap. 6. Whether the fearless affirmations of Mr. Ey…e and Mr. Crandon be true or false, that the Papists maintain no other Merit then I do. Sect. 2. The Testimony of 25. Protestants. Sect 3. The Testimony of 40. Papists▪ besides six of the Moderate sou… der Papists. Sect 4. Instructions to young Student for right ju…ging of the P…pists Doctrine herein: and some of our Divines judgements in this business p…oduced, for avoided injurious mistakes and extreams.
Chap. 7. What it is that I mean by Antinomianism▪ Fourtie Articles of Antinomian, Libertine, and Famil…stical Doctrine, with the contrary Extreams, and the Truth in the middle▪
Chap. 8. My Reasons why I take Iust…fication …y …aith as meant in Scripture, not to be the Iustification of or in Cons…nce: but that in Right or Law-sense, Antecedent thereto. Sect. 1. The seeming difference, and real Agreement of the contrary-minded. Sect. 2. Fourty six Arguments from plain Texts of Scripture. Sect. 3. Twentie Arguments from the Nature of the thing, and the Analogie of Faith.
Chap. 9. Reasons why I judge that the Elect are not pardoned or justified from Eternity, nor at the time of Christs death, nor while they are Infidels or Impenitent: Especially to prove that we did not Merit or satisfie Iustice in Christ, but Christ did it in the person of a Mediator. Sect. 1. Two Arguments against Iustification from Eternity, distinctly. How Mr. Owen extolls Christs Merits. Sect. 2. How far we agree. Our difference about the terms. Scripture never saith, We are Iustified before we believe; Nor Pardoned or Reconciled from Eternity. How far we may say men were Reconciled, or their sins purged, or▪ pardoned by Christs death, before we were born, or believe. Sect. 3. Fourtie Arguments from Texts of Scripture against justification, absolution, or pardon before we believed, or were born. Sect▪ 4. Twent…e arguments more to the same purpose; specially that Christ paid not the very same which the Law required or that he did not represent our very persons in obeying or suffering so as that in the Account of God or the Law, we our selves did obey or satisfie in Christ. Mr. Joh. Owens Reasons examined, whereby he would prove that Ʋnbelivers have Right to Iustification, and the other Good things purchased by Christ: and that they dyed with Christ: Ʋnbelievers are not absolved from the guilt of▪ sin, and the obligation to Death and Hell▪ as Mr. Owen supposeth them to be. Sect. 5. Two or three necessary Distinctions and Considerations for them that would escape the Antinomian delusions, which are proved destructive of the substance of Christian Religion.
Chap. 1…. A Pill again Pre…udice, O… the charge of singularity refuted. Sect. 1. The summe of that part of my Doctrine which hath offended some Brethren, drawn into 5. Heads. Sect. 2. Fourteen Assertions of Protestants in Common recited, in which they ascribe as much to Works in point of Iustification as I do, and in which those Divines maintain the same Doctrine, which in other (Scripture) terms offendeth them. Sect 3. An hundred Testimonies of Synods, and noted Protestant Writers, ascribing as much to Works as I, and acquitting me from the charge of singularity, some more largely and plainly, some more briefly and obscurely. Sect. 4. Some Passages of such as Dissent with some others.
An addition to the 11. Chap. part 3. of my Book of Rest, here affixed for them that have not the last Edition of that Book: It is concerning Mr. Kendals Digression about the Nature of saving-Grace.
Two Letters of Mr. Gatakers, containing his Judgement of my Method for Peace of Conscience. My Christian Concord, and Apologie. As also his last farewell, with his Animadversions on this book.
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