Light for Smoke, Table of contents 1 – Table of contents 2
The Contents.
Section 1. OF the Title Independent, in what ſence it is diſclaimed, in what acknowledged: and of ſubordination denied by Mr. S. and purity in the Church held neceſſary by him. p. 1.
Sect. 2. The Objection of unſeaſonableneſſe of Maſter Saltm. his Quere juſtified, and his groſſe miſtake, or wilfull falſification of my words detected p. 4.
Sect. 3. Rom. 14.23. Whatſoever is not of faith is ſin, no barre to the eſtabliſhment of the Preſbyteriall government; Maſter Saltm. his diſtinction of a State and publique conſcience and a perſonall conſcience. p. 5.
Sect. 4. Maſter Saltm. his unequall dealing in diſtributing his owne and his adverſaries worke: The Preſbytery not like Prelacie in unwarrantableneſſe by the word of God. Of Prudence how farre of lawfull uſe in religious matters. p. 8.
Sect. 5. Whether Claſſicall, Provinciall, and Nationall Preſbyteries be like the Independents gathering of Churches. p. 11.
Sect. 6. It is unreaſonable to require an undertaking that the beſt government in conſtitution ſhould be faultleſſe in execution; Tyranny more to be feared in Independencie then in Preſbyterie. p. 13.
Sect. 7. Of the power of the Preſbyterie for reformation of manners, compared with Prelacy; the evill effects of Independency; the difference betwixt a Diſcipline, and the Diſcipline; Mr. Saltm. his precipitancy in writing, and in divulging what he hath written of Popery in the Covenant, or under the Covenant. p. 15.
Sect. 8. Tythes not Jewiſh and Popiſh, as Mr. Saltm. pretendeth. pag. 19.
Sect. 9. Of Mr. Colemans obſervation of the Church of Scotland. pag. 21.
Sect. 10. A compariſon of young men and old for prudence and counſell. Of viſions and dreames; where Ioel 2.28. & Act. 2.17. are vindicated from Mr. Saltm. his miſtaking, and miſapplication of them. p. 23.
Sect. 11. Maſter Saltm. his inſufficient anſwer, and figurative trifling unworthy of an anſwer. p. 28.
Sect. 12. A compariſon of Preſbyterians and Independents in point of ſtrictneſſe, and looſeneſſe in admiſſion of members; Of the mixture in the Church of Corinth. p. 29.
Sect. 13. To whom Chriſt is an head, and how; of his rod of iron and his golden ſcepter; and of his being a Lord, and a ſervant; gentle, yet terrible. p. 21.
Sect. 14. The Preſbyteriall government not unſutable to the condition of Chriſt; the prevailing of Independents, and of the ſects that meete in Independencie much more terrible then the Preſbyteriall Government can be. p. 33.
Sect. 15. A pleaſant reproofe of a miſaepplication of Scripture is no offence againſt the Majeſty of the Word; how, and in what caſes a taunting ſpeech may be allowed. p. 39.
Sect. 16. Of the Preſbyteriall and Independent Government how affected; The ſlow proceeding of the Church Government made no argument for it, nor mentioned to the disparagement of the Parliament; Mr. Saltm. brings the Parliaments Authoritie under popular libertie; Of wheat in the Independent Congregations. p. 42.
Sect. 17. The ſettling of Government falſly ſuggeſted to be heretic all with an implicit reproach upon the Parliament. Of the truth of Sleydans ſtory of the Anabaptiſts in Germany. A raſh cenſure of Luther, and the Lutherans in Germany for oppoſing them. A caveat to England to take warning by Germany. The Miniſters practiſe ſlandered, and the Magiſtrate diſhonoured by Mr. Saltm. p. 47.
Sect. 18. The Toleration deſired by Mr. Saltm. neither ſafe nor ſound, oppoſite to the mind of Paul, 1 Cor. 1.10. Cal 5.10.12. Of the compariſon of the two ambitious Brethren to ten more humble and moderate; The Preſbytery not proved by Magiſtrates, though approved by them; Of the pretended truth of Sectaries, and of the preſcription of Biſhops and Independents. p. 51.
Sect. 19. Of the pretended modeſty and humility of the Independents, by way of compariſon with the Preſbyterians. p. 54.
Sect 20. Whether Chriſt, if he would have a nationall comprehenſive Church, was bound to have begun the practice of it over whole Kingdomes, as Mr. Saltm. ſaith; and whether importeth more pride, to deſire a ſubordination of Aſſemblies, Parochiall, Claſſicall, &c. or to be adverſe to it. p. 57.
Sect. 21. Maſter Saltm. his miſtake touching the building of the Temple. Of the difference of the patterne of the Temple, and the patterne of the Government of the Gospel. Maſter. Saltm. confuſedly jumbleth them together. p. 60.
Sect. 22 Of ſtaying for the Spirit to give light of inſtruction to the reformation of the Church. p. 63.
Sect. 23. Of expedition or delay in ſetting up of Government; Whether Moſes and Chriſt, the Jewiſh and Chriſtian State be ſo contrary, that there is no conformitie betweene them. p. 65.
Sect. 24 Truth not to be parted with for peace, the Magiſtrate diſhonoured, and the Preſbyterians ſlandered by Mr. Saltm. p 68.
Sect. 25 The Magiſtrates aſſiſtance to the Eccleſiaſticall Government no argument to prove it no Goſpel Government; the ſword of God and of Gideon, of Church Diſcipline and Civill ſeverity, how lawfull and uſefull; zeale againſt Toleration of evill commended connivence at it blameable. p. 71.
Sect. 26. Mr. Saltm. his dangerous ſuppoſition of equality of number and power, with diverſitie of Religion; of incorporating of two powers; and what may be expected, ſhould the Sectaries prevail. p. 74.
Sect. 27. The Authority of the Parliament not pleaded by the Preſbyterians as a ſupplement of Scriptures. as Mr. Saltm. ſuggeſteth, nor ſlighted by them as by Mr. Saltm. it is; of the pretended danger of the Magiſtrates engagement with the Miniſters; of the pretended tenderneſſe of conſciences in Sectaries. p. 77.
Sect. 28. What a Trumpeter Mr. Saltm. is; his reproach of the Parliament plaine enough, though rather implied then expreſſed; a challenge of him to prove his inſinuated ſuggeſtions of Treaſon, Blaſphemy, &c. in my Examination of his New Quere. p. 82.
Sect. 29. The charge of miſ application of Revel. 18.1. juſtiſied againſt Mr. Saltm his deniall. The expectation of new lights which ſome Sectaries teach, Papiſticall, fallacious, and dangerous. p. 85.
The Poſtſcript in anſwer to Mr. Saltm. his Poſtſcript, conſiſting of two teſtimonies of Claudius Salmaſius, the one againſt the forme of Baptiſme In the Name of the Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghoſt; the other for Independencie of Churches, p. 91.
Errata.
PAg. 41. lin. 4. from the end, after the word obſerved, read by many. p. 51. l. 8. for experience r. experiments, p. 84. l. 8. put out the Comma betwixt Philaſtrius & Brixienſis, p. 87. marg. l. 19. for Thelmes r. The lives and Text l. 8. from the end for prophecie r. prophecied.
The Contents of the Novello-mastix.
Section 1. THe Paſſager his ridiculous deſcant upon Mr. Leys Name, as if it had ſome alliance with French or Spaniſh lees, to which is oppoſed a Greeke Anagram, and Epigram on his Name, made by a learned Divine about an yeere and halfe ſince. p. 3.
Sect. 2. His confuſed jumbling of heterogeneall and incongruous metaphors, againſt reaſon and common ſence, with the number of his Queries. p. 5.
Sect. 3. An Anſwer to his firſt, ſecond, and third Queries, concerning Lieutenant Generall Cromwell, and Independency. p. 7.
Sect. 4. The fourth Quere, a ſenſleſſe complaint of Jedition, and a ſlanderous imputation of reproach of the Army, anſwered: The fifth Query of imputation of calumny and flattery of Lieutenant Generall Cromwell convicted of abſurdity, ſlander, and ſelfe-contradiction. p. 9.
Sect. 5. The ſixth Quere of the imputed breach of priviledge of Parliament, in ſaying that ſome of them favour the way of Independencie, and the like charge of the Aſſembly anſwered. p. 11.
Sect. 6. His ſeventh Querie, Whether Mr. Ley ought not to be queſtioned, for medling with this worthy and authenticke Author, becauſe the Clerke of the Honourable Houſe of Commons his Deputie ſigned his Paſſages for the Preſſe. p. 14.
Sect. 7 A cleare and full refutation of a ſlander of his written Copy, (which was not printed) wherein the Writer abſurdly ſuggeſteth, that Mr. Leys Booke ſticketh upon the Printers hand to his loſſe, the ſame day when as he ſaith it was firſt publiſhed. p. 18.
Sect. 8. Some Anti-queries returned to this querulous Pamphleter by another hand. p. 20.