Section 2Sect. 2. Of being too Religious; of the intenſion or degree. The Meſſalians. Neglect of Charity, of…
Section 3Sect. 3. Mr. C. his diſtinctions of being too religious, multiplied unneceſſarily. Frequency of duty, if…
Section 4Sect. 4. Exceſs of Religion. Super ſtatutum. Addition to the Rule. Doctrines. …, Act. 17. 22. Act. 25. 29.…
Section 5Sect. 5. The innocence of Wil-worſhip. Analogie with voluntarie oblations under the law. Seeming…
Section 6Sect. 6. The Lawfulneſs of inſtituting the Chriſtmaſs Feſtival. Of Church Laws.
Chapter 3CHAP. III. Of Superſtition peculiarly. And firſt of his Prolegomenon on that Subject.
Section 1Sect. 1. Anſwer to §. 1. The method uſed to find the meaning of the word.
Section 2Sect. 2. Anſwer to §. 2. Ameſius's definition. The matter of the 4. firſt Commandments. The Affirmative…
Section 3Sect. 3. The ſpecies of Superſtition, Idolatrie belongs to the 2d Commandment. Superſtition to the firſt.…
Section 4Sect. 4. The Diatribiſt's method and caution in ſetting down the ſpecies of Superſtition.
Chapter 4CHAP. IV. Of the Particular exceptions of the Diatribiſt to the Tract of Superſtition.
Section 1Sect. 1. Confidence of innocence no argument of guilt.
Section 2Sect. 2. The nature of the word. Exceſs of fear among the Epicureans, Superſtitio from Super and ſto, not…
Section 3Sect. 3. … among the heathens for Religion, ſo in Heſychyus and Phavorinus.
Section 4Sect. 4. Falſe worſhip is not Wil-worſhip. Impoſition of hands.
Section 5Sect. 5. … Act. 17. 22. (The Athenians the moſt devout of all the Greeks.)
Section 6Sect. 6. … Act. 25. Feſtus's ſcorn fals on the Jews, not on Paul. … his own, not theirs. … an accuſation.…
Section 7Sect. 7. The method of ſearch for the original notion of the word. Mr. Cawdries collections from the…
Section 8Sect. 8. Superſtition always ill, but not always exceſs. Probations from the uſe of words among heathens.…
Section 9Sect. 9. The Diatribiſt's conceſſion of the innocence of unpreſcribed ceremonies, and ſo of all that is…
Section 10Sect. 10. Strictures on ſome particulars in the remaining Sections. What exceſs Divines mean by…
Section 11Sect. 11. A Vindication of the Tract of Superſtition from uncharitableneſs.
Chapter 5CHAP. V. Of Will-worſhip.
Section 1Sect. 1. The ſtate of the Queſtion. Will-worſhip diſtinguiſht from the circumſtances of it. The matter of…
Section 2Sect. 2. The method of of explicating difficulties in the new Teſt: … in a good ſenſe: and when in a bad,…
Section 3Sect. 3. His entrance on the view of Col. 2. anſwered. The difference betwixt Commands of Magiſtrates and…
Section 4Sect. 4. The Magiſtrates power acknowledged. Inventing new ways of worſhip. Davids appointing the Levites…
Section 5Sect. 5. Col: 2. 22. …. Placing worſhip. Chriſtian liberty. Marriage. The Gloſſes put on the commands of men.
Section 6Sect. 6. The Diatribiſt's way to make the Doctors words witneſs againſt him. … &c. Placing worſhip, an…
Section 7Sect. 7. Of Petitio Principii. Of … being capable of two rendrings. The danger from miſtake on the…
Section 8Sect. 8. The abſtinences how taught by the Gnoſticks. Their pretenſes for them, no realities. Abſtinences…
Section 9Sect. 9. Compliance with Papiſts. The Diatribiſts inconſtancy.
Section 10Sect. 10. A reply to his anſwer of my two firſt reaſons for the good ſenſe. Humility and Will-worſhip…
Section 11Sect. 11. The Greek Fathers acception of …. An argument of goodneſs that 'tis pretended by hypocrates.…
Section 12Sect. 12. The fifth reaſon vindicated. …. Heſychius corrected twiſe. … adverbially. …. …. …. Heſychius's…
Section 13Sect. 13. Mr. C. his diſtinction of voluntary. Spontaneous. A work of love. The Teſtimony of Socrates.…
Section 14Sect. 14. The firſt occaſion of miſtaking … for ill. The vulgar tranſlator and Mr. Calvin. The Diatribiſts…
Section 15Sect. 15. The ſecond occaſion of taking … in an ill ſenſe vindicated. The deſign of the Treatiſe of…
Section 16
Section 17Sect. 17. The laſt occaſion of the ill ſenſe. … in Epiphanius. Of the Phariſees appellation. …. Dogmatizing…
Chapter 6CHAP. VI. Of Free-will offerings.
Section 1Sect. 1. The uſe of them in this queſtion. The Diatribiſts diſcourſe of them. His …. The Leviticalneſs of…
Section 2Sect. 2. A firſt inſtance of uncommanded Pieties, Davids intention to build the Temple. Vindicated from the…
Section 3Sect. 3. A 2d inſtance, and that under the New Teſtament. Paul's taking no hire from the Corinthians; This,…
Section 13Sect. 13. The third of Paul's going up to Ieruſalem: this under no precept. No refuſing to ſuffer, no…
Section 14Sect. 14. The fourth of the more liberal almesgiving. Sadduces and Aſidaei. Righteouſneſs. Mercy. Paul's…
Section 6Sect. 6. The fifth inſtance vindicated. Circumſtances of Prayer acknowledged free. Difference between…
Section 7Sect. 7. Of the difference betwixt a precept and a grace. The proportionable return to grace is in a…
Section 8Sect. 8. My anſwer to a firſt head of objections vindicated. Prudence loſt by mans own ſin recoverable by…
Section 9Sect. 9. My anſwer to a ſecond ſort of objection, vindicated. Loving God with all the heart. Adam's love in…
Section 10Sect. 10. My anſwer to the laſt objection, of Supererogation. A place in St Cyprian vindicated from the…
Chapter 7CHAP. VII. Of Chriſtmaſs and other Feſtivals.
Section 1Sect. 1. The obſervance which is due to the Cuſtome of a Church. The Teſtimonies of Ambroſe, and Auguſtine,…
Section 2Sect. 2. Heathen adherents a proof of the firſt Antiquity.
Section 3Sect. 3. Of Creſcens coming into France, and Simon Zelotes into England. The difference of keeping Eaſter…
Section 4Sect. 4. The keeping of Eaſter in the Apoſtles times. Polycrates's Epiſtle to Victor. The Aſiatick way from…
Section 5Sect. 5. Midwinter-day. The Winter Solſtice. Julius's Calendar.
Section 6Sect. 6. Feſtivals not Romiſh. The primitive Churches pure from the hereſies that ſollicited them; The…
Section 7Sect. 7. The grounds why this Feaſt may not be aboliſht among us. The Diatribiſts miſtake of the queſtion.
Section 9Sect. 9. The Reformation in this Kingdome. No imperfection in it in point of Feſtivals. The ſtates joyning…
Section 3Sect. 3. The Lutheran Churches accord in this. Morney's wiſh. The Helvetian confeſſion. Rivets cuſtome of…
Section 10Sect. 10. Ejecting feſtivals. Separation from the pureſt times, even thoſe of the Apoſtles. Our Churches…
Section 11Sect. 11. The profaneneſſe objected to the Feſtival. Caſting out the Creeds.
Section 12Sect. 12. The Diatribiſts change of my words, his cauſleſſe praiſe of himſelf, and cenſure of others.
Section 13Sect. 13. His 2d change of my words. Gedeons golden Ephod not appliable to Feaſts.
Section 14Sect. 14. Strictures on his 16th §. Our Feſtivals unfitly compared with the Romiſh. How obſervation of…
Section 15Sect. 15. Of riot. Chriſtian joyes no way contrary to our Feſtivals. Riot as ſeparable from Chriſtmas as…
Section 16Sect. 16. Chriſtmas, if of the ſame original with Eaſter, certainly Apoſtolical. However, of the practice…
Section 17Sect. 17. The Encaenia, a religious feaſt inſtituted by the the Iewes, and approved by Chriſt, vindicated…
Section 8Sect. 8. How the compariſon holds between the Lords day and Chriſtmas day. Inſtitution, uſage Apoſtolical…
Section 19Sect. 19. Aërius's heriſie that Feſtivals are unlawfull. St Auguſtine's teſtimony added to Epiphanius's.…
Section 20Sect. 20. Strictures on §. 35. The author of the Conſtitutions a competent teſtifier when in accord with…
Section 21Sect. 21. The Diatribiſts anſwer to my concluſion. Strictures on ſome paſſages in it.
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