ABSOLUTION, the extravagant abuse of
it by the papists, ii. 207, 215. What
in the doctrine of the church of Eng-
land, 210, 211.

Adversity, prayer to be evermore deli-
vered from it, vindicated, i. 566.
Aerius, his different opinion from Tertul-
tone lian about fasting, ii. 58. The first op
poser of the order of bishops, 283.
Agents, natural and voluntary, how dis-
tinguished, i. 168.

Anabaptists in Germany, their first te-
nets, i. 150. By what steps they gained
ground, 154. Their bold assertions at
last, 157. Their notions as to the li-
557 berty of Christians censured, 323. - 2.
Angels, what law they act by, i. 174.
How some of them came to fall, 175.
How dispersed after their fall, 176.
Their knowledge full and complete,
178.

Antiquity, what deference to be paid to

it in disputable points, i. 437.
Apocryphal books, what denoted by the
word formerly, and what now, i. 472.
The reading of them in churches vin-
dicated, 475.

Apollinarians, their heresy, what, i. 599.
Apostacy, what, ii. 601.

Apostles, in what things they have suc-
cessors, and in what not, ii. 248. The
danger of despising their words or
preaching, 594.

Appetite, how it differs from will, i. 181.
Archbishop, to what end appointed, ii.
274.

Archdeacon, his office what, ii. 270.
Archpresbyter, his office what, ib.
Arianism, its rise and progress, i. 547.
Athanasian creed, by whom and when
written (according to the judgment of
Mr. Hooker), i. 551. The use of it in
our Liturgy vindicated, 555.
Atheism, when affected, the most oppo-
site to true religion, i. 426.
Augustine (St.), vindicated, i. 254.

Baptism, in cases of necessity, to be ad-
ministered without the usual ceremo-
nies, i. 620. 629. The necessity of it,
620. The inward grace of it conferred
where the outward means cannot be
had, 627. The case of infants dying
without it considered, ib. To be pri-
vately administered in cases of neces-
sity, 631. Administered by women
and laymen valid and effectual (in the

judgment of Mr. Hooker), 635. Admi-
nistered by heretics, why rejected by
the ancients, 638.-(See Cross, Inter-
rogatories.)

Benedictus, the use of it in our service
vindicated, i. 541.

Benefice, what the name signifies, ii.
124.

Bishops, their order appointed of God, ii.
238. Were in all churches universally,
for 1500 years after Christ, ib. In
England before the year 359, and ever
since, 239. Whence they took their
name, 241. Their order ancienter than
their name, ib. A definition of a bi-
shop, and in what his office consists,
243. At large, and with restraint, how
distinguished, ib. Their superiority, in
what sense disputed, ib. The apostles
the first bishops, and all bishops the
apostles' successors, 245. All bishops
originally called apostles, ib. They
were first instituted with restraint, and
why, 248. St. Jerome's notion of them
vindicated, 250. Their succession from
the apostles to be proved in all churches
which the apostles founded, 256. What
their power was originally, 258. Have
the power of ordination invested solely
in them, 259. Have the power of ju-
risdiction invested solely in themselves,
260. How far they admitted pres-
byters to the exercise of jurisdiction,
268. How far their power extended
originally in compass, 272. Some su-
perior to others, and why, 274. Their
interest in civil affairs vindicated, 311.
What honours due to them, and upon
what account, 329, 342. In what in-
stances honour is to be shewed them,
343. What share they had formerly
out of the public maintenance of the
church, 358. Their behaviour and con-
duct, what it should be, 364. The
great sin of procuring their office by
simony, 368. Their visitation and
courts, how they ought to be managed,
369. The great detriment that arises
from careless bishops to the church,
371. The duty of their clergy and
people to bear with their infirmities,
373. Their revenues and wealth to be
carefully protected, 375. Their title to
their revenues justified, 380.-(See E-
piscopacy, Maintenance, and Prelates.)
Bowing at the name of Jesus vindicated
i. 519.

Brazen serpent destroyed by Hezekiah,
how far to be drawn into a precedent,
i. 674.
Burial-office, the design of it, ii. 71.
Mourning attire at funerals, lawful and
decent, ib. Processions at funerals, de-
cent and ancient, 72. Sermons at fune-
rals, the proper use of them, ib. Fu-
neral banquets or doles, the decency of
them, ib. Testification of our hope of
the resurrection, at such times, how
necessary, 73. Funeral offices used by
Jews and Christians of old, ib.

Calvin (John) born in France, and ori-
ginally a lawyer, i. 109. How he in-
troduced himself into the church of
Geneva, ib. Is banished thence, and
recalled thither again, 111, 112. What
conditions he required of them upon
his return, 112. The subtilty of his
conditions, and how received by the
people, 112, 113. Is again disgusted,
and takes his leave of them, 114.
Catechizing, the design and usefulness of
it, i. 462, 463.

Ceremonies, what meant by them, i. 343,
344. The use of them, 354, 666. How
universal, 355, 356. How far we may
vary from the primitive ceremonies,
357. The objections that are made
against our ceremonies as popish, 360.
These objections contradict themselves,
363. Not to be abolished upon account
of the boasts and hopes of the papists,
379. The grief of those that are dis-
turbed at them, by whom to be reme-
died, 382. Not always to be rejected,
because originally derived from the
Jews, 385. When scandalous, and
when not, 397. When to be removed
for fear of scandal, and when not, 399.
Not necessary to be formed after the
pattern of elder churches, 401. The
moderation and prudence of the church
of England in establishing them, 410.
Certainty of assurance, what, ii. 574. Of
evidence, what, ib.

Chorepiscopi, how distinguished from bi-
shops, ii. 273.

Christ hath the second person in the Tri-
nity united with him, i. 584. Is but
one person, 586. Hath two natures
entire and distinct, 589. What his hu-
manity gained by its union with the
Deity, 593. 602, 603. His body not
every where present, 599. In what
sense he may be said to be present
every where as man, 603. In what
manner, and by what means, he is
united with his church, 606. Has the
same authority in the government of
the world as in the government of the
church, ii. 416.

Chrysostom (St.) vindicated as to his no-
tion of the jurisdiction of bishops, ii

265.
Church, what it signifies, ii. 18. Mystical £
and visible, sound and unsound, how
distinguished, i. 285. How united with
Christ, 606. What power we attribute
to it, in the making of laws, 343.
What deference due to her judgment,
i. 440. How it is distinguished from
the commonwealth, ii. 385. Both one
and the same society, 386. 389. The
notion of their being two separate so-
cieties, whence it arises, 386.

Churches, the decency of dedicating them
solemnly to God, i. 449. The lawful-
ness of distinguishing them by the
names of angels and saints, 453. The
fashion of them vindicated, 454. Ought
to be stately and sumptuous, 455. Not
to be abolished, because formerly abused
to superstitious uses, 459, 460.
Church-goods, lands, offerings, revenues,
&c. the property of them in God,
ii. 348. The right of the clergy to re-
ceive and use them, 353. Sacrilege to
alienate them, 363. The sad conse-
quences that would attend a sacrilegi-
ous alienation, 376. 379.
Church polity, see Ecclesiastical Polity.
Churching of women, the lawfulness of
the rite, ii. 68. The woman not before
excluded the church as unholy, 70.
The attire of a woman at churching to
be decent. Oblations, a proper name
for her offerings at such times, ib.
Civil powers, see King.
Clergy (Christian), three orders of them
mentioned in the New Testament, ii.
102, 103.-(See Maintenance.)
Clergy (Jewish), their distinct orders and
offices, ii. 94. Their distinct jurisdic-
tion, 152. Their plentiful maintenance
allotted by God, 355, 356.
Common prayer, the place where per-
formed to be decent and solemn, i. 503.
The ministers that perform it to be
zealous and fervent, 504. The several
exceptions made against it, 507. 528.
The objections to it as popish consi-
dered, 509. Not to be postponed to
any foreign liturgies, 510. The easi-
ness of reading it considered, 521. The
length of it vindicated, 523. The short-
ness of the collects vindicated, 525.
The frequent petitions for temporal
blessings vindicated, 528.-(See Forms
of prayer.)

Commonwealth, see Church-Prayer.
Communion, see Eucharist.
Communion of saints, wherein it consists,
i. 614.

Conference, see Disputation.

Confession, how practised by the primi-

tive church, ii. 161. How practised
among the Jews, 164. How practised
by the protestants abroad, 187. How
it stands with the church of Eng-
land, ib.
Confession (auricular), the pretended texts
of Scripture for it examined, ii. 165.
The rise, progress, and discontinuance
of it in the primitive church, 168.
How abused by the papists, 179. How
far practised by the church of England,
188.

Confirmation, the antiquity of it, i. 681.

An office peculiar to bishops, 683.
Why severed from baptism, 684.
Contrition, wherein it consists, ii. 158.
Councils to be called and dissolved by
the civil powers, ii. 427. 1. 20
Courts (of bishops) how pernicious, if
corrupt, ii. 369.

Cross in baptism, justified, i. 664. Its an-
tiquity and use, and why made in the
forehead, 668. Not to be discontinued
because abused by the papists, 673.
Cyprian (St.) vindicated, i. 255. ii. 295.
299. 325.

Deacons, their order and office, ii. 99.
Death (sudden), the petition against it
in the Litany vindicated, i. 562.
Diocess and province (of a bishop), how
they differ, ii. 276. Whence the dis-
tinction at first arose, ib.
Discipline and doctrine, the difference be-
tween them, i. 298. (Penitential), the
severity of it in the primitive church,
ii. 202. The danger of too easily re-
mitting it, 203. How abused by the
papists, 204. (Of the puritans), by
what means it got footing among the
people, i. 118. By what means among
the learned, 127. The dangerous con-
sequences that would follow from it,
143.

Disputation, public, where properly to be
held, i. 134. Not to be admitted upon
all demands, 135. How to be managed,
ib. The proper manner to end it, 136.
Doles, at funerals, the decency of them,
ii. 72.

Dominion, spiritual, the power of it, what,
ii. 394.-(See Head of the church-
King-Supremacy.)

Donations, endowments, or foundations,
religious, the impiety or sacrilege of
alienating or impairing them, ii. 114.
Donatists, the ground of their schism, i.
640.

Doxology, see Gloria Patri.

Ecclesiastical Polity, why chosen by the
Author for the title of his book, i. 295.
The substance and matter of the eight
books, 141. Not necessary to be the

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same in all churches, 296. Nor to be
wholly and minutely set down in Scrip-
ture, 297.-(See Discipline.)

Elect, never wholly fall from the faith, ii.
576. 601. God's care of them, when he
executes judgments on the wicked, 609.
Endowments, religious; see Donations.
Episcopacy, by whom first opposed, ii.
283. In what respect opposed by the
modern sectaries, 286. Their arguments
against it as a human invention, ib.
Those arguments answered, 288. Their
arguments against the necessity of it,
295. An answer to those arguments,
ib. The objection of bishops usurping
more power now than formerly, an-
swered, 300. No where condemned in
Scripture or antiquity, 322.-(See Bi-
shops Prelates.)

Error and heresy, how they differ, ii. 512.

545.

1.532

Evangelists, what they were, ii. 101.
Eucharist, not to be received before bap-
tism, ii. 1. The design and use of it,
ib. The manner of Christ's presence in
it, not to be inquired into too curiously, p. 613, at seg

3. 10. In what sense the elements are
his body and blood, 4. Distributing the
elements to every person singly, justi-
fied, 13. Kneeling at the time of re-
ceiving, justified, 16. Examination of
the communicants not to be laid aside,
ib. Papists, when conforming, not to
be repelled, 17. The objection as to the
fewness of our communicants answered,
23. Very properly administered at mar-
riages, 68. The power of ministers to
exclude men from it, 189.

Evil, as evil, not to be desired, i. 183.
How to be distinguished from good,

185.

Eutyches, his error, what, i. 589. 599.

Faith, why weak and imperfect in some
believers, ii. 573. When once received,
never afterward entirely fails, 577. 601.
The foundation of it, what, 514. 521.
What it is to hold it, 523. What to
deny it directly, and what by conse
quent, 524. The difference of faith in
good men and wicked, 526. He that
once holds it can never afterward di-
rectly deny it, 527.

Fasting, the design and use of it, ii. 48.

What fasts observed by the Jews, 51.
What by the Christians, 54. The op-
positions made to it, 56. The political
benefits of it, 63. Why appointed be-
fore festivals, ib.
Fathers, how far they make use of nega-
tive arguments from Scripture, i. 254.
Fathers, Romish; see Romanists.
Fear, not sinful in itself, ii. 570. On what
it ought to be exercised most, ib.

67

451.-(See Dominion-Head of the
Church-Supremacy.)

Kneeling at the sacrament justified, ii. 16.

Law (in general), what it is, i. 163. (Eter-
nal), what it is, 164. (Set by God to
himself), what, 165. 187. Unsearch-
able, 166. (Observed by natural agents)
what, 170. 187. (Observed by angels)
what, 174. (By which man is to be
guided) what, 177. (Of reason) what,
and how to be known, 192. The bene-
fit of keeping it, 195.

Laws (politic), to what end ordained, i.
198. 202. By whom to be made, 203.
From whence they take their force, 204.
Why so much variety in them, 205.
(Mixed and merely human) how they
differ, 206. (Of nations), of what use,
208. (Primary and secondary), how
distinguished, 209. (Supernatural), why
it pleased God to make them known,
211. (Natural and rational), why set
down in Holy Scripture, 219. (Divine)
the benefit of having them written, 221.
226. (Positive), when mutable and
when not, 229. 324. How to judge
of laws, 233. When well or ill made,
321. How far to be obeyed, 237. (Of
Christ and Moses), how they differ,
333. Whether Christ has forbidden all
change of his laws, 331. In what cases
we may add to or diminish them, 344.
(Ecclesiastical), by whom to be made,
ii. 429. 447.

Laity, their consent necessary in ecclesias-
tical laws, ii. 451.
Lay-baptism, valid and effectual in the
opinion of the author, i. 635.
Learning in the clergy not every where to
be expected, ii. 132. The want of it
does not vacate their commission, 139.
Lessons, the intermingling of them with
the public service vindicated, i. 526.
Litanies, the antiquity and use of them,
i. 544, 545.

Liturgy, see Common Prayer.

Lord's Prayer, the frequent use of it in
the Liturgy vindicated, i. 530, 531.

Magnificat, the use of it in our service
vindicated, i. 542.

Maintenance of the clergy among the Jews,
how liberal, ii. 355. Among Christians
ought to be the same, 358. 377. How
scandalously small it is with us, 382.
Sacrilege to alienate it, 363. 376. 379.
Man aspires to a conformity with God, i.
177. By what degree he attains to
knowledge, 178. What happiness or
perfection he aims at, 211. By what
means he must attain it, 216.
Masses for the dead (as practised by the
319 papists), exposed, ii. 205.

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Matrimony, why instituted, ii. 64. How
esteemed by heathens and Jews, 65.
Not to be celebrated at improper times,
ib.

Mercy for all men, the praying for it vin-
dicated, i. 578.

Merits, none whatsoever in the best of
men, ii. 507. The popish doctrine of
them refuted, 544. 618.
Metropolitan bishops, how they came to
be archbishops, ii. 277.
Ministers, their zeal and fervency in pub-
lic prayer, how necessary, i. 504. Of
great importance to the welfare and
prosperity of the commonwealth, ii. 74.
Their authority and power, 84. Their
character indelible, 85. The scandal of
admitting unfit persons to the ministry,
137. (See Clergy.)

Mockers, who properly so called, ii. 596.
The danger of their state, 597.
Mourning attire at funerals, lawful and
decent, ii. 71.

Music, the power of it, i. 535. Helpful
to devotion, ib. How it ought to be
regulated in churches, 536.

Natures (two distinct) in Christ, i. 589.
Necessity, how far it may dispense with
laws, i. 442.

Negative arguments, from Scripture, how
far of force, i. 252. 262.
Nestorius, his heresy, what, i. 586. His
heresy confuted, 599.
Noah's seven precepts, i. 389.
Non-residence, how far reprovable, ii. 127.
In what cases allowed of, 134. How
and by whom to be in some measure
redressed, 146.

Novatius, his error, what, ii. 213.
Nunc-dimittis, the use of it in our service
vindicated, i. 541.

Offensive and scandalous, what properly
so, i. 395.

Pagans, how the name came to be used for
heathens, ii. 119.

Papists, see Romanists.

Parishes or districts, when and by whom
first appointed, ii. 119.
Parliament of England, its authority to
make laws in ecclesiastical affairs, ii.
429.

Pastors, in the New Testament, what they
were, ii. 101.
Patriarchs or primates, their superiority,
what, ii. 278.
Patronage of churches, whence the right
of it arises, ii. 125.
Penance, the discipline of it instituted by
Christ, ii. 160. Practised by the pri-
mitive Christians, ib. What it is, and
of how many parts it consists among