An Apology for the True Christian Divinity / Being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers

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• Name of the Lord, 376.
• To Anoint in the Name of the Lord, 418.
• Nero, 433, 434.
• Noah’s Faith had neither the Scripture nor the Prophecy of those going before him, 18.
• It is said of him, that he was a perfect Man, 216.
• Number, Of using the singular Number to one Person, 462, 463.

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• Oath, That it is not lawful to swear, 451, 476 to 488.
• Obedience is better than Sacrifice, 55.
• Object of Faith; See Faith.
• Oil, To anoint with Oil, 388, 418, 422.
• Ordinance, Sealing Ordinance, 358.

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• Papists, The Rule of their Faith, 37.
• They are forced ultimately to recur unto the immediate and inward Revelations of the Holy Spirit, 45.
• What Difference there is betwixt the cursed Deeds of those of Munster and theirs, 39 to 42.
• They have taken away the second Commandment in their Catechism, 59.
• They make Philosophy the Hand-maid of Divinity, 64.
• They exalt too much the natural Power, and what they think of the Saving Light, 147.
• Their Doctrine concerning Justification is greatly vitiated, 165.
• Concerning their Manners and Ceremonies, 235, 236, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252.
• Their Literature and Studies, 265.
• Of the modern Apostles and Evangelists, 277, 278.
• Whom they exclude from the Ministry, 281.
• They must be sure of so much a Year before they preach, 283.
• They do not labour, 290, 291.
• The more moderate and sober of them exclaim against the excessive Revenues of the Clergy, 287, 288.
• Their Worship can easily be stopped, 322.
• Albeit they say, None are saved Without Water-baptism, yet they allow an Exception, 365.
• Of Baptism, 385, 386.
• Of the Flesh and Blood of Christ, 396, 397.
• Of an Oath, 487, 488.
• Parable of the Talents, 130, 138.
• Of the Vineyard intrusted, 128.
• Of the Sower, 137, 140.
• Of the Tares, 431, 432.
• Paschal Lamb, the End thereof, 400.
• Patriarchs, 392, 400.
• Pelagians, 73.
• How we differ from them, 121, 385.
• See Light of Nature.
• Pelagius denied that Man gets an evil Seed from Adam, and ascribes all to the Will and Nature of Men: He said, that Man could attain unto a State of not Sinning by his mere natural Strength, without the Grace of God, 222.
• Persecution upon the Account of Religion, 439 to 446.
• See Magistrate.
• Perseverance, The Grace of God may be lost through Disobedience, 203, 224, 226.
• Yet such a Stability may in this Life be attained, from which there cannot be a total Apostasy, 227 to 230.
• Peter, Whether he was at Rome, 38.
• He was ignorant of Aristotle’s Logick, 64.
• There were of old divers Opinions concerning his second Epistle, 51.
• Pharisees, 356, 405.
• Philosopher, The Heathen Philosopher was brought to the Christian Faith by an illiterate Rustick, 267, 268.
• Philosophy, 256, 268.
• Physick, 268.
• Plays, whether it be lawful to use them, 449, 452, 470, 476, 500.
• Polycarpus, the Disciple of John, 37.
• Pray, To pray for Remission of Sins, 220.
• Concerning the Lord’s Prayer, 315.
• To pray without the Spirit is to offend God, 319, 474.
• Concerning the Prayer of the Will in Silence, 328.
• See Worship.
• Prayer, The Prayers of the People were in the Latin Tongue, 265.
• Preacher; See Minister.
• Preaching, What is termed the Preaching of the Word, 271, 279, 299, 300.
• To preach without the Spirit is to offend God, 319.
• See Worship.
• It is a permanent Institution, 373.
• It is learned as another Trade, 279.
• Predestinated, God hath after a special Manner predestinated some to Salvation; of whom, if the Places of Scripture which some abuse be understood, their Objections are easily solved, 125.
• Priest, Under the Law God spake immediately to the High Priest, 17, 33.
• Priests; See Minister of the Law, 239, 240, 243, 262, 301.
• Profession, An outward Profession is necessary that any be a Member of a particular Christian Church, 235.
• Prophecy, And to prophesy, what it signifies, 276.
• Of the Liberty of prophesying, ibid.
• Prophets, Some Prophets did not Miracles, 254.
• Protestants, the Rule of their Faith, 37.
• They are forced ultimately to recur unto the immediate and inward Revelation of the Holy Spirit, 46.
• What Difference betwixt the execrable Deeds of those of Munster and theirs, 39 to 42.
• They make Philosophy the Hand-maid of Divinity, 64.
• They affirm John Hus prophesied of the Reformation that was to be, 71.
• Whether they did not throw themselves into many Errors while they were expecting a greater Light, 106.
• They opposed the Papists not without good Cause, in the Doctrine of Justification; but they soon ran into another Extreme, 167, 168.
• They say, that the best Works of the Saints are defiled, 172.
• Whether there be any Difference between them and the Papists in Superstitions and Manners, and what it is, 238, 239, 252.
• What they think of the Call of a Minister, 241, 246, 252 to 256.
• It is lamentable that they betake them to Judas for a Pattern to their Ministers and Ministry, 263.
• Their Zeal and Endeavours are praised, 265.
• Of their School-divinity, 268, 269.
• Of the Apostles and Evangelists of this Time, 377.
• Whom they exclude from the Ministry, 279.
• That they preach to none, until they be first sure of so much a Year, 284.
• The more moderate of them exclaim against the excessive Revenues of the Clergy, 287, 288.
• Though they had forsaken the Bishop of Rome, yet they would not part with old Benefices, 289.
• They will not labour, 290, 291.
• Whether they have made a perfect Reformation in Worship, 297, 298.
• Their Worship can easily be stopped, 322.
• They have given great Scandal to the Reformation, 349.
• They deny Water-baptism to be absolutely necessary to Salvation, 265.
• Of Water-baptism, 383 to 386.
• Of the Flesh and Blood of Christ, 394 to 396.
• They use not Washing of Feet, 409.
• How they did vindicate Liberty of Conscience, 436, 437.
• Some affirm, that wicked Kings and Magistrates ought to be deposed, yea, killed, 438.
• How they meet, when they have not the Consent of the Magistrate, 446.
• Of Oaths and Swearing, 477, 478.
• Psalms, Singing of Psalms, 352.

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• Quakers, i. e. Tremblers, and why so called, 150, 310.
• They are not Contemners of the Scriptures, and what they think of them, 48, 51, 52, 61, 62, 63.
• Nor of Reason, and what they think of it, 118, 119.
• They do not say, that all other secondary Means of Knowledge are of no Service, 11.
• They do not compare themselves to Jesus Christ, as they are falsely accused, 113.
• Nor do they deny those Things that are written in the Holy Scriptures concerning Christ, his Conception, &c. 113, 180.
• They were raised up of God to shew forth the Truth, 107, 148, 161, 272, 310.
• Their Doctrine of Justification is not Popish, 165, 173, 192, 202.
• They are not against Meditation, 318.
• Their Worship cannot be interrupted, 321.
• And what they have suffered, 321 to 324.
• How they vindicate Liberty of Conscience, 444, 445.
• They do not persecute others, 443.
• Their Adversaries confess, that they are found for the most Part free from the Abominations which abound among others; yet they count those Things Vices in them, which in themselves they extol as notable Virtues, and make more Noise about the Escape of one Quaker, than of an Hundred among themselves 451.
• They destroy not the mutual Relation that is betwixt Prince and People, Master and Servant, Father and Son, nor do they introduce Community of Goods, 452.
• Nor say, that one Man may not use the Creation more or less than another, 453.

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• Ranters, The Blasphemy of the Ranters or Libertines, saying, that there is no Difference betwixt Good and Evil, 213.
• Reason, What need we set up corrupt Reason, 29.
• Concerning Reason, 39, 118, 119.
• Rebecca, 309.
• Reconciliation, How Reconciliation with God is made, 174 to 180.
• Recreations; See Plays.
• Redemption is considered in a twofold Respect; First, Performed by Christ without us; And Secondly, Wrought in us, 171, 172.
• It is universal: God gave his only begotten Son Jesus Christ for a Light, that whosoever believeth in him may be saved, 85, 131, 132.
• The Benefit of his Death is not less universal than the Seed of Sin, 86, 87.
• There is scarce found any Article of the Christian Religion that is so expresly confirmed in the Holy Scriptures, 95 to 101.
• This Doctrine was preached by the Fathers (so called) of the first six hundred Years, and is proved by the Sayings of some, 101, 102, 103.
• Those that since the Time of the Reformation have affirmed it, have not given a clear Testimony how that Benefit is communicated to all, nor have sufficiently taught the Truth, because they have added the absolute Necessity of the outward Knowledge of the History of Christ; yea, they have thereby given the contrary Party a stronger Argument to defend their precise Decree of Reprobation, among whom were the Remonstrants of Holland, 87, 88, 103 to 105.
• God hath now raised up a few illiterate Men to be Dispensers of this Truth, 107, 108, 149, 150.
• This Doctrine sheweth forth the Mercy and Justice of God, 108, 124.
• It is the foundation of Salvation, 108.
• It answers to the whole Tenor of the Gospel Promises and Threats, ibid.
• It magnifies and commends the Merits and Death of Christ, ibid.
• It exalts above all the Grace of God, ibid.
• It overturns the false Doctrine of the Pelagians, Semi-pelagians, and others, who exalt the Light of Nature, and the Freedom of Man’s Will, ibid.
• It makes the Salvation of Man solely to depend upon God, and his Condemnation wholly and in every Respect to be of himself, 109.
• It takes away all Ground of Despair, and seeds none in Security, ibid.
• It commends the Christian Religion among Infidels, ibid.
• It sheweth the Wisdom of God, ibid.
• And it is established, though not in Words, yet by Deeds, even by those Ministers that oppose this Doctrine, ibid.
• It derogates not from the Atonement and Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, but doth magnify and exalt it, 115.
• There is given to every one (none excepted) a certain Day and Time of Visitation, in which it is possible for them to be saved, 107, 125 to 133.
• The Testimony of Cyrillus concerning this Thing, 130, 131.
• It is explained what is understood and not understood by this Day, 111.
• To some it may be longer, to others shorter, ibid.
• Many may outlive their Day of Visitation, after which there is no Possibility of Salvation to them, ibid.
• Some Examples are alledged, ibid.
• The Objections and those Places of Scripture which others abuse, to prove that God incites Men necessarily to sin, are easily solved, if they be applied to these Men, after the Time of their Visitation is past, 111, 125.
• There is given to every one a Measure of the Light, Seed, Grace, and Word of God, whereby they can be saved, 107, 108, 125, 137 to 144.
• Which is also confirmed by the Testimonies of Cyrillus and others, 135 to 143.
• What that Light is; See Light.
• Many though ignorant of the outward History, yet have been sensible of the Loss that came by Adam, which is confirmed by the Testimonies of Plato and others, 159, 160.
• Many have known Christ within, as a Remedy to redeem them, though not under that Denomination, witness Seneca, Cicero, and others, 159, 160, 161.
• Yet all are obliged to believe the outward History of Christ to whom God bringeth the Knowledge of it, 115.
• Reformation, wherein it is not placed, 241, 242.
• Mechanick Men have contributed much to it, 280, 281.
• What hath been pernicious to it, 397.
• Relation; See Quakers.
• Religion, The Christian Religion; See Christianity,
• How it is made odious to Jews, Turks, and Heathens, 395.
• Remonstrants of Holland; See Arminians, Redemption.
• They deny absolute Reprobation, 38.
• How we differ from them, 121.
• They exalt too much the natural Power and free Will of Man, and what they think of the Saving Light, 147.
• Their Worship can easily be stopped, 322.
• Reprobation; See also Redemption.
• What absolute Reprobation is, is described, 88, 89.
• Its Doctrine is horrible, impious, and blasphemous, 89 to 93.
• It is also so called by Lucas Osiander, 104.
• It is a new Doctrine, and Augustine laid the first Foundation thereof, which Dominicus, Calvin, and the Synod of Dort maintained, 89, 103, 104.
• Also Luther, whom notwithstanding Lutherans afterwards deserted, 103, 104.
• It is injurious to God, and makes him the Author of Sin; proved by the Sayings of Calvin, Beza, Zanchius, Paræus, Martyr, Zuinglius, and Piscator, 90, 91.
• It makes the preaching of the Gospel a mere Mock and Illusion, 92.
• It makes the Coming of Christ, and his Propitiatory Sacrifice to have been a Testimony of God’s Wrath, ibid.
• It is injurious to Mankind, and makes his Condition worse than the Condition of Devils, Beasts, Jews under Pharaoh, and the same which the Poets applied to Tantalus, 93.
• Revelation, God always manifested himself by the Revelations of the Spirit, iii. 14, 15, 43.
• They are made several Ways, iii.
• They have been always the formal Object of Faith, and so remain, ibid. 17 to 31.
• And that not only subjectively, but also objectively, 31, 32.
• They are simply necessary unto true Faith, iii. 4, 36, 45.
• They are not uncertain, 34, 35, 36.
• Yea, it is horrible Sacrilege to accuse them of Uncertainty, 28.
• The Examples of the Anabaptists of Munster do not a Whit weaken this Doctrine, 36, 39, 42.
• They can never contradict the Holy Scripture, nor sound Reason, iii. 43, 65.
• They are evident and clear of themselves, nor need they another’s Testimony, iii. 43, 44.
• They are the only, sure, certain, and unmoveable Foundation of all Christian Faith, 45.
• Carnal Christians judge them nothing necessary; yea, they are hissed out by the most Part of Men, 5.
• Of old none were esteemed Christians save those that had the Spirit of Christ; but now-a-days he is termed an Heretick who affirms that he is led by it, 28.
• The Testimonies of some concerning the Necessity of these Revelations, 6 to 9, 27, 28.
• By whose and what Devices they have been brought out of Use, 106.
• Revenge; See War, 488, 489.
• Rule of Faith and Manners; See Scripture.
• Rustick, The poor Rustick’s Answer given to the proud Prelate, 250.
• He brought a Philosopher unto the Christian Faith, 268.