The Independent Whig: Or, A Defence of Primitive Christianity, and of Our ... - Google Libros

Libros

Imágenes de páginas

CONTENTS,

For Volumes 1st. & 2d.

DEDICATION to the lower house of convocation,

Numb. 1. The Introduction,

II. The design of this work,

III. Of the contempt of the clergy,

IV. Of the explication of the scripture,

V. The unfitness of the clergy to teach others,

VI. Of creeds and confessions of faith,

VII. Of uninterrupted succession,

VIII. Of uninterrupted succession, Part 2.

IX. Of the clearness of scripture,

X. Of ordination,

XI. The advantageous situation of the clergy, strangely

inconsistent with their common cry of danger,

XII. The enmity of the high-clergy to the reformation,

and their arts to defeat the end of it,

XIII. The church proved a creature of the civil power,

by acts of parliament, and the oaths of the clergy,

XIV. The clergy proved to be creatures of the civil pow-

er, by the canons, and their own publick acts,

XV. The absurdity and impossibility of church-power,

as independent on the state,"

of high-church; with some advice to the clergy,

XVII. Reasons why the high-church are the most wick-

XVI. The inconsistency of the principles and practices

ed of all men,"

XVIII. A general idea of priestcraft,

XIX. Ecclesiastical authority, as claimed by the high-

clergy, an enemy to religion,

Queries concerning authority in matters of faith,

A letter to a clergyman, shewing the impossibility of asee

senting to what we do not understaud,

XX. Of chaplains,

XXI. A comparison between the high-church and the

XXII. Priestcraft corrupts every thing, and perverts the

[blocks in formation]

85

[blocks in formation]

XXXIII. The ignorance of the high-church vulgar, and

XXXVI. Of the peace of the church,

XXXVII. The enmity of the high-clergy to the bible,

XXXVIII. Of penance, and religious revellings,

XL. Of priestly cruelty,

XXXIX. Priests afraid of ridicule,

XLI. The folly of the clergy's demanding respect when

their characters are bad: With the equity of uni-

versal toleration, and of judging for ourselves,

XLII. Of high-church atheism,

XLIII. Of high church atheism, Part 2.

XLIV. Of high-church atheism, Part 3.

XLV. Of high-church atheism, Part 4.

XLVI. Of high-church atheism, Part 5.

XLVII. No priests instituted by the Christian religion,

XLVIII. All priestly power inconsistent with the gospel,

and renounced by it,

XLIX. The same subject continued,

L. An inquiry into religious establishments; with a fur-

ther confutation of the impious and absurd claims of

LI. Of the three high-churches in England,

LII. An aualogy between ancient heathenism and mod-

ern priestcraft,

178

LIII. Priestly power founded on the weaknesses of hu-

A letter to a gentleman at Edinburgh, concerning the bu-

sy and assuming spirit of the ecclesiasticks, and

their extravagant demands upon the laity,

CONTENTS,

For Volumes 3d & 4th.

NUMBER LV. Of Blasphemy,

LVI. Of mutual charity and forbearance,

LVII. The vanity as well as wickedness of persecution,

LVIII. A dialogue between Monsier Jurieu and a Bur-

gomaster of Rotterdam,

LIX. Dialogue between Mr. Jurieu; and a Burgomaster,

LX. Conclusion of the dialogue between Mr. Jurieu and

LXI. Force and fraud, how opposite to the spirit of reli-

gion. The very different effects of religious liber-

ty and false zeal,

LXII. Power and imposition in matters of religion, tend

rather to abolish religion, than to improve it. The

light of nature, and the practice of heathens, furnish

reproof to persecuting Christians,

LXIII. The consuming nature of persecution. Persecu-

tors generally religious madmen. Their egregious

want of shame, and utter unfitness to make converts,

LXIV. Mutual bitterness and persecution amongst Chris-

tians, how repugnant to the gospel, and how shock-

ing to a rational pagan,

LXV. Of the strange force of education, especially in

matters of religion,

LXVI. The extravagant notions and practice of penance,

how generally prevailing as a necessary part of re-

ligion, even amongst such as know not, or neglect

all the other and real penalties,

LXVII. The principles and practice of penance; its ex-

travagance and ill-tendency further considered,

LXVIII. The teachers of all sects (who lay claim to pow-

er and submission) how apt to reproach, yet how

much resembling each other,

LXIX. The Hierarchy of Rome, how like that of Japan.

The obvious danger to a state from popish mission-

aries,

LXX. Dialogue between a country clergyman and a

LXXI. Dialogue between a country clergyman and a

quaker, continued,

LXXII. Dialogue between a country clergyman and a

quaker, continued,

LXXIII. Dialogue between a country clergyman and a

quaker, continued,

LXXIV. Of the character and capacity of the fathers of

A letter to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury; proving,

that his grace cannot be the author of the letter to

an eminent presbyterian clergyman in Switzerland;

in which letter the present state of religion in Eng-

land is blackened and exposed,

An examination of the facts and reasonings in the Lord

Lishop of Chichester's sermon, preached before the

House of Lords, on the 30th of Jan. 1731. Hum-

bly addressed to his lordship,

A Sermon preached before the learned society of Lin-

coln's inn, on Jan. 30, 1732, from Job xxxiv. 30.

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be en-

Suared. By a Layman,

LXXV. A view of the Romish church, in her heads, the-

ology, canons, miracles, and saints; taken chiefly

from her own writers and champions,

LXXVI. An idea of the French government.

rit of popery, how terrible to protestants,

LXXVII. Further observations upon the French govern-

ment. The excellence of our own, confessed by

French writers,

LXXVIII. Persecution and cruelty, marks of apostasy

from Christianity. The doctrine of transubstantia-

tion, how impious and impossible. The inconsisten-

cy, impotence, and absurdity of all popish miracles,

LXXIX. The natural and dreadful consequences attend-

ing the success of the rebellion,

LXXX. The views of the pretender not to be disguised.

His defence an insult,

LXXXI. The Norman invasion, how sanguinary and fa-

tal to England: The invader, how faithless and bar-

barous to Englishmen,

LXXXII. The curious speech of a fugitive protestant-

popish-jacobite priest to Lewis the well-beloved,

LXXXIII. The loyalty of papists never to be trusted by

protestants. Religion and liberty inevitable sacrifi-

ces to a popish revolution,

LXXXIV. Remarks upon the appeal of the pretender

(young or old) to the people,

LXXXV. Popery tried by Christianity and reason, and

[blocks in formation]

« Anterior Continuar »