MMagistrate, concerning his Power in Things purely religious, and that he hath no Authority over the Conscience,425to449.Nor ought he to punish according to Church Censure,428,429.Concerning the present Magistrates of the Christian World,499.Mahometprohibited all Discourse and Reasoning about Religion,443.He was an Impostor,119.Majesty, YourMajesty; SeeTitles.Man; SeeKnowledge.His Spirit knoweth the Things of a Man, and not the Things of God,14.The carnal Man esteemeth the Gospel Truths as Lies,15.And in that State he cannot please God,25.The new Man and the old,46,113.The natural Man cannot discern spiritual Things; as to the firstAdam, he is fallen and degenerate,46,73,85.His Thoughts of God and Divine Things in the corrupt State are evil and unprofitable,73.Nothing ofAdam’s Sin is imputed to him, until by evil-doing he commit his own,75,82.In the corrupt State he hath no Will or Light capable of itself to manifest spiritual Things,75to81,169.He cannot when he will procure to himself Tenderness of Heart,120.Whatsoever he doth, while he doth it not by, in, and through the Power of God, he is not approved of God,218,219.How the inward Man is nourished,390to395.How his Understanding cannot be forced by Sufferings, and how his Understanding is changed,435.Merchandise, What it is to make Merchandise with the Scriptures,271.Mass,297,298,302,322,349.Mathematician,44,45.Mechanicks,280.They contributed much to the Reformation,281.Merit; SeeJustification.Metaphysicks,268.Ministerof the Gospel, it is not found in Scripture if any be called,54,55,236.Teachers are not to go before the Teaching of the Spirit,63.The Popish and Protestant Errors concerning the Grace of a Minister are rejected,73,80,81.They are given for the perfecting of the Saints, &c.,211.Concerning their Call, and wherein it is placed,231,239to255.Qualities,232,256to272.Orders and Distinction of Laity and Clergy,275to279.Of separating Men for the Ministry,ibid.Concerning the Sustentation and Maintenance of Ministers, and their Abuse; of the Idleness, Riot, and Cruelty of Ministers,318to329.What Kind of Ministry and Ministers the Quakers are for, and what Sort their Adversaries are for,292to295.Ministerof the Law, there was no Doubtfulness concerning them under the Law,240,261,262.Their Ministry was not purely spiritual; and while they performed it, they behoved to be purified from their outward Pollutions, as now those under the Gospel from their inward,239,240,292.Miracles, whether they be needful to those who place their Faith in objective Revelation,19,20,254.Moses,158,323,327,355,389.Munster; SeeAnabaptists.Their mischievous Actings,36.Musick,353.Mysteryof Iniquity,274,328,329.NName 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.OOath, That it is not lawful to swear,451,476to488.Obedienceis better than Sacrifice,55.Objectof Faith; SeeFaith.Oil, To anoint with Oil,388,418,422.Ordinance, SealingOrdinance,358.PPapists, 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 ofMunsterand theirs,39to42.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.Parableof 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.SeeLight of Nature.Pelagiusdenied that Man gets an evil Seed fromAdam, 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.Persecutionupon the Account of Religion,439to446.SeeMagistrate.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,227to230.Peter, Whether he was atRome,38.He was ignorant ofAristotle’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 ofJohn,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.SeeWorship.Prayer, The Prayers of the People were in the Latin Tongue,265.Preacher; SeeMinister.Preaching, What is termed the Preaching of the Word,271,279,299,300.To preach without the Spirit is to offend God,319.SeeWorship.It is apermanentInstitution,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; SeeMinisterof 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 toprophesy, 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 ofMunsterand theirs,39to42.They make Philosophy the Hand-maid of Divinity,64.They affirmJohn Husprophesied 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,241,246,252to256.It is lamentable that they betake them toJudasfor 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 ofRome, 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,383to386.Of the Flesh and Blood of Christ,394to396.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.QQuakers, 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,321to324.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 themselves451.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.RRanters, 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,174to180.Recreations; SeePlays.Redemptionis considered in a twofold Respect;First, Performed by Christ without us; AndSecondly, Wrought in us,171,172.It is universal: God gave his only begotten SonJesus Christfor 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,95to101.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 ofHolland,87,88,103to105.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 amongInfidels,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,107,125to133.The Testimony ofCyrillusconcerning 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,107,108,125,137to144.Which is also confirmed by the Testimonies ofCyrillusand others,135to143.What that Light is; SeeLight.Many though ignorant of the outward History, yet have been sensible of the Loss that came byAdam, which is confirmed by the Testimonies ofPlatoand others,159,160.Many have known Christ within, as a Remedy to redeem them, though not under that Denomination, witnessSeneca, 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; SeeQuakers.Religion, The Christian Religion; SeeChristianity,How it is made odious to Jews, Turks, and Heathens,395.RemonstrantsofHolland; SeeArminians,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 alsoRedemption.What absolute Reprobation is, is described,88,89.Its Doctrine is horrible, impious, and blasphemous,89to93.It is also so called byLucas Osiander,104.It is a new Doctrine, andAugustinelaid the first Foundation thereof, whichDominicus,Calvin, and the Synod ofDortmaintained,89,103,104.AlsoLuther, whom notwithstandingLutheransafterwards deserted,103,104.It is injurious to God, and makes him the Author of Sin; proved by the Sayings ofCalvin,Beza,Zanchius,Paræus,Martyr,Zuinglius, andPiscator,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 toTantalus,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.17to31.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 ofMunsterdo 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,6to9,27,28.By whose and what Devices they have been brought out of Use,106.Revenge; SeeWar,488,489.Ruleof Faith and Manners; SeeScripture.Rustick, The poor Rustick’s Answer given to the proud Prelate,250.He brought aPhilosopherunto the Christian Faith,268.
MMagistrate, concerning his Power in Things purely religious, and that he hath no Authority over the Conscience,425to449.Nor ought he to punish according to Church Censure,428,429.Concerning the present Magistrates of the Christian World,499.Mahometprohibited all Discourse and Reasoning about Religion,443.He was an Impostor,119.Majesty, YourMajesty; SeeTitles.Man; SeeKnowledge.His Spirit knoweth the Things of a Man, and not the Things of God,14.The carnal Man esteemeth the Gospel Truths as Lies,15.And in that State he cannot please God,25.The new Man and the old,46,113.The natural Man cannot discern spiritual Things; as to the firstAdam, he is fallen and degenerate,46,73,85.His Thoughts of God and Divine Things in the corrupt State are evil and unprofitable,73.Nothing ofAdam’s Sin is imputed to him, until by evil-doing he commit his own,75,82.In the corrupt State he hath no Will or Light capable of itself to manifest spiritual Things,75to81,169.He cannot when he will procure to himself Tenderness of Heart,120.Whatsoever he doth, while he doth it not by, in, and through the Power of God, he is not approved of God,218,219.How the inward Man is nourished,390to395.How his Understanding cannot be forced by Sufferings, and how his Understanding is changed,435.Merchandise, What it is to make Merchandise with the Scriptures,271.Mass,297,298,302,322,349.Mathematician,44,45.Mechanicks,280.They contributed much to the Reformation,281.Merit; SeeJustification.Metaphysicks,268.Ministerof the Gospel, it is not found in Scripture if any be called,54,55,236.Teachers are not to go before the Teaching of the Spirit,63.The Popish and Protestant Errors concerning the Grace of a Minister are rejected,73,80,81.They are given for the perfecting of the Saints, &c.,211.Concerning their Call, and wherein it is placed,231,239to255.Qualities,232,256to272.Orders and Distinction of Laity and Clergy,275to279.Of separating Men for the Ministry,ibid.Concerning the Sustentation and Maintenance of Ministers, and their Abuse; of the Idleness, Riot, and Cruelty of Ministers,318to329.What Kind of Ministry and Ministers the Quakers are for, and what Sort their Adversaries are for,292to295.Ministerof the Law, there was no Doubtfulness concerning them under the Law,240,261,262.Their Ministry was not purely spiritual; and while they performed it, they behoved to be purified from their outward Pollutions, as now those under the Gospel from their inward,239,240,292.Miracles, whether they be needful to those who place their Faith in objective Revelation,19,20,254.Moses,158,323,327,355,389.Munster; SeeAnabaptists.Their mischievous Actings,36.Musick,353.Mysteryof Iniquity,274,328,329.