Atheism, when affected, moft oppofite
to true religion, ii. 13. Its radical
caule,
ibid.
Attendancy, lawfully ufed by the
higher orders of the Clergy, iii.
240. The abfurd opinion of the
Puritans refpecting the origin of
this custom,

241.
Attire of minifters vindicated, ii.
113.
St. AUGUSTINE vindicated, i. 310.
Authority (human) how far to be
urged,
i. 327.

B.

Baptifm, adminiftered by Heretics,
why rejected by the ancients, i.
354.
Baptifm, its fubftance and rites, ii.
241. In cafes of neceffity to be
administered without the ufual ce-
remonies, 243, 252. The neceli-
ty of it, 243, 245. The inward
grace of it conferred where the
outward means cannot be had, 250.
The cafe of infants dying without
it confidered, 252. To be private-
ly adminiftered in cafes of neceffi-
ty, 255. Valid and effectual when
administered by laymen and wo
men, in the opinion of the Author,
261. To be adminiftered but once,
263. Not fruftrated by the incom-
petency of the minifter, 270. An
action moral, ecclefiaftical, and
myftical, 273. Of infants, and
the interrogations defended, 287.

(See Crofs-Interrogatories.)
St. BASIL's advice to them who ap-
prove not their governors' ordi-

nances,

ii. 122.

Benedictus, the use of it in our Litur-
gy vindicated,
ii. 150.
Benefice, what the name fignifies,
ii. 471.
BEZA and ERASTUS, their controver-
fy about the power of excommu-
nication,
i. 141.
Bishops, their order appointed of

God, iii. 111. Were in all Churches
univerfally for 1500 years after
CHRIST, ibid. In England before
A. D. 359. 112. Their office now
effentially the fame as it was in
the primitive Church, 113. Whence
they took their name, 115. Their
order more ancient than their name,
116. A definition of a Bishop, and
in what his office confifts, ibid. At
large, and with restraint, how dif
tinguished, 117. Their fuperiority,
in what fenfe difputed, ibid. The
Apofiles the firft Bifhops, and all
Bishops the Apofiles fucceffors,
120. All Bishops originally called
Apostles, 123. Firft inftituted with
reftraint, and why, ibid. St. Jɛ-
ROME's notion of them vindicated,
126. Their fucceffion from the A-
poftles to be proved in all Churches
which the Apoftles founded, 134.
What their power was originally,
136. Have the power of Ordina
tion vefted folely in them, ibid.
Have the power of Jurifdiction
vefted folely in them, 138. How
far they admitted Prefbyters to the
exercife of jurifdiction, 147. They
and their Cathedral Churches bear
a full refemblance of Apoftolical
antiquity, 149. How far their
power extended originally in com.
pafs, 150. Some fuperior to others,
and why, 154. This fuperiority
fuggefted by the state of the world
at that time, 155. By whom their
order was first opposed, 165. Their
intereft in civil affairs vindicated,
199. What honours are due to
them, and upon what account, 221,
235. In what inftances honour is
to be fhewn them, 238. What
fhare they had formerly out of the
public maintenance of the Church,
259. Not needful for them to be
now limited in their maintenance
as formerly they were, 260. Not to
be deprived of their lawful potlef-

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fions on pretence of their unworthi-
nefs to enjoy them, 261. Their be-
haviour and conduct,what it should
be, 264. The great fin of pro-
curing their office by fimony, ibid.
The great detriment that arifes
from careless Bishops to the Church,
266, 270. The fin of their cor-
ruptly beftowing places of Eccle-
fiaftical charge, 267. How their
Visitations and Courts ought to be
managed, 268. Their duty to take
care of the Clergy under them,
269. The duty of their Clergy
and people to bear with their infir-
mities, 273. Their revenues and
wealth to be carefully protected,
275. Their title to their revenues
juftified,
282.
(See Epifcopacy-Maintenance-

Bowing at the name of JESUS vin-
dicated,
ii. 123.
Brazen ferpent deftroyed by HEZE-
KIAH, how far to be drawn into a
precedent,
ii. 307.
Burial office, the defign of it, ii..
408. Mourning attire at funerals,
lawful and decent, ibid. Procef-
fions at funerals, decent and an-
cient, ii. 409. Sermons at fu-
nerals, the proper ufe of them,
ibid. Funeral banquets or doles,
the proper ufe of them, 410. Tef-
tification of our hope of the re-
· furrection at fuch times, how ne-
ceffary, ibid. Funeral offices, used
by the Jews and Chriftians of old,

again, 134. What conditions he
required of them upon his re-
turn, 135. The fubtilty of his
conditions, and how received by
the people, 135, 136. Is again
difgufted and takes his leave of
them, 158. His juft praife, and
how univerfally honoured among
the foreign reformed, 141. His
opinion respecting difference in
ceremonies, 492. His teftimony
to the antiquity and utility of the
order of Bishops,
iii. 142.
Catechifing, the defign and useful-
nefs of it,
ii. 56.
Catechumens, called Hearers by the
Fathers, and why,
ii. 57.
Ceremonies, what meant by them,
i. 418, 433. How universal, 434.
The use of them, 435. How far
we may vary from the primitive
ceremonies, 439. The objections
that are made against our cere-
monies as popish, 441. These
objections contradict themselves,
445. Not to be abolished on ac-
count of the boafts and hopes of
the Papifts, 462. The grief of
those that are difturbed at them,
by whom to be remedied, 467.
Not always to be rejected because
originally derived from the Jews,
470. When fcandalous, and when
not, 483. When to be removed
for fear of fcandal, and when not,
487. Not neceflary to be formed
after the pattern of elder Churches,
488. The moderation and pru-
dence of the Church of England
in establishing them,
500.
Certainty of evidence, what, iii. 522.
Of adherence, what,
-523.
Charity hopeth and prayeth for all

men's falvation, and why, ii. 194.
CHARLES I. King of England, his
advice to his children refpecting
Mr. HOOKER's Ecclefiaftical Po-
lity, a few days before his death,

i. 3.

Chorepifcopi,

Chorepifcopi, what, and how diftin-
guished from Bishops, iii. 153.
CHRIST and Moses, their faithful-
nefs compared, i. 405.
His
prayer to the Father under his
fufferings, ii. 181. In what re-
fpect he prayed to the Father,
182. Hath the fecond Perfon in
the Trinity united with him, 200.
Is but one Perfon, 204. Hath
two natures entire and diftinct,
205. What is meant by his de-
livering up the kingdom to the
Father, ibid. His divine and hu-
man nature preferved their ef-
fential properties diftinct, notwith-
ftanding their union, 207. What
his humanity gained by its union
with the Deity, 211, 221. His
body not every where prefent, 217,
226. In what fenfe he may be
faid to be every where prefent as
man, 223. In what manner and
by what means he is united with
his Church, 226. Imputation of
his righteoufnefs, 235. Has the
fame authority in the government
of the world, as in the government
of the Church,
St. CHRYSOSTOM vindicated as to
his notion of the Jurifdiction of
Bishops,
iii. 143.
Church, myftical and vifible, found
and unfound, how diftinguished,
i. 349. Not an affembly, but a
fociety of men, 360. What power
we attribute to it in the making
of laws, 419. The Western and
Greek, the cafe of each with re-
fpect to herefies, ii. 19. What
deference due to her judgment, 28.
The derivation of this name, 44.
note. How united with CHRIST
in this world, 226. Visible, what
it fignifies, 345. iii. 442. Who
may be accounted of it, i. 352.
How it is diftinguished from the
commonwealth, iii. 289. Both
one and the fame fociety, 290,

iii. 326.

292. From whence the notion of
their being two feparate focieties
arofe, 291. The objection frum
the difference of affairs and offices
anfwered, 292. The objection
from the fpeeches of the Fathers
oppofing the one to the other an-
fwered, 294. The objection from
the effects of punishments in-
flicted by the one or the other an-
fwered, 296. The head of, how
this title is understood as to
CHRIST and other governors, 333.
Churches, the decency and proprie
ty of dedicating them folemnly to
God, ii. 40. The lawfulness of
diftinguishing them by the names
of Angels and Saints, 44. St.
AUGUSTINE'S opinion of their de-
dication, 45. The form of them
vindicated, 46. Ought to be
ftately and fumptuous, 47. What
holiness and virtue we alcribe to
them, 51. Not to be abolithed
becaufe formerly abufed to fuper-
ftitious ufes,

52.
Church goods, lands, offerings, re-
venues, &c. the property of them
belongs to God, iii. 243. The
right of the Clergy to receive and
ufe them, 249. Occafion of their
partition, 258. Sacrilege to alien-
ate them, 261. The fad .con-
fequences that follow a facrile-
gious alienation of them, 277,
280.

Church Polity, fee Ecclefiaftical Po-
lity.
Churching of women, the lawful-
nefs of the rite, ii. 405, The
woman not before excluded the
Church as unholy, 407. The at-
tire of a woman at Churching
ought to be decent, ibid. Obia-
tions, a proper name for her of-
ferings at fuch times,
Civil powers, fee King.
Clergy (Chritian) three orders of
them mentioned in the New Tef-
tament,

- ibid.