Pope, The fallibility of, 67. Decrees and decisions of
one pope abolished by another, 68. Churches and
bishops have often dissented from the the pope's opin-
ions, 256, et seqq. Hoadly's dedication to the, 1, 255.
Humourous parallel between the pretended infallibil-
ity of the pope, and the church of England, and also
of other protestant churches, ib.
Prayer, must be habitual and fervent, V, 94–95.
interference with the regular business of life, 99. See
Devotion. Its nature and effects, VI, 143.
Preaching, Jeremy Taylors remarks on the effects of, VI,
Precepts of Scripture, interpretation of, V, 103.
Predestination, origin and nature of the controversies
about, I, 79.
Pride, spiritual, V, 128.
Principia, the, Newton's great work, published under
the direction of Dr Halley, II, 210.
Private Judgment, right of, enforced by Robert Robin-
son, III, 37–48. Aid of the spirit in, V, 120
Prophecies of Daniel, Newton's observations on the, III,
226.
Prophesying, liberty of, by Jeremy Taylor, VI, 7, 8, 9.
Selections from the, 29-66.
Protestants, differences between them not fundamental,
I, 73. Principles of those who first withdrew from the
church of Rome, I, 179. Disagreements arose, by
insisting on unity of opinion, 181. Then came con-
fessions of faith, in imitation of the Romish church,
183. See Confessions of Faith. Difficulties not re-
moved by this device, 194.
Fundamental principles
of the protestant religion, II, 63.
preconceived hypotheses, predominant passions, 98-
103. Voluntary errors criminal, 105. Various modes
in which persons fall into error, 107. Speculative
errors, 107-110. Errors having no necessary con-
nexion with practice 111. Judgment and conscience
always to be followed although erroneous, 119. Er-
rors considered in relation to heresy and schism, 124.
Establishments, ecclesiastical, Mrs Barbauld's remarks
on, IV, 349.
Eucharist, protestant views of the, II, 77. See Lord's
Supper.
Euler, his opposition to Newton's theory of gravitation,
II, 214.
Eusebius, his explanation of the manner in which the
Father and Son are one, II, 100.
Faith, articles of, false mode of estimating them, I, 20.
Analogy of, 22. Confessions of, their rise and pro-
gress among Protestants, I, 179. Unity of, remarks
on the, 183, note. Faith necessary for salvation, II, 63.
All things necessary to be believed are plain in the
Scriptures, ib. Various erroneous articles of faith
enumerated, which have become prevalent in the
world, ib. et seqq. No doubtful or obscure points of
belief required, as necessary for salvation, 73. Be-
lief, or disbelief, as such, is neither a virtue, nor a
crime, 74. See Fundamental Articles. Faith, a ne-
cessary christian virtue, VI, 285. Rule of, in early
times, VI, 47. Nature and extent of, VI, 36. Foun-
dation of faith, 27. The faith taught by Christ and
his Apostles, 40. In after times, 41. No other arti-
cles were thought necessary in early times, but such
as are contained in the Apostles' Creed, 45. Not
lawful for any Church to require more, 49.
Fathers, ancient, their errors, I, 197. Several of them
quoted respecting the identity of the Father and Son,
II, 97, et seqq.
Fear, its influence on the mind and the heart, IV, 145.
Fleming, Dr, his account of the preaching and elo-
quence of James Foster, V, 176, 177.
Fluxional analysis, invented by Newton, II, 197, 215,
220. Controversy with Leibnitz, on this subject, 216.
La Place's improvement, 213.
Forbearance, christian, several arguments in its favour,
I, 50 et seqq. How promoted, 88.
Foster, James, biographical notice of, V, 171. Early
distinguished for a clear and forcible style of writing,
172. Enters into the pastoral office, 174. His essay
on Fundamentals, 175, 185. Clamours raised against
him by the orthodox party, ib. Joins the Baptists,
and is settled in London as successor to Dr Gale, 176.
His Sunday evening lecture at the Old Jewry contin-
ued for more than twenty years, ib. His writings,
177. Treatise against Tindal, 181. On revealed re-
ligion, 182. His eloquence, 183.
Fundamental articles in religion, Turretin's Discourse on
the, I, 7. In what they consist, 8. False marks of
fundamental articles, 20. Principles by which these
articles may be distinguished, 28. Question in rẹ-
gard to their number, 37. Communion between those
who differ on this subject, 41. Fundamental differ-
ence between Protestants and the church of Rome,
63. Differences between protestants not fundamen-
tal, 73. Fundamentals in religion, in regard to a be-
lief in the trinity, Foster's essay on, V, 185,-232. No
doctrine fundamental which is not plainly and dis-
tinctly revealed, 183. To be fundamental, an expli-
cit belief of it must be made an express term of happi-
ness in the sacred writings, 194. Trinitarian scheme
not in accordance with either of these propositions,
therefore not a fundamental article of belief, 198-
215. Whether the church may err in fundamentals,
V, 130.
Galileo, his retraction of his doctrines respecting the rev-
olution of the earth and planets, II, 9, note.
God, various significations of the word, as used in the
Scriptures, II, 57, note. In what sense Christ may be
called God, 51. Early Christians much influenced by
the notions of the heathens, in their use of the term
God, 59, note. God the Father not the same being
as the Son, 85. Spirit of, the guide of good men, III,
146-164. Scriptural sense of the Spirit of God fully
explained, 148 et seqq. The term God used in dif-
ferent senses in the Scriptures, supreme and subordi-
nate, IV, 209. Jesus speaks of another as God, distinct
from himself, and over him, 212.
from the Scriptures, IV, 29.
Unity of God, proved
From reason, 31. His
mercy and love the origin of the remission of sins, 36.
Glory of, promoted by the moral rectitude of his crea-
tures, V, 333. Image of, in man, V, 232. See Man.
Godliness, profit of, V, 153.
Golden Grove, a devotional treatise by Jeremy Taylor,
VI, 12.
Grace, growth in, VI, 154.
Gravitation, laws of, discovered and demonstrated by
Newton, II, 192, 206, 210.
Hales, John, the ever memorable, his birth and education,
Wood's account of his early attainments, 4.
Takes orders in the
Fellow of Eton College, 5.
church and begins to preach, ib. Was present at the
Synod of Dort, 6-10. His letters written during the
session of that Synod, 7. Became an Arminian, chief-
ly from his knowledge of the proceedings there, 8.
His theological opinions, 10. After returning from
Holland he lived retired in his College, 11 His famous
tract on schism, written for the use of Chillingworth,
11, 21. Interview with Laud, 12. Letter to Laud,
concerning the tract on schism, 13, 41. Experienced
inconveniences from political commotions, 14.
death, 15. Earl Clarendon's account of him, ib.-18
Bishop Pearson's description of his manners and char
acter, 18-20. His writings, 20.
Halley, Dr, superintends the publication of Newton's
Principia, II, 210, 211.
Hare, Francis, educated at Eton school, and the Univer-
sity at Cambridge, II, 123. Travelled to the conti-
nent, and wrote political pieces, 124. Made Dean of
Worcester, ib. Engaged in the Bangorian controversy
against Hoadly, ib. His discourse on church author-
ity, to which Hoadly replied, and which was followed
by a sharp controversy, 125. Advanced to the bishop-
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