Category: Religion/Spirituality
To the Reader. 547 I. Of the worship of God in general. 547 II. Directions about the manner of worship, to avoid all corruptions, and false, unacceptable worshipping of God. 553 III. Directions about the christian covenant with God, and baptism. 559 IV. Directions about the pr...
For I have proved there and to Johnson, that there never was a true general council of the universal church; but only imperial councils of the churches under one emperor's power...
6. CHAPTER V.A vow is a promise made to God. 1. It is not a bare assertion or negation. 2. It is not a mere pollicitation, or expression of the purpose or resolution of the mind: for he that...
13. xvii. 21-23, "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me,and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, ev...
18. ix. 6, may well be said to be like the angels: "He made us a littlelower than the angels," Psal. viii. 5. And God hath made us their charge and care; and therefore no doubt hath given them a special love unto us, to fit them to the due performa...
9. xiii. 7, 17; and as one that ruleth well, and especially thatlaboureth in the word and doctrine, 1 Tim. v. 17; "teaching you publicly and from house to house, taking heed to himself, and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath mad...
3. CHAPTER II.The lamentable contentions that have arisen about the manner of God's worship, and the cruelty, and blood, and divisions, and uncharitable revilings which have thence followed,...
12. CHAPTER VIII.The peace and concord of believers is a thing that almost all those plead for, who call themselves believers; and yet a thing that almost all men hinder and resist while they co...
2. CHAPTER I.That God is to be worshipped solemnly by man, is confessed by all that acknowledge that there is a God.[1] But about the matter and manner of his worship, there are no small dis...
11. iii. 6, "Not a novice; lest being lifted up with pride he fall intothe condemnation of the devil." It is no more wonder to see a proud man erroneous, and in the confidence of his own understanding, to rage against all that tell him he is mistak...
15. CHAPTER X.The oversight and neglect of our duty concerning the souls of the blessed, now with Christ, doth much harden the papists in their erroneous excesses here about.[185] And if we w...
4. CHAPTER III.Though the first part of this book is little more than an explication of the christian covenant with God, yet being here to speak of baptism as a part of God's worship, it is ne...
14. CHAPTER IX.I have purposely given such particular directions in part ii. on this subject, and written so many books about it,[174] and said so much also in the Cases of Conscience, that I...
5. CHAPTER IV._Direct._ I. Understand first how great a duty the profession of true religion is, that you may not think as some foolish people, that every man should conceal his religion, or...
7. CHAPTER VI.The people's internal and private duty to their pastors (which I may treat of without an appearance of encroachment upon the work of the canons, rubrics, and diocesans) I shall...
17. ii. 18, "Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary_Direct._ II. Understand so much of the ministry of angels as God hath revealed, and so far take notice of your communion with them; but affect not any other sort of communion.[...
10. CHAPTER VII.Though truth be naturally the object of man's understanding, to which it hath a certain inclination, and though it be a delightful thing to know the truth;[117] yet that which i...
8. iii. 5, "Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whomye believed?" 2 Cor. iii. 6, "Who made us able ministers of the new testament." 2 Cor. vi. 4, "In all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God." Even magistrates, yea,...
1. PART III.To the Reader. 547 I. Of the worship of God in general. 547 II. Directions about the manner of worship, to avoid all corruptions, and false, unacceptable worshipping of God. 553...
16. CHAPTER XI._Direct._ I. Be satisfied in knowing so much of angels as God in nature and Scripture hath revealed; but presume not to inquire further, much less to determine of unrevealed thi...