313, 411-413-historical ex- amples of, 307, 308 - not a punishment from God, 309. Books, care necessary concern- ing, 107- vital power of, 108 value of good, 108 cal, when first prohibited, 108 Moses and others learned in heathen, 110 Julian forbade heathen, to Christians, 110 use of bad, to good men, 111 all manner of, to be read, 113 public teaching by, 121. Book-licensing, origin of, 108 unjust, 110 absurd, 113 insults ingenuous minds, 115 prevents freedom in teaching, 116 -an indignity to dead au- thors, 117 — and to the English nation, 118 - promotes lifeless uniformity, 120- shuts out truth, 122- cowardice of, 129 -truth more likely than error prohibited by, 130.
Change, struggle necessary in, 38. Charity, law of marriage oppos- ing, 136- is to decide all controversy, 165- the end of the Gospel, 165. Charlemagne, 49. Charles I., reputed words of, in Eikon Basilike, 195-248, pas- sim people virtually de- posed, 182 complaint of, con- cerning elections, 196-devo- tions of, 197-prayers of, 197 202-hypocrisy of, 202, 208
calling of Parliament by, 203 consent of, to Strafford's death, 204207-attempt of, to arrest members of Parlia- ment, 207, 224 — conscience of, 206, 208, 229, 234 - dissim- ulation of, 208-against tu- mults, 209 on a triennial Parliament, 209 on the King's negative, 212 - 217 against being subject to Par- liament, 215- concerning Ho- tham, 217 – 219– "soul invin- cible" of, 220 -fear of God by, 220 on the civil war, 221 "justice of," 221 "peace,"
222 "religion," 222 sus- pected poisoner of his father honored, 223--"chiefest arms" of, 225 - crown jewels of, 226
power claimed by, over militia, 226 -power of denial claimed by, 230 argument of, on liturgies, 234 hated and feared religious men, 239 - policy of, against them, 239, 240 rebelled against law, 241 claimed power above Parliament, 242 VOWS of, 243 were rejected, 246 fancies vengeance on opposers, 246 sorrow and pity of, 248 slain by the English people, and why, 256-slain as a pub- lic enemy, 261 army and people demanded justice on, 263 trial of, of, 286-288 condemned as a tyrant, 289 traitor, 290-murderer, 291 author's works concerning, 327 - charge of, to his chil- dren, 383 conduct likely from the son of, 383. Charles Stuart (aft. Charles II.), 291.
Charles V. (of Germany), 86. Chastity, excellence of, 81-83 and love, 82. Cheerfulness, use of, in Christian teaching, 84-fitting in Chris- tian duty, 149.
Christ, kingship cannot be de- rived from, 381- meekness of, 63 ministering, 55 - only head of the Church, 381 praises to, 73- prayer to, 72
precept of, 98 public preaching of, 121-sufferings and glory of, 1-vehemence of, 64 words of, 143 - zeal of, 86.
Christian thought, fit themes for, 1-cheerfulness, 149-liber- ty, 234.
Christianity, early, 373.
Christina, Queen of Sweden, eu- logized, 313-317. Chroniclers, monkish, 391. Chrysippus, 153.
Church, allegiance commanded
to none by name, 249 only head of, 381- harms, 191 early unity and meekness in, 5- Ezekiel's temple a type of Christian, 34
government, reasons of to be examined, 29- God's care in, 32 in all churches original- ly the same, 249- history, use of learning in, 26 — - harmony in, 124-kings not supreme over, 234- hate and fear true, 237 -policy of, against, 239 progress of corruption in, 2 reformation in, 4- secular au- thority not necessary to, 6 spousals of, with Christ, 163 supplications for, 20-wealth in, 365.
Churchman, true office of, 11 not to encroach on temporal authority, 12.
Cicero, cited or named, 105, 154, 161, 267, 410.
Citizens of England, addressed, 347 - 354. Claudius, Appius, 308. Clergy, prelatical insolence over, 6 evils of hireling, 373. Comnenus, Andronicus, 197. Commons (House of), have juris- diction over a king, 281. Commonwealth defined, 228 enjoined by our Saviour, 379 like a great Christian person- age, 11-tower of, 377 — pro- tects liberty of conscience, 382- fosters merit, 384 goodly vessel of, 17 schools and academies encouraged by, 386-trade flourishes in, 387 -folly of renouncing for kingship, 387 counties to be a subordinate, 384 stages of corruption in, 165. Commotions, sectaries active in, 130 noble men raised up in, 130.
Communion, table of, 6. Corruption, progress of, in the Church, 2 stages of, in com- monwealth, 165 — in officers of state, 351.
Conformity, outward, 2.
tingent, maintained, 440 framed to permit human free- dom, 443 not the cause of divine foreknowledge, 447. Defence (Milton's) of the people of England, referred to, 297, 301, 309, 313, 329. Definition, 165. Delphi, oracle of, 310. Demophoön, 177. Deodati, John, 323. Desborough, 344. Dillon," a traitor,” 291. Dion, 177.
Discipline, nurse of truth, 26 importance of, 30- the image of virtue, 31- in the Church divinely ordained, 31— gifts required in framing, 32-re- lation of to preaching, 32 — set forth by Paul, 34. Disloyalty, divine punishment of, 23.
Dissent not to be persecuted,
402. Divines, time-serving, 186, 395 subprelatical faction of, 188 judgment of Protestant, on ty- rannicide, 188.
Divorce, when permissible, 142 better than hate, 147-al- lowance of, approves, 155 for frigidity, 163- Moses lim- its not, 167 author's works on, noticed, 325. Doctrine, nurse of truth, 26- use of, against ignorance, 58 primitive purity in, 40 author's studies in Christian, 430–432.
Dramatic constitutions, 49. Dudley, Duke, 223.
Episcopal war of Charles I., 323. Error, united with custom, 133. Esdras, 249.
Eternal generation, doctrine of, examined, 451.
Euripides, 49, 177, 277, 298, 812. Eusebius, 35.
Evangelists, 105.
Evil mingled with good, 111 knowledge of, joined with that of good, 112 restraint of, not
always wise, 114. Evil doers harm themselves most, 232.
Excommunication touches not property nor life, 18 - true
Force, lawful against domestic enemies, 274 and hire, harm of, to the the Church, 355- against conscience, wrong, 359. Forefathers, deeds of, against tyranny, 211.
Formality in worship, 3.
Free agents, acts of, not decreed absolutely, 438.
Free people, hereditary right over, 379.
Free writing, permission of, good for the state, 67. Freedom, truly loved only by good men, 170, nature of, 353- in what consisting, 381 of speech in things of relig- ion, 405.
French people, 302. Frigidity, divorce for, 163. Fulvius and Rupilius, 275.
Gehazi's leprosy, 19. Generation of the Son of God by the Father, 450 - 545. Genesis, a prologue to laws of Moses, 29.
Geneva, author's visit to, 323. Germans, 301.
method and purpose of, 19, Germany, 387.
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