any one, and for Opinions which no one can help. "This is a Religion every way "worthy of its eternal Author; and we
may know by the Doctrine, that it comes " from God. It is a Religion for Men of
Senfe, for Philosophers, for honest Men; " and comprehensible too by the meanest "Vulgar, without a Guide; a Religion of "Reason, free from the blind Mazes and "studied Intricacies of Popish Priests, and "beneficial to Society at first View. It
despises apish Gestures, and external Buf"foonery; and effectually prevents, and "puts an End to, all inhumane Fierceness " and holy Squabbles, ever occafioned by "the selfish Religions of corrupt Priefts. "It leaves not unhappy Men in perpe"tual Doubts and Anxieties, nor toffes and "tumbles them, for Relief, out of one Su" perstition into another; but esteems them "all alike.
" In short, this is a Religion, which e" very wife and honest Man would wish to "be Religion; a Religion of Charity, the "Religion of JESUS ; and this is The INDEPENDENT WHIG'S Religion.
Aron, (a High Priest) cheats the Ifraelites
of their Earings, 97. Encourages them to
Abraham, the Covenant with him, its
Advice, why feldom taken,
Almighty God, not to be judg'd of as Men are,
Altar-Pieces, a Description of them,
Apollos, a Primitive Preacher in the Aas, never or-
Apostate Clergy, to reclaim them to the Church the
Business of this Paper,
Apostles, the Eleven, loft no Credit by Judas hanging
himself, 15. Their Doctrines proved by Miracles,
31. Their Difinterestedness, ib. The Qualifica-
tions required to succeed them, 54. An Analogy be-
tween them and modern Divines, 55, 56. The Im
poffibility of fucceeding them, 56. Their Conduct,
63. How they executed their Commission to preach
the Gospel, 392, 393. They gave the Holy Ghost to
all that believed,
Archbishops and Bishops derive their Characters froz
the Crown, 96. Archbishop of Canterbury, his
Severe Character of High-Church Priests, 103
Ariftotle,
Aristotle, a strange Obfervation concerning him, 195
Articles Ecclesiastic, feldom fubfcribed in their honeft
and original Meaning,
Als, the gravest of all Beasts,
Atheism, never can be introduc'd among the People,
323. Nor overthrow Religion, 324. The wicked
and gainful Reasons of the Outcry of the Priests a-
bout it, ib. and 325. They promote Practical Athe-
ism under Colour of combating Speculative Atheism,
ib. The Villanies committed by Priests, as bad as
those committed by Atheists, 325 to 327.
priestly Atheism of false Swearing, 329, 330.
The profane Jests they make about the facred Ties
of an Oath, ib. Their fly and execrable manner of
promoting this fort of Atheism, ib. and 331. Be
ing Atheists they are yet good Churchmen, ib. How
much worse they are than all other Atheists, 332. How
much their Atheism is aggravated by a lying Pretence
to Religion, 333. Atheism, which produces no ill
Action, is better than a Religion that does, ib. The
Enmity to Toleration of Religion and Conscience,
prov'd to be Atheism, and the High Priests to be
guilty of this Atheism, by many Arguments and In-
ftances, 334 to 341. High Church Priests guilty of
Atheism, by subverting all Morality. Proofs of this
and Instances, 344 to 352. High Priests the
greatest Atheists,
358 to 360
Atheists, in what Sense preferable to wicked Priests,
19. Speculative Atheists owe their Rife to Priestcraft,
353 to 357
Authority (human) in Religion, its Absurdity, 138.
No where appointed by God, 137. A Character
of it,
212, 213. Wherein it confifts, 214.
Disclaimed and prohibited by our Saviour, 385.
Proofs of this, ib. and 386 to 388. But the
Opinion and Practices of High Church Men dif:
ferent,
Belief, by what fupported,
Bible, best understood without Selfish Guides, 141.
The Use and Excellency of it, 286, & feq. Dread-
ed, Juppress'd, and calumniated by most Priests, 287,
288. It ought to be read, without Regard to the
Opinions and Interpretations of weak and fallible
Men, 289. The Reason of this, 290. By what
Alts and Prejudices the reading of it is render'd
useless, 291. The Encouragements given for un-
derstanding it wrong, 292. Mr. Chillingworth's
Obfervations hereupon,
ib. and 293
Bishops, made by Letters Patents without any Elec-
tion, 93. Formerly in Scotland, durante bene
Placito, ib. Exercise Ecclefiaftical Jurisdiction by
Commission from the Crown, 99. Bishops and Clergy
created by Act of Parliament, 102. How apt to
differ, 108. Their divine Right independent of the
Pope, the peculiar Whimsey of our perjur'd High
Church Men, 112. Whether 'tis agreeable to their
Ecclefiaftical Dignity to bless their own Table, 147
Bowing to the East, how to be regarded,
CALL of
the Holy Ghost, how little believ'd by those
that make most Noise about it, 71. A plain Proof
of this, ib. Was quite another thing formerly, ib.
What is meant by it now,
ib. and 72
Cæfar, changes the Commonwealth into a Tyranny,
without changing the Names of the Magistrates, 82
Canon, (the Second) Excommunicates all who call in
question the King's Authority in Spirituals,
Celibacy, how abus'd and perverted by Prieftcraft, 163
Censure Ecclefiaftic, deriv'd from the Law,
Ceremonies (Popish) opposite to the Genius of the
Gospel, 231. They are the Effects and Concomitants
of Bigotry, 232. Are pernicious to Religion, 233.
The mischievous Effects of them, ib. and 234.
The ridiculous Reason brought to support them, ex-
pos'd, 234 to 237. The Priestly Policy of them, 238
and 243. The Pagan Religion confifted altogether
in Ceremonies; the Use their Priests made of them,
240. And how they abused the People by them, ib.
and 242. The Ceremonies of the Mass expos'd,
244 and 245.
Chaplains, an Enquiry into their Original, 144.
They are expensive Domesticks, 143. Their forry
Employment formerly, 145. But much mended
now, 147. Instances of this, ib. and 148. Their
Facetiousness and Sawciness, ib. They busy them-
felves with all Matters, 149. Divide Families in-
to Factions, ib. They are excellent Bowlers, zea-
lous Topers, and eminent Whisk-players, ib. Their
Fride and Primness, 150. Are Spies upon the
Wealthy, and dangerous in Families, ib. Instances
of the Mischief, they do, 150, 151. The good ones
excepted,
Charity, how abus'd by High Priests, 166.
to be misapplied,
ibid.
How apt
202, 203
It con-
Christian Religion, a Character of it, 430.
tains but one Article of Faith, 431. Nothing ne-
ceffary in it but what produces Practice, 432. Com-
mands us to believe nothing but what we can com-
prehend, ib. Proofs of all this, 433 to 435. In
what it does consist, 436, 437. And in what
it does not confist,
Christianity, the Plainness of it,
Christians, all alike empowered to exercise all the
Functions of their Religion, 52. How distinguish-
ed from Reprobates and High Priests, 177. Their
Unanimity and Benevolence towards each other, till
their Priests enflamed and divided them, 314. The
wicked Means and Arts by which they did fo, ib.
The common Right they all have to preach Chrift
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