Aron (a High-Prieft) cheats the I-
raelites of their Ear-rings, 106. En-
courages them to Idolatry,
Abraham, the Covenant with him,
its Clearness,
Advice, why feldom taken,
Altar-pieces, a Defcription of them,
Apollos, a primitive Preacher in the As, never
ordained,
Apoftate Clergy, to reclaim them to the Church, the Bufinefs of this Paper, 127 Apoftles, the Eleven, loft no Credit by Judas hanging himself, 17. Their Doctrines proved by Miracles, 34. Their Difintereftednefs, ibid. The Qualifications required to fucceed them, 60. An Analogy between them and modern Divines, 60, 61. The Impoffibility of fucceeding them, 62. Their Conduct,
Archbishop of Canterbury, his fevere Character of High-Church Priests,
Archbishops and Bishops derive their Characters from the Crown,
Ariftotle, a trange Obfervation concerning him, 226
Articles Ecclefiaftic, feldom fubfcribed in their ho-
neft and original Meaning,
Afs, the graveft of all Beafts,
Atheists, in what Senfe preferable to wicked Priefts,
Authority (human) in Religion, no-where appoint-
Its Abfurdity, 151. A Cha-
Wherein it confiits, 247
ed by God, 150.
racter of it, 245.
ELIEF, by what fupported,
Bible, beft understood without felfish Guides,
154, 155.
Bishops, made by Letters Patent, without any Elec-
tion, 103. Formerly in Scotland, durante bene-
placito, ibid. They exercife Ecclefiaftical Jurif-
diction by Commiflion from the Crown, 109.
Bishops and Clergy created by Act of Parliament,
112. How apt to differ, 119. Their Divine
Right independent of the Pope, the peculiar
Whimsey of our perjured High Churchmen, 123.
Whether 'tis agreeable to their Ecclefiaftical Dig-
nity to bless their own Table,
174
ESAR changes the Commonwealth into a
Tyranny, without changing the Names of
the Magiftrates,
901
Call of the Holy Ghoft, how little believed by those
who make most Noife about it, 77. A plain
Proof of this, ibid. It was quite another thing
formerly, ibid. What is meant by it now,
Canon (the Second) excommunicates all who call
in Queftion the King's Authority in Spirituals,
Celibacy, how abufed and perverted by Prieft-
craft,
Cenfure Ecclefiaftic, derived from the Law, 109
Ceremonies (Popish) oppofite to the Genius of the
Gofpel, 264. They are the Effects and Con-
comitants of Bigotry, 265. Are pernicious to
Religion, 266. The mischievous Effects of them,
ibid. The ridiculous Reafons brought to fupport
them, expofed, 267, &c. The Priestly Policy
of them, 271, and 277. The Pagan Religion.
confifted altogether in Ceremonies, 272. The
Use which their Priests made of them, 274. And
how they abused the People by them, ibid. and
275. The Ceremonies of the Mass expofed,
277, &c.
Chaplains, an Inquiry into their Original, 170.
They are expenfive Domestics, ibid. Their
forry Employment formerly, 172. But much
mended now, 174. Inftances of this, 175.
Their Facetioufnefs and Saucinefs, 176. They
bufy themselves with all Matters, ibid. Divide
Families into Factions, ibid. They are excellent
Bowlers, zealous Topers, and eminent Whisk-
players, ibid. Their Pride and Primnefs, 177.
They are Spies upon the Wealthy, and danger-
ous in Families, ibid. Inftances of the Mif-
chiefs that they do, 177, 178. The good ones
excepted,
Charity, how abufed by High Priefts, 194. How
apt to be mifapplied,
234, 236
Christianity, the Plainness of it, 56, & feq.
Chriftians, all alike impowered to exercife all the
Functions of their Religion, 58. How diftin-
guished from Reprobates and High Priefts, 206
Church of England, what its great Characteristic,
Circumcifion (a Jewish Sacrament) not celebrated
by the Priefts,
Civil Magiftrate has feldom any Interest to cor
rupt Religion,
106
Clergy, ill ones have made a Babel of the Gospel,
11. Belye Christ and his Apostles, ib. Once the
Almsmen of the People, ib. Since the Masters of
Mankind, ibid. Their ftrange Apoftafy from
Christianity, ibid. They were firft intended for a
Militia against Satan, 12. But enslaved those
that employed them, ib. Their impious Pofitions
and Politics, ibid. Their bloody Practices, and
Uncharitableness, 13. Their eternal Squabbles,
and mutual Curfing, ib. They pervert Religion
to fupport Tyranny, 14. Are Enemies to good
Princes, preach up Sedition and Blood, are the
Incendiaries of Rebellion and Affaffination, and
by these Means acquire Power and Wealth, ibid.
The Good fecured by punishing the Bad, 22. In-
ftructions to them, 28, 29. They are, for the
moft part, the leaft qualified of any Society of
Men, to interpret the Scripture for others, 30,
&feq. Always cramped in their Education in
Schools, and in the Universities, 32. Educated
generally upon Charity, ib. Swear to Notions
before they understand them, ib. Their Business
is not to find out Truth, but to defend the re-
ceived Syftem, ib. Their Gain tacked to Opi-
nions eftablifhed by Popes in ignorant Ages, 33.
Their temporal Grandeur, how dangerous it is
to call it in Question, 35. They should be ma-
numitted from a State of Darkness and Servitude,
37. And ought not to be debarred from a free
Search after Truth, ibid. Their Manner of Ar-
guing with the Church of Rome, contradi&s
their Manner of Arguing with Proteftant Diffent-
ers, 38. Their ftrange Manner of treating the
Bible, and the Diffenters, 39. How they learn
to be Succeffors of the Apoftles, 61. They coft
the People more than the whole Civil and Mi-
litary Lift, 87. At the Reformation they throw
themselves at the King's Mercy, difgorge their
ill-gotten Wealth, and renounce their ill-ufed
Power by a public Petition, 101. That Peti-
tion changed into an Act of Parliament, 102.
They fwear to all the Acts of Parliament which
affert all Ecclefiaftical Jurifdiction to the Crown
only; and are fubjected to a Præmunire, if they
contradict the fame, 106: They are bound by
the 37th Canon to obferve the old Jurifdiction of
the Crown over the Ecclefiaftics, can do no
public Act without the King's Authority, pro-
fefs to receive all Jurifdiction from the Crown,
and are never fuffered to controvert the Preroga-
tive, 110. Their Infolence reprehended in the
Queen's Reign, 111. The chief End of their Ap-
pointment and Hire, 179. The great Revenue
paid them, whether well or ill bestowed, 180.
It is the Duty of the Laity to make them ufeful,
Clergymen, the Way to that Calling very easy, 76.
The Labour of a Clergyman bought and fold, ib.
What Advantages might be expected from their
Education, Profeffion, and Studies, 132. Yet they
are often worse than other Men, 133. In too
many Countries they begin the World with a
notorious Breach upon natural Honefty and In-
nocence, 136. Going into Orders, they pretend
to be moved by the Holy Ghoft, but often really
by other Motives, ib. How ftrangely they dif
fer about the Senfe of the Articles, 137. In-
ftances of this,. 138. In former Reigns they
devoted the Laity to Chains, 142. Their In-
confiftency,
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