§ 12. Spiritual Societies and Secular, not to be con-

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13. Intolerance, a natural accompaniment of Insin-

cerity; Tolerance the fruit of Christian Faith

and Knowledge

45

ESSAY II.

1. CHRISTIANITY designed to be a social Religion

2. Properties of a Community

3. Rights divinely conferred on a Christian Community 59

4. Constitution of the Jewish Church

5. How the Disciples would understand the com-

mission given them

6. Penalties for Ecclesiastical Offences

7. Power of the Keys

61

64.

67

70

8. Procedure of the Disciples in conformity with their

Master's directions

9. Christian Churches derived from Synagogues

10. Scanty Records of what relates to Church-govern-

ment, and copious, of moral and doctrinal In-

structions

11. Remarkable circumstances in the matters of detail

which they do record

12. Internal Evidence of the Gospel resulting from the

above views

13. Things enjoined, things excluded, and things left

at large

14. Christianity a Religion without Sacrifice, Altar,

Priest, or Temple

15. The Christian Church Universal has no one Spiritual

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§ 17. Contrary Errors opposed to the above Principles 109

18. Church Ordinances removed from a firm Founda-

tion and placed on one of sand

113

19. The English Reformers chose the true Foundation 116

20. Pretended Church-Principles fatal to the Christian

hopes and privileges, even of their advocates

21. Appeal to the practice of the early Churches, an

argument inaccessible to the great Mass of

Christians

127

132

135

22. Pretended decisions of the Catholic Church

23. Appeals to supposed decisions, &c. of the Catholic

Church, as superfluous as they are unsound. . 143

24. The Articles, the Symbol embodying the deliberate

decisions of our Church

149

170

175

182

185

29. Unsound reasons brought in aid of sound ones

30. Difficulty of ascertaining unbroken succession in

the case of individuals

31. Increased Danger of Schism

32. Irregular formations of Christian Communities

33. Presumption in favour of the Church to which one

34. Apprehension of what is called unsettling men's

minds

35. Supposed case neither an impossible one, nor

useless even if it were

36. Cases of a moral necessity for Separation
37. Mistakes to be guarded against by reformers
when compelled to separation

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§ 38. Certain views seductive to the Feelings and Ima-

39. Case of deposed Bishops and Presbyters

40. System of traditionists incapable of being sup-

209

215

ported by clear argument

218

222

42. False views of what is Christian Faith and Hu-

ESSAY I.

ON

CHRIST'S OWN ACCOUNT OF HIS PERSON,

AND OF

THE NATURE OF HIS KINGDOM AS SET FORTH AT HIS TWO TRIALS.

Οὐδὲ εὑρέθη ΔΟΛΟΣ ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ.