Absolution. The power promised and given to the pastors of the church, St. Matt. chap. xvi. v. 19. xviii. 18. St. John xx. 22. 23.

Angels, They have a charge over us, St. Matt. xviii. 10. Hebr. i. 14. See also Exodus xxiii, 20, 21. Psalm xci. 11, 12, &c. They offer up our prayers, Rev. viii. 4. and pray for us, Zechariah i. 12. We have a communion with them, Heb. xii. 22. They have been honoured by the servants of God, Joshua v. 14. 15: and invocated, Gen. xlviii. 15, 16. Hosea xii. 4. Rev. 1. 4.

Baptism. Ordained by Christ, St. Matt. xxviii. 19. Necessary to salvation, St John iii. 5. Administred by the Apostles in water, Acts viii. 36, 38. Chap. x. 47, 48. See also Ephes. v. 26. Heb. x. 22. 1 St. Peter iii. 20, 21. For baptism of infants, see St. Luke xviii. 16, compared with St. John iii. 5.

Christ. He is the only-begotten, the true, and natural Son of God. St. Matt. xvi. 16. St. John i. 13. chap. iii, 16, 18. Rom. viii. 32. 1 St. John iv. 39. The same God with his Father, and equal to him. St. John v. 18, 19, 23. chap. x. 30. chap. xiv. 1, 9. &c. chap. xvi. 14, 15. chap. xvii. 10. Philip. ii 5, 6. True God, St. John i. 1. chap. xx. 28, 29. Acts xx. 25. Romans ix. 5. Titus ii. 13. 1 St. John iii. 16. chap. v. 20. See also Isaiah ix. 6. chap. xxxv. 4, 5. St. Matt. i. 23. St. Luke i. 16, 17. Heb. i. 8. He is the creator of all things, St. John i. 3, 10, 11. Colos. i. 15, 16, 17. Heb. i. 2, 10, 11. 12. chap. iii. 4. The Lord of Glory, 1 Cor. ii. 8. The King of kings, and Lord of lords, Rev. xvii. 14. chap. xix. 16.

The first and the last: alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, the Almighty, Rev. i. 7, 8, 17, 18. chap. ii. 8. chap. xxii. 12, 13. He died for all. John iii. 16, 17. Rom. v. 18. 2 Cor. v. 14. 15. 1 Tim. ii. 3. 4, 5, 6. chap. iv. 10. Hebr. ii. 9. 1 John ii. 1, 2. Even for the Reprobate. Rom. xiv. 15. 1 Cor. viii. 11. 2 Peter ii. 1.

The Church of Christ stands for ever. St. Matt. xvi. 18. chap. xxviii. 10. St. John xiv. 16, 17. Ps, xlviii. 8. Ps. lxxii. 5. 7. Ps. lxxxix. 3, 4, 29, 36, 37. Ps. cxxxii. 13, 14. Isaiah ix. 7. chap. liv. 9. 10. chap. lix. 20, 21. chap. lx. 15, 18, &c. chap. lxii. 6. Jeremiah xxxi. 35, 36. chap. xxxiii. 17, &c. Ezekiel xxxviii. 24, 26, Daniel ii. 44. The church is the Kingdom of Christ. St. Luke i. 33. Daniel ii. 44. The city of the great King. Ps. xlviii. 2. his rest and his habitation for ever, Ps. cxxxii. 13, 14. The house of the living God. 1 Tim. iii. 15. The fold, of which. Christ is the shepherd, John x. 16. The body, of which Christ is the head, Colos. 1. 18. Ephes. v. 23. The spouse, of which he is the bridegroom, Ephes. v. 31. 32: Ever subject to him, and ever faithful to him, v. 24: ever loved and cherished by him, v. 25, 29. and joined to him by an indissoluble union, v. 31, 32. The church is the pillar and ground (or strong foundation) of the truth. 1 Tim. iii. 15. God's covenant with her is an everlasting covenant of peace, Ezek xxxvii. 62. confirmed by a solemn oath, never to be altered; like that made to Noah, Isaiah liv. 9, A covenant like that of the day and night to stand for all generations. Jeremiah xxxiii. 20, 21. God shall be her everlasting light, Isai lx. 18, 19. Whosoever shall gather together against her, shall fall; and the nation that will not serve her, shall perish, Isai. lx. 12, 15. 17. The church is always one, Cantic. vi. 9, 10. John x. 16, Ephes. iv. 4, 5. Always visible, Isai. ii. 2, 3 Micah. iv. 15 2 Matt. v. 14. Spread far and near, and teaching many nations, Ps. ii, 8, Ps. xxii. 27. Isai xlix, 6. chap. liv. 1, 2, 3. Daniel ii. 35, 44. Malachi i. 11, &c. The church is infallible in matters of faith. This follows from the premises: particularly see St. Matt. xvi. 18. chap. xxviii. 19, 20. St. John xiv. 16, 17, 26. chap. xvi. 13. 1 Tim. iii. 14, 15. Isai xxxv. 8. chap liv. 9, 10. chap. lix. 19, 20, 21, &c.

Church Guides, and their authority, Deuteron. xvii. 8, 9, &c. St. Matt. xviii. 17, 18. chap xxviii. 18, 19, 20. St

Luke x. 16. St. John xiv. 16, 17, 26. chap. xvi. 13. chap. xx. 21. &c. Ephes. iv. 11, 12, &c. Heb. xiii. 7, 17. 1 John iv. 6.

Communion in one kind sufficient to salvation, St. John vi. 51, 57, 58. Body and blood of Christ now inseparable, Rom. vi. 9. Mention of one kind alone, Luke xxiv. 30, 31. Acts ii. 42, 46. chap. xx. 7. 1 Corinth. x. 17.

Confession of sins, Numbers v, 6, 7. St. Matth. iii. 6. Acts xix. 18. St. James v. 16. The obligation of confession is gathered, from the judiciary power of binding and loosing, forgiving and retaining sins, given to the pastors of Christ's Church, St. Mat. xviii. 18, St. John xx. 22. 23.

Confirmation, administred by the apostles, Acts viii. 15, 17. chap. xix. 6. See also 2 Cor. i. 21. 22. Heb. vi. 2.

Continency: possible. Matt. xix. 11. 12. The vow binding, Deut. xxiii. 21. The breach of that vow damnable, 1 Tim. v. 12. The practice commended, 1 Cor. vii. 7, 8, 27, 37, 38, 40. For reasons which particularly have place in the clergy, ver, 32, 33, 35.

Councils of the church, gathered in Christ's name, are assisted by Christ, St. Matt, xviii. 20. And by the Holy Ghost, Acts xv. 28. Their decrees are diligently to be observed by the faithful, Acts xv, 41. chap. xvi. 4. See Church Guides.

Eucharist. The real presence of the body and blood of Christ, and Transubstantiation proved from Matt. xxvi. 26. Mark xiv. 22, 24. Luke xxii. 19. John vi. 51, 52, &c. 1 Cor. x. 16. chap. xi. 24, 25, 27, 29.

Eternity of Hell's torments, Matt. iii. 12. chap. xxv. 41, 46. Mark ix. 43, 44, 45, 46, 48. Luke iii. 17. 2 Thess. i. 7, 8. 9. Jude 6, 7. Rev. xiv. 10, 11. chap. xx. 10. See also Isai. xxxiii. 14.

Extreme unction, James v. 14, 15.

Faith. True faith necessary to salvation, Mark xvi, 16. Acts ii. 47. chap. iv. 12. Heb. xi. 6. Faith without good works is dead, James ii. 14, 17, 20, &c. Faith alone doth not justify, ver. 24. But faith working by charity, Gal. v. 6. Faith doth not imply an absolute assurance of our being in grace; much less of our eternal salvation, Rom. xi. 20, 21, 22. 1 Cor. ix. 27. chap. x. 12. Philip. ii. 12. Rev. iii. 11.

Fasting, commended in scripture. Joel ii. 12. Practised by God's servants, 1 Ezra viii. 23. Nehem. i. 4. Daniel

x. 3, 7, 12. &c. Moves God to mercy, Jonas iii. 5, &c. Is of great efficacy against the devil, Mark ix. 29. And is to be observed by all the children of Christ, Matt. ix. 15. Mark ii. 20. Luke v. 35. See also Acts xiii. 3. chap. xiv. 53. 2 Cor. vi. 5. chap. xi. 27. Christ's fast of forty days, Matt. iv. 2.

Free-will, Gen. iii. 7. Deut. xxx. 19 Eccles. xv. 14. &c. Often resists the grace of God, Prov. i. 24 &c. Isai. v. 4. Ezek. xviii. 23, 31. 32. chap. xxxiii. 11. Matt. xxiii. 37. Luke xiii. 34. Acts vii 51. Heb. xii. 15. 2 Peter iii. 9. Rev. iv. 20.

The Holy Ghost. His divinity, Acts v. 3. 4. chap. xxviii. 25, 26. 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11. chap. vi. 19, 20. See also Matt. xii. 31, 32. Acts. xiii. 2. chap xx. 28, &c. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. And the solemn form of Baptism, Matt. xxviii. 19, 20. He proceeds from the Father and the Son, John xv. 26.

Images commanded by God, Exod. xxv. 18, &c. Numb, xxi. 8. 9. And placed on each side of the mercy-seat, in the sanctuary, Exod. xxxvii. 7. And in the temple of Solomon, 2 Chron. iii. 10. 1 (alias 3) Kings vi. 23, 32, 35. And this by divine ordinance. 1 Chron. xxviii. 18, 19. Relative honour of holy images authorized, Heb. xi. 21. See also 2 Samuel vi. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. 2 Chron. v. 2, &c. Ps. xcix. 5. Phil. ii. 10.

Indulgences. The power of granting them, Matt. xvi. 18. 19. The use of this power, 2 Cor. ii. 6. 7, 8, 10. Mass. The sacrifice prefigured, Gen. xiv. 18. Foretold, Malachi i. 10. 11. Ps. cx. 4. Instituted and celebrated by Christ himself, Luke xxii. 19. 20. Attested, 1 Cor. x. 16, 18, 19, 20, 21. Heb. xiii. 10. See Eucharist, &c.

Matrimony. A sacrament representing the indissoluble union of Christ and the church, Eph. v. 32. See also 1 Thes. iv. 3. 4. 5. Marriage not to be dissolved but by death, Gen. ii. 24. Mat. xix. 6. Mark x. 11, 12. Luke xvi. 18. Rom. vii. 2. 3. i Cor. vii. 10, 11. 39.

Holy Orders instituted by Christ. Luke xxii. 19. John xx. 22. 23. Conferred by imposition of hands, Acts vi. 6. chap. xiii. 3. chap. xiv. 22. Give grace, 1 Tim. iv. 14. 2 Tim. i. 6.

Original Sin, Job xiv. 4. Ps. li. 7. Rom. v. 12, 15, 16. 17, 18, 19. 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22. Eph. ii. 3.

Pennace, a sacrament. See Absolution. Confession.

Pope, or chief Bishop, St. Peter, by Christ's ordinance, was raised to this dignity, Matt. xvi. 18, 19. Luke xxii. 31, 32. John xxi 15, &c. See also Matt. x. 2. Acts v. 29. Gal. ii. 7, 8.

Prayers for the dead, 2 Mach. xii. 43, &c.

Purgatory, or a middle state of souls, suffering for a time, on account of their sins, is proved by those many texts of scripture, which affirm that God will render to every man according to his works: so that such as die in lesser sins shall not escape without punishment: for which also see Matt. xii. 36. Rev. xxi. 27. Consult likewise Matt. v. 25, 26. chap. xii. 32. 1 Cor. iii. 13, 14, 15. 1 Pet. iii. 18, 19, 20.

Relicks, miraculous, 2 Kings xiii. 21. Matt. ix. 20, 21. Acts xix. 11, 12.

Saints departed, assist us by their prayers, Luke xvi. 9. 1 Cor xii. 8. Rev. v. 8. We have a communion with them, Heb. xii. 22, 23. They have power over nations. Rev. ii. 26, 27. chap. v. 10. They know what passes amongst us, Luke xv 10. 1 Cor. xiii 12. 1 John iii 2. They are with Christ in heaven, before the general resurrection, 2 Cor. v. 1, 6, 7, 8. Philip. i. 23, 24. Rev. iv. 4. chap. vi. 9. chap. vii. 9, 14, 15, &c. chap. xiv. 1, 3, 4. chap. xix. 1, 4, 5, 6. chap. xx. 4. For their invocation, consult the texts quoted above with relation to Angels: and such as testify the great power which the prayers of God's servants have with him; and which authorize us to sue for their prayers: For which see Exod. xxxii. 11, 14. 1 Sam. vii. 8, 9, 10. Job xlii. 7, 8. Rom. xv. 30. Eph. vi. 18, 19. 1 Thes. v. 25. Heb. xiii. 13. James v. 16.

Holy Scriptures, hard to be understood, and wrested by many to their own destruction, 2 Peter iii. 16. Not of private interpretation, 2 Peter i. 20. Corrupted by Protestants, St. Mat. xix 11. 1 Cor. vii. 9. chap. ix. 5. chap. xi. 27. Gal. v. 17. Heb. xi. 21.

Apostolical Traditions, 1 Cor. xi. 2. 2 Thes. ii. 15. chap. iii. 6. 2 Tim. i. 13. chap. ii. 2. chap. iii. 14. See also Deut. xxxii 7. Ps. xix. 5, 6, 7.

Transubstantiation. See Eucharist.

Trinity of persons in God, Matt. xxviii. 19. 2 Cor. xiii 13. 1 John v. 7.

The B. Virgin Mary. Her dignity, Luke i. 28, 42, 43. All generations of true Christians shall call her blessed, Luke i. 48. See for her veneration and invocation, what is said above of Angels and saints.

Women, must not preach nor teach, 1 Cor. xv. 34, 35, 37. 1 Tim. ii. 11, 12.

Good Works, meritorious, Gen. iv. 7. chap. xxii. 16, 17, 18. Ps. xviii. 21, 23, 24. Ps. xix. 8. 11. Matt. v. 11, 12. chap. x. 42. chap. xvi. 27. 1 Cor. iii. 8. 2 Tim. iv. 8.

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