not necessary to make men consider, 74 the use of it for this end, is 75
a vain pretence,
is much more likely to bring men to errour than truth, 76 employed to make people consider, is neither useful nor just, 78 no warrant in scripture for using it, no less necessary for con- formists than nonconformists, 94, 96 the uncertainty of the pre- tended end for which it should be used,
95 none have a right to use it, 112 should rather be used to drive bad men out of the church, than to bring any in, 115
those who plead for the mo- derate use of it, should show what bounds should be set to it, 142, &c.
if some force may be used to bring men to religion, more be used to advance them may
Force, unreasonably used to make men judge more sincerely for themselves, 177, 178 takes the care of men's souls from themselves,
- magistrates not commission- ed by the law of nature to use
not using it, intimates not a
power given in vain,
the use of it makes not men good, nor secures God's bless- ing to a nation, 221, 378 by the same rule a lesser de- gree of it is needful, a greater may be so, 262
-no proper means to remove prejudices, 297
concerning the end of its being used, 303, &c. it is equally just for one church to use it as another, 333
the spiritual gain which suf- ferers may reap, though it be misapplied, a vain pretence, 367, &c. 393 kings being "nursing fa- thers," &c. no good argument for using it,
its use, tho' designed to bring men to truth, may bring them to falsehood, 378, &c. 399
is likely to lead far more into errour than truth, 378, 399, 407 no proof that ever it has done good, 380
using it to make men con- sider impertinent,
the use of it cannot promote real holiness, 390, 391
if it brings any to consi- deration, it is only by accident,
it is most likely to prevail on the loose and careless, 395
its unfitness to bring men to true religion, argued from the 13th article of our church, 397
Force may require extraordinary strength to withstand it, when used to bring to a false reli- gion,
may be equally used by all magistrates who believe their -ligion true, 401, 402 r it is absurd to use it, with- out pretending to infallibility, 407, &c.
the want of it not at first supplied by miracles, 442, &c. is necessary (if at all) to make ministers do their duty, 463
the use of it prevented not a horrible apostasy in the Roman empire, 483 has (as far as history in- forms us) always been injurious to true religion, 484, &c. the use of it no scripture- method for advancing religion, 497
foreigners not compelled to observe the rites of it, Legislative power, the end of it is the outward good of society, 34, &c. Love, persecutions rising from it, would rather be against wick- edness than opinions, 6, &c.
MAGISTRATES, their duty is to secure civil interests, not the salvation of souls,
have not more knowledge
of religion than others,
the apostle's saying, “We can do nothing against the truth but for it," not applicable to them, 360 have not authority, like parents, or schoolmasters, to use force, 205 discovering them to be in the wrong, adds little to finding out the truth, 360, 361
ought to assist religion by suppressing wickedness, 65, 66
are not commissioned by the law of nature to use force in religion, 205 Means (of salvation), no other should be used, than what God has appointed, 81, 82 what are proper for pro moting religion,
those which are sufficient are given to all, 113, &c. the greatest part of the world without them, if force be necessary, 389, &c. Ministers (of religion), of what sort they are, who want to have their doctrines enforced, 151, 152 doing their duty aright, would render force unneces- sary, Miracles never used to supply the want of force, 454
Miracles absurdly reckoned among human means,
442 not wrought in the view of all who were converted, 443 we have the same advan- tage by them, as most had in ibid. the first ages,
were continued (accor- ding to church-history) after christianity was established by human laws,
452, &c. were not often repeated to those who rejected the gospel, 454, 455 will be always necessary, supposing them so whenever men neglect their duty, 459, &c. were not a necessary means of conviction in the apostles time, 523, 526
saving souls, persons conform- ing on it would be examined concerning their convictions.
Persecution only useful to fill the church with hypocrites, 373, 374
Vid. Force, Punishments. Political societies, all advantages which may be gained by them, cannot be reckoned the end of them, Prejudices, not to be removed by force, Vid. Force. Punishments (for errours in reli- gion) are unjust, though mode- rate, 62, &c. not lawfully used to make people consider, 73, 79,
94 -human laws inflict them not to make men examine, 88 the pretence for inflict- ing them in France on the pro- testants, 87 - national churches need them as much as dissenters, 94, 99 if beneficial, it is un- kind to withhold them from
any, the difficulty of deter- mining the due measures of them, 104, &c. commonly least used, where they are most needful, 99, 118
it is unjust to inflict them, for inforcing things not necessary, 248, &c. the fault for which they are inflicted, points out the end of them, 243, &c. leaving the measures of them to the magistrate's pru- dence justifies the greatest, 281, &c. admitting them as necessary in matters of reli- gion, leads to the sharpest severities, 108, &c.
why the care of each man's belongs only to himself, 23-25
not the design of penal
laws about religion,
pretending care of this for using force in religion is pre- varication, 351
impossible to be pro- moted, by forcing people in religious matters, 391, &c. Scepticism, not justly chargeable upon toleration, 414, 415 Schism, wherein it consists, 55 who are the chief causes of it, 238, 239 School-masters, their using force to make their scholars learn, is no warrant for using it in re- ligious matters, 206, 209
Scriptures are to be consulted as our guide in religion, 353, &c. contain all necessary means of salvation, 519, 520 Sects (or divisions) who are the chief cause of them, 238, 239 --whether national churches may not be such as well as others, 239, 240 Sedition, wherever it is practised, should be punished alike, 51 Sins, several of them are not punishable by magistrates, 36 Society, every advantage which may be attained by it, is not the end of it, 213, &c,
is no cause of sects and 414, &c. the pretended ill ef- fects of it refuted,
Translation (of the Bible) a re- mark concerning the authority of the English one, 496, 497 True religion of the highest con- cern to all persons, 317
force no proper means to 317, &c.
bring men to it,
is dishonoured, by using force for promoting it,
several persons may be of it, though differing in some things, 327, 328 all who suppose them- selves to be of it, have equal right to impose on others, 419, &c.
no nations can lay claim to it exclusive of others, 422 magistrates must know it, before they can punish the rejectors of it, 425-428
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