Clergy, their office sufficient, with-
out other employments, Commonwealth, what it is,
end of it, not to force men in religion, but to free them from such force, ibid. no necessity to exclude Jews, &c. from it, to prevent the seduction of Christians, 235, &c. Conformity (in religion) and not conviction, is the end of penal laws, 73 men may be brought to it, without true religion, 339, 340
no ground to presume it is always upon conviction, 340 whether it be from rea- son and conviction, or not, can- not be certainly known, 339, 340 some things required to it, hard to be understood, 410,
Consideration to force men to it impracticable, 242, 243 conformists may need punishment to bring them to it, as much as dissenters, 244 it is hard to understand, whether penal laws are designed to bring men to it, 389 Vid. Examination. Conscience, none can be saved by acting contrary to it, though it be erroneous, 28 laws contrary to it, must be passively submitted to, by private men,
44 a man sins, by acting contrary to it, though it be mis- guided,
Creeds ought not to be imposed by the magistrate,
Dissenters should not be punished, to make them consider, more than others,
96 ought to be convinced a church is true, before they con- form to it,
no warrant in Scripture for using it, 82
no less necessary for confor- mists than non-conformists, 94, 96
the uncertainty of the pre- tended end for which it should be used, 95
none have 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 may be used to advance them in it, 134 no sovereign has authority to use it toward another, 163
not necessary to promote reli- gion, though religion be neces- sary, 164, &c.
have not more knowledge 179
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 find- ing 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, what are proper for promot-
those which are sufficient are 113, &c.
Miracles not wrought in the view of all who were converted, 443 we have the same advantage
by them, as most had in the first ages, ibid.
were continued (according to church-history) after Christi- anity 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
Paganism, how zeal against it should be expressed, 233, &c. Penal laws, not designed to make men consider, but conform, 387,
how a national religion loses ground by the relaxation of them, 467-469 whether atheism, &c. in- crease by their relaxation, ibid. Vid. Punishments.
Penalties. Vid. Force. Persecution, what it signifies, 142 if it were designed for saving souls, persons conforming on it would be examined con- cerning their convictions, 197
Punishments (for errors in reli- gion) are unjust, though mo- derate, 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 unkind to withhold them from any, 108 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 enforcing 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,
pretending care of this for using force in religion is preva- rication, 351
Salvation impossible to be pro- moted by forcing people in reli- gious matters,
Scepticism, not justly chargeable upon toleration,
Schism, wherein it consists, 55 who are the chief causes of it, 238, 239 Schoolmasters, their using force to make their scholars learn, is no warrant for using it in religious 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
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