Abridgment of Faith, what it is,
Acts of the Apostles, book so called, the author did not charge his readers against stirring beyond
it, 248 how wisely as well as faith- fully written by St. Luke, 328, 329 Actual assent to fundamental arti- cles, how necessary, 223, 224 Adam, wrong notions concerning his fall, 4, 5, &c. what he fell from, ibid. Allegations between contending parties, to be esteemed false un- til proved, 192 Apostles, the wisdom of the Lord in choosing such mean persons,83 their minds illuminated by the Holy Spirit, 92, &c. Article of faith, how the author pleaded for one only, 174, 196 Articles of Christianity, and such as are necessary to make a man a Christian, different, 352
of religion, have been several hundreds of years explaining,
and not yet understood, 177 Atheism, want of seriousness in discoursing of divine things may occasion it, 304.
how falsely The Rea- sonableness of Christianity is charged with promoting it, 305 Author of The Reasonableness of Christianity falsely charged with making one article neces- sary in formal words,
falsely accused of denying some articles of Christianity,
Author falsely charged with new modelling the Apostles' Creed, 201
the several articles made
necessary by him, 202, &c. falsely charged with saying "all things in Christianity must be level to every understand- ing." 205, 214, &c. requires proof of his mak- ing all but one article useless to make a man a Christian, 205, &c. denies his contending for but one, that men may under- stand their religion, 205, 214 not guilty of folly in re- quiring from his opponent a complete list of fundamentals, 215-222
his opponent compared to a judge unwilling to hear both sides,
not justly called a Socinian for omitting what is not ex- pressed in the Apostles' Creed, 281
his faith unjustly repre- sented as little different from that of a Turk, 282,283 his account of faith very different from that of devils, 283-285 unjustly charged with pa-
tronising ignorance,
his adversary's arguing from one to none would equally serve a pagan, 305
how he proves himself a
sometimes represented a
Socinian, sometimes a papist,
much oftener mentioned his kingly office than any other, 113, &c. how he fulfilled the moral law, 122 what we may think to be the state of those who never heard of him, 132
the necessity of his coming to make God known, 135-To teach men their duty, 138-To instruct in the right forms of di- vine worship, 147, &c.—To give sufficient encouragement to a good life, 148-And to assure men of divine assistance, 151
his deity not understood by the Jews by the phrase "Son of God," 370
the word Christ often used as a proper name, 374 Christians, what is necessary to be believed to make men so, 226, &c. whether all things of
this sort were revealed in our Saviour's time, 345, &c. what was sufficient to make men such in Christ's time, is so still,
are obliged to believe all that they find our Saviour taught,
all things necessary to be
believed by them, not necessary to their being such, 405, &c. Christians, why they must believe whatever they find revealed by Christ, 408 Christianity, the fundamental ar- ticles of it easy to be under- stood, Commission of our Lord, was to convince men of his being the Messiah, 332 Commission of the apostles, and of the seventy, of the same tenour, 335, 336 Covenant, changed, when the con- ditions of it are changed, 344 Creed, of the apostles, not new- modelled by the author, 201
contains all things necessary to be believed to make a man a Christian, 277
the compilers of it may be charged with Socinianism by the same rule the author is, 272, 273
Fact, common justice makes al- legations of, false until proved,
192 Faith, what kind of, is required as the condition of eternal life, 17 &c. justifying, consists in believ- ing Jesus to be the Messiah, 101 very acceptable to God, and why, 129 consists in relying on the goodness and faithfulness of God, ibid.
the fundamental articles of it, well explained, though not taught in the epistles, 154
the essentials of it best learned from the Gospels and Acts, ibid.
the author does not make only one article of it necessary, 194
other truths useful, beside the necessary article of it, 227, 228
but one article of it, not pleaded for, that religion may easily be understood, 206, &c. Faith, a practical one plainly taught by the author, 284, &c. an entire one, believes every Scripture truth, 349, 352 how but one article was
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