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Reformed Systematic Theologies in Latin, 1651-1700’s
All the titles are in English, as well as many of the tables of contents.
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Order of Contents (65+ in chronological order by nation)
Bucer 1527 Daneus 1575
Hyperius 1559 Lubbert 1591
Ursinus †1583 Trelcatius, Sr. †1602
Strigel 1584 Trelcatius, Jr. 1614
Olevian 1586
Snecanus 1591 Gomarus, Arminius, Trelcatius, Jr. 1615
Sohn 1591 Synopsis of Pure Theology 1625
Piscator 1589 Polyander 1629
Polanus 1590 Ames 1634
Bachoff 1603 Trigland, Sr. 1637
Casmann 1603 Walaeus †1639
Martin 1603 Schotanus 1640
Keckermann 1607 Gomarus †1641
Pareus 1611 Cloppenburg 1643
Ravensperger 1611 von Diest 1643
Alsted 1612 Voetius 1644
Hommius 1614 Revius 1648
Mylius 1618 Spanheim †1649
Pelargus †1633 Maetz 1650
Wendelin 1634
Crocius 1636 Italian
Alting †1644 Vermigli †1562
. Zanchi 1573
Bullinger 1551 Boquin 1561
Calvin 1559 Ramus †1572
Musculus 1560 Virel 1587
Beza 1570 Tossanus, Sr. 1590
Szegedin Pannonius †1572 Chandieu †1591
Foxe 1572 Tilen 1607
Aretius †1574 Chamier †1621
Bucan †1603 Maresius 1649
Wolleb †1629
Sharp 1620 Fenner 1586
Boyd †1627 Whitaker †1595
Rutherford 1636 Davenant 1634
Forbes 1645 Prideaux 1648
Junius, F. †1602 Maccovius 1639
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Introduction
William Cunningham (1878, of the Free Church of Scotland):
“The English language, though it contains many valuable works on particular doctrines and on separate subjects in systematic theology, contains comparatively very few systems; i.e. very few works in which all the leading doctrines of Christianity are arranged in systematic order, proved from the Word of God, and their connections and relations pointed out.
Systems of theology have been chiefly the productions of Continental writers, and are to be found principally in the Latin language, one fact among many others of a similar kind which establishes the necessity of students of theology acquiring the capacity of reading Latin with perfect ease and readiness.
…and there can be no doubt that the study of the writings of these men has tended greatly to promote correct and comprehensive views of the scheme of divine truth…. the English language does not contain a great deal, comparatively speaking, that is of much value in the way of systems of theology.”
– Theological Lectures, pp. 39-40
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In three years (or less), with a bit of exerted diligence, you can be reading the cream of Reformed Theology in all of the 115+ authors in Latin on these two webpages.
This page is for the purpose of cultivating interest in recovering these lost treasures of our heritage that God has graciously blessed us with. Thus, in order to make these works more accessible to more of God’s beloved people, all the book titles below have been translated into English, as well as numerous of the tables of contents. We hope to translate most of the tables of contents into English in the days ahead (Deo volente, God willing).
If you are able to get along in a bit of Latin, find a section that interests you and give it a try. In seven years when you become a Latin pro (or if you have any friends who already are), translate a chapter into English, and after we check it we will put it up on the net.
For a very readable and engaging introduction to this era of Reformed Theology and many of these authors, see the Introduction to Reformed Scholasticism Buy by Willem van Asselt.
This page is by no means exhaustive, but is only a start, and will be steadily growing in the days ahead. This collection does include all of the relevant titles listed in the bibliography of Heinrich Heppe’s Reformed Dogmatics Buy (which work is one of the few where excerpts from many of these authors have been translated into English and topically arranged in the form of a systematic theology), along with many others.
Some authors were influential in numerous countries and/or had no truly home country: their categorization for convenience by nation is sometimes arbitrary. Many of these works have other copies and editions available on PRDL. Where we have had a choice, we have preferred the most readable copy. The first part of the information in the parentheses after the book title is to the first available edition of the work on PRDL; the information following the semicolon is the edition linked.
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Soli Deo Gloria!
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About this Collection
The collection on these two webpages comprise probably about 97% of the reformed systematic theologies in Latin on the internet. It is continually updated as we find more.
The ordering system we have used is based on author: where an author has multiple systematic works, they are all listed under that author’s name. The authors are listed according to the year of the first systematic work that we list for them, and in some cases according to the year of the author’s death where their works were published posthumously. Thus, some systematics are found on this page that date after 1650.
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German Reformed
Bucer, Martin – Continual Expositions of the Four Holy Evangelists, in which are Interspersed Pure Theological Common Places (Herwagen, 1527; 1553) The table of contents is near the beginning, immediately before p. 1. This work has been translated into English Buy but is often very pricey if found.
Table of Contents
Abrogation of the Law 45.a
Adoration 10.a; 78.a
Ablation; How Far Poverty Wrenches 56.a
Anabaptism 19.a
Bearing Arms 53.b
Baptism 16.a
Baptism of Children, or Paedobaptism 19.a; 90.b; 130.b; 119.b
Power of the Keys 133.b; 145.b
Chair of Moses 164.b
Ceremonies & Liberty in External Things 45.a; 143.a
Celibacy & Marriage 130.b
Supper of the Lord 181.b
Confession 135.b
Demons 87.b
Tithes 167.b
Descent of Christ to ‘Hell’ [Inferna] 194.a
Love of God & Neighbor 163.b
Divinity of Christ [?]10.a
Observation of the Lord’s Day 111.b
Eternal Election 76.b
Alms-deeds 58.a
Gospel 1.a; 210.a
Excommunication 146.a
Festivals 111.a [the page number is different]
Faith 81.a
Flight in Persecution 101.b
Hell 49.a
Fasting 28.b; 65.a
Ecclesiastical Immunity 141.a
Hardening & Blindingness of Evil 63.a
Intercession of Saints 60.a
Judgment 71.a
Justice, Internal & External 119.b
Oaths 51.a
Labor of Hands 123.b
Abrogation of the Law 45.a
Christian Liberty 143.a
Free-Will 160.b
Disputes of Christians 55.b
Magistrate 54.a; 140.b; 161.a
Wages 41.a
Military Service of Christians 54.a; 140.b; 161.a
Ministers of the Church 35.a; 38.a
Mourning for the Dead 94.a
Miracles 76.a
Call to Preach 96.a
Good Works 43.a; 67.b
Prayer 58.b; 78.b; 126.b; 130.b
Obstinacy of Reprobates 106.b
Observation of Passover 180.a
Sin Against the Holy Spirit 115.a
Repentance 33.b
Power of the Apostles 72?.b
Primacy of the Roman Pontiff 135.a
Neighbor 49.a
Receiving Children 151.b
Purgatory 50.a; 85.a; 116.b
Prophecy 108.b
Divorce [Repudio] 147.a
Resurrection of Christ 195.a
Reward of Works 137.a
Sabbath & Circumcision 98.b
Satisfaction 62.a [page number says ’61’]
Scandal 141.b
Holy Spirit & his Names 24.a
Fulfillment of Scripture 11.a
Signs & Prophetic Tokens 36.b
Difference Between the Old & New Testament 45.b; 119.b
Human Traditions 128.a
Due Return of Tribute 163.b; 141.a
Typical Expositions of Scripture, or of Types & Figures 141.a
Usury [?]56.2
Word of God 72.a [page number says ’71’]
Truth of the Body of Christ 97.a
Vengeance 52.a
Life Eternal 299.a [page number says ‘199’]
Calling 5.a; 155.a
Vows 124.b
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Hyperius, Andreas
Of Theology, or of the Reason for the Study of Theology (Basel, 1559; 1582) 756 pp. No Latin table of contents Subj. Index Script. Index
Hyperius (1511-1564)
Table of Contents
Dedicatory Epistle 3
Book 1
Preface 13
1. 24
2. 34
3. 39
4. 45
5. 52
6. 55
7. 57
8. 64
9. 65
Book 2 80
1. 80
2. 91
3. 98
4. 102
5. 102
6. 106
7. 107
8. 109
9. 126
10. 137
11. 145
12. 182
13. Of God 185
14. Of the Trinity 194
15. Of Christ 198
16. Of the Holy Spirit 207
17. Of the Devil 209
18. Of the Church 210
19. Of the Difference Between the Law & the Gospel, & of the Precepts of the Law 216
20. Of the Promises 223
21. Of the Pious & the Impious 232
22. Of the Parables 237
23. Of Numbers 242
24. 250
25. 255
26. Of the Quantity of Propositions 258
27. Some Observations of an Uncertain Order 263
28. 269
29. That which is most Weighty in the Historical Books 281
30. Those things which may even be fittingly observed in reading the work of the Palms 306
31. 312
32. Of Reading the Books of the Evangelists 316
33. Some Introductory Observations to the Reading of the Pauline Epistles 326
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Book 3 425
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Book 4 561
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A Method of Theology, or the Principal Common Places of the Christian Religion, vol. 1 (Books 1-3) (Basel, 1567) There is a summary of the work in the Preface. Index of Places & Questions Textual Index Subject Index
Table of Contents
Vol. 1
Book 1 – God & the Word of God, or Sacred Scripture 24
Of the Word of God, or of Sacred Scripture 24
Why concerning the Word of God ought to be agitated in the First Locus
Of the Honored Word of God; first of its Necessity & Origin 26
That it is necessary that in the Church the Word of God be Eminent 26
By which causes is the Word of God a Commandment by Letters & from whence is it called ‘Sacred Scripture’ 29
Of the Utility of the Word of God, or Sacred Scripture 34
To which things is Scared Scripture Useful? 34
Of the Authority of the Word of God 38
Out of which things is the Authority of the Word of God known? 38
What then are the Canonical Books 45
Whether Sacred Scripture may have authority from the Church, or whether the church may be able to receive authority from Sacred Scripture? 49
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Book 2 – The Creature and Man 270
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Book 3 – The Church 526
Of the Church 526
What is the Church 526
Of the Church Before the Fall of Man 533
Of the Church After the Fall of Man 536
That sole thing which is only properly called the Church 542
Whether the True Church is Visible 547
The Marks by which the True Church may be Distinguished 552
In what way evil workers have been intermingled in the Church? 561
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Vol. 2 [apparently not online, if it was ever published]
Book 4 – The Doctrine of the Law and the Gospel
Book 5 – Signs, or Sacraments
Book 6 – The Consumation
Ursinus, Zacharias
Theological Places in Theological Works, vol. 1 (Heidelberg, 1612), col. 426-733 The link opens to a fuller table of contents than what is below, though there is an even more detailed listing of theses covering the topics below on col. 732 ff.
Ursinus (1534-1583)
Table of Contents
Of Sacred Scripture 426
Of God 447
The Son of God is a Spiritual & Divine Person 491
The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person 497
The Father, Son & Holy Spirit are Three Persons, Truly
Distinguished in Turn From Themselves 498
The Father, Son & Holy Spirit are Equal According to Deity, & All
Essential Perfections of Deity 501
Father, Son & Holy Spirit are One Essence 522
How the Divinity of the Three Persons is Discerned 539
Of the Creation of the World 546
Of Angels 551
Of the Creation of Man 558
Of the Providence of God 570
Of Sin 605
Of Free-Will 633
Of the Divine Law 664
First Command 682
Second Command 689
Third Command 699
Fourth Command 715
Fifth Command 725
Sixth Command 729 [The End]
A Compendium of Christian Doctrine, or a Catechetical Commentary (Geneva, 1584; Cantegribiensis, 1585) Table of Contents
Strigel, Victorinus
A Theological Manual, which Contains Tracts used in the Tyronum Theology (Bremae, 1584) No table of contents
Strigel (1524-1569) was initially a Lutheran, but towards the end of his life he accepted a position at the University of Heidelberg and accepted the reformed view of the Lord’s Supper, according to Wikipedia.
Theological Places… in which the Common Places of the Reverend Man, Dr. Philip Melanchthon are illustrated, even as the whole body of Christian Doctrine is propounded (Neapoli Nemetum: Matthaeus Harnisch, 1582) Detailed Table of Contents
Brief Table of Contents
Prolegomena 1
Of God 25
Of the Son of God 78
Of the Holy Spirit 163
Of Creation 213
Of the Cause of Sin 279
Of Free-Will, or the Powers of Man 324
Of Sin 426
A Synopsis of Christian Doctrine, one with an Antithesis of Doctrines, Likewise Counsel for how Theological Study Ought to be Formed, also a Rule for Preaching, to which is inserted a Brief Explication of the Heads of a Catechism, also an Admonition on the Best Rule for Interpreting the Prophetic & Apostolic Scriptures, and some other miscellaneous, sacred items (Jena : Tobias Steinmann, 1588) Table of Contents
A Place Having been Exposited on the Sacraments… at the end of the same has been appended an explication by Victorinus of the Definition of the Lord’s Supper given in the Short Work by Dr. Philip Melanchthon, The Examination of Theology (1566; Neustadt/Haardt: Matthaeus Harnisch, 1589) The link opens to the table of contents.
Olevian, Caspar – An Epitome of the Institution of Christian Religion, Excerpted out of the Institution of John Calvin, retaining the method & words of the author, with a Preface by Caspar Olevian to Theodore Beza, in which is Expounded the Method [Consilium] of the Edition Ref (Herborne, 1586)
Snecanus, Gellius – A Methodical Description, or Fundamental, Principal Common Places, or the Dogmas of Scripture Concerning the Knowledge of God and Man, which is threefold in this state of life (Harlemum, 1591) 992 pp. Script. Index Subj. Index on Predestination
Snecanus (c.1540-1596)
Table of Contents
Of the Word of God, or Sacred Scripture 1
Of God & his One Essence & Three Hypostases, or Persons, Distinguished 65
Of the Principal Essential Properties of God, then the Ground [Ratione] of the Divine Essence in Itself, then a View of the Works & Favors toward Men & the Church 121
Of the Will of God 185
Of Creation in General 267
Of Good Angels 271
Of Man, in Respect of the First Creation Before the Fall 277
Of the Providence of God 299
Of the Fall & the Sin of the First Parents 331
Of Original Sin 341
An Appendix Encompassing Solutions to Some Objections that Infants
do Not Have Original Sin 360
Of Actual Sin 364
Of the Sin Against the Holy Spirit, or Unto Death 373
Of Man after the Fall of Adam; How the Old Man, or Flesh, is Called 380
Of Free-Will 386
Of the Eternal Design of Predestination & its Instrumental Causes in the Execution of the Subordinate Counsel of God 453
Of the Execution of the Causes of Salvation & Damnation, with the Legitimate Instrumental [Medias] Causes of Them, which Subordinate Things are Executed of the Counsel of God even unto Creation & Redemption 757
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Sohn, George – Works, vol. 1 (Systematics), 2 (Commentary on the Augsburg Confession), 3 (Commentary on Certain Psalms, Subj. Index) (Herborne, 1591-2)
Piscator, Johannes
A Sylvula of Sayings & Examples out of Sacred Scripture by which Christian Doctrine in Common Places are Distributed and Confirmed (Herborn, 1621) This work has collected verses of Scripture and arranged them under the heads of systematic theology.
An Explication of the Heidelberg Catechism (Herborn, 1622)
Theological Theses, vol. 1, 2, 3 (Herborn, 1606-1607) Vol. 3 Ref does not appear to be online.
Table of Contents
Vol. 1
1. Of Sacred Scripture
2. Of God
3. Of Angels
4. Of the Image of God
5. Of Free Choice
6. Of the Providence of God
7. Of Sin
8. Of the Law of God
9. Of the Similarity & Difference of the Old & New Testament
10. Of the Person of Christ
11. Of the Office of Christ
12. Of Saving Faith
13. Of the Conjunction, or Union of the Faithful with Christ, & also of Communion
14. Of Repentance
15. Of Justification
16. Of Good Works
17. Of Christian Liberty
18. Of Prayer
19. Of Predestination
20. Of the Certainty of Election
21. Of the Resurrection of the Body & of Eternal Life
22. Of the End of the World
23. Of the Church
24. Of the Ministry of the Church, or of the Word & Sacraments
25. Of the Sacraments
Appendix of Theological Theses on the Varied Spiritual State of Man
Vol. 2
1. Of Sacred Scripture
2. Of the Holy Spirit
3. Of the Providence of God
4. Of the Similarity & Difference Between the Old & New Covenant Between God & his People
5. Of the Gospel
6. Of the Communication of Properties
7. Of the Causes of Salvation
8. Of the Justification of Man Before God
. The Same Locus, Another Tract
. The Same Locus, a Full Tract & an Opposition Against the Sophistry
. of Bellarmine
9. Of the Fruit of Christ’s Death
10. Of the Necessity of Good Works
11. Of Prayer
12. Of Divine Predestination
. The Same Locus, Another Tract of 4 Disputations
. The Same Locus, A Full Tract, & an Opposition Against the Disputation
. of Andrea Schaafmann, with an Appendix to the Same
13. Of the Form of the Sacraments
14. Of the Number of the Sacraments
15. Of Baptism
16. Of the Holy Supper of the Lord
17. Of the Words of the Lord’s Supper, ‘This is my body’, and ‘This is my blood’
18. Of the Papal Mass
19. Of the Sacrament which they call Penance, where it is displayed that Repentance is not a Sacrament
20. Of the Falsely-Named Sacrament, Extreme Unction
9 Miscellaneous Questions
1. Whether the Sin of the First Parents may have been Particular to Themselves [only]? [We deny]
2. Whether Original Sin is of the Human Substance? [We deny]
3. Whether Christ is our Mediator According to Each Nature? [We affirm]
4. Whether Christ Died for All Men in the Universe? [We deny]
5. Whether that Distinction is able to Consist by which it is said that Christ for all People Sufficiently, but not Efficiently? [We deny]
6. Whether the Form of Justifying Faith is Love? [Gal. 5:6, We Deny]
7. Whether it is rightly said that Faith is the Instrumental Cause of our Election? [No]
8. Whether it is rightly said that the Person of the Son of God is Communicated to the body of Christ? [We deny]
9. Whether God may Communicate to Any Creature the Power of Working Miracles? [We deny]
Another 9 Questions Illustrated
1. Whether Sacred Scripture is the Supreme Judge of Controversies in the Cause of Religion? [We affirm]
2. Whether one is able to prove out of the Book of Nature that God is? We Affirm
3. Whether the Adored Mystery of the most holy Triad is able to be proved out of the Book of Nature, or whether only so indeed out of the Book of Scripture?
4. What then is the Efficient Cause of Predestination? [Solely the good-pleasure of God]
5. Whether God is the Author of Sin [We deny]
6. Whether the Human Nature of Christ is Everywhere? [We deny]
7. Whether those being Elected & Sanctified to eternal life persevere in faith [We distinguish. Yes as to habit; not necessarily as to the confession of faith]
8. Whether the Antiquity, Amplitude, Blessed Times & Relics, which the Papists so shove forward, are notes of the True Church? [We deny]
9. Whether there is a figure in the Words of the Supper, ‘This is my Body’? [We affirm]
An Appendix of Theological Theses
On Angels
On Sin
A Small Commentary on the Primacy of Peter, opposite the Sophistry
. of Bellarmine 406
Three Questions on the Rhetoric of the Words of the Lord, ‘This is my Body’: 1. Whether there is in it a Figure? 2. What is the Figure in it? 3. In what sense the figure is in it? 443
The Response of Johann Piscator to the Elenchus of Heizo Buscher, in which his [Piscator’s] Doctrine and Propositions on the Figure in the Words of the Holy Supper are called not useful, are undertaken to be refelled 461 in 21 chapters Table of Contents
The Admonition of Johann Piscator on the Exercises of Heizo Buscher 611 Table of Contents
A Refutation of the Sophisms of Dr. Hunnius [a Lutheran] which are Contained in his Book on the Sacraments, being Comprised by Brief Notes 635
2 – The Sacred Scriptures 13
3 – God 23
4 – Angels 25
5 – The Integrity of our First Nature: of the Image of God and
. the Freedom of the Will 33
6 – The Providence of God 35
7 – Sin 38
8 – The Law of God 47
9 – Of the Similarity and Difference Between the Old and
. New Testaments 55
10 – The Person and Office of Christ 67
11- Faith 74
12 – Repentance: wherein is the Christian Life and the Bearing of
. the Cross 77
13 – Justification 83
14 -Christian Liberty 104
15 – Scandal 112
16 – Prayer 114
17 – Predestination 125
18 – The Bodily Resurrection and Eternal Life 129
19 – The Church 133
20 – The Ministry of the Church 138
21 – Ecclesiastical Discipline 145
22 – Vows 149
23 – The Sacraments 152
24 – Baptism 160
25 – Baptism of Children 169
26 – The Lord’s Supper 174
27 – The Mass of Papists 189
28 – The Civil Magistrate 196
An Enchiridion of Theological Common Places, Things, Examples, & Sacred Phrases Collected out of the Thesaurus of Augustine Marlorat, the Storehouse of Christoph Obenheim & Isaac L. Feguernikino Ungaro 5th edition (Basil, no date; 1589; 1596). This is akin to a Biblical & theological dictionary. The vast number of entries are in alphabetical order. Subj. Index Scrip. Index
Polanus (1561-1610). Marlorat was reformed; Obenheim was Lutheran; Fegyvernek was Hungarian and reformed.
The Divisions of Theology Framed according to a Natural Orderly Method (Basil, 1590; Geneva, 1623) 344 pp. Tables etc. In English: Buy
This was a precursor to the following longer work below.
Table of Contents
Book 1 Of Faith
1. Of the Word of God 1
2. Of the Doctrine of Faith 1
3. Of God 1
4. Of the Attributes of God 1
5. Of the Persons of the Deity 25
6. Of the Works of God 27
7. Of the Decree of God, where is of the Decree of Predestination 30
8. Of Creation, where is of the Image of God 33
9. Of the Good & Bad Angels 35
10. Of Man, & his State & Will 36
11. Of the Providence of God 44
12. Of Good 45
13. Of Evil 45
14. Of Sin 46
15. Of the Action of God, through the part of Providence 56
16. Of the Instruments of God 56
17. Of Divine Permission 57
18. Of the Conservation of Things 59
19. Of the Destruction of Things 59
20. Of the Governing of Things 59
21. Of the Divine Moving 59
22. Of the Natural Revelation [Patefaction] of God, where is of Natural Law 62
23. Of the Supernatural Revelation of God 62
24. Of the Law of God 63
25. Of the Moral Law of God, or Decalogue 64
26. Of the Ceremonial & Judicial Law 70
27. Of the Gospel 70
28. Of Christ, his Person, twofold State, humiliation, incarnation, conception by the Holy Spirit, assumption of human nature, the personal union, the power of Christ according to the essence & office, the communication of properties, nativity, fulfilling of the Law, temptations, suffering, the Descent of Christ to Inferos, death, burial, exaltation, resurrection from the dead, ascension to heaven, session at the right hand of God the Father, the office of Christ, the gifts [apotelesmatis] of the Mediator 71
29. Of the Prediction of Future Things 98
30. Of the Divine Promises 104
31. Of the Divine Threats 105
32. Of the Divine Calling 106
33. Of the Covenant Between God & Men 108
34. Of the Benefits distributed by Christ
35. Of the Gift of the Holy Spirit 110
36. Of Communion with Christ 110
37. Of Justification, where is of the Remission of Sins & the Imputation of the Righteousness of Christ 112
38. Of Regeneration 135
39. Of the Illumination or anointing of the Holy Spirit, & of Repentance 139
40. Of Adoption 144
41. Of the Liberty of the Sons of God 145
42. Of Christian Liberty & Indifferent Things 147
43. Of Conservation in Communion with Christ 148
44. Of Consolation on the Cross and in Death 150
45. Of the Gift of Eternal Life 161
46. Of Divine Signs, where is of Miracles 165
47. Of the Sacraments in General 169
48. Of Circumcision 181
49. Of the Passover 183
50. Of Baptism 185
51. Of the Lord’s Supper 190
52. Of the Preparation of Someone Faithful Before the Use of the Supper 204
53. Of the Judgments of God, where is of Afflictions & Death 208
54. Of the Works of God After this Life, where is of the Last Coming the Lord, the universal resuscitation of the dead, the Last Judgment, & the manifestation of the glory of God 219
55. Of the True Church, where is of True Religion 216
56. Of the Public Governing of the Church 222
57. Of the Ministers of the Church 223
58. Of the Common People of the Church 233
59. Of the Ecclesiastical Power, where is of the power: of ecclesiastical elections, of judging religious controversies, of ecclesiastical order and jurisdiction of the Church; where is of the power of the keys & excommunication 235
60. Of Councils 241
61. Of the Political Magistrate 245
62. Of the Private Governing of the Church 249
63. Of the False Church, where is of false religion, the enemies of Christ & its kingdom, of the Jews & of their rejection & restoration, of the nations [ethnicis], where is of Mohammedans & pagans, of the Antichrist, of heretics & schismatics, & of the Church of the Antichrist & the Pseudo-Christ 250
Book 2 Of Good Works
64. Of Good Works 256
65. Of things Disagreeing to, & the adjuncts of Good Works: of the Fear of God, of Subjection towards God, of Constancy, of Prudence & of Sanctified Zeal for the Glory of God 265
66. Of the Internal & External Worship of God, & of that which is contrary to it, where is of living faith & hope in God 267
67. Of the invocation of God, where is of prayer, the Lord’s Prayer, of fasting & of the oath 290
68. Of Thanksgiving, where is of the Confession of Truth 298
69. Of Ecclesiastical rites or ceremonies, where is of the pious vow, the sacrifices of the Old Testament; of sacred times, where is of the feasts of the Old & New Testament 299
70. Of virtue, where is of the Study of wisdom, fortitude, temperance, chastity, parsimony, thriftiness, of the study of true glory, the whole ring of virtues, righteousness 304
71. Of Economic Righteousness, where is of Marriage & Divorce 321
72. Of Public Righteousness, where is of the Political Laws, Peace & War
A System of Theology, vol. 1, 2 (Hanau, 1609; 1615) Here is the lengthy Table of Contents in English. Synopsis Index of Principal Questions (not included in the Table of Contents) Subj. Index Scrip. Index Index of Fathers & Writings
This was the magnum opus of Polanus, for which he was known. For an overview of this important work, see Max Deal’s The Meaning and Method of Systematic Theology in Amandus Polanus.
Table of Contents
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Bachoff (1544-1614).
Principal Common Places
Adultery, Fornication, Rape & Incest Q 108-109
Alms Q 107
Ambition Q 128
Angels Q 124b
Antichrist Q 123
Apostles’ Creed Q 22
Avarice Q 87
Baptism Q 69-71
Baptism of Infants Q 74
Burial Q 41
Certainty & Truth of the Christian Religion Q 19
Charity Q 4 & 55
Church Q 54
Conscience Q 32
Cross 26 & 28
Custom Q 91
Death Q 42
Decalogue, or the Ten Precepts Q 92-93
Defamation & Calumny Q 112
Devil Q 127
Divine Providence Q 1, 26, 27
Divinity of the Holy Spirit, contra the Macedonians & the Spirit-Fighters
Divinity of the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, contra the Ebionites, Photinians, Arians, etc. Q 25
Drunkenness Q 78
Envy Q 106
Eternal Life Q 31, 52, 58
Excommunication 82 & 85
Exertion & Solicitude Q 26
Faith Q 20-21, 61, 64, 91
Fasting Q 89
Festivals & the Days of a Feast 103
Forgiveness in Turn Q 126
Free Choice Q. 8
Gentleness Q 107
Gluttony & the Palate Q 110
Good Works & the Christian Life Q 43, 62-63, 86, 90, 91, 115
Gratitude Q 2, 28
Hatred & Enmity Q 106-107
Hell Q 44
Heretics Q 123
Homicide Q 105
Hospitality Q 107
Humility Q 94
Infirmities are to be Born with Q 107
Incarnation of the Word, Against Marcion, Valentinus & the Anabaptists denying the
The Justification of Man Before God Q. 21 & 60
Labor & Leisure Q 111
Last Judgment Q 52
Law Q. 3, 10
Lie Q 112
Loquaciousness Q. 109
Lord’s Supper Q 75-78, 80-82
Luxury in Clothing & Excessive Ornamentation Q 109 sect. 44
Magic, Astrology, Incantation Q. 94
Magistrate Q 105
Marriage & Weddings Q 108
Martyrs Q 112
Medicine Q 27
Meditation Q 109
Mercy Q 107
Ministers of the Church Q. 103
Mourning for the Dead Q. 42
Nobility Q 94
An Oath Q 99-102
Original Sin 7
Parents & Free Persons 104, 120
Patience Q 107
Persecution of the Pious Q 52
Pigments of Women & Painting with Colors Q 109
Power of the Keys, or of Excommunication & Absolution Q 82, 85
Prayer & Addressing Q 116, 118-119
Preaching of the Divine Word Q 65, 103
Pride Q 94
Repentance Q 89
A Report [Fama] Q 112
Resurrection of the Dead Q 57
Riches & Poverty Q 27
Sacraments Q 66
Sacred Scripture Q 22, 65
Salvation Q 109
Scandals Q. 86
Sin Q. 2
Soul Q 57 & 76 App.
Superstition Q 94
Traditions & the Doctrines of Men Q 65, 91, 96
Trinity of Persons in the One Divine Essence, contra the Sabellians Q 15
True Humanity of Christ Q 16, 35
Truth Q 112
Two Natures in Christ, contra the Eutychians & Ubiquitarians Q 47-48
Usury & Dividing? Q 27, 110
Vindication or Vengeance Q 126
Worship of the Saints & Images Q 94-98
Wrath Q 106
Lives of the [Early Church] Fathers 669
Of Councils 716
Book 2 – Of the Decrees of God 20
Book 3 – Of the Execution of the Decree of Providence 27
Book 4 – Of the Execution of Predestination 64
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Observation on the Variety of Expression of Terms in this Small Work 117
2. Of the Distribution of Theology 188
3. Of the Description of the Essence of God 212
4. Of the Simplicity of God 219
5. Of Immutability 228
6. Of Eternity 228
7. Of Immensity 231
8. Of the Intellect 233
9. Of the Will 237
10. Of Power 249
Introduction to Ch. 11 251
11. Of the Description of Persons 256
12. Of the Father 267
13. Of the Son 269
14. Of the Holy Spirit 272
2. Of the Decree in General 278
3. Of the Positive & Negative Aspects of the Decree 283
4. Of the Common & Particular Aspects of the Decree 284
5. Of Providence 285
8. Of the Decree of Predestination 287
9. Of the Election of Angels 301
10. Of the Election of Men 303
12. Of the Reprobation of Men 316
2. Of Creation in General, & in Specific, the Creation of Angels 332
3. Of the Creation of Bodies 341
4. Of the Creation of Man 342
5. Of Governance, Ordinary & Extraordinary 369
6. Of the Common Government of the Creatures 375
7. Of the Government of the Intelligent Creatures 377
8. Of the Ways of Knowing Knowing Thinking Creatures 380
9. Of the Ways of Fulfillment in General in Respect of Intelligent Creatures 386
11. Of the Government of the Angels 391
12. Of the Permission of Angels in their Liberty 392
14. Of the Government of Man, Solved 393
15. Of the Calling of the First People [Protoplastorum] to Union [by Covenant] 400
16. Of the Bond [Pactione] of the Covenant of Nature 403
17. Of the Fulfillment of Permission 404
18. Of Affliction 410
19. Of the Fulfillment in Respect of the Union of the First People [Protoplastorum] 411
2. Of the Confirmation of Good Angels 424
3. Of the Desertion of the Evil Angels 425
4. Of the Bond [Pactione] of the Covenant of Grace 426
5. Of the Fulfilling of the Covenant with Respect to Means 429
6. Of Blessedness Begun 471
7. Of the Common Means to the End of the Covenant in the Old Testament 473
8. Of the Means to the End of the Covenant Respecting the First Parents 474
9. Of the Execution of the Means Respecting the Elect Posterity of Adam & Eve 474
10. Of the Promised Precursor of Christ 476
11-12. Of the Conception & Nativity of Christ 477
13. Of the Internal Preparation of Christ to the Office of Mediator 497
14. Of the External Preparation of Christ to the Office of Mediator 498
15. Of the Calling of the Lord to his Office 498
16. Of the Function of the Office of Mediator in the Exalted State 499
17. Of the Ceasing [Interdictione] of the Levitical Ministry 510
18. Of the Calling of Ministers of the New Testament 511
19. Of the Calling of Popular Teachers 516
20. Of the Calling of Ministers to Scholastic Teaching 517
21. Of the Antiquation of the Levitical Ministry 518
22. Of the Benediction of the Ministry in the New Testament 520
23. Of the Execution of the Means Respecting Reprobation 524
24-25. Of the Fulfilling of the End 530
Table of Contents
Book 1, of God
1. Definition of Theology 25
2. Distribution of Theology 27
3. Essence of God & the First Kind of Essential Properties 30
4. Second & Third Kinds of Divine, Essential Properties 41
5. Persons of the Trinity 50
Book 2, of the Decrees of God
1. Actions of God in General 61
2. The Decree in General 63
3. Providence 68
4. Predestination & its First Species: Election 69
5. Reprobation 73
Book 3, Execution of Providence
1. Execution of Providence 75
2. Governance in General 88
3. Common Governance of Intelligent Creatures 108
4. Governance of the Angels 128
5. Governance of Men 130
Book 4, Execution of Predestination
1. Rejection of Evil Angels 146
2. Stability of Good Angels 149
3. Execution of the Elect in General 151
4. Execution of the Reprobate 237
5. Execution of Predestination Respecting Completion 240
Preface on the Principles & Division of the Disciplines, where a Summary View of it is Overviewed 1
Keckermann, Bartholomaeus – A System of Scriptural Theology Furnished in 3 Books (2nd ed. Hanau, 1607; 1610)
Keckermann (1572-1608). See Joseph Freedman, ‘The Career and Writings of Bartholomew Keckermann (d. 1609)’ in American Philosophical Society, Vol. 141, No. 3 (Sep., 1997), pp. 305-364.
Table of Contents
Book 1
. 1 – The Nature of Theology 1
. 2 – The Essence of God 5
. 3 – The Distinction of Persons from Essence and from
. Themselves 54
. 4 – The Absolute Properties of God 89
. 5 – The Properties of God Relating to the Creatures 104
. 6 – Creation 121
. 7 – The Actions and Operations Arising of God 135
. 8 – The Matter of the Divine Word 165
. 9 – The Form of the Divine Word 192
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Book 2
. 1 – The Division of Theology 209
. 2 – The State of Man Before the Fall 215
. 3 – The Fall of the First Man 233
. 4 – Sin in General 246
. 5 – Original Sin 251
. 6 – Actual Sin 267
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Book 3
. 1 – Election unto Eternal Life 294
. 2 – The Person of Christ 310
. 3 – The Office of Christ in General, and in Specific: as Prophet 326
. 4 – The Priestly Office of Christ 340
. 5 – The Kingly Office of Christ 358
. 6 – The Church 370
. 7 – Justification 412
. 8 – The Sacraments, Miracles and Conversion 439
Pareus, David – Theological Collections of Universal Orthodox Theology, where also All of the Present Theological Controversies are Clearly and Variously Explained, vol. 1, 2 (1611/20) Table of contents: vol. 1, 2
Pareus (1548-1622)
Table of Contents, vol. 1
Collection 1, Disputations
1. Theology & the Word of God 3
2. God 8
3. The Son of God Incarnate 10
4. Problems on the Office of Christ the Mediator 12
5. Holy Spirit 15
6. Creation of the World, Angels & Men 16
7. Providence of God 18
8. Sin 21
9. Free-Will 27
10. Predestination 30
11. The Gospel & Grace 35
12. Justifying Faith 39
13. Justification by Faith, Appendix on Roman Justification 44
14. Sanctification, the other Benefit of Christ, which is Regeneration & Conversion unto God 58
15. Good Works 66
16. Sacraments in General, & the False Dogma of the Papists 69
17. Baptism 77
18. Lord’s Supper 79
19. The False & Horrid Dogma of Papists & Jesuits on the Eucharist & the Sacrifice of the Mass, out of Bellarmine & the Council of Trent 85
20. Church of God 97
21. The False Dogma of the Papists on the Church & its Notes 115
22. The Government & Ecclesiastical Ministry in the Apostolic Church 121
23. Church Government Before the Popes & under the Popes, & of the Primacy of the Pope 127
Collection 2, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 139
2. God & the Most Holy Trinity; Solution to the Sophisms Against the Distinction of Essence & Persons 141
3. Attributes of God 148
4. Creation of the World 153
5. Good & Bad Angels 156
6. Creation of Man & his First State 159
7. Providence of God 163
8. The Fall & the First Sin of Man 166
9. Sin in General & its Distinctions 170
10. Cause of Sin 174
11. The Nature, Propagation & Effects of Original Sin 179
Note on the Origin of the Human Soul 183
12. Free-Will of Man After the Fall 188
13. Punishment of Sin, Death & the Misery of Man 193
. Testimony of S. Scripture on the Vindicatory Justice of God 196
14. Eternal Predestination of God 198
15. Grace & the Gospel 201
16. Old & New Covenant of God 204
17. Person, Office & Benefits of the Mediator 210
18. True Divinity & Humanity of Christ 213
19. Personal Union of the Two Natures of Christ 220
20. Threefold Office of Christ the Mediator 224
21. Passion, Death, Burial & Descent to ‘Inferos’ of Christ 228
22. Resurrection, Ascension & Session at the Right Hand of God of Christ 233
23. Satisfaction & Merit of Christ the Mediator 238
24. Faith 244
25. Justification 249
26. Person, Office & Gifts of the Holy Spirit 252
27. Regeneration & Conversion [Resipiscentia] 255
28. Appendix on Regeneration & Repentance, Comprehending the False Dogma of Romanists 260
Abrogation of Auricular Confession out of Socrate 264
29. The Law, its Abrogation & Use 266
30. Good Works 268
31. Christian Liberty, Human Traditions, Adiaphora & Scandal 272
32. Prayer 277
33. True Church 286
34. False Church & its Notes 289
35. Head & Members of the Church 294
36. Primacy of the Roman Pope 300
37. Antichrist 305
38. Ecclesiastical Government of the New Testament 309
39. Ministry & Ministers of the Church & their Calling 314
40. Power of the Church about Doctrine 322
41. Power of the Church about Discipline in Upholding Laws 326
42. Power of the Church about Discipline in Enacting Censures 337
43. Vows 342
. Note on Vows, Councils & Decrees 349
44. Sacraments in General 351
45. Baptism 357
46. Lord’s Supper 365
47. Papal Mass 376
48. The Five False Marks of the Sacraments of the Papal Church 384
49. Marriage 392
Note out of Thomas: What Promise Makes or does not Make
Marriages 400
50. Civil Magistrate 403
51. Fasting & Alms 409
52. Indulgences & Purgatory 416
53. Resurrection of the Dead & the Last Judgment 420
Collection 3, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 427
2. God, One & Three 431
3. Person of Christ 433
4. Threefold Office of Christ the Mediator 435
5. Providence of God 437
6. Eternal Predestination of God 440
7. Sin 442
Note on Sin: in What Way the Theologian Disputes [It] 445
8. Free-Will 446
9. Law & Gospel 449
10. Justification by Faith 451
11. Good Works 454
12. Christian Liberty 456
13. Church 459
14. Sacraments, Baptism, Holy Supper & Antichrist 461
Collection 4, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 457
2. God & his Saving Knowledge 469
3. Person & Incarnation of the Son of God 472
4. Office of Mediator, Against the Blasphemies of Socinus 475
5. Providence of God 479
6. Eternal Predestination of God 483
Note on Some Theses of Augustine 489
7. Sin 495
8. Free-Will of Man, a Public [Disputation] 495
The Same, Free-Will of Man, a Private [Disputation] 501
9. Law & Gospel 502
10. Justification of Man Before God 505
11. Christian Liberty 508
12. Good Works 512
13. Church 516
14. Sacraments in General, & of Baptism 521
15. Lord’s Supper 523
16. Antichrist 527
Collection 5, Disputations
1. Sacred Theology & its Principles & Parts 535
2. Books Canonical & Apocryphal 538
3. Authority & Perfection of Sacred Scripture 542
4. Perspicuity & Interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, & the Judgment of Controversies 545
5. God, One & Three 549
6. Creation of Man in the Image of God 553
7. Providence of God 555
8. Conversion [Resipiscentia] 558
9. Free-Will 563
10. Law & Gospel 564
11. Person of Christ 569
12. Office of Christ the Mediator 562
13. Antichrist 575
14. Predestination 577
15. Faith & Justification by Faith From Works 580
16. Church & its Members, Head & Qualities 583
17. Notes of the Visible Church 585
18. Sacraments in General & of Baptism 588
19. Lord’s Supper & the Papal Mass 590
20. Descent of Christ to ‘Inferos’, the Resurrection from the Dead, the Ascension to Heaven & the Session at the Right Hand 593
Collection 6, Disputations
1. Person & Office of Christ 599
2. Church 605
3. Free-Will of Man 607
4. Predestination 612
5. Sin 615
6. Faith & Justification 618
7. Good Works 620
8. Judgment of Controversies in Causes of Religion 624
9. Political Magistrate 626
10. Baptism 629
11. Holy Lord’s Supper 632
12. Prayer to God 634
13. Providence of God 638
Note on the Same 641
Collection 7, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 647
2. God 649
3. Person & Office of Christ the Mediator 650
4. Free-Will 653
5. Faith & Justification of Man Before God 655
6. Eternal Predestination of God 657
7. Christian Liberty 661
8. Church & Councils 663
9. Sacraments in General 606
10. Baptism 673
11. Eucharist of the Lord & the Papal Mass 675
12. Conversion [Resipiscentia] 679
13. Law & Gospel 681
14. Civil & Ecclesiastical Power 683
15. Marriage 686
16. Antichrist 689
17. Prayer to God & of an Oath 692
Collection 8, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 697
2. God 699
3. Person of Christ 700
4. Providence of God 704
5. Free-Will of Man 706
6. Eternal Predestination of God 708
7. Justification by Faith 711
8. Christian Liberty 713
Note on the Conscience, Good & Bad 715
9. Church & Councils 717
10. Sacraments in General 722
11. Baptism 722
12. Lord’s Supper & the Papal Mass 724
13. Repentance or Conversion [Resipiscentia] 726
14. Law & Gospel 729
15. Civil Power, or the Political Magistrate 731
16. Ministry & Ministers of the New Testament Church 734
17. Antichrist 736
18. Prayer to God 739
19. Marriage 741
Collection 9, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 747
2. God, One & Three 749
3. Eternal Predestination of God 752
4. Free-Will 755
5. Sin 757
6. Person & Office of Christ 760
7. Justification of a Sinful Man Before God 764
8. Church 767
9. Sacraments in General 771
10. Baptism 773
11. Sacred Lord’s Supper 777
12. False Dogma of the Papists About the Lord’s Supper 781
13. Monarchical State of the Church & of Antichrist 783
14. Blessedness, the Worship of Saints & Purgatory 787
15. Creation of the World 791
16. Justifying Faith & the Merits of Works 793
Note on Merit out of Biel & Thomas of Argentina 795
Collection 10, Disputations
1. Canon, Edition, Reading, Authority, Obscurity, Interpretation & Perfection of Sacred Scripture 803
2. God 807
3. Providence of God 809
4. Free-Will 812
5. Sin in General 815
6. Person of Christ 817
7. Office of Christ the Mediator 820
8. Faith & Works 823
9. Justification of Man Before God 826
10. Christian Liberty 827
11. Erroneous & False Dogmas About the Papists’ Sacrifice of the Mass 830
12. Divine Predestination 832
13. Church of God 834
14. Sacraments in General 836
15. Sacrament of Baptism 838
16. Sacred Supper of the Lord 841
17. Antichrist 845
. Note on the Three & a Half Years of Antichrist 848
18. Prayer to Saints 849
19. Purgatory 853
20. Law & Gospel 857
21. Matrimonial Errors of the Pontiffs 860
22. Councils 862
23. Theological Question: Whether we are Schismatics or Heretics for Making a Secession from the Roman Church? 865
24. Authority, Perspicuity & Definitive, Judicial Use of the Sacred Scriptures 868
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Table of Contents, vol. 2
Collection 1, Disputations
1. Creation of Man 3
2. Fall, or the First Sin of Man 6
3. Sin of Man in General: Original & Actual 9
4. Free-Will 13
5. Divine Providence 18
6. Person & Office of Christ the Mediator 23
7. Justifying Faith 28
8. Law of God 32
9. Gospel 37
10. Justification by Faith 40
11. Sanctification 43
12. Church 46
13. Eternal Predestination of God 50
14. Sacred Scripture 55
15. Sacraments in General 59
16. Baptism 63
17. Lord’s Supper 66
18. Good Works in Particular: Prayer, Fasting & Alms 72
19. Invocation, & a Species of it: an Oath 76
Collection 2, Disputations
1. Authority, the Canonical Books, Version & Interpretation of Scripture 83
2. Perspicuity & Perfection of Sacred Scripture 86
3. God, One & Three 89
4. Incarnation of the Son of God 91
5. Descent of Christ to ‘Inferos’ 93
6. Providence of God 86
7. Sin 99
8. Predestination 103
9. Free-Will of Man 106
10. Justification of a Sinner Before God 110
11. Church 113
12. Ministry & Ministers of the Church & their Lawful Calling 117
13. Of the External or Ministerial Government of the Church-Militant 121
14. Sacraments in General 125
15. Baptism 129
16. Lord’s Supper 132
17. Regeneration, or the Conversion of Man to God 136
Collection 3
1. Canon, Versions & Reading of the Sacred Scriptures 141
2. Perspicuity & Perfection of Sacred Scripture 142
3. Of God & the Trinity of Divine Persons 143
4. Providence of God 144
5. Eternal Predestination of God 146
6. Original & Actual Sin 147
7. Grace & Free-Will 148
8. Of the Covenant, or the Harmony & Difference of the Old & New Testament 150
9. The Mediator Christ, Theses of Controversy with Pagans, Jews, Samosatenians & Sophists 151
10. The Natural Union in Christ & the Communication of Properties 153
11. Justifying Faith & Justification 155
12. The Certainty of Justification, the Necessity of Works & of Merit 156
13. Conversion, or the Regeneration of Man 157
14. The Church & its Notes 159
15. The Calling of the Ministers of the Church 160
16. The Government of the Church, & the Primacy of the Pope 162
17. Antichrist 193
18. The Sacraments in General 164
19. Baptism 166
20. The Holy Supper of the Lord, or the Eucharist 167
Collection 4, Disputations
1. Canon & Perfection of Holy Scripture 171
2. Reading, Obscurity & Interpretation of Holy Scripture 172
3. God & the Holy Trinity 173
4. Sin 174
5. Providence of God 175
6. Divine Predestination 176
7. Grace & Free-Will 177
8. Harmony & Difference of the Old & New Testament 178
9. Christ the Mediator 179
10. Person of Christ the Mediator 180
11. Justification by Faith 181
12. Certainty of Grace & the Merits of Works 182
13. Church & its Notes 183
14. State of the Saints After this Life & of their Worship 184
15. Ministry & Ministers of the Church 185
16. Sacraments in General 187
Collection 5, Disputations
1. Canon, Authority & Perfection of Sacred Scripture 191
2. Perspicuity, Interpretation & the Judgment of Interpretation of the Sacred Scripture 192
3. God & the Sacred Trinity 193
4. Providence of God 194
5. Divine Predestination 195
6. Sin, its Cause & Effect 196
7. Grace & Free-Will 197
8. Christ the Mediator 198
9. Person of Christ the Mediator 200
10. The Communication of Properties in the Person of Christ, & of his Satisfaction 201
11. Ascension of Christ to Heaven & Session at the Right Hand of God 202
12. Antichrist 204
13. Justification by Faith 205
14. The Certainty of Faith & of Justification, & not the Perfection, Justification & Merits of Good Works 206
15. Church & its Notes 207
16. Sacraments in General 208
17. Baptism 210
18. Holy Supper of the Lord 211
19. Of Statues & Images in Church Buildings 212
20. Christian Liberty 213
Collection 6, Disputations
1. Sacred Scripture 217
2. God & the Holy Trinity 219
3. Providence of God 221
4. Eternal Predestination of God 223
5. Sin & its Cause 225
6. The Person & Office of Christ the Mediator 228
7. Grace of God & Free-Will 231
8. Communication of Properties in the Person of Christ 233
9. Satisfaction of Christ the Mediator for our Sins 237
10. Of the Burial, Descent to ‘Inferos’, the Resurrection, Ascension to Heaven & Session at the Right Hand of God of Christ 239
11. Antichrist 241
12. The Justification of a Sinner Before God 245
13. Perseverance of the Saints out of the Book of Augustine, On Good Perseverance 248
14. Merits of Good Works 252
15. Church & its Notes 254
16. Calling of Ministers of the Church 257
17. Sacraments in General 262
18. Sacrament of Baptism 264
19. Sacrament of the Eucharist, or the Supper of the Lord 267
20. Of Monks & the Monastic Perfection 270
21. Of Prayer to Saints 274
Collection 7
1. Authority, Reading, Necessity, Obscurity & Perfection of Holy Scripture 281
2. God, Creation of the World & Angels 263
3. Satisfaction of Christ for Us 285
4. Providence of God 287
5. Eternal Predestination of God 291
6. Person, Office & Benefits of Christ the Mediator 299
7. Justification by Faith 305
8. Merits of Good Works, the Restricting of Foods & Fasting
9. The Certainty of Faith, of Grace, of Justification, of Perseverance, of Salvation, Predestination & Finally of the Faithful, Against the Papistical Doubt 309
10. The Ecclesiastical Ministry, the Calling of Ministers & Ecclesiastical Discipline 315
11. Sacraments in General, in Specific of Baptism 320
12. Holy Supper of the Lord 326
13. Church 331
Collection 8, Disputations
1. Authority, Interpretation, Reading, Perfection & Necessity of Sacred Scripture 339
2. Sacred Trinity in the Unity of the Divine Essence 341
3. Providence of God & the Cause of Sin 342
4. Twofold Predestination of God: One of the Good to Glory; Another of the Evil to Punishment, Wherein is Prefixed the Title of the First Book of Fulgentius to Monimum 344
5. Person & Office of Christ the Mediator 348
6. Faith & Justification 350
7. Intercession & Prayer to Saints; & of Purgatory & Images 352
8. Antichrist 354
9. Church 356
10. Free-Will & Grace 357
11. Sacraments in General & of Baptism 359
12. Sacrament of the Supper of the Lord & of the Pontifical Mass 361
13. Sin, the Cause of Sin in General & of the First Sin 362
14. Original Sin & the Sin Against the Holy Spirit 364
15. Law & Gospel & of their Difference 366
16. Political Magistrate 368
17. Good Works 370
18. Omnipotence of God, & of its Abuse 371
19. Of Fleeing the Papacy 372
20. Continuation of Fleeing the Papacy 373
21. The Heaven of the Blessed 376
22. Perseverance of the Saints 378
23. Death of Christ for All 379
24. Of Fleeing & Taking up the Popish Mass 381
25. Of the Judgment of Controversies about Religion 382
26. Of Vows & Oaths in the New Testament 385
Collection 9, 40 Disputations on the Controversies of the Jesuit Cardinal, Robert Bellarmine
1. Of the Truths & Falsehoods of Bellarmine about the Canon of the Sacred Scriptures, Book 1, ‘Assertions on the Word of God’ 389
2. Of the Truths & Falsehoods of Bellarmine about the Editions, Versions & Readings of the Sacred Scriptures, Book 2, ‘Assertions on the Word of God’ 397
3. Of the Falsehoods of Bellarmine about the Interpretations of the Sacred Scriptures, Book 3, ‘Assertions on the Word of God’ 403
4. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about Traditions, Book 4, ‘Assertions on the Word of God’ 413
5. Of God, One & Three, out of Bellarmine, Books 1 & 2, ‘Of Christ’ 421
6. Of the Incarnation of the Son of God, out of Bellarmine, Books 3-5, ‘Of Christ’ 424
7. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Monarchical Church of the Apostle Peter, Book 1, ‘Of the Roman Pontiff’ 430
8. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Successors of the Roman Pontiff in the Monarchical Church of the Apostle Peter, Book 2, ‘Of the Roman Pontiff’ 433
9. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy on the Antichrist, Book 3, ‘Of the Roman Pontiff’ 436
10. Continuation of the Antichrist 442
11. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy on the Power of the Roman Pontiff, Spiritual & Temporal, Books 4-5, ‘Of the Roman Pontiff’ 447
12. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy on Ecclesiastical Councils, Books 1-2 450
13. Of the Calumnies & Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Church & its Notes, Books 3-4, ‘Of the Church Militant’ 455
14. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Clerics, Book 1 465
15. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Monks, Book 2 467
16. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Question of the Civil Power or Magistrate, Book 3, ‘Of Laymen’ 470
17. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about Purgatory, Books 1-2, ‘Of Purgatory’ 476
18. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Blessedness & Canonization of the Saints, Book 1, ‘Of the Blessedness of the Saints’ 482
19. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Veneration of Relics & Images, Books 2-3 487
20. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Sacraments in General, Book 1, ‘Of the Sacraments’ 492
21. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Effect, Difference & Number of the Sacraments, Books 2, ‘Of the Effect of the Sacraments’ 498
22. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine About the Controversy of the Sacrament of Baptism & of Confirmation 503
23. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Eucharist, Books 1-2 510
24. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Possibility of the Presence of the Body of Christ under the Appearance of the Eucharist, Books 1-2 515
25. The Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Substance, Rite, Effect, Integrity & Veneration of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, Book 4, ‘Of the Eucharist’ 520
26. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Mass, Books 1-2 525
27. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Pseudo-Sacrament of Penitence, Books 1-4 530
28. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Indulgences, Extreme Unction, Ecclesiastical Order & Matrimony 536
29. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy the Grace of the First Man, Book 1, & of the Definition & Partition of Sin, Book 1, ‘Of the Amiss.[?] of Grace’ 540
30. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Cause of Sin, Book 2, ‘Of the Amiss.[?] of Grace’ 546
31. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the First Sin & its Effects, Books 3-6 550
32. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Grace & Free-Will, Books 1-2 557
33. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Free-Will, Books 3-4, ‘Of Grace & Free-Will’ 562
34. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of Free-Will in Morals & Spirituals, Books 5-6, ‘Of Grace & Free-Will’ 568
35. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Nature & Proper Act of Justification by Faith, Book 1, ‘Of Justification’ 572
36. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Formal Cause of Justification & of Inherent Righteousness, Book 2, ‘Of Justification’ 572
37. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Uncertainty, Immutability & Inequality of Righteousness, Book 3, ‘Of Justification’ 590
38. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Necessity & Righteousness of Works, Book 4, ‘Of Justification’ 598
39. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Merits of Works, Book 5, ‘Of Justification’ 606
40. Of the Vanities of Bellarmine about the Controversy of the Good Works in Particular: Prayer, Fasting & Alms, Books 1-3 613
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Catechism of the Christian Religion (Herborne, 1611)
Table of Contents
1. Aphorism 1: Definition & Partition of Theology 3
2. Apostles’ Creed 20
3. Sacraments 3
4. Lord’s Prayer 39
Alsted – Poetic Summary 47
Thesaurus of Sacred Theological Common Places, vol. 1, 2 (Herborne, 1611)
Table of Contents
vol. 1, Of God the Testator
1. Word of God, What Sacred Scripture Comprehends 3
2. On Both Sides, The Testament of the Word of God 8
3. God the Testator, or the Unity of the Divine Essence 14
4. Trinity 15
5. Nature of God 17
6. Internal & Eternal Works of God 25
7. External & Temporal Works of God 37
Alsted – Eulogy 45
vol. 2, Books 2-3
Book 2, Christ the Mediator
1. [Page missing] 5
2. Office of Christ 6
3. Benefits of Christ 7
Book 3, The Church, the Heir
1. The Church in General 13
2. Of the Members of the Church Triumphant 15
3. Of the Soldiers of the Militant Church 16
4. Of the Hosts & Venom [Sin] of the Church 21
5. Of the Men of the Church 23
A Bouquet of Theology, that is, Sacred Disputations (Offenbach, 1612)
Table of Contents
1. A Prologue Containing Counsel on Rightly Forming Theological Study
2. A Catechism of the Christian Religion, being ordered according to Original Summaries of Books and which is Exposited by means of Sure Heads & Aphorisms
3. A Thesaurus of Common Places of Sacred Theology being Founded on the Sacred Codice of Each Testament
4. Another Series of Theological Titles, a Decade of Public Disputations Explained
5. Ten Pentads of Illustrious Questions Arranged According to the Preceding Series
6. A Pastor, etc.
7. An Orthodox Confession, etc.
8. A Brief Word, etc.
9.
Alsted, Johann Heinrich
Scholastic and Didactic Theology Theology Exhibited, a Scholastic Method of Theological Common Places (Hanau, 1618)
Alsted (1588-1638)
A Lexicon of Theology, in which the Terms of Holy Theology are Clearly Explained in a series of Common Places (Prostat, 1612) Index
Table of Contents
The Word Person 29
The Father 32
God the Son 36
Holy Spirit 42
What is Signified by the Term, ‘Nature of God’? 56
God is Simple 57
God is Eternal 58
Immensity 59
Blessedness of God 60
Omnipotence of God 60
Will of God 61
Omnipresence 62
Names of God in Specific 63
The Name ‘Jah’ 70
The Tetragrammaton Name, or Jehovah 74
The Name ‘Elohim’ 98
Drusius Jacob Montano 102
The Name ‘Adonai’ 115
The Name ‘El’ 115
The Name ‘Shaddai’ 116
The Name ‘Jehovah Sabbaoth’ 117
The Term ‘Deus’ 117
God is Good 123
God is One 127
God is Just 129
Wrath of God 130
3. Actions of God 131
Of the Decree 132
Of Providence 134
Of Predestination 138
Of Election 140
Of Reprobation 141
4. Creation 143
Light 145
Day & Night 147
The Term Dawn 149
The Evening 151
Heaven 152
Earth 155
Star 157
Season 158
Beasts 160
Angels 161
Of the Various Orders & Grades of the Good Angels 176
Man 178
5. Government in General 184
6. Extraordinary Government & Miracles 185
Miracles 186
7. Trances, Ghosts, Chance & Dreams 192
Ghosts 194
Chance & Fortune 198
Dreams 200
8. Sin 202
1. Sin
. Scandal 210
. Dissoluteness 229
. Feasts 231
2. Afflictions 237
9. Repentance 242
10. Of Jesus Christ, the God-Man, One Savior 249
The Names: ‘Jesus’, ‘Christ’ 251
The Name: ‘Anti-Christ’ 254
The Name: ‘Christian’ 258
The Natures in Christ 259
A Sketch of Heresies, How They Stand Against the Son of
God 261
Of the Union 263
Of the Communication of Properties 264
Office of Christ 265
11. The Word of God 269
Of the Covenant & Testament 271
. The Law of God 273
Sacrifices 278
Feast of Palms 287
Gospel 293
12. Sacraments 296
Sacraments in General 297
. Sacraments in Specific, & First of Baptism 310
Of the Giving of Proper Names 316
The Holy Supper 323
13. Political Magistrate 335
14. Marriage 344
15. Church 348
Ecclesiastical Persons 355
The Head of the Church 355
The Other Members or Persons, whom Constitute the
Church 358
Of the Distinction of Persons, which is Used Due to the
Dignity of Persons 360
Of the Name, ‘Apostles’ 361
Of the Name, ‘Paul’ 362
Of the Various Ecclesiastical Orders in General 362
Of the Names ‘Heresy’ & ‘Heretic’ 363
The Power of the Church 370
Of Ecclesiastical Orders 372
Of the Bishop 373
Of the Pastor 374
Of Doctors 375
Of Presbyters, or Elders 375
Of Deacons 376
Of the Rest of the Ecclesiastical Orders, which were
Formerly in Use in the Church or Which we may Meet
with in the Histories of the Church 376
Of the Various Kinds of Ecclesiastical Calling 378
Of Voting 380
Of Deposition 384
Of the Keys 385
16. Faith 387
The [Apostles’] Creed 392
The Apostolic Definition of Faith 395
17. Justification 396
A Paragraph About this Term, ‘Calling’ 397
A Paragraph on Justification 399
Of the Terms, ‘Grace’ & ‘Graces’ 404
Of the Term, ‘Work’ 405
Of the Term, ‘Of Merit’ 406
18. Prayer 409
Fasting 415
19. Resurrection of the Dead & of Eternal Life & Death 418
1. Of the Resurrection 418
2. Life Eternal 419
3. Of Death 422
A Guide [Monitio] on the Reading of the New Testament 431
Theological Common Places Illustrated by Perpetual Similitudes (Frankfurt, 1630)
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1. Knowledge of God 3
2. Sacred Scripture 7
3. God 16
4. Angels 27
5. Of the First Integrity of our Nature 34
6. Providence of God 38
7. Of Sin 42
8. Law of God 49
9. The Difference & Similarity of the Old & New Testament 53
10. Person & Office of Christ 56
11. Faith 61
12. Repentance 65
13. Justification 70
14. Christian Liberty 78
15. Scandal 82
16. Prayer 85
17. Predestination 94
18. Resurrection of the Body & the Way Eternal? 105
19. Church 111
20. Ministers of the Church 120
21. Ecclesiastical Discipline 125
22. Vows 129
23. Sacraments in General 132
24. Baptism 139
25. Paedobaptism 144
26. Supper of the Lord 148
27. Mass 156
28. Political Magistrate 163
Chronicles of Theological Similitudes
1. Grace of God 168
2. Antichrist 174
3. Councils 183
Logical Theology (1625)
Table of Contents
1. Of the Mode of How One Ought to Argue in General with Respect
to Sacrosanct Scripture 3
2. Theology 10
3. Sacred Scripture 13
4. God 19
5. The Actions of God in General 27
6. The Decrees of God in General 28
7. The Decree of Providence 30
8. The Decree of Predestination 31
9. Creation 37
10. Providence 40
11. Angels 44
12. The Integrity of the First Man 12
13. Sin 50
14. Free-Will 55
15. Law of God 59
16. Marriage 62
17. The Magistrate 64
18. Gospel 66
19. Covenant of Grace 69
20. Person & Office of Christ 70
21. Church 75
22. Calling 80
23. Repentance 84
24. Faith 86
25. Justification 89
26. Christian Liberty 95
27. Sanctification & Good Works in General 97
28. Good Works in Specific 102
29. Sacraments in General 113
30. Sacraments of the Old Testament 122
31. Baptism 124
32. Supper of the Lord 128
33. Resurrection of the Body 133
34. Last Judgement 136
35. Eternal Life & Death 138
A Compendium of Theology exhibiting a Method of Scriptural Theology in 8 Parts (Hanoviae, 1624) 517 pp. Extended table of contents
Table of Contents
Part 1, Theological Prolegomena 1
Part 2, A System of Natural Theology 87
Part 3, A Catechetical [Of First Principles] Theology 136
Part 4, Didactic Theology 188
Part 5, Polemical Theology 301
Part 6, Theological Casuistry 386
Part 7, Prophetic [Preaching & Church Polity] Theology 474
Part 8, Achromatic [Hearing the Word] Theology 513
Indices
Extended Table of Contents 518
Index of Things & Words 523
Alphabetical Index of Errors Pertaining to Polemical
Theology 560
Theological Questions Briefly Set Forth and Exposited (Frankfurt, 1627) ‘Method of this Book’
Table of Contents
1. Religion 3
2. Theology 8
3. Catechesis 11
4. Apostles’ Creed 13
5. Decalogue 21
6. Lord’s Prayer 25
7. Institution of Baptism 29
8. Institution of the Sacred Supper 30
9. Form of Ecclesiastical Discipline 33
10. Sacred Scripture 35
11. God 48
12. Actions of God 68
13. Decrees of God in General & in Specific 71
14. Creation 91
15. Government of the World 99
16. Angels 111
17. State of the Innocency of Man 118
18. State of the Misery of Man 122
19. Free-Will 136
20. The Law 141
21. Political Magistrate 144
22. Marriage 148
23. State of Grace in General 151
24. Covenant of Grace 162
25. Gospel 167
26. Christ the Mediator 172
27. Church 201
28. Regeneration 209
29. Repentance 216
30. Faith 220
31. Communion of Saints 224
32. Justification 227
33. Sanctification 236
34. Christian Liberty 242
35. Adoption 246
36. Ministry of the Word 248
37. Sacraments in General 263
38. Sacraments of the Old Testament 272
39. Baptism 275
40. Supper of the Lord 284
41. State of Glory 297
Method of this Book 308
Polemical Theology, Exhibiting the Principal Eternal Things of Religion in Navigating Controversies (Hanau, 1620; 1627) Extended Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Prolegomena to Polemical Theology 1
Of the Division of Theological Controversies 1
Chronology of Councils 2
Chronology of Creeds 17
Chronology of Confessions [post-1500] 30
Chronology of Fathers 31
Chronology of Scholars 34
Chronology of Various Theologians 37
Chronology of Jewish Doctors 44
Chronology of Heretics & Schismatics 47
Are Theological Controversies to be Dragged on, and How? 62
Part 1, Controversies of the Jews & Muslims with Christians
1. Controversies of the Jews with Christians
1. Are Traditions Necessary Before the Word of God has been Written? 66
2. Are There Three Persons in the One Essence of God? 71
3. Is Jesus of Nazareth the Genuine Messiah Promised to the Fathers? 75
4. Is the Righteousness by which we Stand Before God the Righteousness of the Messiah, which is ours by a Gratuitous Imputation and True Faith? 103
5. Has the Legal Worship of the Old Testament been Necessarily Abolished by the Messiah? 109
6. Should the Felicity of the New Testament Church be the Specific Expectation of Any in These Lands? 111
7. Ought Jews to Convert to the Faith of Christ? 116
8. Is the Conversion of the Gentiles Predicted from the Prophets? 119
9. Is the Name YHWH Ineffable? 120
10. Does Scripture Propose to us Two Messiahs, One of Which is a Worldly King? 121
11. Are the Rabbis the Best Interpreters? 122
12. .What is the Certainty that the Jews Have in a Historical Event? 124
13. Is it Possible that a Man be Naturally Himself to the Gift of Prophecy? 125
14. Are Numerous Commandments of the Law of Moses Rightly Received from the Jews? 125
15. O’ Man, are you Able to Perfectly Fulfill the Law of God? 126
16. Are Prayers in the Name of the Messiah Obliged to be Received? 127
17. What Ought to be Discerned about the Kabbalistic Interpretation of Scripture by Gimmetrios, Notarickun, Athbasch, etc.? 128
18. Ought Not the Time of Appeasing to be Observed in Prayers? 129
19. Are the Orders & Names of the Angels Able to be Known by Us? 130
20. Has the Time of the Coming of the Messiah been Predicted and Made Definite by God in the Old Testament? 131
21. Do the External Ceremonies of Sacrifices, Purgings & Expiations Purify, of Themselves, the Soul? 132
22. Is the Long Duration of the Present Exile of the Jews an Expiation of Sins? 134
23. Are There Four Legislators of the World? 135
24. When has the Prophetic Word in the People of God Withdrawn? 136
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2. Controversies of the Muslims with Christians 151
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Part 2, A catholic Symphony
1. A Minor catholic Symphony 161
1. On the Apostles’ Creed 161
2. On the Decalogue 166
3. On the Lord’s Prayer 168
4. On Baptism 168
5. On the Lord’s Supper 169
2. A Major catholic Symphony: Theological Common Places 174
1. Sacred Scripture 174
2. God & of Three Persons in One Divinity 177
3. God the Father 179
4. God the Son 180
5. Holy Spirit 181
6. Creation 182
7. Providence of God 182
8. Man 185
9. Fall of Man 186
10. Sin 188
11. Free-Will 189
12. Law 191
13. Jesus Christ 193
14. Election 204
15. Repentance 206
16. Gospel 208
17. Grace of God 210
18. Faith 212
19. Justification 215
20. Good Works 218
21. Church 222
22. Sacraments 232
23. Baptism 238
24. Supper of the Lord 240
25. The Keys 248
26. Prayer 251
27. Resurrection & Life Eternal 254
Part 3, Controversies with the Samosatenians [Monarchianism, Adoptionism, Socinianism]
1. 8 General Controversies 258
2. An Examination of the Racovian Catechism [Socinian] 289
Sacred Scripture 289
The Way of Salvation 293
Knowledge of God 294
Person of Christ 298
Prophetic Office of Christ 311
Kingly Office of Christ 340
Priestly Office of Christ 341
Church of Christ 345
Part 4, Controversies with the Romanists
Sacred Scripture 349
Christ the Mediator 369
The Roman Pontiff 379
Councils 390
Of Controversies 394
Church 396
Clericis 406
Monastics 414
Laics [On the Civil Magistrate] 426
Church Striving in Purgatory 433
Burial 442
Church Triumphant in Heaven & of the Saints in Heaven 444
Relics, Images & the Worship of Things 451
Church Buildings & Feasts 461
Sacraments in General 465
Baptism & Confirmation 475
Sacrament of the Eucharist & the Sacrifice of the Mass 483
Repentance & Indulgences 502
The Three Other Sacraments: Extreme Unction, Ordination & Matrimony 513
Grace of the First Man in Paradise 520
The Loss of Grace & the State of Sin 526
Grace & the Predestination of God, & the Free-Will of Man 538
Justification & of Good Works in General 548
Of the Good Works in Specific: Prayer 566
. Fasting 569
. Alms 572
Part 5, Controversies Between Lutherans & Calvinists
Class 1, Preliminary Controversies 575
Class 2, Controversies about the Decalogue 586
Class 3, Controversies about the Creed 600
Class 4, Controversies about the Lord’s Prayer 647
Class 5, Controversies on the Sacraments in General 650
Class 6, Controversies on Baptism 655
Class 7, Controversies on the Holy Supper 660
Part 6,
Section 1, Of the Dogmas of Jacob Arminius & his Disciples
1. Decree of Predestination 675
2. The Universality of the Merit of the Death of Christ 679
3-4. The Grace of God & the Conversion of Man 680
5. Perseverance of the Saints & the Certainty of Salvation 683
Section 2, Index of Questions which are Ventilated Between Erudite Theologians 699
Section 3, An Admonition on the Errors of the Anabaptists 700
Hommius, Festus – 70 Theological Disputations Against Papists (Lugdunum Batavorum, 1614) Table of contents
Table of Contents
1. Books of Sacred Scripture 1
2. Authority of Sacred Scripture 5
3. Perfection of Sacred Scripture 9
4. Perspicuity of Sacred Scripture 13
5. Interpretation of Sacred Scripture, as to the Words: or, the Versions & Reading of Sacred Scripture 16
6. Interpretation of Sacred Scripture, as to the Sense: of the Judge of Controversies of Faith 20
7. Divinity of Christ, or Accordingly, is it Possible to Call Him, ‘Auto-Theos’? 26
8. Human Nature of Christ, or of the Body & Spirit of Christ 29
9. The Mediatorial Office of Christ 34
10. The Descent of Christ to ‘Inferos’ & the Limbo of the Fathers 37
11. Of the Ideal Church Government 43
12. Primacy of the Apostle Peter & of the Pontiff of Rome in his Succession 47
13. Antichrist 51
14. The Power of the Pope in Spiritual Matters 58
15. The Power of the Pope in Temporal Matters 64
16. The Necessity, Distribution & End of Councils 72
17. The Stipulations of a Legitimate Council 77
18. Authority of Councils 84
19. Essence of the Church 90
20. Is the Church Always Visible? And is it Able to Utterly Fall Away? 98
21. Is it Possible for the Church to Err? 103
22. Notes of the True Church 107
23. Roman Church, or of the Pontificate & of the Reforming Church 115
24. Clerics, or of Ecclesiastical Ministers & their Calling 124
25. The Orders of Ecclesiastical Ministers 132
26. Celibacy of Church Ministers 140
27. Stipends & Immunities of Church Ministers 144
28. Monastics & Hermits 149
29. Monastic Vows, Evangelical Councils & Works of Supererogation 156
30. The Magistrate & his Office About Religion 168
31. The Peace of Religion, & of Heretics 180
32. Purgatory 187
33. Suffrages, or the Prayers of the Living for the Dead, & of the Burial of the Dead 196
34. Of the Blessedness & Canonization of Dead Saints 204
35. Of the Worship & Invocation of Dead Saints 209
36. Worship of Relics 216
37. Worship of Images & of the Sign of the Cross 221
38. Worship of Consecrated Things 231
39. Church Buildings 237
40. Pilgrimages & of Processions 244
41. Festivals of Christians 251
42. Nature of Sacraments 257
43. Number, Effects & Ceremonies of the Sacraments 262
44. Baptism 267
45. Baptismal Ceremony 273
46. Confirmation 277
47. Supper of the Lord 281
48. Right Use & Effects of the Lord’s Supper & the Communion Under Both Kinds 289
49. Mass 297
50. Penitence [Poenitentia] 305
51. Oral Confession & of Satisfaction 311
52. Indulgences & of Release [Iubilaeo] 318
53. Extreme Unction & of the Order 326
54. Marriage 332
55. State of Man Before the Fall & of Paradise 341
56. Sin & its Cause 349
57. Fall of Adam 358
58. Original Sin 364
59. Grace of God 373
60. Predestination 384
61. Free-Will of Man 392
62. Justifying Faith 406
63. Justification 412
64. Certainty of Salvation 422
65. Perseverance of the Saints 429
66. Perfection of Man in this Life 437
67. Good Works in General 444
68. Prayer 455
69. Fasting 466
70. Alms 472
Mylius, Conrad – Catechetical Essays, or Homilies in the Heidelberg Catechism (Hanau, 1618) 1,247 pp. There is a one page subject index near the beginning of the volume.
Mylius (fl.1616-1618)
Table of Contents
1. Invitation Exhibiting the Reason 1
2. The Best Consolation 16
3. Knowledge of Our Misery 37
4. Origin & Magnitude of It 63
5. The Most Just Wrath of God 85
6. Redemption, & What it is 105
7. Mediator, Qualities He Must Have 118
8. Faith & the Faithful 135
9. God, Three & One 154
10. God the Creator 175
11. Providence of God 189
12. The Name ‘Jesus’ 211
13. The Name of ‘Christ’ 231
14. Who is God & our Lord? 256
15. His Conception & Nativity 275
16. Passion & Crucifixion 301
17. Death, Burial & the Descent 323
18. Resurrection 349
19. Ascension 367
20. Session at the Right Hand 390
21. [His] Return for the Judgment 411
22. Person & Office of the Holy Spirit 431
23. Church, Communion of the Saints, the Remission of Sins 456
24. Resurrection & Life Eternal
25. Justification 512
26. Good Works do not Justify 537
27. Sacraments 551
28. Baptism 576
29. Errors About Baptism 598
30. The Holy Supper 623
31. Sacred Phrases 659
32. The Papal Mass 689
33. Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven 720
34. ‘Zealous of Good Works’ Titus 2:14 755
35. Repentance 776
36. Law of God & Understanding the First Precept 805
37. 2nd Precept 843
38. 3rd Precept 880
39. Oaths 907
40. Sabbath 927
41. 5th Precept 948
42. 6th Precept 977
43. 7th Precept 1000
44. 8th Precept 1020
45. 9th Precept 1044
46. 10th Precept 1068
47. Prayer 1090
48. Introduction to the Lord’s Prayer 1114
49. First Petition 1137
50. Second Petition 1154
51. Third Petition 1170
52. Fourth Petition 1186
53. Fifth Petition 1207
54. Sixth Petition & Epilogue 1227
Pelargus, Christoph
Sacred Disputations & Exercitations of the Principal Places of Theology, of which is the First Part, containing the First & Second Decades (Frankfurt/Oder : Andreas Eichorn, 1593)
Theological Disputations, which are in 8 Decades of Holy Disputations not contained in the first edition, held in the Academy of Frankfurt, vol. 1 (1-20), 2 (21-80) (Hartmann, 1596/1603)
An Archetype of Common Places, or a Methodical Tract of the Principal Articles of Christian Doctrine by Theses & Antitheses (Frankfurt, 1604)
A Repetition of 20 Principal Articles of the Christian Faith (Eichorn, 1606)
A Schola of Christian Doctrine, which is a Compendium of Theology out of Sacred Scripture, the Orthodox Fathers & the Production of Dr. Luther.. ([Frankfurt, Oder]: Thimius, 1609)
Apologetic Antitheses, Opposite the Censorious Theses, or the Examination of Frederick Baldwin… in the Places of God, Sin, Desertion & Predestination… the Person of Christ, Baptism & the Lord’s Supper… ([Frankfurt, Oder]: Thymius, 1617)
Pelargus (1565-1633) was a professor of logic and theology at Frankfurt, Germany.
Wikipedia: “When Johann Georg’s grandson Johann Sigismund , who had become Elector in 1608, converted to the Reformed Confession at the end of 1613 and promoted his new denomination by appointing reformed court preachers, Pelargus countered this with only slight resistance. He was then accused by Lutheran theologians, especially from Kursachsen, Pomerania and Mecklenburg of betrayal of Lutheranism. Pelargus, who in 1591 had taken over the mediating position of Philip Melanchthon in the confessional dispute, confessed his defense to the peaceful coexistence of the Lutheran and Reformed denominations. A revision of his theological compendium in 1616 clearly showed how he had entered the Reformed camp.
Since 1614 Pelargus lived again in Frankfurt on the Oder, where he worked in addition to the General Superintendent Office as a senior pastor and theology professor at the reformed state university since 1616. A total of six times (1590, 1598, 1608, 1616, 1624 and 1633) he served as rector of the university.”
Wendelin, Marcus Friedrich – Christian Theology (Hanau, 1634; 2nd ed., Amsterdam, 1657)
Wendelin (1584-1652)
Table of Contents
Prolegomena
1. Of the Definition, Object, End & Efficient Principle of Theology 1
2. Of the Causes & Subject of Sacred Scripture 6
3. Of the Adjuncts of Sacred Scripture 16
4. Of the Division of Christian Theology 39
Book 1, Of the Knowledge of God
1. Of the Nature & Properties of God 40
2. Of the Threeness in Oneness and Most Simple Essence of God, or the Nature and Persons of God, or of God the Father, God the Son & God the Holy Spirit 91
3. Of the Certain Election of Men unto Eternal Life 121
4. Of Reprobation 144
5. Of Creation; where also of Angels & Men 153
6. Of the Causes & Adjuncts of Divine Providence 171
7. Of the Governance of Rational Creatures in General & in Specific, & of the Governance of Them Before the Fall 192
8. Of the Certain Obedience of Angels & of the Disobedience of Others 195
9. Of the Disobedience of the First Men, Adam & Eve, & its Effects Concerning the First Men 198
10. Of Original Sin 205
11. Of Actual Sin 227
12. Of the Punishment of Sin 233
13. Of the Governance of Rational Creatures After the Fall in General & of the Parts of Renewed Men in Specific 237
14. Of the Formation of Christ in the Maternal Womb, and of his Nativity 240
15. Of the Causes of the Personal Union 248
16. Of the Effects of the Personal Union 253
17. Of the Species of the Office of Christ [Prophet, Priest & King] 280
18. Of the Parts of the Office of Christ [Humiliation & Exaltation] 300
19. Of the Instrumental Causes & Parts of the Sacrifice, whereof the Gospel, Calling & Covenant 314
20. Of the Sacrifices & Sacraments in General 325
21. Of Sacrifice & of the Covenant in the Old [Testament] 341
22. Of the Gospel in Specific, a Word, & of Baptism 353
23. Of the Supper of the Lord 379
24. Of the Reception of the Mediator, & of Justifying Faith 448
25. Of the Justification of Men Before God 481
26. Of Sanctification 519
27. Of Glorification: of the Resurrection & Life Eternal 551
28. Of the Church 569
29. Of the Political Magistrate 623
30. Of Marriage 638
Book 2, Of the Worship of God
1. Of the Causes, Adjuncts & Distribution of Divine Worship 652
2. Of the Discrimination & Consideration of Divine Works, & of the Congruent Affection of Souls 655
3. Of Praise, the Action of Thanks & of Adoration 659
4. Of Obedience to God
5. Of Invocation, or Prayer 718
6. Of Ceremonial Worship 744
Crocius, Ludwig – A System of Sacred Theology (Bremen, 1636) Table of contents
Crocius (1586-1655)
Table of Contents
Prolegomena
1. The Scope of the Study of Theology 1
2. Impediments 3
3. Means & Specially of Divinity in Specific 9
4. The Primary, Introductory, Human Means, & Namely, of Philosophy 18
5. Philology 25
6. Secondary Introductory Matters: Jurisprudence & Medicine 27
7. Apprehension of Sacred Theology, & Namely, of Systematic Reading 30
8. Biblical Reading, & Specially by Name, of Knowledge Tools, or Pneumonic Devices 44
9. Pneumonic & Critical Reading 50
10. Of Academia & the Effects of Theological Study 53
Book 1, Of Sacred Theology
1. Definition of Theology 61
2. The Principles of Sacred Theology, & Namely Embracing the First 92
3. Sacred Scripture 109
4. The Properties of Sacred Scripture, & Principally by Name, of its Authority 117
5. Perfection & Sufficiency of Sacred Scripture 150
6. Clarity of Sacred Scripture 178
7. Sense & Interpretation of Sacred Scripture 185
8. Efficacy of Sacred Scripture 216
9. Parts of Sacred Scripture 230
10. The Principle of Sacred Scripture, Being Necessary from the First & to that End Being Ordained 242
11. Distribution of Sacred Theology 263
Book 2, Of the End of Man, even to be a Citizen of the Kingdom of God, the Absolute, Highest & Ultimate [End], or Eternal Blessedness 271
1. Is the Highest Good of Man Given to Any? & is it Eternal & What is it? 271
2. Of the Immortality of the Spirit out of the Light of Nature & the Confession of Heathens of Old & Those Newly Met With 279
3. Of the Immortality of the Spirit out of the Confession of the Best Philosophers & Rationalists 285
4. Of the Immortality of the Spirit out of Perspicuous Testimonies of Scripture 294
5. Of the State of the Soul After it has been Separated from the Body 296
6. Of the End of this World 312
7. Of the Resurrection of the Flesh 322
8. It is Demonstrated that the Resurrection of the Body is Denied by Some, this being in Accord with the Authority of Scripture 324
9. It is Made Good from Natural Principles that the Resurrection of the Dead is Possible 328
10. The Certain, Future, Resurrection of the Flesh is Demonstrated out of the Old Testament 336
11. The Same Certain, Future Resurrection is Demonstrated to be out of the New Testament 343
12. Of the Causes of the Resurrection 352
13. Of the Mode, Necessary Consequence & End of the Resurrection, and Certainly the Final Judgment 363
14. Of the Condition of the Judged, and Specially of Eternal Life, which Comprehends the Absolute, Greatest & Highest End of Man 370
15. Of Eternal Death 397
Book 3, Of the Subject, even Man, which is Capable of: being a Citizen of the Kingdom of God, & a Right to the Life of God & Eternal Salvation 407
1. Of Man, who is able Jointly to be Placed Under, & Made Happy by God 407
2. Of the Origin of Man in Specific, where it is Specially Treated of the Existence of God 409
3. Knowledge of God 421
4. Unity of God 434
5. Nature of God in General 441
6. The Essence & Names of God in Specific 450
7. Attributes of God 464
8. Of God’s Absolute Necessity of Existing 468
9. Infinity of God 472
10. Simplicity of God 480
11. Immutability of God 505
12. Immensity of God 516
13. Eternity of God 528
14. Life of God 538
15. Intellect of God 558
16. Will of God 584
17. The Ordained [Exsequente] Power of God 609
18. Attributes of God of a Third Kind 626
19. Blessedness of God 670
20. Attributes of God Having Been Figured 675
21. The Sacrosanct Trinity 679
22. God the Father 691
23. The Son 697
24. Holy Spirit 703
25. Creation in General 712
26. The World 742
27. Of that which was Created in the Beginning, Namely, of the Angelic Heaven, Angels & the Earth, Also of the First Night 747
28. Hexameron, or the Works of the Six Days 774
29. Of the Mode of Creating, Parts, Marriage, Possession & Principal Dignity of Man 790
30. Government of God in General 819
31. Three Great Things of the Government of God in the Flux of Created Things 838
32. Necessity & Contingency of Things 840
33. Fate 850
34. Harmony of Things 857
35. Government of the Angels 864
36. Government of Men 882
37. First State of Man 890
38. The State of Man Following the First & the Liberty of the Human Will & of its Powers in this State 905
39. Sin of Man 921
40. Permission of Sin, & its Ground, Opposition, Connections & Consequences 941
41. Of the Binding of Man to Death 951
Book 4, Of the Principles & Means of Human Salvation
1. Of the Principles of Human Salvation, & Specially, of the Grace of a Fatherly Compassion 957
2. The Grace of Redemption, whereof is Treated the Incarnation & Person of Christ 987
3. Offices of Jesus Christ 996
4. The States of Christ 1006
5. Satisfaction of Christ 1011
6. Supernatural Grace & the Grace of Having Been Sanctified by Being Called 1020
7. Means of Human Salvation, & Specially of the Law & of its Morality 1045
8. Ceremonial Law 1095
9. Judicial Law 1099
10. Gospel, where is Treated the Apostles’ Creed 1101
11. Sacraments in General 1130
12. Sacraments of the Old Testament 1136
13. Baptism 1142
14. Supper of the Lord 1154
15. Ministry of the Word 1172
16. Faith 1182
17. The Consequences & Effects of Christian Faith, where is Treated of the Union of the Faithful with God & of Evangelical Justification Before Him [sic] 1115
18. Sanctification & Good Works 1126
19. Christian Liberty 1149
20. Of the Christian Warfare & Cross 1158
21. Prayer 1172
22. Peace of Conscience 1200
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Alting, J. Henricus
Alting (1583-1644). This work is essentially the same as Alting’s, Theologia elenctica nova, sive systema elencticum (Amsterdam, 1654) and Theologia problematica nova, sive systema problematum theologicorum (Amsterdam, 1662)..
Table of Contents
1. Nature of Theology 3
2. The First Principle of Theology, Sacred Scripture 4
3. God 10
4. Decrees of God in General, & of Predestination in Specific 16
5. Creation 22
6. Providence 28
7. Sin in General & in Specific 36
8. Free-Will in the State of Sin 42
9. Punishment of Sin 45
10. Law of God 49
11. Gospel & the Gospel Covenant 55
12. Person & Office of Christ 62
13. Church 71
14. Calling of the Militant Church by the Word & Sacraments 79
15. Government of the Church 89
16. The Gift of Repentance & Faith by Effectual Calling 98
17. Justification 105
18. Sanctification 112
19. Perseverence 119
20. Glorification 129
A Method of Catechetical Theology [in 127 aphorisms] 134-148
The Scriptural Theology of Heidelberg
vol. 1, containing Didactic and then Elenctic Common Places (Freistad [= Amsterdam], 1646)
Table of Contents
Inaugural Address, on the Nature, Rise, Use, Order, or Method, of Theological Common Places Held in Heidelberg, 1613
Part 1, Didactic Theological Places
1. Nature of Theology 1
2. First Principle of Theology, the Word of God 7
3. God 25
4. Decrees of God, & Firstly, that which is commonly called Predestination 52
5. Creation 77
6. Providence 88
7. Law of God 100
8. Sin in General & in Specific, & of Free-Will 114
9. Punishment of Sin 135
10. Person & Office of Christ 141
11. Church 178
12. Calling by the Word & Sacraments 188
13. Internal Calling & of Justifying Faith 210
14. Justification 231
15. Sanctification 245
16. Glorification 251
Part 2, Elenctic Theology
1. Of Elenctic Theology in General 257
2. Of the Principle of Theology, the Word of God 266
3. Of God 328
4. Of Predestination 376
5. Of Creation 412
6. Of Providence 421
7. Of the Law 424
8. Of Sin & Free Will 449
9. Of the Punishment of Sin 474
10. Of the Person & Office of Christ 477
11. Of the Church 580
12. Of the Sacraments 593
13. Of Internal Calling and Justifying Faith 632
14. Of Justification 661
15. Of Sanctification 686
16. Of Glorification 693
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Vol. 2, Theological Problems: Theoretical & Practical (Amsterdam, 1646) Detailed table of contents
Part 1, Theoretical Problems 1
Part 2, Practical Problems 247
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Vol. 3, An Explication of the Catechism of the Palatinate, with vindications from the considerations of the New [Theologians] & the Antitheses of the Socinians (Amsterdam, 1646)
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Table of Contents
Dedicatory Epistle
To the Benevolent Reader
An Overviewing Disputation on the Augsburg Confession
Letter of Calvin to Bullinger about Luther
Table of Contents to the Confession
Principal Articles of Faith
Prolegomena to the Confession 1
1. God 5
2. Original Sin 13
3. Christ 20
4. Justification 32
5. Way of Obtaining Faith 41
6. Good Works 47
7. Church 53
8. Hypocrites in the Church & of an Evil Ministry 59
9. Baptism 62
10. Supper of the Lord 69
11. Private Confession & Absolution 75
12. Repentance 78
13. The Use of Sacraments 83
14. Of Ecclesiastical Order 88
15. Ecclesiastical Rites 91
16. Of Civil Things 95
17. The Last Judgment 99
18. Free-Will 102
19. The Cause of Sin 106
20. Of Faith & Good Works 109
21. Of the Worship of Saints 111
Appendix of Problems 114
A Syllabus of Controversies with the Lutherans
Extended Table of Contents
Part 1, Controversies About Doctrine
1.Of the Supper of the Lord. 3 Questions 142
2. Of the Person of Christ 177
3. Of Providence 214
4. Of Predestination, 5 Questions 225
5. Of Baptism 253
Part 2, Controversies About Ceremonies
1. Of the Discrepancy of Rituals in the Administration of Baptism & the Supper, 3 Questions 261
2. Of Other Certain Rituals 274
3. Of the Furnishing [Images & Organs] of Church Buildings 278
A New Elenctic Theology, or a System of Elenctics (Amsterdam, 1654) Detailed table of contents
1. Of the Nature of Theology 1
2. Of the Principle of Theology, Sacred Scripture 30
3. Of God 84
4. Of the Decrees of God & his Eternal Predestination 191
5. Of Creation 265
6. Of Providence 287
7. Of Sin in General & in Specific 320
8. Of Free Choice 355
9. Of the Punishment of Sin 384
10. Of the Law of God 402
11. Of the Gospel, or of the Covenant of Grace 455
12. Of the Person & Office of Christ 483
13. Of the Church 508
14. Of the Word & Sacraments 544
15. Of the Government of the Church: Ecclesiastical & Civil 641
16. Of Calling & Faith 712
17. Of Justification 734
18. Of Sanctification 778
19. Of Perseverance 811
20. Of Glorification 825
Appendix on the Syncretism of Religion 837-866
A New Problematic Theology, or a System of Theological Problems (Amsterdam, 1662) Detailed table of contents
Table of Contents
Preface 1
1. Of the Nature of Theology 8
2. Of the Principle of Theology, Sacred Scripture 68
3. Of God 158
4. Of the Decrees of God & his Eternal Predestination 240
5. Of Creation 312
6. Of Providence 341
7. Of Sin in General & in Specific 393
8. Of Free Choice in General & in Specific 440
9. Of the Punishment of Sin 457
10. Of the Law of God 474
11. Of the Gospel, or of the Covenant of Grace 535
12. Of the Person & Office of Christ 559
13. Of the Church 613
14. Of the Word & Sacraments 638
15. Of the Government of the Visible Church: Ecclesiastical & Civil 673
16. Of Internal Calling, & depending on it: Repentance & Faith 698
17. Of Justification 715
18. Of Sanctification 729
19. Of Perseverance 743
20. Of Glorification 755
Historical Theology, or 4 Places of a Historical System (Amsterdam, 1664)
Table of Contents
Preface [on what Historical Theology is] 1
1. Of the Nature of Theology 9
2. Of the Word of God, or of Sacred Scripture 68
3. Of God, One Essence, Three Persons 166
4. Of the Decrees of God in General, & of Divine Predestination in Specific 244-309
Alting, Henry & Johannes Behm – A Decade of Problems on the Gloriousness of God & the Blessed in Heaven, & Something of the Endowments of Glorious Bodies (Heidelberg, 1648) No table of contents
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Swiss Reformed
Bullinger, Henry
An Antithesis & Compendium of Evangelical & Papist Doctrine (1551) In each chapter first the doctrines of Scripture are asserted, and then following, the doctrines of the Papacy are enumerated on the same subject.
Bullinger (1504-75)
Table of Contents
1. On Sacred Scripture 2
2. On God & the Worship of God 4
3. On Christ Jesus, who He is & what things are brought to us by Him 8
4. On the Church & Ministers of Christ, & of its doctrine 10
5. On the Rites & Sacraments of the Church of Christ 18
A Compendium of Christian Religion (1556; Zurich, 1598) There is an index at the end.
Table of Contents
1. Of the Sacred Biblical Scripture of the Old & New Testament 1
2. Of God & his Most Excellent Works & of the True Worship of God 18
3. Of Sin & the Punishment of Sin 27
4. Of the Divine Law 37
5. Of the Grace of God Tendered to the World in Christ, & of Justification 59
6. Of Faith, the Gospel & Repentance 68
7. Of Invocation & the Prayers of the Faithful 94
8. Of the Most Holy Sacraments of Christ & his Church 109
9. Of the Good Works of the Faithful 126
10. Of the Blessed Death of Man and the End of All Things 137
A Catechism Written for Adults, about the First Principles of the Christian Religion (1559; Tigur, 1563)
Table of Contents
Of the Principles of the Christian Religion, Sacred Scripture 1
Of the True, Living & Eternal God 4
Of the Covenant of God that God Fixed with Men & of the True Worship of God 6
Of the Law of God & the Lord’s Decalogue of Commandments 8b
. An Explication of the First Table 10
. An Explication of the Second Table 21
Of the Christian Faith & Apostles Creed 29
Of the Invocation of God & the Lord’s Prayer 54
Of the Sacraments of the Church of Christ 60
Of Holy Baptism 63
Of the Sacred Lord’s Supper 65
A Simple Confession & Exposition of the Orthodox Faith & Catholic Doctrines of the Sincere Christian Religion (1566; Bern, 1676)
Table of Contents
1. Of Sacred Scripture, the True Word of God 1
2. On How to Interpret the Sacred Scriptures, the Fathers, Councils & Traditions 4
3. Of God, his Unity & Trinity 6
4. Of Idols, or Images of God, Christ or gods 8
5. Of Adoration, Worship & Prayer to God by the One Mediator, Jesus Christ 10
6. Of the Providence of God 12
7. Of the Creation of All Things, of Angels, Devils & Man 14
8. Of the Fall of Man, Sin & the Cause of Sin 16
9. Of Free-Will & How Far be the Powers of Man 19
10. Of the Predestination of God & the Election of the Saints 23
11. Of Jesus Christ, True God & Man, the Only Savior of the World 26
12. Of the Law of God 32
13. Of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, also of the Promises, the Spirit & the Letter 34
14. Of Repentance & the Conversion of Man 37
15. Of the True Justification of the Faithful 42
16. Of Faith & Good Works, & their reward & the Merit of Man 45
17. Of the Catholic & Holy Church of God & the Only Head of the Church 51
18. Of the Ministers of the Church & their Institution & Offices 59
19. Of the Sacraments of the Church of Christ 71
20. Of Holy Baptism 77
21. Of the Sacred Supper of the Lord 80
22. Of Sacred Marriages & Ecclesiastics 86
23. Of the Prayers, Song & Canonical Hours of the Church 88
24. Of Festivals, Fastings & Restriction of Foods 90
25. Of Catechizing, & the Consolation of the Sick, or Visitation 93
26. Of the Burial of the Faithful & of the Due Care for the Dead, of Purgatory & the Apparition of Spirits 95
27. Of Rituals, Ceremonies & Means 96
28. Of the Goods of the Church 98
29. Of Celibacy, Marriage & Household Affairs 99
30. Of the Magistrate 101
10 Conclusions of Disputations at Bern, 1528 105
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Calvin, John
Institutes of the Christian Religion in Corporus Reformatorum, vol. 3 (1559; Brunsvigae, 1864) Subject Index In English: vol. 1, 2, 3
Calvin (1509-1564)
Brief Table of Contents
Book 1, Of the Knowledge of God the Creator 32
Book 2, Of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer 175
Book 3, Of the Way of Laying Hold of the Grace of Christ 393
Book 4, Of the External Means or Aids 745
Of the Secret Providence of God (Geneva, 1558) Summary Propositions In English
Musculus, Wolfgang
Common Places of Sacred Theology (Basel, 1560) Table of Contents Subject Index In English
Musculus (1497-1563)
A Catechism of the Christian Religion, Comprising Instruction through Short Sayings (1545) This has no table of contents
Beza, Theodore – Theological Tracts, in which many of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion are Restored to Whole and Defended from the Word of God Against the Heretical Sects of our Times, vol. 1, 2, 3 (Geneva, 1570) There are subject indices at the end of each volume.
Beza (1519-1605)
Table of Contents
Vol. 1
1. A Confession of the Christian Faith, & a Collation of the Same with Papal Heresies 1
2. Another Brief Confession of Faith, of the same thing with a Superior Argument 80
3. That Heretics Ought to be Punished by the Civil Magistrate, against the Mishmash of Martin Bell & the Sect of the New Academics 85
4. A Sum of the Whole of Christianity, or a Description & Distribution of the Causes of the Salvation of the Elect & the Destruction of Reprobates, Collected & Explicated out of the Sacred Letters 170
5. A Sum of Doctrine on a Sacramental Thing 206
6. A Plain & Perspicuous Tract on the Lord’s Supper, in which the Calumnies of Joachim Westphal [a Lutheran] are Refelled 211
7. Cyclops, A Dialogue on the True Communication of the Body & Blood of the Lord, against the Comments of Tilemann Heshusen [a Lutheran] 259
8. A Purging of the Calumnies by which have been spattered on the Genevan Church by Tilemann Heshusen [a Lutheran] 312
9. A Response to the Calumnies of Sebastian Castellio which endeavor to subvert the One Fundamental of our Salvation, that is, the Eternal Predestination of God 337
10. A Response to the Defenses & Reprehensions of Sebastian Castellio which defend his interpretation of the New Testament against Beza & in turn tries to reprehend his version 425
11. A Response to the Arguments of Johannes Brent & the theses of Jacob Andreae [who were Lutherans] which seek to confirm the Omnipresence of the Body of Christ, that is, [a Response] against the renewed errors of Nestorius & Eutyches 507
[Nestorius (386-450) held, to simplify, that Christ was two persons. Eutyches (c. 380-c. 456) held that Christ had one mixed nature.]
12. Of the Hypostatic Union in Christ of the Two Natures, an Assertion Against Jacob Andreae 625
13. Homoiousias: of the Unity of the Divine Essence & the Three Personal Subsistences in it against the Arians
14. Theses or Axioms on the Trinity of Persons & the Unity of Essence 651
15. Some variously numbered Psalms of David Expressed: a Specimen of the Whole Future Work if the Lord so Furnishes 654
16. A Short Book of Christian Questions & Responses, in which the Principal Heads of the Christian Religion are Propounded 669
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vol. 2
1. Of Polygamy 1
2. Of Repudiations & Divorces 64
3. Of the Peace of Christian Churches through establishing a Council, unto the Sacred Majesty of Caesar & the State of the Congregations of the August Roman Empire 138
4. A Defense of the Sacramental Conjunction of the Body & Blood of Christ with the Sacred Symbols against the most False Demonstrations of Matthew Flacius Illyricus & his Apology 152
5. A Defense to the Libel of the Sorbonne Theologian F. Claude de Xainctes, to which the title is affixed, An Examination of the Calvinian & Bezan Doctrine on the Lord’s Supper Collected out of the Writings of their Authors 257
6. A Response to the Railings of Friedrich Balduin [a Lutheran] of Ecebol, the Apostate 334
7. Another Defense to the Response of Francis Claude of the Saints 334
8. A Brief & Necessary Response to the Calumnies of Dr. Nikolaus Selnecker & the Theologians of Jena [Germany] 407
9. A Modest & Christian Defense to the Abusive & Virulent Response of Dr. Nikolaus Selnecker 423
10. The Third Defense to the Crying of Nikolaus Selnecker 453
Appendices
Of the Communication & Enlivening Power of the Body of Christ by the Continuous Sentiment of Cyril, explicated out of the Writings of the Same & Other Fathers, by the Author Christian Hessiandro 1
The Diallacticon of a Good & Learned Man, on the Truth, Nature & Substance of the Body & Blood of Christ in the Eucharist 31
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vol. 3
1. The Third Response to Francis Claude of the Saints 1
2. A Defense to the Acts of the Assembly of 15 Theologians held at Torgau [Germany] 53
3. A Mild & Christian Dispute with Dr. Johann Pappus [a Lutheran] on the Hypostatic Union in Christ of the Two Natures & its Effects 75
4. A Response for the Truth for the Body of Christ Against the Fiction of Ubiquity & the clamor of William Holder 101
5. A Response to some Stinking Calumnies of Jacob Andreae [a Lutheran] 124
6. A Tract on the Visible Marks of the True Catholic Church 132
7. A Response on the Lord’s Supper against the Dogmas of Jodoc Harch of Montens 148
8. A Book of Theological Epistles 186
9. Two Homilies Against the Errors of the Sacramentarians for the True Presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper 309
10. Another Part of Questions & Responses, which is on the Sacraments 324
11. The Life of John Calvin Accurately Described 365
12. A Short Book of the Presbytery, Theodore of Rhaeten on the Hypostatic Union, edited & made into Latin from the Greek 390 to which is adjoined a [summary] collation [of orthodox doctrine in theses] against Heresies 399
13. A Tract on the Doctrine & True Use of Absolute Predestination 402
On Justification 437
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Foxe, John – Pandectae. Locorum communium, præcipua rerum capita & titulos, iuxta ordinem eleme[n]torum complectentes Ref (Excudebat Iohannes Dayus, 1572) 1,208 pp.
Here is an article on this work: John Rechtien, ‘John Foxe’s Comprehensive Collection of Commonplaces: a Renaissance Memory System for Students and Theologians’ in The Sixteenth Century Journal, vol. 9, No. 1 (April, 1978), pp. 82-89
Szegedin Pannonius, Stephan
Common Places of Pure Theology, of God and Man, Explained in Continuous Tables and the Dogma of the Schools Illustrated (Basil, 1585/93) 506 pp. The whole work is in the form of outlines. There is a table of contents after the prefaces and a subject index at the end.
Szegedin (1515-1572) also was known as Stephan Kis.
Table of Contents
I. Of God, in General 1
Things which are of God
The Contemplation of God 6
Name of God 19
Nature of God 21
Sufficiency of God 21
Omnipotence of God 22
Will of God 22
Goodness of God 24
Love of God 25
Mercy of God 26
Power of God 27
Justice of God 28
Providence of God 29
Foreknowledge of God 29
Truth of God 33
Wrath of God 34
Waters of Wrath [mentioned in Scripture] 35
Judgments of God 36
Last Judgment 37
Works or Actions of God 40
Books of God 43
Vengeance of God 44
An Annual of the Well-Done, Vast Things of God
Laws in General 45
Judicial Laws 51??
Moral Laws, or the Decalogue 50
Ceremonial Laws 52
The Discrimination of the Law, Moral, Ceremonial, Judicial 54
Circumcision 55
Sabbath 56
Tabernacle of Moses 58
Sacrifice in General 60
Legal, Sacred Vestments 62
Legal Festivals 63
Abrogation of the Law 64
Precepts of God in General 68
Exposition of the Precepts of the 1st & 2nd Table 69
Fulfillment of the Law 65
Ways of God 66
Covenant & Testament of God 71
Difference of the Old & New Testament 75
Means of the Holy Spirit 78
Grace of God 80
Dispensation of Grace & Human Salvation by Christ 80
Advent of Christ in the World 81
Comparison of the First & Second Coming of Christ 81
Reconciliation of the World with God 82
The Nature of Christ and the Union of Natures 83
Human Redemption in General 85
Priesthood of the New Testament 86
Threefold-Priesthood 87
Union of the Faithful with Christ 88
The Voice of Christ and the Church 89
Father’s Drawing to the Son 90
Christ the King and Priest 96
Christ the Only Mediator 92
Christ, Various Assertions 95
Reign of Christ 97
Incarnation of the Word 97
Temptation of Christ & Christians 99
Temptation of the Devil, the Adversary of Christ and Us,
and its Remedies 101
Weeping of Christ 103
Sacrifice of Christ 104
Burial of Christ 106
Resurrection of Christ 107
Ascension of Christ 107
Mission of the Holy Spirit 108
Description of Christ out of Isa. 53 109
Predestination 110
Reprobation 122
Church 124
Ecclesiastical Assembly 127
Ecclesiastical Power 128
Discipline 129
Ecclesiastical Ordinance[s] 130
Twofold Temple of God 132
House of God 133
Citizenry of God 134
Justification 136
Remission of Sins 139
Christian Liberty 142
Sacred Scriptures 144
Examples in Scripture Held Out to Us 155
Word of God 156
Gospel 158
Contention of Law and Gospel 159
Names of the Word of God & Traditions [Contrasted] 160
Keys 161
Sacraments 163
Baptism 166
Profanations of Baptism 169
Reason [New] Names are Appropriately Given in Baptism 170
Significations of the Appropriate Names [Given in Scripture] 170
Lord’s Supper 171
Presence of the Body & Blood of Christ 184
Profanations of the Lord’s Supper 185
Collation of the Passover Lamb with the Lord’s Supper 186
Spiritual Food and Drink 187
Drink, or the Living Water of Christians 187
Good Angels 188
Miracles 188
False Miracles 190
Magistrates 191
Ministers of the Word 195
Good Pastors 197
Prophets 199
Prophecy 200
Apostles 201
Overseers [Episcopis] 202
Calling 203
Office & Nature of Ministers 204
Excommunication 205
Laying On of Hands 209
Resurrection of the Dead 211
Glory, or Eternal Blessedness 214
II. Of Man
Things which are of Man
Of Man in General 215
Image of God 218
Origin of the Nations 220
Fall 222
Concupiscence 223
Free-Will 225
Sin 229
Merit 237
Flesh of Man 238
Health of the Body 238
Spirit of Man 239
Threefold State of Sanctified Men 242
Life 244
Man 244
Woman 245
Youth 246
Memory 247
Death 248
Diseases 248
Leper & Leprosy 249
Captivity 250
Death 251
Preparation of Christian Men for Death 256
Grave 257
Care & Furnishing of a Burial 259
Place of a Grave 260
Things of Piety which are Required from Men
Knowledge of God 261
True Cult of God 263
Fear of God 169
Faith 270
True Confession of Christ 274
Exposition of the Apostles’ Creed 275
Repentance [Poenitentia] 277
Christian Perfection 281
Good Works 281
Hope 283
Piety to God 283
Love 284
Obedience 286
Conscience 287
Joy in General 287
True Joy in Heart 288
Innocence 288
Prayer 288
Twofold Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer 293
Exertion [Studio] 298
Doctors, or Tutors 300
Conduct [Conversatione] 301
Counsels 301
War 302
Table of Monarchies, an Exposition of Sacred & Profane History 303
Causes of Royal Desolations 305
Forensic & Legal Judgment 306
Division of Law in General 307
Justice 308
Humility 309
Patience 311
Oath 312
Loyalty 314
Thankfulness 314
Brotherly Admonition 315
The Tongue, which Needs to be Curbed 315
Silence 317
Peace 317
Mercy 319
Alms 321
Zeal 322
Good Intention 323
Christian Festivals 324
Ecclesiastical Song 325
Synods 325
Reverence 327
Moderation 327
Mildness 328
Concord 329
Humanity 330
Chastity 330
Temperance 331
Simplicity, or Integrity 331
Doing Good 332
Truthfulness 332
Friendship 333
Fortitude 334
Constancy 334
Nobleness 334
Servitude 336
Vows 339
Honor of the Saints 341
Afflictions Which Ought to Borne 341
Persecutions 343
Poverty 343
Life of a Christian Man 344
Marriage 345
Divorce 347
Nuptial Union, or How a Spouse Ought to be Drawn 349
Matrimonial Controversies 350
Espousals 360
Nuptials, or of Marriage 362
Impediments of Marriage 363
Dissolution of Marriage 367
Remarriage 369
Fasting 370
Abstaining 373
Sobriety 377
Use of Wine and Drink 378
Due Preparation for Occupations 380
Commerce 381
Legitimate Use of Occupations 381
Things which are Prohibited to Men
Idolatry 382
Disbelief 382
Tempting God 382
Papal Mass 384
Collation of the Contention Between Civil Commerce with Pontifical 387
Antichrist 388
Papistry 391
Antithesis of the Works of Christ & the Pope 393
The Differing Voice of Christ & the Pope 394
Epithets of Sacrificing Priests & Ministers 396
System of Roman Popes in the Apocalypse 397
Satan, the Adversary of Christians 399
Demons 399
Heresies 402
Magic 406
Vanity of the Judgments of Divinations & Astrology
Superstition 410
Dreams 414
Schisms 414
Desperation 415
Human Traditions in General 416
Discrimination & Error of the Fathers 417
Fables 419
Imaginations 420
Lies 422
Perjury 423
Homicide 423
Blasphemy 425
Enmity 426
Avarice 427
Drunkenness 428
Apathy 431
Wrath 432
Envy 434
Gluttony 434
Haughtiness [Superbia] 435
Discrimination in Clothes and Excessive Luxury 436
Impudent Dances 437
Vanity of Glory 443
Excessive Veneration 444
Celibacy of Priests 444
Adultery 445
Adulation 446
Detraction 447
Clamor & Evil-Speaking 448
Sedition 450
Discord 451
Scandal 451
Theft by Stealth 452
Open Theft 455
Weapon 455
Betrayal 455
Ingratitude 456
Hypocrisy 456
Injustice 457
Private Vengeance 457
Usury 457
Rash Judgment 463
Presumption 464
Dishonest Gain 464
Wealth Necessary to be Acquired 465
Ambition 467
3. Of Popish Doctrine
Angels 468
Man 470
Predestination 471
Free-Will 471
Sin in General 472
Original Sin 473
Actual Mortal Sin 473
Actual Venial Sin 474
Law 476
Gospel 477
Faith 477
Justification 478
Works 480
Merit 481
Sacraments in General 481
Discrimination & Division of Sacraments 482
Baptism 483
Mass, or the Supper 484
Confirmation 485
Extreme Unction 485
Priesthood, or Ordination 486
Penance 489
Contrition 490
Oral Confession 491
Satisfaction 491
Marriage 492
Indulgences 492
Church 493
Keys, or Ecclesiastical Power 494
Prayer 495
Fasting 495
Councils 495
Human Traditions 495
Pope, or the Roman Pontiff 496
Excommunication 498
Celibacy of Priests 499
Burial 499
Eternal Life 500
Absolution 500
Worship of God and of the Saints 501
Vow 502
State of Perfection, or Monasticism 505
Evangelical Councils 505
Purgatory 504
Votings 504
Aretius, Benedict
Examination of Theology: A Brief and Clear, Written Out Method (Morgiis, 1584) 167 pp. Subject Index
Table of Contents
Of the Ministry 7
Of Ability [Facultate], Titus 1:9 14
Of the Reading of Scripture 32
Other Examples of Resolution out of 1 Thess. 4 60
A Rule of Common Places 62
Of Christian Liberty 63
The Following Place on Baptism 62
The Arguments of Baptists [Catabaptists]: the First Argument, Mk. 16:16; Mt. 18:19
. The Second Argument 70
. The Third Argument 71
. The Fourth Argument 71
The Third Place: Of Swearing 73
. Arguments, Mt. 5:34 75
. Second Argument, James 5:12 76
. Third Argument 76
The Fourth Place, of the Magistrate 77
Arguments which rend this order by Baptists, Lk. 22:25 79
The Fifth Place, Of the Use & Right of War 81
The Sixth Place, Of Tithes 85
. Arguments which are Asserted Against this Place 87
The Seventh Place, of the Communion of Possessions 89
. Arguments which Confirm the Communion of Powers 90
. First, Acts 2:44; 4:32 90
Out of the Following Class of Places are Come Places that are Controverted between us & the Papists
The First Place, of Justification 92
. Nine Arguments 98
The Second Place, of Good Works 102
The Third Place, of Original Sin 105
. Four Arguments 107
The Fourth Place, of the Church 109
The Fifth Place, of the Marriage of Priests 113
The Sixth Place, of the Number of the Sacraments 115
The Seventh Place, Of the Invocation of the Saints 119
The Eight Place, of Purgatory 123
Out of the Third Class of Places are Some Places of Other Sects of Our Time
The First Place, of Ubiquity 128
The Second Place, of the Mediator, Christ 133
. Respond to their Arguments: 137
The Third Place, of the Trinity 141
The Fourth Place, of the Communication of Properties 144
Of Forming Studies 149
1. Of the End of Studies 149
2. Of the Choosing of Instructors 150
3. Of the Trying of Character 151
4. Conditions of a Good Disciple 152
5. The Judgment of Plato & Galen on the Character of Students
6. Of Exercise
7. Second, of the Division of the Exercise 157
8. Of an Epistle 157
9. Of the Declamation 161
10. Of Argument, Memory & Recitation 162
11. Of the Ending of Studies 164
12. The True Type of Studying out of Plato 165
Sacred Problems of Theology: Common Places of the Christian Religion Methodically Explicated (Geneva, 1589; Bern, 1604) There are subject and textual indices at the end.
Aretius (1505–1574)
Table of Contents
1. Knowledge of God which the Gentiles have been Provided 1
2. How the Notion Ought to be Known that there is One God? Where it is Considered of God the Father 4
3. Divinity of Christ, and Why He is Declared the Logos 9
4. Holy Spirit 12
5. Providence of God 15
6. Predestination 17
7. Original Sin 21
8. [Of Man’s] Consent to Evil 24
9. Sin Against the Holy Spirit 28
10. Humanity of Christ 30
11. Office of Messiah 33
12. Peace of Christ 36
13. In What Manner Christ is the Bread of Life 38
14. Passion [Suffering] of the Lord 41
15. More Careful Consideration of the Passion of the Lord 45
16. Descent of Christ to ‘Hell’ [Inferos] 48
17. Limbo of the Fathers 51
18. Resurrection 53
19. Appearances of Christ after the Resurrection 57
20. Ascension 59
21. Body of Christ After the Ascension Exists in One and Certain Location 61
22. Calling of the Gentiles 64
23. Faith 67
24. Justification 70
25. Grace 79
26. Free-Will 82
27. Merits of Men 84
28. Works 87
29. Doubt: Whether a State of Certainty is Possible? Whether [you may know] you are in Grace or not? 91
30. Security 94
31. Unbelief 95
32. Hope 97
33. Divine Promises 100
34. Remission of Sins 104
35. Satisfactions 106
36. Love: Whether it is the Cause of the Remission of Sins? 110
37. Repentance 112
38. [Whether the Church Should Show] Grace on the Fallen [who Fell Away in Persecution?] 114
39. Hardness of Heart 119
40. Induration 121
41. The Old Man [Unconverted-Self] 123
42. Affections: Whether They All are Faulty? 125
43. Regeneration 127
44. The New Man [Regenerated] 129
45. What is Our Life of [Christian] Profession? How it Should be Answered 112
46. Conscience 134
47. Zeal 136
48. Reading of Sacred Literature 138
49. Utility of Scripture 141
50. Prophecy 144
51. The Spirit & Letter 147
52. Allegories 149
53. Obscurity of the Mosaic & the Whole of Scripture 154
54. Abrogation of the Law 158
55. Observance of the Sabbath 160
56. Examples of the Old Testament: How Far They Ought to be Transferred to Our Use? 162
57. Church 165
58. Concord of the Church 172
59. Schisms 175
60. Primacy 177
61. Keys of the Church 181
62. Ecclesiastical Offices 183
63. The Ministry 186
64. Virtues of the Gospel Ministry 191
65. Laying on of Hands 193
66. Signification of ‘Deacon’ 195
67. Exorcists 196
68. Catechisms 199
69. False Doctors 202
70. Sacrifices of Christians 204
71. Liturgy 207
72. Prayer 213
73. Adoration [of Christ] 216
74. Idolatry 220
75. Foreign Languages in the Church of Christ 226
76. The Sacramental Signs: Whether they are Means [Conserant] of Grace? 229
77. Use of the Sacraments 232
78. Circumcision 236
79. Imposition of Names 238
80. How Baptism has Succeeded Circumcision 242
81. How the Lord’s Supper has Succeeded the Passover 248
82. Breaking of Bread 250
83. Fermentation 252
84. Human Traditions 256
85. Cross of the Church-Militant 258
86. Persecutions 262
87. Constancy in the Profession of Christ 265
88. Levity 267
89. Fleeing 269
90. Origin & Dignity of the Christian Name 273
91. Imitation of Christ and the Saints 278
92. Saints 281
93. Perfection 285
94. Humility 288
95. Equity 291
96. Gratitude 293
97. Ingratitude 294
98. Ignorance 296
99. Truth 299
100. Hypocrisy 302
101. Opinion 304
102. Dissimulation of Peter [Gal. 2] 306
103. Mouth of Peace [James 3] 309
104. Deceit
105. Adulation 314
106. Detraction 316
107. Due Reputation of a Good Name 318
108. An Oath 321
109. Blasphemy 325
110. Benediction 328
111. A Curse 334
112. Excommunication 336
113. Anathema 341
114. Vows 342
115. Temptation 345
116. Satan & Evil Spirits in General 348
117. Adiaphora [Indifferent Things] 350
118. Fasting for 40 Days 353
119. Of Food & its Love, with Piety 357
120. Clothing 363
121. Nakedness 368
122. Observing Times [Generally, Times of Prayer, Festival Days, Ecclesiastical & Civil, etc.]: How Far it is Lawful for a Christian? 370
123. Festivals 371
124. Feast of Palms [Palm Sunday] 373
125. Temples 376
126. Dedications [Encaeniis] 380
127. Genealogies 382
128. How Far it is Appropriate for Us to Accommodate the Infirmities of Brothers 385
129. Scandal 388
130. Riches: How Far They Hinder the Cause of Salvation? 390
131. Usury 394
132. Sufficiency 397
133. Liberality 398
134. Prodigality 401
135. Communion of Goods 403
136. An Alms-deed, How it is Not a Work of Satisfaction for Sins 407
137. Collection for Paupers 409
138. Labor of the Hands 412
139. Study 414
140. Idleness 417
141. Sleep: How Far it is a Cause of Good Health 419
142. Stipends of Ministers 422
143. Use of Medicine 426
144. Magic 430
145. Enchantment 434
146. Ghosts 436
147. Lots 442
148. Fate [Casu] & Fortune 444
149. Philosophy is Not to be Neglected in the Study of Piety 446
150. Reading of Profane [Ethnicorum] Writings 451
151. Worldly Erudition Ought to be Taken Up in the Ministry of the Gospel 456
152. Honoring of Parents 459
153. Magistrate 463
154. Obedience 467
155. Tribute 469
156. Sedition 472
157. Injustice Repulsed 474
158. Whether Wrath is in God, and How? [No] 477
159. Vengeance 479
160. Injustices to a Christian Man Ought to be Borne 482
161. Appeals [from Civil Punishment] 485
162. Punishments 488
163. Virginity 491
164. Celibacy 491
165. Marriage 498
166. Marriage of Ministers
167. Adultery 503
168. Divorce 505
169. Dances [Choreis] & Dances [Saltationibus] 508
170. Hospitality 512
171. Banquets 514
172. Earthquake 517
173. Death 523
174. Burial 527
175. Mourning for those Having Departed 530
176. Vanity of the Creatures 534
177. End of the Word 537
178. Last [Novissimo] Judgment 546
179. Paradise 546
180. Reign of Heaven 551
181. Purgatory 553
182. Hell & Punishments in Hell 558
183. Coming of Christ to Judgment 560
184. Eternal Life 562
Bucan, William – Theological Institutes, or the Common Places of the Christian Religion out of the Word of God (3rd ed., Bern, 1605) 49 chs. in 847 pp. There are subject and textual indices at the end. Here is the English Table of Contents (after the publication info).
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Scharp, John
A Course of Theology, in which all the dogmas and controversies of faith agitated in this generation between us and Papists are handled one by one and the arguments of Bellarmine are responded to, vol. 1, 2 (Geneva, 1620) Extended Latin Table of Contents
Sharp (1572-1648) was also influential in France. Even though this work is against the Papists, Scharp handles most of the topics of theology in systematic order.
Brief Table of Contents
vol. 1
1. Of Theology 1
2. Of Sacred Scripture 8
3. Of God 170
4. Of the Trinity 208
5. Of Predestination 288
6. Of Creation 366
7. Of the Image of God in Man Before the Fall 367
8. Of Angels 388
9. Of the Providence of God 408
10. Of Sin 411
11. Of Original Sin 456
12. Of Actual Sin 506
13. Of the Sin Against the Holy Spirit 522
14. Of the Evil of Punishment 531
15. Of Free Choice 542
16. Of the Law of God 585
17. Of the Gospel 688
18. The Covenant & Testament 701
19. Of Christ the Mediator 703
20. Of the Office of Christ 817
21. Of Calling 898
22. Of Justification 921
23. Of Repentance 1152
24. Of the Christian Life 1230
25. Of Christian Liberty 1236
26. Of Fasting 1251
27. Of Scandal 1265
28. Of Prayer 1269
29. Of Glorification 1280
30. Of the Resurrection of the Body 1284
31. Of the Last Judgment 1291
32. Of Life Eternal 1294
33. Of the Sacraments 1301
34. Of Baptism 1345
35. Of the Lord’s Supper 1381
36. Of the Five Spurious Sacraments 1555
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1. Of the Church 9
2. Of the Church Triumphant 19
3. Of the Church Militant 87
4. Of the Body of the Church Militant 273
5. Of Councils 385
6. Of Monastics 441
7. Of Vows 457
8. Of the Magistrate 488
9. Of Purgatory 521
A Tract on the Justification of Man before God (Geneva, 1609)
Boyd, Robert – Commentary on the Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Ephesians (London, 1652) The end of the volume has indices of words and phrases, and of chief common places and theological questions.
Boyd (1578-1627). “His posthumously published Latin commentary on Ephesians… is an enduring monument to his learning. The work, however, is far more than a commentary and includes discussions of virtually every important locus of a systematic theology… his intention in this was to derive the chief heads of Christian doctrine from Scripture, Ephesians being deliberately chosen for the purpose…” – James Kirk (Dict. of Scot. CH&T)
Rutherford, Samuel
An Examination of Arminianism (Utrecht, 1668) The sections below labeled with an * have been translated into English here.
Rutherford (1600-1661)
Table of Contents
1 – Of the Scriptures and Fundamental Articles 1
2 – Of God 138
. Of the Knowledge of God 138
. Of the Essence of God 141
. Of the Trinity 147
. Of God’s Knowledge 162
. Of the Will of God and its Execution 169
3 – Of Election 238
4 – Of Reprobation 276
5 – Of the State of the First Man 297
6 – Of Original Sin 310
7 – Of the State of Fallen Man 325
8 – Of the State of Grace 352
9 – Of Universal Redemption 372
10 – Of the Covenant of Grace 427
11 – Of the Manner of Conversion 453
12 – Of the Justification of the Sinner 498
13 – Of the Perseverance of the Saints 553
14 – Of the Assurance of Salvation 625
15 – Of the Church and its Notes 642
16 – Of Ministers of the Word 681
17 – Of Synods 692
18 – Of the Sacraments and Ecclesiastical Discipline 716
19 – Of the Magistrate 728
20 – Of the Soul and the Bodily Resurrection 753
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Examination of Arminianism
Extended Table of Contents
Chapter 1
On the Scriptures and Fundamental Articles
* 1. Whether Scripture is the judge of controversies? We affirm. Or, whether God in his Word has not left us any conscience-binding rule, but only one that guidingly judges? We deny against the Arminians, or Remonstrants. 1
2. Whether those fundamental articles which are deduced by consequence from the most common principles are believed by true faith? Explained and distinguished. 20
3. What sort of consequence is entailed by evidence so that it is an article of faith? Explained. 29
4. Whether the number of fundamental doctrines can be determined by us? We deny. 32
5. For which of the fundamentals is understanding and faith required? Explained. 34
6. What is overcomeable versus absolute ignorance of the fundamentals? Explained. 38
7. In what way is understanding of the fundamentals necessary for salvation? Explained. 42
8. Why everything contained in the Word of God ought to be believed, on pain of damnation, while nevertheless only the fundamentals are necessary to be believed as a necessary means? Explained. 43
9. How far are they may be tolerated who err in the fundamentals? Explained. 44
10. How far is it necessary for us to separate from a church erring in fundamentals? Explained. 46
11. Whether the Roman church is a true church? We answer with a distinction. 46, 64
12. Whether the light of the Holy Spirit is required for the Scriptures to be savingly understood? We affirm against the Arminians. 83
13. Whether it follows from this necessity that the Scriptures are obscure in themselves, as the Papists assert? We deny against the same. 87
14. Whether solid faith in the Scriptures can consist with the Arminian freedom of preaching? We deny against the Arminians. 89
15. Whether anyone in any religion can be saved? We deny against the Remonstrants. 94
16. Whether the Arminian freedom of preaching is Libertinism? We affirm against the same. 94
* 17. Whether, not only all the traditions of the Papists, but even new offices, such as the domineering bishop, etc, human ceremonies, and whatsoever is of positive observance in divine worship contrived by the Antichrist or the bishops and prelates, conflicts with the completeness and perfection of the Scriptures? We affirm against the Arminians. 97
18. Whether the word of God obliges to the assent of its true sense, or whether so greatly and in truth the conscience obliges to the sense which it judges true? We affirm the former; we deny the latter against the Remonstrants. 128
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Chapter 2
On God
Heading 1: On the Knowledge [Cognitione] of God
1. Whether or not a living and right knowledge of God is commanded? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 138
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Heading 2: On God’s Essence
2. Whether God, by his nature, is most simple? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 141
3. Whether God, according to his essence, is omnipresent? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 143
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Heading 3: On the Trinity
4. Whether the essence in God is so much one, or three? We affirm the former. We deny the latter against Vorstius. 147
* 5. Whether the Son is autotheos [of Himself God]? We affirm against the Arminians and Vorstius. 149
6. Whether, according to the Arminians, Christ is true God, of one substance with the Father? We deny against the same. 150
* 7. Whether Christ, as a man, is worshipped? We deny against the Arminians. 155
8. Whether the communication of deity in Christ is twofold? We deny against the Arminians. 156
* 9. Whether Christ, as Mediator, is to be worshipped? We respond with a distinction. 158
10. Whether the Holy Spirit is true God? We affirm against the wavering Remonstrants. 160
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Heading 4: On God’s Knowledge [Scientia]
11. Whether there is a middle knowledge in God. We deny against the Jesuits and Arminians. 162
12. Whether God foreknows future contingencies with certainty. We affirm against the doubting Remonstrants. 166
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Heading 5: On God’s Will and its Execution
13. Whether whatsoever is in God, so far as it is, such as decrees, willings and actions, be God? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 169
14. Whether in God there is an antecedent and consequent will, according to the Arminian sense? We deny against the Arminians. 170
15. Whether to take pity and do good is essential to God, and even necessary, as much as for the sun to give light? We deny against Jackson and the Anabaptists. 174
16. Whether God punishes men unwillingly? We deny against the Remonstrants. 175
16. [sic] Whether God is immutable? We affirm against the Arminians. 175
17. Whether there is a primary intention in God which sometimes fails, with a secondary intention following it? We deny against the Arminians. 179
* 18. Whether a distinction between the will of God’s good pleasure [beneplaciti] and his revealed [signi] will is to be admitted? We affirm with a distinction. 181
* Whether in the calling of all in the visible Church is the intention of God that all and every person obey and be saved. The Remonstrants affirm; we negate. 183
* Whether because God amiably invites and by supplications solicits, entreats and calls upon reprobates, and as He mourns over them, is grieved by them and laments on account of the disobedient, whether He, therefore, intends the obedience of them? The Remonstrants affirm; we negate. 183
* 19. Whether a distinction of will between effecting and permitting is commendable? We affirm with a distinction against the Arminians. 184
20. Whether God indeed absolutely decreed all contingencies from all eternity? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 185
21. Whether the conditional decree of the Arminians suffices to save God’s providence of future contingencies? We deny against them. 191
22. Whether fortune reigns according to the Arminians? We affirm against them. 193
23. Whether the dominion of his providence in free acts, according to the view of the Jesuits and Arminians, consists with God? We deny against them. 196
24. Whether such a dominion consists with God as that He be able to effect things so that a free act be rather than not be, according to the Scriptures? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Jesuits. 197
25. Whether God’s dominion requires that all free acts of creatures be principally and determinately from Himself? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Jesuits. 200
* 26. Whether God wills sin to exist, He permitting it? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 203
27. Whether God wills sin as it is a penalty for sinning? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Jesuits. 210
28. Whether sin is a penalty for sin? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 211
29. Whether God is a bare permitter, and an accidental cause of hardening? We deny against the Remonstrants. 213
30. Whether there are other evil acts of the hardened which do not increase their damnation? We deny against the Remonstrants. 214
* 31. Whether God impels persons to sins which He forbids? We affirm with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 216
32. Whether God absolutely foreordained the sufferings in the death of Christ, but not really the unjust actions? We deny against the Remonstrants. 216
33. Whether God forbids acts [considered materially in themselves], or rather the malice of an act, in his law? We deny the former; we affirm the latter against the Remonstrants. 218
* 34. Whether the act and the lawlessness are distinguishable in all sins? We affirm against the Arminians. 219
* 35. Whether sin is opposed to God in its essence? We deny against the Remonstrants. 220
36. Whether God concurs with material acts of sin by a universal, indifferent, and determinate concurrence through secondary causes? We deny against the Jesuits and Remonstrants. 221
* Whether because God would predetermine the will to material acts of sin, therefore He is the author of sin? 224
37. Whether an obligation as first cause excuses God so that an evil action be not imputed to Him, even though He gives a general concurrence to it? We deny against the Jesuits and Arminians. 224
38. Whether God’s good pleasure is the first cause of all moral goodness in creatures? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 226
39. Whether God’s predetermination is the fate of the Stoics? We deny against the Remonstrants. 227
* 40. Whether each wicked action, which is from sinning instruments, is done by God as by the principal agent? We affirm with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 230
41. Whether our people are Libertines in this doctrine? We deny against the Remonstrants. 231
* 42. Whether that distinction is frivolous by which it is taught that God hates sin, and yet wills its existence? We deny against the Remonstrants. 233
43. Whether all acts of good and evil are particularized and determined by God even as far as the numerical singleness and unity of acts [generally]? We affirm against the Jesuits and Arminians. 234
44. Whether [God’s] permission is a bare, non-efficient one, and a dereliction of will, the nature of it being indifferent? We deny against the Jesuits and Arminians. 235
Whether the permission of sin works only by persuasion? So says Arminius; we deny. 236
* 45. Whether sin necessarily follows upon God’s giving permission by a logical necessity? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 236
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Chapter 3
On Election
1. Whether election to salvation is two-fold; on the one hand indefinite and general, and on the other hand definite and special? We deny against the Arminians. 238
2. Whether election is of certain singular, definite persons? We affirm against the Arminians. 239
3. Whether election is revocable and incomplete for those who for a time believe, and complete and irrevocable for those whom God foreknew to be believing finally? We deny against the Arminians. 241
4. Whether the election of this one rather than that one to glory is only from the absolute good pleasure [of God]? Explained and affirmed against the Arminians. 245
5. Whether faith is a consequence of election? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 252
6. Whether election to glory is done from all eternity? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 257
7. What that good pleasure of God consists in which Paul speaks of in Rom. 9? Explained and proven against the Arminians. 258
8. Whether each and every mortal is either elect or reprobate? We affirm against the Arminians. 260
9. Whether Christ is the meritorious cause of election? We deny against the Arminians. 264
10. Whether, because God absolutely destined to eternal glory, Christ cannot therefore merit it? We deny against the Arminians. 268
11. Whether the promise of some conditional good can be subordinated by an immutable decree in such a way that that good which is promised is destined absolutely? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 269
* 12. Whether or not faith may at once be a required condition in a formal way and the thing which is promised and indeclinably brought about in us by God? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 270
* 13. Whether we invert the natural order because we state that the man who is to be created is the object of predestination? We deny against the Remonstrants. 271
14. Whether carefulness, fear, and caution in the use of means are in disagreement with absolute election to glory? We deny against the Remonstrants. 272
15. Whether the number of elect is precisely determined? We affirm against the Arminians. 274
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Chapter 4
On Reprobation
1. Whether reprobation is an eternal act in God? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 276
2. Whether God reprobated men absolutely from his choice alone? Whether sin is truly the meritorious cause of reprobation? We affirm the former; we deny the latter against the Remonstrants. 277
* 3. Whether the distinction between negative and privative non-election, or preterition, versus reprobation, is senseless? We deny against the Arminians. 278
* 4. Whether reprobation is indeed the lot of those who are outside of the church? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 279
* 5. Whether absolute reprobation is the prime cause of the enduring destruction of the better portion of mankind? We deny against the Remonstrants. 280
6. Whether God creates and stores up some men for destruction? We distinguish against the Remonstrants. 280
7. Whether on this account creation forbears to be good, because reprobates are created unto this end, that they be vessels of wrath for the manifestation of the glory of punitive justice? We deny against the Arminians. 281
8. Whether God stores up men, especially the truly reprobate, to sin? We distinguish against the Remonstrants. 282
9. Whether the absolute will of God is the cause of all things? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 283
10. Whether God needs the slavery of sin, according to us? We deny against the Remonstrants. 284
11. Whether God by the covenant of grace has abdicated his absolute dominion in the disposing of rational creatures exactly as He wills? We deny against the Remonstrants. 285
* 12. Whether God willed absolutely that men would do no more good than what they do? We affirm with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 285
13. Whether God does not absolutely will more to be converted and saved than are converted and saved? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 286
14. Whether the commands, promises, and threatenings of the gospel conflict with absolute reprobation? We deny against the Remonstrants. 287, 291, 294
15. Whether God absolutely, from eternity past, decreed the declaration of punitive justice? We affirm against the Arminians. 290
16. Whether absolute reprobation conflicts with the ministry of the Word? We deny against the Remonstrants. 291
* 17. Whether it conflicts with the blessedness of God for Him to absolutely put forth an end which cannot be reached without sin, which thing is ungracious of Him? We deny against the Remonstrants. 292
18. reprobates can be argued [to be so] from [their] ingratitude toward the mercy and merits of Christ? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 292
* 19. Whether it would have been better for the reprobate to never have heard the gospel? We deny with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 295
20. Whether the doctrine of absolute reprobation is an abyss of despair? We deny against the Remonstrants. 295
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Chapter 5
On the Estate of the First Man
1. Whether original righteousness was natural to unfallen man, or supernatural? We affirm the former; we deny the latter against the Remonstrants. 297
* 2. Whether God is made the author of the first sin if man sinned for this reason, because God, without regard to his fault, denied him grace necessary to escape the first sin? We deny against the Remonstrants. 300
3. Whether the first sin freed Adam from any covenant? We deny against the Arminians. 301
* 4. Whether sinful concupiscence is a negative entity or positive quality? We distinguish. 305
5. Whether in unfallen Adam there was the power of believing in Christ? We affirm with a distinction against the Arminians. 305
6. Whether the image of God in Adam was original righteousness and habitual holiness, or rather a bare free will of obeying God? We affirm the former; we deny the latter against the Remonstrants. 307
7. Whether Adam was created mortal? We distinguish. 308
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Chapter 6
On Original Sin
1. Whether there is original sin in every man? We affirm against the Arminians and Socinians. 310
* 2. Whether, because original sin is not committed by personal volition, it is therefore not sin, properly so-called? We deny against the Arminians. 313 & 323
3. Whether such a covenant can be proven, by which Adam’s sin is imputed to all his posterity? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 314
4. Whether concupiscence is sin, particularly after baptism and regeneration? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Papists. 314 & 321
5. Whether concupiscence is formally prohibited by the law of God? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Papists. 316
* 6. Whether concupiscence is sin when one does not give consent of the will? We affirm against the Pelagians. 318
7. Whether the wrestling between the flesh and the Spirit in the reborn is simply natural, and on the part of the resisting flesh, so minimally culpable? We deny against the Remonstrants. 319
8. Whether this wrestling is always in the reborn? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 319
9. Whether actual sins have arisen, not from original sin, but from an acquired habit of evil acting, and from pure free will? We deny against the Remonstrants and Socinians. 322
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Chapter 7
On the State of Fallen Man
1. Whether the knowledge of God is natural to man after the fall? We deny against the Arminians and Socinians. 325
2. Whether the mind is already blind in supernatural matters, so that illumination is needed? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Socinians. 327
3. Whether the will is powerless in supernatural acts? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 331
4. Whether there is a freedom of the will to nil and will good, being indicated from the intellect? We deny against the Remonstrants. 331
5. Whether the Arminians say sincerely that the will is corrupt? We deny against them. 333
6. Whether God, by any law founded in the merits of Christ, confers a prevenient [antecedent] grace for doing what is in it? We deny against the Papists. 336
7. Whether God gives grace of conversion to man because he is better disposed, or from any mode of equity and congruency? We deny with a distinction against the Papists and Remonstrants. 337
* 8. Whether the Adversaries rightly infer this, that according to us, it is noxious for the unconverted to hear the Word and to use external means? We deny. 343
* 9. Whether legal contrition can be called preparation for conversion? We distinguish. 344
10. Whether the unregenerate can furnish truly good works? We deny against the Remonstrants. 344
11. Whether the virtues of the gentiles are true virtues? We deny against the Remonstrants. 346
12. Whether the unregenerate person is constrained by a need to sin? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 347
13. Whether there is sin which cannot be avoided by the one sinning? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 348
14. Where the afflictions of the faithful are truly punishments? We deny against the Remonstrants. 349
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Chapter 8
On the State of Grace
1. Whether the Arminians contend rightly for the dignity of the merit of Christ and the excellency of divine grace? We deny against the same. 352
2. Whether Arminianism is Pelagianism and Semi-pelagianism? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 357
3. Whether sufficient grace is given, by which all can be saved if they will? We deny against the Remonstrants. 362, 369
* 4. Whether a distinction of grace between sufficient and efficacious is to be admitted? We deny against the Remonstrants. 368
5. Whether the power to believe is conferred upon all? We deny against the Remonstrants. 370
6. Whether the grace of God efficaciously determines the will? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Jesuits. 371
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Chapter 9
On Universal Redemption
1. Whether Christ died for each and every person? We deny against the Remonstrants. 372
2. Whether Christ procured reconciliation for each and every person by his death, and that truly, not by that act conferring it? We deny against the Remonstrants. 387, 398
3. Whether those may perish for whom Christ has died? We deny against the Remonstrants. 388
4. Whether these three things are effects of the death of Christ: 1. That God does not will anyone to perish because of the sin of Adam. 2. That he casts off none from himself because of sins preceding the calling of the gospel. 3. That none are afflicted with an eternal punishment or cast off from the communion of a heavenly life on account of sins of infirmity. We deny against the Remonstrants. 394
5. Whether the gospel can be preached in every place and time? We deny against the Remonstrants. 398
* 6. Whether all are directly obligated in the same way and by the same principle [jure] to believe in Christ announced by the gospel? We deny with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 399
7. Whether unbelievers are objects of eternal punishment because, although they can, they do not believe? We deny against the Remonstrants. 400
8. Whether the Remonstrants say rightly and by consequence from their principles that Christ did not die only for the finally impenitent? We deny. 401
9. Whether, by the death of Christ, the merciful affection in God, by which He wills all to be saved, is changed into an absolute purpose to give eternal life to those who believe? We deny against the Remonstrants. 405
10. Whether Christ thus endured the lot of those for whom He died in order that God would consider the punishments owed to them as dead? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 406
11. Whether Christ intercedes generally for all, but specially and truly only for those who believe? We deny against the Remonstrants. 411
12. Whether Christ merited faith and regeneration for none? We deny against the Remonstrants. 413
13. Whether Christ embraced those He died for with the greatest love? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 415
14. Whether reconciliation is by the active efficiency of God’s will to save in place of a will to damn? We deny against the Remonstrants. 417
15. Whether the foundation of Christian certainty is in this, that Christ died for all, and of desperation rather, that He died only for those elected absolutely? We deny against the Remonstrants. 418
* 16. Whether the reprobate are made reconcilable to God by the death of Christ? We deny against the Remonstrants. [The Arminians simply affirm it. We distinguish…] 421
* 17. Whether each and every truly reprobate person must believe Christ to have died for them? We deny against the Remonstrants. 422
* 18. Whether it may be required by [divine] law from reprobates that they believe in Christ? We affirm against [what] the Remonstrants [say of our position]. 424
19. Whether none can rest in Christ in faith, except that he first know that He was given by God to him as a savior? We deny against the Remonstrants. 425
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Chapter 10
On the Covenant of Grace
1. Whether God, of his free good pleasure alone, entered into a Covenant of Grace with man? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 427
2. Whether the fathers under the Old Testament had no promises beyond the corporal? We deny against the Remonstrants. 430
3. Whether the covenant of grace is made with all, even with them that have heard nothing of Christ? We deny against the Remonstrants. 432
4. Whether grace which determines the will for good is promised in the New Covenant? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 435
* 5. Whether the Covenant of Grace is eternal? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 438
6. Whether the promises of the New Covenant, proceeding from the first intention and prior will of God, are to all equally? We deny against the Remonstrants. 440
7. Whether the gospel is preached according to inherent merits or demerits, and not out of the mere grace and good pleasure of God? We deny against the Remonstrants. 446
* 8. Whether the Covenant of Works entered into with Adam was rigid and of such a sort that God, according to its rigor, could not carry it out on his posterity? We deny against the Remonstrants. 449
* 9. Whether no one is under the law anymore, insofar as it is a law, and under the covenant entered into with Adam, as such? We deny against the Remonstrants. 451
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Chapter 11
On the Manner of Conversion
1. Whether grace irresistibly brings about conversion? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Jesuits. 453
2. Whether every act of God in conversion is simply moral, not real and physical? We deny against the Remonstrants. 473
3. Whether God indeed internally calls all whom He externally calls, so that there is therefore a strength to obey in them if they so will? We deny against the Remonstrants. 476
4. Whether absolutely no grace, not even common grace, accompanies the word of the gospel? We respond with a distinction. 480
5. Whether the essence of conversion lies in a sole, free act of assenting to and believing the Word, or rather in the giving of a new heart? We deny the former; we affirm the latter against the Remonstrants. 481
6. Whether only the power of believing is from God and the free act of believing from man, and yet the particular work of conversion is from God? We deny against the Remonstrants. 485
* 7. Whether, because God converts with irresistible force, the will is therefore coerced and freedom overturned? We deny against the Remonstrants. 486
* Whether because God infallibly determines the will to one thing, He overturns liberty? 486
8. Whether only the elect are internally called? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 487
9. Whether the efficacy of grace and of conversion (rather than non-conversion) depends upon actual, determining grace? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 488
10. Whether non-conversion should be attributed to God denying efficacious grace, rather than to man refusing to believe? We deny against the Remonstrants. 491
11. Whether it is from free will that supernatural acts of believing and repentance be stronger or weaker, not from the nature of grace? We deny against the Remonstrants. 493
12. Whether God joins with active grace in supernatural works for this reason, because the created will joins in? We deny against the Remonstrants. 493
13. Whether the irresistibility of grace conflicts with precepts, promises, and threatenings? We deny against the Remonstrants. 495
14. Whether the efficacy of grace depends upon a congruent calling? We deny against the Jesuits and Remonstrants. 497
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Chapter 12
On the Justification of Sinners
1. Whether we are justified by faith alone, not by our works? We affirm against the Jesuits and Remonstrants. 498
2. Whether God justly imputes the righteousness of Christ to us? We affirm against the Remonstrants, Papists, and Socinians. 506
* 3. Whether the act of believing is imputed to the believer properly, so that it is therefore his righteousness formally before God? We deny against the Remonstrants and Jesuits. 510
4. Whether, by the grace of God which is granted to the faithful in this life, the law can be fulfilled perfectly? We deny against the Remonstrants, Papists, and Socinians. 511
5. Whether a distinction should be made between mortal and venial sin? We respond with a distinction. 516
6. Whether there is any sin under the New Covenant which is by its nature venial? We deny against the Remonstants and Papists. 517
7. Whether the most excellent works of the regenerate are polluted with sin? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Papists. 520
8. Whether the wrestling between the Spirit and the flesh in the regenerate is perpetual and culpable? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 524
9. Whether the Apostle speaks of the regenerate man in Rom. 7? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Papists. 527
10. Whether good works are necessary as causes of justification, and therefore also of salvation? We deny against the Remonstrants and Papists. 530
11. Whether justification is a singular, complete, enduring, and unrepeatable act? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 535
12. Whether faith only justifies as an instrument? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 540
13. Whether faith is a token of special mercy? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 542
14. Whether the Word is the one and only instrument, either preparatory or consummatory, of the internal generation of faith, so that therefore no immediate action of the Spirit is required? We deny against the Remonstrants. 547
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Chapter 13
On the Perseverance of the Saints
1. Whether (1) adults (2) who are truly regenerate, (3) not for reason of their infirmity, and (4) notwithstanding the intercession of Christ, the principle of a lively faith, the immutable covenant of God, election, and the care and power of God, can so fall away that (i) they part with all right unto the kingdom of God that they once had in Christ, (ii) fall away from the favor and grace of a gratuitous election, and (iii) totally and finally fall away? We deny against the Papists, Pseudo-Lutherans, Socinians, and Remonstrants. 553
2. Whether temporary faith has the essence of saving faith? We deny against the Remonstrants. 563
* 3. Whether it is hypocritical that those possessing temporary faith cannot be said to fall away? We deny with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 568
4. Whether, because exhortations by their nature serve to engender fear, the purpose of the promise, by which God absolutely promises perseverance, is therefore extinguished? We deny against the Remonstrants. 579
5. Whether they cannot be moved to obedience by the promise of eternal life who are certainly comprehended in it? We deny against the Remonstrants. 591
6. Whether God promises perseverance absolutely? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 594
7. Whether Christ elected none to perseverance? We deny against the Remonstrants. 596
8. Whether Christ acquired perseverance for the elect by the merit of his death? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 598
9. Whether the promise of salvation applies immediately only to him who finally perseveres and has complete faith, i.e. as many as endure to the end? We deny against the Remonstrants. 599
10. Whether he, being under divine judgment, perseveres in faith who (1) does not sin against the clear and plain dictates of either natural reason or supernatural revelation, and (2) seeks to correct and emend their infirmities, this moderation furthering diligence? We deny against the Remonstrants. 604
11. Whether the sins of the regenerate are all sins of infirmity according to us? We deny with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 606
12. Whether the regenerate can sin with deliberate purpose, with all the might of the will, and with full consent, being given over to malice? We deny against the Remonstrants. 607
13. Whether the strivings of the Spirit against the flesh diminish the sin of the regenerate? We affirm with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 610
14. Whether we teach that true believers not only do not cast off the Holy Spirit and faith by the most severe sins, but that the abiding principle of faith in these persons remains safe under those sins, it being so pleasing to God that, due to it, God wills to grant eternal life? We deny against the Remonstrants. 617
15. Whether there is not any intrinsic and vital principle from which the duration of faith proceeds by the necessity of the consequent, nor any extrinsic principle, by the force of some decree by which it is necessary that the elect persevere? We deny against the Remonstrants. 620
16. Whether an apostate can, through knowledge [of the gospel], which he recognizes to be true, which he had in a former time believed, even if that knowledge is without all assent, resurge in life anew, so much so that it be not a work of total regeneration? We deny against the Remonstrants. 622
17. Whether God first deserts men who desert Him? We deny with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 623
18. Whether the truly regenerate, being excommunicated, are excluded from the kingdom of heaven? We deny against the Remonstrants. 624
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Chapter 14
On the Certainty of Salvation
1. Whether any can be certain that he himself is truly justified, in the grace of God, and will continue to be saved? We affirm against the Papists and Remonstrants. 625, 630
2. Whether the certainty which Arminians attribute to believers can consist with the Scriptures, or with faith and hope? We deny against the same. 635
* 3. Whether the Arminians rightly deny there to be any certainty of our salvation? We deny against the same. 638
* 4. Whether or not a greater certainty is required by us than that which the nature of a free act itself bears? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 640
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Chapter 15
On the Church and its Marks
1. Whether the Remonstrants rightly define the visible Church as the congregation of believers who profess saving doctrine, and of those who will do so, though they do not actually believe? We deny against the same. 643
2. Whether there is a church in the New Testament that is destitute of all elders to which [our] Lord and Savior commits the power of the keys? We deny with a distinction against the Remonstrants and Separatists. 644
3. Whether the Remonstrants rightly teach that to be the true Church which agrees in the faith and profession of necessary truth? We deny according to their own principles. 644
4. Whether it is possible that there be no Church of Christ on the earth? We deny against the Remonstrants. 665
* 5. Whether the doctrine of the marks of the Church is useless and harmful? We deny against the Remonstrants. 670
6. Whether there are any other marks of the Church than the profession of saving faith and the external observance of Christ’s commands? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 671
7. Whether the preaching of true doctrine is incorrectly stated by us to be a mark of the Church? We deny and explain against the Remonstrants. 672
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Chapter 16
On the Ministers of the Word
* 1. Whether all the divine things of the apostles were to be proven to be inspired by the rule of the Word? We deny with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 681
2. Whether the sending of ministers by the calling and ordination of the Church is still necessary by divine institution? We affirm against the Remonstrants. 684
3. Whether the ministry of the gospel and the preaching of the Word are precisely necessary for salvation? We affirm with an explanation against the Remonstrants. 686
4. Whether it is well spoken that the distinction in presbyters between teaching and ruling [presbyters] is an innovation? We deny against the Remonstrants. 689
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Chapter 17
On Synods
1. Respecting synods, how much is to be attributed to the authority of them? Explained and proven against the Papists, Remonstrants, and Separatists. 692
2. Whether synods are neither useful, nor the ideal way for controversies to be decided? We deny against the Remonstrants and Socinians. 710
* 3. Whether they must be wholly indifferent and not restrained to any party who have the right of voting in a synod? We deny against the Remonstrants. 714
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Chapter 18
On the Sacraments and Ecclesiastical Discipline
1. Whether sacraments are signs, not [only] by way of representing and shadowing forth the thing signified to us, but also in a certain way by exhibiting and sealing? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Socinians. 716
2. Whether sacraments may be administered by any lay-person whatsoever? We deny against the Remonstrants and Socinians. 721
3. Whether the Remonstrants rightly teach that paedobaptism is to be used by them insofar as it is an ancient rite, yet it has authority neither from a precept of Christ nor as an apostolic institution? We deny against the same. 722
4. Whether baptism is only a temporary rite and not to last till the end of the world from Christ’s institution? We deny against the Remonstrants and Socinians. 723
* 5. Whether baptism is only a solemn rite by which we are distinguished from others and brought into divine worship, and not rather by which grace is really conferred? We deny against the Remonstrants and Socinians. 724
* 6. Whether, in the Lord’s Supper, the death of Christ is only proclaimed and commemorated, and no spiritual gifts are actually sealed? We deny against the Remonstrants and Socinians. 725
7. Whether the Remonstrants rightly deny that the Church wields any power whatsoever in the act of discipline, not only not over the flesh (such as the magistrate wields), but neither that which is internal and ecclesiastical, by which the Church binds the conscience to the thing before God and excludes one from the kingdom of heaven on account of guilt? We deny against the same. 726
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Chapter 19
On the Magistrate
1. Whether it is lawful for the magistrate to afflict the dissolute and murderers with capital punishment? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Socinians. 728
* 2. Whether it is for the magistrate to punish heretics? Whether it is agreeable to the laws of our most merciful Savior Jesus Christ that the magistrate tolerate Jews, Turks, Papists, etc, and all heretics in the republic who err with a purely mental error? We affirm the former. We deny the latter with a distinction against the Remonstrants. 732
3. Whether none errs in doing works, nor persuades himself to err while he is stirred up on account of his eternal salvation? We deny against the Remonstrants. 737
4. Whether the power of the magistrate is supreme in the external rule of the Church, is in kind higher than Church-power and is immediately subject to God alone? We deny against the Remonstrants. 739
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Chapter 20
On the Soul and the Resurrection of the Body
* 1. Whether souls are immortal? We affirm against the doubting Remonstrants and Socinians. 753
2. Whether the same number of bodies are to resurrect as are dissolved into dust? We affirm against the Remonstrants and Socinians. 753
It is asked whether the hellish tortures of the damned are eternal, or whether at last in the end it will be that the impious at length will be wholly destroyed and will be reduced to nothing? The Remonstrants waver. We deny the latter. 758
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A Scholastic Disputation on Divine Providence (Edinburgh, 1649) English Table of Contents
Apologetic Exercises for Divine Grace (Amsterdam, 1636; 1651) The Latin table of contents is at the end of the volume. Note that the headings of Rutherford’s table of contents are sometimes differently worded than the heading on the specific page itself.
Table of Contents
Exercise 1 – Of the Divine Decrees and the Agreeable Union of Divine Will with Human Liberty 1
1 – Of the Nature of Human Liberty 1
2 – Of the Eternity and Immutability of God’s Decrees, and
. so far as Justification goes, in what way that which is
. an Immanent Act in God may be Bound in Time, even
. we are Justified by Faith 18
3 – Whether Contingencies are Subject to God’s Absolute
. Decree, and in what way God’s Conditional, Disjunctive
. and Congruent Decrees are Overthrown 68
4 – Contrary to Suarez, Vasquez, Molina, Lessius and
. Fonseca, and above all Contrary to Jacob Arminius,
. this is Explained by the Union of Contingency and
. the Absolute Decree 105
5 – Contrary to the Same Jesuits and Arminians, the New
. Fiction of a Middle or Conditional Knowledge of God is
. Overthrown 187
Exercise 2 – Of Notions of the Divine Will 213
1 – Of God’s Revealed Will [Will of Sign] and His Decretive
. Will [Will of Good-Pleasure] 213
2 – Arminius’ Argument: “That which everyone is bound
. to believe is true […Therefore Christ is the Redeemer
. of all], etc.” is Refuted. Likewise, it is contended, contrary
. to the Arminians, that God cannot disagree with His own
. Purposes. 238
3 – Of the Antecedent and Consequent Will of God 323
Exercise 3 – Of the Temporal Actions of God in Human Liberty 363
1 – Whether Free Will is Determined by God; whether Morally
. or by the way of Physics, First Considered in Natural
. Actions, and then of Gracious Actions 363
2 – Of the Efficacy of Grace, contrary to the Jesuits and
. Arminians 395
3 – The Jesuits’ and Arminians’ Arguments against the
. Predeterminate Efficacy of Grace are Countered 477
4 – The Monstrous Fiction of Congruent Calling is Rejected,
. contrary to Suarez, Pedro da Fonseca and Bellarmine 502
Forbes, John – Historical & Theological Instructions on Christian Doctrine, the Varied State of Things, on the Errors & Controversies that have Arisen… (Amsterdam, 1645) Extended Table of contents This work was commended by Polyander, Trigland, Spanheim, Voet, Maets, Hoornbeeck, Cloppenburg, Coccejus and Maresius, as well as Gerhard Vossi, an Arminian.
Forbes (1593-1648) was one of the Aberdeen doctors. He held to episcopacy, defended the Five Articles of Perth (which introduced five innovations in worship) and argued that the Scottish National Covenant (1638) was unlawful.
This work of his gained him the reputation of being one of the greatest theologians of the reformed Church. The covenanters ‘acknowledged his orthodoxy and high Christian character’, according to the DNB. Rutherford critiques him in Divine Right of Church Government (1646) on pp. 652-3 and in the Appendix on kneeling for the Lord’s Supper and the nature of indifferent matters and Church authority. However Rutherford does not appear to critique him by name in any of his other works, even when Rutherford had the striking opportunity to on soteriology in his Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself (1647).
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Brief Table of Contents
1. Of God 1
2. Of the Mystery of the Incarnation 77
3. Of the Variegated Condition of the Churches, & many heresies & dissensions, of the 5th Ecumenical Council & of some other Councils, & then so far of the state of things after the Chalcedonian Council up to the time Emperor Heracles, & of the Political Government of Italy up until Charles the Great 96
4. Of Mohammed, & of his Impiety and Sects, & of Holy War & some other Wars 173
5. Of the Monothelites, & of Honorius, the Roman Pope, a Monothelite Heretic 222
6. Contra the Heresy of the Adoptionists 292
7. Of the Object of Religious Worship, & of the 7th & 8th Called Ecumenical Synods 301
8. Of the Pelagian Heresy, & its remnants: where is of the grace of God & the Free Choice of Man & some connected questions 373
9. Of the Sacraments in General, where is of the nature, efficacy & number of the Sacraments of the New Testament 441
10. Of Baptism, contra the errors of the Donatists, Papists & Some Others 473
11. Of the Eucharist 533
12. Of Repentance, & some Connected Questions contra the Errors of the Gnostics, the Most Blessed, the Lutherans, Novatians, the Papists, etc. 625
13. Of Pugatory & of Votes for the Expired 670
14. Of the Unity of the Church, & of Schism 708
15. Of the Primacy of the Apostle Peter 734
16. Of the Successors of Peter & the Other Apostles 754
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The Theological Works, vol. 1, 2 (Heidelberg, 1607; 1608) The Latin table of contents is at the beginning of each volume.
Junius (1545-1602)
Table of Contents
vol. 1, Exegetical
1. Oration on the Antiquity & Excellency of the Hebrew Language 1
. on the Gracious Promise & Covenant of God with the Church 13
. on the Covenant and Testament in the Old Church 22
. on the Adjuncts & Parts of the Law in the Old Testament 31
2. Lectures on the First Three Chapters of Genesis 1
3. A Confutation of 22 Arguments on the Sacred History of Moses on the Creation 99
4. Analytical Explications of Genesis 122
5. of Exodus 250
6. of Leviticus 342
7. of Numbers 406
8. of Deuteronomy 498
9. A Methodical Exposition of 4 Psalms, even 1-4 626
10. An Exposition of Psalm 101 652
11. Irenicum, Of the Peace of the Church, etc. A Meditation on the 122 & 133 Psalms of David 678
12. An Exposition of the Prophet of Daniel 964
13. Lectures on Jonah 940
14. Three Books of Sacred Parallels [How the Gospels, Acts & Epistles of Paul quote the Old Testament], the last of which exhibits a right & methodical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews 980
15. Notes on the Epistle of St. Jude the Apostle 1266
16. The Apocalypse: a Methodical Analysis of [all the?] Arguments, and Illustrated with brief notes 1306
17. Of True Theology, a Short Book 1370
18. Of the First Sin of Adam, a Book 1430
19. Of the Polity of Moses, a Short Book 1474
20. Ecclesiastical, or of the Nature & Administrations of the Church of God, in Three Books 1535
21. Theological Theses, of Various Heads of Christian Doctrine 1592
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vol. 2, Elenctic
1. The First Defense of the Catholic Doctrine of the Sacred Trinity of Persons in the Unity of the Divine Essence Against Samosatenian Errors 1
2. The Second Defense 61
3. The Third Defense 125
4. An Examination of the Declarations & Arguments of Gratianus Prosper Against the Saving Doctrine of God, Baptism & Others 227
5. A Collation of the Catholic Doctrine of Nature & Grace 301
6. Animadversions on the First Controversy of the Word of God Written and Not Written of Robert Bellarmine of the Society of Jesus, so Called 405
7. On the Second Controversy on Christ the Head of the Whole Church 539
8. On the Third Controversy on the Highest Pontiff 633
9. On the Three Books on the Change of the Roman Empire from the Greeks to the Franks 879
10. On the Fourth Controversy, on Councils & the Church Militant 1023
11. A Single Book on the Church 997
12. On the Fifth Controversy, of the Members of the Militant Church 1173
13. Animadversions on the Appended Short Book to the 3rd Controversy 1429
14. On the Sixth Controversy, of the Church which is in Purgatory 1465
15. An Oration Against the Jesuits, a Sermon translated out of the French Idiom into Latin 1545
Animadversions on the Seventh Controversy of Robert Bellarmine, on the Church Triumphant, or of Glory & the Worship of the Saints (St. Andrews, 1609)
Select Smaller Theological Works ed. Abraham Kuyper (Amsterdam, 1882) The Latin table of contents is at the end of the volume.
Table of Contents
Preface v
I. The Autobiography of Junius 1
II. A Tract on True Theology 37
III. A. Theological Theses at Leiden 103
Introduction: on Faith 103
1. On True Theology 104
2. On Sacred Scripture 106
3. Elenctic Theses on Scripture 110
4. On the Authority of Sacred Scripture 115
5. On the Authority and Perfection of the Word of God 117
6. On Traditions 120
7-8. On the Essence of God and his Attributes 123
9. Of the Attributes of God 129
10. Of the Eternal Predestination of God 132
11. Of Divine Predestination 138
12. Of the Trinity of Persons in the One Divine Essence 141
13. Of the Person of the Father & of the Son 144
14-16. Of the Creation of the World 149
17. Of the Providence of God 157
18. Of the First Fall of Adam 161
19-20. Of Original Sin 166
21-22. Of Free Choice 170
23. Of the Divine Law 178
24. Of the Gospel 181
25. Of the Divine Covenants & Testaments 183
26. Of the Old & New Covenant 190
27. Of the Person of Christ 192
28. Of the Offices of the Person of Christ 195
29. Of the Humiliation & Exaltation of Christ 197
30. Of the Resurrection of Christ 201
31-32. Of the Calling of Men to Salvation 204
33. Of Justifying Faith 207
34. Of Repentance 209
35-36. Of the Justification of a Miserable Sinner Before God 213
37. Of the Christian Life 221
38. Of Christian Liberty 223
39. Of Worship [Adoratione] 226
40. Of the Worship [Cultu] of Invocation 229
41. Of Prayer 231
42. Of the Invocation of the Saints 234
43. Of the Catholic Church 237
44. Of the Church of God 239
45. Of the Communion of Saints 245
46. Of the Power of the Church in the Doctrine of Faith 247
47. Of the Discipline of the Church 251
48. Of the Ecclesiastical Ministry 254
49-50. Of the Sacraments in General 258
51. Of Paedobaptism 267
52. Of the Lord’s Supper 270
53. Of the Mass 274
54. Of Marriage 277
55-56. Of the State of the Soul Separated After Death 282
57. Of the State of the Soul After the Resurrection of the Body 287
III. B. Theological Theses at Heidelberg
1. Of the Definition of Theology 289
2. Of the Definition and Material of Sacred Scripture 291
3. Of the Form of Sacred Scripture 293
4. Of the Efficient Cause of Sacred Scripture 296
5. Of the End of Sacred Scripture 298
6. Of the Authority of Sacred Scripture 301
7. The Same; that the divine authority of it does not depend on the Church 303
8. Of the Canon of Scripture 307
9. Of the Interpretation of the Canon of Scripture 312
10. Of Traditions 314
11. Of God, or that God is 318
12. Of God & his Essence 320
13. Of Providence 322
14. Of Free Choice Before & After the Fall 324
IV. On the Observation of the Polity of Moses 329
V. Irenicum 439
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Dutch Reformed
Danaeus, Lambert
A Christian Introduction to Christian Theological Common Places (Geneva, 1588) with a preface by Theodore Beza
Danaeus (c. 1535 – c. 1590)
A Compendium of Sacred Theology, or A Theological Manual in which the Whole Sum of True Christian Theology is Briefly Comprehended (Montpellier, 1595)
A Maual of Aurelius Augustine to the Romans [Laurentium], or a Sum and the Particular heads of the Whole Christian Religion (Geneva, 1575)
Lubbert, Sibrand
Of the Principles of Christian Dogmas (Franeker, 1591)
Lubbert (c.1555–1625). He also has a number of important works on specific theological topics at PRDL.
Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism (Franicae, 1618)
The Distinctions and Rules of Theology and Philosophy (1652)
Trelcatius, Sr., Lucas – A Compendium of Theological Common Places in All the Small Theological Works (Leiden, 1614)
Trelcatius (1542-1602)
Trelcatius, Jr., Lucas – A Scholastic and Methodical Arrangement of Theological Common Places in All the Smaller Works (Leiden, 1614)
Gomarus, Arminius, Trelcatius, Jr. – A System of Theological Disputations, in the Academy at Lugduni-Batava (Rotterdam, 1615) Table of contents
Polyander, Thysius, Rivet, Walaeus – Synopsis of Pure Theology (1625; ed. H. Bavinck, Leiden, 1881) In English: Buy
This standard and very influential Dutch textbook of systematic theology was compiled from the lectures of the four professors and their students. The ebook is much cheaper than the print edition.
For an introduction, and an English translation of the preface by Herman Bavinck to the 1800’s edition, see Henk van den Belt & Mathilde de Vries-van Uden, ‘Herman Bavinck’s Preface to the Synopsis Purioris Theologiae’ in Bavinck Review 8 (2017): 101–114.
Polyander, Johannes – Miscellaneous Theological Tracts (1629)
Polyander (1568-1646)
Ames, William
The Marrow of Theology (Amsterdam, 1634; 1659) In English
Ames (1576-1633)
Bellarmine Enervated (London, 1632-1633) Table of Contents to the 4 vols.
vol. 1 (Word of God, Christ, Roman Pontiff),
vol. 2 (Councils, Church, Clergy, Monastics, Purgatory, Worship of Saints)
vol. 3 (Sacraments, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Indulgences, Extreme Unction, Ordination, Marriage)
vol. 4 (Grace of Adam, Sin, Grace, Free-Choice, Justification, Merits)
A Sketch of the Christian Catechism (Amsterdam, 1635) in 52 Lord’s Days This has been translated into English.
Elenctics about Particularity against the Remonstrants: the Scholastic Dispute with Nicholas Grevinchovio on a General Redemption & Election out of Foreseen Faith, with a Scholastic Reply to the Prolix, Opposing Response of N. Grevinchovio in the Dispute in Works, vol. 5 (Amsterdam, 1658) Table of contents
The Anti-Synod Writings, or Animadversions on those Dogmatics which the Remonstrants Exhibited in the Synod of Dort & Later Divulged (Amsterdam, 1646)
Table of Contents
1st Article, Predestination, 14 chs.
2nd Article, On the Universality of the Death of Christ, 7 chs.
3rd & 4th Article, On the Grace of God in the Conversion of a Man, 6 chs.
5th Article, On the Perseverance of the Saints, 11 chs.
A Repeating & Vindicating Disputation on the Truth of Divine Faith in Works, , pp. 357-396
Contra Maccovius who argued that it may be required to believe things which may not be true.
And other works…
Trigland, Jacob, Sr – The Threefold Grace of God, even of Election, Sanctification and Preservation, Explicated, Confirmed and Vindicated; and the arguments, exceptions and cavillations of the Remonstrants’ Synods opposed (Amsterdam, 1636; 1637)
Trigland (1583-1654)
Walaeus, Antonius – All the Works (Includes vols. 1 & 2, Leiden, 1643) Included are his Common Places.
Walaeus (1573-1639)
Table of Contents
Volume 1
A Manual of the Reformed Religion 1-113
Common Places 114-558
Volume 2
A Tract of the Ministry of the Church, and an Inspection of the Magistrate around
. [circa] it 1
A Response to the Ravenous Censure in An Anatomy of Arminianism by
. Peter Molina 79
A Compendium of Aristotle’s Ethics, Called Back to the Rule of Christian Truth
. 261
Miscellanea: Orations (299), Disputations (319), Conciliations & Letters (372), and
. Poems (499)
Schotanus, Meinardus – A System of Christian Doctrine in Sermons, in which is set forth the Practice of Faith and True Religion (Franeker, 1640)
Schotanus was a professor of theology at Franeker (1626-1637) and Utrecht (1637-†1644).
Gomarus, Franciscus – All the Theological Works, vol. 1, 2 (Amsterdam, 1644) See especially Part 3, ‘Theological Disputations’ in vol. 2, which goes through systematic theology.
Gomarus (1563-1641)
Table of Contents
Vol. 1
General
Part 1
1. Prolegomena, or an Oration on the Covenant of God, & the of the Dividing of the Book of the New Testament
2. An Explanation of Illustrious Places & Selections out of the Gospel of Matthew
3. An Illustration of Select Places out of the Gospel of Luke (chs. 1-2)
4. An Illustration of Select Places out of the Gospel of John
Part 2
1. An Analysis & Explanation of the Epistles of Paul, Romans – Titus
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Vol. 2
Part 2
1. An Analysis & Explanation of Philemon – Revelation, ch. 5
2. An Appendix in which is an Analysis & Explanation of Some Prophesies of Moses & of Christ, & an Analysis of Obadiah
Part 3, Part 1, Theological Disputations
1. Of Theology 1
2. Of Sacred Scripture 4
3. Of the True God 6
4. Of the Names of God, and at the same time, an examination of controversies about the celebrated distinction of the Tetragrammaton 10
5. On some questions about the Name of God 17
6. Of the Trinity of Divine Persons 19
7. Of the Persons of the Father & the Son 24
8. Of the Person of the Holy Spirit 27
9. Of the Eternal Decree of God 30
10. Of the Divine Predestination of Men 33
11. Of the Creation of the World 41
12. Of Created Angels 45
13. Of the Repugnance Between the Divine Law & Papist Doctrine 49
14. Of the Gospel of Christ 50
15. On the Comparison of the First & Second Adam 55
16. On the Comparison of David with Christ 58
17. On the Similitude Between the Priesthood of Christ & of Melchizedek 62
18. On the Death of Jesus Christ 63
19. Of the Merit of Christ and his benefits for us 70
20. Of the Session of Christ to the Right Hand of God 73
21. Of the Antichrist 78
22. Of the Repugnance Between Peter the Apostle & the Pope of Rome, 2 Parts 89
23. Of Saving Faith 97
24. Of the Repugnancy Between the Apostolic Articles of Faith & the Faith of the Roman Church 100
25. Of the Justification of a Man through Christ before God 102
26. A Contracted Disputation of the Justification of a Man Before God 108
27. Of the Material & Form of Justification 110
28. Of Justification, contra the Errors of the Papists 114
29. Of the Resurrection of the Dead 115
30. Of the Church of God 120
31. Of the Sacraments 123
32. Of Baptism 128
33. Of the Repugnancy Between the Baptism of Sacred Scripture & that of the Roman Church 131
34. Of the Lord’s Supper 133
35. Of the Words of the Lord’s Supper 137
36. Of the Repugnancy Between Sacred Scripture’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper and that of the Church of Rome 145
37. Of the Repugnancy Between the Priesthood of Christ & Melchizedek, & the Priestly Mass with Both 147
38. Of the Repugnancy Between the Lord’s Supper & the Mass
39. Of the Five False Sacraments of the Papists 152
Part 3, Part 2, a Theological Tact
1. Of Conciliating the Providence of God to Orthodox Doctrine 157
2. Anti-Coster in 3 Books
1. Of the Discrimination Between Heretics & Catholics 179
2. Of Sacred Scripture 214
3. Of the Church of Christ 252
3. An Examination of Controversies on the Genealogy of Christ
4. A Dissertation on the Gospel of Matthew, as to what Language it was written in 313
5. An Investigation of the Determination [Sententiae] and Origin of the Sabbath 317
6. A Defense of the Investigation of the Origin of the Sabbath 372
7. A Judgment on the First Article of the Remonstrants on Election & Reprobation 344
8. A Defense of the Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints 348
9. Of David’s Lyre, or the Fresh, Poetic Art of the Sacred Hebrew Scripture 388
Cloppenburg, Johannes
Eleven Theological Disputations of the Covenant of God and New and Old Testament (Hardervig, 1643)
Cloppenburg (1592-1652)
Table of Contents
1. Of the Old Covenant of Works with the First Adam
2. Of the Antiquation of the Old Covenant of Works
3. Of the New Covenant of Grace & its Sponsor
4. Of the Testament of the New Covenant
5. Of the Old Testament & the First Age of it
6. Of the Common Salvation of the Old Testament Church with Us
7. Of the Common Faith & Religion of the Old Testament Church with Us
8. Of the Circumcised Church of the Old Testament
9. Of Comparison of the Old Testament & the Better New
10. Of the Epoch of the New Testament & the Ministry of John the Baptist
11. Of the Offices of the Mediator of the New Testament
Exercises upon Theological Common Places (Franeker, 1653)
A System of Select Theological Exercises (Franeker, 1655)
All the Theological Works, vol. 1 (Exegetical & Didactic), 2 (Elenctic & Christian Sabbath) (Amsterdam, 1684)
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Table of Contents, vol. 1
Prolegomena to Ecclesiastical Polity
Of the Knowledge, or Discipline, which Ecclesiastical Polity Describes [Dicitur]. Of the 1. Nature, 2. Causes, 3. Relations, 4. Division, 5. Study and of the Apparatus to this Study.
Book 1, Of the Object of Ecclesiastical Polity
Tract 1, Of the Instituted Church
1. The Nature of the Instituted Church Explained, with Respect to its Genus, Material, Form, Efficient and Final Causes, Relations, Opposites and Divisions.
2. The First Class of Problems, or Questions, about the Genus, Material, Form, Object and Ends of the Instituted Church.
3. The Second Class of Questions, about Efficient Causes.
4. Questions about the Relations of the Instituted Church.
5. Containing the Fourth Class of Questions about Divisions of the Instituted Church, where is treated of the Parochial, Village or Rural, Domestic, Princely, Camp, Nautical, Scholastic and Provincial Church.
[?] 6. Of Ecclesiastical Colleges, Cathedrals or Dioceses, Archbishops or Metropolitans, Patriarchs and Ecumenics.
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Book 1, Tract 2
Of the Power, Polity & Canons of the Churches
1. The Term ‘Ecclesiastical Power’ is Distinguished. The Proper Power itself, as it is Used in Speech, is Defined.
2. The Power and Right of the Magistrate Around the Sacred is Decided.
3. Fonts of Solutions and Responses to Arguments and Evidences that the Adversaries are Accustomed to Using are Set Down.
4. Some Particular Questions about the Power of the Magistrate Around the Sacred are Determined.
5. Some Particular Questions are Determined about the Subject of Ecclesiastical Power [Who may Hold and Exercise it]: Is it of the Magistrate and other Political Confederations? At Least During a Corrupt or Turbulent State of the Church? [Is it held by] The Pope, Bishops, etc. Courts of them, Cathedrals of the Church, Councils; or of Solely the Ministry, a Court of Them, or an Ecumentical or Catholic Church; or the Populus?
6. Of the Object of the Ecclesiastical Power, even Personal and of Things.
7. Of the Polity or Government of Churches.
8. Of Ecclesiastical Canons, Decrees, Ordinances and Custom.
9. Some Thesis Questions about Ecclesiastical Canons are Explained.
10. Contains Chronicles of Some Questions, even General and Particular.
11. Contains Questions on Ecclesiastical Decrees and on Custom.
12. Ecclesiastical Law or Canon in General and Historical Explained.
13. An Explication of the Historical Body of Canon Law.
14. Of the Judgment of the Body of Canons, or of the Pontifical Right, and of the Study of Them.
15. Some Questions on Canon Law.
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Part 1, Book 2
Of Ecclesiastical Things, or Acts and Exercises
Tract 1
Of Formularies, or Liturgies and Rituals
1. Of Formularies, or Liturgies
2. Some Questions on Liturgies and Liturgical Actions Determined
3. Of Rituals or Ecclesiastical Ceremonies
4. The Controversy which Comes Between us and the Papacy on the Same Ceremonies, in General
5. Of the Ceremonies yet Remaining in the Greater Part of the German Churches
6. On the Controversy [Concertatione] about Some Ceremonies of the Anglican Church
7. An Explaining of the Question, Nature, Causes and Abundant Properties of the Ceremonies
8. Questions on Some Rituals in Particular: on the Laying on of Hands, the [Holy] Kiss, Abstinence from Things Strangled and Blood, the Marriage Rite, Anointing, Shaking the Feet of Dust, Love Feasts, the Rite of Covenanting and of the Washing of Feet.
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Book 2, Tract 2
Of the Regular Public Ordinances
Section 1
Of Ecclesiastical Prayers, Benedictions and Doxologies
1. Of Ecclesiastical Prayers
2. Of Benedictions, Salutations, Doxologies and Ecclesiastical Song
3. Of Organs and Instrumental Song in that which is Sacred
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Tract 2, Section 2
Of the Public Administering of the Word of God
Tract 3, Section 3
Of the Administration of Baptism
1. Of the Minister of Baptism
2. Of the Ones who Ought to be Baptized
3. Of the Material and Form of the Administration of Baptism
4. Of the Mode, Rituals, Adjuncts and Circumstances to be Observed in the Administration of Baptism.
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Tract 2, Section 4
Of the Administration of the Lord’s Supper
1. Of the Symbols, or Elements (as They Have Been Called)
2. Of the Consecration of the Symbols
3. Of the Persons who Distribute and Communicants
4. Of the Utensils or Instruments, and also of Certain Adjuncts and Circumstances
5. Of the Rites of Breaking, Receiving, Genuflection and Elevation
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Book 2, Tract 3
Of the Ordinary, Private and Public Practices
1. Of Catechumens
2. Of Prophesies, or Gatherings [about the Explaining of the] Scriptures
3. Of the Solutions of Doubtful Things, Determinations of Issues, Councils about Theology, Domestic and Private Institutions, Convicting of the Erring, the Consoling of the Afflicted, Exhortations of the Lukewarm and Corrections for the Slipping
[?] 4. Of Certain Practices which Ought to be Observed for Closer Prudence
5. Of Practices which Ought to be Observed for Closer Love, that is, Alms, Hospitality and Love Feasts
6. Of Domestic Practices, or Exercises of Piety which ought to Advance Families
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Book 2, Tract 4
Of Extraordinary, Public Practices: of Fastings and Thanksgivings
1. A Description and Distinguishing of Religious Fastings, with a Censure of Roman-Papist Pseudo-Fastings
2. The Principal Controversy which is Now Agitated about Fastings, and other Questions about the Same are Explicated
3. Of Public Thanksgivings, Feasts and Good-Days
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Table of Contents, vol. 3
Part 1, Book 3
Of Occasional Practices and Pseudo-Practices
Tract 1, of Marrying
1. Of Presuppositions and Some Prolegomena to this Tract on Marrying
2. Of Betrothals [Engagements]
3. Of Contracting Betrothals
4. Of the Declarations and Signs of Betrothals
5. Of the Obligation of Betrothals
6. Of the Distinction of Betrothals from Weddings, and of Some Period of Time Between them Intervening
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Section 2, of Marriage
1. Of the Causes and Conditions being Required unto Marriage, and of the Impediments of the Same 41
2. Questions of Some other Impediments from the Imparity of Age, Diversity of Religion and the Guilt of Adultery 48
3. Of a Kindred-Relation and Affinity Impeding Marriage 55
4. Particular Questions about the Impediments of a Brother or a Granddaughter by Affinity, a Widow, a Step-son, etc. 78
5. Of Marriages Following, or Remarriage; of the Marriage of Cousins and Certain others which Human Law has Prohibited, though in Conscience they are not Unlawful 95
6. Of the Profession of Betrothals, Proclamations, of the Matrimonial Benediction, the Confirmation of the Same, Rituals, and of the Wedding Feast
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Section 3, Of that which is Against Marriage
1. Of Lawful and Unlawful Celibacy 149
2. Of Aggravations to Marriages, namely: an Immature Age, a Natural or Accidental Defect, Incest, the Agreed [or Fitting] Dissent of Parents, Difference of Religion, the Corruption of Virginity and a Fault in Promises, Stipulations or other Conditions 151
3. Of Rejections and Divorces, which, of Themselves Release the Bond of Marriage 170
4. Of Malicious Desertion 188
5. Of Various Marriage Incompatibilities, the Contempt and Condemnation of Marriage, of Having Multiple Wives, a Changing [Giving, Selling, etc.] of the Same, a Barren Marriage, Incest, an Abominable Confusion of the Sexes, Polygamy, a Rendering of Service, Concubinage, Promiscuous Desire [Vaga Libidine], Perfidious Repudiations, Divorces, Desertions and of Marriages and Promiscuous Desire in the Future World 197
Short Appendix: On Adopted Free-Persons, Dead Persons, with Stipulations, the Dislocated [Criminal Children] and the Illegitimate 209
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Book 3, Tract 2
On the Funeral, or the Burial of the Dead
1. Containing a Three-part Disputation on Burial, with Additions to Them 216
A Gleaning Going Before the Disputations on Burial [with End-Notes] 258
Appendix: Chronicles on Burial 286
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Book 3, Tract 3
Of Certain Other Quasi-Practices
1. Of Occasional Quasi-Practices: 1. Petitions and Contracts for the Redemption of Freedom. 2. Of Collections Instituted for a Given End. 3. Of Schools. 4. Of Judgments. 302
2. Of Quasi-Practices which have been Conceded by the Church or Civil Government 305
3. Of Decrees, Ordinations and Executions of the Magistrates which ought to be Aimed at 316
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Book 3, Tract 4
Of False [Pseudo] Practices
1. Of Usurping False Practices 320
2. Of False Practices, or Sacred Deceptions 329
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Part 1, Book 4
Of the External Adjuncts of Ecclesiastical Practices
Tract 1
Of the Liberty, Immunity and Dignity of the Church
1. Of the Ecclesiastical Liberty of Security 354
2. Of the Liberty of Conscience and the Permission of Religions in a Republic 379
3. A Disquisition on the Liberty of Consciences, or on Using Force [Coactione] 400
4. Is the Permission of Many Religions in a Republic not Only Lawful, but so Great that the Liberty of its Exercise in Anything is to be Conceded by the Magistrate, However Greatly it is Brought Forth and Demanded out of One’s Conscience? Or are the Exercises of False Religions Truly Able to be Prohibited and Coerced? 432
5. Of the Liberty of Separate Conventicles [Gatherings for Worship], or Excepting them, on the Term ‘False Religion’, and of Writings and Deeds Professing, Defending and Opposing that which is Opposite the Truth 473
6. Of a Question: Is the Magistrate able, and ought he to Impede the Exercises and Propagation of False Religions, Infidels and Heretics only for Particular Political Reasons, and not truly also for General Theological Reasons? And in the Belgic Federation, have they been impeded thus far only for political reasons? 479
7. Is Liberty for Papal Exercise[s] to be Conceded in Civil States which have been Reformed? 490
8. At this time, is Liberty for the Exercise[s] of Papists in the Belgic Federation to be Conceded for Political or Ecclesiastical Reasons? 497
9. Is Some Liberty to be Conceded, Directly or Indirectly, for the Exercise and Conventicles [Gatherings of Worship] of the Sects of Anti-Trinitarians, Socinians, Arians and those Similar, and other Fanatics in the Belgic Federation? 529
10. Of the Liberty and Tolerating of the Remonstrants of the Belgic States, even Politically and Ecclesiastically 551
11. Of the Liberty of Exemption, or of Ecclesiastical Immunity 584
12. Of the Dignity of the Church 584
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Book 4, Tract 2
Of the Property of the Church, or of Ecclesiastical Goods
1. Of the Name, Definition and Division of Ecclesiastical Goods 595
2. Are Ecclesiastical Goods, which, after the Persisting of the Greater Reformation in the European Churches, have been taken back by this our world, are they [yet] Ecclesiastical Goods? 627
3. The Next Issue to be Considered [Questio] is General, on the Origin and Acquisition of Ecclesiastical Goods, where these Six Distinct Points Ought to be Considered: 1. Who, and by Whom, are they Acquired? 2. Among Whom? 3. by what Means, or in what Manner? 4. of what Kind? 5. How Much? 6. For what End and Effect? 665
4. Of the Care and Administration of Ecclesiastical Goods, where Two Things Ought to be Considered: 1. By Who? 2. In What Manner are they Cared for and Administered? Of the First, Deeds are Referenced and Some Questions are Determined. 676
5. It is Made Good that the Cure and Administration of Goods Consists 1. in Care [Custodia], or Conservation; 2. in Dispensation or Distribution. 686
6. Of the Use and Abuse of Goods: 1. Preliminary Premises; 2. Some Questions are Propounded; 3. [in Greek, Objections and Exceptions?] are Exposed and Removed. 697
7. Shameful Things, Having been Hidden, are Exposed, along with the Defense of Wastefulness. 1. A Brief Argument is Shaken off from a Particular, which is Entirely and Only as an Argument to the Man [Ad Hominem] in this Matter, to be Able to Make one Absolved. An Exception about the Agreement of the Magistrate is Rejected. 722
8. Eight Escapes of Usurpers and Wasters are Taken Up 733
9. Eight Other Escapes are Examined 749
10. Two Exceptions to an Argument out of the Example of Achan (Josh. 7) are Refuted, being Brought Against the Customary Abuse 759
11. Clouds of Testimonies on the Use and Abuse of Goods are Adduced. 791
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Book 4, Tract 3
Of the Stipends of Ministers
1. The Right Ministers are Owed to Stipends; and that Ought to be Procured to Them Due to Equity 797
2. The Quantity and Quality of Stipends is Discussed 810
3. Who and What Kind [of Persons] are to be Appointed Stipends? 815
4. From Whom and by Whom are Stipends to be Given? 821
5. From Where are Stipends to be Given? 824
6. Of Ecclesiastical Benefits in the Papacy 838
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Book 4, Tract 4
Of the External Requisites and Adjuncts of Sacred Practices
1. Of the Temporalities of Sacred Practices
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Tract 4, Section 2
Of Church-Buildings
1. Of Church-Buildings and Places of Holy Things under the Old and New Testament 851
2. Of the Church-Buildings of Papists 862
3. Questions on Church-Buildings are Pressed Hard in the Controversy Between us and the Pontiffs 868
4. Textual Problems, and the History of Church-Buildings is Delineated 872
5. A Delineation of Some More Dogmatic Problems on Church-Buildings 881
6. A Delineation of Some Other Problems, More Moral and Practical, on Church-Buildings 887
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Tract 4, Section 3
Of Utensils and Other Adjuncts of Church-Buildings
1. Of Bells 894
2. Of Vessels and other Sacred Utensils which themselves are of an Active Church-Building, They Being Kept in the Chancel [Choro Continentur]
3. Of Altars
4. Of 1. Candlesticks, Candles, Lamps; 2. Censers; 3. Books; 4. Sacred Vestments. 936
5. Of Cemetaries 939
6. Of Dedications [of Church-Buildings and Anniversary Feasts] 960
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Part 2, Book 1, Of the People of the Church
Tract 1
1. Of the People of the Church in General 1
2. Of the Relations, Quantity, Liberty, Power, Dignity, Equality and Obedience of the People of the Church 14
3. A Doubt and Objections Against the Equality and Obedience of Members of the Church are Taken Up 31
4. On a Hypothetical Question, First: Do the Remonstrants [Arminians], of Good Order, Have Power to Remove Themselves and Their Own from the Inspection, Oversight and Ecclesiastical Judgment? and to Strive for Every Kind of Exemption from the Magistrate, to Use them for their Profit?
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Book 1, Tract 2
Of that which is in Them, which are Reckoned amongst the People
1. Of the Distinction[s] of those Numbered Among the People by Internal and Ecclesiastical Qualities 85
2. Of the Division of the People by External and Secular Qualities 86
3. Of that which is in Them, which are not Directly and In-and-of-Themselves in the People of the Church, but rather [are only in them] by Analogy, Reductively or by it Accidentally Falling out; and of [their] Opposites. 88
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Book 1, Tract 3
Of Confessors and Martyrs
1. Of Confessors 89
2. Objections Against the Necessity of a Confession of Faith are Solved and Related Questions are Determined 96
3. Of Persecution and Persecutors 112
4. Of Martyrdom and Martyrs in General 121
5. Of Various Distinctions and Divisions About Martyrs 126
. A Short Appendix on the History of Martyrs 137
6. Containing Various Thetical Questions about Martydom 139
7. Containing Some Hypothetical Questions about Martyrs 158
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Book 1, Tract 4
Which is of Women
1. Questions about the Natural State and Condition of Women 179
2. Of Those Things which Pertain to the Secular and Political State of Women 198
3. Some Things which Pertain to the Spiritual and Ecclesiastical State of Women are Explained 206
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Part 2, Book 2
Which is of Ministers and the Ecclesiastical Ministry
Tract 1
Of the Necessity, Difficulty, etc. of a Minister
1. Of the Necessity of a Minister 213
2. Objections Against the Necessity of a Minister are Responded to 223
3. Of the Difficulty of an Ecclesiastical Minister 232
4. Of the Authority or Power of a Minister 247
5. Objections Against the Divinely Collated Authority of Ministers are Orderly Responded to 253
6. Some Questions about the Authority of a Minister are Explained, of which Some Concern the Nature and Properties of Power and Authority in Itself; Others, the Exercise of Them. 263
7. Of the Dignity of a Minister 283
8. Various Pretexts for the Scorn of the Ministry and Ministers are Shaken Off 293
9. How the Dignity of a Minister Ought to be Constituted and Conserved 304
10. Of the Efficacy and Power of a Minister 336
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Book 2, Tract 2
Of the Classes, Orders and Grades of Sacred Ministers
1. Of the Division of Ministers into Ordinary and Extraordinary; and of the Extraordinary Ministers of the Old Testament: the Patriarchs and Prophets 337
2. Of the Extraordinary Ministers Under the New Testament, and First, of the Apostles 351
3. Of the Evangelists and Prophets of the New Testament 364
4. Of the Extraordinary Ministry of John the Baptist 372
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Book 2, Tract 3
Of the Ordinary Ministers of the Old and New Testament
1. Of the Ordinary Ministers of the Old Testament 391
2. Of the Ordinary Ministers of the New Testament, and of Pastors, or Preachers 401
3. Of the Functions of Pastors Negatively, or of Neglect, that is, of non-Attention to Himself and to the Church 405
4. Of Elders and Presbyters Governing 436
5. Objections Against the Order of Elders Responded to 462
6. Some of the Problems About Elders are Responded to 471
7. Of Doctors 479
8. Of Deacons 496
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Book 2, Tract 4
Of Assisting Helpers to the Sacred Minister and Ministers
1. Of Deaconesses 508
2. Of the Visitors of the Sick, Announcers [Proponentibus], Catechists, Readers, Precentors, Custodians, Porters or Messengers 514
3. Of Visitors, Examiners, Deputies or Ambassadors, Correspondents, Presidents, Assessors and Registrars 527
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Part 2, Book 3
Of the Calling of Ministers
Tract 1
1. Of the Internal Calling and of the Extraordinary 529
2. Of the Ordinary Calling under the Old Testament and under the New Testament; and of the Examination or Consideration of those Called 535
3. Of the Mode of an Ecclesiastical Election 543
4. Of Elections by Voting, or the Execution by Fortune 552
5. Of a Five-fold Approbation: 1. by the People, 2. by the Neighboring Ministers, or Classis [Presbytery], 3. by the Magistrate, 4. by the Minister or the Ordinand, 5. by the Church from Where he is Called 560
6. Of Calling in the Reformed Churches and of the First Reformations 573
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Book 3, Tract 2
Of the Opposites to Calling
1. Of the History of the Law of Patronage 580
2. The Law of Patronage is Indicted 595
3. Distinctions and Cautions are set Forward about the Standing of the State of the Controversy; Arguments Against the Law of Patronage are Adduced 597
4. Special Arguments from the Absurdity of the Consequence and to the Man [ad Hominem] 613
5. The Consensus of Antiquity on Ecclesiastical Elections 617
6. Objections and Exceptions are Responded to 612
7. Some Particular Questions about the Usurpation of the Law of Patronage are Responded to 632
8. Of the Use of a Clerical Patron of Patrons, whether of the Heterodox or the Orthodox 637
9. Those are Examined which are Against our Sentiment and Diatribe on the Law of Patronage; They are Added from Some. 644
10. The Opposites of a Legitimate Calling are: 1. A Dallying and Evading [Circulatio et Circumambulatio] from any Certain Calling of the Church; 2. the Desertion of a Minister; 3. a Violent Explusion out of the Ministry. 660
Appendix 682
11. An Extract on the Law of Patronage from a Certain Remonstrance 683
12. A Declaration of the Reformed Churches of France, [from] the Assemblies in the National Synod at Privas 693
13. Of Extraordinary Calling by an External Apparition, as by David George 695
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Book 3, Tract 3
Of the Conditions which ought to be Sought for and Chosen in a Minister
1. Of Real [Genuinis] Conditions or Requisites, namely: of Piety, of Orthodoxy, of Temperament, of Learning, of Eloquence, of Prudence 699
2. Of Cutting-Short[?] Requisites of the Chosen, that is, Requisites which are not Requisites, or Pseudo-Requisites 704
3. Of Some Requisites and Conditions, the Tolerance of which is Looked into 712
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Book 3, Tract 4
Of the Preparation of Those Called
1. Of the Preparation of Candidates, or Those Put Forth 728
2. Of a Close Preparation in Academies, or Upper-Level Schools 733
3. Of a Distant Preparation in Common Schools 737
Appendix 1, to Ch. 2 – A Tract on Preparation 747
Appendix 2 – Of Travelling Abroad 764
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Part 2, Book 4
Of the Roman Heirarchy
Book 4, Tract 1
Of Governing Clerics
1. Of the Greatest Pontiff [the Pope] 775
Appendix 784
A Compendium of Some Principal Things Contained in the Ceremonial of Gregory XV, and of the Election of the Roman Pontiff 785
2. Of Cardinals 793
3. Of Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, Deans 816
4. A Delineation of a Brief Controversy about Episcopacy 832
5. Containing a Disquisition on Presbytery and Episcopacy 850
. Part 1 851
. Part 2 859
. [Four] Consequences 869
6. Of Ecclesiastical Governments According to Ordinaries[?], Those put Forward[?], Archdeacons, Archpresbyters, Vicars, Counselors 869
Appendix to Ch. 6 876
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Book 4, Tract 2
Of Ecclesiastical Attendants [Ministrantibus]
1. Of Pastors [Parochis] and Priests [Sacerdotibus] 879
2. Of Deacons, Sub-deacons, Acolytes, Exorcists, Readers, Porters 885
3. Of Ecclesiastical Attendants, Canons and House-Rules [Oeconomis] 895
Table of [the Titles of] Majesty and Power of the Sacred Monastery of Casinum 897
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Book 4, Tract 3
Of Ecclesiastical Assistants
1. Of Doctors of Theology 915
2. Of Doctors and Professors of Cannonical Law 918
3. Of the Preacher, Disputator, Catechizer and Ecclesiastical Scholar 923
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Book 4, Tract 4
Of Ecclesiastical Supererogators
Section 1, Of Monasticism in General
1. Of the Suppositions and Fundamentals of Monasticism 925
2. Of the Efficient, Fundamental and Occasional Causes of Monasticism 929
3. Of Examples of Monasticism, which are Produced out of Scripture and Antiquity 940
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Section 2, Of Monastics in General
1. A Description of a Common Monk. A General Description and Subject Theses [Quaestionibus], and the Note of a Monk is Exhibited. 950
2. Doctrinal Issues, Moral Suppositions and the Foundation of Monasticism 964
3. Explications of Textual Questions about the Suppositions and Foundation 976
4. Historical Questions about the Suppositions and Fundamentals of Monasticism 985
5. The Primary Divisions of Monastics from the Form, or Rules, and from the Subject 993
6. Of Monastics in Excess, etc. 997
7. Of Monastics in Defect 1002
8. Of Moderate Monasticism in-between Excess and Defect 1004
9. Some Problems on Rules and Examples [Analogiis] of Them, especially of Cloppe, are Explicated 1012
10. Of the Strictest [Religiosis], or the Monks of the Society of Jesus 1021
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Tract 4, Section 3
Of Examples [? Analogis] and Relations of Monasticism, Brotherhoods and Holy Soldiers
1. Of Brotherhoods in General 1034
2. Of Brotherhoods of Mary 1048
3. Reasons for Brotherhoods are Attacked, Objections and Exceptions are Refuted and some Questions are Responded to 1067
4. Of the Holy War of the Pope, or the Religious Ordinances of Knights [Equitum] in the Roman Church 1080
5. Of the Johannites 1087
6. Questions are Responded to About Holy Soldiers 1095
7. Of the Ordinance of the Johannites in the Belgic Federation, Whether it ought to be Retained or Set Aside 1102
8. Reasons for Demanding the Recovery of the Johannites are Dissolved 1111
9. Some other Objections for the Recovery of the Johannites are Refuted 1118
10. Is the Order of the Equestrian Johannites Neutral? 1123
11. Hypothetical, or Historic-Theological Questions 1125
12. Questions of Controversy Between Papists 1128
. Addenda 1129
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Vol. 3, Part 3, Book 1
Considerations of the Absolute Government and Ordination of the Church
Tract 1, Of the Determination of the Doctrine of the Church and of the Agreed Upon Forms of Doctrine
1. Of Confessions and Apologies [Defenses] 2
2. Of Apologies [Defenses] 12
3. Of Recent Confessions and Apologies outside the Union of our Churches 16
4. Questions on Confessions in General 17
5. Some Questions on Confession in Specific 32
6. Some Questions on Confessions and Pseudo-Forms of Doctrine and Consensus, which, either to the Material or to the Form, or both, ought to be Disapproved 38
7. Some Questions on Apologies [Defenses] 46
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Book 1, Tract 2
Of the Government, Appointment and Maintenance of Examinations, Exercises, Elections and Visitations
1. Of Examinations 74
2. Of Ecclesiastical Visitations 92
3. Of the Appointing and Governing of Ecclesiastical Callings and all the Exercises and Actions in the Church 109
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Book 1, Tract 3
Of the Assemblies, Gatherings [Collegiis] and Corresponding Relations of the Antecedents of Churches
1. Of Senates, or Consistories, or Presbyteries 114
2. Of the Union of Churches and the Government of Them in Classes and Synods 117
3. Arguments Against Classical and Synodical Government are Refuted 138
4. Exceptions to our Arguments for Classical and Synodical Government are Refuted 161
5. Various Problems being Made to the Explication of the Classical and Synodical Government are Determined 166
6. Of Councils or Synods 180
7. Of the Persons present in Synod, or of the Persons Convened to the Synod 190
8. Of the Business and Causes which ought to be Handled in a Synod 203
9. Containing Some Questions about Synods, Returned to and More Fully Explicated 224
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Book 1, Tract 4
Of Ecclesiastical Books, Records, Writings and Instruments
1. Of Ecclesiastical Books 272
2. Of Ecclesiastical Records and Writings 278
3. Of Ecclesiastical, Consistorial, Classical and Synodical Documents 283
4. Of Ecclesiastical, Consistorial, Classical and Synodical Documents 284
. A Small Appendix on Double-Leaved Writing Tablets 291
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Part 3, Book 2
Considerations on the Governing and Ordering of the Church Respecting its being Erected
Tract 1, Of the First Planting and Collection of Churches
1. Of the Plantation and Planters of Churches 293
Appendix: Of the Builders of Church Buildings, the Erectors of Colleges and the Founders of Revenues 316
2. Of Ecclesiastical Missions 312
3. Of the Missions and Missionaries of the Papacy 349
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Book 2, Tract 2
Of the Government of the Church, which Ought to be Maintained and Augmented
1. Of the Augmentation and Multiplication of Exercises, Acts and Ecclesiastical Offices 355
2. Of the Means which Ought to be Made use of for the Increase and Augmentation of Churches 361
3. Of the Positive Means which ought to be Used for the Maintenance of the Churches, especially of Moderation and Supporting [Tolerantia] 363
* Of Moderation and Supporting [Tolerantia] 364
4. Of the Impediments to the Maintenance and Increase of Churches Removed 378
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Book 2, Tract 3
Of the Government of the Churches Less Conspicuous
1. Of Hidden Churches 390
2. Of Churches Secretly Working [Conniventiae] and Bearing up Under Toleration 401
3. Of the Means for the Propagation of Religion and the Augmenting of the Church by the Conversion of the Infidels, Heretics and Idolaters 404
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Book 2, Tract 4
Of Churches by Analogy [Analogicis] which ought to be Raised, Encouraged and Governed
1. Of Churches in Courts and Academies 409
2. Of the Governance of Military Churches 4141
3. Of the Governance of Analogical Churches out of Business Men, Professionals and Works of Collections 421
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Book 3
Of the Government of the Church with Respect to a State of Turbulence
Tract 1, Of the Dispersion and Regathering of the Church
1. Of the Scattering or Dispersion of the Church 424
2. Of the Regathering and Reinstatement of Scattered Churches 426
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Book 3, Tract 2
Of the Reformation of a Deformed Church
1. Of Reformation in General 431
2. That by which the Reformation of the Public Profession and Worship, and Consequently, of the Church, is Introduced 433
3. Of the End to Which [Termino ad Quem] Reformation is to be Made 439
4. Of Reformation in Rituals and Ceremonies 443
5. Of Reformation in the Government and Discipline of the Church 446
6. Of Reformation about Piety in Practice and of Good Works 456
7. Of Specific Reformations of the Churches under the Old and New Testament 475
8. Of the Reformation Having Been Started in the Years 1516 & 1517 by Luther and Zwingli 479
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Book 3, Tract 3
Of Union and Joining With [Syncretismo] Separated Churches
Section 1
1. Of Illicit Ecclesiastical Separations and Secessions 488
2. Arguments of the Opposite Sentiment are Solved. Arguments of the Donatists and those who Follow the Donatists[?] are now Examined. 494
3. Are the Faithful to Separate from their Church, etc.? 502
4. The Cause is Explicated why the Work of Paul in the Diatribe is Examined, and Reasons are Repeated 513
5. Reasons and Exceptions Opposite to my Considerations about the Work of Paul and Jerome are Refuted 529
6. The Succeeding Calumnies about my Considerations Regarding the Work of Paul, Exhibited Above in Ch. 3, are Heavily [Gravantur] Refuted 543
7. Exceptions to our Arguments in the Tryings of Those Separatists are Refuted 548
8. Particular Objections and Exceptions Against my Considerations above About the Work of Paul and Jerome are Refuted 560
9. Some Extravagant and Personal Calumnies of the New Apologist are Pressed Hard 578
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Tract 3, Section 2
Of the Joining With [Syncretismo] or Union of the Separatist Churches
1. Of the Definition or Division, or Distinction of Union or Joining Together 585
2. Of the Mode and Means of Union 593
3. A Question of a General and a Principal Concern is Explicated: Is it Possible for an Ecclesiastical Joining Together to be Entered Into? 594
4. Particular Questions on Some Specific Joinings Together are Explicated 604
5. All the Notable Deliberations and Endeavors about the Joining Together, or Union, of Protestants and the Reformed with the Roman Church are Referenced and Noted 615
6. The Judgment of Grotius on Joining Together, and of the Invitation in Poland to a Colloquium on Joining Together 627
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Book 3, Tract 4
Containing a Disquisition on the Means to Reformation and to the Joining Together of the Churches which ought at some Point to be Adhered to or as are Usually Commended
Section 1
Of Colloquiums, Conferences [Collationibus] & Disputations
1. Of the Name, General Description and Distinction of Colloquiums 652
2. Of the Ordinary Mode and Requisites of Public Disputations & Conferences [Collationum] about Religion 667
3. Of the Utility and Necessity of Conferences & Disputations 663
4. Containing an Index of Conferences and Disputations about Religion 667
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Book 3, Tract 4, Section 2
Of the Liberty of Prophesying
1. A Description of the Liberty of Prophesying 679
2. The Principal Question of the Postulates and Presupposition of the Liberty of Prophesying is Ventilated 686
3. Some Particular Problems and Questions about the Liberty of Prophesying 690
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Appendices
Appendix to the Preceding Tract on the Liberty of Prophesying 719
Appendix to the Tract on Toleration and Joining Together, Containing a Deliberation on the Mode and Conditions in which one ought to Receive [or Recover, Recipiendi] Members of the Communion of the Remonstrants, etc. 737
3rd Appendix – Containing a Response to the Question: Are the Faithful in Some Cases for the Time [in Greek, ‘the present hour’?] Able to Abstain from Attending [or Hearing, Audiendis] Assemblies [or Sermons, Concionibus], etc. 740
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Book 3, Tract 4, Section 3
Of Amnesty, Conciliation and Neutrality
1. Of Amnesty 741
2. Of Conciliation 755
3. Of Neutrality 767
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Part 3, Book 4, Of Ecclesiastical Discipline
Book 4, Tract 1, Of Ecclesiastical Power
1. Of the Necessity and Use of the Doctrine of Ecclesiastical Power 770
2. Whether there is any Ecclesiastical Power? 778
3. Of the Distinction of Ecclesiastical Power from Political Power, etc. 781
4. Of the Spirituality of the Power and Polity, or of the Ecclesiastical Government 783
5. Of the Mandatory Power and Mandates [Greek] or [Greek] of the Churches 787
6. Of Ecclesiastical Government, or of the Sacredness of the Underpinnings of the Church, being distinct from the Political Government, etc. 792
7. Of the Legislative Power of the Churches 795
8. Of the Jurisdiction or the Judicial Power of the Church 798
9. Of Ecclesiastical Punishment or Correction, and Censure 800
10. Of the Sacredness or Sanctity of Ministers under the New Testament 801
11. Whether the Ecclesiastical Power Imparted by Churches having been Reformed is a Papal Mastery [Imperium]? 805
12. Another Certain Mode is Shaken Off, of Another Method of Sacred Power and Government which Ought to be Refused, and of those Church Magistrates which Ought to be Allotted 806
13. Another Method to the Building of Caesaro-Papism is Examined 817
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Book 4, Tract 2
Of the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven
1. Of the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven 841
2. Of the Key of Discipline, [with] a Handling [Tractatio] of Homonymous and Synonymous Terms 843
3. The Definition of Discipline is Premitted, and of whether it is [whether it exists]? or, of the Necessity of it, is Investigated in Detail. 844
4. Of the Object of Ecclesiastical Discipline 848
5. Of the Concept and Examination of Sin 852
6. Of Ecclesiastical Admonition 855
7. Of Ecclesiastical Correction 857
8. Of Simple Abstention 859
9. Of Citation, Suspension, etc. 861
10. Of the Causes of Discipline: Impulsive or Meritorious 863
11. Of Distributing or Administering Causes of Discipline 865
12. Of Suspension 865
13. Of the Mode of the Administration of Discipline 869
14. Of the Ends or Effects of Discipline 872
15. A Consequence out of of the Doctrine on the Effects of Discipline is Deduced 875
16. On the Division of Discipline 879
17. On that which Follows upon Discipline 881
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Book 4, Tract 3
Of Excommunication
1. The Term ‘Excommunication’ and the Thing itself is Explained through the Definition [of it] 882
2. Of the Efficient Causes of Excommunication 885
3. Of the Object, or Subject of Excommunication 889
4. Of the Mode of Excommunication 909
5. Of the Effects of Excommunication 922
6. Of the Ends and Uses of Excommunication 929
7. Of Repentance and the Restitution of [Recovering Persons From?] Excommunications 930
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Book 4, Tract 4
Of the Opposites of Discipline
1. On Erastians, the Adversaries of Church Discipline 936
2. Of Some of the Repugnant Things in the Usurping of Discipline in the Papacy; First, of the Bodily Afflictions of the External Man 943
3. An Enumeration of the Many Abuses and Repugnant Things in the Ecclesiastical Discipline which has been Instituted in, or Observed by the Papacy 953
4. Various Abuses are Recounted which Ought to be Referred to the Power of the Church in General or to Censures in Specific 969
The End
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Table of Contents, vol. 1
1. Disputation on Human Reason in the Things of Faith 1
2. Of Scholastic Theology 12
3. Of This Question: How Far the Authority of Scripture Extends Itself 29
4. Of the Discrepancies (so Called) of Scripture 47
5. Of the Apostles’ Creed 64
6. Of the Fathers, or the Doctors of the Ancient Church, Part 1 74
7. Part 2 87
8. The New Jesuit Skepticism about the Principles of the Christian Faith 108
9. Of Atheism 114
10. Of the Same, Part 2 135
11. Of the Same, Part 3 149
12. Of the Same, Part 4 166
13. Of the One & Most Simple Essence of God 226
14. Of the Knowledge [Scientia] of God 246
[?] 15. Of the Conditions or Means of the Knowledge in God 264
16. Of the Same, Part 2 273
17. Of the Same, Part 3 285
18. Of the Same, Part 4 309
19. Of the Right & Justice of God 339
20. Of the Same, Appendixes, Part 1 364
21. Part 2 379
22. Of the Power [Potentia] of God 402
23. Of the Same, Part 2 410
24. Of the Same, Part 3 410
25. Of the Same, Part 4 422
26. Prescriptions & General Antidotes for Christianity Against the Socinans 434
27. A Treatise of Francis Gomarus on Christ, Autotheos [Of Himself God], with Notes 442
28. Of the Necessity & Utility of the Doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity 466
29. Of the Same, Part 2 489
30. Of the Question: Is Christ to be Worshipped as Mediator? 520
31. Of the Same, Appendix Part 1 536
32. Of Creation 552
33. Of the Same, Part 2 551
34. Of the Same, Part 3 597
35. Of the Same, Part 4 617
36. Of the Same, Part 5 635
37. Of the Same, Part 6 652
38. Of the Same, Part 7 699
39. Of the Same, Part 8 726
40. Of the Same, Part 9 754
41. Of the Same, Part 10 775
42. Of the Same, Appendix 1 808
43. Of the Same, 2 831
44. Of the Same, 3 851
45. Of the Same, 4, Containing Some Corollaries 869
46. Of the Heavenly Hierarchy & of Guardian Angels 882
47. Of the Nature & Operation of Demons 906
48. Of the Same, Part 2 933
49. Of Ghosts [Spectris] 985
50. Of Energumenis [Some kind of bad spirits or energies?] 1018
51. Of the Same, Part 2 1036
52. Of the Uses of Sin, by Accident [In the Aristotelian sense] 1059
53. Of the Propagation of Original Sin 1078
54. Orderly Responses to Extracts & Calumnies about being the Author of Sin 1118
55. Some Appended Notes [to the previous disputations] 1137
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Table of Contents, vol. 2
1. Disputation on the Time of the Nativity of Christ 1
2. Of the Same, Part 2 13
3. On Gen. 49:10, on the Coming of the Messiah 51
4. Of Judaism 77
5. Of the Same, Part 2 93
6. Of the General Conversion of the Jews, on Rom. 11:25-27 124
7. Of the Same, Appendix 143
8. What Kind of Faith did Christ Have & of What Manner was it with regards to the Sacraments? 155
9. Of the Agony & Desertion of Christ, Lk. 22:41-45; Mt. 27:46 164
10. Of the Same, Appendix on Sweating Blood 172
11. Of the Same, a Short Appendix on the Descent to Inferos [Grave, Nether World, Hell] 188
12. Of the Piercing of the Side of Christ, Jn. 19:34-37 195
13. Of the Same, an Addition on the Piercing of the Side of Christ 218
14. Problems about the Merit of Christ 228
15. Of the Same, Part 2 238
16. Of the Same, Part 3 255
17. Of the Same, Part 4 268
18. Of the Same, Part 5 277
19. Of Indulgences 286
20. Of the Same, Part 2 291
21. Of the Person of Christ the Mediator 304
22. Of the Same, Part 2 313
23. Of the Same, Part 3 324
24. Of the Same, an Appendix of Some Questions 341
25. An Explanation of Declarations[?] & Restrictive Formulas in Theology 362
26. Of the Same, Part 2 383
27. Of the State of the Elect Before Conversion 402
28. Of the Same, an Appendix of Questions on the Deaf & Lunatics[?] 424
29. Of Regeneration 432
30. Of the Same, Part 2 447
31. Of the Same, an Appendix on [secundo?] the Moment of Conversion 465
32. Of Simplicity & Hypocrisy 468
33. Of the Practice of Faith 496
34. Of Fundamental Articles & Errors 511
35. On Prejudices of the True Religion 539
36. Of the Planters of Churches 552
37. Of the Same, an Appendix on the Builders of Church Buildings, the Erectors of Colleges[?] & the Founders of Redituum[?] 573
38. Of Gentilism & the Calling of the Gentiles 579
39. Of the Same, Part 2 601
40. Of the Same, Part 3 621
41. Of Islam 659
42. An Inventory of the Roman Church, or the Papacy 684
43. The Discerning Note of the Papacy 687
44. Of the Evolution[?] [Translatione] of the Papacy from Peter to the Pope 698
45. An Orderly Presentation [Method] Warding Off the Presumption, Succession, Antiquity & Catholicity of the Papacy 724
46. Of the Same, a Short Appendix, a an Orderly Presentation Demonstrating the Novelty of the Papacy 724
[?] 47. The Papacy itself Throws out the Force of Truth for the Assertion of the Fundamentals of Christianity, and of Salvation Through the Mercy of God Alone in Christ 726
48. Of the Same, Part 2 742
49. Of the Same, Part 3 756
50. A Query on the Faith of Papists: Is it Saving or Damning? 776
51. An Inventory of Controversies, of the Temporal Power of the Pope 791
52. Of the Same, Part 2 807
53. Question: Is the Roman Throne Compatible with Reformed Governments? 827
54. Of the Same, an Appendix of Some Problems 856
55. Of the Donation of Constantine 868
56. A Historical-Theological Query on the Official [Imperii] Translation from Greek into French 882
57. Of Signs, First, of Miracles, Wonders & Portents[?] of Nature 902
58. Of the Same, Part 2 922
59. Of the Same, an Appendix on the Panic of Terror 936
60. Of the Same, Second, which is of Signs of the Times and Forebodings of Death 943
61. Of the Same, Third, which is of Miracles, First 964
62. Of the Same, Second 979
63. Of the Same, Appendix on the Faith of Miracles 984
64. Of the Same, Third 993
65. Of the Same, Fourth 1012
66. Of the Same, an Appendix on the Girl Aurelianensi[?] 1031
67. Of the Same, Fourth, which is of Prophecy 1036
68. Of the Same, an Index of Materials and a Catalogue of Some Prophecies and Prophets 1055
69. Of the Same, Fifth, which is of Spiritual Gifts [Charismatis] 1086
70. Of the Same, Sixth, which is on the Testing of Spirits 1100
71. Of the Same, Part 2 1133
72. ‘A Narration of the Wonderful Acts of the Spirit ad Posonium Gestae‘ [a RC book from 1643, on WorldCat & GB] 1141
73. An Exercitation[?] on Thomas, Part 1, Question 12, Article 1, ‘Of the Vision of God, According to the Essence’ 1193
74. Of the Same, Part 2 1203
75. Exercitation on Thomas, Part 1, Part 2 [?], Question 3, Article 4, ‘Of the Subject of Blessedness and of [its?] the Formal Act’ 1217
76. Of the Same, Part 2 1228
77. Of the Purgatory of the Papists 1240
78. On Rev. 20:4-6, of the Millennial Reign 1248
79. Appendix to the Disputation on the Millennial Reign 1266
80. Addenda [End-Notes on the Disputations] 1272
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Table of Contents, vol. 3
1. A Disputation on Practical Theology 1
2. Of the Same, Part 2 11
3. Of the Same, Part 3 21
4. Of the Same, Part 4 31
5. Of the Same, Part 5 42
6. Of the Same, Part 6 51
[?] 7. Of Precision in the Illustration of the Catechism Questions #94, 113, 115 59
8. Of the Love of God 79
9. Of Superstition 91
10. Some Addenda [to Superstition] 126
11. Historical Appendix – Of the Theology of Sneezing [sometimes it was considered to be an omen] 132
12. Added Unto the Disputation on Superstition, where is Treated of Genuflection at the Name of Jesus and unto the Table, or Altar 139
13. Part 2 163
14. Part 3 179
15. Part 4 201
16. Part 5 214
17. Of the Kabbalah 226
18. Of Indirect Idolatry and of Participating in Idolatry 234
19. Of the Same, Part 2 245
20. A Short Appendix on Prayer to the East 269
21. Of the Same, Part 3 278
22. Appendix 317
23. A Question Proposed from the Classis [Presbytery] of Gorinchem to the Theological Faculty of Utrecht [with an answer, regarding whether reformed persons may be joined with Papists under certain conditions] 358
24. Notes & Observations of Albaspinus on Canons 2-4, 40, 55, 56, 59 of the Council of Eliberin [on Indirect Idolatry] 368
25. Of the Canonization of Saints 386
26. Of the Same, Part 2, 393
27. Of the Same, Part 3, 400
[?] 28. Of the Patronhood, Keeping & Overseeing of the Saints 415
29. Of the Same, Part 2 426
30. Of the Same, Part 3 436
31. Of the Same, Part 3, Section 2 456
32. Of the Deities[?] or Some Chimerical Saints, the First, which is of Ursula [d. 383], etc. 472
33. Of the Same, Part 2 of the First 482
34. Of the Same, Part 3 of the First 492
35. An Index of the Chimerical Saints 503
36. Of the Same, Part 3 509
37. Appendix to the Disputations on Superstition and Idolatry 532
38. Of Magic 539
39. Of the Same, Part 2 562
40. First Appendix 612
41. Second Appendix 623
42. Of Ignorance 632
43. Of the Same, Part 2 642
44. Of the Same, Part 3 652
45. Of Being [?] Taught Ignorance 668
46. Of the Same, Part 2 681
47. Of Error and Heresy 692
48. Of the Same, Part 2 703
49. Of the Same, Part 3 713
50. Of the Same, Part 4 722
51. Of the Same, Part 5 736
52. Of the Same, Part 6 750
53. Of the Same, Part 7 768
54. Of the Same, Part 8 791
[?] 55. Of the Latent Mark & Heresies of the Anti-Trinitarian Serpent
56. Of Faith, Conscience & Dubious Theology 825
57. Of the Same, Part 2 834
58. Appendix on Philosophical Doubt 847
59. The Status of the Inficialis [Staining?] Question of the Worship of Images in the Papacy 870
60. Of Cross-Worship, or the Worship and Abuse of the Cross 884
61. Of the Same, Part 2 893
62. Of the Same, Part 3 900
63. An Addition to the Disputations on Cross-Worship and Indirect Idolatry 931
64. Of the Lamb of God 934
65. Of the Pseudo-Mortifications of the Papacy 946
66. Of Processions 960
67. Of Pilgrimages Compostellanis [?] 987
68. First Short Appendix on Pilgrimages to Jerusalem 999
69. Second Short Appendix on Relics 1002
70. Third Short Appendix on Pilgrimages to the Blood of Boxtelensa [?] 1003
71. Of Pseudo-Prayers, Rosaries, Litanies, Canonical Hours & the Offices of the Roman Church 1013
72. Of Little-Bead[?] Prayers 1023
73. Of Pseudo-Prayers, etc., Part 2 1037
74. Of Litanies 1049
75. Of Pseudo-Prayers, etc., Part 3 1056
76. Appendix on the Office, or the Canonical Hours of Blessed Mary 1068
77. Of Benedictions, Consecrations & Sacraments 1076
78. Appendix of Some Problems [8 Problems & Answers] 1090
79. Of a Religious Vow 1100
80. Of the Same, Part 2 1113
81. Of the Same, Part 3 1123
82. Of Exorcism 1135
83. Of the Same, Part 2 1150
84. Appendix on the Exorcism of Baptized Infants 1173
85. Second Appendix 1188
86. Of Divination and Other Abuses of the Divine Name 1194
87. Of Citation to the Judgment of God 1201
88. Of Idle Words and Deeds 1215
[Irregular Numbering]
92. A Short Appendix on the Cup of Salvation and Every Good 1219
93. Of the Sabbath Day and Festival Days 1227
94. Of the Same, Part 2 1252
95. Appendix on the Gentile’s First Day of January, Birthdays and Civil Festivals 1281
96. Appendix of Festivals and the Extra Quasi-Festivals the Papacy Observes 1314
97. A Short Appendix on Ecclesiastical Computation and the Correction of the Gregorian Calendar 1346
98. On the [Roman Catholic] Jubilee [involving a release from Purgatory, etc.] 1354
99. A Short Appendix on the Jesuit Jubilee 1381
100. Of the Fortieths [?] & of the Bacchanalia Festivals 1383
101. Addenda [End-notes to the Disputations]
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Table of Contents, vol. 4
1. Disputation on Arguments of Theology from an Absurd Consequence 1
2. Of the Law and Gospel, Part 1 17
3. Of the Same, Part 2 30
4. Of the Same, Part 3 47
5. Of the Court of the Municipality and of Oneself, Part 1 62
6. Of the Same, Part 2 75
7. Of the Judgments of God, Part 1 91
8. Of the Same, Part 2 102
9. Of the Love of [Your] Neighbor 113
10. Of a Good Example and its Imitation and Opposite, Scandal, Part 1 124
11. Of the Same, Part 2 132
12. Of the Same, Part 3 141
13. Of the Same, Part 4 147
14. Of the Offices of Love [Charitatis] Towards a Near Sinner [proximum peccantem, a sinful neighbor?], Part 1 157
15. Of the Same, Part 2 167
16. Of the Blind Obedience of the Papists, Part 1 182
17. Of the Same, Part 2 194
18. Of the Political Magistrate 206
19. Of the Kingly Right of the Hebrews 211
20. A Disquisition on the Author of ‘Defences [of Liberty] Against Tyrants’ [Stephen Junius Brutus, Basel, 1579] 231
21. Of the Murder and Hurting of Oneself, even of Voluntary Flagellation 244
Appendix 1, on Problems 270
[?] Appendix 2, of the Burning of a Particular Ship 281
22. Of the Plague, or on the Spiritual Antidote of a Plague 292
23. Of the Vanities [Excelsis] of the World, on the Seventh Commandment of the Decalogue, the First, which is of Dances 325
24. Of the Same, Second Disputation, of Comedies 356
25. Of the Same, the Other Part 367
26. Of the Same, Third Disputation, which is of Abuses in Food & Feasts 385
27. Of the Same, Fourth Disputation, which is of Luxury and Vanity in Clothes, Houses and Goods[?] 403
28. Of the Same, Part 2 417
29. Of the Same, Fifth Disputation, which is of the Decoration of the Face and Hair 429
30. Of the Same, Part 2 444
31. Of the Same, Part 3 453
32. Of Intoxication 493
33. Of Simony, Part 1 515
34. Of the Same, Part 2 523
35. Of the Same, Part 3 533
36. Of the Same, Part 4 540
37. Of Usury, Part 1 555
38. Of the Same, Part 2 557
Of Money-Lenders 575
[?]39. Of a Lender of False-Money 590
40. Of Restitution 608
Appendix of Some Special Questions
41. Some Problems about the Ninth Commandment of the Decalogue, of Lying, a False Appearance and of Disguising, Part 1 631
42. Of the Same, Part 2, of Deceit, Equivocation & Mental Reservation 640
43. Of the Same, Part 3, of Falsehood 661
44. Of the Same, Part 3, of Falsehood, Part 2 681
An Appendix of Some Questions 695
45. Of Calumny, Detraction and Clamor [Abuse?], Part 1 702
46. Of the Same, Part 2 715
47. Disquisition on Thomas, Part 2, Part 1, Questions 68-70, of Blessed Gifts and the Fruits of the Spirit 729
48. An Explanation of Eccl. 9:11 739
49. A Disputation Containing Some Miscellaneous Positions 745
50. A Syllabus of Questions on the Whole Decalogue 763
51. Addenda 825
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Table of Contents, vol. 5
1-5 Problems of Scripture 1
1-9 Of God 48
1-10 Of the Divine Persons 136
1-3 Of Angels 241
. 3. Is Christ’s Saving the Elect by the Special Grace of Regeneration
and Faith Meritorious? 270
1-6 Of Justification 277
1-5 On Psalm 103:3
1 Of the Church 383
1-2 Of the Communion of the Saints 387
1 Of the Spiritual Man, on 1 Cor. 2:15 408
1 Of Judgment and the Rule of Faith 419
1 Of the Roman Proteus [the god of ‘elusive sea change’, according to the constantly changing nature of the sea; Proteus comes the adjective protean, with the general meaning of “versatile”, “mutable”, “capable of assuming many forms”], or a Setting Forth [Defensio] of the Reasons [Causae] that Rome is Always Changing [Mutata Mutanda] 435
1 A Gleaning unto a Historical Discussion of the Popess Joan [Ioannes Anglicus, A.D. 855-857] 444
1-6 Of the Modes of Knowing God 455
1 Of the Sacrifice[?] of Melchizedek in Gen. Gen. 14:18 526
1 Of the State of Souls After Death 533
1 Of the Soul of Trajan Liberated from Hell [Inferno] 538
1-12 Of the Gestures of Praying 550
1-5 Of Subsequent Grace 716
[The below is written in the table of contents, but this appendix is not included in the volume on GB]
Johannem Beverovicium, An Epistolic Dissertation on the End of Life 1
Andrea Libavi, A Declamation on the Comets of 1604 137
Gisbert Voetius, From an Exercitation on the Signs of Comets 141
Prolegomena on Dr. Libavi’s, Declamation on the Comets of the Year 1604, Seen in October 141
1. That it is Right, according to Libavi, for You to Draw out of the Stars, yea, even the Comets, Special Divinations, is Exploded 151
[?] 2. Are Any and All Signs of Comets, being Seen, to be Discarded? 154
[?] 3. Preliminary Considerations and the Rightly Ordered State of the Controversy: Thus far is the Consensus of All the Peoples and Wisdom Displayed, Even out of Foolishness and Superstition to be Looking for Some Foreboding in the Appearance of Comets. 165
4. What of Fear from the Apparition and Sighting of Comets? Is it the Beginning of the Judgment? 190
5. The Universal Consensus of the Peoples and Wisdom is Confirmed by the Judgments[?] on the Signs of Comets 201
6. Objections are Responded to 227
Exercises and Library for the Student of Theology (Utrecht, 1644) The Latin Table of Contents is at the front of this volume, though at the end of the later edition on Google Books.
Ascetics, or the Practice of Piety (1664)
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Revius, Jacobus
331 Disputations of Compendious Theology, vol. 1, 2 (#111-218), 3 (1649)There is no table of contents to the 2nd volume.
Revius (1586-1658)
Vol. 2, Table of Contents
111. Of the Sects of the Jews, and First of the Pharisees
112. Of the Pharisees, the next part
113. Of the Pharisees, last part
114. Of the Sadducees
115. Of the Essenes
116. Of the Herodians
117. Of the Sect of the Samaritans
118. Of the Abrogation of the Law
119. Of the Abrogation of the Law, the next part
120. Of the Abrogation of the Law, the third part
121. Of the Satisfaction of Christ, the first part
122. Of the Satisfaction of Christ, the second part
123. Of the Satisfaction of Christ, the third part
124. Of the Satisfaction of Christ, the fourth part
125. Of the Satisfaction of Christ, the fifth part
126. Of the Satisfaction of Christ, the sixth part
127. Of the Satisfaction of Christ, the seventh part
128. Of the Satisfaction of Christ, the eighth part
129. Of the Resurrection of Christ, against the Socinians, the first part
130. Of the Resurrection of Christ, against the Socinians, the second part
131. Of the Resurrection of Christ, against the Socinians, the third part
132. Of the Unique Ascension of Christ, against the Socinians
133. Of the Church
134. Of the Church, the next part
135. Of the Church, the third part
136. Of Purgatory
137. Of the Limbo of the Fathers
138. Of the Limbo of Infants
139. Of the Calling of Ministers of the Divine Word
140. Of Ecclesiastical Discipline
141. Of Ecclesiastical Discipline, the second part
142. Of Ecclesiastical Discipline, the third part
143. Of Ecclesiastical Discipline, the fourth part
144. Of Ecclesiastical Discipline, the fifth part
145. Of Anathema
146. Of the Genus of Excommunication, which they call the Ban
147. Of Bishops
148. Of Presbyters
149. Of the Head of the Church
150. Of the Head of the Church, the second part
151. Of the Head of the Church, the third part
152. Of the Antichrist, the first part
153. Of the Antichrist, the second part
154. Of the Antichrist, the third part
155. Of the Antichrist, the fourth part
156. Of the Antichrist, the fifth part
157. Of the Antichrist, the sixth part
158. Of the Antichrist, the seventh part
159. Of the Antichrist, the eighth part
160. Of the Antichrist, the ninth part
161. Of the Antichrist, the tenth part
162. Of the Antichrist, the eleventh part
163. Of the Antichrist, the twelfth part
164. Of the Antichrist, the thirteenth part
165. Of the Antichrist, the fourteenth and last part
166. Of the Sacraments in General, the first part
167. Of the Sacraments in General, the second part
168. Of the Sacraments in General, the third part
169. Of the Sacraments in General, the fourth part
170. Of the Sacraments in General, the fifth part
171. Of the Sacraments in General, the sixth and last part
172. Of False Sacraments, the first part, which is of Confirmation
173. Of False Sacraments, the second part, which is of Confirmation, the next part
174. Of False Sacraments, the third part, which is of Penance
175. Of False Sacraments, the fourth part, which is of Extreme Unction
176. Of False Sacraments, the fifth part, which is of Ordination
177. Of False Sacraments, the sixth part, which is of Marriage
178. Of False Sacraments, the seventh part, which is of Marriage, the next part
179. Of Baptism, the first part
180. Of Baptism, the second part
181. Of Baptism, the third part
182. Of Baptism, the fourth part
183. Of Paedobaptism
184. Of Anabaptism
185. Of Anabaptism, the next part
186. Of the Baptism of Inanimate Things
187. Of the Lord’s Supper, the first part, which is of its names
188. Of the Lord’ Supper, the second part, which is of the Host and Bread
189. Of the Lord’s Supper, the third part, which is of being Unleavened and Fermentation
190. Of the Lord’s Supper, the fourth part, which is of Wine and Water
191. Of the Lord’s Supper, the fifth part, which is of [Communication in] Both Kinds
192. Of the Lord’s Supper, the sixth part, which is of [Communication in] Both Kinds, the next part
193. Of the Lord’s Supper, the seventh part, which is of Consecration
194. Of the Lord’s Supper, the eight part, which is of the True Sense of the Words of Christ
195. Of Transubstantiation, the first part
196. Of Transubstantiation, the second part
197. Of Consubstantiation, the first part
198. Of Consubstantiation, the second part
199. Of Consubstantiation, the third part
200. Of the Carnal Chewing of the Body of Christ
201. Of the Oral Chewing of the Body of Christ, the second part
202. Of the Ubiquity of the Body of Christ, the first part
203. Of the Ubiquity of the Body of Christ, the second part
204. Of the Communication of Properties, the first part
205. Of the Communication of Properties, the second part
206. Of the Communication of Properties, the third part
207. Of the Communication of Properties, the fourth part
208. Of the Properties of the Body of Christ, the first part
209. Of the Properties of the Body of Christ, the second part
210. Of the Mass, the first part
211. Of the Mass, the second part
212. Of the Mass, the third part
213. Of the Mass, the fourth part
214. Of the Mass, the fifth part
215. Of the Mass, the sixth part
216. Of the Mass, the seventh part
217. Of the Mass, the eighth part
218. Of the Mass, the ninth part
219. Of the Mass, the tenth and last part
A Theological Examination of Cartesian Philosophy (1648) There is no table of contents to this work.
This work has been translated into English by Aza Goudriaan and is partly available here.
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Spanheim, Frédéric, Sr – Miscellaneous Theological Disputations, vol. 1, 2 (Geneva, 1652) There is a table of contents at the beginning of each volume
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Spanheim (1600-1649)
Vol. 1, Table of Contents
1. Of Sacred Theology 1
2. The Compendium of Theology Exhibited 5
3. Of Theological Miscellany 9
4. Of Sacred Scripture 12
5. Of the Written Word of God in its species and origin 21 (Francis Turretin)
6. Of the Authority of the Written Word of God 26
7. Of the End of Sacred Scripture, the first part 31
8. Of the End of Sacred Scripture, the second part 35
9. Of God, the first part 38
10. Of God, the second part 42
11. Of the Sacred Trinity 45
12. Of the Attributes of God in General 53
13. Of the Incommunicable Attributes of God in Specific 57 (Jacob Trigland)
14. Of the Decrees of God in General 61
15. Exhibiting an Epitome of Socinian Theology 66
16. Of the Providence of God 72
17. Of the Actual Providence of God 82
18. Of the Works of Creation 87
19. Of the Angels 91
20. Of the Creation of Man and the Image of God 100
21. Of the State of Man, first in Integrity, then in Corruption 105 (Francis Burman)
22. Of Sin in General 117
23. Of the Fall of Adam 126
24. Of Sin, of the Origin, the first part 136
25. Of Sin, of the Origin, the second part 148
26. Of Sin, of the Origin, the third part 157
27. Of Sin, of the Origin, fourth part 161
28. Of Original Sin 169
29. Of Actual Sin 174
30. Of Predestination 178
31. Of Predestination 195
32. Of Predestination, the Extent & Efficacy of the Death of Christ, of the Cause of our Conversion to God and its mode, and of the Perseverance of the Saints 208
33. Of Universal Grace 330
34. Of Free Choice 237
35. Of the Perseverance of the Saints 240
36. Of the Perseverance of the Saints 253
37. Of the Person of Christ, the first part 259
38. Of the Person of Christ, the second part 263
39. Of the Office of Christ & its twofold State 268
40. Of the State of the Humiliation of Christ 272
41. Of the Justification of a Sinner before God 277
42. Of Justification 282
43. Of Religion 286
44. Of Christian Liberty 290
45. Of the Calling and Functions of Ministers 297
46. Of Schismatic Names, the first part 300
47. Of Schismatic Names, the second part 309
48. Of Schismatic Names, the third part 316
49. Of the False Church 325
50. Of the Antichrist, the first part 330
51. Of the Antichrist, the second part 335
52. Of Antichrist, the third part 341
53. Of Miscellaneous Questions and Theorems 346
54. Of Baptism 349
55. Of Baptism 354
56. Of the Sacred Supper 359
57. Of Glorification, the Resurrection & the Judgment 364
58. Of the Consummation of the World & the Last Judgment 368
Maetz, Carolus – A Forest of Eminent Questions: Philological, About Antiquity, Philosophical, a True and Most Able View of Theology (Utrecht, 1650) Table of contents
Maetz (1597-1651) was of Flemish lineage and a professor of theology at Utrecht. This is not a systematic theology, but it treats of quite a number of systematic topics.
Table of Contents
Of the good and bad of human actions
Of the Law of Nature
Of the Origin of the Signification of Words
Of the fixing of water which now obtains
Of the providence of God
Of that which is above nature
Of the diversity of the precepts of the Law of Nature
Of the law binding marriage, that one eat and that one drink in the state of innocency
Of the law of covering nudity after sin, of the use of clothing and of the giving of alms
Of the things of Paradise
Of the invention of iron implements
Of natural and political honesty
Of the reason of the whole of physics, and a part
Of the Law of Nations
Of custom [consuetudine]
Of the ways which Nature teaches
Of objective and subjective conviction
Of philosophy
Of natural inclination
Of honesty, being considered in common
Of prudence about the household [oeconomica] and politics
Of convenience and inconvenience
Of the use of headcoverings amongst the Corinthians, and the practice of prostitutes and young men and women among them (pp. 246-253)
Of headcoverings and calotis [beautiful ears?] of ministers
Of things necessary and indifferent
Whether divine councils oblige?
Of the [Greek] term, ‘of knowing’ and 1 Cor. 7
Of the ecclesiastical constitutions of the apostles, viz. whether they are human?
Of the varied rule [ratione] of indifferent things
Of the circumstances of human actions
Of contempt
On the walking of a woman on the right side of the man
Of the natural signs of dignity, arbitrary things, and by accident
Of the variety of ecclesiastical constitutions
Of scandal
Whether, and in what way, it is said that one is able to break the law in necessity?
Of ceremonies
Of the office of judges
Of invincible ignorance
Of the possession of things
Of prayer for ignorant persons
Of that which is not out of faith
Of the legal sacrifices
Of the study of new things in the care of the body
Of the law of modest humility and of the nearest edification, whether either is from the Law of Nature?
Of the double subjection of a woman
And of many others
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Vermigli, Petrus Martyr – Common Places (London, 1576; Geneva, 1624) Here is the table of contents to the English edition which is on EEBO-TCP Phase 2.
Vermigli (1499-1562)
Zanchi, Girolamo
A Compendium of Principal Heads of Christian Doctrine in Works, vol. 8 (Geneva, 1649), col. 621-818
Table of Contents
1. Of God 622
2. Of the Knowledge of Man & Original Sin 638
3. Of the Free-Will of Man After the Fall 643
4. Of the Grace of God, by which the Corruption of Nature is Set Free 659
5. Of the Law of the Decalogue 673
6. Of Vows 708
7. Of Faith 710
8. Of the Apostles’ Creed (The Material of Faith – The Creation of things) 724
9. Of Repentance 760
10. Of the Confession of Sins 765
11. Of Justification by Faith & of the Merits of Works 767
[Irregular Numbering of Pages Follows]
12. Of the Similarity & Difference of the New & Old Testament 796
13. Of Christian Liberty 809
14. Of Human Traditions 817
15. Of Ecclesiastical Traditions 821
Of the Nature and Attributes of God in The Theological Works, vol. 2 (Heidelberg, 1577; n.d.) There is a detailed table of contents and subject and textual indices at the end of the volume.
Zanchi (1516-1590)
Brief Table of Contents
Book 1 – What are the Divine Names? 1
Book 2 – The Nature of God in General 49
Book 3 – The Attributes 160
Book 4 – The Attributes 326
Book 5 – The Attributes 426
Of the Fall of the First Man, of Sin and of the Law in The Theological Works, vol. 4 (1618; n.d.)
Table of Contents
1. The Sum of this Work, its Division & an Explanation of the First Part of Gen. 3 1
2. Of Evil in General 6
3. Of the Evil of Guilt, or of Sin in General 12
4. Of Original Sin in General 30
5. Of Original Sin in the Regenerate 64
6. Of Free-Will in the Unregenerate 87
7. Of the Strength of Free-Will in the Regenerate 136
8. Of Actual Sin 161
9. Of the Sin Against the Holy Spirit 172
10. Of the Law in General 185
11. Of the Decalogue 221
12. Of the First Precept 234
13. Of the True Religion & Worship & its Parts 273
14. Of the Second Precept 362
15. Of Images 380
16. Of the External Worship of God 411
17. Of the Corruptions of the External Part of True Worship 498
18. Of the Third Precept 547
19. Of the Fourth Precept 661
20. Of the Fifth Precept 856
21. Of the Sixth Precept 858
22. Of the Seventh Precept 859
23. Of the Eighth Precept 860
24. Of the Ninth Precept 861
25. Of the Tenth Precept 862
26. Of the End of the Divine Law 862
27. Of the Use & Office of the Law 867
28. Of the Observation of the Law 871
Table of Contents
1 – The Holy Scriptures, the Whole Foundation of the Christian
. Religion 57
2 – God, and the Properties of the Divine Persons 65
3 – The Foreknowledge and Predestination of God 69
4 – The Omnipotence and Predestination of God 73
5 – The Creation of the World, of Angels, the State of the First Man 75
6 – Providence and the Governance of the World 80
7 – The Fall of Man, Original Sin, and its Fruits 84
8 – The Freedom of the Will of Man after the Fall 90
9 – The Promise of Redemption and Salvation by Christ 95
10 – The Law 98
11 – Christ the Redeemer 105
12 – Of the Certainty of the Administration of Redemption,
. Salvation and Life which has been given to the One Christ,
. and thus the Necessity of Union with Christ in Fellowship 124
13 – The Gospel and the Abrogation of the Law by the Gospel 139
14 – The Sacraments of the New Testament 146
15 – Baptism 161
16 – The Lord’s Supper 167
17 – Faith, Hope and Love 180
18 – Repentance 185
19 – Justification 189
20 – The Freedom of the Human Will of Regenerate Men towards
. the Good 199
21 – Good Works 205
22 – Of Invocation and Oath[s] 212
23 – The Church of Christ in General 215
24 – The Church Militant 222
25 – The Government of the Church Militant and the Ecclesiastical
. Ministry 245
26 – The Magistrate 278
27 – The Eternal Remission of Sins in the Church of Christ 286
28 – The State of Life after Death and the Resurrection of the
. Dead 293
29 – The Glorious Coming of the Lord Jesus to Judge the Living
. and the Dead 299
30- Eternal Life 304
Observations [End-notes] 307
– Of the Blessedness of Heaven 311
– Of Original Sin, it is not a substance 212
– Of the Person of Christ 313 & 324
– Of Our Fellowship with Christ 324
– Of the name ‘Sacrament’ 328
– Baptism is not annulled 329
– Acts 19 (about the 12 persons in Ephesus [and whether
. they were rebaptized]) explained 332
– Of They which eat the Bread of the Lord Unworthily 348
– Whether Infants of the Faithful have Faith or Not 355
– Of Justification, and that place [Gen. 15:6]: Abraham
. Believed God, and it was Counted to him for
. Righteousness 356
– Also, our Justification is not only in the Remission of
. Sins, but also Consists in the Imputation of Christ’s
. Obedience 358
– Of the Various Ordinary Ministers in the Church besides
. those which are Expressly Contained in the Holy
. Writings: Archbishops, Patriarchs, etc. 359
[Series of] Theses of Some Principal Articles of the Christian Faith Against Various Heresies 393
1 – Of the One, True, Eternal God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
. [6 Theses] 394
2 – The Nature of the One, True God: Simple and Immense
. [26 Theses] 395
3 – The Eternal Omnipotence of the One, True God
. [30 Theses] 400
4 – The Providence of God [11 Theses] 406
5 – Eternal Election, Predestination and Redemption by
. Christ’s Work [11 Theses] 409
6 – The Resurrection of Christ from the Dead, Ascended
. to Heaven to Sit at the Right Hand of the Father, of
. Paul to the Ephesians, ch. 1 [84 Theses] 412
7 – The Application of Salvation by Christ, out of Eph. 1
. [20 Theses] 436
8 – That which is Attributed to our Lord Jesus Christ after
. the [Hypostatic] Union, and in what way it is Attributed
. [50 Theses] 441
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Boquin, Petrus – Exegesis of Divine and Human Fellowship (Heidelberg, 1561)
Boquin (post 1518-1582)
Ramus, Petrus – Commentary on the Christian Religion (Frankfurt, 1576; 1594)
Ramus (1515-1572)
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Table of Contents
Book 1
1. What Theology is, & Whether the Total Doctrine of Salvation is Contained in the Sacred Letters? 6
2. The Division of Theology & of Faith 10
3. Of God 12
4. Of God the Father & his Omnipotence 16
5. Of the Creation of the World 18
6. Of the Fall of the Angel[s] & of Man 22
7. Of the Providence of God 25
8. Of Predestination 28
9. Of Jesus Christ the One Son of God, our Lord 33
10. Of the Conception & Nativity of Christ 41
11. Of the Life of Christ from the Nativity to the Passion 43
12. Of the Passion, Cross & Death of Christ 46
13. Of the Burial of Christ 53
14. Of Christ’s Descent to ‘Inferos’ 54
15. Of the Resurrection, Ascension & Last Judgment 58
16. Of the Ascension into Heaven 61
17. Of the Session to the Right Hand of the Father 63
18. Of the Last Judgment 67
19. Of the Holy Spirit 69
20. What is the Church of God & How has it been Sanctified? 75
21. What is the Catholic Church? 78
22. Of the Communion of the Saints 80
23. Of the Remission of Sins 83
24. Of the Resurrection of the Flesh 85
25. Of Eternal Life 89
Book 2 [Of the Decalogue]
1. Of Justification by Faith & of Free-Will 96
2. Of the Preface of the Law 100
3. Of the First Precept, unto the Worship of God 104
4. Of the Second Precept, Against Idolatry 111
5. Of the Third Precept, Against a Vain Oath 124
6. Of the Fourth Precept, unto the Sanctification of the Sabbath 133
7. Of the Fifth Precept, unto Honoring Parents 143
8. Of the Sixth Precept, Against Murder 152
9. Of the Seventh Precept, Against Adultery 161
10. Of the Eighth Precept, Against Stealing 172
11. Of the Ninth Precept, Against Lying 180
12. Of the Tenth Precept, Against Covetousness 187
Book 3 [Of Prayer]
1. How Does Prayer Wash Away Law-Offences & What Great Power Does it Have? 203
2. How is Prayer the Gift of God & How by it were the Hebrews, through the Glory of God, & Christians, by Christ Informed? 205
3. Of the Form of Prayer & its Division 211
4. Why at the Beginning is God Adored in the First & Second Petitions? 213
5. Of the Sanctification of the Divine Name, According to the Third Petition 217
6. Of the Petition for the Pure Kingdom of God in the World, According to the Fourth Petition 219
7. Of the Prayer for Bread, According to the Petition of the Second Table 225
8. Of the Remission of Sins, Against the Allowing of Part of the Prerogatives of the Law, Where is Treated of Repentance 236
9. Of Temptation, According to the Tenth Precept 244
10. Of the Epilogue of the Prayer, of the Praise of God 248
11. Of the Place, Time & Way of Prayer 250
Book 4
1. What is a Sacrament? 257
2. Of the End of the Sacrament out of the Old Testament 261
3. Further, of the End of the Sacrament from a Military Seal [Sacramento] 264
4. What the Two Sacraments Are, Baptism & the Supper 268
5. Of Baptism & its First End 271
6. Of the End of Baptism out of the Old Testament 278
7. Of the End of Baptism from the Dialogue of Christ & Nicodemus 280
8. What is the Supper 284
9. The First End of the Supper 290
10. Of the End of the Supper by the Interpretation of Christ Himself 196
11. The First Refutation of the Bodily Presence, by its incompatibility with the First Supper 305
12. The Second & Third Refutations of the Bodily Presence, out of it being of the Same Kind as Baptism, & from the Analogy to the Hebrew Passover 310
13. The Fourth Refutation of the Bodily Presence, by the Consensus of the Primitive Church 314
14. Against the Fall-Back Argument from the Figures of the Sacrament 317
15. Against the Other Fall-Back Argument from the Omnipotence of God about Physical Bodies 323
16. Against the Third Fall-Back Argument, from the Incomprehensible Mode of the Body of Christ & of the Bodily Presence 330
17. Of the Papal Mass 335
18. Of the Calumnies Against Christians in the Issue of the Supper, namely, of Bread-Worship, being Exotic & of it being from Humanly Devised Words 340
19. Exhortation to a Consensus for Christian Peace 343
Virel, Matthew – A Compendium of the Christian Religion (1587) The Latin table of contents at the front of the work is more detailed than what is below. There is a subject index at the end. The work is in a dialogue format.
Virel (1561-1595)
Table of Contents
Book 1
. 1 – The Knowledge of God 1
. 2 – The Knowledge of Man 6
. 3 – The Knowledge of Christ 10
. 4 – Of Faith 4
. An Expository Paraphrase on the Apostles’ Creed 48
Book 2
. 1 – Of Good Works 51
. On the First Table of the Law 54
. On the Second Table of the Law 89
. A Summary of the Law, Mt. 22:57 111
. 2 – Of Prayer 127
. An Explication of the Lord’s Prayer 130
Book 3
. The Ministry of the Word 149
. Of the Sacraments 165
. Of Baptism 169
. Of the Lord’s Supper 173
A Whole Sum of the Christian Religion 182
Tossanus, Sr., Daniel
Theological Aphorisms of True Religion, Containing the Most Powerful Heads of Christian Doctrine, Giving Again the Orthodox Confession of the Palatinate Churches (Heidelberg, 1600)
Table of Contents
[89] Theses of True Religion
Augustine on True Religion
Theological Aphorisms Contra Some Heresies, Taken out of the Espitle of Paul to the Philippians (Heidelberg, 1590)
Table of Contents
Contra Arians
Contra Pelagians & Semi-Pelagian, Papist Monks
Contra Ubiquitarians
. The Exceptions of Ubiquitarians
Theological Assertions Contra Anti-Trinitarians: Without Contradiction God is Said to be Three & One (Heidelberg, 1593) 90 Theses
Theological Assertions which Briefly Display the Roman Church (Heidelberg, 1601) 19 Theses
Theological Axioms Contra the Sacrifice of the Mass, Chiefly Taken out of the Epistle to the Hebrews, with a Brief Refutation of the Exceptions of the Jesuits (Smesmannus, 1591) 109 Theses
Theological Axioms on the Sacraments in General (Heidelberg, 1600) 26 Theses
Brief Theses & Antitheses on these Four Heads: the Lord’s Supper, the Person of Christ, Baptism, Predestination… (Heidelberg, 1594)
Table of Contents
On the Lord’s Supper
In the Saxony & Misnica Visitation were these Theses from Some Ubiquitarian Doctors, Here They are Orderly Displayed & in Some Places Edited [6 Theses]
Affirmative Theses of the Orthodox on the Lord’s Supper Opposite Them [16 Theses]
Negative Theses by Ubiquitarians on the Lord’s Supper [6 Theses]
Negative Theses of the Orthodox on the Lord’s Supper Contra the Errors of the Ubiquitarians [10 Theses]
On the Person of Christ
Affirmative Theses of the Ubiquitarians on the Person of Christ [4 Theses]
Affirmative Theses of the Orthodox on the Person of Christ [5 Theses]
Negative Theses of the Ubiquitarians Contra the False & Erroneous (They Say) Doctrine of the Calvinists, Chiefly About the 3rd & 4th Articles [6 Theses]
Negative Theses of the Orthodox on the Person of Christ [15 Theses]
. Cyril to Theodosius on the Right Faith
On Baptism
Affirmative Theses on Baptism by the Ubiquitarians [6 Theses]
Affirmative Theses of the Orthodox on Baptism [9 Theses]
Negative Theses on Baptism by the Ubiquitarians on this False & Erroneous Doctrine (the Visitors say) of the Calvinists [6 Theses]
Negative Theses of the Orthodox on Baptism [10 Theses]
On Election & Predestination
Four Articles of the Saxo-Misnica Visitation on Gratuitous Election & Eternal Predestination. Affirmative Theses by the Ubiquitarians [4 Theses]
Affirmative Theses of the Orthodox on Election & Predestination [10 Theses]
Negative Theses of the Ubiquitarians on Election & Predestination Contra them which are Called the Calvinists [4 Theses]
Negative Theses of the Orthodox on Predestination. These Errors We Reject. [9 Theses]
Theological Theses on the Papacy, Which is Averse to the Evangelical Church (Heidelberg, 1598) [75 Theses]
Tossanus Sr. (1541-1602) was a French Reformed theologian and professor of New Testament at Heidelberg. Tossanus has other works of theological theses on more subjects at PRDL.
Chandieu, Antoine de – Theological Works (Geneva, 1592; 1620) There are indices at the end of the volume. Has a commendation by Beza.
Chandieu (1534-1591)
Tilen – An Ordered Arrangement of Theological Disputations held in the Academy of Sedan, vol. 1, 2 (1607, 1611)
Tilen (1563-1633)
Table of Contents, vol. 1
1. Overview Theses of the Whole Work
2. Origin of the Sacred Scripture
3. Authority of the Sacred Scripture
4. Number of the Canonical Books & Notes of Apocryphal Works
5. Perfection of Sacred Scripture & the Detriments & Testing of Unwritten Traditions
6. Interpretation of the Words of Sacred Scripture
7. Interpretation of Things, or of the Varied Sense of Sacred Scripture
8. Right & Authority of Interpreting Sacred Scripture
9. God
10. Divine Attributes in General
11. Incommunicable Attributes
12. Communicable Attributes, & Firstly of the Life, Knowledge & Truth of God
13. Will of God
14. Love, Grace & Compassion of God
15. Justice, Wrath & Hatred of God
16. Power of God
17. Providence of God
18. Predestination
19. God, One Essence, Three Persons
20. God the Father & Son
21. Holy Spirit
22. Creation in General
23. Angels in General
24. Good Angels
25. Evil Angels
26. Creation of Bodily Things
27. Man
28. Faculties of a Rational Soul
29. Origin of a Rational Soul
30. Immortality of a Rational Soul
31. Image of God in Man
32. Original Righteousness
33. External State of the First Man
34. Law in General
35. Mosaic Law
36. Preface of the Decalogue
37. The First Precept of the Decalogue, First Disputation, which is of Faith
38. The Same, Second Disputation, which is of Hope
39. The Same, Third Disputation, which is of Love
40. Second Precept
41. Third Precept, First Disputation
42. The Same, Second Disputation, which is of Vows
43. Fourth Precept
44. Fifth Precept
45. Sixth Precept
46. Seventh Precept, First Disputation
47. The Same, Second Disputation, which is of Marriage
48. Eighth Precept
49. Ninth Precept
50. Tenth Precept
51. Ceremonial Law
52. Judicial Law
53. Sin in General
54. The First Sin of the Devil & of Man
55. Original Sin
56. Actual Sin
57. Free-Will of Man in General
58. The Same, in Specific
59. Of the Bad of Punishment
Table of Contents, vol. 2
1. Incarnation of the Son of God 1
2. Effects of the Hypostatic Union 15
3. Nativity of Christ out of the Virigin 25
4. Obedience to the Mosaic Law out of Christ Having been Presented [at the Temple] 36
5. The Baptism, Passion & Death of Christ 47
6. The Descent to ‘Inferos’ 58
7. Resurrection of Christ 70
8. Ascension of Christ into Heaven 80
9. Session of Christ at the Right-Hand of the Father 90
10. Office of Christ in General 98
11. Prophecy of Christ 108
12. Priesthood of Christ 115
13. Kingdom of Christ 121
14. Of the Church: What is its Nature? 128
15. Of the Church: Is it Able to Fall Away or Err?
16. Authority of the Fathers 147
17. Note of the Church 168
18. Government of the Church: Of Extraordinary Ministers 177
19. Of Extraordinary Ministers 188
20. Of Ordinary Ministers 198
21. Of Ordinary Ministers: Presbyters & Deacons 208
22. Origin & Growth of Good Churches 217
23. Celibacy of Ecclesiastical Ministers 228
24. Immunity of Ecclesiastical Ministers 238
25. Common Government of the Church: the Calling of Ministers 249
26. Power of the Church in Judging Controversies of Faith 260
27. Power of the Church in how it Ought to Constitute Good Order 271
28. Power of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction 281
29. Power of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction: Polemical 291
30. Councils: Of the Nature of Them 305
31. Councils: Of the Authority of Them 315
32. Political Government of the Church 324
33. Private Government of the Church 335
34. The False Church: the Uncovered Hosts of Christ 345
35. The False Church: the Dissimulating Hosts of Christ 355
36. Antichrist: 1. What is Antichrist? 365
37. Antichrist: 2. What is Antichrist 377
38. The Body of Antichrist, or the Antichristian Church 394
39. The Calling of Men to Salvation 416
40. Justifying Faith 428
41. Justification: of its Efficiency & End 442
42. Justification: of its Matter & Form 456
43. The Certainty, Immutability & Equality of Justification 469
44. Christian Liberty 484
45. Sanctification 493
46. The Necessity & Perfection of Good Works in the Justified 506
47. Works of Supererogation 518
48. The Merits of Good Works 532
49. Prayer 544
50. Prayer: Polemical 557
51. Lord’s Prayer 573
52. Place & Time of Prayer 585
53. Fasting 596
54. The Covenant 610
55. Sacraments in General 620
56. Effects of the Sacraments 635
57. The Similarity & Difference of the Sacraments of Both Testament 653
58. Number of the Sacraments 668
59. Baptism 683
60. Baptism: Polemical 694
61. The Supper of the Lord 711
62. The Errors about the Efficiency & End of the Lord’s Supper 725
63. Errors about the Matter & Form of the Lord’s Supper 744
64. Sacrifice of the Mass 764
65. Purgatory 780
66. Resurrection 795
67. Last Judgment & the State of the Future World 810
68. Eternal Life 829
Chamier, Daniel
A Body of Theology, or Theological Common Places (Geneva, 1653)
Chamier (1564–1621)
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Table of Contents
Book 1
1. Name of Theology & its Genera 1
2. Theological Science is Revealed 2
3. Subject & End of Theology 3
4. Heresy
5. Existence of God 4
6. Revelation of Mysteries 6
7. Use of Revelation 7
8. Authority of Revelation, Canonical & Apocryphal Books 8
9. Are the Scriptures God-Breathed? 9
10. The Authority of Scripture is from Where? 11
11. Is Scripture a Rule of Faith? 14
12. Is the Church a Rule of Faith 17
13. Is the Pope a Rule of Faith 20
14. Perfection of Scripture 23
15. Necessity of Traditions 25
16. Number of the Canonical Books 28
17. Apocryphal Books 30
Book 2
1. The Scriptures are to be Collected from All [into a Canon] 36
2. Are the Sacred Books to be Translated into Vulgar Languages? 41
3. The Authority of the First Edition 48
4. The Authority of the Septuagint & Latin Editions 51
5. Sense of Scripture 56
6. The One Sense of Scripture 57
7. The Harmonious Sense of Scripture 59
8. Perspicuity of Scripture 61
9. Interpreter of Scripture 66
10. The Literal & Etiological Explication of Scripture 69
11. The Causes of Various Senses 69
12. General Interpretive Rules 70
13. Interpretation of Single Places 71
14. Interpretation out of the Context 73
15. Of Clear Places 74
16. Of Similar Places 75
17. The Analogy of Faith 76
18. The External Interpretative Rule 77
19. Application 79
Book 3
1. Various Grades of Knowing God 81
2. Of the Mode of Grasping God 82
3. Names of God 83
4. Of the One God 84
5. What is God 85
6. Attributes of God 87
7. Intellect of God 87
8. The Particular & Universal Knowledge [Cognitione] of God 88
9. According to What Mode is the Knowledge of Things in God? 89
10. Contingencies, by what Mode are they Known by God? 90
11. Will of God 92
12. The Efficacious Will of God 93
13. Providence & Predestination 96
14. Omnipotence of God 98
15. Blessedness of God 100
16. Trinity 100
17. Of the Mode of Speaking of the Trinity 101
18. Person 103
19. Consubstantial 104
20. Three Persons 106
21. Distinction of Persons 109
22. Of the Word & Image 111
Book 4
1. Creatures 114
2. Of a Place 115
3. Free-Will 120
4. Angels 123
5. Creation of Man 125
6. Image of God & the Nature of a Soul 127
7. Origin of the Soul 132
8. Of Good & Evil 133
9. The Sin of Angels & Men 135
10. Original Sin 137
11. Concupiscence 141
12. Punishments 143
13. The inequality of Sins 147
14. The Virgin 149
15. The Providence of God About Evil 152
16. The Predestination of God in General 156
17. Reprobation 159
18. The Highest Cause of Predestination 164
Book 5
1. Of the Natures of the Mediator 167
2. Hypostatic Union 170
3. Communication of Properties 172
4. The Properties of Human Nature 176
5. Of Faith & the Knowledge of Christ 178
6. The Mediator 182
7. Of the Mediator, According to Which Nature? 183
8. Of the Efficacy of the Mediator 190
9. Imputation of the Righteousness of Christ 193
10. The Descent of Christ to ‘Inferos’ 204
11. Of Christ the Only Mediator 211
12. The Merits of Christ 220
13. Whether Christ Merited Anything Himself? 221
14. In What Manner Christ Merited for All? 222
15. Limbo of the Fathers 225
16. Definition of Sanctification 228
17. Cause of Sanctification 230
18. Of Concupiscence in the Regenerate 233
19. Of the Fulfillment of All the Precepts 236
20. The Imperfection of Single Good Works 239
21. Repentance 243
22. Faith 246
23. Faith in the Intellect 248
24. Faith in the Will 250
25. Faith & Works 251
26. Hope of Salvation 254
27. The Abiding of Faith 261
Book 6
1. What Then are Good Works? 265
2. Obedience of the Moral Law 266
3. The Ceremonial & Political Law 268
4. The Human Political Law 270
5. Whether the Political Power is Subjugated to the Ecclesiastical Power? 274
6. Of the Power of the Church in Upholding its Laws 280
7. Vows in General 284
8. Of Religious Undertakings Due to a Vow 287
9. Of the Vow of Poverty 290
10. Of Monastic Obedience 293
11. Of the Vow of Chastity 294
12. Christian Righteousness 299
13. Merit 302
14. Congruous Merit 305
15. Condign Merit 306
16. The Name of Justification 310
17. Imputed Righteousness 317
18. Justification by Faith Alone 320
19. Remission of Sins 324
20. Retention of Punishments 326
21. Of Satisfactions 330
22. Of Blessedness 333
23. State of Souls 336
24. Purgatory 338
25. Suffrages [for the Dead] 349
26. Of the Testimonies of the Fathers for Purgatory 352
27. Of the Returning of Souls [as Ghosts] 355
28. Resurrection 357
Book 7
1. Name & Properties of a Sacrament 360
2. Definition of a Sacrament 365
3. Of the Genera of the Sacramental Signs 368
4. Of the Spoken & Consecratory Word 369
5. Of the Intention of the Minister 371
6. Of the Efficacy of the Sacrament 373
7. Of the Character 380
8. Of the Efficacy of the Old Sacraments 382
9. Of the Number of Sacraments 387
Confirmation 388
Repentance 389
Extreme Unction 392
Ordination 395
Marriage 397
10. Baptism 400
11. Efficacy of Baptism 402
12. Necessity of Baptism 406
13. Of the Obligation of Baptizing Infants 410
14. Of the Ministry of Baptism 411
15. The Baptism of John 413
16. The Baptism of Heretics 417
17. The Rites of Baptism 418
18. Names of the Eucharist 419
19. Of the Matter of the Eucharist Having Been Removed 421
20. Of the Private Mass 423
21. Of Breaking Bread & Giving into the Hands 428
22. Of Which Kind? [Both Kinds] 429
Index of Things & Words
Jesuit Epistles [To & From]
Panstratiae Catholicae, or a Body of the Controversies of Religion Against the Papists, vols. 1 (Canon), 2 (God, Worship of God), 3 (Man), 4 (Sacraments), 5 (Church) (Frankfurt, 1627-1629)
“The name of Chamier (d. 1621) is one of the greatest, not only among Calvinistic divines, but in all theological literature. His Panstratiae Catholicae (1626) is the ablest work from a Calvinistic hand in in the great Roman Catholic Controversy, and takes its general rank with books like Chemnitz’s Examen and Gerhard’s Confessio Catholica. It was prepared at the request of the Synod of Larochelle. There is no difference of opinion among competent judges as to its distinguished merits, and it is justly regarded among all Calvinists as one of the highest authorities.” – Krauth, a Lutheran, p. 47
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Table of Contents
Vol. 1
Locus 1, The Canon
Inquiry 1, What Should be the Rule [Canon]?
Book 1, Scripture 1
Book 2, Not the Church: Papal Arguments 14
Book 3, Not the Pope: Papal Arguments 24
Inquiry 2, Of the Parts of the Canon
Book 4, Of the Apocryphal Books: Papal Arguments 45
Book 5, Catholic Arguments 52
Of the Nature of the Canon
Inquiry 1, From where is the Authority of the Canon?
Book 6, From Only Itself 72
Book 7, Papal Arguments 89
Inquiry 2, of the Perfection of Scripture
Book 8 101
Book 9 Papal Arguments 134
Of the Use of the Canon
Book 10, of Reading the Scriptures 178
Of Understanding Scripture
Book 11, of Translating the Scriptures 190
Book 12, of the Authority of the First Edition of the Sacred Books 207
Book 13, of the Septuagint Edition 224
Book 14, of the Vulgate Edition 242
Of the Interpretation of Scripture
Book 15, of Various Senses & the Perspicuity of Scripture 261
Book 16, of the Interpreters of Scripture 287
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Vol. 2
Locus 2, of God & the Worship of God
Part 1, of God
Book 1, of the Trinity 1
Book 2, of the Attributes of God: Omnipotence, Providence, Contingency & Necessity 19
Book 3, of the Author of Sin 36
Of the Incarnation
Book 4, of the Person, Human Nature, Nativity, the Soul of Christ 55
Book 5, Of the Descent to Inferos & the Resurrection of Christ 74
Book 6, of the Body of Christ 100
Of the Office of Mediator
Book 7, of the Mediation according to the Natures & the Mediator for Whom? 121
Book 8, of the One Mediator 133
Of Ecumenicity
Book 9, Whether it is Anything? 146
Book 10, Catholic Arguments 171
Hypothesis 1
Book 11, of Peter the Apostle 192
Book 12, Papal Arguments 236
Hypothesis 2, of the Pope
Book 13, of the Authority of the Pope in the Church 251
Book 14, Catholic Arguments 287
Book 15, of the Authority of the Pope in the Republic 309
Book 16, of the Antichrist 318
Book 17, Papal Arguments 361
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Part 2, Of Worship
Book 18, of the Calumnies of the Papists 378
Book 19, Inquiry 1, Whether Religious Worship is able to Consist with Creatures 391
Book 20, Inquiry 2, of the Invocation of the Saints; Inquiry 3, of Relics 401
Inquiry 4, of Images
Book 21, of Images of God & the Veneration of Images 413
Book 22, of the Cross & Images in Church Buildings 439
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vol. 3
Of Man: Corrupt & Restored
Book 1, Inquiry 1, of Sin 1
Book 2, Question 2, of Free Choice, Human Choice & Controversy 1: the Power of Choice in Civil Things 9
Book 3, Controversy 2, of the Power of Choice unto Good, Theologically 20
Book 4, Catholic Arguments 42
Book 5, of the Original Sin of those born of the Faithful & of the Controversy about the Virgin Mary 55
Book 6, Question 3, of the Punishments of Sin, of the Punishment of Original Sin, & of Venial & Mortal Sin 79
Of the Restoration of Man, of the Chief Cause
Book 7, Of Predestination 98
Book 8, Of the Cause of Predestination & of the Cause of Reprobation 109
Of the Sub-alternate Cause of the Restoration by Christ
Book 9, Of the Merits of Christ by Compact & of the Efficacy of the Death of Christ 124
Of the Nature of the Restoration in Particular: of Sanctification & Justification
Book 10, Of Sanctification & Justification, & of Concupiscence 134
Book 11, of the Fulfillment of the Whole Law & of the Imperfection of Works 156
Of the Parts of Sanctification
Book 12, Of Faith, of the Knowledge of Faith, of the Tie of Faith & Works 183
Of the Object of Faith
Book 13, Of the Application of Justification, of the Certainty of Faith & of the Proper Faith of the Elect 197
Book 14, Of the Merit of Works 226
Book 15, Of the Necessity of Works, of Christian Liberty & of the Constitutions of the Church 252
Laws Concerning Marriages
Book 16, Of the Celibacy of Priests 271
Book 17, Papal Arguments 302
Book 18, Of the Grades of Impediments to Marriage, of Free-Persons & of Repudiations 324
Book 19, Laws of Fastings & of the Time of Fasting 350
Book 20, Of Vows, of Continency, of Councils 369
Part 2, of Justification
Book 21, What it is; Inquiry 1, of Inhering; of Imputation 418
Book 22, Of Faith Alone Justifying 455
Book 23, Of the Pardon of Punishments & Proper Satisfactions 478
Book 24, Of the Satisfactions of Others; Inquiry 1, Whether Some may Satisfy for Others; Inquiry 2, Of the Treasury of Indulgences 517
Book 25, Of the Effects of Restoration & the Limbo of the Fathers 545
Book 26, Of Purgatory 559
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Vol. 4
Locus 4, Of the Sacraments
Book 1, Of the Sacraments in General 1
Book 2, Of the Efficacy of the Sacraments 25
Book 3, Of the Strength & Efficacy of the Old [Testament] Sacraments 54
Book 4, Of the Number of the Sacraments, of Confirmation, of Penance, of Extreme Unction, of Ordination, of Marriage 69
Book 5, Of Baptism 115
Book 6, Of the Eucharist & of the Elements 145
Book 7, Of the Adoration of the Eucharist 165
Book 8, Of Both Species: Catholic Arguments 197
Book 9, Papal Arguments 228
Of the Thing Signified
Book 10, Of the Enunciation of the Sacrament, & Firstly of the Boundaries [of the Words]; Then of the Interpretation of the Enunciation 253
Book 11, Of Corporal Chewing 289-332
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Maresius, Samuel
A Theological Colloquium, or, a Brief System of Universal Theology, Comprehending Eighteen Disputations Held in Gronigen (2nd ed. Groningen, 1649) The table of contents is at the end.
Maresius (1599-1673)
Table of Contents
1. Of the Nature of Theology & its Chief Principle: even Scripture 1
2. Of the Nature & Attributes of God 12
3. Of the Sacrosanct Trinity 24
4. Of the Decrees, Providence & Predestination of God 38
5. Of the Creation of the World, Angels & Men 50
6. Of Sin & the Punishment of Sin 63
7. Of the Law of God 77
8. Of the Covenant of Grace & the Free-Will of Man 95
9. Of the Person & State of Jesus Christ 111
10. Of the Office of the Mediator 127
11. Of Calling, Faith & Justification 145
12. Of Sanctification & Good Works 167
13. Of Repentance & Christian Liberty 185
14. Of the Glorification of the Saints & the Condemnation of the Ungodly 200
15. Of the Name & Parts of the Church 219
16. Of the Form, Notes & Adjuncts of the Church 242
17. Of the Contraries to, & Hosts of the Church 263
18. Of the Sacraments 274
The Orthodox Federated States of Belgium, or An Exegesis of the Confession of the Belgic Churches (Groningen, 1652) The table of contents is at the end.
A New Synopsis of Elenctic Theology, or an Index of the Controversies of Faith out of the Sacred Scriptures produced by the Jesuit Jacob Tirinus, and augmented, amended and refuted by a continuous censure, vol. 1, 2 (1646-7)
“Another of the greatest names, in high renown for ability and Calvinistic orthodoxy, is that of Maresius (d. 1673). He has been called the Calvinistic Calovius [a Lutheran]. His life was a life of contest against the errors outside of Calvinism, and errors which tried to shelter themselves within it. His greatest work is in his reply to Tirinus, the Jesuit, who had added to his Commentary (1632) an ” Index of Controversies on Matters of Faith.” Maresius first gives Tirinus in full, in his own words, and then adds his own strictures.” – Krauth, a Lutheran, pp. 48-9
The Hydra of Socinianism Expunged, vol. 1 (God & Attributes, Works of), 2 (Christian Religion, Precepts of Christ), 3 (Groningen, 1651) Tables of contents: 1, 2 (vol. 3 has no table of contents, though it does have indexes)
A Syllabus of Further Select Disputations, vol. 1, 2 (Groningen, 1660/1663) The tables of contents are at the end.
A Small Bundle of Myrrh (Groningen, 1660) Table of contents
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Fenner, Dudley – Sacred Theology, or Truth which Follows Piety (Geneva, 1586)
Fenner (c. 1558–1587) was an English puritan divine and was one of the first theologians to use the term “covenant of works” to describe God’s relationship with Adam in the Book of Genesis.
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Table of Contents
1. Of Theology 1
2. Of the Actions of God 4
3. Of the Corrupted Condition of Things 32
4. Of the Covenant of God & of Christ 39
5. Of the Divine Administration After the Fall 51
6. Of the Divine Administration in the Family 89
7. Of the Divine Ecclesiastical Administration 105
8. Of the Legal Divine Administration 122
9. Of Evangelical Discipline 161
10. Of the Last Judgment 173
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Whitaker, William – The Theological Works, Two Volumes now Collected into One (1601)
Whitaker (1548-1595) was a prominent reformed, Anglican churchman, academic and theologian. He was Master of St. John’s College, Cambridge and a leading divine in the university in the latter half of the sixteenth century.
Sections
2nd Index, Books & Tracts
Bk. 8. Of Paradoxes, pp. 165-206 ToC
Bk. 9. Sophisms, pp. 207-239 ToC
4th Index, Index of Theological Common Places
6th Index, Subject Index
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Davenant, John – Determinations of Some Theological Questions (Cambridge, 1634) Table of Contents
This is not a systematic theology, but Davenant discusses 49 questions related to systematic issues. Some other theological works of his are on PRDL.
Prideaux, John
All the Theological Works Extent in Latin (Tigur, 1672) Table of Contents comes after the Dedication and Preface
Prideaux (1578–1650) was a reformed Anglican bishop and professor of theology.
Table of Contents
I. 22 Theological Readings
1. Of the Absolute Decree of Reprobation 1
2. Of Middle Knowledge 14
3. Of Universal Grace 39
4. Of the Mode of Conversion 40
5. Of Justification 53
6. Of the Perseverance of the Saints 68
7. Of the Certainty of Salvation 82
8. Of the Salvation of the Nations 99
9. Of the Visibility of the Church 113
10. Of Jesuit Equivocation 129
11. Of the Antichrist 144
12. Of the Origin of the Hebrew Points 160
13. Of the 1,000 Years of the Apocalypse 176
14. Of the Use of Logic in Theology 190
15. Of the Invocation of the Saints 204
16. Of the Sacrifice of the Mass 218
17. Of the Holy Trinity 232
18. Of the Deity of Christ 245
19. Of the Satisfaction of Christ 260
20. Of the Deity & Personality of the Holy Spirit 273
21. Of Original Sin 288
22. Of the Authority of the Church in the Things of Faith 304
II. 12 Inaugural Orations
1. Of the Two Witnesses, Rev. 11:3-5 324
2. Of the Vestments of Aaron 334
3. Of Gog & Magog 344
4. Of the Book of Life 352
5. Of Tenths [Tithes], Gen. 14:18-20 360
6. Of the Calling of the Jews 368
7. Of the Sabbath 376
8. Of the Calling of Ministers 386
9. Of Pseudopigraphia 394
10. Of Spiritual Seducers 404
11. Of the Lies of Imposters 414
12. Of Hypocrisy 423
13. Of the Canonization of Saints 428
III. 6 Sermons
1. Of the Wisdom of the Egyptians 441
2. Of the Adolescence of Christ 453
3. Of the Teaching of Apollos 463
4. Of the Zeal & Practice of Apollos 465
5. Of the Religious Bond of the Vow 491
6. Of the Visible Ladder to the Invisible Things, Rom. 1:20 508
IV. A Bundle of Theological Controversies
Introductory Inquiry: Of the Existence of God 531
1. Of the Scripture 533
2. Of the Knowledge of God 559
3. Of Sin 584
4. Of the Church 602
5. Of Redemption 665
6. Of the Sacraments 679
7. Of the Last Things 692
V. A Synopsis of Councils
1. Of Synods in General 707
2. Of the Jewish Councils 708
3. Of the Apostolic Councils 709
4. Of Approved Ecumenical Councils 710
5. Of the Latin Ecumenical Councils 714
6. Of Controversial Councils 715
7. Of Rejected Councils 723
8. Of National Councils 727
9. Of Colloquies 731
VI. A Mnemonic System of Scholastic Theology
1. Of God 736
2. Of the Works of God 737
3. Of Sin 739
4. Of Redemption 741
5. Of Grace 745
6. Of the Sacraments 747
7. Of the Last Things 749
Tully, Thomas – A Manual of the Principal Didactic Heads of Theology (5th ed., Oxford, 1700) No table of contents
Tully (1620-1676)
Baxter, Richard – A Method of Christian Theology: 1. of the Nature of Things, 2. of Sacred Scripture, 3. of Practice (London, 1681)
Baxter (1615–1691) This Latin work, with his Christian Directory in English, was intended to comprise a whole body of divinity (the theological in Latin and the practical in English). Note Baxter’s significant errors regarding Justification, the Covenant, the definition of Faith, the nature and extent of the Atonement, etc.
Brief Table of Contents
Part 1
1. A Table of the First Part: the General Method 1
2. Of God the Creator, as far as his Nature & Attributes 28
3. Of the Active Constitution of the Reign of Nature, i.e. of Creation 124
4. The Nature, Order & End of Beings; a Whole Compendium of Philosophy, etc. 129
5. Of Man 153
6. Of the Active, Vital Power [Virtute] of the Mind, or what is vulgarly called, Power [Potentia] 176
7. Of the Intellectual Power of the Mind 185
8. Of the Third Faculty of the Mind, the Will 197
9. Of the Executed Acts of the Three Conjoined Faculties 217
10. Of the Soul as Sensitive 223
11. Of the Vegetative Nature of the Soul 233
12. Of the Passive Constitution of the Reign of Nature, where is of the Relations of God & Man in turn 243
13. Of the Divine Government antecedent to the Reign of Nature 256
14. Of the State & Conducting of Man under this Reign 268
15. Of the Subsequent Divine Government (in the Kingdom of Nature) 334
Part 2
1. Of the Initial Constitution of the Universal Kingdom of Grace 381
2. Of the First, Initial, Preceding Government of the Universal Reign of Grace 386
3. Of the Deeds of the Subjects under this Government 400
4. Of the First Divine Government Following in the Initial, Universal Kingdom of Grace 404
5. Of the Second Preceding Government of the Initial, Universal Kingdom of Grace, namely, after the Flood 407
6. Of the Preceding Particular Government of the Initial Kingdom of Grace: of the Things of Abraham 411
7. Of the Deeds of the Subjects under this Particular Administration of the Kingdom of Grace 414
8. Of the Subsequent Government under the Abrahamic Government 417
9. Of the Constitution of the Judaic Polity, that is, the Particular State of the Kingdom of Grace being Confirmed 419
10. Of the Preceding Administration of the Judaic Polity, that is, of the Particular Kingdom of Grace being Confirmed, or of the Second Edition 421
. Of the Fundamental Mosaic Law, or of the Covenant Itself 422
11. Of the Deeds of the Subjects Under this Administration 446
12. Of the Administration Following in the Judaic Polity 448
Part 3
1. Of the Constitution of the Universal Kingdom of Grace in the Perfect State, that is, of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Christ Incarnate 1
2. A General Explication of the Preceding Administration (or Government) of the Universal Kingdom of Grace in the Perfect State (namely, after Christ’s Incarnation)
3. Of this Administration, even about [its] threefold object, namely, 1. about the World, 2. about those baptized, and those that are Christians as far as their mouth, 3. about the truly faithful 65
4. Of this administration under a threefold period, namely, 1. under the Administration of the Person of Christ before his Ascension, 2. under the Apostles after his Ascension, 3. from the apostles to the end of the world 70
5. Of the Gospel, even under a threefold form: 1. Even of the Donation, or Testament 78
6. 2. Of the Gospel, even the Doctrine of Christ the Teacher 83
7. 3. Of the Gospel as the Law of the Kingdom of Christ 88
8. Of the Gospel in a threefold Formula: 1. a Most Binding Contract in the Covenant of the Sacrament: Where is, I. of the Covenant itself (and from thence of the ways of covenanting) 93
9. Of the Ways of Covenanting: I. of Baptism 97
10. II. Of the Sacrament of Communion, or of the Lord’s Supper 101
11. III. Of the Gospel in Three Summaries: I. of the [Apostle’s] Creed of Faith 107
12. By the Creed Expositing on the Divine Christian Faith itself 114
13. II. Of the Lord’s Prayer, a Small Sum of what ought to be willed or sought for 134
14. III. Of a Small Sum, that is, expositing by the Decalogue that which ought to be done, & confirming it from Christ; where is especially I. of the Love of God, II. of Love to Neighbor, III. of Righteousness & Right, IV. Of Love Owed to Oneself 142
15. III. Of the Gospel in a most broad formula, that is, by the Sacred Scriptures 197
16. Of a Threefold Help; I. Of the Help of the Holy Spirit 211
17. II. Of the Objective Helps in Divine Works 221
18. III. Of Suasive Ministerial Help; where is of the threefold ministry: I. Of the Economic Ministry, & of the Home 224
19. II. 1. Of the Ecclesiastical Ministry, or of the Ministers of Christ 228
. 2. Of Particular Churches as far as the constitution 230
. 3. Of the Administration of a Particular Church 232
. 4. Of Associated Churches 236
. 5. Of Councils 238
20. III. Of the Civil Ministry, that is, of the Magistrate, where is
. 1. Of a Constitution of a Republic 241
. 2. Of a Civil Magistrate Himself 242
. 3. Of the Government of a Republic, where is of Laws & Judgment 244
. 4. Of Government as far as the threefold end: 1. the Conservation of
. the Republic, 2. its Perfection, 3. its Restoration 246
21. Of the Threefold Enemy: I. of the Flesh Working 247
22. II. Of the World, the Objective Enemy 250
23. III. Of the Devil, the Suasive Enemy (& of his Ministers) 254
24. Of Human Actions in the Kingdom of the Incarnate Christ; I. of the Faithful 257
25. II. Of Infidels & the Ungodly, & of their Sin Against Christ 260
. Here for the Easy Consideration of the Reader, are 50 Questions brought together on the State of the Faithful & Infidels, on the Operation of the Holy Spirit & of Man & on the Causes of Holiness & of Sin, which have been elucuidated hitherto in chs. 16-18, etc.
26. Of the Subsequent Government of the Incarnate Christ; where is I. of the Judgment of Christ in General 295
27. II. Of the Specific Judgments of Christ: Justification & Condemnation; 1. of Justification; where is I. of Righteousness 298
28. 1. of Execution in General 351
. 2. of Rewards in General 351
. 3. Of Punishments in General 352
29. Of Divine Judgment, Justification & Condemnation in this life 354
30. Of the Punishments of the Present Life in Specific 357
31. Of the Rewards of the Present Life in Specific 361
32. Of the Remission of Sinners in Specific 363
33. Of the Future Judgment, Justification & Condemnation 366
Part 4, of the Kingdom of Glory
1. Of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Glory 371
2. Some Preliminary Notes on the Government of the Kingdom of Glory 375
3. On the Government of the Kingdom of Glory itself 377
4. Of the State of Souls Before the Resurrection of the Body 379
5. Of the Resurrection & the Subsequent State of Glory 382
6. Of Hell [Inferis] & the State of the Damned 391
7. Of the Life of Faith Resting in Prospect of Glory 397
8. Of the Life of Hope Resting out of the Prospect of Glory 401
9. Of the Life of Love Resting out of the Prospect of Glory 411
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A Theological Collection of all that which is Extant, including Theological Theses through Common Places in the Academy of Franeker (Franeker, 1641)
Maccovius (1588-1644)
Table of Contents
First Part: a Collection
1. Of Predestination 1
1. God does not will for all & every person to be saved 1
2. Of the Will of Sign 4
3. Of the Conditional Will of God 8
4. Whether there may be granted in God to be an antecedent & consequent will? 11
5. Of the Effective & Approving Will, so far 13
6-7. Of the Permissive & Effective Will 15
8. No Ineffectual Will of God 22
9. Of Middle Knowledge 24
10. Whether Christ, insofar as He is the Mediator is the Cause of our Election 28
11. Whether out of Foreseen Faith we may be Elect? 30
12. Whether Christ Died for All & Everyone? 34
13. Of the Kinds of Men 37
14. Of the Perseverance of the Saints 41
15. Of the Power of God in the Conversion of a Sinful Man 46
16. Liberty is able to Stand with Necessity 50
17. Contains three questions on Predestination 55
1. Whether the term ‘predestination’ is able to be given to reprobation? 55
2. What then is then is the object of predestination? 56
3. Whether reprobation has a cause outside of God? 58
18. The Right of God is Either of Lordship or of Judgment 60
2. Of the First State of Man Before the Fall 65
1. The Principle Parts & Accidents of Man are Considered 65
2. Whether God Joined Certain Supernatural Gifts to Man in the State of Integrity? 68
3. Whether God Established Man in Righteousness & Perfect Holiness? 70
4. Whether faith, even that which Justifies and which is called Saving, may have been in Adam with regards to his nature before the Fall? 73
5. Whether Original Righteousness & Holiness was a Natural or Supernatural Gift to Primeval Man? 76
6. Whether Man would have Died if had persisted in the state of integrity? 79
7. In What Consisted the Image of God which was in the First Man? 82
8. Whether Man in the State of Integrity had so persisted if he had lacked the special help of God, or whether this would have been sufficient to stand if it had not been withdrawn? 84
9. Whether a state of integrity or restoration is able to be obtained in this life? 87
3. Of the Providence of God 89
1. Whether the Providence of God Extends to All Good? 89
2. Whether the Providence of God Extends to All Particular Things 93
3. Whether the Providence of God Turns About Contingencies? 97
4. Whether the Providence is Employed about Voluntary Things 100
5. Whether Good is Able to be From Bad Things in this Life, and Bad from Good Things? 103
6. Whether the Providence of God is Employed about Evil Things, or Sins, and How? 107
7-8. Whether God May Sometimes Punish Sins by Sins? 110
9. Whether an Act as an Act is Sometimes Sin [as Arminius holds]? 117
10. Whether God at Anytime May Execute His End? [No, contra Arminians] 120
11. Whether frustration may be produced by the work in a thing, which by the Absolute Decree of God is Definite? 124
4. Of Justification 128
1. Of the Circumstances of Temporal, Active Justification, or out of the Part of God 128
2. Whether God May Have Been Able to Remit Sinners without Accepting a Satisfaction? 131
3. Whether Because of the Death of Christ Sins are Remitted for the Faithful? 134
4. Whether the Death of Christ is able to speak of Obedience, Righteousness and Merit? 141
5. Whether Our Justification Consists solely in the Remission of Sins? 144
6. Whether God by One Act Justifies Men? 147
7. Of the Perseverance of Justification 150
8. Of that in which Passive Justification Consists 153
9. Whether we are Justified Solely by Faith? 156
10. Whether our Faith is Properly Imputed for Righteousness? 158
11. Whether Justifying Faith Consists in Trust & Understanding? 166
12. Whether a believer is Able to be Certain of his Salvation? 168
13. Whether Faith & Good Works may be Distinguished? 170
14. Whether God at One Time Instituted Another Mode of Justification than that which exists in the New Testament Now? 173
15. Whether Justifying Faith Ceases in the Future Life? [‘We affirm’] 177
5. Of the Mediator 179
1. Whether Christ Existed before He became a Man? 179
2. Whether Christ so Existed Before He Became Man, that He was Truly Eternal God? 185
3. Christ, True God, Assumed Human Nature in Union to Himself 193
4. In Christ are Two Natures, Divine & Human 206
5. Of the Personal Union of Christ 210
6. Whether it Behoove the Mediator to be True God & True Man? 216
7. From this, Because Christ Assumed a Human Nature in Union to the Logos, it is said in the Scriptures that God was crucified, & also that God purchased the Church by his Blood 221
8. Of those who were given to Christ 226
9. That Christ was Head & Mediator not only of the New Testament Church, but also that of the Old Testament, and thus of all the Faithful 228
10. Whether the Sacrificial Laws Prefigured the Death of Christ & his Sacrifice? 232
11. Christ is Properly Said to be a Priest 236
12. That Christ Offered a Sacrifice in the Earth and was a Priest 240
13. Christ Made Satisfaction for us in that He Redeemed us by his Precious Blood 247
14. Christ made Satisfaction for our Sins in that because of our Sins & for Sinners He Died 251
15. Christ Satisfied for our Sins Because He endured Punishments for our Sins & Reconciled God to us 250
16. Christ vicariously sustained our Temporal Death 261
17. Christ sustained Eternal, or a Hellish, Death for us 265
18. Out of These, this Disputation maintains: 1. That Christ Suffered, and all this Endured so that we might be redeemed from the wrath of God; and not truly as Socinus judges, that Christ suffered such and so much for this primary reason, that he may enter into his glory 269
19. It is Maintained Second out of these Disputations that Christ be our Redeemer, not as Socinus puts forth, that he may announce, confirm and point out the way of our salvation… 271
20. Whether the gracious remission of sins contends with satisfaction? 274
21. Of the Intercession of Christ 283
22. Not only the Death of Christ, but also his obedience which He made to the Law of God, is Imputed to us for Justification 292
23. Christ has always had equal divine Power with God 302
24. That Christ the Mediator had full and perfect power before his death and yet was still mortal 310
25. Of the Kingly Power of Christ 317
26. Of the Kingdom of Christ 321
27. Christ, insofar as He is Mediator, this Kingdom He reigns even internally & externally, yet this kingdom of Christ is distinguished into internal & external 322
28. Of the Internal Governance of Christ 328
29. Of the External Governance of Christ 332
30. Of the Power of the Church in Establishing Laws 339
31. Whether the Church has a Right of Imposing Punishment? 344
32. Out of these Disputations is already maintained that Ecclesiastical & Political Government are mutually separate from themselves in many ways 351
33. The Ecclesiastical Polity pertains to the Kingly Office of Christ 354
34. The Mediatorial Kingdom of Christ will Cease from the Day of Judgment 359
35. Christ Merits Divine Worship, not by the principle of created power, nor by the principle of the Office of Mediator, but only by the Uncreated Principle, which, one with the divine nature, He has communicated to Himself, and by which He is God 362
36. Whether Christ ought to be Furnished with divine & religious worship on account of the Mediatorial Office & Power? Or whether Christ, as He is the Mediator, ought to be worshipped with Religious Worship? 369
37. Whether Christ, as Mediator, is Adored with Religious Worship, is returned to again and vindicated from some Objections 378
38. The Adversaries that Affirm that Christ is to be Worshipped with a Religious Worship due to the Mediatorial Office & Power, variously contrive so that they are able to be loosed from the arguments in the Scriptures that teach to give the same worship to Christ which is given to God 386
6. Miscellaneous Questions are Pulled Together 396
1. Of a Previous Preparation to Regeneration 396 Two Related Questions:
Whether the Word of God is Savingly Heard Before Regeneration? 406
Whether those which teach that the will necessarily follows the judgment of the intellect ought to decline to that absurdity which from that is seen to follow (gifts having been infused are not consequently necessary for the will), rightly they may say that gifts poured in the will by the benefit of the illustrating of the mind are as much as the means of some intervention 408
2. Whether a man is able to do more good than he does, and to omit more evil than what he omits? 410
3. Contains [13] Miscellaneous Theses, one with the attacks on them and the response to those attacks 419
1. The Satisfaction of Christ is distinguished from his merits 419
2. The Merit of Christ is not called the absolute principle of God, but out of Compact 420
3. The Sufferings of Christ are not obedience itself, but the effects of the obedience of Christ 421
4. As long as Passive Obedience is spoken of (his sufferings being understood), so some theologians well note therefore that it is improperly called obedience 421
5. The Act of Faith whereby you put trust in Him is prior to believing that Christ is one’s Savior 422
6. Faith is not so much in trust, but consists in understanding [notitia] 423
7. This Understanding [notitia] is not the same as that which falls unto reprobates, but is of a wholly different genus 423
8. Active Justification is other than passive Justification 423
9. Active Justification is done when God promises to us in the Mediator, Christ 423
10. Passive Justification is not other than the sense of it 425
11. Active Justification is therefore individual by a single act; passive is not the same 427
12. The Sufferings of Christ are not our Righteousness, nor are they imputed for righteousness, but unto justification 427
13. The Holy Life of Christ is our Righteousness, and is imputed to us for righteousness 428
Corollary 1. None is bound to worship with a religious worship, except that which is God, and except under this formal principle: as God 428
Corollary 2. Christ by the Principle of the Office of Mediator is Unequal to God 430
4. Whether that which one is bound to believe, that is all true? 431
[Maccovius “became involved in another controversy at Dort with his subsequent colleague William Ames by asserting that all things that must be believed are not necessarily true…” – Wikipedia]
5. In What Consists our Justification before God? 444
6. Whether the Will Always Follows the Leading of the Intellect? [No] 454
7-8. Of Romans 7 466
9. Of Romans 9 489
10. Whether Christ was properly Resuscitated from the Dead by his own Power? 502
11. Of that which is the Socinian Christ, they neither recognize as True God, nor as True Man 509
12. Whether the name ‘Son of God’ may signify something essential to Christ, that is, the divine nature or person, or true office 518
13. Of that, that Christ according to the flesh or human nature is never called ‘the Son of God’, but only according to the divine nature 521
14. Whether Martyrs will be Resurrected a Thousand Years Before the Universal Resurrection of the Dead and Whether they will reign in this World with Christ 532
15. Whether the Heavens will Perish at the Coming of Christ and will return to nothing? 537
16. Whether souls after death may sleep without consciousness up to that Great Judgment Day, or Last Judgment, being drenched perpetually with a deep slumber and drowsiness? 541
17. Whether Heavenly Doctrine, or Theology, may be held to be Judged according to the Rule of Reason? Or whether human reason ought to be settled as the Judge of Theological Controversies? 544
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Another Part: Theological Theses through Common Places
Part 1
1. Of the Nature of Theology 1
2. Of the Subject of Sacred Scripture, or of the Canonical Books 9
3. Of the Editions of Sacred Scripture 21
4. Of the Authority of Sacred Scripture 30
5. Of the Perfection of Sacred Scripture 38
6. Second, of the Perfection of Sacred Scripture 44
7. Of the Perspicuity of Sacred Scripture 51
8. Of the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture 59
9. Of the Mode of Moving, or of the Causality of Sacred Scripture 68
10. First, of the Moral Law 74
11. Second, of the Moral Law 78
12. Third, of the Moral Law 83
13. Fourth, of the Moral Law 93
14. Of the Judicial Law 102
15. Of the Ceremonial Law 111
16. Of the Gospel 117
17. Of the Names of God 128
18. Of the Absolute Attributes of God 139
19. Of the Attributes of God in Specific 146
20. Of the Omnipotence of God 158
21. Of the Relative Attributes of God , and in Specific of the Power of God in Creatures 162
22. Of the Immensity of God 168
23. Of the Knowledge [Scientia] of God 172
24. Of the Punishing Justice of God 179
25. Of the Grace of God, & in Specific of his Mercy [Misericordia] 194
26. Of the Will of God 202
27. Of Predestination 221
28. Of the Eternal Election of God 227
29. Of Reprobation 240
30. Of the Improper Attributes of God, or of Figures 245
31. Of the Plurality of Divine Persons in the Essence of God 248
32. Of the Sacrosanct Trinity 259
33. Of the Deity of Christ 291
34. Of the Son of God 328
35. Of the Personality of the Holy Spirit 343
36. Of the Deity of the Holy Spirit 355
37. Of the Holy Spirit Proceeding from the Father & the Son 370
Part 2
1. Of the Names of God relating to the Creature 1
2. Of the Causes of Creation 6
3. Of the Object of Creation in General 13
4. Of the angels in general 15
5. Of the good angels in specific 20
6. Of the bad angels in specific 26
7. Of Bodies 30
8. Of the Creation of Man 33
9. Of the Supernatural Gifts which Man had in the state of integrity 38
10. Of the Natural Qualities of the First Man 43
11. Of the Image of Go 47
12. Of the Actual Providence of God 51
13. Whether Necessity is able to consist with Contingency & Liberty 55
14. Of the Providence of God about Sin, & of Original Sin 61
15. Of Actual Sin 66
16. Of the Punishment of Sin 73
Part 3
1. Of the Person of Christ the Mediator 78
2. Of the Two Natures in Christ 85
3. Of the Effects of the Union of Natures in Christ 85
4. The First on the Covenant of God 91
5. The Second on the Covenant of God 97
6. Of the Mediator in General 102
7. Of the Prophetic Office of Christ 107
8. Of the Priestly Office of Christ 112
9. Of Sacrifices 117
10. Of the Satisfaction of Christ 121
11. Whether Christ Vicariously Sustained our Temporal Death 127
12. Whether Christ Vicariously Sustained our Hellish Punishments 132
13. Of the Intercession of Christ 138
14. Of the Kingly Office of Christ, First 143
15. Of the Kingly Office of Christ, Second 149
16. Of the Active Justification of Man 154
Part 4
1. Of Regeneration 163
2. Whether dispositions in unregenerate men may furnish Regeneration? 163
3. Whether a man may cooperate with God in his regeneration, or whether his self may merely, passively accept [habeat] it? 168
4. Whether any may savingly hear the Word of God who is not regenerate? 173
5. Of the Power of God which is used in our Regeneration 178
6. Of the Effects of Regeneration, and in Specific of Faith 183
7. The Second, of Faith 188
8. Of the Perseverance of Faith 194
9. Of Passive Justification 200
10. Of the Certainty of Justification 207
11. Of Good Works 213
12. Of the Church-Triumphant 219
13. Of the Church-Militant 225
14. Of the Notes of the Church 230
15. Of the Sacraments in General 236
16. Of the Circumcision & the Paschal Lamb 241
17. Of Baptism 244
18. Of the Lord’s Supper 254
19. Of Schism 259
20. Of a Particular Church 267
21. Of Upright Laws & Judgments of the Church in General 273
22. Of Excommunication 280
23. Of the Grades of Excommunication which were used in the Jewish Church 285
Part 5
1. Of the Antecedents to our Glorification 290
2. Of the Renovation of the Universe 295
3. Second, of the Renovation of the Universe 301
4. Of the Resurrection of our Bodies 308
5. Of the Change of the Bodies of those that will be living at the Coming of Christ 312
6. Of the Last Judgment 318
7. First, of Glorification 324
8. Second, of Glorification 329
9. Third, of Glorification 333
10. Fourth, of Glorification 342
11. First, of the Opposite of Glorification 352
12. Second, of the Opposite of Glorification 357
Theological Common Places (Franeker, 1650; 1658) This is different from the Theological Theses through Common Places above
Table of Contents
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Distinctions and Rules of Theology and Philosophy (Amsterdam, 1653)
Table of Contents
1. Of the Sacred Scripture 1
2. Of the Law 24
3. Of the Gospel 32
4. Of God 38
5. Of God the Father 51
6. Of Creation 61
7. Of Predestination 70
8. Of the Providence of God 78
9. Of Free-Choice 86
10. Of Sin 89
11. Of the Person of Christ & his Office 103
12. Of the Covenant 121
13. Of Justification 124
14. Of Regeneration 129
15. Of Good Works 135
16. Of the Church 137
17. Of the Sacraments 141
18. Of the State of Souls Before the Resurrection 144
19. Of the Resurrection 147
20. Of the Renovation of the World 150
21. Of Glorification 154
22. Of Condemnation 155
23. A Set of a Hundred General Distinctions 157
A Theological Collection of Miscellaneous Questions Publicly Disputed in the Franeker Academy, 1620 & 1621 (Franeker, 1632)
A Theological Collection of Miscellaneous Questions, publicly Disputed in the Franeker Academy, 1622 (Franeker, 1631)
Johannes Maccovius Revived, or Manuscripts of His (Amsterdam, 1659) The first work in this volume is his Distinctions & Rules, but otherwise the other numerous works contained in it are different than any above.
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Reformed Systematic Theologies in Latin, 1651-1700’s
Every Reformed Systematic Theology Online in English