The donet, by Reginald Pecock. Now first edited from MS. Bodl. 916 and collated with The poore mennis myrrour (British Museum, Addl. 37788) by Elsie Vaughan Hitchcock.

PART II

CHAP. I

Request for information as to whereabouts in Part I certain teach∣ing may be found	102
The Twelve Articles of the Creed	103-104
The question as to whether the apostles made the so-called 'Apostles' Creed', or no	104
The Seven Deadly Sins	104-105
Fuller teaching on Sloth	105-107
The five outward Wits and the five inward Wits	107-108
The Seven Bodily Works of Mercy and the Seven Ghostly Works of Mercy	108
Faith, Hope, and Charity	108-109

CHAP. II

The four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Temperance, Ghostly Strength, and Righteousness	109-110
Of the sense in which intellectual or 'knowyngal' virtues, such as Faith and Prudence, are included in the Four Tables of moral virtues	110-111
The Points of the Tables to which belong the learning and practice of a craft or profession	111-113
How Christ's teaching that to love God is the first commandment may be reconciled with Pecock's teaching that to live leernyngly is the first commandment	113
Of the two kinds of Love: the moral virtue and the passion	114

CHAP. III

The Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost	114-117
Teaching on the Sacraments, on obedience to the rebukes of the priest, and on absolution, contained in Pecock's Tables, but not in Moses' Tables	117-119

CHAP. IV

Of the manner in which the Ten Commandments are contained in Pecock's Four Tables	119 ff.
The First [The Anglican First and Second.] Commandment: the use and abuse of Images	119-122
The measure of our love towards God	122-123

CHAP. V

Further teaching on Images

123-126

CHAP. VI

The Second [The Anglican Third.] Commandment: vain swearing and forswearing	126-128
The Third [The Anglican Fourth.] Commandment: discussion as to the alleged correspon∣dence of the Jewish Sabbath and the Christian Sunday	128-133
The Fourth [The Anglican Fifth.] Commandment: the bearing of the child towards his parents	133-134
The remaining six [Five in the Anglican reckoning, in which Pecock's Ninth and Tenth are combined as the Tenth.] commandments: the duty of Righteousness towards our neighbour	134
The use of the Four Tables in explaining the Ten Commandments	134-135
Pecock requests toleration of his arguments against the Ten Com∣mandments	135
Of the inadequacy of Moses' Tables to comprise all God's law for Christians, since they did not do so for the Jews	135

CHAP. VII

The Ten Commandments do not comprise all God's law: Maiming, Beating, and Fornication are not forbidden;	136-138
Gluttony is not forbidden;	138
the preaching and teaching of the priest is not bidden;	138
neither are any of the relationships of the superior to the inferior bidden;	138
belief in the mysteries of the Trinity, &c., is not bidden;	139
neither are the Sacraments bidden;	139-140
nor Repentance bidden	140
Doctors cannot prove that God intended the Ten Commandments to comprise all His law	140-142

CHAP. VIII

The inadequacy of the Ten Commandments further discussed: they do not teach God's laws clearly and sufficiently	142-145
The clearness and comprehensiveness of the Four Tables	145

CHAP. IX

The inadequacy of the Ten Commandments continued: even if their teaching is augmented by the teaching of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Seven Works of Mercy, &c., all God's law is not covered	145-147
The comprehensiveness of Pecock's Four Tables
Proofs that the Third [The Anglican Fourth.] Commandment does not apply to Christians.	148-153

CHAP. X

The same subject	154-156
The Third [The Anglican Fourth.] Commandment is forbidden to Christians	156
Of the arrangement and numbering of the Commandments in Moses' Tables	157-158

CHAP. XI

The reason why God gave the Ten Commandments to the Jews was that they might serve as a guide to the fuller understanding of His law	158-159
Pecock's desire to turn the people from their adherence to the Ten Commandments, and to teach them his Four Tables	160-161

CHAP. XII

Of Christ's commandments to the rich man	162-163
And to the lawyer	163-164

CHAP. XIII

Charity does not comprise all the commandments of God	164-166
The sense in which all moral virtuous deeds may be said to depend upon Charity	166-171

CHAP. XIV?

Concerning the reading of the Bible in the native tongue

172

CHAP. XV?

Of the nature of sin	172-175
Of the reason for the slavish adherence to the Ten Commandments, and for the slighting of the Four Tables	175-176
Of the impossibility of teaching in the Donet the foundation of the Four Tables in Holy Scripture, and directions as to where this matter may be found	176-177

CHAP. XVI?

Of the sense in which God's forbiddings are taught in the Four Tables by the teaching of His biddings	177-181
The distinction between moral vices opposed privatively to moral virtues, and moral vices strictly contrary to moral virtues	181-183

CHAP. XVII?

The difference between a law of God, i. e. a moral virtue or a moral virtuous deed, and the circumstances of a law of God	183-185
The position in the Four Tables of oaths and vows as circumstances of moral virtuous deeds or moral vicious deeds	185-187
Of the loose use of the terms 'oath' and 'vow' to signify a deed of affirming, denying, or promising, with its circumstances	187

CHAP. XVIII?

Of necessary and unnecessary circumstances to a moral virtuous deed	188
Of oaths and vows necessary and unnecessary	188
Of forswearing and vain swearing towards God	189-190
And towards our neighbour	190-191

CHAP. XIX

Of the moral virtues of the Four Tables as commandments or as counsels	191-192
Of degrees of sin and degrees of punishment	192-195
Moral virtues of counsel other than the three great Counsels of Chastity, Voluntary Poverty, and Obedience of one man to another	195-196

CHAP. XX

The three meanings of the term 'law of God'	196-200
The necessity of knowing all the Seven Matters [See above, p. xxvi, footnote 1.]	200-202

CHAP. XXI

Forms of praising	202-203
Forms of praying	203-205
The course to be followed in outward praising and prayer	205-207

CHAP. XXII

The course to be followed in inward praising and prayer

207-212

CHAP. XXIII

The advantages of silent meditation over outward praising and prayer	212-213
The strength given by meditation	213-214
The need of apportioning a certain time for worship every day, and of devoting the rest of the day to labour	214
The benefits arising from daily worship	214