The knowledg of Christ Jesus. Or The seventh book of commentaries vpon the Apostles Creed: containing the first and general principles of Christian theologie: with the more immediate principles concerning the true knowledge of Christ. Divided into foure sections. Continued by Thomas Jackson Dr. in Divinitie, chaplaine to his Majestie in ordinarie, and president of Corpus Christi Colledge in Oxford

A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPALL Arguments of the severall Se∣ctions and Chapters contained in this BOOKE.

SECTION I.

• OF the beleefe or knowledge of Christ in ge∣nerall: and whether Theologie be a true Science or no. Page 2
• CHAP. 1. Of the principall points that Christians are bound to beleeve. 3
• 2. Of Historicall beleefe in generall, and how it doth variously affect Beleevers, according to the variety of matters related: the severall esteeme of the Hi∣storians. 5
• 3. Whether such knowledge of God, and of Christ, as the Scriptures teach, be a science properly so called. 11
• 4. Of the agreements and differences between Theo∣logie and other sciences in respect of their subjects: that the true historicall beleefe of sacred Historians is equivalent to the certaintie, or evidence of other sciences. 18

SECTION II.

• OF the severall wayes by which the mysteries contained in the knowledge of Christ were foretold, prefigured, or otherwise fore-signi∣fied. Of the divers senses of holy Scriptures, & how they are said to be fulfilled, with some generall rules for the right interpretation of them. Page 25
• CHAP 5. Containing the generall division of testimo∣nies, or fore-significations of Christ. ib.
• 6. Of the first rank of testimonies concerning Christ, that is, of testimonies merely propheticall. Page 27
• 7. What manner of predictions they be, or of what matters the predictions must be, which necessarily inferre the participation of a divine Spirit. 30
• 8. Of the Sibylline Oracles, whether they came origi∣nally from God or no: that the perspicuity of their predictions doth not argue them to be counterfait or forged since the incarnation of the Sonne of God 38
• 9. Answering the Objections against the former re∣solutions; that God did deale better with Israel then with other nations, although it were granted that o∣ther nations had as perspicuous predictions of Christ and of his Kingdome, as the Israelites had. 46
• 10. Of Testimonies in the old Testament concerning Christ merely typicall, and how they do conclude the

• truths delivered in the New Testament. Page 53
• CHAP. 11. Of testimonies concerning Christ typically propheticall, or prophetically typicall, and of their concludent proofe. 58
• 12. Of the severall senses of Scripture, especially of the literall and mysticall. 67
• 13. Of the literall sense of Scripture not assertive, but merely charactericall. 77
• 14. That the Scripture is said to be fulfilled according to all the former senses: that one & the same Scrip∣ture may be oftner than once fulfilled according to each severall sense. 87
• 15. Whether all Testimonies alledged by the Euange∣lists out of the old Testament, in which it is said or implyed [this was done that the Scripture might be fulfilled] be concludent proofs of the Euangeli∣call truths for which they are alledged. 106
• 16. Whether the Prophets did alwayes foresee, or ex∣plicitely beleeve, whatsoever they did foretell, or fore-signifie concerning Christ. 126
• 17. Whether divine prophecies or predictions concer∣ning Christ may admit amphibologies, or ambiguous senses. 139
• 18. Containing the generall heads or topicks for find∣ing

• out the severall senses of Scripture, especially for the just valuation of the literall sense, whether in the old Testament or in the new. 160
• 19. Of the use of sacred, or miscellane Philology for finding out as well the literall, as the mysticall, or other senses of Scripture. 179

SECTION III.

• That the incarnation of God, and of God in the person of the Son instiled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, the Word, was foretold, prefigured, &c. in the writings of Moses. Of the hypostaticall union betweene the Son of God and seed of Abraham, Pag. 201
• CHAP. 20. That God according to the literall sense of Scriptures, was in later ages to be incarnate, and to converse with men, with the seede of Abraham espe∣cially here on earth, after such a peculiar manner, as we Christians beleeve, Christ, God and man did. 201
• 21. That this peculiar manner of Gods presence with his people by signes and miracles was punctually foreprophecyed by the Psalmists. 211
• 22. That the God of Israel was to become a servant and a subject to humane infirmities, was foretold by the Prophets according to the strictest literall sense. 228
• 23. That God was to visite his Temple after such a visible and personall manner, as the Prophet Jere∣mie

• in his name had done. 232
• 24. That the God of Israel was to be made King, and to raigne not ever Israel only, but over the Nations in a more peculiar manner than in former ages hee had done. 241
• 25. That the former Testimonies doe concludently in∣ferre a pluralitie of persons in the unitie of the God∣head: and that God in the person of the Son was to be incarnate, and to be made Lord and King. 249
• 26. That by the Sonne of God and the Word, we are to understand one and the same partie or person: that the Word by whom S. John saith the World was made, is coeternall to God the Father, who made all things by him. 262
• 27. Why S. John doth rather say, the word was made flesh, then, the sonne of God was made flesh, albeit the sonne of God, and the word, denote one and the same person. 281
• 28. That the incarnation of the Word, or of the sonne of God under this title was foreprophecyed by sun∣dry Prophets, with the exposition of some peculiar Places to this purpose, not usually observed by Inter∣preters. 299
• 29. Of the true meaning of this speech, the word was made flesh: Whether it be all one for the Word to be made. flesh, & to be made man, or whether he were

• made flesh, and made man at the same instant▪ 320
• 30. Of the hypostaticall and personall union betwixt the Word and the flesh, or betwixt the Sonne of God and the seed of Abraham. 330

SECTION IIII.

• Of the conception, and birth of our Lord and Sa∣viour, the sonne of God: of the circumcision of the sonne of God, and the name JESUS given him at his circumcision, and of the fulfilling of the types and prophecyes concerning these mysteries. Pag. 347
• CHAP. 31. The aenigmaticall predictions concerning Christs conception, unfolded by degrees. ibid.
• 32. S. Lukes narration of our Saviours conception and birth, and its exact concordance with the Prophets. 354
• 33. S Matthews relation of the manner of our Savi∣ours conception and birth, and of the harmony be∣twixt it and the prophecyes. 370
• 34. The manner of our Saviours conception and birth, as it was foretold by the Prophet Isaiah, exactly ful∣filled. The Iews exceptions against S. Matthewes allegation of the prophet Isaiahs testimony, with the full answer unto them. 383
• 35. Of the circumcision of our Saviour. 418
• 36. Of the name Jesus, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the title Lord. 428

FINIS.