Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians in XXX lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...

THE TABLE

A.

• THe Law abolished as a Covenant, not as a Rule. Page 213
• The Law abrogated to beleevers in six par∣ticulars. p. 217. 218. 219. 220
• Three causes of the abrogation of the cere∣moniall Law, which agree not to the morall. p. 222
• Six abuses of the Law. p. 17. 18. 19. 20
• Conversion and Repentance are our acts, as well as the effects of Gods grace. p. 99
• Whether Adam was mortall before his eat∣ing of the forbidden fruit. p. 110
• Whether Adam in his innocency can be con∣sidered in his naturalls or supernaturalls, answered in two Positions. p. 132
• Whether Adam needed Christs help. p. 133
• Whether God required lesse of Adam then us. p. 138
• Amorem mercedis a Godly man may have in his obedience, though not amorem merce∣narium. p. 14
• What help the Angels had by Christ. p. 134
• Calvin's two Reasons why Angels needed Christs mediation. ibid.
• Some Antecedaneous works upon the heart before grace be bestowed. p. 88
• Foure limitations concerning those antece∣daneous works. p. 88. 89
• The first Antinomian. p. 39
• Antinomian Differences betwixt the Law and Gospel confuted. p. 243. 246
• The Antinomian why most inexcusable. p. 45
• The Antinomian distinction of the Law be∣ing abolished as a Law, but still abiding in respect of the matter of it, a contra∣diction. p. 214
• The Antinomian Arguments overthrow the use of the Law to unbeleevers as well as beleevers. p. 217
• The opinion of the old Antinomians. p. 277
• The word [As] taken variously. p. 165
• Antidotes against Antinomian errors. p. 279
• Antinomianisme is the onely way indeed to overthrow Christ and grace. p. 281

B.

• A Blaspheming Monk. p. 27
• Blaspheming Papists. ibid.
• The Lay-mans book is the whole universe. p. 77
• Master Burton his Report of Antinomians. p. 278

C.

• A Cordiall for a broken heart. p. 22. 23
• Contradictions of the Antinomians. p. 31
• A Community of goods not taught by the law of Nature. p. 83
• Christs Incarnation cannot be supposed, but upon supposition of Adams fall. p. 135
• It is an hard matter so to set up Christ and grace as not thereby to destroy the law. p. 210
• The doctrine of Christ and grace in the highest manner doth establish not over∣throw the law. p. 211
• God entred into Covenant with Adam, in giving him a law. p. 122. 123
• What a Covenant implyes. p. 124
• Why the Covenant of grace is not still a co∣venant of works, seeing works are neces∣sary. p. 48
• A Covenant of
  • Friendship.
  • Reconciliation.
  p. 124
• No Covenant properly so called can be be∣twixt God and Man. p. 126
• How God can covenant with man. ibid.
• Five Reasons why God would deal with man in a covenant-way, rather then in an absolute way. p. 127. 128
• A vast difference betwixt the covenant in innocency and in grace. p. 129. 130
• The morall law delivered as a covenant, proved. p. 230
• It hath the reall properties of a covenant ib.
• In what sense the law may be a covenant of grace, explained. p. 232. 233
• Arguments proving the law a covenant of grace. p. 234. 235. 236
• Objections answered. p. 237
• Doctor Crisp confuted. p. 15
• ...

• ... Cursing taken two waies: 1 Potentially, so a law is alwaies condemning. 2. Actually, so a law is not ever condemning. p. 6

D.

• DEcalogue resembled to the ten Predica∣ments by Martyr, and why. p. 3
• The threatning of death to Adam if he did eat, &c. was fulfilled, in that he became then mortall, and in a state of death, not naturall onely, but spirituall and eter∣nall also. p. 109. 110
• Determination to one, takes not away natu∣rall liberty, nor willingnesse or delight in sin, which we are inevitably carried unto. p. 89. 90
• Three generall waies of proving the Deity of Christ. p. 133. 134
• Foure differences (not substantiall but ac∣cidentall) betwixt the Law and the Go∣spel. p. 251, &c.
• Fire Differences betwixt the Law and Go∣spel strictly taken. p. 257. 258. 259 &c.
• All Doctrine reduced to three heads:
  • Credenda.
  • Speranda.
  • Facienda.
  p. 252. 253.

E.

• THe Papists notion concerning Ecclesia, and Synagoge confuted. p. 252
• If the Antinomians end were only to put men off from glorying in themselves, to deny the concurrence of workes to Justi∣fication, it were more tolerable. p. 31
  • but then their books and end were not reconcileable. p. 32
• Other ends which might make the Antino∣mians more excusable. ibid.
• How Christ is the end of the law for righte∣ousnesse. p. 267
• End taken two waies. ibid.
• Four waies Christ is the perfective end of the Law. p. 270. 271
• Aquinas distinction of end. p. 267
• Eudoxus said hee was made to behold the sun. p. 77
• Exhortations, to what purpose given to them who have no power of themselves to doe them. p. 98
• Errours in Doctrine damnable. p. 279

F.

• FAbles and fictions how used by the Fa∣thers. p. 2
• How Faith justifies. p. 43
• Two acts of Faith. p. 44
• Faith and Repentance wrought both by the Law and Gospel. p. 261. 262
• The same object may be known by the light of Faith and of Nature. p. 73
• Whether justifying Faith were in Adam at first. p. 120
• Faith of adherence and dependence in A∣dam in innocency, and shall be in hea∣ven. p. 128
• Adams faith considered as an act of the soul, not as an organ to lay hold on Christ. p. 129
• Finger of God. p. 157
• Finis indigentiae & assimilationis. p 46
• Free-will by nature. p. 85
• Arguments for free-will answered. p. 94. 95

G.

• GEnealogies how usefull, and how vain. Page 2
• How the Gentiles are said to be without a Law. p. 59
• Who are meant by the word [Gentiles.] p. 58
• The Gospel and Law may be compared in a double respect. p. 239. 240
• The word Gospel] taken two wayes. p. 240
• Whether the Gospel be absolute or no. p. 259
• Gospel taken strictly is not a doctrine of Repentance or holy works. p. 262
• All Good morally is good theologically. p. 59
• Good works, how taken. p. 39
• Foure things required to the essence of good works. ibid.
• The word [Grace] used sometimes for the effects of grace, but more commonly for the favour of God. p. 21
• Grace is more then love. p. 22
• Grace implyeth indebitum and demeritum of the contrary, as Cameron observes. ibid.
• What grace the Pelagians acknowledge. ib.
• Much may be ascribed to grace, and yet the totall efficacy not given to it. p. 91

H.

• A Two-fold writing of the law in the heart. p. 60
• The properties of holinesse fixed at first in Adams heart. p. 119
• Humiliation comes by the Gospel as an ob∣ject, by the Law, as that which commands such affections to those objects. p. 263

I.

• IMage and likeness signifie one thing. p. 114
• An Image four-fold. ibid.
• Wherein the Image of God in man consists. p. 115. 116. 117
• A Thing said to be immortall, four wayes. p. 110
• The Injudiciousnesse of the Antinomians. p. 31
• Whether Adams immortality in innocency be not different from that which shall be in heaven. p. 139
• Some things just because God wills them: other things are just and therefore God wills them. p. 4
• The 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 credere justifies no more in it self, then other acts of obedience. p. 16
• Expecting justification by the Law very dan∣gerous. Fifteen evils which follow there∣upon mentioned. p. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27
• Islebius, Captain of the Antinomians in Lu∣thers daies. p. 276
• How the justification of the Gospel may stand with the good works of the Law done by grace. p. 39
• Paul and James reconciled in the point of justification. page 44

K.

• KIngdome of Heaven] not mentioned in all the Old Testament. p. 253
• How [Kingdome of Heaven] is taken in Mat. 5. 17. p. 274

L.

• HOw the Law is good in eight respects. p. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
• Four acts of the Law. p. 6.
• The two-fold use of the Law to the ungod∣ly. p. 8. A four-fold use of the Law to the godly. p. 9
• Cautions concerning the Law. p. 11
• 1. The word Law diversly taken. ibid. & p. 147. 226
• 2. The Law must not be separated from the Spirit. p. 12
• 3. To do a cōmand out of obedience to the Law, and out of love, are not opposite. p. 13
• 4. Christs obedience to the Law exempts not us from obedience our selves, unlesse it be in respect to those ends for which he obeyed. p. 14
• 5. The Law condemnes a beleevers sinne, though not his person. p. 15
• 6. Inability to keep the Law, exempts not from obedience to it. ibid.
• 7. Distinguish betwixt what is primarily, and what is occasionally in the Law. ibid.
• That the Law hath a directive, regulating, and informing power over a godly man. p. 55
• The derivation of the word [Lex.] p. 60
• Two things necessary to the essence of a Law. p. 61
• How the Law becomes a Covenant. ibid.
• The division of Lawes in generall, and why the morall Law is so called. p. 147
• The Law of Moses differs from the Law of Nature in three respects. p. 148. 149
• Why the Law was given in the wilderness. ib.
• That the Law was in the Church before Moses. p. 150
• Three ends of the promulgation of the Law. p. 150. 151
• The Law of Moses a perfect Rule. p. 152
• Three differences betwixt the Judiciall, Ceremoniall, and Morall Law. p. 155
• Generall observations about the Law, and the time of the delivery of the Law. pag. 155. 156. 157. &c.
• Three observations concerning the prepa∣ration to the delivery of the Law. p. 155
• Whether the law, as given by Moses, do be∣long to us Christians. p. 165. proved. p. 168. Objections answered. p. 173
• Though the Law, as given by Moses, did not belong to Christians, yet the doctrine of the Antinomians holds not. p. 165
• ...

• Christ in the Gospel onely interprets the old Law, and doth not adde new: proved by four reasons. p. 177. 178
• The Law is spirituall in the Old Testa∣ment, as in the New: proved by eight instances. p. 180. 181. &c.
• The Law may be instrumentall to worke sanctification and conversion. pag. 195. 3. Cautions about it. ib. & 196. proved by six reasons. p. 199. & 200. Objections answered. p. 202
• The Law is established three wayes by the Gospel. p. 210
• Three affections belonging to a Law. p. 211
• Three parts in the Law. p. 213
• Those phrases considered [Of the Law] and [Without the Law] and [under the Law] and [In the Law.] p. 226
• A two-fold being under the Law. ibid.
• False differences given by some betwixt the Law and the Gospel. p. 242
• Law and Gospel united in the Ministery. p. 261
• Law opposed and op∣pugned two waies:
  • Directly.
  • Interpretatively.
  page 274
• Law opposed interpretatively three waies. p. 275
• Law by men abrogated or made void three waies. ibid.
• A three-fold liberty. p. 90
• A three-fold light. p. 115

M.

• MInistery of the Gospel more excel∣lent then that of the Law in three respects. p. 267
• Moses in his zeal breaking the Tables, vin∣dicated from rashnesse and sinfull per∣turbation. p. 160
• The opinion of souls-mortality confuted. p. 111. 112
• Adam was under the morall Law in inno∣cency.
• What's meant by the word [morall.] p. 148
• Morall Law bindes two waies. p. 166. 167
• That the Morall Law perpetually continues a rule and Law, proved by four Reasons. p. 220. 221
• Objections against the continuance of the morall Law, answered. p. 223
• Morall Law having Christ for the end of it, may be considered two wayes. p. 266
• Marcionites, and Manichees the first Here∣ticks that opposed the Law. p. 275

N.

• WHat is meant by the word [Nature] in Scripture. p. 59. 60
• There is a law of Nature written in mens hearts. p. 60
• Wherein the law of Nature consists. p. 62
• Four bounds of the law of Nature. p. 63
• Light of Nature considered in a three-fold respect. p. 67
• A three-fold use of the light of Nature. p. 68
• The light of Nature obscured three waies. p. 71
• The light of Nature is necessary (though insufficient) in religious and morall things. p. 72. It's necessary two waies. ib. See p. 85. 86. 92
• The light of Nature no Judge in matters of faith. p. 73
• It's no prescriber of divine worship. p. 74
• Natures insufficiency described in three reasonings. ibid.
• The Mystery of the Trinity and Incarnati∣on of Christ, cannot be found out by the light of Nature. p. 79
• How farre nature will reach in some other things. p. 81. 82. 83
• Man by the power of Nature wholly unable to performe good actions, proved by 3. arguments. p. 86
• Nature cannot dispose, or prepare a mans self for justification, or sanctification. p. 87.
  • proved by four reasons. p. 87. 88
• All works of meere Nature are sins before God, proved by foure Reasons. p. 92
• The Etymology of the word [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉]. p. 60

O.

• COrrupt glosses of the Pharisees concer∣ning oathes reproved. p. 187
• Promissory oathes dangerous. p. 186
• The obedience of the Saints implies obedienti∣am servi, though not obedientiam servilem. p. 14
• ...

• Christs active obedience to the Law imputed to beleevers. p. 271
• The obligation of the law of Nature is from God. p. 64
• Gods promises are obligations to himself, not to us. p. 127
• Why the old Covenant is called old. p. 241
• How an opinion may corrupt the life. p. 49
• Whether Originall sin may be found out by the meere light of Nature. p. 82

P.

• PAlemon converted from his drunken∣ness by Plato's Lecture, which he came to deride. p. 70
• Papists make three false differences betwixt the Law and the Gospel. p. 243
• Paul and James reconciled in the point of justification. p. 44
• The perpetuity of the obligation of the law of Nature. p. 64
• A distinction of a three-fold piety confu∣ted. p. 80
• The Law of God by Moses is so perfect a rule, that Christ added no new precept to it. p. 179
• Different phrases used concerning the Ce∣remoniall law, which are never applyed to the Morall law. p. 2••0
• The opinion of the Pharisees concerning the Law. p. 178
• Why, besides the Morall law, a Positive law was given to Adam in innocency. Two Reasons. p. 106. 107
• The Positive law did lay an obligation on Adams posterity. p. 108
• The seven Precepts of Noah▪ What the Thalmudists speake concerning them. p. 145
• It's a generall Rule that the pressing of mo∣rall duties by the Prophets in the Old Testament is but as an explanation of the Law. p. 180
• The Primitive Christians held it unlawfull to kill in defence. p. 193
• Capitall punishments lawfull in the New Testament. p. 188. 189
• To what purpose are exhortations to them who have no power to obey. p. 98
• Popery in a great part Antinomianisme. page 276

R.

• WHy a Reason is rendred by God for the fourth Commandement, rather then others. p. 170
• Remission of sinnes under the law plenary, as well as under the Gospel, proved against the Antinomian. p. 246. 247. 248
• Repentance how taken. p. 260. 261
• Resemblances of the Trinity cōfuted. p. 79. 80
• Every Rule hath vim praecepti as well as do∣ctrinae. p. 6
• To do a duty because of reward promised, is not slavish and unlawfull. p. 128
• Revenge forbidden in the Old Testament, as strictly as in the New. p. 192. 193
• Righteousnesse of the Law and Gospel differ much. p. 5
• Whether we may be now said by Christ to be more righteous then Adam in innocen∣cy. p. 138
• The Law of Retaliation, Matth. 7. 12. opened. p. 82
• The properties of the righteousnesse at first fixed in Adams heart. p. 119
• Whether righteousnesse were naturall to Adam. p. 120

S.

• THe Sabbath in innocency not typicall of Christ. p. 137
• Satan cannot work beyond a morall per∣swasion, as God doth in conversion. p. 130
• What the word [Sanctifie] implies. p. 203. 204
• How the Jewes were in more servitude then Christians. p. 255
• ...
  • Sinners. outward which are majoris infamiae.
  • Sinners. inward which are majoris reatus.
  p. 179
• Sincerity taken two waies. p. 265
• Socinians and Papists make additions in the Gospel, besides what was in the Law. p. 242. 243
• Why the shell-fish was unclean to the Jewes. p. 2
• Law called spirituall in a two-fold sense: 1. Effective. 2. Formaliter. p. 7
• ...

• How the state of innocency excelled the state of reparation in rectitude, immorta∣lity, and outward felicity. p. 137
• The state of reparation excells the state of innocency in certainty of perseverance. ib.
• Eudoxus said he was made to behold the sun. p. 77
• Summe of all heavenly doctrine reduced to three heads:
  • ...Credenda.
  • ...Speranda.
  • ...Facienda.
  p. 252 253
• Symbolicall precept. p. 104

T.

• TEaching nova, & novè. p. 2
• Tully said that the Law of the twelve Tables did exceed all the libraries of Philosophers, both in weight of authori∣ty, and fruitfulnesse of matter. p. 3. 4
• The Threatnings of the Gospel against those who reject Christ, arise from the Law, joyned in practicall use with the Go∣spel. p. 261
• Tree of knowledge. p. 105
• Whether the Tree of life was a Sacrament of Christ to Adam or no. p. 136
• No truth in Divinity doth crosse the truth of nature. p. 72
• Doctor Tayler his Report of Antino∣mianisme. p. 278

V.

• THe reason of the variety of Gods admi∣nistrations in the two T. p. 256
• A two fold Unbelief:
  • Negative which damnes none.
  • Positive which damnes many.
  p. 81
• Unbelief a sinne against the Law as well as against the Gospel. p. 262
• How God justifies the ungodly. p. 36. 37

W.

• MInisters ought to be wary, so to set out grace, as not to give just exceptions to the Papists, and so to defend holy works, as not to give the Antinomians cause of insultation. p. 29. 30
• Warre lawfull under the Gospel. p. 191
• Will, serious, and efficacious: the distin∣ction examined. p. 107
• How the Word in generall is the instrument of conversion. p. 197. 198. Two Rules about it, proved. p. 199
• Word] how used. p. 145
• Works denyed by the Antinomians to be a way to heaven. p. 33
• There have been dangerous assertions con∣cerning works, even by those who were no Antinomians, out of a great zeal for the grace of God against Papists. p. 30
• The presence of good works in the person justified, denied by the Antinomians. p. 34. They deny any gain or losse to come by them. No peace of conscience comes by doing good works, nor lost by omitting them. p. 34. which is confuted ibid. They deny good works to be signes or testimo∣nies of grace. p. 35. Confuted. ibid.
• Upon what grounds are the people of God to be zealous of good works. p. 38
• The Antinomian erreth two contrary waies about good works. p. 39
• Distinction betwixt saying that good works are necessary to justified persons, and that they are necessary to justification. p. 40
• Good works necessary upon 13. grounds. p. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47.