Hiera dakrya, Ecclesiae anglicanae suspiria, The tears, sighs, complaints, and prayers of the Church of England setting forth her former constitution, compared with her present condition : also the visible causes and probable cures of her distempers : in IV books / by John Gauden ...

THE CONTENTS.

• The Preface or Address. p. 1

BOOK I. Setting forth the pre∣sent Distresses of the Church of England.

• CHAP. I. THE Name and Thing: the Title and Truth of the Church of England asserted. p. 23
• II. Primitive Piety and Prudence utterly against Schismatick dividing or mincing of Churches into small bo∣dies or parcels. p. 35
• III. The present afflictions of the Church of England no argument against Her National and well-Reformed Constitution. p. 46
• IV. The Church of England's Complaint. p. 51
• V. The cruel and unjust enmity of some against the Church of England. p. 60
• VI. The causeless malice and ingratitude of the Church of England's enemies. p. 64
• VII. Of the excellent Constitution of the Church of England, and her un∣deserved calamities. p. 68
• VIII. A furt•••••••• scrutiny and discovery of the Church of England's miseries and enemies. p. 73
• CHAP. IX. A general Vindication of the Church of England's former excellent Con∣stitution, although it be now af∣flicted. p. 76
• X. M^r. Hooker's Defense of the Church of England unanswered, and un∣answerable. p. 83
• XI. The excellent Constitution of the Church of England, as to its Do∣ctrinals. p. 86
• XII. The Devotionals of the Church of England asserted. p. 87
• XIII. The Ceremonies of the Church of England no meritorious cause of Her miseries. p. 96
• XIV. A second Objection against the Church of England from Church-mens per∣sonal failings. p. 114

Book II. Searching the Causes and Occasions of the Church of England's Decayes.

• CHAP. I. HOW farre they conveniently may not, and how farre they may be searched into. p. 137
• II. Inordinate Liberty in religious affairs the chief cause of miseries in the Church of England. p. 139
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• CHAP. III. What Christian liberty is desirable and tolerable among people. p. 143
• IV. Of Plebeian rudeness and licentiousness in Religion, if left to themselves. p. 150
• V. Instances of abused Liberty in the vul∣gar neglect of reading the Scri∣ptures. p. 153
• VI. Vulgar neglect and scorn of Ancient Forms of wholsom words, in the Decalogue, Creed, and Lords-Prayer. p. 156
• VII. The Innovations, Usurpations and Va∣stations made by some upon the Or∣der, Office and Authority of the E∣vangelical Ministry. p. 159
• VIII. The pretensions of Intruders to excuse their wants. p. 167
• IX. Of Ministerial sufficiencies, real or pretended. p. 171
• X. What caution Christians ought to use, as to those Ministers with whom they intrust the care of their souls. p. 175
• XI. Of late new models for making Mini∣sters of the Gospel. p. 181
• XII. The false and foolish pretensions urged against the Ministry of England. p. 188
• XIII. An impartial balancing of the old and new Ministers. p. 190
• XIV. A charitable plea for the ancient Cler∣gie of the Church of England, a∣gainst the ingratitude and indiffe∣rency of some men. p. 193
• CHAP. XV. The best of the new Teachers compa∣red with the Ministers of England. p. 195
• XVI. A farther sifting of these new Tea∣chers. p. 197
• XVII. The modesty, gravity, sanctity and so∣lidity of true Ministers, &c. p. 200
• XVIII. The designs & ends of fanatick Liber∣tines fatal to the Reformed Religi∣on. p. 202
• XIX. An humble and earnest expostulation in the behalf of the people and Church of England. p. 204
• XX. The rudeness & irreverence expressed by some in religious duties, as a part of their Liberty. p. 211
• XXI. The sad exchange people make of their old Religion for new Raptures. p. 212
• XXII. The foul mistakes & abuses of Christi∣an liberty in vulgar spirits. p. 214
• XXIII. A further discovery of mischiefs from abused liberty in Religion. p. 217
• XXIV. The contagion of abused or mistaken Liberty spread among Ministers, to the dividing, debasing and destroy∣ing of them. p. 221
• XXV. Unavoidable contentions among Mini∣sters of different ordinations. p. 224
• XXVI. The folly and factions of Ministers evi∣dently seen and punished in their common calamities. p. 233
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• CHAP. XXVII. The great diminutions of all sorts of Ministers in England as to all civil respects. p. 235
• XXVIII. The sordid envy and grudging against Ministers Tithes and Glebes. p. 240
• XXIX. Ministers condition not to be envied, but pitied. p. 243
• XXX. Experimental instances how petulant some people are to their Ministers. p. 245
• XXXI. The personal sufferings of Ministers, after all their pains, merits and troubles. p. 248
• XXXII. Discouragements to ingenuous men to be made Ministers in England in after-times. p. 254
• XXXIII. A worthy Ministry not expectable, un∣less there be a worthy usage and en∣tertainment. p. 257

BOOK III. Setting forth the Evil Consequences felt or feared from the Distracti∣ons of Religion in England.

• CHAP. I. DEcays in Godliness as to the former generation of Christians. p. 261
• ...II. •• Decayes of godliness as to the new brood and later off-spring of meaner Chri∣stians. p. 267
• III. The evil consequences infesting Chri∣stians of better quality. p. 270
• CHAP. IV. Prophaneness the fruit of unsetledness in Religion. p. 273
• V. Ministers molested by endless & vexa∣tious disputes. p. 275
• VI. The endless bickerings with Anaba∣ptists, &c. now in England. p. 278
• VII. The perverse disputings of Anabaptists aganst Infant-baptism. p. 281
• VIII. The weakness of Anabaptists grounds against Infant-Baptism. p. 283
• IX. The Catholick strength for Infant-Ba∣ptism. p. 286
• X. Of right reasoning from Scripture. p. 289
• XI. Of the Churches Catholick custome and testimony. p. 291
• XII. The sin of presumptuous delaying and denying baptism to Infants. p. 295
• XIII. The dangerous effects & principles of Anabaptism. p. 297
• XIV. The Romish advantages by the divisi∣ons and deformities of the Church of England. p. 300
• XV. The wide and just distances between the Reformed and Romanists. p. 305
• XVI. Irreconcilable differences between Re∣formed Truths and Romish Errors, which are manifest and obstinate. p. 308
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• CHAP. XVII. Necessary separation and distance from Rome, without uncharitableness. p. 313
• XVIII. Two grand Obstructions of all Christi∣an accommodation in these Western Churches. p. 317
• XIX. The equity and charity of severe and sacrilegious Reformings. p. 322
• XX. The excuses and pleas for sacrilegious excesses answered. p. 325
• XXI. Sacrilege a great pest to Religion, and stop to Reformation. p. 327
• XXII. The insatiableness of sacrilegious spi∣rits unrepressed. p. 335
• XXIII. Pleas for sacrilege answered. p. 338
• XXIV. The Romanists discouragements as to the Reformed Religion by Sacrilege. p. 343
• XXV. A plea for Paul's, and other Churches in England. p. 348
• XXVI. Of pious munificence becoming Chri∣stians. p. 353
• XXVII. The main hinderances and unlikeli∣hood of a conjunction between Pro∣testants and Romanists. p. 355
• XXVIII. Roman interests advanced by the petty factions of super-Reformers of Re∣ligion. p. 362
• XXIX. The danger of divided parties in Reli∣gion as to the civil interests of Eng∣land. p. 370

BOOK IV. Setting forth the Sighs & Prayers of the Church of England in order to its Healing and Recovery.

• CHAP. I. THE design & method of this fourth Book. p. 389
• II. The difficultie of repairing a decayed Church. p. 393
• III. Grand motives to a publick restitution and fixation of the Reformed Reli∣gion. p. 400
• IV. Sense of true Honour calls for the esta∣blishment of Religion. p. 411
• V. The hopeful possibility of restoring true Religion to unity and setledness in England. p. 422
• VI. Of means to recompose the differences of Religion in England. p. 427
• VII. Of the late Associations projected by some Ministers. p. 436
• VIII. Of civil Assistance from Lay-men to re∣store this Church & Religion. p. 442
• IX. A scrutiny of what is good or bad in all parties. p. 447
• X. The reconciling of the real interests of Episcopacy, Presbytery and Indepen∣dency. p. 452
• XI. True Episcopacy stated and represented to its Antagonists. p. 458
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• CHAP. XII. Objections against Episcopacy discussed. p. 468
• XIII. Earnestly exhorting Ministers of all sides to an happy composure and uni∣on. p. 479.
• XIV. Humbly exhorting Magistrates to assist in so good a work. p. 485
• XV. Councils or Synods the proper means to restore lapsed Religion. p. 492
• XVI. The method of restoring a setled Church and united Ministry. p. 502
• XVII. Of the well-being of the Clergy or Mi∣nistry. 1. In point of maintenance and support. p. 518
• XVIII. Of meet order, Government and subor∣dination among the Clergy. p. 527
• XIX. Several Pleas in behalf of Episcopacy. p. 539
• A first Plea, from the Catholick Anti∣quity of Episcopacy. p. 540
• XX. A second Plea for Episcopacy, from its Evangelical temper as to civil sub∣jection. p. 556
• CHAP. XXI. A third, Episcopacy most suitable to the genius & temper of the English. p. 581
• XXII. A fourth plea for Episcopacy, from their true piety and orderly policy. p. 600
• XXIII. A Review of our late English Bishops. p. 616
• XXIV. Bishop Usher, Primate of Armagh, an unanswerable vindication of Prela∣cy, not Popish, but pious. p. 639
• XXV. Commending this Church of England, with the Reformed Religion, to the piety and wisdome of all persons of honour and honesty. p. 651
• XXVI. A further Caution against Sacrilege, upon the occasion of D. B his case lately published about purchasing of Bishops lands. p. 665
• XXVII. Further commending the unity, honor and support of the Religion and Mi∣nistry of this Church. p. 685

• The Catalogue of the Bishops in England and Wales. 693
• The Embleme of the Trees explained: in which is briefly set forth the History and Chronology of Episcopacy, Presbytery, and Independency, as pretenders to Church-govern∣ment; their first planting, growing and spreading in the Chri∣stian world. p. 22.