Of idolatry a discourse, in which is endeavoured a declaration of, its distinction from superstition, its notion, cause, commencement, and progress, its practice charged on Gentiles, Jews, Mahometans, Gnosticks, Manichees Arians, Socinians, Romanists : as also, of the means which God hath vouchsafed towards the cure of it by the Shechinah of His Son / by Tho. Tenison ...
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- Of idolatry a discourse, in which is endeavoured a declaration of, its distinction from superstition, its notion, cause, commencement, and progress, its practice charged on Gentiles, Jews, Mahometans, Gnosticks, Manichees Arians, Socinians, Romanists : as also, of the means which God hath vouchsafed towards the cure of it by the Shechinah of His Son / by Tho. Tenison ...
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- Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.
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- 1678.
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- Idols and images -- Worship.
- Idolatry.
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"Of idolatry a discourse, in which is endeavoured a declaration of, its distinction from superstition, its notion, cause, commencement, and progress, its practice charged on Gentiles, Jews, Mahometans, Gnosticks, Manichees Arians, Socinians, Romanists : as also, of the means which God hath vouchsafed towards the cure of it by the Shechinah of His Son / by Tho. Tenison ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A64364.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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The CONTENTS of the CHAPTERS.
- CHap. I. Of the Notion of Superstition pag. 1.
- Chap. II. Of the Notion of Idolatry p. 12.
- Chap. III. Of the causes and occasions of Idolatry in the World p. 24.
- Chap. IV. Of the commencement and progress of Ido∣latry p. 38.
- Chap. V. Of the Idolatry charged on the Gentiles
- Part 1. How far the Gentiles were ignorant of a su∣preme God p. 49.
- Part 2. Of the Worship of Universal nature, &c. by the Gentiles as God p. 52.
- Part 3. How far they owned one true God p. 55.
- Part 4. What applications they made to one God p. 62.
- Part. 5. Whether they worshipping one God could be guilty of the sin of Idolatry p. 65.
- Part 6. Of their Idolatry in worshipping the Statues of God p. 68.
- Part 7. Of their Idolatry in worshipping Daemons p. 75.
- Part 8. Of their Idolatry in worshipping the Images of Daemons p. 88.
- Part 9. Of their worshipping Daemons more than God p. 95.
- Chap. VI. Of the Idolatry of the Jews.
- Part 1. Of the provisions made by God against the Idolatry of the Jews p. 97.
- Part 2. Of the Idolatry of the Jews p. 101.
- Part 3. Of the worship of the Golden Calf p. 108.
- Part 4. Of the worship of the Idol Apis p. 112.
- Part 5. Of the Originals of Apis and Serapis p. 118.
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- ... Part 6. Of the Egyptian-Apis whether he were Moses p. 125.
- Part 7. Why Moses might be Idolized among the Egyptians p. 131.
- Part 8. Why Moses might be honoured by the Symbol of an Ox p. 136.
- Part 9. Why Moses might be called Apis p. 138.
- Part 10. When the Worship of Apis commenced p. 139.
- Part 11. Of the Idols Apis and Mnevis p. 140.
- Part 12. Whence the Original of Apis might be ob∣scured p. 141.
- Chap. VII. Of the Idolatry of the Mahometans p. 143.
- Chap. VIII. Of the Idolatry with which some are charged who profess themselves Christians
- Part 1. Of the Idolatry of the Gnosticks p. 148.
- Part 2. Of the Idolatry of the Manichees p. 155.
- Chap. IX. Of the Idolatry with which the Arians and Socinians are charged
- Part 1. Of the Idolatry of the Arians and Socinians jointly p. 157.
- Part 2. Of the Idolatry of the Arians p. 163.
- Part 3. Of the Idolatry of the Socinians p. 169.
- Chap. 10. Of the Idolatry charged on the Papists
- Part 1. Of the Charge which is drawn up against them p. 176.
- Part 2. Of the mitigation of the Charge of Idolatry against the Papists p. 184.
- Part 3. Of the Idolatry charged on the Romanists in the Invocation of Saints p. 189.
- Chap. XI. Of the Idolatry charged on the Romanists in the Worship of Images, and particularly of the Wor∣ship of an Image of God p. 264.
- Chap. XII. Of the Idolatry charged on the Romanists in worshipping Images
- Part 1. Of the Worship of the Image of Christ p. 276.
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- ... Part 2. Of the Worship of the Images of Saints p. 296.
- Chap. XIII. Of the Idolatry charged on the Church of England p. 303.
- Chap. XIV. Of the means which God hath vouchsafed the World towards the curing Idolatry; and particu∣larly of his favour in exhibiting to that purpose the Shechinah of his Son
- Part 1. Of the cure of Idolatry p. 311.
- Part 2. Of the cure of Idolatry by the Shechinah of of God p. 315.
- Part 3. Of the Shechinah of God from Adam to Noah p. 320.
- Part 4. Of the Shechinah of God from Noah to Moses p. 323.
- Part 5. Of the Shechinah of God from Moses to the Captivity, and therein largely of the Ark and Che∣rubims and Urim and Thummim p. 330.
- Part 6. Of the Shechinah of God from the Captivity to the Messiah p. 368.
- Part 7. Of the cure of Idolatry by the Image of God in Christ God-man p. 371.
- Part 8. Of the Usefulness of this Argument of Gods Shechinah p. 379.
- Part 9. Of the Usefulness of this Argument of Gods Shechinah, with relation to the Worship of Angels and Images p. 382.
- Chap. XV. A Review and Conclusion p. 391.