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Historia Quinqu-Articularis: Or, a Declaration of the Judgment of the Western Churches; and more particularly of the Church of England, in the five Controverted Points, &c.
CHAP. I. The several Heresies of those who make God to be the Author of Sin, or attribute too much to the Natural freedom of Man's Will in the Works of Piety.
- 1. God affirmed by Florinus to be the Author of sin, the Blasphemy encountred by Irenaeus, and the foul Consequents thereof, Page 505
- 2. Revived in the last Ages by the Libertines, said by the Papists to proceed from the Schools of Calvin, and by the Calvinists to proceed from the Schools of Rome, Page 506
- 3. Disguised by the Maniches in another dress, and the necessity thereby imposed on the Wills of men, ibid.
- 4. The like by Bardesanes, and the Priscilianists, the dangerous consequents thereof exemplified out of Homer, and the words of St. Augustine, Page 507
- 5. The Error of the Maniches, touching the servi∣tude of the Will revived by Luther, and conti∣nued by the rigid Lutherans, ibid.
- 6. As those of Bardesanes and Priscilian, by that of Calvin, touching the Absolute Decree; the dangers which lie hidden under the Decree, and the incompatibleness thereof with Christs coming to Judgment, ibid.
- 7. The large expressions of the Ancient Fathers touching the freedom of the Will, abused by Pe∣lagius and his followers, Page 508
- 8. The Heresie of Pelagius, in what it did consist, especially as to this particular, and the dangers of it, ibid.
- 9. The Pelagian Heresie condemned and recalled: the temper of S. Augustine touching the freedom of the Will in spiritual matters, ibid.
- 10. Pelagianism falsly charged on the Moderate Lutherans: How far all parties do agree about the freedom of the Will, and in what they differ. Page 509
CHAP. II. Of the Debates amongst the Divines in the Council of Trent, touching Predestination and Original Sin.
- 1. The Articles drawn from the Writings of the Zuinglians, touching Predestination and Repro∣bation, Page 510
- 2. The Doctrine of Predestination, according to the Dominican way, ibid.
- 3. As also the old Franciscans, with Reasons for their own, and against the other, Page 511
- 4. The Historians judgment interposed between the Parties, ibid.
- 5. The middle way of Catarinus to compose the differences, ibid.
- 6. The newness of St. Augustines Opinion, and the dislike thereof by the most Learned men in the Ages following, Page 512
- 7. The perplexities amongst the Theologues, touch∣ing the absoluteness of the Decrees, ibid.
- 8. The judgment of the said Divines, touching the possibility of falling from Grace, ibid.
- 9. The Debates about the nature and transmitting of Original Sin, ibid.
- 10. The Doctrine of the Council in it. Page 513
CHAP. III. The like Debates about Free-will, with the Conclusions of the Council, in the five Con∣troverted Points.
- 1. The Articles against the Freedom of the Will, ex∣tracted out of Luther's Writings, Page 314
- 2. The exclamation of the Divines against Luther's Doctrine in the Point, and the absurdities there∣of, ibid.
- 3. The several judgments of Marinarus, Catari∣nus, and Andreas Vega, ibid.
- 4. The different judgment of the Dominicans and Franciscans, whether it lay in mans power to believe, or not to believe; and whether the free∣dom of the Will were lost in Adam, ibid.
- 5. As also of the Point of the co-operation of mans Will with the Grace of God, Page 515
- 6. The opinion of Frier Catanca, in the point of irresistibility. ibid.
- 7. Faintly maintained by Soto a Dominican Fryer, and more cordially approved by others, but in time rejected, ibid.
- 8. The great care taken by the Legates in having the Articles so framed, as to please all parties, Page 516
- 9. The Doctrine of the Council in the five Contro∣verted Points, ibid.
- 10. A Transition from the Council of Trent, to the Protestant and Reformed Churches. Page 517