Keimåelia 'ekklåesiastika, The historical and miscellaneous tracts of the Reverend and learned Peter Heylyn, D.D. now collected into one volume ... : and an account of the life of the author, never before published : with an exact table to the whole.

The Stumbling-Block of Disobedience and Rebellion, &c.

CHAP. I. The Doctrine of Obedience laid down by Calvin, and of the Popular Officers supposed by him, whereby he overthroweth that Doctrine.

• 1. THe purpose and design of the work in hand, Page 645
• 2. The Doctrine of Obedience unto Kings and Princes, soundly and piously laid down by Calvin, Page 646
• 3. And that not only to the good and gracious, but even to cruel Princes and ungodly Tyrants, Page 647
• 4. With Answer unto such Objections as are made against it, Page 649
• 5. The Principles of Disobedience in the supposal of some particular Officers ordained of purpose to re∣gulate the power of Kings, Page 650
• 6. How much the practice of Calvin's followers doth differ from their Masters Doctrine as to the point of Obedience, Page 651
• 7. Several Articles and points of Doctrine, wherein the Disciples of Calvin are departed from him, Page 653
• 8. More of the differences in point of Doctrine be∣twixt the Master and the Scholars, ibid.
• 9. The dangerous consequences which arise from his faulty Principles, in the point or Article of Diso∣bedience, Page 654
• 10. The method and distribution of the following work. Page 655

CHAP. II. Of the Authority of Ephori in the State of Sparta, and that they were not instituted for the ends supposed by Calvin.

• 1. The King of Sparta absolute Monarch at the first, Page 656
• 2. Of the declining of the Regal power, and the condition of that State, when Lycurgus under∣took to change the Government, Page 657
• 3. What power Lycurgus gave the Senate; and what was left unto the Kings, ibid.
• 4. The Ephori appointed by the Kings of Sparta, to ease themselves, and curb the Senate, Page 658
• 5. The blundering and mistakes of Joseph Scaliger, about the first Institution of the Ephori, Page 659
• 6. The Ephori from mean beginnings grew to great Authority; and by what advantages, Page 660
• 7. The power and influence which they had in the publick Government, Page 661
• 8. By what degrees the Ephori incroached on the Spartan Kings, Page 662
• 9. The insolencies of the Ephori towards their Kings, altered the State into a Tyranny, Page 663
• 10. The Spartan Kings stomach the insolency of the Ephori, and at last utterly destroy them, Page 664
• 11. An application of the former passages to the point in hand. Page 665

CHAP. III. Of the Incroachments of the Tribunes on the State of Rome; and that they were not insti∣tuted for the ends supposed by Calvin.

• 1. The Tribunes of the People why first Instituted in the State of Rome, Page 666
• 2. And with what difficulty and conditions, Page 667
• 3. The Tribunes fortifie themselves with large im∣munities, before they went about to change the Government, Page 668
• 4. The Tribunes no sooner in their Office, but they set themselves against the Nobility and the Senate, contrary to the Articles of their Institution, Page 669
• 5. The many and dangerous Seditions occasioned by the Tribunes in the City of Rome, Page 670
• 6. The Tribunes and the People do agree together to change the Government of the State, Page 671
• 7. By what degrees the People came to be possessed of all the Offices in the State, both of power and dignity, Page 672
• 8. The Plots and Practices of the Gracchi, to put the power of the Judicature and Supream Ma∣jesty of the Senate into the hands of the People, ibid.
• 9. The Tribunes take upon them to commit the Consuls, and bring all the Officers of the State under their command, Page 673
• 10. The Office and Authority of the Tribunes re∣duced unto its antient bounds by Corn. Sylla; and at last utterly destroyed, Page 674
• 11. An Application of the former passage to the point in hand, Page 675

CHAP. IV. Of what Authority the Demarchi were in the State of Athens; and of the danger and un∣fitness of the instances produced by Calvin.

• 1. Athens first governed by Kings, and afterwards by one Sovereign Prince under other titles, Page 676
• 2. The Annual Magistrates of Athens, what they were, and of what Authority, Page 677

• 3. By whom and what degrees the State of Athens was reduced to a Democratie, Page 678
• 4. Of the Authority of the Senate, and the famous Court of the Areopagites, Page 679
• 5. What the Demarchi were in the State of Athens, and of what Authority, Page 680
• 6. The Demarchi never were of power to oppose the Senate, nor were ordained to that end, ibid.
• 7. Calvins ill luck in making choice of three such instances, which if true, would not serve his turn. Page 681
• 8. The danger which lyeth hidden under the disguise of such popular Magistrates as are here instanced in by Calvin, Page 682
• 9. What moved Calvin to lay these dangerous stum∣bling-blocks in the Subjects way, Page 683
• 10. The dangerous positions and practices which have hence ensued in most parts of Europe, Page 684
• 11. The sect of Calvin professed Enemies to Mo∣narchy, and the power of Princes. Page 685

CHAP. V. What are the three Estates in each several King∣dom, of which Calvin speaks, and what par∣ticularly in the Realm of England.

• 1. Of the division of a People into three Estates; and that the Priests or Clergy have been always one, Page 687
• 2. The Priests employed in Civil matters and af∣fairs of State, by the Egyptians and the Per∣sians, the Greeks, Gauls, and Romans, Page 688
• 3. The Priests and Levites exercised in affairs of Civil Government by Gods own appointment, Page 680
• 4. The Prelates versed in Civil matters and affairs of State, in the best and happiest times of Chri∣stianity, Page 690
• 5. The Clergy make the third Estate in Germany, France, Spain, and the Northern Kingdoms, Page 692
• 6. That anciently in the Saxon times the Ecclesia∣sticks of this Realm were called to all publick Councils, Page 694
• 7. The Prelates an essential fundamental part of the English Parliament, ibid.
• 8. Objections answered, and that the word Clerus in the Legal notion, doth not extend unto the Prelates, Page 698
• 9. That the inferior Clergie of the Realm of Eng∣land, had anciently their Votes in Parliament, to all intents and purposes as the Commons had, Page 700
• 10. Objections answered; and that the calling of the Clergie to Parliaments and Convocations, were after different manners, and by several Writs, Page 703
• 11. The great Disfranchisement and Slavery ob∣truded on the English Clergy, by the depriving of the Bishops of their Votes in Parliament, Page 705
• 12. A brief discussion of the question, whether any two of the three Estates conspiring or agreeing to∣gether, can conclude any thing unto the prejudice of the third. Page 706

CHAP. VI. That the three Estates of every Kingdom where∣of Calvin speaks, have no Authority either to regulate the power, or controll the Actions of the Sovereign Prince.

• 1. The Bishops and Clergy of England, not the King, make the third Estate, and of the dange∣rous consequences which may follow on the con∣trary Tenet, Page 708
• 2. The different influence of the three Estates upon conditional Princes, and an absolute Monarch, Page 710
• 3. The Sanhedrim of no Authority over the Persons or the actions of the Kings of Judah, Page 711
• 4. The three Estates in France, of how small Au∣thority over the actions of that King, Page 712
• 5. The King of Spain not over-ruled, or regulated by the three Estates, Page 713
• 6. Of what Authority they have been antiently in the Parliaments of Scotland, Page 714
• 7. The King of England always accounted here∣tofore for an absolute Monarch, Page 715
• 8. No part of Sovereignty invested Legally in the English Parliaments, Page 716
• 9. The three Estates assembled in the Parliament of England, subordinate unto the King, not co∣ordinate with him, Page 719
• 10. The Legislative power of Parliaments is proper∣ly and legally in the King alone, Page 720
• 11. In what particulars the power of the English Parliament doth consist especially, Page 723
• 12. The Kings of England ordinarily over-rule their Parliaments by themselves, their Council, and their Judges, Page 724
• 13. Objections answered, touching the power and practice of some former Parliaments, and the testi∣monies given unto them, Page 726
• 14. No such Authority given by God in Holy Scrip∣ture to any such Popular Magistrates as Calvin dreams of, and pretends, Page 727
• 15. The Application and Conclusion of the whole Discourse. Page 728

De jure Paritatis Episcoporum: The Right of Peerage vindicated to the Bishops of England, Page 739.