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Absolution. The power promised and given to the pastors of the church, St. Matt. chap. xvi. ver. 19. Mt. xviii. 18. St. John xx. 22, 23.
Angels. They have a charge over us, St. Matt, xviii. 10. Heb. i. 14. See also Exodus xxiii. 20, 21. Psalm xc. 11, 12, etc. They offer up our prayers, Apoc. viii. 4. and pray for us, Zacharias i. 12. We have a communion with them, Heb. xii. 22. They have been honoured by the servants of God, Josue v. 14, 15. and invocated, Gen. xlviii. 15, 16. Osee xii. 4. Apoc. i. 4.
Apostolical Traditions. 1 Cor. xi. 2. 2 Thes. ii. 15. chap. iii. 6 2 Tim. i. 13. chap. ii. 2. chap. iii. 14. See also Dent, xxxii. 7. Psalm xviii. 5, 6, 7.
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Baptism. Ordained by Christ, St. Matt, xxviii. 19. Necessary to salvation, St. John iii. 5. Administered by the Apostles in water, Acts viii. 36. 38. chap. x. 47, 48. See also Ephes. v. 26. Heb. x. 22. 1 St. Peter iii. 20, 21. For the baptism of infants, see St. Luke xviii. 16. compared with St. John iii. 5. .
The B. Virgin Mary. Her dignity, Luke i. 28. 42. 43. All fenerations of true Christians shall call bet blessed, Luke i. 9. See fur her veneration and invocation, what is said above of angels and saints.
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Christ. He is the only begotten, the true and natural Son of the living God, St. Matt. xvi. 16. St. John i. 14. 18. chap. iii. 16. 18. Rom. viii. 32. 1 St. John iv. 39. The same God, with his Father, and equal to him, St. John v. 18, 19. 23. chap. x. 30. chap. xiv. 1. 9, etc. chap. xvi. 14, 15. chap. xvii. 10. Philip, ii. 5, 6. True God, St. John i. 1. chap. xx. 28, 29. Acts xx. 25. Romans ix. 5. Titus ii. 13. 1 St. John iii. 16. chap. v. 20. See also Isaias ix. 9. chap. xxxv. 4, 5. St. Matt. i. 23. St. Luke i. 16, 17. Heb. i. 8. He is the Creator of all things, St. John i. 3. 10, 11. Coloss. i. 5. 16, 17. Heb. i. 2. 10, 11, 12. chap. iii. 4. The Lord of Glory, 1 Cor. ii. 8. The King of kings, and Lord of lords, Apoc. xvii. 14. chap. xix. 16. The first and the last: alpha and omega, the beginning and the end, the Almighty, Apoc. i. 7, 8. 17, 18. chap. ii. 8. cnap. xxii. 12, 13. He died for all, John iii. 16, 17. Rom. v. 18. 2 Cor. v. 14, 15. 1 Tim. ii.'3, 4, 5, 6. chap. iv. 10. Heb. ii. 9. 1 John ii. 1, 2. Even for the Reprobate, Rom. xiv. 15. 1 Cor. viii. 11. 2 Peter ii. 1.
The Church of Christ stands for ever. St. Matt. xvi. 18. chap, xxviii. 10. St. John xiv. 16,17. Ps. xlviii. 8. Ps. lxxi. 5. 7. Ps. lxxxviii. 3, 4. 29. 36, 37. Ps. exxxi. 13, 14. Isaias ix. 7. chap, liv. 9, 10. chip. lix. 20, 21. chap. Ix. 15. 16, etc. chap. lxii. 6. JiThmias xxxi. 35,36. chap.xxxiii. 17, etc. Ezechiel xxxviii. 24. 26. Dan. ii. 44. The church is the kingdom of Christ, St. Luke i. 33. Daniel ii. 44. The city of the great King, Ps. xlvii. 2. his rest and his habitation for ever, Ps. exxxi. 13, 14. Tht house of the living God, 1 Tim. iii. 15. The fold, of which Christ is the shepherd, John x. 16. The body, of which Christ is the head, Coloss. i. 18. Ephes. v. 23. The spouse, of which he is the bridegroom, Ephes. v. 31, 32. Ever subject to him, and ever faithful to him, v. 24. ever loved and cherished by him, v. 25. 29. and joined to him by an indissoluble, union, v. 31, 32. The church is the pillar and ground or (strong foundation) of the truth, 1 Tim. iii. 15. God's covenant vilh /it is an everlasting covenant of peace, Ezec. xxxvii. 62. confirmed by a solemn oath, never to be altered; like that made to Noe, Isaias liv. 9. A covenant like that of tlm day and night to stand for all generations, Jeremias xxxiii. 20, 21. God shall be her everlasting light, Isai. Iv 18, 19. Ff Whosoever shall gather together against her, shall fall; and the nation that wul not serve her, shall perish, Isai. Ix. 12. 15 17. The church is always one, Cantic. vi. 9, 10. John x. 16 Ephes. iv. 4, 5. Always visible, Isai. ii. 2,3. Micheas iv. I 2. Matt. v. 14. Spread far and near, and teaching many nil tions, Psalm ii. 8. Psalm xxi. 27. Isai. xlix. 6. chap. liv. 1, 2, 3 Daniel ii. 35. 44. Malach. i. 11, etc. The church is infalli ble in matters of faith. This follows from the premises: par ticularly see St. Matt. xvi. 18. chap, xxviii. 19, 20. St. Johi ' xiv. 16, 17. 26. chap. xvi. 13. 1 Tim. iii. 14, 15. Isai. xxxv. 8 chap. liv. 9, 10. chap. lix. 19, 20, 21, etc.
Church Guides. and their authority, Deut. xvii. 8, 9. etc. St Matt, xviii. 17, 18. chap, xxviii. 18, 19, 20. St. Luke x. 16 St. John xiv. 16, 17. 26. chap. xvi. 13. chap. xx. 21, etc. Ephes. iv. 11, 12, etc. Heb. xiii. 7. 17. 1 John iv. 6.
Communion in one kind. sufficient to salvation, St. John vi. 51. 57, 58. Body and blood of Christ now inseparable, Rom. vi 9. Mention of one kind alone, Luke xxiv. 30, 31. Acts ii 42. 46. chap. xx. 7. 1 Cor. x. 17.
Confession of sins. Numb. v. 6, 7. St. Matt. iii. 6. Acts xix. 18 St. James v. 16. The obligation of confession is gathered from the judiciary power of binding and loosing, forgiving and retaining sins, given to the pastors of Christ's cburch, St. Matt, xviii. 18. St. John xx. 22, 23.
Confirmation. administered by the apostles, Acts viii. 15. 17. chap. xix. 6. See also 2 Cor. i. 21, 22. Heb. vi. 2.
Continency. possible, Matt. xix. 11, 12. The vow binding, Deut. xxiii. 21. The breach of that vow damnable, 1 Tim. v. 12. The practice commended, 1 Cor. vii. 7, 8. 27. 37, 38. 40. For reasons which particularly have place in the clergy, ver. 32, 33. 35.
Councils of the church. gathered in Christ's name, are assisted by Christ, St. Matt, xviii. 20. And by the Holy Ghost, Acts xv. 28. Their decrees are diligently to be observed by the faithful, Acts xv. 41. chap. xvi. 4. See Church Guides.
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Eucharist. The real presence of the body and blood of Christ, and Transubstantiation proved from Matt. xxvi. 26. Mark xiv. 22. 24. Luke xxii. 19. John vi. 51, 52, etc. 1 Cor. x. 16. chap. xi. 24, 25. 27. 29.
Eternity of Hell's torments. Matt. iii. 12. chap. xxv. 41. 46. Mark ix. 43, 44, 45, 46. 48. Luke iii. 17. 2 Thes. i. 7, 8, 9. Jude 6,7. Apoc. xiv. 10, 11. chap. xx. 10. See also Isai xxxiii. 14.
Extreme Unction. James v. 14, 15.
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Faith. True faith necessary to salvation, Mark xvi. 16. Acts ii. 47. chap. iv. 12. Heb. xi. 6. Faith without good works i* dead, James ii. 14. 17. 20, etc. Faith alone doth not justify, ver. 24. But faith working by charily, Gal. v. 6. Faith doth not imply an absolute assurance of our being in grace; much less of our eternal salvation, Rom. xi. 20, 21, 22. 1 Cor. ix 27. chap. x. 12. Philip, ii. 12. Apoc. iii. 11.
Fasting. commended in Scripture, Joel ii. 12. Practised by God's servants, 1 Esdras viii. 23. 2 Esdras i. 4. Daniel x. 3 7. 12, etc. Moves God to mercy, Jonas iii. 5, etc. Is of great efficacy against the devil, Murk ix. 29. And is to be observed by all the children of Christ, M.itt. ix. 15. Mark ii. 20. Luke v. 35. See also Acts xiii. 3. chap. xiv. 63. 2 Cor. vi. 5. 2 Cor. xi. 27. Christ's fast of forty days, Matt. iv. 2.
Free will. Gen. iii. 7. Deut. xxx. 19. Eccles. xv. 14, etc. Often resists the grace of God, Prov. i. 24, etc. Isai. v. 4. Exec. xviii 23, 31, 32 Ezec. xxxiii. 11. Matt xxiii. 37. Luke xiii. 34. Acts vii. 51. Heb xii. 15, 2 Peter iii. 9. Apoc. iv. 20.
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Good Works. meritorious, Gen. iv. 7. chap. xxii. 16, 17. 18. P» xvii. 11. 23, 24. Ps. xviii. 8. 11. Matt. v. 11, 12. chao.x 42 chap. xvi. 27. 1 Cor. iii. 8. 2 Tim. iv. 8.
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The Holy Ghost. His divinity, Acta v. 3, 4. chap, xxviii. 25, 26. 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11 11.19,20. See also Matt. xii. .'.2. AcU xin. ft. .hap. xx. 28, etc. 2 Cor. mil 14. And ii form of Papism, Matt, xxviii. 19,20. He proceeds from the F.ithcr and the Son, John xv. 26. wage* commanded by God. Exod. xxv. 18, etc. Num. xxi. 8, 9. A I side of the mercy seat, in the sancii. 7. And in the temple of Solomon, 2 n in. 1. B Kings vi. 23. 32. 35. And this hy divine EXviii. 18, 19. Relative honour to the d the Saints authorised, Heb. xi. 21. See , 12, [3, 14, 15, 16. 2 Par. v. 2, etc. Pa. xcviii.
Holy Orders instituted by Christ. Luke xxii. 19. John xx. 22, 23. Conferred by imposition of hands, Acts vi. 6. chap. xiii. 3. , Give grace, 1 Tim. iv. 14. 2 Tim. i. 6.
Holy Scriptures. hard to be understood, and w rested hy many to their own destruction, 2 Peter in. 16, Not of private niteipretation, 2 Peter i. 20. Corrupted by Heretics, St. Matt. xix. 11. 1 Cor. vii. 9. chap. ix. 5. chap. xi. 27. GaL v. 17. Heb. xi. 21.
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Indulgences. The power of granting them, Matt. xvi. 18, 19. The ate of tl. I Cor. ii. 6,7,8. 10.
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Mass. The sacrifice prefigured, Gen. xiv. 18. Foretold, i Iii is i. 10, Ii. Psalm cix. 4. Instituted and celebrated Luke xxii. 19,20. Attested, 1 Cor. x. 16. 18, 19, 20, 21. lit -h. xiii. 10. See Eucharist, etc.
Matrimony. A sacrament representing the indissoluble union Christ and the church, Eph. v. 32. See also 1 Thesi. iv. ft. Marriage not to be dissolved hut by death, Gen. ii. I ttt. six. (i Mark x. 11, 12. Luke xvi. 18. Rom. vii. 2, ft, 1 Cor. vii. 10, 11.8ft.
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Original Sin. Job . 1. Psalm 1. 7. Rom. v. 12. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22. Eph. ii. 3.
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Penance, a sacrament. See Absolution. Confession.
Pope, or chief Bishop. St. Peter, by Christ s ordinance, was 1 to this dignity, Matt. xvi. 18, 19. Luke xxii. 31,32. John x. 16, kc Sec also Matt. x.2. AcU v. 29. Gal. ii. 7, 8.
Prayers for the dead. 2 Macc. xii. 43, etc.
Purgatory. or a middle state of souls, suffering for a time, on account of their sins, is proved by those many texts of Scripture, which affirm that God will rendir t« r, ry man ,,r ing to his works: so that such as die in lesser sins shall Dot escape without punishment: for which also see Mai xh 36. Apoc. xxi. 27. Consult likewise Matt. \ bap. xii. 22. 1 Cor. iii. 19, 14, 15. 1 Pet. iii. 1-, 19, 20.
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Relics, miraculous. 2 Kings xiii. 21. Matt. ix. 20, 21. A. is \ 11, 12.
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Saints departed. assist us by their prayers, Luke xvi. 9. 1 , xii. 8. Apoc. v. 8. We nave a communion with tin i:i. Heb xii. 22, 23. They have power over nations, Apoc ii. Is, 27 chap. v. 10. They know what passes amongst us, Luke xv. 10. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. 1 John iii. 2. They are with ChrtH in vin, before the general resurrection, 2 Cor. r. 1 ft, Philip, i. 23, 24. Apoc. iv. 4. chap. vi. ft. chap. vii. ft. 1 I, 16, etc. cliap. xiv. 1. 3, 4. chap. xlx. 1. 4, 5, 6. chap, xx their invocation, consult the texts quoted above with r tion to Angels: and such as testify the gnat powtf whk b the prayers of God's servants have with him; and which thorise us to call for their prayers: For which see Kxot. xxxii. 11. 14. 1 Kings vii. 8, 9, 10. Job xln. 7. ft. Rom. xv 30. Eph. vi. 18, 19. 1 Thess. v. 25. Ii. h. xiii. 13. lames v. 16.
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Transubstantiation. See Eucharist. Trinity of persons in God, Matt, xxviii. 19. 2 Cor. xiii. 13. 1 John v. 7.
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Women, must not preach nor teach. 1 Cor. xv. 34,35 37. 1 Tim ii. 11, 12.