An Apology for the True Christian Divinity / Being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers

by Robert Barclay

AN
APOLOGY
FOR THE
True Christian Divinity,

BEING AN
EXPLANATION and VINDICATION
OF THE
PRINCIPLES and DOCTRINES
Of the People called
QUAKERS.

Written in Latin and English
By ROBERT BARCLAY,

And since translated into High Dutch, Low Dutch, French, and Spanish, for the Information of Strangers.

The Eighth Edition in ENGLISH.

BIRMINGHAM;
Printed by JOHN BASKERVILLE,
and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster.
M DCC LXV.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

[INTRODUCTION]
	[To Charles II King of Great Britain.]
	[R. B. Unto the Friendly Reader wisheth Salvation.]
	[THESES THEOLOGICÆ. To the Clergy.]	[i.]
[PROPOSITION I.]		[1]
	Concerning the true Foundation of Knowledge.
[PROPOSITION II.]		[4]
	Of Immediate Revelation.
[PROPOSITION III.]		[48]
	Concerning the Scriptures.
[PROPOSITION IV.]		[73]
	Concerning the Condition of Man in the Fall.
[PROPOSITIONS V. & VI.]		[86]
	Concerning the Universal Redemption by Christ.
	Concerning the Saving and Spiritual Light, wherewith every Man is enlightened.
[PROPOSITION VII.]		[164]
	Concerning Justification.
[PROPOSITION VIII.]		[204]
	Concerning Perfection.
[PROPOSITION IX.]		[224]
	Concerning Perseverance, and the Possibility of Falling from Grace.
[PROPOSITION X.]		[231]
	Concerning the Ministry.
[PROPOSITION XI.]		[296]
	Concerning Worship.
[PROPOSITION XII.]		[355]
	Concerning Baptism.
[PROPOSITION XIII.]		[388]
	Concerning the Communion, or Participation of the Body and Blood of Christ.
[PROPOSITION XIV.]		[425]
	Concerning the Power of the Civil Magistrate in Matters Purely Religious, and pertaining to the Conscience.
[PROPOSITION XV.]		[449]
	Concerning Salutations and Recreations &c.
[THE CONCLUSION.]		[502]
[INDEX]
	[A Table of the Authors cited in this Book.]
	[A Table of the Chief Things.]
[ERRATA.]
[TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE.]

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