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

A

Abraham’s Faith, [19].
Adam; See Man, Sin, Redemption.
What Happiness he lost by the Fall, [74].
What Death he died, [75].
He retained in his Nature no Will or Light capable of itself to manifest spiritual Things, ibid.
Whether there be any Reliques of the heavenly Image left in him, [78], [117].
Alexander Skein’s Queries proposed to the Preachers, [347], [348], [385].
Anabaptists of Great Britain, [39], [322].
Anabaptists of Munster, how their mischievous Actings nothing touch the Quakers, [36] to [40].
Anicetus, [37].
Anointing, The Anointing teacheth all Things; it is and abideth for ever a common Privilege, and sure Rule to all Saints, [34], [35].
Antichrist is exalted when the Seed of God is pressed, [118].
His Work, [273], [274], [275], [279], [280].
Antinomians, their Opinion concerning Justification, [175].
Apostasy, [224], [270].
Apostle, who he is, their Number was not limited, and whether any may be now-a-days so called, [275], [276], [277], [278].
Appearances; See Faith.
Arians, they first brought in the Doctrine of Persecution upon the Account of Religion, [439], [440].
Arius, By what he fell into Error, [270].
Arminians; See Remonstrants.
Assemblings are needful, and what Sort, [299], [300], &c.
See Worship, they are not to be forsaken, [341].
Astrologer, [44], [45].
Aurelia, There ten Canonicks were burnt, and why, [385], [386].

B

Baptism is one, its Definition, [355], [358] to [364].
It is the Baptism of Christ, and of the Spirit, not of Water, [365] to [368].
The Baptism of Water, which was John’s Baptism, was a Figure of this Baptism, and is not to be continued, [367] to [387].
Baptism with Water doth not cleanse the Heart, [359], [369].
Nor is it a Badge of Christianity, as was Circumcision to the Jews, [372], [385].
That Paul was not sent to baptize is explained, [372] to [374].
Concerning what Baptism Christ speaks, Mat. xxviii. 20. it is explained, [376], [377].
How the Apostles baptized with Water is explained, [378] to [382].
To Baptize, signifies to Plunge, and how Sprinkling was brought in, [382], [383].
Those of old that used Water-baptism, were Plunged, and they that were only Sprinkled, were not admitted to an Ecclesiastical Function, and why, [383].
Against the Use of Water-baptism many heretofore have testified, [385], [386].
Infant-baptism is a mere human Tradition, [355], [387], [388].
Bible, The last Translations always find Fault with the first, [60].
Birth, The spiritual Birth, [47].
Holy Birth, [217], [218].
See Justification.
Bishop of Rome, concerning his Primacy, [38], [39].
How he abused his Authority, and by what he deposed Princes, and absolveth the People from the Oath of Fidelity, [438], [442].
Blood, To abstain from Blood and Things strangled, [418], [419].
It hath been shed, [398].
Blood of Christ; See Communion.
Body, To bow the Body; See Head.
Books Canonical and Apocryphal; See Canon, Scripture.
Bonaventure, [302].
Bow, To bow the Knee; See Uncover the Head.
Bread, The breaking of Bread among the Jews, was no singular Thing, [406], [411].
It is now other Ways performed than it was by Christ, [401].
Whether unleavened or leavened Bread is to be used; also it is hotly disputed about the Manner of taking it, and to whom it is to be given, [411], [412].
See Communion.

C

Calvinists; See Protestants.
They deny Consubstantiation, [38].
They maintain absolute Reprobation, ibid.
They think Grace is a certain irresistible Power; and what Sort of a Saviour they would have, [147], [248].
Of the Flesh and Blood of Christ, [393], [396].
They use leavened Bread in the Supper, [411].
Canon, Whether the Scripture be a filled up Canon, [69], [70].
Whether it can be proved by Scripture that any Book is Canonical, [70], [71].
Castellio banished, [442].
Ceremonies; See Superstition.
Christ; See Communion, Justification, Redemption, Word.
He sheweth himself daily, revealing the Knowledge of the Father, [8].
Without his School there is nothing learned but busy Talking, [9].
He is the Eternal Word, [11].
No Creature hath access to God but by him, [11], [12], [13].
He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, [13].
He is the Mediator between God and Man, [12], [170].
He is God, and in Time he was made Partaker of Man’s Nature, [12].
Yesterday, To-day the same, and for ever, [22].
The Fathers believed in him, and how, ibid.
His Sheep hear his Voice and contemn the Voice of a Stranger, [51], [258], [261].
It is the Fruit of his Ascension to send Pastors, [63].
He dwelleth in the Saints, and how, [113].
His Coming was necessary, [115].
By his Sacrifice we have Remission of Sins, [115], [152], [170].
Whether he be, and how he is in all Men, is explained, [115], [116].
Being formed within, he is the formal Cause of Justification, [164], [189].
By his Life, Death, &c. he hath opened a Way for Reconciliation, [190], [191], [192].
His Obedience, Righteousness, Death and Sufferings are ours; and it is explained, that Paul said, He filled up that which was behind of the Afflictions of Christ in his Flesh, [173].
How we are Partakers of his Suffering, [213], [214], [215].
For what End he was manifested, [209], [210].
He delivers his own by suffering, [210].
Concerning his outward and spiritual Body, [390], [391].
Concerning his outward and inward Coming, [417].
Christian, How he is a Christian, and when he ceaseth so to be, [5], [10], [25], [26] to [31], [220], [244], [245], [246], [247], [257], [258].
The Foundation of his Faith, [45].
His Privilege, [46].
When Men are made Christians by Birth, and not by coming together, [236], [237].
They have borrowed many Things from Jews and Gentiles, [356], [357].
They recoil by little and little from their first Purity, [415], [498].
The Primitive Christians for some Ages said, We are Christians, we Swear not, [485].
And, We are the Soldiers of Christ, it is not lawful for us to fight, [495], [496].
Christianity is made as an Art, [10].
It is not Christianity without the Spirit, [24] to [27], [49], [50].
It would be turned into Scepticism, [267].
It is placed chiefly in the Renewing of the Heart, [238].
Wherein it consists not, [313].
What is, and is not, the Mark thereof, [371], [372], [385].
Why it is odious to Jews, Turks, and Heathens, [395].
What would contribute to its Commendation, [454].
Church, Without which there is no Salvation; what she is; concerning her Members, Visibility, Profession, Degeneration, Succession, [232] to [255].
Whatsoever is done in the Church without the Instinct of the Holy Spirit, is vain and impious, [160].
The same may be said of her, as was in the Schools, of Theseus’s Boat, [280].
In her Corrections ought to be exercised, and against whom, [427].
She is more corrupted by the Accession of Hypocrites, [435], [436].
The Contentions of the Greek and Latin Churches about unleavened or leavened Bread in the Supper, [411].
The Lukewarmness of the Church of Laodicea, [246].
There are introduced into the Roman Church no less Superstitions and Ceremonies than among Heathens and Jews, [237].
Circumcision, a Seal of the old Covenant, [373].
Clergy, [275], [276], [279], [289], [290], [412].
Clothes, That it is not lawful for Christians to use Things superfluous in Clothes, [467] to [470], [500].
Comforter, For what End he was sent, [8].
Commission, The Commission of the Disciples of Christ before the Work was finished was more legal than evangelical, [263].
Communion, The Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ is a spiritual and inward Thing, [388].
That Body, that Blood is a spiritual Thing, and that it is that heavenly Seed, whereby Life and Salvation was of old and is now communicated, [388], [389], [390].
How any becomes Partaker thereof, [393] to [395].
It is not tied to the Ceremony of breaking Bread and drinking Wine, which Christ used with his Disciples, this was only a Figure, [388], [395] to [406].
Whether that Ceremony be a necessary Part of the new Covenant, and whether it is to be continued, [406] to [424].
Spiritual Communion with God through Christ is obtained, [75].
Community of Goods is not brought in by the Quakers, [427], [453].
Compliments; See Titles.
Conscience; See Magistrate.
Its Definition, what it is; it is distinguished from the Saving Light, [418] to [421], [426].
The good Conscience, and the hypocritical, [226].
He that acteth contrary to his Conscience sinneth; and concerning an erring Conscience, [426].
What Things appertain to Conscience, [427].
What Sort of Liberty of Conscience is defended, ibid.
It is the Throne of God, [428].
It is free from the Power of all Men, [442].
Conversion, What is Man’s therein, is rather a Passion than an Action, [121].
Augustine’s Saying, ibid.
This is cleared by two Examples, [122], [123].
Correction, how and against whom it ought to be exercised, [427].
Covenant, The Difference betwixt the new and the old Covenant Worship, [32], [298], [299], [324] to [337], [369] to [371].
See also Law, Gospel.
Cross, The Sign of the Cross, [385].

D

Dancing; See Plays.
Days, Whether any be Holy, and concerning the
Day commonly called the Lord’s Day, [301], [405].
Deacons, [414].
Death; See Adam, Redemption.
It entered into the World by Sin, [83].
In the Saints it is rather a Passing from Death to Life, [84].
Devil, He cares not at all how much God be acknowledged with the Mouth, provided himself be worshipped in the Heart, [10], [149].
He haunts among the Wicked, [210].
How he may seem to be a Minister of the Gospel, [271] to [273].
When he can work nothing, [220], [221].
He keeps Men in outward Signs, Shadows, and Forms, while they neglect the Substance, [398], [399].
Dispute, The Dispute of the Shoemaker with a certain Professor, [260].
Of an Heathen Philosopher with a Bishop in the Council of Nice, and of the unlettered Clown, [367], [368].
Divinity, School-divinity, [256].
How pernicious it is, [268] to [279].
Dreams; See Faith, Miracles.

E

Ear, There is a spiritual and a bodily Ear, [8], [20].
Easter is celebrated other Ways in the Latin Church than in the Eastern, [37].
The Celebration of it is grounded upon Tradition, ibid.
Elders, [17], [279].
Elector of Saxony, the Scandal given by him, [349].
Eminency, your Eminency; See Titles.
Enoch walked with God, [216].
Epistle; See James, John, Peter.
Esau, [309].
Ethicks, or Books of moral Philosophy, are not needful to Christians, [268].
Evangelist, Who he is, and Whether any now-a-days may be so called, [277].
Excellency, your Excellency; See Titles.
Exorcism, [385].