Johannes Marck’s Marrow of Christian Theology, Didactic-Elenctic INDEX OF SUBJECTS
James Dodson
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Of the most notable things which are explained in this Medulla, according to chapters and paragraphs.
[NOTE: This Index was alphabetized in the Latin; it is here included for a survey of subjects but the alphabetizing is no longer in English. ED.]
A
Denial of self was formerly commanded, XI.13.
All descendants of Abraham were formerly circumcised, XXIX.11.
Absurdities against providence are removed, X.23.
The divine decrees are not to be numbered among accidents, VI.5.
Accommodation of Old Testament Scripture in New Testament citations, II.38.
Acquired theology, I.3.
The actions of God are various, VI.1.
The active righteousness of Christ was performed for us, XX.17.
Actual sin, XV.36. It does not fall upon infants, 36. Its source and effect, 38. Not every actual sin is equal, nor is any venial, 38. Its various division, 39, &c.
Adam’s knowledge of God, I.16.
Adam was the first man, XIII.7. The formation of his body, 8. He did not possess gigantic magnitude, 8. God entered into covenant with him, XIV.13. Whom he represented in this covenant, 16. His sin, XV.9, 10. His salvation, 19.
Socinian additions to the old law are rejected, XI.33.
Papist additions to the fourth precept, XIV.17.
Socinian additions to the first precept, XI.4; to the second, 8; to the third, 12; to the fifth, 20; to the sixth, 23; to the seventh, 26; to the eighth, 30; to the ninth, 32; to the tenth, 33.
Things indifferent: what they are, and how far they extend, XI.35.
The adjudication of eternal life is the other act of justification, XXIV.9, 10.
Divine adoption is explained, XXVI.1, &c.
The adoration of the Mass-host is condemned, XXXI.24.
Adultery is forbidden, XII.24.
The coming of the kingdom of God, XXVI.16.
The era of Christ’s nativity, XIX.15.
The eternity of God, IV.31. It excludes all succession, 32. It belongs to him alone, 33.
The circumcision of Ethiopian Christians is disapproved, XXIX.17.
Human affections are to be removed from God, IV.26.
ἀγεννησία [unbegottenness] of the Father, V.7.
Papist “lambs” are rejected, XIX.36.
ἄγραφα [unwritten things] as the word of God, II.3.
The allegorical sense, II.38.
“Amen” as confirmatory and votive, XXVI.21.
The love of God is various, IV.42.
What sort of love toward God and neighbor is commanded, XI.34.
The embracing of faith as preached, XXII.20.
Anabaptism is rejected, XX.24.
The analogy of faith and of the context, II.45.
ἄνθρωπος [man] was not the first man, XIII.3.
Angels do not come under the name of the Holy Spirit, V.25.
Various uncertain epithets of angels, IX.2.
The predestination of angels, VII.3. Their names, IX.1, 2. Their existence is established naturally, 3. In what sense it was denied by the Sadducees, 3. Their creation and the time of it, 4. Their manifold end, 5. Their spiritual nature, 6. And wholly incorporeal nature, 7. Their various and great wisdom, 8. Their will, 9. Their power, 10. They have the image of God, 11. Their office, 12. Their division, 13. The confirmation of good angels, IX.15. Their office, 17. Special guardianship and intercession are rejected, 17. Religious honor of them is unlawful, 18. Their order, 19. Their dwelling-place, 20. The names and description of evil angels, IX.21, &c.
The soul of the world is exploded, VIII.36.
The soul infused into Adam, XIII.8. There is one soul in each individual, 11. It is incorporeal, 12. It is not bare thought, 12. Its power of operating outwardly; the intellect with its operations, 13. The will, 13. Immediate creation, 14. Immortality, 15. Union with the body, 16. The transfer of souls from one body into another is rejected, XIII.17.
The existence and acts of souls after death, XXXIV.6. The souls of the godly are immediately glorified, 7. And locally transferred into heaven, 11. As those of the ungodly are transferred into Gehenna, 12.
Annihilation does not constitute eternal death, XVI.12.
The Roman Pontiff is Antichrist, XXXII.19. Papist fictions about him, 20. His greater fall is to be expected, 26.
The abrogation of the Covenant of Works, XIV.24.
The antiquity of our church is asserted, XXXII.13.
The opening of the books in judgment, XXXIV.21.
The sense of the apocalyptic epistles, XXXII.31.
The apocryphal books are rejected, II.19, 20.
The apostasy of the Papists, III.16.
The apostasy of the saints is refuted, XXVII.6, 7.
The results/effects, XIX.23.
The appearance of the three men to Abraham, V.16.
The appearances of the risen Christ, XXI.21.
Fiducial application of oneself, XXII.22. In what sense it is one’s own act, 23.
Approval of the work, though none is read on the second day, VIII.15.
The lustral water of the Papists is disapproved, XXIX.36.
Why water is to be used in baptism, and what sort, XXX.8.
The upper waters, VIII.25.
The separation of the waters from the earth, VIII.26.
In what respect Christ is an altar, XIX.19.
The powers of free will are refuted, XV.26.
The prohibition concerning the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, XV.17. This was sacramental, 21.
The exposition of the tree of life, XIV.22.
Archetypal theology, I.7.
The argument of Scripture, II.21.
[Equal fallibility], II.23.
Fundamental articles of religion, II.9. Their truth is to be asserted before their weight is considered, 10. Their criteria, 12. Their principal classes, 13. Their number is not to be fixed, 14. It is not to be increased or diminished too much, 15.
The ascension of Christ into heaven, XXI.25. Its necessity, 26. Its truth, 27. Its nature, 28. The circumstances of time and place, 29. Its use, 30.
Sprinkling in baptism is proved, XXX.9.
The theoretical assent of faith is asserted, XXII.20.
Judicial astrology is condemned, VIII.27.
The craftiness of the serpent, XV.13.
What sort of men are atheists, I.17.
What the attributes of God are, IV.17. Their division, 19. They belong to the Son, V.21, and to the Spirit, 26.
The authentic text, II.8.
Authenticity of history, and of the rule, [II.23].
αὐτόθεος [God of himself] is the Son, V.10.
Whence the authority of Scripture depends, II.6.
The authority of the Old Testament books under the New is asserted, II.17. The authority of all canonical books is equal, 18.
Not all the authors of Scripture are known, II.12.
Autumn as the beginning of time, VIII.21.
Unleavened bread is not necessary in the Supper, XXXI.5.
B
The baptism of Christ proves the Trinity, V.2; and likewise the institution of our baptism, 17.
The name of baptism, XXX.1. Its various signification, 2. Its institution, 3, &c. First in John, 4. Another in the disciples of Christ, 5. A third after the resurrection, 6. Wrongly denied by the Socinians, 7. Its substantial sign, 8. Its rite, 9. Whether it is to be used once or three times, 10. Its formula, 11. By whom it is to be administered, 12, 13. Whether baptism administered by heretics can be approved, 14. Whether it depends on the intention of the minister, 15. Who are to be admitted to it, 16. Also the infants of covenant-members, 17, 18. Who are to be regarded as such, 19. Also those formerly received with circumcision, 20. Its place, 21. Its time, 22. What sort of necessity it has, 23. Its irrefragability, 24. The indelible character is rejected, 25. Its several ceremonies, 27. The things signified, 27. Its end and effects, 28. It does not flow from the work performed, 29. Its duration, 30.
The baptism of John was divine and the same as ours, XXX.4.
Not all wars are unlawful for Christians, XXXII.34.
The benefits of the Covenant of Grace, XXII.1.
Sublunary goods of providence, X.18.
Goods in themselves are rightly vowed, XXVI.38.
How far goods are to be given to the poor, XXVI.32.
Good works, XXV.15. They belong only to the sanctified, 16. Their rule, principle, and end, 17. Their necessity, 19.
The good angels were made mutable, IX.14.
The goodness of God is manifold, IV.44.
Whence the goodness implanted in the moral law is to be derived, XI.28.
Oxen do not constitute the Passover, XXIX.20.
C
The cabalistic sense of Scripture is rejected, II.38.
Various killings are not forbidden, XII.21; and truly forbidden killing, 22.
Celibacy is wrongly imposed on clerics, XXXIII.15.
To what Cain’s name has regard, XV.19.
The calamity of the church, XXXII.17.
The cup is not to be withheld from the people, XXXI.7, 8.
The canonical books and their division, II.13. Their discrimination and arrangement, 14. They were never plainly lost, 15. Nor have any of them perished today, 16. They all have the same authority, 17. The Apocrypha do not belong to them, 19, 20.
The praise of the canon of Scripture is vindicated, II.32.
Ecclesiastical canons, XXXIII.23.
The magistrate rightly decrees capital punishments, XXXIII.34.
Christ alone is the Head of the church, XXXIII.3.
The eating of flesh was lawful for Adam, XIV.3.
The Papist prohibition of meats is censured, XXVI.24.
The ceremonial law, XI.16. Its heads, 17. Its successive origin, 18. It is not first to be derived from the sin of the calf, 19. Its manifold reason, 20. Its duration, 21.
Certain men are reprobated, VII.32.
The certainty of election is twofold, VII.27, 28. There is no subjective certainty of reprobation, 36.
The certainty of vocation, XXIII.13; of justification, XXIV.20.
The characteristic properties of the divine Persons, V.[6] & seq.
The indelible character of baptism is rejected, XXX.25.
Charismata bestowed upon Christ, XIX.12.
Charity must be distinguished from faith, XXII.21.
χειροθεσία [laying on of hands] as a rite, XXXIII.16.
Chiliasm is rejected, XXXII.28.
The name of Christians, XIX.5.
The predestination of Christ, VII.15.
Christ was not comprehended in the Covenant of Works, XV.16.
The name of Christ, XIX.4. The fullness of signification in Christ, 5; X.20.
Why Christ was circumcised, XIX.12. Why he was baptized, XXX.20.
The name and definition of circumcision, XXIX.7. Its institution, 8. Its special subject, 9. Its ministers and new beginning, 10. The person receiving it, 11. Why Christ meanwhile, 12. Its time, 13. The thing signified, 15. Its end, 16. Its duration until the New Testament, 17.
The circumcision of the Ethiopians is disapproved, XXIX.17.
Various citations of the Old Testament in the New, II.38.
Clear perception in religion: how far it is to be urged, III.8.
Papist classes of angels, IX.19.
The key of knowledge did not formerly belong privately to the priests, XX.38.
Heaven as the place of blessed souls, XXXIV.11. Also of glorified bodies, 26.
The third heaven was created, VIII.24.
The name of the sacred Supper, XXXI.1. Synonyms, 2. Definition, 3. Institution expounded, 4. One sign, bread, 5. The other, wine, 6. Rites to be used, 9. Ministers, 11. Participants, 12. Place, 13. Time, 14. Necessity, 15. Repetition, 16. Human rites, 17. The thing signified, 18. Its union with the sign, true and confused, 19, &c. Adoration of the sign is unlawful, 22. Its end and effects, 25. It is not a sacrifice, 26, 27. Its duration, 28.
Thought is not the soul itself, XIII.12.
Thought does not comprehend the essence and attributes of God, IV.16; nor the nature of angels, IX.6.
Knowledge is an act of religion, III.6. It is necessarily required for faith, XXII.16, 17. And it is an act of faith, 18. How far it is necessary, 19.
The threatening of the law, XI.11.
What sort of communication of properties is to be admitted, and what rejected, XIX.24, 25.
Community of goods is rejected, XXXII.27.
Communion under one kind is condemned, XXXI.7, 8.
The communion of saints, XXXII.7.
Theological conclusions and conclusions of faith, I.31.
The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, XXVI.12, 21.
The convocation, presidency, members, authority, and fallibility of councils, XXXIII.26.
What sort of concurrence belongs to God, X.10.
The prohibition of concupiscence is one, XI.40. Its habit and even first motions are unlawful, XI.33.
The conditions of the Covenant of Grace: what sort and which they are, XXII.1, 2.
Conditional decrees are rejected, VI.9.
The confirmation of Christ’s preaching is various, XX.10.
The sacrament of confirmation is exploded, XXX.31.
Confusion of natures is not to be admitted, XIX.19.
Congruity of vocation is rejected, XXIII.9.
Marriages without parental consent are invalid, XXXIII.41.
Description of marriage, XXXIII.38. And although it is indissoluble except for adultery, 41, its end, 42. It is not a sacrament, XXX.35.
What conscience is, XIII.13. Its fallibility, XV.29.
Peaceful settledness is not to be denied to the ancients, XXIV.7.
How the consessory use of sacramental symbols takes place, XXXI.9.
The use of consequences in theology is proved and defended, I.29, 30.
The conservation of divine providence is an act, X.9.
What conservation is, XXVII.1. It is a gracious work of God, 3. Toward the elect, 4. Its act is twofold, 5. Its effect is the certain perseverance of the faithful, 6, 7.
In what sense counsels are attributed to God, VI.2.
The evangelical counsels of the Papists are rejected, XI.34, 35.
The constitution of the federal Mediator, XVII.17.
Consubstantiation is rejected, XXXI.19, 20.
Consummation is not to be denied to the ancients, XXIV.7.
The vow of continence is disapproved, XI.35.
Contingent things have been decreed by God, VI.11. They fall under the same divine providence, X.15.
God cannot do contradictories, IV.22.
Contradictions are removed from Scripture, II.23.
The agreement of the divine Persons, V.5.
Ecclesiastical assemblies, and the things to be done by them, XXXI.15.
The conversion of the Jews is expected, XXXII.23. It is to be promoted, 25. Things connected with it, 26.
The cooperation of man in the first moment of vocation is refuted, XXIII.9.
Bodies are not proper to angels, IX.7.
The body of man was artfully made, XIII.8.
Christ receives the same body in the resurrection, XXI.22.
Bodily necessities are also to be sought from God, XXVI.5.
Equal corruption of Scripture is to be admitted, II.23.
The corruption of man is total, XV.26, and extends to the whole man, 27, &c.
The name of creation, VIII.2. Its various signification, 3. Its truth, 4. It is the work of God alone, 6 & seq. Its nature, 10. It was made from nothing, 13. The second creation from nothing in a certain respect, 14. It could not have been from eternity, 19.
The creation of man, XIII.3.
Whether “to believe God,” “to believe that God is,” and “to believe in God” differ, XXII.15.
To believe that Christ died for oneself does not absolutely bind all, XX.24.
Criteria of the divinity of Scripture, II.11.
Criteria of fundamental articles, II.12.
Bearing the cross was formerly commanded, XI.33.
The fabled finding of the cross, XI.10.
The crucifixion of Christ, XXI.9.
In what sense the cross of Christ is an altar, XX.19.
Frequent Papist formation of the cross is rejected, XIX.36.
The names of the worship of God, XI.[1]. Its reverence, 2. Nature, 4, 5. Object, 6. Rule, 7. Κύριος [Lord], IV.3.
D
The tenth precept is not to be divided, XI.40. The same is expounded after rejecting the Socinian addition, XI.33.
The names of the decrees, VI.2. Their nature, 5. Eternity, 6. Their other attributes, 7, 8, 9, 10. Their extension to all things, 11, 12. Their end, 17.
Defection from the law and sin, XV.4.
The general defection of the church is refuted, XXXI.22.
The kingly defense of Christ, XX.34.
A perfect definition does not belong to God, IV.11.
The definition of God requires mention of the Trinity, IV.12.
The Papist choice of foods is disapproved, XXVI.24.
Christ’s descent into hell is variously explained, XXI.14. A local descent is rejected, 15. It denotes infernal pains, 15.
Malicious desertion, XXXIII.41.
God is αὐθύπαρκτος [self-existent], IV.1. His various names, 2 & seq. “God” is not a name of office, IV.2. To whom it is attributed, 9. The existence of God, IV.10. His spiritual nature, 13, 14. No image is to be formed, 15. His attributes, 17 & seq.
The deity of the Son is asserted, V.21; and of the Spirit, 26.
The providence of God, X.1.
The true and triune God is to be worshiped, and he alone, XI.6.
In what sense Jehovah is called the God of Israel, [IV.20].
Deity cannot be divided, XXI.16.
God alone is to be adored, XVI.4.
The name “gods” belongs to magistrates, XXXIII.28.
The function of deacons, XXXII.12.
Dianoetic doctrine is theology, I.29.
The meaning of διαθήκη [covenant/testament], XVII.2.
The works of the first day, VIII.24; of the second, 25; of the third, 26; of the fourth, 27; of the fifth, 28; of the sixth, 29.
Six days are assigned to creation, VIII.23.
The difference of the divine Persons is fivefold, V.6.
The difference of generation and procession, V.12.
The ecclesiastical dignity of the Papists, XXXIII.12.
The universal flood, VI.7.
The right of direction in the church belongs to ministers, XXXII.23.
Ecclesiastical discipline as a right, XXXIII.21. Its exercise, and its true and false effect, 22.
The distinction and arrangement of the canonical books, II.14.
Whether, and what kind of, divine dispensations from the Decalogue exist, XI.28, 29.
Papist dispensations are disapproved, XI.20.
Distance of blood is necessary in marriage, XXXIII.40.
How far difference of religion obstructs marriage, XXXIII.40.
The distinction of the Spirit from the Father and the Son, V.24.
Divorce outside the case of adultery is unlawful, even formerly, XII.41; XII.26.
The power of teaching belongs to the ministers of the church, XXXII.26.
Practical doctrine is more theology than theoretical doctrine, I.28; and dianoetic, 29.
Purity of doctrine is a mark of the true church, XXXII.10.
The infernal pain of Christ’s soul, XXI.13.
The Lord’s Prayer, XXVI.1 & seq. It does not abolish the old law, 11.
Distinct ownership of things, XII.27.
Man’s dominion over the creatures, XIV.8, 9.
Dominion over Christian servants is not unlawful, XXXII.30.
Manifold dominion over the Old Testament church is rejected, XX.36, 37.
The distinction of δυνάμεις and λατρείας [powers and worships] is vain, XI.1.
Doubting concerning God is rejected, I.14.
Doubt about religion is not to be recommended, III.7.
There are two sacraments of the New Testament, XXX.28.
The wisdom of Christ at twelve years old, XXI.7.
The duration of the world, VIII.20.
The duration of the ceremonial law, XI.21; of the moral law, 38.
The duration of Christ’s public ministry, XXI.8.
E
The church does not give authority to Scripture, II.6.
The church is not an infallible judge of controversies, II.41, 42.
The Old Testament church was not subject to lords other than Christ, XX.36, 37.
The names of the church, XXXII.2. Its various signification, 3. Its true members, 4. Its multitude, 6. It is distinguished from others in three ways, 7. How it is invisible, 8. Its true marks, 9, 10. False marks, 10. Application of the marks, 12. Objections against ours, 13. Its eternal unity, 15. Its imperfection and fallibility, 16. Its manifold calamity, 17. Its enemies, 18. Among whom is Antichrist, 19. It is sometimes less visible, 21. Its perseverance in the world, 22. Its expected emergence, 23. And various periods, 29 & seq. The Roman church cannot be regarded as true, XXXII.12.
Various government of the church, XXXIII.1. Ecclesiastical government is asserted, 2. It ought not to be monarchical, 3. Nor is such instituted, 4. Old and New Testament ministers: extraordinary, 10; ordinary, 11 & seq. The power of the church is asserted, XXXIII.19. It is not dependent on, nor derived from, the magistrate, 24.
Election is not from the foreseen goodness of man’s practice, VII.10. The name of election, VII.20. Its source is the grace of God, 22. Its particular object, 23. It is of few, 24. Its term, 26. Its twofold certainty, 27, 28.
Almsgiving is described, XXVI.29. It is a work of charity, 30. Toward adversaries, how far, 31. From our honest resources, 32. Its act is giving, 33. Its fitting and unfitting end, 34.
“Elohim” as plural does not prove the Trinity, V.14.
What sort of enthusiastic spirit exists, II.7. It is exploded, 30, 31.
Bishops are the same as presbyters, XXXIII.11.
The Roman episcopate of Peter is rejected, XXXIII.7.
The Epistle to the Hebrews was written by Paul, II.12.
The sense of the apocalyptic epistles, XXXII.31.
ἐνεργός [active/effective], XXIV.18.
Various errors of the apocryphal books, II.19.
ἐθελοθρησκεία [will-worship] is disapproved, XI.7.
Eve, [unclear], XIII.6. Her creation, 9. Her salvation, XV.9.
The evangelical counsels of the Papists are rejected, XI.34, 35.
The name of the gospel, XVII.7. It was revealed to sinners, 8. Yet not to all, 9. From the fall onward, 11. Its various economy, 14, &c.
Evangelists, XXVIII.10.
The first gospel, V.18.
The gospel is the object of faith, XXII.14.
Blessings/eulogies are disapproved, XXIX.36.
Eutychianism is rejected, XIX.19.
The exaltation of Christ, XXI.17. First degree, 19. Second, 25. Third, 31. Fourth, 38.
What cutting off the soul from the people was, XXIX.14.
The humiliation of Christ, XXI.5. First degree, 6. Second, 7. Third, 9. Fourth, 11. Fifth, 12. Sixth, 13.
The existence of God, IV.10.
The beginning of the Lord’s Prayer, XXVI.13.
The expanse, VIII.25.
Christ was the surety of payment formerly, XIV.7.
External vocation is sufficient for salvation, XXIII.8.
Ezra did not restore lost books of Scripture, II.5.
F
Fables treated by Christ, XXI.7.
“Make” often denotes “create,” VIII.2.
How far our resources ought to be yielded to the poor, XXVI.32.
The fallibility of conscience, XV.29.
The fallibility of the church, XXXII.16.
There is no falsehood underlying divine faith, XXII.14.
What Stoic fate is, X.5.
The expected blessedness of the church, XXXII.26. It is not to be exaggerated too much, 27.
Papist feasts are rejected, XII.17. What place Easter, Pentecost, Nativity, &c., are to have, 17.
The name of faith, XXII.4. It is fourfold, 5. Active and passive faith of miracles, 6. Historical faith, 7. Temporary faith, 8. Saving faith, 9. It is a habit of the mind, 10. It belongs to all the elect, and only to them, 11. Yet actual or habitual faith does not belong to infants, but objective and seminal faith does, 12. Its author, 13. Its general and special object, 14. Its threefold act, 16 & seq. Right knowledge, 24. Its inamissibility, 25. And its various fluctuations, 26.
Faith justifies us as an instrument, XXIV.17.
Faith is not to be denied to Christ, XIX.22.
The generation of the Son is explained and vindicated, V.8, 9. αὐτόθεος [God of himself], 10. His deity is asserted, 21.
Why the Son of God was incarnate rather than the other Persons, XIX.7.
The end of all theology, I.36. The end of Scripture, II.50.
The supreme and subordinate end of creation, VIII.17.
The end of the whole world, XXXIV.30.
The finitude of the world, VIII.34.
Who are to be counted infants of covenant-members, XXX.19.
The name of covenant, XVII.2.
The Covenant of Works is proved to have been made with Adam, XIV.13, 14. Its contracting parties, 16. Its stipulation, 17, 18. Its promises, 19. Its sacraments, 22. Its acceptance, 23. Its abrogation, 24.
The Covenant of Grace, XVII.3. Its duties or conditions, XXII.1, 2. Its contracting parties, XVII.5. It is not universal, 9, 10. It belongs also to the fathers, 11, 12. Its threefold economy, 14, 15; or rather twofold, 16. Whence the Old begins, 17; and likewise the New, 18.
The covenant between the Father and the Son, XVII.17, 18.
What kind of interest/usury is unlawful, XI.29.
Forensic law, XI.15.
Various forms of political government, XXXIII.29.
The formula of baptism, XXX.11.
Whether the Decalogue is the formula of the Covenant of Grace, XI.26, 27.
Forms of praying, XXVI.8.
The breaking of bread is necessary, XXXI.10.
Fundamental articles, II.9. Their number is not to be fixed, 14. Nor diminished too much, 15. What faith is required, 16.
God knows future free and contingent things, IV.36.
G
The name Galilean, XIX.6.
The twofold genealogy of Christ in Matthew and Luke, XVIII.11.
Sin is propagated by natural generation, XV.33.
The generation of the Son is explained and vindicated, V.8, 9. Its difference from procession, 12.
A greater accession of the Gentiles to the church is expected, XXXII.26.
Gestures in prayer, XXVI.7.
The name of glory and glorification, XXXIV.2. It is the highest good of the elect, 4. Its first moment is at death, 5, 6. The other is on the last day, 13. It is greatest and incomprehensible, 24. It consists in the enjoyment of God, 25. Its acts are recounted, 26. Whether there will be various degrees of it, 27. Its place will be heaven, 28.
γνῶσις τοῦ Θεοῦ [knowledge of God], I.18.
Whether there will be degrees of glory, XXXIV.27.
The degrees of Christ’s oblation, XX.2.
The degrees of Christ’s humiliation: first, XXI.6; second, 7; third, 9; fourth, 11; fifth, 12; sixth, 13.
The degrees of Christ’s exaltation: first, XXI.18; second, 25; third, 31; fourth, 38.
The Greek text of the New Testament is authentic — II.8
The value of the Greek Septuagint version — II.11
The grace of God is manifold — IV.42
Grace and glory are defined in election — VII.26
The Covenant of Grace — XVI.3; Its contracting parties — 5; It is not universal — 9, 10; It pertains also to the fathers — 11, 12; Its threefold economy — 14, 15; Rather, twofold — 16; Whence the Old begins — 17; Whence the New likewise begins — 18
The gravity of the first sin — XV.6
God’s government over all things — X.11
The royal government of Christ — XX.34
The baptism of women as administrators is rejected — XXX.12
H
What sort of habit theology is — I.24
Heresy — XXXII.17
Whether the baptism of heretics can be approved — XXX.14
The Hebrew names of God — IV.5, 6
The Hebrew text is authentic — II.8, 9
The goat Azazel as a type of Christ — XXI.20
Historical faith — XXI.7
The goats to be separated from the sheep — XXXIV.22
Lawful homicide — XXXIII.21; And unlawful homicide — 22
There are no men in the moon — VIII.29
The name “man” and its homonymy — XII.1; Its nature — 2; Its creation — 3 and following
Man is rightly called the end of creatures — VIII.17
Divine honor belongs to the Son — V.21; And to the Spirit — 26
Religious honor of angels is rejected — IX.18
Divine honor belongs to the Mediator — XIX.27
The enemies of the Church — XXXII.18, 19
Who the enemies Gog and Magog are — XXXII.20
The worship of the Mass-sacrifice is impious — XXI.24
The true humanity of Jesus — XIX.8; Entire — 9; Arisen from the substance of Mary — 11
Its successive formation — XIX.13
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The idea of God, and the argument from it for deity, is examined — I.15
The properties of the natures, and their true communication in the God-man — XIX.24
The false communication asserted by the Lutherans — 25, 26
The idolatry of the Papists is rejected — XI.6
The name Jehovah is explained — IV.6, 7
Fasting is manifold — XXVI.23; It does not consist in the choice of foods — 24; It is still fitting under the New Testament — 25; Its time — 26; Its good and bad end — 27
Jephthah’s vow is explained — XXV.39
The name of Jesus — XIX.2; Its fullness in Christ — 3; It is not to be honored separately — 5; His deity — 7; V.21; His true humanity — 8
The fire of baptism — XXX.8
The illumination of the Spirit is necessary for understanding Scripture — II.24
The image of God belongs also to angels — IX.11; XIV.11
The worship of images is unlawful — XI.6
The name “image of God” — XIV.3; Its nature and parts — 4, 5, 6; Its chief part is rectitude — 6; To whom it is to be attributed — 11; In what sense it is natural — 12
The imitation of Christ was formerly commanded — XI.33
The immensity of God — IV.27, 30
Baptismal immersion — XXX.9
The immortality of the soul — XIII.15
Of Adam — XIV.10
The immortality of the risen Christ — XXI.22
The immutability of God — IV.26
The immutability of the decrees — VI.10
Of predestination — VII.13, 14
The immutability of the divine moral law — XI.30
The impeccability of Christ — XIX.10
The imperfection of man — XI.37
What imperfections may be attributed to Christ — XIX.10
The eternal resurrection of the ungodly — XXXIV.15
The impotence of fallen man — XV.26, 27, 28, 29
All carnal impurity is forbidden — XII.25
The imputation of the first sin — XV.31, 32
The inamissibility of faith — XXI.25
The incarnation is a degree of Christ’s emptying — XXI.6
The power of creating is incommunicable — VIII.8
The incommunicability of the name Jehovah is asserted — IV.7
Unbelief is the consequent term of reprobation — VII.35
The independence of God — IV.20, 21
The independence of God’s decrees — VI.9
Of predestination — VII.13, 14
God’s leading into temptation — XXVI.10, 11, 12
The equal infallibility of Scripture — II.22
Infants of unbelievers are rightly counted among the reprobate — VI.33
Infants are exempt from actual sin — XV.37
Infants lack actual and habitual faith, but not objective and seminal faith — XII.12
The baptism of infants is established — XXX.17, 18; And of which infants — 19
Hell is the seat of the souls of the impious at death — XXXIV.11; And at the last day — 29
The unbelief of Adam — XV.15
The infinity of God — IV.18, 27
Whence the beginning of time began — VIII.21
Innate theology — I.12
God cannot punish an innocent creature — IV.46
The inscription of the Decalogue — XII.11
The inspiration of Scripture — II.5
The institution of baptism is wrongly denied by the Socinians — XXX.7
The deeds and words of the institution of the Supper — XXXI.4
The insufficiency of natural theology for salvation — I.19, 20
The integrity of Christ’s humanity — XIX.9
The intellect of God — IV.16
The intellect of the soul with its operations — XII.3
It is not exempt from error — XV.27, 28
Whether the intention of the baptizer is necessary — XXX.15
The intercession of angels is rejected — IX.19
The intercession of Christ — XX.29; To be sought from Christ alone — 30
The destruction of books of Scripture is asserted in vain — II.16
What sort the destruction of the world will be — XXXIV.30
The interpretation of the whole Scripture is necessary — II.44; Its means — 45; And various rules — 48, 49
Envy in the fallen angel — IX.25
What sort the invisibility of the Church is — XXXI.8; What invisibility it sometimes has — 21
John’s baptism was divinely instituted and is the same as ours — XXX.4
The old believers are not to be subjected to the wrath of God — XXIV.7
The irremissibility of the sin against the Holy Ghost — XV.44
The irreparability of the angels — IX.27
The irresistibility of grace in those called — XXI.11, 12
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The future conversion of the Jews — XXXI.23; A return into Canaan is feigned — 24; The means for promoting conversion — 25; Its connected matters — 26
The judgment of discretion is asserted — II.32; What sort belongs to the Church — 39; Not infallible and supreme — 41, 42; Which belongs to the Spirit alone speaking in Scripture — 43
Judgment belongs to the intellect — XII.13
Judgment to be held by Christ — XXI.38
The last judgment is certainly to be held — XXXIV.19; By Christ together with the godly — 20; Upon evil angels and all men — 21; Its five acts — 22; Its time and duration — 23; Place — 23
That distance of blood in marriage belongs to secondary natural law — XXXIII.40
Swearing by creatures is forbidden — XII.11; Not every such thing was unlawful under the Old Testament — 12
God’s supreme right over all things — IV.48
Whence natural law and the law of nations arise — XI.24
Creation is accomplished by the most powerful command of the will — VIII.10
To whom the right of calling ministers belongs — XXXIII.14
Justification is distinguished from sanctification — XXIV.1; Explanation of the name and its various sense — 2, 3; It is God’s work of grace alone — 5; Concerning all the elect — 6
Justification is a benefit of this present time — XXIV.16
The difference between the justification of the old believers and ours, true and fabricated — XXIV.7
The object of justification — XXIV.8; Its two acts — 9, 10; Its material cause — 11; Its insinuation — 19; Subjective certainty — 20; Immutability — 21
The justice of God is threefold — IV.45; Divine and dominical justice is explained — 45; Judicial justice is twofold: remunerative — 46; And vindicatory — 47; So natural to God that he cannot let sin go unpunished — 47
The active righteousness of Christ becomes ours — XX.17
We are not justified by the inherent essential righteousness of God — XXIV.18
The righteousness of Christ is imputed to us — XXVI.12, 13
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How changeable and fallen man was predestined — VI.17, 18
The baptism administered by laymen is rejected — XXX.12
A greater fall of Antichrist is to be expected — XXXI.26
The Latin Vulgate version is not authentic — II.10
The distinction between “worship” and “service” is vain — XI.1
The common reading of Scripture — II.35, 36
The Church’s power of making laws that bind conscience, and whose observance continues divine worship, is rejected — XXXIII.18
The etymon and homonymy of law — XI.8; Its notification — 10; Its threatening — 11; Its promise — 12; Its division: positive and natural — 13; Forensic — 15; Ceremonial, and following — 16 and following; Moral, and following — 22 and following
The author, minister, mode, time, place, and end of solemn legislation — XI.25
Full performance of the law is impossible — XI.37
Whence the goodness of the moral law is to be derived — XI.8; Its duration — 38; Its division — 39; It is not increased under the New Testament — 33; Whence its precepts flow — 39
Even the lesser matters of Scripture are inspired — II.5
The law of the Covenant of Works is twofold — XIV.17
Free things are decreed by God — VI.11
And they are subject to his providence — X.17
Deliverance from evil — XXVI.20
The benefit of liberation is explained — XXVII.17 and following
The powers of free will are restored — XV.26
The liberty of man — XII.13
Christian liberty is declared — XXVIII.22
The liberty of divine decrees — VI.8
Of predestination — VII.8
Of creation — VIII.12
No books of Scripture have perished — II.6; The books of the Old Testament are still canonical — 17
Books to be opened in the judgment — XXXIV.22
The limbus of the fathers is rejected — XXXIV.8
The decision of lawsuits belongs to the magistrate — XXXIII.33
Christ’s local descent into hell is rejected — XXI.15
The place of the Messiah’s nativity — XVIII.9
The place of prayer — XXVI.9
God’s plural modes of speech argue the plurality of persons — V.13, 14
“Word” and “word of God” — I.3, 4
Lamps in temples are rejected — XXXIX.36
The great and small luminaries — VIII.27; Their use and abuse — 27
Lunar men are rejected — VIII.29
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The stain of sin — XV.8
The office of magistrate is from God and is lawfully borne by Christians — XXXIII.30 and following; Clerics also are subject to him — 31; His power in sacred things — 32; In civil things — 33, 34
Evils are decreed by God — VI.13
Evils are subject to providence — X.18; And in what way — 20, 21
The old believers are not to be subjected to the curse — XXIV.7
Malice is distinguished from the action — X.21
Whether malicious desertion is a cause of divorce — XXXIII.41
The names of evil angels — IX.21; Their first creation — 22; What their first sin was — 23, 25; Its time — 24; Present and future punishment — 25; Their irreparability — 27; Their number — 29; Their order — 30
God is not the author of evils — X.20
Scripture was written by God’s command — II.4
Mary is not exempt from original sin — XV.30
Marriage is not a sacrament — XXXI.35
The description of marriage — XXXIII.38
The greatest things are subject to divine providence — X.13
No middle knowledge of God is granted — IV.38, 39
The means of interpreting Scripture — II.45
The office of the Mediator is both honor and burden — XIX.1; It is threefold — 2; It must not be confused — 3; It concurs in Christ alone — 4; The several parts are explained — 6 and following
The Mediator, as such, is to be religiously honored — XIX.27
The name of Mediator — XVII.2; Its necessity — 3; Its quality — 4; It is Jesus — 7, 8; He alone — 14; According to both natures — 15; Of the elect — 16; Eternal constitution — 17
The mediation of Christ does not pertain to angels — IX.15
Who Melchizedek was and was not — X.14; His function and the bringing forth of bread — 15; His order — 16
The true members of the Church — XXXII.4; They are constituted by election, calling, and glorification — 7
Lying is unlawful — XII.31
A fitting wage for ministers — XXXII.27
Meritorious works are refuted — XXIV.14, 15
The Messiah is Jesus — XVIII.7 and following
The time of the Messiah — XVIII.8; The place — 9; His lineage and mother — 10; The antecedents of the nativity, the deeds, and the consequences — 12
Metempsychosis is rejected — XII.17
Fear of death is wrongly attributed to the old believers — XXIV.7
The error of the millenarians is rejected — XXXII.28
The least things are subject to divine providence — X.14
The ministry of angels — IX.12
The ministry of the Church concerning Scripture — II.6, 7
The exercise of ministry among the faithful — XXXII.27
Whether the piety of the minister is necessary for baptism — XXX.14; And intention — 15
Ministers of the Old Church — XXXII.9; And extraordinary ministers of the New — 10
The calling of ministers is necessary — XXXIII.13; It is various — 14; Its requirements — 15; Celibacy was wrongly introduced — 15; Temporal consecration is rejected — 16; And what legislative consecration is — 18; Yet not every consecration is to be denied — 19, 23; What it is and of what sort — 20 and following; It is not dependent upon the magistrate — 24
The miracles of Christ — XX.10, 11; How far they are necessary — 11
Active and passive faith of miracles — XXI.6
The nature and truth of miracles — X.12
The twofold misery of man — XV.1
The mercy of God — IV.43
The name of the Mass — XXXI.2
Private Masses are rejected — XXXI.9
Mass-rites — XXXI.17
The sacrifice of the Mass is rejected — XX.28
Mixture of religions is condemned — III.20
The various modes of divine revelation — I.33
Whether the world was created in six moments — VIII.23
Monarchical government of the Church — XXXIII.3; Nor is it to be established — 4
Monogamy is asserted — XXXIII.39
The moral law — XI.22; Its first origin — 23; Its natural inscription — 24; Its solemn promulgation — 25; Its nature and goodness — 28; Its immutability — 30; Its spiritual abundance — 31; Its perfection — 32 and following; Whence its precepts flow — 39
The morality of the fourth precept — XI.15; How far it extends — 16
Death as the penalty of sin — XIV.10; XVI.8
The death of Christ — XXII.11
Eternal death is not annihilation — XVI.11
The threatening of death — XI.11
The resurrection of the dead — XXXIV.13 and following
Moses, author of the Pentateuch — II.12
Moses as mediator — XVIII.2
Μοσχοποϊία [calf-making; i.e., the idolatry of the golden-calf] is not the cause of the ceremonial law being given — XI.19
The motion of angels — IX.12
Woman was created on the same day as man — XIII.4; Yet after the man — 5
The image of God belongs to woman — XIV.11
The woman’s punishment — XV.17
Whether women stood for men with respect to circumcision — XXI.11
The world could not be produced from eternity — VIII.19; Its duration — 20
The name “world” — VII.31; This is the first and the last — 32; Only one — 33; Finite — 34; Many worlds could be made by God — 35; Its soul is rejected — 35
What the end and destruction of the world will be — XXXIV.30
The world for which Christ suffered — XX.24
The first mutability of good angels — IX.14
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The nativity of Christ from the Spirit — XIX.14; The time is uncertain — 15
The end of Christ’s nativity — XIX.16
The nature of God — IV.13; And that nature is spiritual — 14
Nature does not teach the Trinity — V.18
Natural things are not wrongly handed down in Scripture — I.22
Natural things are twofold, as are the precepts of the Decalogue — XI.28
Natural theology is innate — I.12; and acquired — 13; both are deficient — 17; its capacity and defect — 18; insufficient for salvation — 19, 20; not to be fought with certain zeal abstractly, but it must submit itself — 21; its end — 22
Natural law — XI.24
The natural image of God in Adam — XIV.12
The union of natures in Christ — XIX.7
Its confusion is avoided — 19
The Nazarene name — XIX.6
Necessary things are subject to divine providence — X.15
The necessity of Scripture — II.4
The necessity of the doctrine of the Trinity — V.29
Doctrine of predestination — VII.37
The necessity of baptism is not absolute — XXX.23
The Supper likewise — XXXI.24, 25
Nestorianism is rejected — XIX.18
The connection of things from God’s decree — VI.15
Nothing twofold except in its relation to creation — VIII.13, 14
Noachic precepts — XI.24
No name belongs to God — IV.1
Various names are reviewed — 3 and following
Communication — IV.9
The name Jehovah is explained — IV.6, 7
Divine names are attributed to the Son — V.21; and to the Spirit — 26
The names of God are abused — XII.9, 10
The sanctification of the divine name — XXVI.15
Certain precepts are excluded — XII.3
The Socinian additions are excluded — 32
The rule of the sense of Scripture is unique — II.47
The rule of divine worship — XI.7
The marks of divine revelation — I.33
The marks of true religion — III.18, 19
The marks of the true Church — XXXII.9, 10
The notification of law — XI.10
Proper knowledge of faith is asserted — XXII.24
New commands of Christ are rejected — XI.33
The beginning and progress of the New Covenant — XVII.18
Night precedes day — VIII.22
The number of fundamentals is not to be fixed — III.14
Nor excessively diminished with the Socinians — III.15
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The obedience required in the Covenant of Works — XIV.18
Christ’s obedience for us — XX.17
The obedience required of the magistrate — XXXIII.35
Blind obedience is condemned — XI.35
The object of theology — I.34
The object of predestination — VII.17, 18
Oblations, or Papist hosts, are rejected — XXXI.5
Christ’s offering on earth is not to be denied — XX.18; Its distinction and reason — 19; Its degree — 20; It was truly expiatory — 21, 22; For the elect — 23, 24; And for all of them — 25; It is equivalent — 27
The name of oblation belongs to the Supper — XXXI.21
Full observance of the law is now impossible — XI.37
The exposition of the eighth precept — XII.27
The Socinian additions are refuted — 30
The eighth day, on which circumcision was performed — XXIX.13
The economy of the Covenant of Grace is various — XVII.14
The ecclesiastical economy — XXXII.36 and following; Its power — 43
The offices of the Covenant of Grace, what and of what sort — XXII.1, 3
The offices of communicants — XXXI.12
Offices to be performed by us for the conversion of the Jews — XXXII.27
The office of angels generally — IX.12
The office of the good in particular — IX.17
All for whom Christ suffered, who they are — XX.24
Human omnipotence is rejected — XIX.25
The omnipresence of God — IV.27, 28
The omniscience of God — IV.36
The persons’ “same essence” — V.5
The works of the first day — VIII.24; Of the second — 25; Of the third — 26; Of the fourth — 27; Of the fifth — 28; Of the sixth — 29
The works of the divine nature — VIII.1
The works of the divine Son belong also to the Spirit — V.21, 26
Meritorious works are refuted — XXIV.14, 15
Good works — XXV.15; They belong to the sanctified — 16; Their rule, principle, and end — 17
Christian kiss — XXIX.36
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Paedobaptism is asserted and defended — XXX.17, 18
The bread broken by Melchizedek — XX.15
What bread is meant in the Lord’s Prayer — XXVI.18
What bread is to be used in the Supper — XXXI.5; Breaking is necessary — 10
The Papist cannot have the true Church — XXXII.12
The exposition of paradise — XIV.2; It was a sacrament — 21
Parental honor — XI.18, 19
Parental consent to marriage is necessary — XXXIII.41
What πέρας denotes — XXIV.7
The contracting parties of the Covenant of Works — XIV.16
Passover and Christ at different times — XXIX.24
The name and definition of Passover — XXIX.18; Its substantial sign — 20; Its rite — 21; Minister — 22; Place — 23; Time — 24; It was a sacrifice — 25; A signifying thing — 26; Its end and duration — 27;
Christ’s last Passover and its weight, necessity, and liberty — XXI.9
The spiritual Passover of Christ — XXI.1
All the sufferings of Christ are satisfactory — XX.20
Pastors and doctors — XXXII.11
Father: who he is, and in what sense he is called upon in the Lord’s Prayer — XXVI.3, 14
The patience of God — IV.44
The Father’s ἀγεννησία [unbegottenness] — V.7
The exposition of the Fathers is not the rule of truth — II.46, 47
The limbus of the Fathers is rejected — XXXIV.8
Fewer elect — VII.24
Paul’s rebuking Peter — XXV.11
Paul is author of the Epistle to the Hebrews — II.12
The vow of poverty is condemned — XXVI.35
The name “sin” — XV.2; Its nature — 4, 5; Its causes — 6, 7; Guilt — 8; Evil from God — 9; Adam’s first sin — 9, 10; Its cause — 11
Original sin — XV.20; Its propagation — 33; ; Actual sin — 36; In the Holy Ghost — 40
Sin imputed does not make God a liar — IV.47
Sin is not properly the cause of reprobation — VII.8
Foot-washing — XXI.25; It is not a sacrament — 29
Yet it marks the principal cause — VIII.9
Clear and distinct perception in religion is not too greatly urged — III.18
The supreme perfection of God — IV.12
The perfection of Scripture — II.27
The perfection of the law — XI.32
The perfection belonging to the godly — XXV.12
The six periods of the Old Testament and the seven of the New are rejected — XXXI.29, 30, 31
Unlawful perjury — XII.19
Persecution — XXXI.17
The certain perseverance of those called — XXVI.6, 7
One person in Christ — XIX.8
Person: name and definition — V.2
Personality is ascribed to the Holy Ghost — V.2, 3; It is distinct — 24
What personality is — V.3
Personality in union is not changed — XIX.20
The Trinity of Persons is explained — V.5–12; Characteristic properties, and following — 6 and following
A distinct review of the three Persons in the Old Testament — V.13
The perspicuity of Scripture is explained — II.24; It is asserted — 25, 26
The first petition of prayer — XXVI.15; The second — 16; The third — 17; The fourth — 18; The fifth — 19; The sixth — 20
The pontificate of Peter in the Church is refuted — XXXIII.5; Prerogatives — 5; His successor is wrongly called the Roman bishop — 6, 7; He was not at Rome — 7
Mention of Phoenicia — VIII.28
Philosophy is subjected to theology — I.21
Ministerial piety is not necessary to the integrity of baptism — XXX.14
The joining of fishes and birds — VIII.28
Plural modes of God’s speech argue the plurality of Persons — V.13
Plural names, Elohim and others, do not argue the Trinity — V.14
The plurality of possible worlds — VIII.35
The penalty of sin — XVI.1; It is everywhere imposed upon sin — 3; It is various — 5, 6, 7; Its species — 8; Eternal punishment does not consist in annihilation — 11; Christ underwent all — 14
The penalty of original sin — XV.34
The present and future penalty of angels — IX.26
How punishments are to be understood with respect to God — XI.4
The name repentance — XII.27
The sacrament of repentance is exploded — XXIX.32
The decency of political government — XXXIII.28, 30; Clerics are also subject to it — 31; Its power in sacred things — 32
Successive polygamy is lawful; simultaneous polygamy is unlawful, even formerly — XXXIII.36; XII.26
Successive polygamy is wrongly forbidden to clerics — XXXIII.15
Peter’s pontificate is rejected — XXXIII.5; And that of the Roman bishops even more — 6
Positively from God — IV.20“Possible” in what sense is an object of divine decree — VI.16
Power in Adam is represented — XV.16; XV.31
The power of God — IV.16; Its active and passive potency — 21, 22
The power of angels: how great and how exercised — IX.10
The power of God over all things — IV.48
The power of erring is rejected — XV.28
The civil power of the magistrate — XXXIII.33, 34
Temporal ecclesiastical power is rejected — XXXIII.17; It is not extended to the laws of divine worship and conscience-obliging laws and the power to make laws is denied — 18; It is not to be altogether denied — 19, 24; It is threefold — 20; Doctrine — 20; Discipline — 22; The making of canons, or laws of order — 23; It does not depend on the magistrate — 24
The elders are not subject to the power of Satan — XXIV.7
Practical theology is greater than theoretical theology — I.28
The pre-Adamites are rejected — XII.7
The precepts of both tables — XI.40
The precepts of predestination — VII.
Predestination — VII.1; It is applied to reprobation — 2, 34, 35; Of angels — 3; Its nature — 6; Its properties — 7 and following; It is absolute — 10; Immutable — 13; Its object, even Christ and all men — 15; It is twofold according to species — 19
The argument of the preaching of Christ — XX.8; Its mode — 9
A reward is due to God in view of worship — XI.
The foreskin was to be cut off — XXIX.9, 10
The bodily presence of Christ’s flesh in the Supper is rejected — XXXI.19, 20, 21
The foresight of good from election is rejected — VII.
Presbyters and bishops are the same by divine right — XXXII.12
The presbyters were regent — XXXIII.12
The first works of God — VIII.24
The first precept is indicated and commanded — XII.2, 3; The Socinian additions — 4
The first sin — XV.9 and following; Its cause — 11; Internal origin — 15; Gravity — 16; Time — 16; Effect — 17; Imputation — 31, 32
The first principles of theology are ἄμεσοι and ἀναπόδεικτοι — I.32, 33
Proof by us alone against the Papists is not incumbent — II.11
The procession of the Spirit — V.11Also from the Son — 11
Its difference from generation — 12
The promise of law — XI.12
The promise of the Covenant of Works — XIV.19
The prophets of the New Testament — XXXII.10
The examination of prophets is necessary — II.44
The prophecy of Enoch — II.3
The prophetic office of Christ — XX.6; Its requirements — 7; Its twofold act — 8 and following; Believers following Christ — 12
The force of the words is not to be retained in the institution of the Supper — XXXI.24
The Protevangelium — XV.18
The names of providence — X.2; Its truth — 3; God its author — 3; Its means are admitted — 6; It is the use of the will — 8; Threefold act — 9 and following; Object — 13; Its end — 22; Abuses against it are listed — 23; Usefulness — 24
Neighbors today are not to be cursed — XII.34
Who are neighbors in the law — XII.34
Metempsychosis is rejected — XII.17
God’s punishing of sin in an innocent creature — IV.46
The state of pure nature is rejected — XIV.12
Papist purgatory is refuted — XXXIV.9, 10
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The Quadragesimal fast is rejected — XXVI.26
The works of the fourth day — VIII.27
The fourth precept is explained — XII.13; It is partly ceremonial, partly moral — 14, 15; And how far moral — 16
The fourfold Passover of Christ — XXI.8
The rest of God — VIII.30
The works of the fifth day — VIII.28
The fifth precept is explained — XII.18; Its commands — 19; Socinian additions — 20
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Christ’s rapture into heaven is refuted against the Socinians — XX.7
Reason does not teach the Trinity — V.28
Reason is not the interpreter of Scripture — II.40
Various uses of reason in theology — I.32
The guilt of sin — XV.8
Guilt does not press upon the old believers — XXIV.7
Our reconciliation with God is declared — XXVII.12 and following
The principal rectitude of the image of God — XIV.6
The rulers of the old Church — XXXII.9; And extraordinary rulers of the New — 10; Together with ordinary rulers — 11 and following
The benefit of redemption is declared — XXVIII.17 and following
The return of the Jews at the time of conversion into Canaan is rejected — XXXII.24
The name, nature, and effects of regeneration are noted — XVII and following
The government of the Church is various — XXXIII.1; Ecclesiastical government is asserted — 2; It ought not to be monarchical — 3; Nor so instituted — 4; Nor even democratic, but aristocratic — 4
The government of the Church is subordinated to synods — XXXII.25
The form of political government is various — XXXIII.29; Why God was displeased with kings in Israel — 29
Reigning sin — X.39
The names of the kingdom of Christ — XX.31; Its truth, breadth, spirituality, and authority — 32; Its requirements — 33; Act — 34; It is not begun at exaltation — 35; It belongs to Christ alone, and must be left to him, as much under the Old Testament as under the New — 36, 37
The advent of the kingdom of God — XVI.16
The chiliasm of the kingdom of the Church is rejected — XXXII.28
The rule of interpreting the law — XI.31
The rules of interpreting Sacred Scripture — II.48, 49
Religion is the object of theology — I.34
Its name and origin — III.2
Its definition and various acts — III.4, 5; It includes knowledge — 6; The opposite of true knowledge — 17; Its true marks — 18, 19
The diversity of religions under one union is condemned — XXXI.40
Religious honor of angels is rejected — IX.18
The true and full remission of sins is not to be denied to the faithful of the Old Testament — XXIV.7
What remission of our debts is, as petitioned — XXVI.19
The remunerative and double exercise of God’s justice — IV.46
The representative Church — XXXII.3
The species of reprobation — VIII.2
The name of reprobation — VII.29; Its source is God’s good pleasure — 31; Its object: certain men — 32, 33; Its term: eternal damnation — 34; And unbelief — 35; Negative and positive act — 35
The name repentance — XII.27; The habit of the elect — 28; Object: seed — 29; Threefold act — 30; Papist repentance is repudiated — 31; Certain fruits — 32
The resurrection of Christ was accomplished by his own power — XXI.19; It is not proved by necessary consequence — 21; Its nature is set forth — 22; Time — 23; Its manifold use is then shown — 24
The resurrection of the dead is asserted — XXXIV.13; It is divine by force — 14; It will be universal, even of the impious — 15; Of the same bodies — 16; The time is uncertain — 17; The place any — 17
The revealed points of theology are necessary — I.23
The old forms of divine revelation — I.33
That Rome was the seat of Peter is not probable — XXXIII.7
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The declaration of the Sabbath, the memorable mandate — XII.13; It is partly ceremonial — 14; Its morality — 15; Its first institution — 15
The sacraments of the Covenant of Works — XIV.21, 22
The name of the sacraments — XXIX.1; Their general nature — 2, 3; How the Old and New Testament sacraments differ — 4; Some are extraordinary — 5; Ordinary sacraments: two Old Testament, two New Testament — 6; There are not seven — 30 and following
Papist sacramentals are rejected — XXIX.36
The priesthood of Christ — XX.13; According to the order of Melchizedek — 14, 16; Its requirements — 17; Double act — 18 and following; It belongs to Christ alone — 30
The sacrifice of the Mass is most wickedly established in the Supper — XXXI.26, 27
What power sacred things have belongs to the magistrate — XXXIII.32
The Sadducees denied the sense of angels and spirits — IX.3
The salvation of Adam and Eve — XV.19
The sanctity of Adam — IV.6, 7
Sanctification of the divine name — XXVI.15
The name of sanctification — XXV.1, 2It is God’s gracious work — 4; It pertains to all the elect alone — 5; Total and imperfect — 7; Its act — 8; Mode of operation — 9; Quality and imperfection — 10, 11, 12; In what way it is natural — 14 and following
What sort of faith belongs to infants and those lacking reason — XI.14
Whether blood is forbidden to us — XX.2
The wisdom of twelve-year-old Christ — XVI.7
The wisdom of the decrees of God — VI.8
Of predestination — VII.9
What and how great is the wisdom of angels — IX.8
The wisdom of Adam — XIV.6, 7
The necessity and truth of Christ’s satisfaction are asserted — XX.21; It is defended — 22; It was made for the elect alone — 23, 24; And for all of them — 25; For all their sins — 26; It is not plainly equivalent nor redundant — 27; Its fruit is removed from the Arminians and Pontificians — 28
It is not the cause of election — VII.8
The satisfactory sufferings of Christ — XX.20
Human satisfactions are rejected — XX.28
Schismatics — XXXII.17
The name, use, and defects of scholastic theology — I.25, 26
The knowledge of God — IV.34; What it is and how far it extends — 35, 36; Another science of vision, another of simple intelligence — 37; No middle knowledge — 38, 39; Nor middle knowledge of proper cause — 40
Christ’s knowledge from nativity was not consummate — XIX.22
Why Scripture is called sacred — II.1; Definition — 2; Necessity — 4; Inspiration — 5; Authority — 6; Authentic text — 8, 9; Authors — 21; Perspicuity — 24, 25, 26; Perfection — 27–31; Version — 33, 34; Common reading — 35; Sense — 37 and following; Interpretation — 39 and following; Judge or infallible interpreter — 43; End — 50
Our secession from Popery is defended — XXXII.13
The second precept is distinguished from the first — XI.40
It is not to be deleted — XI.5; Its declaration — 5; Commands — 7; Socinian additions — 8
The sense of Scripture — II.37, 38
The typical sense — XII.16
The sentence of God concerning the woman — XV.17; Concerning the man — 17
The Papists wrongly establish seven sacraments — XXIX.30
Daniel’s seventieth week — XVIII.8
The seventh day’s rest and blessing — VIII.30
The seventh precept is explained — XII.24, 25, 26; Socinian additions — 26
The Septuagint of the disciples — XXII.10
The Septuagint version — II.11
The burial of Christ, and its prediction, circumstances, and duration — XXI.12
The serpent as seducer — XV.12; Its subtlety — 13; Penalty — 17
Christ sits at the right hand of God — XX.31; Necessity — 32; Truth — 33; Nature and false significance — 34; And true significance — 35; Beginning and duration — 36; Use — 37
The six days of creation — VIII.23
The works of the sixth day — VIII.29
The sixth precept is explained — XII.21, 22, 23; Socinian additions — 23
The sevenfold meaning of the seals — XXII.31
The signs of the times six before Christ are noted — XVIII.8, 9
The likeness of Christ with Moses — XX.6
The name of likeness of God — XIV.3
The science of simple intelligence — IV.37
The simplicity of God — IV.23, 24, 25; It is asserted from reason and Scripture — 28
Imaginary spaces — IV.30
Hope is not to be denied to Christ — XIX.22
The spiritual nature of the soul pertains to the image of God — XIV.5
The spirituality of the moral law — XI.31
Spiritual things: in what sense bodies shall rise in the future — XXXIV.16
The procession of the Holy Ghost — V.11
Personality is asserted — V.2, 3; It is distinct — 24; It is not unnamed — 25
The actions of the Spirit in Christ’s nativity — XIX.14; Who this Spirit is — 14
The enthusiastic spirit is exploded — II.30, 31
The Spirit as infallible judge — II.43
The seven spirits in the Apocalypse — IX.5
The state of theology — I.10
The twofold state of Christ — XXI.1, 2; The fourfold state of the nexus — 3; What nature it marks — 4
The fourfold status — XIV.1
The stipend of ministers is due by divine right — XXXII.27
The stipulation of the Covenant of Works — XIV.17, 18
The subjection of the Church of the Old Testament under the priesthood is wrongly urged — XX.37, 38
The sublimity of predestination — VII.37
What the substance of God is — IV.16
The subordination of ecclesiastical government — XXXIII.25
The successor is to be removed from eternity — IV.32
The successive formation of the human body of Christ — XIX.13
The sufficient grace of God is not universal — IV.42
The pride of the fallen angel — IX.25
The pride of Adam — XV.15
What superiors are — VIII.25
Bodily and capital punishments are rightly imposed — XXXIII.34
Syncretism is disproved — III.20
Syncretism with Papists is forbidden — XXXI.14
The power of synods — XXXIII.25
Convocation, presidency, members, authority, fallibility — 26
Systematic theology is twofold — I.25
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The tables of divine law and their precepts — X.39, 40; XII.34
The temporal prophet is rejected from the Church — XXXIII.17
Temporary faith — XII.8
The temporary fall of angels — IX.4; Their fall — 24
The fall of Adam — XV.16
The time of the Messiah — XVIII.8
The time of Christ’s nativity is uncertain — XIX.15
The time of prayer — XXVI.10
How long temptations last — XVI.20
The first temptation concerning Eve and Adam — XV.12
The limit of human life is appointed by God — VI.12
The term of reprobation is twofold — VII.34, 35
The immobility and ornament of the earth — VIII.26
The works of the third day — VIII.26
The exposition of the third precept — XII.9; What is forbidden in it — 13; Socinian additions against this precept are rejected — 12
The name “testament” — XVII.2
A new exposition of Old and New Testament — XVII.15; It is called threefold, one eternal — 15
The three heavenly witnesses are one — V.18
False testimony is forbidden — XII.31
The designation of theologians in the Apocalypse — I.2
Theology is falsely manifold — I.6; The true division is various — 7, 8 and following; Yet not everything is confused — 11; Theology is either innate or acquired — I.12, 13
What natural theology in Adam was — I.16
Revealed theology is considered in various ways — 24, 25
What and of what sort scholastic theology is — I.25, 26
The name of theology — I.1; It is not to be repudiated — 4; Synonyms — 5
True definition of theology — I.27
The toleration of heretics and unbelievers: how far — III.21
Tradition is not the rule of worship — XI.7
Papist traditions are refuted — II.28, 29
The transmission of the soul is rejected — XII.14
Tranquility is not to be denied to the old believers — XXIV.7
The Judaic Passover translation — XXIX.24
Transubstantiation is rejected — XXXI.19, 20, 21
The censure of the Council of Trent — XXXIII.26
The three days of Christ’s burial — XXI.12
The threefold repetition of the name is attributed to God — V.15
Whether the threefold immersion ought to be done — XXX.10
The Trinity was naturally known to Adam — I.16
In the definition of God it is to be remembered — IV.12
The name of Trinity — V.1; It is not to be rejected — 4; Its real explication — 5–12; The dogma is confirmed from the Old and New Testament — 13–20; It does not follow naturally — 28; The dogma is necessary — 29; And useful — 30
The threefold mediatorial office — XX.1; It must not be confused — 2; It is found in Christ alone — 4
The appearing of the three men to Abraham — V.6
The one and true Triune God — XI.6
The sevenfold sense of the trumpets — XXII.31
Various types of Christ — XVIII.19
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The valley of Jehoshaphat, the place of judgment — XXXIV.23
Where the angels have their end — IX.5
The ubiquity of God — IV.27, 28
What reverence is to be given to angels — IX.18
Venial sin is rejected — XV.38
The Word of God — ἄγραφον [unwritten] — II.3
The words of Scripture are inspired — II.5