I have been forc'd to-add St. Jerom's Epiftle-to Nepotianus; because 'tis not to be met with, that I remember, otherwise than amongst his Works, or in some Collection of his Epistles, which all Persons can't 'command the use of. * The Nature of my Design confin'd me to a very few Books ; such as might plentifully instruct, and yet not discourage or averkurden, young Beginners. 'Twas therefore impossible for me to mention many excellent ones, which every Body esteems, and for which none has a juster Value than my felf. This made my Choice diffi. cult. I hope, it has not proved in many Inftances unhappy. The whole Number of them may be bought for about Twelve Pounds, as will appear to those who confoder the Catalogue. i.sudinis 3 COLCHESTER, A T BENNET.

Jan. 16.1714: :sinh. PL . £ tje

ADV E.RT I S. E ME N T. W Hereas in the following Papers I have made

VV fome References to the Second Part of the Rights of the Clergy, which is now printing, but have : omitted the Numbers of the Chapters, because I

have already found it neceffary to alter the Divi. ision of them during the Working of the Prefs : I do

hereby promise, that when that Book is printed off, · Which Mall be as fast as my Circumstances will suffer me to attend the doing of it, I will give such a Table at the End of it, as shall direct the Reader how to make the Figures of Reference with his Pen, without prejudicing his Copy of this Book.

THE

THE

CONTENTS

T H E Occasion of this Letter Page 1

Books relating to the Duty of the Clergy. 2

The Student's previous Self-Examina.

tion.

Some things presupposed in the Student. . . A

Different Methods of studying Divinity have been

prescribed.

ibid.

A Compendium or System generally esteemed reces

''Jary. !

Seven things premised relating to the Method pre-

fçribed by the Authoren's

:: ibid,

First, An Inconvenience attends the facking together

the Writings of different Persons, ibid,

Secondly, Some Repetitions are unavoidable in this

Method.

Thirdly,The Author fametimes differs in bis Fudgment

from the Persons whose Books he recommends. ibid.

Fourthly, All the Texts that are alleg?d, must be exam

mined in the Original. .

Fifthly, The Student must not read too fast. ibid,
Sixthly, The Student must recolle&t and digeft; what

he reads upon any Branch of Divinity. &
Seventhly, He must join Devotion with Study. ibid.
Of the Being and Attributes of God, and of Natua
ral Religion.

1.9

Of the Truth of Christianity. :

19

First,With respect to the Hypothesis of the Deifts.ibid.

A3

That

6

12

i . 14

That the Books of the New Testament were written by

those Persons whose Names they bear, Page 10

That the matters of Fait related in the New Testa-

ment are true, sem mun meitur

That our Savior and his Apostles were Teachers fent

from, and inspird by, Almighty God, ;

Of the Scriptures of the Old Testament, - ibid.

Of the Caron and Integrity of the Scriptures. 13

Of the Objections of the Deists. i - ibid,

Secondly, with respect to the Hypothesis of the

Jews.

100. vis . ibid.

That our Savior and his Apostles were Teachers fent

· from, and inspir’d by, Almighty God. * ibid.

That our Savior is the Meffiab promised in the Old

Teftament.

Thirdly, With respect ta’tle Hypothesis of the Ma-
hometans. :

ibid.

Fourthly, With respect to the Hypothefis of the
" Pagans.

Of Faith.

Of the Trinity.

Of the Incarnation. '

: ibid.

OfChrist's Satisfaction for Sin Original and Actual. 16

Of the Descent into Hell. .

1 . ibid,
Of Christ's Ascension, Sitting at the right Hand

of God, and his Coming to Judgment. ' . ibid,

Of our own Refurrection, and the Eternity of Rewards

and Punishments. Price . .. . 17

Of Predestination, Free Will, Grace; universal Re-

demption, Perseverance, &c. 1 . ibid.

Of the Nature, Vnity and Communion of the Catholic

Church. 7:

2

ibid.

ibid.

ibid.

21

22

- Of Clerical Powers.

Page 19

Of the Form of Church Goverment. ibid.

· Of the Popish Controversies.

of Consubstantiation.

20

Of the Quaker Controversies.

ibid.
Of the Controversy with the Anabaptists about Infant

Baptism.

Of the Controversy with the Saturday Sabbatarians

about the Christian Sabbath.

Of the Controversies with other Diffenters. ibid.

First, About L'ay Conformity.

ibid.

Secondly, About Ministerial Conformity.

Of the Church Catechism.

ibid.

of Casuistical and Practical Writers. ibid.

The Use of Turretin's and Limborch's Systems. 23

A farther Progress proposode:::

A Collection of Juch Scriptures, as ought to be seriously

and frequently considered by all those, who either dea.

Sign for holy Orders, or are actually Ordained. 27

Directions for Studying the Thirty nine articles of

The First Article.

The Second Article.

48

The Third Article.

The Fourth Article,

The Fifth Article.

The Sixth Article.

The Seventh Article

The Eighth Article.

The Ninth Article,

The Tenth Article.

The Eleventh Article.

Religion.

А4

Page 84

88

:. ibid.

The Twelfth Article.
- The Thirteenth Article,

The Fourteenth Article:

The. Fifteenth Article.

The Sixteenth Article. ..

The Seventeenth Article,

The Eighteenth Article.

The Nineteenth Article.

LETIO

The Twentieth Article.'

117

The Twenty firt Article..

118

The Twenty second Article,

.121

The Twenty third Article,

124

The Twenty fourth Article.

ibid.

The Twenty fifth Article, . .

126

The Twenty fixth Article.

The Twenty seventh Article, in

The Tipenty eighth Article.

The Twenty ninth Article.

The Thirtieth Article. .

The Thirty first Article.

The Thirty second Article.

140

The Thirty tbird Article.

141

The Thirty fourth Article.

ibid.

The Thirty fifth Article.

The Thirty sixth Article.

156

The Thirty Seventh Article.

161.

The T hirty eighth Article.

. . : 165

The Thirty ninth Article.

. - .167

D. Hieronymi Epistola ad Nepotianum. 169

An Account of the Books referred to in the foregoing

Directions.

iza

131

: 133

139

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