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CONTENTS OF VOL. XV.
A DISCOURSE CONCERNING LITURGIES, AND THEIR IMPOSITION.
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR
CHAPTER I.
The state of the Judaical church-The liberty given by Christ; 1. From the ar-
bitrary impositions of men; 2. From the observances and rites instituted by
Moses-The continuance of their observation, in the patience and forbearance
of God-Difference about them stated-Legal righteousness and legal ceremo-
nies contended for together; the reason of it
CHAPTER II.
The disciples of Christ taken into his own disposal-General things to be observed
about gospel institutions-Their number small-Excess of men's inventions-
Things instituted brought into a religious relation by the authority of Christ-
That authority is none other-Suitableness in the matter of institutions, to be
designed to their proper significancy-That discoverable only by infinite wis-
dom-Abilities given by Christ for the administration of all his institutions—
The way whereby it was done, Eph. iv. 7, 8-Several postulata laid down-The
sum of the whole-State of our question in general
CHAPTER III.
Of the Lord's prayer, and what may be concluded from thence as to the invention
and imposition of liturgies in the public worship of God-The liberty whereunto
Christ vindicated and wherein he left his disciples
CHAPTER IV.
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Of the worship of God by the apostles-No liturgies used by them, nor in the
churches of their plantation-Argument from their practice-Reasons pleaded
for the use of liturgies: disabilities of church-officers for gospel administration
to the edification of the church; uniformity in the worship of God-The prac-
tice of the apostles as to these pretences considered-Of other impositions-
The rule given by the apostles-Of the liturgies falsely ascribed unto some of
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CHAPTER V.
The practice of the churches in the first three centuries as to forms of public wor-
ship-No set forms of liturgies used by them-The silence of the first writers
concerning them-Some testimonies against them
VOL. XV.
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