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A TABLE OF CONTENTS.

THE SECOND PART OF THE CATECHISM, ON HOPE.
Definition of Christian Hope, its ground, and the means thereto, p. 102. On
Prayer, ib. On the Lord's Prayer, p. 104. On the Invocation, or Preface, ib.
On the First Petition, p. 105. On the Second, ib. On the Third, p. 106. On
the Fourth, ib. On the Fifth, p. 107. On the Sixth, p. 108. On the Seventh,
p. 109. On the Doxology, or Conclusion, ib. On the Doctrine of Blessedness
or Beatitude, ib. On the First of our Lord's Beatitudes, p. 110. On the
Second, p. 111. On the Third, p. 112. On the Fourth, ib. On the Fifth,
p. 113. On the Sixth, p. 114. On the Seventh, p. 115. On the Eighth,
p. 116. On the Ninth, ib.

THE THIRD PART OF THE CATECHISM, ON LOVE, OR CHARITY.

On the Union between Faith and Charity, p. 117. On the Law of God, and
the Commandments, p. 118. On the Division of the Commandments into Two
Tables, p. 120. On the First Commandment, p. 122. On the Second, p. 125.
On the Third, p. 127. On the Fourth, p. 128. On the Fifth, p. 131. On the
Sixth, p. 135. On the Seventh, p. 137. On the Eighth, p. 138. On the Ninth,
p. 140.
On the Tenth, p. 141.

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What the Priesthood is, p. 149. i. By whom instituted, ib. ii.
p. 150. iii.
How excellent the Order of Priesthood is, ib. iv.
Of how great
difficulty and danger, p. 151. v. Who may properly be admitted to it, p. 152.
vii. The Priest's Duty divided into Four Parts, p. 153. ix.

To what End,

CHAPTER II.

OF THE FIRST PART OF THE PRIEST'S DUTY, OR THE INSTRUCTION OF

HIS PEOPLE. PART I. OF TEACHING BY WORD.

Where, and

The First Duty of the Priest is to Teach, p. 154. i. What the Priest ought to
teach, and from what sources, p.159.vii. In what way or ways, according to a
five-fold division of the kinds or branches of teaching, p. 165. xiv.
When, p. 177. xxx. Conclusion from the above, p. 178. xxxiii.
Teaching of St. Paul, from Holy Scripture, p. 180. xxxiv.

Pattern of the

CHAP. II. ᏢᎪᎡᎢ II.

OF TEACHING BY DEED: (WHICH INCLUDES THE SECOND PART OF
THE PRIEST'S DUTY, THAT OF LIVING HOLILY.)

It is the Priest's Duty to Teach his people Holy Living by his own example,
p. 182. i. Those virtues which peculiarly become Priests are set forth, as enu-
merated by the Apostle Paul, p. 187. vi. Some other virtues are added, which
are also proper for Priests, p. 199. xxiv,

CHAPTER III.

OF THE THIRD PART OF THE PRIEST'S DUTY, THAT IS, OF MINISTERING
ABOUT MYSTERIES, OR SACRAMENTS.

Propositions

Propositions relating to all the Sacraments generally, p. 204. ii.
relating to Baptism, p. 208. x. With respect to Unction with Chrism, or Con-
firmation, p. 212. xix. With respect to Penitence, p. 213. xx. Before Confes-
sion, ib. xxi. At the time of Confession, p. 218. xxix. After Confession,
p. 227. xxxix. With respect to the Holy Communion, p. 229. xli.
With re-
spect to Orders, p. 234. xlvii. With respect to Matrimony, ib. xlviii. With
respect to the Unction of the Sick with Oil, p. 239. lvi.

OF THE

CHAPTER IV.

FOURTH PART OF THE PRIEST'S DUTY, THAT IS, PRAYER.
PART I. OF PRAYER GENERALLY, AND WHAT IS TO BE OBSERVED
IN IT.

What Prayer is, p. 241. i. &c. Prayer and Service of God inward and out-
ward, p. 244. vi. Inward Prayer and service, ib. vii. Outward Prayer and service,
p. 245. viii.
Outward Prayer either public, or private, ib. ix. Private Prayer
either oral, or mental, p. 246. x. Inward avails without outward, but outward
avails nothing without the inward, p. 247. xi. Yet the outward may not therefore
be omitted, ib. xiii, &c. Seven assistances are set forth, in order that our Prayers
may always be offered in spirit and in truth, p. 249. xvii, &c.
What things are
to be asked for in Prayer, p. 255. xxvii. A short explanation of the Lord's
Prayer, ib. xxix. Duties of resignation, p. 259. xxxiv, and diligence in Prayer,
p. 260. xxxvi. Duty of praying for all men, even for enemies, p. 261. xxxvii.
And of asking our brethren to pray for us, ib. xxxviii. It is a righteous and holy
thing to ask the Prayers of the Saints in the same sense and manner, as those of
our brethren upon earth, ib. xxxix. Of Fasting, Watching, and Sobriety, as aids
to Prayer, p. 262. xl, &c. Motives and incitements to Prayer, p. 267. 1, &c.
Evils of neglecting it, p. 268. lii. All the above profitable only when offered or
done with faith, in spirit, and in truth, p. 269. liii.

OF PRAYER AS THE SPECIAL DUTY OF PRIESTS.

Those Commandments of the Lord are pointed out, which mention Prayer as

the special duty of Priests: p. 272. i, &c. For what, and for whom it is the

Priest's special duty to pray; that is, for the communication of the good things

of God's Kingdom, in other words, of the Gospel to mankind; and, particularly,

for all Believers: p. 273. iv, &c. For all men; and first, for the Sovereign, and all

that are in authority; p. 275. vi. For all the sins of the people: p. 276. viii. For

grace for all, that the power of sin may be overcome: ib. ix. The Priestly duty

both of leading in Prayer, and of interceding in time of any calamity, plague, or

visitation, public or private: p. 277. x. Of praying for all, that they may in-

crease in the knowledge and faith of Jesus Christ: p. 279. xiii. Of giving thanks

for all men; ib. xiv. and in all things: p. 280. xv. Of praying for the departed, in

the hope and faith of the resurrection : 281. xvi. The above duties are incumbent

on Priests in private, as well as in public in the Church; at all times as well as

on Sundays and Holy-Days: p. 282. xvii. The ministering of the Mysteries re-

quires fervent Prayer, that the Priest may be blameless in it: p. 282. xviii.

More especially the Service of the Divine Liturgy: p. 283. xix. The Priest is

bound not only to be earnest in Prayer himself, but also to teach all his people,

especially the more ignorant, how to pray aright: p. 285. xxii. Of the duty and

necessity of praying together in the public assemblies of the Church: p. 286. xxiv.

And, when met together, of praying not outwardly only, but also with the spirit;

nor, again, with the spirit only, but also with the understanding: p. 287. xxv.

INTRODUCTORY NOTICES

OF

CERTAIN MODERN GREEK DOCUMENTS,

VIZ.

THE ANSWERS OF THE PATRIARCH JEREMIAH TO THE LUTHERANS.

THE BOOK ENTITLED THE ORTHODOX CONFESSION, AND THE

XVIII ARTICLES OF THE SYNOD OF BETHLEHEM.

I.

OF THE ANSWERS OF THE PATRIARCH JEREMIAH

TO THE LUTHERANS.

THE Answers of the Patriarch Jeremiah to the Lutherans are the earliest of those modern doctrinal writings which are held to be of authority in the Eastern Church. They stand in the same place with regard to the Lutheran Controversy, as the Acts and XVIII Articles of the Synod of Bethlehem do to the Calvinistic. They are free, even in the minutest details, from all suspicion of Latin influence, which is more than can be said of every word and sentence in the above-mentioned Acts and Articles, or even in the Orthodox Confession. They breathe throughout the genuine and natural spirit of the Eastern Church; and, besides the weight of public opinion in their favour, they have the express testimony of those very Synods of Jassy and Bethlehem, by which the later documents of the Orthodox Confession and the Eighteen Articles were approved. These Answers may indeed, perhaps, have been sent from Constantinople into Russia; and they are at any rate known to the Russian Clergy from the Acts of the Correspondence published at Wittemberg in Germany, A.D. 1584, and from the later publication of Gideon of Cyprus; but still, con

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