Clergy, their office sufficient, with- out other employments, 172 Commonwealth, what it is, 10 end of it, not to force men in religion, but to free them from such force, ibid.
no necessity to exclude Jews, &c. from it, to prevent the seduction of Christians, 235, &c. Conformity (in religion) and not conviction, is the end of penal laws, 73 men may be brought to it, without true religion, 339, 340
no ground to presume it is always upon conviction, 340 whether it be from rea- son and conviction, or not, can- not be certainly known, 339, 340 some things required to it, hard to be understood, 410,
Creeds ought not to be imposed by the magistrate,
none have right to use it, 112 should rather be used to drive bad men out of the church, than to bring any in, 115
those who plead for the mo- derate use of it should show what bounds should be set to it, 142, &c.
if some force may be used to bring men to religion, more may be used to advance them in it, 134 no sovereign has authority to use it toward another, 163
not necessary to promote reli- gion, though religion be neces- sary, 164, &c.
the use of it makes not men good, nor secures God's blessing to a nation, 221, 378 by the same rule a lesser de- gree of it is needful, a greater may be so, 262
no proper means to remove prejudices,
concerning the end of its be- ing used, 303, &c. it is equally just for one. church to use it as another, 333 the spiritual gain which suf- ferers may reap, though it be misapplied, a vain pretence, 367, &c. 393 kings being "nursing fathers," &c. no good argument for using it, 370
its use, though designed to bring men to truth, may bring them to falsehood, 378, &c. 399
is likely to lead far more into error than truth, 378, 399, 407 no proof that ever it has done. good, 380 using it to make men consider impertinent, 386
the use of it cannot promote real holiness, 390, 391 if it brings any to considera- tion, it is only by accident, 392 it is most likely to prevail on the loose and careless, 395 its unfitness to bring men to
true religion, argued from the 13th article of our church, 397 Force, may require extraordinary strength to withstand it, when used to bring to a false religion, 400
may be equally used by all magistrates who believe their re- ligion true, 401, 402
it is absurd to use it, with- out pretending to infallibility, 407, &c.
the want of it not at first sup- 442, &c.
plied by miracles,
is necessary (if at all) to make ministers do their duty, 463
the use of it prevented not a horrible apostasy in the Roman empire,
has (as far as history informs us) always been injurious to true religion, 484, &c. the use of it no Scripture-me- thod for advancing religion, 497
Legislative power, the end of it is the outward good of society, 34, &c. Love, persecutions rising from it, would rather be against wicked- ness than opinions, 6, &c.
Magistrates, their duty is to secure civil interests, not the salvation of souls,
Miracles not wrought in the view of all who were converted, 443 we have the same advantage
by them, as most had in the first ages,
ibid. were continued (according to church-history) after Christi- anity was established by human laws, 452, &c. were not often repeated to those who rejected the Gospel, 454, 455 will be always necessary, supposing them so whenever men neglect their duty, 459, &c. were not a necessary means of conviction in the apostles' time, 523, 526
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