A Free Disputation Against Pretended Liberty of Conscience: Tending to Resolve Doubts Moved by Mr. John Goodwin, John Baptist, Dr. Jer. Taylor, the Belgick Arminians, Socinians, and Other Authors Contending for Lawlesse Liberty, Or Licentious Toleration of Sects and Heresies

R.I., 1649 - Arminians - 376 pages

Chap I	1

Of Conscience in relation to the Major Affumption and Conclu	7

Acts of Conscience in relation to the Conclufion	14

Who ingroſſe the name of tender Confciences to themselves ibid	21

Libertines give us Sceptiſme and Fluctuation for Faith p	28

The subject of a Synod not a Sceptick Conjecturall truth as Liber	34

Synods may impoſe upon others and how? ibid	40

The number of Fundamentalls P	59

A twofold typicalneſſe in the old Testament one meerly ceremoniall	197

Such as flew their children to Molech denied no more the word of	201

C	209

It is not metaphoricall thrusting through that is spoken of Zach 13	218

How Christ taketh ſervice of a Christian Magistrate P	222

The place 1 Tim 2 1 2 3 explained p	229

A Speculative Conscience no more freed from the Magistrate then	235

What is understood by tares P	241

They may be falfe Teachers and fo punishable who erre not in funda	73

Beleeving with a reserve against the ſtabilitie of faith ibid	79

Two distinctions neceffarie touching controverted points p	85

Fundamentalls of faith most controverfall to our blind nature	97

Hereſie proved to be an bainous fin ibid	105

Libertines ſay that an Heretick dying for bis Heresie hath no evill	108

Opinions cannot be compelled nor the mind or will in the elicite acts	111

Some ignorance consists with the fin against the Holy Ghoft p	114

How the Arminian Libertines doe define an Heretick p	123

To compell men to doe against their Confcience that is to fin nei	130

The State of the Queftion touching the obligation that Confcience	134

Gods way and manner of calling is no ground why the Magistrate	141

Want of infallibility in the new Testament no reason for the tole	148

not priviledge all the Kings of Judah and Ifrael	180

The Law of God warranted by the Law teacheth that falſe Teachers	185

Compelling to bypocrifie for fear of ſbame and reproaches as guiltie	191

How fins are more hainous under the new Testament and how	244

How far we may compell other Nations or Heathens to imbrace	250

The Magistrate as the Magistrate cannot send Ministers but in	256

Libertines make Conscience not the Word of God their rule p	262

England ingaged by Oath for a reformation of Religion	265

Mr Goodwins unfound gloffſe touching the counsel of Gamaliel	281

Immediate providence is not the rule of our actions	288

Rash judgement condemned 1Cor 4 5 6 is nothing for pretended	294

A Minifteriall and publike and a Chriſtian and private judgement	306

Queries proposed to M Joh Goodwin who afferteth a Catholike	359

To know revealed truths of God is a commanded worship of God?	382

From punishing of falſe teachers it followes not that Jewes and	386

The Law Deut 13 Levit 24 6 was not executed upon fuch only	392

The Magistrate is fſubject to the juft power of the Church and	398

The punishing of Hereſies inveſteth not the Magistrate in a beadship	404

Title	A Free Disputation Against Pretended Liberty of Conscience: Tending to Resolve Doubts Moved by Mr. John Goodwin, John Baptist, Dr. Jer. Taylor, the Belgick Arminians, Socinians, and Other Authors Contending for Lawlesse Liberty, Or Licentious Toleration of Sects and Heresies
Author	Samuel Rutherford
Publisher	R.I., 1649
Original from	Princeton University
Digitized	19 Sep 2008
Length	376 pages

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