The feveral circumftances of his faid denial 213, 214, &c The difpute among divines what crime they are guilty of, who are forc'd by the Turks to abjure christianity, with the opinion of St. Thomas and our author The difference betwixt finning against faith, and finning against the confeflion of faith .: 9 to 1. ibid. The fource of infallibility according to the canonists and That the Popes are infallible in articles of faith, but Whether they hold the doctrine of Peter, as is pretended, A confeffion that the Pope may wander and lofe him- The diftinction of Councils between the divine law and The moderation of the ancient Pagans in fearching into the mysteries of their religion That the Pope ought not to be idolized for his know- An argument from the failings of the wife king Solomon, ters of faith, they are as fallible in other parts of know- The application of the propofitions in the first part to Inquiry into the grievances complained of by the court of 227, What were the chief difputes in the Apoftles time' "231 "The eafy accommodation of the difpute betwixt St. Epi- The pernicioufnefs of the like' difputes now St. Paul's taking upon him to determine articles of faith, and to dictate to the Churches, tho' Peter had july the preheminence van 400 273707 St. Paul's account of that law Why the Apoffles made no decrees about the authority of prelates, and the limits of their Jurifdiction How the Baleares lived with only feven laws ibid. Some laws renewed by the Council of Trent do more harm St. Paul's fentence against fuch as alter the written A pattern for good paftors, taken from a notable action The difficulty of the falvation of friers, by reafon of the 238 Simony practifed at the court of Rome, notwithstanding 239 That the Romanifts lay themselves open to the fame re- proaches they caft upon fovereigns for non-obfervance That fimony is as great a crime in the Pope of Rome as Father Paul's reafons for his reflections on fimony, with two remarks of Bede and St. Jerom That the canons may be interpreted fo as to elude the ob- The injuftice and arrogance of expecting that free fove- Why the fecular powers do at any time approve of the T ibid. Why more indulto's and privileges are granted to fome The Greek Church winks at the non-obfervance of eccle- fiaftical ftatutes in certain cafes, but never grants dif- The rife and progrefs of the Pope's fovereign power 243, 244 That the Pope feldom or never excommunicates one prince for oppreffing another, but is fure to dart his The fpring of this difference in conduct, and of the Pope's confounding the spiritual and temporal weapons A queftion put, whether a prince who is attacked by ano- The conduct of Pope Sixtus IV towards the Venetians, after they had taken Ferrara, whofe duke had attacked them. Page 246 The ufe which the Pope makes of canons, and pofitive laws 247 An account of the major excommunication of the bull in Cana Domini, with refpect to herefies; and of that decree called Extravagante ibid. By what means Æneas Sylvius, an heretic, got to be Pope; and how he afterwards recanted his former propofitions 248 Excommunications proved from that election to be meer Brutum fulmen ibid. The fum and fubftance of the Pope's complaints against the Venetians ibid ibid. The only fuperiority the Pope can challenge in foreign domains An anfwer to the Pope's charge against the Venetians of keeping the ecclefiaftical power in bondage 248 to 253 The reafon which every free prince has to hinder his fubjects from being cited to a foreign tribunal 249 The ridiculous and fatal confequences of the Pope's pretenfions on this head 250 An inquiry into the Pope's eftablishment and authority ว ibid. 4 That a lay prince derives his authority from God 251, & ibid. The obedience which St. Peter and St. Paul prefcribe as due to fuch princes The impoffibility of reconciling their injunctions with the conduct of the court of Rome in that point 25% The proof which is expected from a Pope who pretends to exercife his authority in another's country 253 An answer to the charge against the Venetians, that they debar the acquifition of lands from regular monks and places of piety That the Venetians lay both the monks and the Jews under this incapacity for different reasons The two fundamental parts of fovereignty 254 ibid. ibid. The The mifery of princes who are only titular, and of those who have fubjects, but no revenue Page 255 The wife precaution of the Venetians in putting a ftop to the monks acquifition of lands, and their decree thereupon 256,257,258 The good difpofition of the Venetians to repeal that law, if the Pope would but acknowledge the Rights of Sovereigns to tax the clergy as well as the laity ibid.&c. The privilege of the friers in Venice; 258, &c. An answer to the fecond charge against the Venetians, that they permis thofe who only rented the clergy's eftates to keep them by prefcription, as much as if they were their oun lawful property 259 ibid. The term of time which prescribes every action in the fecular courts at Venice The reasonableness and equity of the faid prefcription, and a prolongation of the term in favour of the clergy The advantages which the clergy reap from it to the prejudice of the laity 260 261 Answer to the third charge, that the lay tribunal pretends to judge ecclefiaftics in affairs civil and criminal 262, &c. That the perfons of ecclefiaftics are no longer facred than their actions 263 That citing the laity to the fpiritual courts is unreafonable, and contrary to the rights of fovereigns ibid. The only caufe brought before the nuncio's tribunal at crimes 7 264 Venice Answer to the fourth charge, that the Venetians binder bishops not only from trying malefactors for their lives, in cafes depending on the mixed courts, but also from punifbing the clergy themselves, though convicted of fcandalous 264, &c. The Right of Sovereigns to judge his ecclefiaftic as well as lay fubjects The confequence of a prince's giving up the power of rewarding and punishing to another. The crimes which are cognizable by the lay tribunal ibid. 265, 268 ibid. What would be the confequence of trying the fame in the fpiritual courts 266 Who |