THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF

THE RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN, CONNOR, AND DROMORE:

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

AND

A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF HIS WRITINGS,

BY

REGINALD HEBER, A.M.
CANON OF ST. ASAPH, RECTOR OF HODNET, AND LATE FELLOW

OF ALL SOULS' COLLEGE, OXFORD.

IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES.

VOL. VIII.

LONDON:

OGLE, DUNCAN, AND CO. 37, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 295, HOLBORN;

AND RICHARD PRIESTLEY, 143, HIGH HOLBORN;

J. PARKER, OXFORD; AND DEIGHTON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

1822.

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75

T.2

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1822

V. &

SECTION V..

Of the Insufficiency and Uncertainty of Tradition to expound Scrip-

ture, or determine Questions

10

SECTION VI.

Of the Uncertainty and Insufficiency of Councils Ecclesiastical to

the same Purpose

28

SECTION VII.

Of the Fallibility of the Pope, and the Uncertainty of his expounding

Scripture, and resolving Questions.....

52

SECTION VIII.

Of the Disability of Fathers, or Writers Ecclesiastical, to determine

our Questions with Certainty and Truth

78

SECTION IX.

Of the Incompetency of the Church, in its diffusive Ca

ity, to be

Judge of Controversies; and the Impertinency of that Pretence

of the Spirit

88

SECTION X.

Of the Authority of Reason; and that it, proceeding upon best

Grounds, is the best Judge

92

SECTION XI.

Of some Causes of Error in the Exercise of Reason, which are in-

culpate in themselves

98

SECTION XII.

Of the Innocency of Error in Opinion, in a pious Person

112

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SECTION XIII.

Of the Deportment to be used towards Persons disagreeing, and the

Reasons why they are not to be punished with Death, &c. ....

117

SECTION XIV.

Of the Practice of Christian Churches towards Persons disagreeing,

and when Persecution first came in

131

SECTION XV.

How far the Church, or Governors, may act to the restraining false

or differing Opinions

138

SECTION XVI.

Whether it be lawful for a Prince to give Toleration to several

Religions

141

SECTION XVII.

of Compliance with disagreeing Persons, or weak Consciences, in

general

145

SECTION XVIII:

A particular Considerativu of thc Opinions of the Anabaptists

150

SECTION XIX.

That there may be no Toleration of Doctrines inconsistent with

Piety, or the public Good .... •.•

212

SECTION XX.

How far the Religion of the Church of Rome is tolerable

215

SECTION XXI.

Of the Duty of particular Churches in allowing Communion

297

SECTION XXII.

That particular Men may communicate with Churches of different

Persuasions; and how far they may do it....

229

TITLES OF THE DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE OF

REPENTANCE.

The Author's Preface to the Doctrine and Practice of Repentance.

241

CHAP. I.

THE FOUNDATION AND NECESSITY OF REPENTANCE.

PAGE

259

SECTION I.

Of the indispensable Necessity of Repentance in Remedy to the

unavoidable transgressing the Covenant of Works

SECTION II.

of the Possibility or Impossibility of keeping the Precepts of the

Gospel .....

SECTION III.

How Repentance, and the Precept of Perfection Evangelical, can

stand together

265

278

SECTION IV.

The former Doctrine reduced to Practice

289

CHAP. II.

OF THE NATURE AND DEFINITION OF REPENTANCE; AND WHAT

PARTS OF DUTY ARE SIGNIFIED BY IT IN HOLY SCRIPTURES.

SECTION I.

Terms used to express Repentance...

307

315

SECTION II.

Of Repentance in general ; or Conversion....

SECTION III.

Descriptions of Repentance taken from the Holy Scriptures

324

CHAP. III.

OF THE DISTINCTION OF SINS, MORTAL AND VENÍAL; IN WHAT

SENSE TO BE ADMITTED; AND HOW THE SMALLEST SINS ARE TO

BE REPENTED OF, AND EXPIATED.

SECTION 1.

Of Sins, called mortal and venial......

335

SECTION II.

Of the Difference of Sins, and their Measures

837

SECTION III.

That all Sins are punishable as God please, even with the Pains of

Hell ...

345