The Works Of James Arminius Vol 2

1 * On Theology 2 DISPUTATION I ON THEOLOGY 3 DISPUTATION II ON THE MANNER IN WHICH THEOLOGY MUST BE TAUGHT 4 DISPUTATION III ON BLESSEDNESS, THE END OF THEOLOGY 5 DISPUTATION IV ON RELIGION 6 DISPUTATION V ON THE RULE OF RELIGION, THE WORD OF GOD, AND THE SCRIPTURES IN PARTICULAR 7 DISPUTATION VI ON THE AUTHORITY AND CERTAINTY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES 8 DISPUTATION VII ON THE PERFECTION OF THE SCRIPTURES 9 DISPUTATION VIII ON THE PERSPICUITY OF THE SCRIPTURES I. 10 DISPUTATION IX ON THE MEANINGS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES 11 DISPUTATION X ON THE EFFICACY OF THE SCRIPTURES 12 DISPUTATION XI ON RELIGION IN A STRICTER SENSE 13 DISPUTATION XII ON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, ITS NAME AND RELATION 14 DISPUTATION XIII ON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, WITH REGARD TO THE MATTER GENERALLY 15 DISPUTATION XIV ON THE OBJECT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION: AND, FIRST, ABOUT GOD, ITS PRIMARY OBJECT, AND WHAT GOD IS I. 16 DISPUTATION XV ON THE NATURE OF GOD 17 DISPUTATION XVI ON THE LIFE OF GOD I. 18 DISPUTATION XVII ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF GOD I. 19 DISPUTATION XVIII ON THE WILL OF GOD 20 DISPUTATION XIX ON THE VARIOUS DISTINCTIONS OF THE WILL OF GOD 21 DISPUTATION XX ON THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD WHICH COME TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER HIS WILL AND, FIRST, ON THOSE WHICH HAVE AN ANALOGY TO THE AFFECTIONS OR PASSIONS IN RATIONAL CREATURES 22 DISPUTATION XXI ON THOSE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD WHICH HAVE SOME ANALOGY TO THE MORAL VIRTUES, AND WHICH ACT LIKE MODERATORS OF THE AFFECTIONS, CONSIDERED IN THE PRECEDING DISPUTATION. 23 DISPUTATION XXII ON THE POWER OR CAPABILITY OF GOD I. 24 DISPUTATION XXIII ON THE PERFECTION, BLESSEDNESS AND GLORY OF GOD 25 DISPUTATION XXIV ON CREATION 26 DISPUTATION XXV ON ANGELS IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR 27 DISPUTATION XXVI ON THE CREATION OF MAN AFTER THE IMAGE OF GOD 28 DISPUTATION XXVII ON THE LORDSHIP OR DOMINION OF GOD 29 DISPUTATION XXVIII ON THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD 30 DISPUTATION XXIX ON THE COVENANT INTO WHICH GOD ENTERED WITH OUR FIRST PARENTS 31 DISPUTATION XXX THE MANNER IN WHICH MAN CONDUCTED HIMSELF FOR FULFILLING THE FIRST COVENANT, OR ON THE SIN OF OUR FIRST PARENTS 32 DISPUTATION XXXI ON THE EFFECTS OF THE SIN OF OUR FIRST PARENTS 33 DISPUTATION XXXII ON THE NECESSITY OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION 34 DISPUTATION XXXIII ON THE RESTORATION OF MAN 35 DISPUTATION XXXIV ON THE PERSON OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 36 DISPUTATION XXXV ON THE PRIESTLY OFFICE OF CHRIST 37 DISPUTATION XXXVI ON THE PROPHETICAL OFFICE OF CHRIST 38 DISPUTATION XXXVII ON THE REGAL OFFICE OF CHRIST 39 DISPUTATION XXXVIII ON THE STATES OF CHRIST'S HUMILIATION AND EXALTATION 40 DISPUTATION XXXIX ON THE WILL, AND COMMAND OF GOD THE FATHER AND OF CHRIST, BY WHICH THEY WILL AND COMMAND THAT RELIGION BE PERFORMED TO THEM BY SINFUL MAN 41 DISPUTATION XL ON THE PREDESTINATION OF BELIEVERS 42 DISPUTATION XLI ON THE PREDESTINATION OF THE MEANS TO THE END 43 DISPUTATION XLII ON THE VOCATION OF SINFUL MEN TO CHRIST, AND TO A PARTICIPATION OF SALVATION IN HIM 44 DISPUTATION XLIII ON THE REPENTANCE BY WHICH MEN ANSWER TO THE DIVINE VOCATION 45 DISPUTATION XLIV ON FAITH IN GOD AND CHRIST 46 DISPUTATION XLV ON THE UNION OF BELIEVERS WITH CHRIST 47 DISPUTATION XLVI ON THE COMMUNION OF BELIEVERS WITH CHRIST, AND PARTICULARLY WITH HIS DEATH 48 DISPUTATION XLVII THE COMMUNION OF BELIEVERS WITH CHRIST IN REGARD TO HIS LIFE 49 DISPUTATION XLVIII ON JUSTIFICATION 50 DISPUTATION XLIX ON THE SANCTIFICATION OF MAN 51 DISPUTATION L ON THE CHURCH OF GOD AND OF CHRIST: OR ON THE CHURCH IN GENERAL AFTER THE FALL 52 DISPUTATION LI ON THE CHURCH OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, OR UNDER THE PROMISE 53 DISPUTATION LII ON THE CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, OR UNDER THE GOSPEL 54 DISPUTATION LIII ON THE HEAD AND THE MARKS OF THE CHURCH 55 DISPUTATION LIV ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, HER PARTS AND RELATIONS 56 DISPUTATION LV ON THE POWER OF THE CHURCH IN DELIVERING DOCTRINES 57 DISPUTATION LVI ON THE POWER OF THE CHURCH IN ENACTING LAWS 58 DISPUTATION LVII ON THE POWER OF THE CHURCH IN ADMINISTERING JUSTICE, OR ON ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE 59 DISPUTATION LVIII ON COUNCILS 60 DISPUTATION LIX ON THE ECCLESIASTICAL MINISTRATIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND ON THE VOCATION TO THEM 61 DISPUTATION LX ON SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL 62 DISPUTATION LXI ON THE SACRAMENTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE TREE OF LIFE, CIRCUMCISION, AND THE PASCHAL LAMB 63 DISPUTATION LXII ON THE SACRAMENTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN GENERAL 64 DISPUTATION LXIII ON BAPTISM AND PAEDO-BAPTISM 65 DISPUTATION LXIV ON THE LORD'S SUPPER 66 DISPUTATION LXV ON THE POPISH MASS 67 DISPUTATION LXVI ON THE FIVE FALSE SACRAMENTS 68 DISPUTATION LXVII ON THE WORSHIP OF GOD IN GENERAL 69 DISPUTATION LXVIII ON THE PRECEPTS OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN GENERAL 70 DISPUTATION LXIX ON OBEDIENCE, THE FORMAL OBJECT OF ALL THE DIVINE PRECEPTS 71 DISPUTATION LXX ON OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMANDS OF GOD IN GENERAL 72 DISPUTATION LXXI ON THE MATERIAL OBJECT OF THE PRECEPTS OF THE LAW IN GENERAL 73 DISPUTATION LXXII THE LOVE, FEAR, TRUST, AND honour WHICH ARE DUE FROM MAN TO GOD 74 DISPUTATION LXXIII ON PARTICULAR ACTS OF OBEDIENCE, OR THOSE WHICH ARE PRESCRIBED IN EACH PRECEPT, OR CONCERNING THE DECALOGUE IN GENERAL 75 DISPUTATION LXXIV ON THE FIRST COMMAND IN THE DECALOGUE 76 DISPUTATION LXXV ON THE SECOND COMMAND IN THE DECALOGUE 77 DISPUTATION LXXVI ON THE THIRD PRECEPT OF THE DECALOGUE 78 DISPUTATION LXXVII ON THE FOURTH COMMAND IN THE DECALOGUE 79 DISPUTATION LXXVIII ON THE FIFTH COMMAND IN THE DECALOGUE 80 DISPUTATION LXXIX ON THE SIXTH PRECEPT 81 COROLLARY 82 Dissertation Of The Seventh Chapter Of Romans 83 DEDICATION. 84 A DISSERTATION ON THE TRUE AND GENUINE SENSE OF THE SEVENTH CHAPTER OF THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS. BY JAMES ARMINIUS, D.D. 85 I. THE THESIS TO BE PROVED 86 THE CONNECTION OF THE SEVENTH CHAPTER WITH THE SIXTH 87 THE PROPOSITION OF THE APOSTLE Dehortatory.--| 88 VERSE THE FOURTEENTH 1. 89 VERSE THE FIFTEENTH 90 VERSE THE SIXTEENTH. 91 VERSE THE SEVENTEENTH 92 THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH VERSES 93 VERSE THE TWENTIETH 94 VERSE THE TWENTY-FIRST 95 THE TWENTY-SECOND AND TWENTY-THIRD VERSES 96 THE ANCIENT FATHERS CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. 97 VERSE THE TWENTY-FOURTH 98 VERSE THE TWENTY-FIFTH 99 THE MAN ABOUT WHOM THE APOSTLE IS HERE TREATING, DO FAR AS HE IS: UNDER THE LAW. 100 THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.| 101 THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SEVENTH AND THE EIGHTH CHAPTERS 102 I. THE OPINION WHICH IS TO BE CORROBORATED BY TESTIMONIES 103 II. THE MOST ANCIENT AND MOST RESPECTABLE OF THE CHRISTIAN FATHERS APPROVE OF THE INTERPRETATION WHICH WE GIVE TO THIS CHAPTER 104 III. THE OPINION OF ST. AUGUSTINE 105 OUR OPINION IS SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL WRITERS OF THE MIDDLE AGES 106 V. THE FAVOURABLE TESTIMONIES OF MORE RECENT DIVINES 107 I. THIS OPINION IS NEITHER HERETICAL NOR ALLIED TO ANY HERESY 108 OUR OPINION IS DIRECTLY OPPOSED TO THE PELAGIAN HERESY 109 THE OPPOSITE OPINION IS APPROVED BY NONE OF THE ANCIENT DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH 110 I. THE OPPOSITE OPINION IS INJURIOUS TO GRACE AND HURTFUL TO GOOD MORALS 111 VARIOUS OBJECTIONS IN FAVOUR OF THE COMMON INTERPRETATION ANSWERED 112 THE CONCLUSION AN Examination and comparison of each of the three Interpretations of this chapter. 113 A LETTER ADDRESSED TO HIPPOLYTUS A COLLIBUS 114 A LETTER, BY THE REV. JAMES ARMINIUS, D.D. &c. &c. TO HIS EXCELLENCY, THE NOBLE LORD, HIPPOLYTUS A COLLIBUS, AMBASSADOR, FROM THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE, THE ELECTOR PALATINE, TO THE SEVEN UNITED DUTCH PROVINCES, JAMES ARMINIUS WISHETH HEALTH AND SUCCESS 115 THE DIVINITY OF THE SON OF GOD. 116 THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD 117 DIVINE PREDESTINATION 118 GRACE AND FREE WILL 119 JUSTIFICATION 120 CERTAIN ARTICLES TO BE DILIGENTLY EXAMINED AND WEIGHED. BECAUSE SOME CONTROVERSY HAS ARISEN CONCERNING THEM AMONG EVEN THOSE WHO PROFESS THE REFORMED RELIGION 121 SCRIPTURE AND HUMAN TRADITIONS 122 II. ON GOD CONSIDERED ACCORDING TO HIS NATURE 123 III. ON GOD, CONSIDERED ACCORDING TO THE RELATION BETWEEN THE PERSONS IN THE TRINITY 124 IV. ON THE DECREE OF GOD 125 ON PREDESTINATION TO SALVATION, AND ON DAMNATION CONSIDERED IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE 126 ON THE CREATION, AND CHIEFLY THAT OF MAN 127 ON THE DOMINION OF GOD OVER THE CREATURES, AND CHIEFLY OVER MAN 128 ON THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD 1 129 ON PREDESTINATION, CONSIDERED IN THE PRIMEVAL STATE OF MAN 130 ON THE CAUSE OF SIN UNIVERSALLY 131 OF THE FALL OF ADAM 132 ON ORIGINAL SIN 133 ON THE PREDESTINATION OF MAN CONSIDERED PARTLY IN HIS PRIMEVAL STATE, AND PARTLY IN THE FALL 134 ON PREDESTINATION CONSIDERED AFTER THE FALL 135 ON THE DECREES OF GOD WHICH CONCERN THE SALVATION OF SINFUL MEN, ACCORDING TO HIS OWN SENSE 136 ON CHRIST 137 ON THE VOCATION OF SINNERS TO COMMUNION WITH CHRIST, AND TO A PARTICIPATION OF HIS BENEFITS 138 ON PENITENCE 139 ON FAITH 140 ON REGENERATION AND THE REGENERATE 141 ON THE PERSEVERANCE OF SAINTS 142 ON THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION 143 ON THE JUSTIFICATION OF MAN AS A SINNER, BUT YET A BELIEVER, BEFORE GOD 144 ON THE GOOD WORKS OF BELIEVERS 145 ON PRAYER 146 ON THE INFANTS OF BELIEVERS WHEN THEY ARE OFFERED FOR BAPTISM 147 ON THE SUPPER OF THE LORD 148 ON MAGISTRACY 149 ON THE CHURCH OF ROME 150 A LETTER ON THE SIN AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST TO JOHN UYTENBOGARD, HIS MOST DEAR AND PECULIARLY BELOVED BROTHER IN CHRIST, JAMES ARMINIUS WISHES HEALTH AND HIS WELFARE THROUGH CHRIST