A free inquiry into the miraculous powers, which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian Church, from the earliest ages / [Conyers Middleton].
- Conyers Middleton
- Date:
- 1749
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A free inquiry into the miraculous powers, which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian Church, from the earliest ages / [Conyers Middleton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![R. Raising the dead affirmed by Irenanis to have been frequently done, 72. Not one inftance of this to be found in the three firft centuries, except a fmgle cafe flightly intimated by Eufebius, ibid. This power acknowledged by Mr. Dodwell to be loft towards the end of the fecond century, . 73 Recognitions of St. Clemens, an ancient but fpurious piece, affirms, that Simon Magus confeifed himfelf to be a necro¬ mancer, 67 Reformation: effeft of it in expofmg the pretended miracles of the Church of Rome, lntr. xliv, xlv. The fundamental principle of it, that the feriptures are a complete rule both of faith and manners, xevi. State of it under Henry VIII. ci. Under EdwardVI. cii. Under Queen Mary,ibid. Under Queen Elizabeth, cm. Under K. James I. and K. Charles I. civ, id feqq. Under the following reigns, evii. Reformers: the firft and principal of them in the reign of Henry VIII, had not the power to carry the reformation fo far as they defired, lntr. ci. Reliques of martyrs : St. Chryfojloni s zeal for them, lntr. lv. The tranflati- ons and proceffions of them folemnized with great pomp in the primitive times, Poft. cxxxviii. Affirmed by St. Chryfoftom to call out devils, and cure all difeafes, 136. Of St. Stephen revealed in a vifion by Gamaliel, 141, H2- Performed mi¬ racles, 142 Rigaltius : his remark upon St. Cyprian's ufe of vifions and divine revelations, 102, 103 Roe, Sir Tho. relates a ftory of a Jefuitin China, 214, N. S. Sainte Ampoulle: the miracle of it de¬ fended by Vertoty 227. Account of it, ibid. Treated as a mere forgery by Otto, a profeftbr at Utrecht, 228 Sandys, Archbp. of York ; a paflage from his will relating to the rites and ceremo¬ nies of the church, lntr. N. Qr] ciii. Satan, JuJiin Martyr's abfurd etymology of that word, 3 j Savonarola, Jerom, preached againft the corruption of the court of Rome, N. [ 1 ] 213. A ftory of him related by Dr. Jeremy Taylor, ibid. Scriptures; a moft abfurd and ridicu¬ lous method of interpreting them was the very charafleriftic of the earlieft ages of Chnftianity. Frzef. xxxiii. A com¬ plete rule both of faith and manners,lntr. xevi. The joining of antiquity as a ne- ceffiary companion to them a Hat contra- diflion to the principles of the reforma¬ tion, c. Gift of expounding them claim¬ ed by the primitive Fathers, 116. Not the leaf! trace of this gift to be found in any age of the Church from the days of the Apoftles, ibid. SemoSancus, a Sabine deity, miftaken by JuJliji Martyr, Irenaus, Tertullian> Augujiin, Epiphanius, and Eufebius, for Simon Magus, 40* Septuagint verfion: the divinity of it believed by JuJiin Martyr, 37. By Ire- n<eus, 49 Sibylline oracles believed to be genuine by JuJiin Martyr, 3 3. And by Clemens Alexandrinus, 34. The forgery of them charged by the heathens upon the anci¬ ent Chriftians, 35. Obtained full credit in the Church thro’ all ages, N. [2] 37 Sign of the crofs the fubject of much fu- perftition in the primitive ages, lntr. lxi, lxii. Socrates: his account of Theodorus a martyr, 204, U?feqq. . Sozomen : his account of Apollo Daphneus's temple being feton fire, N. [2] 155. Spiritual gifts, fpoken of by the apoiloli- cal Fathers, as abounding among the Chriftians of that age, mean only the ordinary gifts and graces of the gofpel, faith, hope, charity. Sec. 3, 7 Spurious books forged and publiffied in the earlieft ages of the Chriftian Church, lntr. lxxxvii. Cited as genuine by the moil eminent Fathers of thofe ages, ibid. I i and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3051597x_0405.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
