Faith, God is the object of (though this saying of Lactantius requires to be received with some modification), 2.6.4; necessity of the doctrine of, 3.2.1; what is the meaning of the term among profane authors, 4.14.13; why it is attributed to the reprobate, 3.2.11; is impaired, and almost annihilated, by the fiction of implicit faith, 3.2.2, in some it is implicit as a preparation for faith, but this is widely different from the implicit faith of the Schoolmen, 3.2.5; properly has respect to the promises of grace offered in Christ, 3.2.7; absurd distinction of the Schoolmen, as to formed and unformed faith, 3.2.8; temporary, how it differs from true faith, 3.2.10; the knowledge of consists more of certainty than discernment, 3.2.14; yet is not contented with a dubious or fickle opinion, 3.2.15; this firm persuasion of, the pestilential philosophy of some semi-Papists concerning, refuted, 3.2.24; has respect to the divine favour, 3.2.28; rests chiefly on the free promise, though not to the exclusion of the other parts of the word of God, 3.2.29; is not destroyed or weakened by the fear of the Lord, 3.2.27; has no less need of the word than the fruit of a tree has of a living root, 3.2.31; is often mingled with error, as in the cases of Sarah, Isaac, and Rebekah, ib.; contemplates the promises as comprehended in Christ, 3.2.32 ; proceeds from election, 3.2.8; in what sense it is called a work, 3.18.10; is revealed to our minds, and sealed on our hearts, by the Holy Spirit, 3.2.33; is attended by hope as its inseparable companion, 3.2.42; is always accompanied by prayer, 3.20.2; doctrine of, manifestly corrupted by Popery, 3.2.2.

Fall of the first man, the causes and steps of the, 2.1.4; happened by the providence of God, 3.23.7; by it his natural gifts were corrupted, and his supernatural gifts were withdrawn, 2.2.12.

Fasting, is a part of ecclesiastical discipline, 4.12.14; has three ends in view, 4.12.15; consists in three things, the time, the quality of food, and the sparing use of it, 4.12.18; occasions on which it ought to be especially used, 4.12.17; was borrowed from the examples of the Old Testament, 4.12.14; superstition must be avoided in the use of, 4.12.19; reasons why Christ, Elijah, and Moses, fasted, 4.12.20; superstitious observances of Lent, ib..

Father, is a designation applied to God, 3.20.38; instructs us to present our prayers in the name of Christ, 3.20.37; and to lay aside all distrust, 3.20.36; our, why He is called, 3.20.38; Christ is consubstantial with the, 1.13.4.

Fathers of the Old Testament, the, were made partakers of divine grace by the ceremonies, 2.7.16; had the promises of a better life, 2.10.10; how far their view of the gospel was clear, and how far it was obscure, 2.9.1; their sacraments had the same efficacy with ours, 4.14.23.

Fear, according to the saying of Statius, first brought gods into the world, 1.4.4; superstitious, what it is, 1.16.3; servile, which exists in the reprobate, 3.2.27; of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom, is uniformly attributed to all the saints, 3.2.26; is often mingled with distrust, through the infirmity of the flesh, 3.2.17; does not destroy or weaken faith, 3.2.27.

Fire, is put for the examination of the Holy Spirit, 3.5.9.

Flesh, works of the, 2.1.8; applies not only to the sensual, but also to the higher parts of the soul, 2.3.1; necessity of guarding against the lusts of the, 3.10.3; conflict of, with the Spirit, 2.2.27, 2.7.5, 3.2.18, 3.3.14; of Christ, what is meant by eating of the, 4.17.6; communicates spiritual life, 4.17.9.

Foreknowledge of God, the, must not be confounded with predestination, and is not the cause of it, 3.21.5.

Forgiveness of sins, explanation of the article of the Apostles' Creed concerning the, 4.1.20; is not the least important part of justification 3.11.2; is a gift of mere liberality, 3.4.25; is bestowed not merely at baptism, but throughout the whole life, 3.4.26; alone brings peace of conscience, 3.13.3; is obtained by none but the citizens or household of the Church, 4.1.20; fanatical perfection is set aside by the injunction to pray for the, 3.20.45; is not extended to the sin against the Holy Spirit, 3.3.22; in what sense Christ asserts that this sin cannot be forgiven, either in this world, or in that which is to come, 3.5.7.

Fornication is forbidden by the Seventh Commandment, 2.8.43; marriage is the remedy provided for, ib.

Forty days fast. See Lent.

Four, classes of men, whose claims to righteousness are examined; 3.14.1; duties which we owe to God, 3.19.16; causes of salvation, 3.14.17 ; rules of right prayer 3.20.4.

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