Paedobaptism is of divine origin, 4.16.1; comparison between circumcision and, 4.16.3; argument founded on the covenant which God made with Abraham, 4.16.6 ; on Christ's invitation to children, 4.16.7; twofold benefit of, in respect of parents and of children, 4.16.9; reasons why Satan so violently assails, 4.16.32; reply to the arguments of Anabaptists against, 4.16.10; why Christ was not baptised before his thirtieth year, 4.16.29.

Painting and Sculpture are gifts of God, and may be used purely and lawfully, but with what limitations, 1.11.12.

Papacy, inquiry respecting the antiquity of, 4.7.1.

Papists, superstitious observance of Lent and other fasts by, 4.12.20; unbridled license of, in uttering prayers in a foreign tongue, 3.20.33; acknowledge Christ in name, but not in reality, 2.15.1 ; wretched subterfuge of, in defending the use of images, 1.11.5; by what they call Holy Orders have forged for themselves seven additional sacraments, 4.19.22. - See Orders.

Pastors, Bishops, Presbyters, and Ministers, are names synonymously used, 4.3.8; are necessary and useful in the Church, 4.3.2; what sort of persons should be elected to the office of, 4.3.12; mode of appointment of, 4.3.14; are designated by other Pastors, ib.; are to be elected with the consent and approbation of the people, 4.3.15; form of ordnation, of 4.3.16.

Patience, wherein lies the difference between philosophical and Christian, 3.8.9; is necessary to believers on account of their afflictions, 3.8.1; is a branch of self-denial, 3.7.8.

Patriachs, how God manifested himself to the, 1.6.2; 4.8.5.

Peace of conscience is obtained by free justification only, 3.13.3.

Pelagians refuted, 2.1.5, 2.3.5; 3.3.13.

Penitence, uncertainty and confusion of the opinions of the Schoolmen concerning, 4.19.15; the rite of the early Church which has been used as a pretext for, 4.19.14; cannot justly be called a Sacrament, 4.19.17; it would be more correct to call Baptism the Sacrament of; ib.

Perfection, of the Church, how far it exists in the present life, 4.8.11; of individual believers, what it is, 3.17.15; evangelical, whether any man may be acknowledged as a Christian who has not reached, 3.6.5; monastic, absurd pretensions to, 4.13.10, fanatical, 4.1.20.

Perjury forbidden, and the nature of lawful swearing explained, 2.8.23.

Persecution for righteousness' sake is attended by strong consolations, 3.8.7.

Perseverance is the gratuitous gift of God, 2.3.11; reply to the objection founded on the distinction of co-operating grace, 2.3.12; erroneously supposed to be bestowed in proportion to human merit, 2.3.11; proof drawn from many passages of Augustine that he held the doctrine here taught concerning, 2.3.13.

Persians, the, worshipped the sun, 1.11.1; absurd imitation of ancient customs by, 4.12.22.

Person is a term used instead of the Greek hypostasis (upostasiz), which means subsistence, 1.13.2; meaning of the term, 1.13.6; inquiry into the propriety of applying it to the Holy Trinity, 1.13.2; Augustine's apology for the use of it, as arising from the poverty of human language in so high a matter, 1.13.5.

Peter had no power over the rest of the Apostles, 4.6.5; no credit is due to the alleged occupation of the Roman See by, 4.6.14; fabulous account of a dispute between Simon Magus and, 4.6.15.

Pharisees, the intolerable burdens imposed by, 4.10.26.

Philosophers, arrogance of; in commending virtue, 3.7.2; superiority of the inspired writers over, 3.6.1; hesitation of, about the immortality of the soul, 1.15.6; extraordinary attainments of, in legislation, eloquence, and the mathematical sciences, 2.2.15; endless variety and confusion of, about the existence and perfections of God, 1.5.12.

Phocas the robber, having slain Maurice, conceded to Boniface III., that Rome should be the head of all the other Churches, 4.7.17.

Pighius, the rabid objections of, answered, 3.2.30.

Plato regarded the soul as an image of God, 1.15.6.

Poor, the care of the, committed to Deacons, 4.3.9; how faithfully the ancient Bishops attended to, 4.4.8.

Pope, the, proclaims himself vicar of Christ, 4.6.1; but, on the contrary, he is Antichrist, 4.2.12; on what pretences he proceeded in the person of Leo in the Council of Chalcedon, 4.7.2; was not acknowledged as primate by the ancient Fathers, 4.7.3; gradually attained to influence and jurisdiction, 4.7.5; the ecclesiastical power of, was long confined to his own Patriarchate, 4.7.6; was gradually extended in the time of Gregory, 4.7.12; great progress of, from slender beginnings, 4.11.10; obtained the concession of the primacy, in the person of Boniface III., from Phocas the robber, 4.7.17; tyranny of, was increased partly by the ignorance, and partly by the sluggishness, of the bishops, 4.7.18; is not a bishop in the house of God, 4.7.23; is proved from Daniel and Paul to be Antichrist, 4.7.25; laid hands, first, on kingdoms, and there after on empire, 4.11.11; cannot plead the donation of Constantine, which is fabulous, 4.11.12; by what means he attained to imperial dignity, of which Hildebrand was the founder, 4.11.13; by what fraud, perfidy, and arms, he invaded the dominion of others, 4.11.14; indulgences sprung from the avarice of, 3.5.3.

Popes, personal characters of, Julius, Leo, Clement, and Paul, 4.7.27; John XXII., heretical opinion of, that the soul is mortal, 4.7.28.

Power of God, the, is displayed in the whole universe, 1.14.22; is not idle, but incessantly active, 1.16.3.

Prayer always accompanies true faith, 3.20.2; is absolutely necessary, though God needs not a monitor, 3.20.3; four rules of: first, to have our hearts formed as becomes those who are entering into converse with God, 3.20.4; second, in asking we must always truly feel our wants, 3.20.5; third, we must divest ourselves of all vain-glorious thoughts, 3.20.8; fourth, we must be animated to prayer by the sure hope of succeeding, 3.20.11; yet those laws are not so rigorously enforced as that God rejects the prayers in which he does not find perfect faith or repentance, 3.20.16; must be offered in the name of Christ alone, 3.20.17; many traces of which are to be found in the ceremonies of the Law, 3.20.18; public, ought to be at stated seasons, except in cases of necessity, 3.20.29; ostentation forbidden in, ib.; ought to be in the vulgar tongue, 3.20.33; secret, 3.20.29; perseverance in, recommended, 3.20.51; connection between supplication and thanksgiving in, 3.20.28; uncovering of the head in, is a token of humility, 3.20.33; the Lord's. See Lord's Prayer.

Preaching of the Gospel to the reprobate, what purpose is served by, 3.24.2.

Predestination, the doctrine of, is highly useful and necessary, 3.21.1; admonition respecting, to two classes of men ; first, the curious, 3.21.2; second, those who recommend that the doctrine should scarcely, if ever, be mentioned, 3.21.3; is wickedly abused by profane men, ib.; in the whole history of Abraham was given a specimen of, 3.21.4; as also in a second step, by which some of Abraham's family were rejected, and others were kept within the Church of God, 3.21.6; is altogether gratuitous, 3.22.1; the good pleasure of God is the only reason of, 3.22.3; is falsely ascribed by some to human merit, 3.22.1; no good works, either past or future, are taken into consideration in, 3.22.3; is proved by a striking discussion in the Epistle to the Romans, 3.22.4; reply to objections taken from the ancient Fathers, 3.22.8; from Thomas Aquinas, and more modern authors, 3.22.9; view to be taken of reprobation, 3.22.11.

Presbyters, Bishops, Pastors, and Ministers, are used as synonymous terms, 4.3.8; were divided by Papists into seculars and beneficiaries, 4.5.9.

Pride is natural to man, 1.1.2; pretexts for, 2.1.2.

Priesthood of Christ, the, must be viewed in connection with his other offices, 2.15.2; was prefigured by the shadows of the law, 2.15.5; was of such a nature that it was competent to none but Christ, 2.15.6.

Primacy of the Roman See, the, is represented by Papists as the bond of ecclesiastical unity, 4.6.1; question as to the necessity of, 4.6.2; arguments drawn from the office of High Priest under the law in support of, ib.; Peter's superiority, though admitted, would afford no proof of, 4.6.11; on the hypothesis of the Papists, belongs justly to the See of Antioch, 4.6.12; was first assigned to the Bishop of Rome by the second Nicene Council 4.7.1; was not attributed to him by the Council of Chalcedon, or by the ancient Fathers, 4.7.2; was disputed between the Bishop of Constantinople and the Bishop of Rome, 4.7.14; for a long period was not acknowledged to have any jurisdiction over other Churches, 4.7.10.

Promises of God, the, were all founded on Christ, 3.2.32; are the foundation of faith, 3.2.29; Naaman the Syrian and Cornelius were brought to the knowledge of God by, 3.2.32; were added by God to the commandments, in order to imbue our hearts with love to himself, 2.8.4; though conditional, were not given in vain, 2.7.4; how the promises of the Law and of the Gospel are reconciled, 3.11.17.

Prophetical office of Christ, 2.15.1.

Prophets, who they were, 4.3.4; harmony of all the, 1.8.8; were interpreters of the law, 1.6.2.

Proverb, false, 2.8.20; Milesian, 4.13.15.

Providence of God, the duty of believing, 1.16.1; definition of, 1.16.4; is distinctly taught by David and other inspired writers, 1.16.1; the sun is a bright manifestation of, 1.16.2; the almighty power of God ought to be viewed in connection with, 1.16.3; advantages arising from the acknowledgment of, ib.; no place is left either for the favour or the judgments of God, without the doctrine of, 1.16.5; special, proved from passages relating to the human race, 1.16.6; from the history of the Israelites, and from Jonah, 1.16.7 ; from the history of Jacob, and from daily experience, ib.; reply to various assailants of; 1.17.2; gives no countenance to those who use the name of God as a cloak for their crimes, 1.17.3 ; is no apology for the neglect of means or of the duties of religion, ib.; differs widely from the heathen doctrine of fate, 1.16.8; is not inconsistent with human deliberation, 1.17.4; simple, past events are often referred inconsiderately to, 1.17.5; fruits of holy meditation on, 1.17.6; employs men as instruments, but this forms no excuse for their misdeeds, 1.17.5; the great happiness arising from trust in, 1.17.10; the greatest of all miseries is ignorance of, 1.17.11; makes all things contribute to the advantage of the good, 1.17.6; in various ways curbs the wickedness of men, 1.17.7; overrules all for the good and safety of the people of God, ib.; does not encourage the Christian to overlook inferior causes, 1.17.9 ; produces confidence in God, and stimulates to prayer and activity, ib.; trains the godly to patience and moderation, as in the cases of Joseph, Job, and David, 1.17.8; shakes off their lethargy, and urges them to repentance, ib.; all the objections to, proceed from the carnal mind, 1.18.1.

Prudence, which ought to be exercised in the use of means, 1.17.4.

Publican, parable of the, illustrates the nature of humility, 3.12.7.

Punishment, the, of the wicked differs from the chastisement of the godly, 3.4.32; of the reprobate is just, though they fulfil the appointment of God, 1.17.5; of the sins of the fathers upon the children is not unjust, though every man will be punished for his own sins, 2.8.19.

Purgatory, what it is, 3.5.6; is widely different from the views held by ancient ecclesiastical writers, 3.5.10; arose out of a perverse rivalship with the heathen, ib.; examination of passages adduced by Papists in support of, 3.5.7; reply to arguments in favour of the antiquity of, 3.5.9; is a doctrine which involves heinous sacrilege, and ought not to be connived at, 3.5.6.

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