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A
SELECTION
FROM THE
ENGLISH PROSE WORKS
OF
JOHN MILTON.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY BOWLES AND DEARBORN,
No. 72 Washington Street.
1826.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
PAGE.
Preface
Of Reformation in England, and the Causes that
hitherto have hindered it. In two Books. Writ-
ten to a Friend.
Of Prelatical Episcopacy, and whether it may be
deduced from the Apostolical Times, by Virtue
of those Testimonies which are alleged to that
Purpose in some late Treatises; one whereof
goes under the name of James, Archbishop of Armagh
. . 71
The Reason of Church Government urged against
Prelaty.
In two Books.
The First Book, Preface
CHAPTER I. That Church Government is prescribed in the
Gospel, and that to say otherwise is unsound
CHAPTER II That Church Government is set down in
Holy Scripture, and that to say otherwise is untrue
CHAPTER III. That it is dangerous and unworthy the Gos
pel, to hold that Church Government is to be patterned
by the Law, as Bishop Andrews and the Primate of Ar-
magh maintain
93
96
101
106
CHAPTER IV. That it is impossible to make the Priest-
hood of Aaron a Pattern whereon to ground Episcopacy 110
CHAPTER V. To the Arguments of Bishop Andrews and
the Primate
CHAPTER VI. That Prelaty was not set up for Prevention
of Schism, as is pretended; or if it were, that it per-
forms not what it was first set up for, but quite the con- trary
CHAPTER VII. That those many Sects and Schisms by
some supposed to be among us, and that Rebellion in
Ireland, ought not to be a Hinderance, but a Hastening
of Reformation
The Second Book, Preface
112
119
131
137
152
CHAPTER I That Prelaty opposeth the Reason and End
of the Gospel three ways; and first in her outward Form 150
CHAPTER II. That the ceremonious Doctrine of Prelaty
opposeth the Reason and End of the Gospel
CHAPTER III. That Prelatical Jurisdiction opposeth the
Reason and End of the Gospel and of State
THE CONCLUSION. The Mischief that Prelaty does in the
State
Animadversions upon the Remonstrant's Defence
against Smectymnuus
An Apology for Smectymnuus
155
174
184
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