Catholic communion defended against both extremes, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ...…Catholick communion defended against both extreams, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ...…

The Contents of the First Part. Whether the Resolver truly define the Church. Page 1. Whether there be not many particular Churches. 3. Whether these Churches must be Members of one another. 5. Whether the Universal Church and Particulars be not distinct, as Whole and Part. 6. Whether the Church hath all things Common, and this be essential to it. 6, 7. Whether God only Constitutes the Church, and no Humane Contract. 9, 10. Their Charge against the Independents Church-Covenant, examined. 11, 12. Whether Church-Communion consist in no particular Acts. 15. His Self-contradiction, p. 16. More of his Contradictions and Errors. 17. His first Case, Whether Communion with some Church be necessary? 18. His second Case of Occasional Communion, examined. 19. His third Case, Whether we may Communicate with distinct and separate Churches? 20. His confused use of the words [Church-Union, Communion, Separation and Schism] opposed by a large Explication of Union, Communion and Separation, in which is fully showed what Separation is Schism, and what not, from p. 21, to p. 41. He seemeth to damn all Christians on Earth, as Schismatics. 41. His condemning the Church of England and many other, largely manifested. p. 42 to 53. What it is, for which he calleth Men Schismatics. 53. It is absurd to be Members of opposite Churches, because Christ hath but one Body. 55. Whether all are Shismaticks who are guilty of Schism? (or Traitors that break any Law): e. g. If the Church of England have any guilt of Schism, &c. 56.

The Contents of the First Part. WHether the Resolver truly define the Church. Page 1. Whether there be not many particular Churches. 3. Whether these Churches must be Members of one another. 5. Whether the Vniversal Church and Particulars be not distinct, as Whole and Part. 6. Whether the Church hath all things Common, and this be essential to it. 6, 7. Whether God only Constitutes the Church, and no Humane Contract. 9, 10. Their Charge against the Independents Church-Covenant, examined. 11, 12. Whether Church-Communion consist in no particular Acts. 15. His Self-contradiction, p. 16. More of his Contradictions and Errors. 17. His first Case, Whether Communion with some Church be necessary? 18. His second Case of Occasional Communion, examined. 19. His third Case, Whether we may Communicate with distinct and separate Churches? 20. His confused use of the words [Church-Union, Communion, Separation and Schism] opposed by a large Explication of Vnion, Communion and Separation, in which is fully shewed what Separation is Schism, and what not, from p. 21, to p. 41. He seemeth to damn all Christians on Earth, as Schismaticks. 41. His condemning the Church of England and many other, largely manifested. p. 42 to 53. What it is, for which he calleth Men Schismaticks. 53. It is absurd to be Members of opposite Churches, because Christ hath but one Body. 55. Whether all are Shismaticks who are guilty of Schism? (or Traitors that break any Law): e. g. If the Church of England have any guilt of Schism, &c. 56.