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and arrange all the papers, and to prescribe, under the direction of the judicatory, the whole order of the proceedings. The members of this committee shall be entitled, notwithstanding their performance of this duty, to sit and vote in the cause, as members of the judicatory.

41. But in cases of process on the ground of general rumour, where there is, of course, no particular accuser, there may be a committee appointed, (if convenient) who shall be called the Committee of Prosecution, and who shall conduct the whole cause on the part of the prosecution. The members of this committee shall not be permitted to sit in judgment in the

case.

42. No member shall retire from any judicatory, without the leave of the moderator, nor withdraw from it to return home, without the consent of the judicatory.

43. The moderator of every judicatory, above the church session, in finally closing its sessions, in addition to prayer, may cause to be sung an appropriate psalm or hymn, and shall pronounce the apostolical benediction.

INDEX.

ABILITY, original of man, 63.
of will to good lost, 63.

how recovered, 64, 90, 369, 370.
Acceptance, grounds of, 70, 219,
221.

of good works in Christ, 92, 93.
in prayer through Christ, 359.
Access, to God through Christ, 76,
198, 209.

through Christ only, 359.

greater boldness of, under the
New Testament, 112.

Accusers, individuals, or common
fame, 464.

cautions respecting, 465, 466.
Actions, governed by Providence,
34, 35, 183, 383.
Actual sins. See Sin

Admission, to sealing ordinances,
511.

Adoption, nature and privileges of,
75, 77, 222, 387.

Adultery, 136, 299, 301, 394.
Aggravations, of sin, 320, 328.
Amen, why used, 379, 401.
Angels, decree concerning, 27, 179.
creation of, 181.

providence in relation to, 37, 184.
employment of, 184.

not to be worshipped, 117, 258.
Antichrist, the pope is, 142.
Antiquity, no sanction to human
device, 265.

Apocrypha, 12.
Appeals, of, 483, 486.

who may appeal, 483, 486.
grounds of, 480.

steps in taking up, 480.
effect of deciding, 485, 486.
operation of, 486.

duty of the judicatory appealed
from, 486.
Appellants, of, 484, 485.

Ascension, of Christ, 58, 207, 386.

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Baptism, administration of, 504.

excepted cases, 505.

by whom the child is to be pre-
sented, 504.

Believers, cannot finally fall from
grace, 95, 229.

benefits received from Christ by,
215, 218, 387-388.
Bishops, or pastors, of, 412.
election of, 441-443.
call of, 443-444.

ordination of, 444-449.

translation of, 449-450.

instalment of, 451-453.

Blindness, judicial, 40.

Body, and blood of Christ, how
present in the Lord's supper,
157, 346.

mystical, believers members of
the, 138, 153, 345.

Bodies, state of, after death, and at
the resurrection, 164-166, 235
-238, 388.

Burial, of the dead, 524.

CALL, form of a, 442.

how subscribed, 443.

presentation and acceptance of,
443.

prosecution of before another
presbytery, 444.

Calling. See Effectual Calling.
Candidates, or probationers, of
licensing, 435.

warrant for trials of, 436.

where to be taken on trials, 436.
testimonials required of, 436.
examinations of, 436.
other parts of trials of, 437.
how long required to have studied
divinity, 438.

form of licensing, 438.

form of the record of licensure,
439.

removal of, while trials are going
on, 440.

after the licensure of, 440.

when the license of, may be re-
called, 440.

Cause, ways of carrying to a higher
court, 478.

Celibacy, vows of, unlawful, 129,

303.

Censures. See Church censures.
Ceremonial law. See Law.
Certificate, of church membership,
490.

Children, dying in infans how
saved, 68.

members of the visible church

138, 213, 342.

to be baptized, 151, 342, 399.
dacy of the church to, 511.
Christ, why so called, 198.
the Mediator, 52-54, 194, 384.
truly God, 54, 178, 194, 384.
truly man, 54, 55, 195, 384.
God and man in one person, 55,
56, 195, 384.

requisite that he should be both,
196-198.

ordained Mediator from eternity,

52.

anointed to his office by the
Spirit, 56, 198.

called to his office by the Father,

57.

willingly undertakes his office,
57.
humiliation of, 54, 57, 58, 195,
202, 205, 384, 386.

sufferings and death of, 57, 58,
204, 385.

exaltation of, 58, 205, 210, 386
resurrection of, 58, 205, 386.
ascension of, 58, 207, 386.

session of, at the right hand of
the Father, 58, 208, 386.
intercession of, 58, 61, 209.
coming to judge the world, 58,
164, 210, 386.

offices of, as prophet, 53, 199, 389.
as priest, 53, 200, 389.
as king, 53, 200, 385.

efficacy of his obedience and sa-
crifice, 59, 60, 198, 211.
satisfaction of, 59, 72, 198, 206,
385.

benefits of redemption by, com-
municated before his incarna
tion, 60.

acts according to both natures, 60.
effectually applies redemption,

to whom, and how, 61, 211.
union of the elect with, 215.
their communion with, 218, 232,
233, 235, 239.

Christian liberty. See Liberty.
Church, of the, 138-142.

the object of God's special provi
dence, 42, 213.

Christ the only head of the, 141.
catholic invisible, defined, 138,
214.

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nity, 53, 54.

members of, benefits that they
enjoy by Christ, 215, 219, 232,
232, 235, 239-241.
catholic visible, defined, 138, 213,
409.

no ordinary possibility of salva-
tion out of, 139.
privileges of, 139, 213.
perpetuity of, 141.
rights of every, 409.
Churches, particularly defined, 410.
warranted, 410.

more or less pure, 140.

purest, subject to mixture and
error, 141.

Church censures, of, 159-161.

to whom the administration of,
is committed, 160.

use of, 160.

standing the, 246-250.
preface to, explained, 250, 389.
sum of, 252, 282, 388.
the first, 252-260, 389.
the second, 260--268, 390
the third, 268-276, 391.
the fourth, 276--282, 391.
the fifth, 283-293, 393.
the sixth, 294-299, 394.
the seventh, 299-304, 394.
the eighth, 304-309, 394.
the ninth, 309-317, 395.
the tenth, 318, 395.

no mere man able perfectly to
keep the, 319, 396.

Commissioners to the General As-
sembly, of, 458-459.
rule for appointing, 458.
form of commission of, 459.
expenses of, to be defrayed, 459.

on whom to be inflicted, 115, 158, Committees, rules concerning, 534.

160.

degrees of, 161.

who are to be absolved from, 160.
mode of inflicting them, 512, 517.
end for which the power of in-

flicting them is given, 512.
the spirit and manner in which
they should be inflicted, 512.
See Excommunication, Suspen-
sion.

Church Government, of, 417.

appointed by Christ, 159, 201,
261.

Judicatories to which the power
of, is committed, 417.
nature and enumeration of their
powers, 418.

Church Officers, of, 411.

appointed by Christ, 139, 407.
powers of, 160.

only ministerial and declarative,
408.

See Bishops, Elders, Deacons.
Church Ordinances. See Ordi-

nances.

Church Session, of the, 419-421.
Citation, rules concerning 466, 467.
Civil Magistrate. See Magistrate.
Clerks, of, 456, 530.

Commandments, the ten, 252-319,
389-395, 402.

are the sum of the moral law,
105, 246, 388.

a perfect rule of righteousness,
105.

Common fame, 463, 464, 469, 480.
Communion, of saints, of the, 142

-144, 218, 232, 233, 235, 239--
241.

a privilege of the visible church,
213.
confirmed in the Lord's supper,
153, 345.

does not infer community of
goods, 144.
Complaints, of, 486.

when advisable, 487.
notice of, when to be given, 487.
effect of, 488.

no member of the judicatory
complained of, may vote, 488.
Condition of the covenant of works,
47, 104, 185, 383.

Confession of Faith, 9-170.
Confession of sins, to whom to be
made, 87.

Congregations, assembling of, and
behaviour in worship, 497.
vacant, to assemble for worship,

457.

Conscience, God alone Lord of the,
113, 406.

liberty of, 113, 114, 406.
Constitutional rules, how made ob-
ligatory, 431.

Controversies, final appeal in, 16.
the supreme Judge in, 18.

by whom determined ministeri-
ally, 163.

Control. See Review.

Contumacy, cases of, 466, 467, 472.
Correction, fatherly, of God's chil-
dren, 39, 74.

Corruption, of nature, 43, 44, 187,
384.

the source of actual sin, 44, 187.
how propagated, 43, 44, 188.
remains during this life in the
regenerate, 45, 79, 228.
all motions of, truly sin, 45.
Covenant, no enjoyment of God
without a, 46.

of works, 33, 47, 104, 185, 383.
Covenant of grace, 48, 190, 191, 384.
with whom made, 191.

faith requisite to an interest in
the, 48, 192, 220.

the Mediator of the, 52, 194.
different administrations of, 49-
52, 193, 194.
not two, but one, 52.

why called a testament, 49.
Councils. See Synods and Councils.
Creation, of the world, 32, 181, 382.
of angels, 181.

of man, 32, 182, 382.
Creed, the, 404.

Curse and wrath of God, man liable
to the, 46, 188, 328, 384, 396.

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EFFECTUAL CALLING, of, 65, 215, 386.
is of free and special grace alone,
67, 215.

man passive in, 67.

extends to the elect only, 29, 65,
217.

who are united to Christ in, 215.
Elders, of ruling, 413.
election of, 432.

ordination of, 432-434.
office of, perpetual, 434.

may cease from acting, how, 434
order to be observed in such case,
435.

Elect, only effectually called and
saved, 29, 65, 69, 217.

such as are incapable of being
called by the word, how saved,
68.

Election, is of mere free grace, 28,
179, 384.

from eternity in Christ, 28, 179,
384.

not only to the end, but also to
the means, 29, 180.

doctrine of, use to be made of the

31.

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