Politica Sacra et Civilis 3
Epistle to the reader 3
Dedicatory poem 6
The arguments ofthe several chapters 8
1 Of government in general,and the original thereof 15
2 Of government in general,and of a community civil 21
3 Of an ecclesiastical community 30
4 Of a commonwealth in general,and power civil 41
5 Of the manner how civil power is acquired 57
6 Of power ecclesiastical 76
7 Of the manner of acquiring ecclesiastical power 85
8 Of the disposition of power civil,and the several forms of government 88
9 Of the disposition of ecclesiastical power:and first,whether it be due unto the bishop of Rome 126
10 Whether the civil state have any good title to the Power of the Keys 131
11 Whether episcopacy be the primary subject of the Power of the Keys 137
12 Whether presbytery or presbyters be the primary subject of the Power of the Keys 152
13 That the government of the church is not purely democratical,but like that of a free state,wherein the power is in the whole,not in any part,which is the author's judgement 163
14 Of the extent of a particular church 189
15 Of subjection in general,and the subjects of a civil state 218
16 Of subjects in an ecclesiastical polity 252
Index 277