Index of Subjects
Abrogations
Doctrine of the—(Cocceius)
379, 412
Accommodation principle (hermeneutics)
28, 183, 188–190, 192, 439
Alkmaar
50, 54, 354
Allegorical interpretation
160, 343, 375
Altdorf
66–67
Amsterdam
34–34, 37, 40–42, 53, 206, 258, 261, 268, 319, 440
Anabaptism
175, 389, 447
Analogy of faith (analogia fidei)
177, 311–312, 345–346, 352, 363
Ancient history
60
Angels
as guardians of the Mosaic law
429
Anthropology
380, 434
Enlightenment—
379
Anthropomorphism
212
Antichrist
289, 305, 326, 358
Anti-Christ
443
Apologetics
48, 90, 104, 221
Arianism
199
Aristotelianism
3, 24–25, 30, 67, 69–70, 73–74, 79, 110, 112, 136, 436
as official philosophy
80
Christian—
73
Arminian crisis
169, 262
Artes-faculty
73, 90
Art of Writing
210
Aseity (divine attribute)
114, 126
Assent (to the covenant)
386–387, 392, 396, 402, 413, 415, 417
Assurance of salvation
416, 418, 445
Astronomy
180
Atheism
26, 48, 72, 76, 120, 141, 201, 208–210, 223, 235, 245, 283, 441, 452, 454, 456
Attributes of God
106, 114–115, 373, 438, 452
Baconianism
67
Battle of Kijkduin
52
Belgic Confession
261, 277
Benevolence
as fundamental principle of natural law (Cumberland)
150
Bern
382
Biblical criticism
38, 220, 441
Bodily resurrection
43
Book of Concord (Lutheranism)
272
Bremen
275, 288–289, 305–306, 426
Broek op Langendijk
50
Cambridge School
6
Camels
372–373
as an emblem for Arab and Persian Muslims
373
Canaan
219, 425–426
as deposit of heaven
425
Canon
—of the Bible
97, 162, 198
Canons of Dordt
261, 277
Cartesianism
as superior to Aristotelianism
80
Dutch—
1, 3–4, 48
Moderate—
48, 82–83
Radical—
40, 43, 82, 89, 93
Cartesio-Cocceian alliance
2, 4, 6, 12, 435, 445, 452–453
Causality
404
Secondary—
43, 139
Causal likeness principle
129
Causa sui
126, 438
Ceremonial law
428–430
Church councils
as arbiters in interpretive questions
95–96
Claim (of the covenant reward)
387, 407, 416–417
Classis
of Schouwen
277
of The Hague
30
of Walcheren
32, 277, 285
of Zevenwouden
45, 188, 318–319, 321–322, 325–326, 332–335, 338, 343, 358–361, 365, 376, 443
of Zuid-Beveland
32, 277
Clear and distinct perception
86–87
Cleves, Duchy of
50
Cologne
305
Conscience
45, 86–87, 130, 142–143, 151–153, 172, 177, 211, 233, 242, 281, 416, 423, 450–452
as arbiter in interpretive questions
96
Contingency
135, 140
Copenhagen
353–354
Copernicanism
3, 11, 27–28, 65–66, 72, 179–182, 185–186, 192, 440, 451
Biblical objections to—
181
Leiden interpretation of—
181
Cosmology
184
Council
—of Carthage (256)
281
—of Constantinople (533)
339
—of Trent
162
Counsel of peace. see Pactum salutis
Covenant
385–387, 392
Monolateral or bilateral?
386
—of grace
12–12, 264, 380, 384, 389–391, 394, 405, 408, 410, 412–420, 425–428, 431, 433, 445
—of redemption. see Pactum salutis
—of works
12, 379–380, 384, 388–392, 394–396, 400–402, 405–414, 417–418, 425, 427–428, 431–432, 434, 445, 450, 453
Covenantal headship
402, 405
Covenant theology. see Federal theology
Creation
115, 123, 140, 212, 220, 226, 228, 243, 380, 384
—and covenant
397
—out of nothing (ex nihilo)
228
Credulity
as source of philosophical error
83
Culemborg
41
Decalogue
264, 427
as an expression of the covenant of grace
427
Decree of God
123, 134, 232, 243, 384
decretum effectivum
134
decretum permissivum
134
decretum quoad exercitium rerum
134
decretum quoad speciem
134
Deism
141, 148, 209, 230, 456
Delft
203
Democracy
38, 454
Den Helder
52–53
De Rijp
53, 55
Determinism
43, 47, 55, 219, 223, 230, 401–402, 453
Devil
Influence of the—
34, 193–195, 198, 439–440
Disaster year 1672 (rampjaar)
32, 436
Divine concourse
25
Divinity of Jesus
42
Dogmatics
58
Dordrecht
10, 20, 54–58, 117, 202–203, 321, 367, 369, 371–372, 436, 441, 446
Gymnasium Illustre
15, 56, 369, 437, 442
Old Council (Oud-raad) of
56
Dualism of mind and body
34, 146, 152, 438
Duisburg
117
Dutch Revolt
15–16
Duty
144–145
towards fellow human beings
144, 147
towards God
144
towards oneself
144
Déistes
230–232, 234–235, 450, 453
Ecclesiastical peace
269, 299
Boundaries of—
271
Definition of—
269
Means to maintain—
278
Obstacles to—
282–284
Prerequisites of—
271
The benefits of—
270
Edenic Garden / Eden
193, 395, 402, 406–407, 410–412, 420
Emblematic theology
303–304, 364, 372–375, 377
Enlightenment
276, 434, 446, 454–456
Anglican—
455
Catholic—
455
Counter-
454
Dutch—
1, 448, 455–456
Early—
1–4, 6, 23, 192
Moderate—
6, 200, 245, 454
Protestant—
455
Radical—
6, 23, 37, 42, 48, 93, 124, 200, 220, 245, 447, 454
Reformed—
12, 446
Epicureanism
134–135
Epistemology
86–87, 91, 95, 97, 102, 133, 138, 167, 380, 447–448, 450, 452, 456
Equality among humans
148–149
Ernest Cocceians
19–22
Essence of God
114–115, 122, 125–126, 438, 452
Eternal generation of the Son
35–36
Eternal life
44, 152, 157, 394–395, 400, 408–410, 412, 416, 420
Eternal punishment
234, 411
Eternal truths
130
Eternity (divine attribute)
127
Ethics
74
Existence of God
26, 72, 76, 78, 105–106, 111–115, 121–122, 124–126, 136–137, 222, 450, 452
Faith
as consisting of knowledge, assent, and trust
415
as effect of regeneration
416
as principle of repentance
417
as stipulation in the covenant of grace
414–415
Family resemblance (Familienähnlichkeit)
70
Fatalism
25
Federal theology
6, 12, 253, 288, 380–381, 383, 385, 387, 404, 431, 433–434, 444–445, 450, 453
Fifth Monarchists (Puritan sect)
313
Final judgment
151
First mover
136, 138, 227
Formula Consensus Helvetica (1675)
409–410
Formula of Concord (Lutheranism)
281
Four-footed animals in the Bible
372
France
294, 443
Franeker
10, 20, 33, 36, 101–102, 289–290, 305
—University
33–36
Frankfurt Book Fair
382
Freedom
Immoderate—
281
—of conscience
16
—of speech
38, 277
—of thought
18, 37
—to philosophize
30, 80
—to prophesy
280–282, 329, 442, 453
Free will
Divine—
39, 130, 155, 221
Human—
40, 79, 135, 140, 142, 144, 153, 232–233, 401–402, 453
Friendship
150, 152, 271, 388, 411
Friesland crisis
11, 436, 443
Fundamental articles
273–276, 281, 426, 442
as defined by the Reformed confessions
275
Remonstrant approach to—
276
Further Reformation
18, 31, 48, 283
Future glory of the Church
213, 317, 324, 339, 342, 368
Geneva
276
Geocentrism
28, 439–440
Geometrical method
39
Germany
34, 66, 116
Gift
—of discernment
333
—of prophesying
328–330
—of teaching
328
—of tongues
335–336
Glorification
416
Gnosticism
84
God-befittingness
178, 211
Goodness (divine attribute)
133
Gravamen
30, 318
Groningen
33, 170, 291
—University
33
Harmony
—of truth
437, 451
Hebrew vowel points
Origin of—
162–163
Heidelberg Catechism
44, 261, 277, 423
Heliocentrism. see Copernicanism
Herford
35
Hermeneutics
29, 32, 54, 176, 314, 374, 435, 443, 450
Christological—
303, 331, 334, 338–339, 341, 365–366, 368, 376, 380, 408–409, 443, 453
Literalist—
343, 375
Rationalist—
41, 93, 178, 437, 439
Historical-critical exegesis
301
Holiness (divine attribute)
133
Holy Roman Empire
180
Holy Spirit
451
Homiletics
58
House of Orange
18
Huisduinen
51–53
Human equality
38
Human nature
as substantial unity of body and soul
25
Image of God (imago Dei)
83, 379, 397, 400, 403, 434
Imaginary spaces (spatia imaginaria)
128, 438
Immeasurability (divine attribute)
114
Immortality
Original–of humankind
395
Immortality of the soul
43, 76, 121, 152, 157, 188, 212, 220, 234, 437, 450, 452
Immutability (divine attribute)
126
Imprudence
as source of philosophical error
83
Incomprehensibility (divine attribute)
127
Incorporeality (divine attribute)
240
Independence (divine attribute)
126
Individualism
97
Infinity (divine attribute)
126–127
Innate idea of God
113, 125, 144, 157, 222
Innate notions
85–87, 95, 97, 107, 109, 141, 220, 235–236, 437
Inquisition
179
Intellect of God
129, 438
Intention of the Holy Spirit
96, 182, 192, 315–316, 353, 370
Interpretation
Figurative—
334
—of prophetic fulfillments
300, 305–306, 310–313, 315, 323, 329–330, 334, 351, 444, 453
Irenicism
6, 11, 257–258, 267, 269, 285–286, 288, 442, 446, 448, 453, 456
Islam
123, 154, 157–158, 453
Italy
209
Jansenism
399–400
Jena
117
Jesuits
73, 256
Judaism
123, 154, 157, 290, 373
Judge of controversies (judex controversiarum)
172
Jülich
Duchy of—
258, 262–264, 266
Justice
as humanity’s chief duty
149
Justice (divine attribute)
133
Justification by faith
391, 394, 416, 418
under the Old Testament
421
Key of knowledge
Christ as—(Cocceius)
308
Key to prophecy
311, 313, 315, 359–360, 444
Kingdom of Christ
305, 308–310, 313, 317–318, 326, 332, 338–339, 347, 350, 365, 368–369
Knowledge
—derived from senses
83, 85, 109
Free—(God)
130
Necessary—(God)
130
—of God
84, 106, 108–113, 122–125, 130, 397
La Flèche
24, 73
Laws of nature
135
Learned ignorance (docta ignorantia)
94
Learned society (collegium eruditum)
202, 447
Leeuwarden
35, 317
Legal covenant (Amyraut)
391
Legal terminology
388, 417
Leiden
10, 40, 42–43, 45, 52, 57, 77, 117, 266, 446, 449
—Cocceians
19–20, 22
—Crisis (1647/48)
26
—Crisis (1656)
31
—magistrate
200
—Prohibition (1676)
254–259, 261, 267, 284, 295, 442, 446
—Resolution of 1676
33
—University
15, 27, 32, 51, 58–59, 86, 90, 200, 254, 383, 442, 449
Libertinism
16, 283, 453
Life of God
123, 125, 129
Limbo of the fathers (limbus partum)
420
Linnich
263
Loci method
384
Logic
91, 93
Lord’s Supper
274
Love
as humanity’s chief duty
149
Lutheranism
22, 274, 299, 383, 447
Magistrate
Christian—
268
Manicheanism
153
Marriage
393
Mathematics
60
Maximalist approach to the meaning of words and phrases
332, 345–346, 376, 443
Mechanism
25
Medemblik
54
Medicine
51, 60
Merit (meritum)
394–395, 432
Condign—(meritum ex condigno)
396, 432
Congruent—(meritum ex congruo)
396
Covenantal—(meritum ex pacto)
396
Mesopotamia
407
Messiahship of Jesus
219, 327, 358, 377
Metaphysics
37, 74, 91, 121, 201, 225, 450
Method of doubt
67
Middelburg
278
Millenarianism
313, 324
Miracles
41, 100
Modernity
454
Monism
39, 41, 43, 201, 207, 219, 221, 223–224, 237, 244, 441, 453
Monotheism
157, 226
Mosaic covenant
391, 428
as a typological covenant
425
identified with Old Testament
425–426
Mosaic economy
425
as distinct from patriarchal times
425
its servitute
429, 445
Lack of assurance under the—
430
Mosaic religion
156–158
Mount Sinai
428
Nadere Reformatie. see Further Reformation
Names of God
384
Naples
209
Natural eschatology
150, 152, 159
Natural ethics
141, 438
Natural law
123–123, 143, 152, 230, 390, 393, 438
Natural philosophy
27, 74, 93
Natural religion (religio naturalis)
121–122, 142, 145, 438, 449
Natural theology
5, 11, 59, 72, 78, 85, 88, 90, 104–105, 159, 177, 393, 437–438, 452–453
as a properly philosophical endeavor
110
as insufficient for salvation
108
as related to metaphysics
121–122
—in Remonstrantism
106
—in Socinianism
106
in the Middle Ages
105
in the Reformation period
106
Necessary existence (divine attribute)
127
Necessitarianism
39
New Science
69
Newtonianism
448
Occasionalism
136–137, 159, 221–222, 438, 451
Omnipresence (divine attribute)
114–115, 127–128, 438
Original justice (iustitia originalis)
400, 403
Original perfectibility
379, 434
Oudelande
203
Overijssel
45
Pactum salutis
12, 380, 414, 431–433, 445
Paganism
34, 157, 223
Palatinate
272
Pamphlet war
—in the 1650s
29
—in the 1650s
435
—in the 1670s
442
Papacy
289, 305–306
Paradise
392, 394
as a pre-fall sacrament
407
—located in Mesopotamia
58
Paresis/aphesis distinction
421–424
Paris
209
Particular redemption
431
Passions
144, 147, 154
as confined by reason
143, 147
Inordinate—
153
Pelagianism
79, 108, 199, 380, 398, 403, 436
Pentateuch
83, 157, 201, 208
as predicting all of Jewish history
219
as testimony about the ministry of Moses
214
Divine authority of the—
207–208, 210–211, 213
Mosaic authorship of the—
38, 55, 211, 441
Preservation of the—
215
Reliability of the—
217
Samaritan—
216
Threefold corruption of the—(Spinoza)
214
Perfection
Threefold–of human obedience
394
Periodization
300, 302, 306, 316, 353, 357–358, 360–362, 420
Benefits of—
357
Necessity of—
358
Perspicuity of Scripture
considered subjectively
164
Philosophia ancilla theologiae
72, 80, 93, 103, 437
Philosophy
as a friend to theology
82
as apologetic means
76
as based on reason alone
80, 84
as distinct from theology
76, 88
as inferior to theology
78, 92
as insufficient for salvation
76
as interpreter of Scripture
89, 164
as propaedeutic to theology
76
as unnecessary for salvation
92
as useful for theologians
92
as wisdom
83
Physico-theology
145, 448
Physics
91, 184, 226
Pietism
20
Platonism
67
Pneumatology
381, 433
Political covenant (foedus politicum)
148
Polytheism
157, 450
Possibles (possibilia)
130–131
Potency (potentia) of God
131
Potentia absoluta
131
Practical piety (praxis pietatis)
265, 283, 330
Predestination
17, 386
Private interpretation
96
Prolegomena
384
Promise (of the covenant)
387–388, 391–392, 394–395, 407, 409–410, 412–414, 416, 419–421, 425, 430, 432, 434
Prophecy
38, 58, 100, 210, 213, 218, 229
Prophetic logic
349–350
Prophetic style
347–349
Prophetic theology
6, 11, 54, 253, 264, 288, 300, 302–306, 310–317, 319, 321–323, 327, 336–337, 341, 353, 355, 361, 363, 369, 372–377, 443, 453
as apologetic program
301–304, 314, 321, 327, 376–377, 422
Dispositional prerequisites for engaging in—
337–338
Factors accounting for its emergence/further development
376
its (alleged) Grotian shift
301, 304, 377
Necessity of—
324, 443
Providence
106–107, 115, 123, 138–140, 146, 192, 210, 220, 228, 243, 341, 384, 401, 443, 453
Pseudo-Cartesians
68
Public scribes
215
Quran
158
Radix possibilitatis
131
Ramism
263, 390
Rationalism
32, 35, 72, 91, 166–166, 351, 439
Reason
—and biblical interpretation
160, 172–173
—and faith
75, 91, 93, 99, 439
—and revelation
72
as arbiter in interpretive questions
96
as ethical principle
143
as subordinate to revelation
94
as to be confined to its limits
79, 94, 120
its ministerial use
174
Light of—
27, 85, 385, 439, 453
Objective—
85, 88, 439
Subjective—
85
Rector magnificus
59
Reformation
95, 102, 162, 169, 171–172, 208, 252, 258, 272, 274–275, 290, 293, 306, 309, 335, 354–355, 357, 359, 389, 391, 404, 406, 415, 419, 422, 444, 452
Reformed Church
—as public church
16–17
—in relation to the state
18
Reformed confessions
169, 261, 275, 277, 282, 293–294, 299, 374, 442, 446, 448, 452
Reformed orthodoxy
36, 256, 282, 293, 296, 377
Regeneration
417
Remonstrantism
17–18, 78–79, 106, 108, 256–257, 265, 273–274, 281, 343, 415, 436, 445, 447
Renaissance Humanism
73, 160
Repentance
as effect of regeneration
416
as stipulation in the covenant of grace
415
Revealed theology
59, 85, 88, 90, 95, 104, 437
as based on Scripture alone
95
Reward (of the covenant)
386, 392, 395–396, 410, 416, 432
Righteousness
Imputed—
390
Proper—
390, 392
Rijnsburg
37
Roman Catholicism
22, 326–327, 330, 335, 346, 358, 415, 420, 423, 445, 447–448
Roman contract law
388
Rome
209
Sabbath commandment
264, 295, 428
Sabbath controversy
17, 19, 290–291, 428
Sacraments
388
as signs and seals
418
—before the fall
405–406
Salvation-historical differentiation
419, 434, 444
between the Old and New Testaments
419
within the Old Testament
419
Salvation history
264, 379, 434
Sanctification
416
Sanhedrin
216
Satisfaction of Christ
35
Saumur
19
Saumur school
410
Scholasticism
5, 10, 24–24, 30, 37, 72–74, 77, 79–82, 84–85, 89, 93, 95, 98, 103, 105, 110, 112–113, 120, 128–131, 174, 227, 263–264, 283, 344, 381, 401, 406, 434, 450
Medieval—
395
Reformed—
1, 128
Scriptural authority
448
as accepted through the working of the Holy Spirit
102
as depending on the Church
101
as extending to all of the Bible
101
—attacked by Spinoza
441, 452
—established by reason
35
—established by the Holy Spirit
35
Scripturarians
170, 447, 450
Scripture
27–28, 61
as containing truths that are beyond the reach of reason
272
as divine testimony
162
as inspired word of God
168, 198
as miraculously preserved
100
as self-interpreting (scriptura sui ipsius interpres)
164, 174
Complex sense of—
309–310
Fourfold sense of—
169
Literal sense of—
160, 168, 186, 303, 309, 343, 443–444
Mystical sense of
168
Perspicuity of—
311, 327
The certainty of—
163
The clearness of—
163
The sufficiency of—
163
Sectarianism
266
Self-preservation
39, 146
Separation hypothesis (Cartesianism)
77, 81, 437, 451
Séparatisme cartésien
10, 72, 104, 208, 436, 453
Septuagint
216
Seven letters/churches (Revelation)
311, 316
Seven periods of church history
253, 264, 311, 315–316, 336, 353–356, 359–363, 374, 376
Seven seals (Revelation)
316, 360, 362–363
Seven trumpets (Revelation)
316, 360, 363
Sexuality
147
Simplicity (divine attribute)
126, 237, 240, 242, 244, 441
Sin
142
defined as aberration from the law
153
Forgiveness of—
297, 423, 445
Noetic effects of—
87, 91–92, 94, 271, 307
Original—
43, 153, 403–405
Remembrance of—
423–424
resulting from an abuse of free will
153
Skepticism
3, 26, 67, 72, 208, 235, 327, 437, 453
Socinianism
106, 172–173, 175, 199, 256, 290, 327, 332, 376, 394–395, 397, 415, 420, 422–423, 444–445, 447–448, 453
Sola scriptura
95, 169
Spinozism
40, 43, 45–46, 48, 199, 210, 236
Spiritualism
266
Stadtholder
32
Stadtholderless period (1650–72)
31
State of freedom (status libertatis)
148
State of pure nature
398–399
States
—of Friesland
36
—of Holland
30, 32
—of Holland and West Friesland
89
States General
18, 44
States Party
18, 31
States Translation (Statenvertaling)
170, 274, 289, 315, 336, 424, 447, 450
Authority of its translation and annotations
170–171
Stipulation (of the covenant)
387, 391, 394, 397, 402, 409, 414, 416–417, 431–432
Stoicism
47, 134–135, 143, 223
St. Philipsland
43
Subjectivism
97
Substance
Created/dependent—
224, 242, 441
Definition of—
224
—dualism
129, 135, 139, 193, 197, 221, 223–224, 438–439, 441, 451
Substantial forms
25
Summum bonum
97, 384, 391
Suretyship of Christ
421, 423, 432–433
Sweden
27
Switzerland
34
Synod
—of Dordt (1618–19)
17, 106, 275–276, 447
—of Friesland (1687)
35
—of Harlem (1708)
375
—of Harlingen (1680)
318
—of North-Holland (1674)
32
—of North-Holland (1692)
34
—of South Holland (1656)
30
—of Zeeland (1683)
44
Synodical authority
265
in interpretative issues
171
Synopsis Purioris Theologiae (1625)
166
Talmud
339
Temporary punishment for sin
35
Testament (testamentum)
414, 432, 445
Textual criticism
160
The Hague
60, 374
Theodicy
229, 390
Theologia traditiva
19
Theology
as a mixed discipline
98
as practical discipline
98
Tolerance
2, 256, 273, 275, 279–280, 288, 291, 298–299, 442, 454, 456
Toleration
18, 23, 37, 259, 280–281
Tradition
and biblical interpretation
161
Traditionalism
84
Transubstantiation
76
Tree
—of knowledge of good and evil
393
—of life
392, 394–395, 405–410, 418
Trinity
36, 42–43, 75, 380, 384, 409, 417
Truth
Harmony of—
76, 90, 104, 178, 220, 308, 331, 351, 439
Truthfulness (divine attribute)
133
Uti/frui distinction
147
Utrecht
10, 29, 51–52, 405, 449
—academic senate
25
—Crisis (1640s)
25, 435
—magistrate (vroetschap)
25
Van Giffen affair
317, 319, 323–324, 365
Velsen
45
Virtue
as opposed to duty
144
Voluntarism
114, 130, 132–133, 438
Vulgate
163, 171
Walloon churches
19
Weesp
49
Westminster Standards (1647)
390
Will of God
129, 438
as ethical principle
144
Wittenberg
117, 383
Zeeland
45
Zwolle
45, 320