THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN, CONNOR, AND DROMORE.

VOLUME VIII.

CONTAINING

A DISCOURSE OF THE LIBERTY OF PROPHESYING, AND THE DOCTRINE

AND PRACTICE OF REPENTANCE.

THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF

THE RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN, CONNOR, AND DROMORE:

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

AND

A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF HIS WRITINGS,

BY THE

RIGHT REV. REGINALD HEBER, D.D.

LATE LORD BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.

IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES.

VOL. VIII.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON; T. CADELL; LONGMAN,

RÉES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN; J. BOOKER ; J. RICHARD-
SON; HATCHARD AND SON; R. H. EVANS; J. DUNCAN;
J.COCHRAN; J. PARKER, OXFORD; AND J. AND J. J. DEIGH-
TON, CAMBRIDGE.

1828.

141. to. 156

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Of the Insufficiency and Uncertainty of Tradition to expound Scrip

ture, or determine Questions

10

SECTION VI.

of the Uncertainty and Insufficiency of Councils Ecclesiastical to

the same Purpose .

28

SECTION VII.

Of the Fallibility of the Pope, and the Uncertainty of his expounding

Scripture, and resolving Questions

52

78

SECTION VIL.

Of the Disability of Fathers, or Writers Ecclesiastical, to determine

our Questions with Certainty and Truth

SECTION IX.

Of the Incompetency of the Church, in its diffusive Capacity, to be

Judge of Controversies, and the Impertinency of that Pretence of

the Spirit

88

SECTION X.

Of the Authority of Reason; and that it, proceeding upon best

Grounds, is the best Judge

a &

92