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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.

Assembly, of the General, 429, 431,

of what it consists, 429.
quorum of, 430.
jurisdiction of, 430.
powers of, 430.

meeting of, how opened, 431.
sessions of, how opened and

closed, 431.

how dissolved, 431.

Assurance, of grace and salvation,

99.

grounds of, 31, 100, 230.
attainable in this life, 99, 230,
387.

strengthened by good works, 89.
believers may be without, 101,
231, 349.

may be shaken, or intermitted,
103, 232.

believers never destitute of the
principles of its revival, 103,
232.

duty of all to seek, 102, 373,
374.

fruits of, 102,

Atheism, 254.

Attributes, of God, 18-24, 175, 250,
382.

BAPTISM, of, 148-150, 341, 398.
perpetuity of, 149, 355.

to be administered but once, 153,

355.

by whom, 147, 150, 354, 504.
to whom, 150, 342, 398.
mode of, 150.

not necessary to salvation, 152.
neglect of, a sin, 151.
efficacy of, 152.

how to be improved, 343.
agreement of, with the Lord's
supper, 354.

difference of, from the Lord's
supper, 355.

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.

how

Children, dying in infan
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:

Church, given to Christ from eter- | Commandments, rules for under
nity, 53, 54.

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

409.

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-

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.

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

use of, 160.

on whom to be inflicted, 115, 158, Committees, rules concerning, 534.
160.
Common fame, 463, 464, 469, 480.
Communion, of saints, of the, 142
-144, 218, 232, 233, 235, 239--
241.

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.

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