THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN CHURCH AND

STATE; or, The Necessity and Equity of an Established

Religion, and a Test-law, demonstrated. In three Books.

PREFACE to the First Edition, in 1736

p.iii

DEDICATION to the Edition of 1748-to the Earl of

Chesterfield

ADVERTISEMENT to the Edition of 1766.

p.vii

p.xii

LETTER from M. de Silhouette, to Cardinal Fleury- p.xiv

BOOK I,

OF THE NATURE AND END OF CIVIL AND

OF RELIGIOUS SOCIETY,

CHAP. I. The Occasion and Nature of this Discourse, p. 21

CHAP. II. Of the State of Nature; and the Establishment

of Society

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P. 24

CHAP. III. Of the natural Defects of Civil Society; and

the Necessity of applying Religion, to remedy those

Defects

p. 27

CHAP. IV. Of the Nature and End of Civil Society; and

the Causes of the common Mistakes concerning it, dis

covered and explained

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CHAP. V. Of the Nature and End of Religion

NOTES on the First Book

p. 41

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P. 55.

P. 76

BOOK II.

OF AN ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

CHAP. I. Of the Nature of that Union between Church

and State, which produces a Religion established by

Law

P. 80

CHAP. II. Of the Motives the State had to seek, and the

Church to accept, an Alliance

p. 89

. p. 105

CHAP. III. Of the reciprocal Terms and Conditions of

this Alliance

CHAP. IV. That the Christian Religion is, of all other,

best fitted for such an Alliance with the State as may

be most productive of their mutual advantage; and that

our own is the most perfect of all Christian Establish-

ments

CHAP. V. In which an Objection to the fundamental

Frinciples of this Alliance is removed -

p. 165

p. 208

p. 223

BOOK III.

OF A TEST-LAW.

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CHAP. I. Of the Origin and Use of a Test-law p. 240

CHAP. II. Of the Necessity and Equity of a Test-law, p. 246

CHAP. III. In which the Objections to the Equity and

Expediency of a Test-law are considered
p. 251

CHAP. IV. Of the mistaken Principles on which Writers

on this Subject have proceeded; the Mischiefs and Ab-

surdities that followed them; and the Remedies which

the Principles here laid down are able to supply, p. 281

CHAP. V. The Conclusion, in which the remaining Objec-

tions of both Parties are considered

NOTES on the Third Book

p. 288

P. 294

THE

ALLIANCE

BETWEEN

CHURCH AND STATE:

OR,

THE NECESSITY AND EQUITY

OF

AN ESTABLISHED RELIGION

AND

A TEST LAW

DEMONSTRATED.

IN THREE BOOKS.

True Faith, true Policy, UNITED ran;

That was, but love of God, and This, of Man.

POPE.

BOOK I.

OF THE NATURE AND END OF CIVIL AND OF RELIGIOUS SOCIETY.

BOOK II.

OF AN ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

BOOK III.

OF A TEST LAW.