* * * * * APPENDIX. In which the AUTHOR'S NOTION concerning the Possibility of a Man's attaining to the true Knowledge of GOD, and Things necessary to Salvation, without the Use of external Means, is briefly consider'd. By SIMON OCKLEY, M.A. _Vicar of_ Swanesey _in_ Cambridgshire. _LONDON_, Printed in the Year, 1708. * * * * * [Illustration 8] * * * * * THE CONTENTS Sec. 1, 2. _The Occasion and Design of this Discourse_. Sec. 3, 4, 5. _God's way of teaching his People was by Prophets_. Sec. 6, 7. _Prophecy not attain'd by any Applicatian or Industry, but depended upon the positive Will of God_. Sec. 8. _And, consequently the_ Vision of God, _or beholding the Divine Being, which is superior to Prophesying, cannot be so attain'd._ Sec. 9. _That it was never mention'd as attainable, nor the Search of it recommended by the Prophet_ Moses, Sec. 10. _Nor any other Prophets that succeeded him_. Sec. 11. _What was not enjoyed in the early Times of Christianity, when the Gifts of the Spirit were more plentifully poured out, cannot be expected now._ Sec. 12. _But such A Power, whereby a Man might (without external Helps) attain to the true Knowledge of God, and Things necessary to Salvation, was no where promis'd by our Saviour_. Sec. 13. _Nor enjoyed by devout Persons in the first times of the Gospel; which is prov'd from the Example of the_ Eunuch. Sec. 14. _And_ Cornelius. Sec. 15. _The whole Tenour of the Apostles Doctrine forbids us to expect the_ Vision of God _in this Life._ Sec. 16. _From all which is inferr'd, that those Scriptures, which speak of the plentiful Effusion of the Spirit in the Gospel Times, are misunderstood by Enthusiasts_. Sec. 17. _Why we are not to expect Prophets now_. Sec. 18. _If these things be denied to Christians, they are not to be found amongst_ Heathens _or_ Mahometans. Sec. 19, 20, 21, _The Enthusiasm of our Author and others censured_ Sec. 23. _Conclusion_. * * * * * _APPENDIX, &c_.