A Philosophical Commentary on These Words of the Gospel, Luke 14:23, “Compel Them to Come In, That My House May Be Full”. Pierre Bayle

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Reflection on the Laws of Moses.

       The Importance and Necessity of consulting the Light of Nature.

       That the Roman Catholicks are led into it again after all their wide Circuits.

Chapter II. First Argument against the Literal Sense of the Words, Compel ’em to come in, drawn from its Repugnancy to the distinctest Ideas of natural Light.

       Acts of Religion purely external can’t please God.

       In what consists Religion.

       Violence is incapable of inspiring Religion.

Chapter III. Second Argument against the Literal Sense, drawn from its Opposition to the Spirit of the Gospel.

       The Gospel has bin vouch’d by natural Light.

       The Excellency of the Gospel above the Law of Moses.

       Mildness was the principal Character of Jesus Christ.

       Injurious Consequence to Jesus Christ, from the Sense of Constraint put upon his Words.

Chapter IV. The Third Argument against the Literal Sense, drawn from its cancelling the Differences of Justice and Injustice, and its confounding Vertue and Vice, to the total Dissolution of Society.

       Confutation of those who say, a King may quarter his Soldiers on whom he pleases.

       And of those who say, that the Hugonots have disobey’d Edicts.

       A Right to constrain is the total Subversion of the Decalogue.

       The reciprocal Ravage of different Partys, and the continual Source of Civil Wars.

Chapter V. The Fourth Argument against the Literal Sense, drawn from its giving Infidels a very plausible and very reasonable Pretence for not admitting <viii> Christians into their Dominions, and for dislodging ’em wherever they are settled among ’em.

       All People are oblig’d to give those a hearing who promise to discover to ’em the true Religion.

       A Supposition of the Demand which the Emperor of China ought to make from the Pope’s Missionarys.

       And of their Answer.

       A Confutation of those who might say, there wou’d be no necessity of letting the Emperor of China know, that Jesus Christ had commanded Restraint.

       The infamous Reflection on Christianity, in case this Order were conceal’d till the proper time for its Execution.

Chapter VI. The fifth Argument against the Literal Sense, drawn from the Impossiblity of putting it in execution without unavoidable Crimes. That it’s no Excuse to say, Hereticks are punish’d only because they disobey Edicts.

       A general Draught of the Crimes complicated in the last Persecution.

       A Case of Conscience to propose to the Confessors of those who dragoon the Protestants.

       Sins of the Churchmen in this Persecution.

       Confutation of those who might say, they cou’d not foresee these Disorders; and that tho Jesus Christ foresaw them, he commanded this Doctrine to be preach’d.

       And of those who say, that the Success of Dragooning is a Reparation for the Mischief of it.

       And of those who say, they have only put the Laws in execution against the Disobedient.

       Necessary Conditions of a Law.

       An essential Defect of Power in Sovereigns, to make Laws in Matters of Religion.

       An Instance against the Opponents, taken from some Laws of the Great Duke of Muscovy, &c.

Chapter VII. The Sixth Argument against the Literal Sense, drawn from its depriving the Christian Religion of a main Objection against the Truth of Mahometism.

       <ix> Mr. Diroys’s Reasoning against the Mahometans, turn’d upon the Papists.

Chapter VIII. The seventh Argument against the Literal Sense, drawn from its being unknown to the Fathers of the three first Centurys.

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