TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. ALTERATION of Style in the review, Two points which the Editor wishes to establish, to wit, the excellency of the Dogmas and the insufficiency of the Precepts, The Compiler acknowledges the first, Passages showing the sufficiency of the Precepts-God one, and the object of supreme love, The authority of Paul quoted, inapplicable, Page. 145 145, 146 146 147 148 150 ib. 151 The contradiction between the indispensableness of the Doc trines and the sufficiency of the Precepts, 153 154 Justifying a selection as the substitute for the whole, The Precepts of Jesus practicable, Repentance the only means of forgiveness, CHAPTER II. Positions of the Reviewer, 155 Jesus receives all power from God, 156 Power given to Jesus as the Son of God, 157 The unity between God and Jesus, and between him and his He that hath seen the Son hath seen the Father, ib. 167 Jesus's disavowal of his own Deity, ib. The Jews charged Jesus only with calling himself the Son of God, 168 Page. The term "God" frequently applied to existences inferior The term "for ever" often applied to created beings, 170 171 Hindoos believe in one Godhead, consisting of numerous persons under it, · 172 Jesus performs wonderful works, which do not amount to equality with those of God, 173 CHAPTER III. The first position of the Editor, on the ubiquity of Jesus, 175 ib. viii. 58, xi. 8, ib. xi. 38; Matt. xxvi. 2; John xiii. 6, xvi. 32; Matt. The second position of the Editor, on the incomprehensibi Matt. xi. 28, [Prov. xxix. 17,] explained, The third position of the Editor, on Jesus forgiving sins in 182 The fourth position of the Editor, respecting the almighty Deut. xviii. 15, 18; Acts iii. 22, vii. 37, considered, Matt. xxvi. 42; Luke xxii. 32; John xii. 27, separately ex- plained, Matt. x. 40; John v. 23, separately explained, The fifth position of the Editor, respecting the judgment of the world by Jesus, Matt. iii. 9; Luke i. 37, From this the Editor infers his omniscience Mark xiii. 32, considered, John v. 26, 27, 30, considered, Page ib. 192 ib. 193 194 195 191-195 The sixth position of the Editor, respecting the worship Luke xvii. 15, 16; Matt. xiv. 33, xv. 25; Mark viii. 29; Luke xxiv. 19, John vi. 69, xx. 31; Matt. viii. 2, The worship paid to Jesus inferior to divine - Jesus himself worshipped the Father; Matt. vi. 9, xxvi. 53; Matt. xxviii. 18, considered, - Synonymous expressions employed by Mohummud and Mussulmans, notwithstanding, remain strict Monotheists, CHAPTER IV. Texts adduced in support of the atonement, explained, Luke iv. 43, ii. 47-49; John xvii. 8; Page John ix. 3; Mark xii. 1-9, considered, - xv. 21, 22, Whether Jesus suffered as God or as Man, for mankind, Jesus averse to the death of the cross, Matthew xxvi. 37, 39, 42, 43; Mark xiv. 36, considered, Luke xxii. 42, 44; John xii. 27; xi. 17, 18; Matt. xxvi. 53, 54, considered, ib. ib. 206 ib. ib. 207 The application of the term Saviour to Jesus a supposed proof of the atonement, 208 Obadiah 21; Nehemiah ix. 27; 2 Kings xiii. 5, considered, ib. John xv. 3, v. 24. vi. 63, considered, God declares Christ a Prophet equal to Moses, xxiii. 2, 3, Jesus was a perfect teacher of the divine will, ib. ib. ib. 210 ib. Matthew v. 21, 22, ib. v. 27, 28, 31, 32, 38, 39, 43-45, considered, God shows mercy for righteousness' sake, Genesis xxx. 27; Jeremiah xxvii. 18; Genesis xlviii. 16; Exodus xxiii. 20, 21, The Author offers no opinion on this doctrine CHAPTER V. 214 ib. Disputes ascribed to the different interpretations of the 215 Illiberality in supposing that the primitive Christians shed each other's blood from worldly motives, 216 Mosheim's Authority, Vol. I. pp. 419, 420, ib. Illiberal remarks may be equally applied to the Apostles and Martyrs, The cause of the final success of Alexandrians (afterwards called the Orthodox) over Arians, ib. Page Violent contentions between Roman Catholics and Protestants, 218 Matthew x. 34, explained by its contents, Difference between the peculiar Doctrines of the Gospel and the tenet of the existence of God, The miracles quoted by the Reviewer to show their importance, considered, John x. 37, 38, xiv. 11; Matthew xii. 39; John xx. 29, considered, The arguments adduced by the Reviewer in support of Chris- CHAPTER VI. Only one circumstance adduced in support of the Deity of the Spirit as a distinct person The association of the name of the Spirit with that of the xxi. 7, vi. 4; Psalm lvii. 3. 219 221 222 ib. 223 224 225 226 227 228 ib. 229 3; 2 Chron. xxiv. 18, 230 The bad consequences of supposing the Spirit to be a person - of God, Matt. i. 11, 20; Luke i. 35, 231 This opinion also inconsistent with the use of the term in 31; The Jews accuse Jesus of employing diabolical influence, Matt. xii. 24, 37, with context; and Mark iii. 29, 30, ex 234 ib. |