3. Soul not a Chain of Ideas and Exercises. Gen. ii, 7................. 24 iii. Chief End of Man. 1 Cor. X, 31...... 25 II. Of Providence : 1. Probation of Man. Gen. ii, 15—17.............. 26 II. Temptation.. Gen. iii, 1.6......... 27 28 III. S IV. Sentence. Gen. iii, 14–19........... V. Depravity of Man : 1. Its Universality: i. Proved from Revelation and from Facts. 29 ii. Proved from Man's Rejection of the 30 II. Its Degree. Eccles. viii, 2......................................... 31 III. Its Derivation: from Adam. Rom. v, 20. 32 33 34 B. DOCTRINES PECULIAR TO THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION; OR THE MEDIATORIAL SYSTEM. a. THE CHARACTER OF JESUS CHRIST, THe Mediator: I. He is the True and Perfect God : I. He is spoken of as such in the Scriptures: 1. The Names of God are there given him. 35 II. The Attributes, of God are there ascribed said to be sustained by Him. v. Divine Worship is there re-Rom. viii, 3, 4. 37 quired to be rendered, and is actually rendered to Him.... II. The Deity of Christ is the only b. THE COVENANT, UNDER WHICH CHRIST ACTED: THAT II. The Things which he Taught. John IV. The Consequences of his Preaching. John II. His Preaching by his Apostles: 1. The Fact, that they Preached the Gospel of III. The Things which they (Mark xvi, iii. In his Self-Government. Heb. vii, 26. 52 II. Its Importance: i. To the Distinction of his ii. To enable Him to mag nify the Law of God... iii. To give the necessary SERM. Heb.vii, 26. 53 iv. To his setting before Men an Example IV. His Atonement: II. Its Necessity. III. Its Reality............ Rom. iii, 24-26. 56 57 IV. The Manner in which it was performed. v. Its Extent........... VI. Objections answered. Rom. iii, 24-26..... III. His Kingly Office. Eph. i, 20-22... d. THE MIRACLES OF CHRIST. Acts ii, 22.... ......... 59 60 e. The Resurrection of CHRIST. Acts iii, 15.........61, 62 f. THE AMIABLENESS OF CHRIST IN PUBLISHING THE GOSPELTO MANKIND. Isa.lii, 7. 63 g. THE CONSEQUENCES OF CHRIST'S MEDIATION: I. Justification: I. The Nature; or in what it consists II. The Source: the Free Grace of Rom. iii, 24. 64 God................ II. The Means: Faith in Christ: 1. Duty of believing. Rom. iii, 28................. 65 II. Nature of Faith. Rom. iii, 28.............. III. Influence of Faith in our Justification. VI. Justification by Faith does not lessen the II. Regeneration: I. The Agent in effecting it; THF HOLY GHOST: III. His Agency. Tit. iii, 5............... 72 SERM. V. Its Antecedents. Acts xvi, 29, 30............ 22-24..... iii. Its Consistency with providing pecu- liarly for our own. 1 Tim. v, 8. iv. Its Consistency with our seeking Sal- vation. Rom. ii, 6, 7............... II. Sanctification. 1 Thess. v, 23................. I. What are not Evidences. 2 Cor. xiii, 5.... II. What are real Evidences. 2 Cor. xiii, 5. SYSTEM OF DUTIES. A. DUTIES OF NATURAL RELIGION. a. CHARACTER OF THE LAW OF GOD. Psalm xix, 7.... b. IN WHAT IT IS SUMMED UP: II. The Second Great Commandment: 1. What it requires. Mark xii, 31 II. Its Effects: i. On Personal Happiness. Acts xx, 35. 98 II. In the Decalogue: SERM. Ex. xx, 3................ 100 1. The Perpetuity of the Sabbath II. The Change... Ex. xx, 8—11) III. Objections answered. Heb. iv, 9. |