TABLE OF CONTENTS. ALTERATION of Style in the Review - - - 1 Two points which the Editor wishes to establish, to wit, the excellency of the Dogmas and the insufficiency of the Pre- The Compiler acknowledges the first - - - ib. Rejects the second - - - - - th. Passages shewing the sufficiency of the Precepts—God one, and the object of supreme love - - - 4 The authority of Paul quoted, inapplicable - - 6 Justifying a selection as the substitute for the whole - ib. The Precepts of Jesus practicable - - - ib. The contradiction between the indispensableness of the Doc- trines and the sufficiency of the Precepts - - * 8 Repentance the only means of forgiveness - - 9 Positions of the Reviewer - - - - 11 Jesus receives all power from God - - - 12 Power given to Jesus as the Son of God - . - 13 The unity between God and Jesus, and between him and his God dwelleth in Jesus and he in God - - 19 Jesus considered distinct from God - - - 21 He that hath seen the Son hath seen the Father - *b. Definition of the unity between God and Jesus - 22 Jesus's disavowal of his own Deity - - - tb. The term “God” frequently applied to existences inferior to The term “for ever” often applied to created beings - Hindoos believe in one Godhead, consisting of numerous per- John iii. 13, viii. 58, explained - - - John xi. 8 - . - - - - - John xi. 38; Matt. xxvi. 2; John xiii. 6, xvi. 32; Matt. ii. 18, 15; John vi. 62 - - - - John xvi. 7, 5, 28, xiii. 36 - - - - Matt. xviii. 20, explained - - - - Luke xvi. 29 - - - - The second position of the Editor, on the incomprehensibility of the nature of Jesus - - - - Matt. xi. 27, explained - - - - John xiv. 16, 17 - - - - - Mark xiii, 32; Matt. xi. 28, explained - - Prov. xxix. 17, explained - - - - The third position of the Editor, on Jesus forgiving sins in an independent manner - - - - Mark ii. 5, 9, explained - - - - Acts v. 31, 32, xiii. 38 - - - - Luke xxiii. 34, xi. 4; Matt. vi. 14 - - - John v. 21–23, explained - - - John v. 19–36 - - - - - Deut. xviii. 15, 18; Acts ili. 22, vii. 37, considered Matt. xx. 23, xii. 28, xxvi. 39, considered - - Matt. xxvi. 42; Luke xxii. 32; John xii. 27, separately ex- plained - - - - - - ib. 32 34 ib. ib. 35 36 37 ib. ib. 38 ib, ib. 39 40 42 ib. Page Matt. x. 40; John v. 23, separately explained - 43 The fifth position of the Editor, respecting the judgment of the Daniel ii. 46; Matt. xviii. 26, considered - - 46 John iv. 24; Matt. iv. 10, xix. 17 - - 47 John ix. 31, 33, 38; Mark v. 7 - - - ib. Luke xvii. 15, 16; Matt. xiv. 33, xv. 25; Mark viii. 29; John vi. 69, xx. 31; Matt. viii. 2 - - - 49 The worship paid to Jesus inferior to divine - 45–49 Jesus himself worshiped the Father: Matt. vi. 9, xxvi. 53; John xvi. 26; Luke xxii. 41, 42; Mark xiv. 35, 36; Luke vi. 12, x. 21 ; John xi. 41; Matt. xxvii. 46; John The seventh position of the Editor, respecting the form of Baptism, Matt. xxviii. 19; Exod. xiv. 31 - - 51 Mohummud joins his own name with that of God in his form Matt. xxviii. 18, considered - - - 52 Synonymous expressions employed by Mohummud and Jesus 53 Moosulmans, notwithstanding, remain strict Monotheists 54 Texts adduced in support of the atonement, explained 55 Luke iv. 43, ii. 47–49; John xvii. 8 - - 56 The sufferings of Jesus, and of other Prophets, unaccountable, except as prophesied - - - - 57 Page The first inconsistent with the nature of God - - 59 The last inconsistent with justice - - - 60 Jesus averse to the death of the cross - - - ib. Matthew xxvi. 37, 39, 42, 43; Mark xiv. 36; Luke xxii. 42, 44; John xii. 27 - - - ib. Luke xi. 17, 18; Matt. xxvi. 53, 54, considered - 61 The application of the term Saviour to Jesus a supposed proof of the atonement - - - - - ib. Obadiah 21; Nehemiah ix. 27; 2 Kings xiii. 5, considered 62 Jesus is a Saviour from inculcating the word of God - ib. John xv. 3, v.24, vi. 63, considered - - 62, 63 God declares Christ a Prophet equal to Moses - 63 Matthew v. 7 - - - - - ib. Matthew xxiii. 2, 3 - - - - ib. Jesus was a perfect teacher of the Divine will - - 64 Matthew v. 21, 22 - - - - - ib. Matthew v. 27, 28, 31, 32, 38, 39, 43–45, considered, 64, 65 The term “Lamb of God” explained - - ib. Nature of Christ - - - - - 66 God shews mercy for righteousness' sake - - 67 Genesis xxx. 27; Jeremiah xxvii. 18; Genesis xlviii. 16; Exodus xxiii. 20, 21 - - - - ib. The Author offers no opinion on this doctrine - 68 CHAPTER W. Disputes ascribed to the different interpretations of the Dogmas 69 Illiberality in supposing that the primitive Christians shed each other's blood from worldly motives - - 70 Mosheim's Authority, Vol. I. pp. 419, 420 - 70, 71 Illiberal remarks may be equally applied to the Apostles and Martyrs - - - - - 71 The cause of the final success of Alexandrians (afterwards called the Orthodox) over Arians - - - 72 Violent contentions between Roman Catholics and Protestants ib. Matthew x, 34, explained by its contents - - 73 Difference between the peculiar Doctrines of the Gospel and the tenet of the existence of God - am - 74 |