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THE DEFENCE OF PROFESSOR BRIGGS
OF
Charles Augustus
PROFESSOR BRIGGS
1
BEFORE
THE PRESBYTERY OF NEW YORK
December 13, 14, 15, and 19, 1892
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1893
COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
CONTENTS
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
(1) A court of Jesus Christ; (2) The character of the argument of
the prosecution; (3) The serious charges not offered for proba-
tion; (4) The unlawful use of the proofs from Holy Scripture
and the Standards; (5) The contempt of court in the argument
upon Charges IV. and VII.; (6) The neglect of the Standards of
the Church; (7) The evidence from the writings of the defend-
ant; (8) The prosecution have no case,
PAGES
vii-xx
I. THE RULE OF FAITH.
(1) Dangerous errors; (2) A double rule; (3) System of doctrine;
(4) The Constitution a compact; (5) The right of making ex-
planations,
1-21
II. IS THE BIBLE THE ONLY FOUNTAIN OF DIVINE AUTHORITY?
(1) Analysis of Charges I. and II.; (2) The evidence offered by the
prosecution from Holy Scripture tested; (3) Their evidence from
the Westminster Standards reviewed,
21-44
III. THE REASON.
(1) The Westminster doctrine; (2) The Biblical doctrine; (3) The evi-
dence from Christian experience; (4) The case of Martineau,
45-67
IV. THE CHURCH.
(1) The Westminster doctrine; (2) The Biblical doctrine; (3) The
testimony of Christian experience; (4) The case of Newman ;
(5) The case of Spurgeon; (6) Do we co-ordinate the Bible, the
Church, and the Reason?
67-83
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