Θ THEOPHANY; OR, THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD IN THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND MISSION OF JESUS CHRIST. BY REV. ROBERT TURNBULL, AUTHOR OF "THE GENIUS OF SCOTLAND, ""PULPIT ORATORS OF FRANCE 1 STEREOTYPE EDITION. HARTFORD: BROCKETT, FULLER, AND CO. NEW YORK;-CARTER AND BROTHERS. L. COLBY. E. H. FLETCHER. M DCCC XLIX. C 1368, 13 1984 MARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 1864, Mar, 19. Gift of ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, By Robert Turnbull, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Connecticut. STEREOTYPED BY PRINTED BY CASE, TIFFANY AND CO., HARTFORD, CONN. ΤΟ THE REV. JOEL HAWES, D. D., AND THE CIRCLE OF CLERGYMEN WITH WHOM THE AUTHOR IS ACCUSTOMED, SO PROFITABLY AND PLEASANTLY, TO MEET IN WEEKLY CONFERENCE, THIS VOLUME, IN ILLUSTRATION AND DEFENCE OF SOME OF THE CARDINAL TRUTHS OF OUR COMMON CHRISTIANITY, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. 1 PREFACE. THE object of the following work is not polemical, but practical. Still, we have endeavored, within the limits assigned us, to make the discussion as thorough as possible, taking nothing for granted, but proving our positions step by step, by a reference to the facts and teachings of God's Word, or the obvious nature and reason of things. We have entered somewhat into the consideration of questions which are occupying the attention of the theological world, but not, we trust, in a narrow or disputatious spirit. Our views of the Incarnation and Atonement of Christ, may be found, in some features, peculiar, though not differing, in any essential particular, from those usually styled orthodox. It has been our aim to clear away from this subject some popular misconceptions and misstatements, and to place it, if possible, upon a scriptural and defensible basis. How far we have succeeded in this, others must decide. We have intermingled with all our reasonings, practical views and appeals; for we are anxious not only to convey clear ideas to the intellect, but to exert a good influence upon the heart. Indeed, our principal hope is, that the work may prove useful to sincere inquirers after truth, leading them to Him who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. The term Theophany, ordinarily applied to designate the appearances or manifestations of God, in human form, under the ancient dispensations, seemed yet more appropriate to that most perfect and glorious manifestation of himself in the person of Jesus Christ. It has, therefore, been adopted as the general title of the book, being expressive of the leading idea which it is designed to set forth and establish. The first part of the work contains a rapid sketch of the principal incidents in our Saviour's life, in order to exhibit the great truth of "God manifest in the flesh," in its historical aspects. |