CHAPTER III.-SIN, OR MAN'S STATE OF APOSTASY,

273-357

I.-Every human being who has arrived at moral consciousness
has committed acts, or cherished dispositions, contrary to
the Divine Law,

296-298

II.- Every member of the human race, without exception, pos-
sesses a corrupted nature, which is a source of actual sin,
and is itself sin, ...

299-301

SECTION IV.-ORIGIN OF SIN IN THE PERSONAL ACT OF ADAM, 302-308
I. The Scriptural Account in Genesis,

302-304

1. Its General Character not Mythical or Allegorical, but
Historical,

302

2. The Course of the Temptation, and the resulting Fall, 302–304
II. Difficulties connected with the Fall, considered as the per-

sonal Act of Adam,.

304-308

1. How could a holy being fall?

304-305

2. How could God justly permit Satanic Temptation?--- 305–306
3. How could a Penalty so great be justly connected with
Disobedience to so slight a Command?

III. Consequences of the Fall- - so far as respects Adam,

306
306-308

1. Death,

306-307

A. Physical Death, or the Separation of the Soul
from the Body,

306-307

B. Spiritual Death, or the Separation of the Soul

from God,

307

2. Positive and formal Exclusion from God's Presence,.. 307-308
SECTION V.-IMPUTATION OF ADAM'S SIN TO HIS POSTERITY, 308-334
Scripture Teaching as to Race-sin and Race-responsibility, 308-310
I.-Theories of Imputation,

310-334

1. The Pelagian Theory, or Theory of Man's Natural
Innocence,

310-313

2. The Arminian Theory, or Theory of voluntarily appro-

priated Depravity,....

314-318

3. The New-School Theory, or Theory of uncondemnable

Vitiosity,.

318-322

4, The Federal Theory, or Theory of Condemnation by
Covenant,

322-325

5. Theory of Mediate Imputation, or Theory of Condem-
nation for Depravity, .......

325-328

6. Augustinian Theory, or Theory of Adam's Natural
Headship....

328-333

Exposition of Rom. 5: 12-19,

331-333

Tabular View of the various Theories of Imputation,

334

II. Objections to the Augustinian Theory of Imputation, ...

335-340

SECTION VI.-CONSEQUENCES OF SIN TO ADAM'S POSTERITY,
I.- Depravity,

340-355

340-345

PART VI.-SOTERIOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF SALVA-
TION THROUGH THE WORK OF CHRIST AND
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,..........

358-493

I.- Negative Preparation, in the History of the Heathen World, 358–359
II.- Positive Preparation, in the History of Israel,.........

359-360

SECTION II. THE PERSON OF CHRIST,

360-380

I.-Historical Survey of Views respecting the Person of Christ, 360–363

II. The two Natures of Christ, their Reality and Integrity,

364-368

A. The Theory of Gess and Beecher, that the Hu-
manity of Christ is a Contracted and Metamor-

phosed Deity,

370-372

B. The Theory of Dorner and Rothe, that the Union
between the Divine and the Human Natures is
not completed by the Incarnating Act,

SECTION III-THE TWO STATES OF CHRIST, -

3. The Real Nature of this Union,

I. The State of Humiliation, .....

1. The Nature of Christ's Humiliation,.

A. The Theory of Thomasius, Delitzsch, and Crosby,
that the Humiliation consisted in the Surrender

of the Relative Attributes,.

B. The Theory that the Humiliation consisted in the
Surrender of the Independent Exercise of the
Divine Attributes,

372-374

374-380

380-387

380-384

380-382

380-382

382

2. The Stages of Christ's Humiliation, .
Exposition of Philippians 2: 5-9,

382-384

384

II. The State of Exaltation,..

1. The Nature of Christ's Exaltation,
2. The Stages of Christ's Exaltation,

SECTION IV. THE OFFICES OF CHRIST,

I. The Prophetic Office of Christ,

1. The Nature of Christ's Prophetic Work,.

384-387

384-385

385-387

387-425

388-390

388

2. The Stages of Christ's Prophetic Work,

388-390

II- The Priestly Office of Christ,

390-424

1. Christ's Sacrificial Work, or the Doctrine of the Atone-
ment,

Humanity in Christ,.

Exposition of 2 Corinthians 5:21,....

D. Objections to the Ethical Theory of the Atonement, 418-421

CHAPTER II.- THE RECONCILIATION OF MAN TO GOD, OR THE AP-
PLICATION OF REDEMPTION THROUGH THE WORK

SECTION I.-THE APPLICATION OF CHRIST'S REDEMPTION, IN ITS

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

PREPARATION, -

I. Election,.

426-493

426-436

427-434

II.-Calling,

1. Proof of the Doctrine of Election,...

2. Objections to the Doctrine of Election,.

A. Is God's General Call Sincere?..

B. Is God's Special Call Irresistible?

SECTION II-THE APPLICATION OF CHRIST'S REDEMPTION, IN ITS

ACTUAL BEGINNING,

427-431

431-434

434-436

435-436

436

436-483

5. The Nature of the Change wrought in Regeneration,

4. Relation of Justification to God's Law and Holiness,

477-478

5. Relation of Justification to Union with Christ and the

Work of the Spirit,....

478-480

6. Relation of Justification to Faith,

480-482

7. Advice to Inquirers demanded by a Scriptural View of

Justification,

482-483

SECTION III. THE APPLICATION OF CHRIST'S REDEMPTION, IN

PART VII.- ECCLESIOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF THE

CHURCH,

494-553

CHAPTER I.- THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH, OR CHURCH

POLITY,

494-519

I.- Definition of the Church,..

494-497

1. The Church, like the Family and the State, is an Insti-
tution of Divine Appointment,.

496-497

2. The Church, unlike the Family and the State, is a
Voluntary Society,

497

A. Proof that the Government of the Church is
Democratic or Congregational,

504-506

B. Erroneous Views as to Church Government, re-
futed by the Scripture Passages,

507-509

IV. Relation of Local Churches to one another,....

517

1. The General Nature of this Relation is that of Fellow-
ship between Equals,

2. This Fellowship involves the Duty of Special Consulta-
tion with regard to Matters affecting the common In-
terest,...

3. This Fellowship may be broken by manifest Departures
from the Faith or Practice of the Scriptures on the
part of any Church,

CHAPTER II.—THE ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH,

517-519

517-518

518

518-519

520-553

A. The Command to Baptize is a Command to Im-
merse,

522-526

B. No Church has the Right to Modify or Dispense

with this Command of Christ,

526-527