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Title Page |
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Dedication |
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Foreword |
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INTRODUCTION.
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I. Theology. II. Sources of theology-Nature and Revelation. False sources-Creeds, Tradition, Mysticism, Reason, Christian consciousness, philosophy. III. Theology, can be systematized. IV. The method to be pursued in Systematic Theology.
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PART I. -- THEISM |
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CHAPTER I
-- THE EXISTENCE OP GOD |
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A. Definitions of God. B. Origin of the idea of God. C. Corroborating proofs of theism. I. Ontological argument. II. The Cosmological argument. III. The Teleological argument. IV. The Anthropological argument. 1. Constitution of man as a whole. 2. Argument from the existence of mind. 3. Argument from capacities and wants. 4. Argument from the moral nature.
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CHAPTER II -- ANTITHEISTIC THEORIES
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I. II. I. Atheism. II. Pantheism. III. Positivism. IV. Materialism.
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CHAPTER III -- ANTITHEISTIC THEORIES, CONCLUDED
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Secularism. VI. Agnosticism. 1. Lost
in their definitions. 2. God can be known. |
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PART II. -- THEOLOGY |
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CHAPTER I
-- BEING AND
PERSONALITY OF GOD |
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Being of God. Attributes. |
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CHAPTER II
-- DIVINE REVELATION
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I. Revelation is necessary. 1. Human reason insufficient. 2. Knowledge of Divine unity lost. 3. Knowledge of God's holiness lost. 4. Religion and morality divorced. 5. Assurance of immortality lost. Man could not discover, 1. The pardon of sin. 2. On what grounds. 3. Whether God would help him. 4. What is his destiny. II. Is a revelation probable? III. Is a supernatural revelation possible?
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CHAPTER III -- THEN MIRACLES
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I. The shallow sneer at miracles, but not the wise. II. Miracles admit of proof. Hume's argument worthless. Prof. G. P. Fisher's reply. There are false miracles.
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CHAPTER IV -- GENUINENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF SCRIPTURES
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I. The Old Testament. Seven evidences. II. The New Testament. Evidence from the fathers. Catalogues of the New Testament books. Different versions. III. The integrity of the Scriptures. I. The Canon.-Made by degrees. Scriptures could not be corrupted.-Variations in readings. Easily explained. IV. The Authenticity of Scriptures. Leslie's four rules. Applied to miracles. Michaelis' tests of a spurious book.
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CHAPTER V -- REVELATION AND
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Revelation and Inspiration defined. I. The proof of inspiration. II. The extent of inspiration. Theories of inspiration. Plenary theory. Verbal theory. Essential inspiration. Dynamical theory. Moral inspiration. III. The degree of inspiration. 1. Superintendence. 2. Elevation. 3. Suggestions. 4. Mechanical inspiration. IV. Difficulties and objections. Discrepancies. Inaccurate quotations. Closing remarks.
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CHAPTER VI
-- AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURES
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1. Miracles. 2. Prophecy. Jesus foretold. 3. Internal evidence. 4. Harmony with nature. 5. Remedial. 6. Meets test of Conscience. 7. Teaches perfect morality. 8. Highest inspiration to man. 9. Stimulates faculties. 10. Ennobles man. 11. Restrains him. 12. Redeems. 13. Empowers/ 14. Blessed influence.
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CHAPTER VII -- HIGHER CRITICISM
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I. Its fountain. II. Its underlying
purpose. III. Their methods and ruling hypotheses. Brazen assumption
of a monopoly of scholarship. Their disagreements. |
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CHAPTER VIII -- HIGHER CRITICISM, CONTINUED
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IV. Results. Infidelity and immorality in schools and in pulpits. Doctrinal results in Germany. Spiritual effects. Germany. England. United States. V. Eight fallacies of the critics. Overthrown by Archaeology. The Bible vindicated against the infidel critics. The most dangerous infidels of all the Christian centuries.
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CHAPTER IX -- THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
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Classification. Natural and Moral. Hodge's classification. Miley's. I. Omniscience. Errors. II. Divine sensibility. 1. Holiness. 2. Justice. 3. Love of God. 4. Mercy. 5. Truth. III. Omnipotence.
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CHAPTER X -- DIVINE PREDICABLES. NOT DISTINCTLY ATTRIBUTES
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I. Eternity. Dr. Charles Hodge, "With God duration is an eternal now." Dr. Miley's "There is no such thing." Wakefield, "Contradicts Scripture." Fairchild: "No finite thought to eternal now." Succession of time is a rational necessity with God as with us. II. Unity of God. The only self-existent One. Whatever the Trinity implies must be consistent with unity of being. Evidence of divine unity. 1. Metaphysical argument. 2. Evidences in creation. 3. No rational requirement of more than one God. III. Omnipresence of God. It means His existence everywhere by His essential being. He fills all space. Everywhere equally present. Miley in a long argument denies: God's personality is confined to one place: only by His knowledge and power He reaches all. 1. The Scriptures and theologians are against Dr. Miley. 2. Wherever God's power creates or works there His essence must be. 3. So of His Providence. "He upholds all things," but is above all. IV. The Immutability of God. This refers to His nature and moral principles. His character will not change. He will govern with the steady hand of unerring wisdom.
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CHAPTER XI -- GOD IN TRINITY |
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I. The Unitarians snee "Three Gods". No contradiction between Unity and Trinity. Trinity in Scripture. Trinity in creeds. All divine attributes ascribed to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Errors respecting trinity. 1. Sabellianism. 2. Arianism. 3. Socinianism. 4. Swedenborgianism. Illustrations of trinity. A. The Son of God. I. Sonship. II. Deity of the Son. 1. Titles. 2. Attributes. 3. Divine works. 4. Worshiped. B. The Holy Spirit. I. Personality. II. Deity of the Spirit. 1. Names. 2. Perfections. 3. Works. 4. Worshiped. Thus a Trinity.
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CHAPTER XII -- GOD IN CREATION
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I. Theories of Origin of Universe. II. Intelligence in matter. III. Scriptural Doctrine. Immediate and Mediate creation. The Inorganic era. The Organic era. IV. Evolution. 1. Naturalistic evolution. 2. Theistic evolution. 3. Evolution unproved. Evidences against the theory. Biology gives no better support than geology. Everything brings forth after its kind. The gulf of separation between man and animals bridgeless. The greatest scientists against the theory. Virchow calls evolution clubs "Bubble clubs." Haeckel's disgrace.
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CHAPTER XIII -- GOD IN PROVIDENCE
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1. Affirmed in Bible. 2. Universal. 3. Absolute in matter. 4. Not changeless in matter. 5. Not continuous creation. 6. An inference from power and wisdom of God. 7. Occasionalism. 8. Providence and lower animals. 9. Providence and moral beings. 10. Part of His kingdom not controlled by Omnipotence. Providence and sin. God does not foreordain whatsoever comes to pass. Fairchild's words. 12. Providence and freedom. 13. Implied in personality of God. 14. Infidelity objects to providence.
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PART III. -- ANTHROPOLOGY
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The Origin of Man: His Fall: Consequent Ruin of the Race.
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CHAPTER I -- ORIGIN AND UNITY OF MAN
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I. The Origin of Man. Three theories. Miley on evolution. II. Time of Man's origin. 1. Wild speculations of scientists. 2. No necessary conflict with the Bible. Bible genealogy and chronology uncertain. Language variations and race variations. Unity of origin. Effects of climate. 3. Defence of the view. Seven arguments.
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CHAPTER II -- PRIMITIVE MAN
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I. Genesis story literal. II. Constituent nature of man, Dichotomic and Trichotomic. III. Primitive man constituted as now. Suffering was possible. Perfect memory. IV. Bore the image of God. 1. Intellect. 2. Sensibility. 3. Freedom of will. Question is, Is man a free moral agent? Consciousness says, "yes." He 'is free in forming his choice.
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CHAPTER III -- MAN'S MORAL AGENCY |
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I. Schemes of Necessity. 1. Fatalism. 2. Mechanical theory. 3. Materialism. 4. Pantheism. 5. Theory that refers everything to God. 6. Calvinistic doctrine of predestination and divine sovereignty and monergism. 7. The Calvinistic doctrine that choice must be as the strongest motive. II. President Edwards' theory. Edwards' errors. Miley's criticism. Finney's. Edwards' untenable distinctions-Natural ability and moral ability, and natural and moral inability. Natural ability is identical with freedom of the Will. III. Charles Hodge's doctrine. "Man has no power of contrary choice." He must act according to the motives, inclination, character, etc. "It is fixed from all eternity how a man will act." His "certainty" is nothing but necessity and fatalism.
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CHAPTER IV -- THE TRUE THEORY OF MORAL FREEDOM
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IV. The rational theory. 1. Motive
defined. The choice not as the strongest motive. The will determines
the motive. 2. Nature of choice. 3. The true freedom. How man may
differ from an animal. Power of suspension of choice to have time
for reflection. A matter of consciousness that we have power over
motive states. This makes a noble life possible. Conscience and
moral reason are realities. V. Proofs of free moral agency nine. VI.
Irresistible inferences to be drawn. 1. There is no moral inability.
2. The term "gracious ability" a mistake. Finney's strictures.
Unanswerable. Daniel Steele's matchless argument. |
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CHAPTER V -- PRIMITIVE HOLINESS AND PROBATION
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I. Nature of Adamic holiness. II. Proofs of primitive holiness. Mistakes of both Augustine and Pelagius. III. Elements of primitive holiness. 1. Romish views. 2. True Doctrine. IV. The primitive probation. 1. Natural and reasonable. 2. Complete ability for obedience. 3. Why was SIN permitted? V. The probationary law. VI. The probation fair.
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CHAPTER VI -- THE FALL
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I. Circumstances of the fall. 1. Agency. 2. The method. 3. The penalty. The kind of death. 4. Race-wide consequence. II. Man free to fall. III. How holy beings sin. IV. Why God permitted the fall. The fall and redemption. V. The fall of angels involved the same principles.
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CHAPTER VII -- EFFECT OF THE FALL UPON THE RACE
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I. Original Sin. The absurd doctrine of Imputation. Fairchild and Finney on Imputation. Daniel Steele. Leads to Antinomianism. Fletcher's "Creed of Antinomians." Doctrine of Plymouth Brethren. Depravity real. Finney's peculiar view of moral depravity. Depravity defined. Not depravity but men make themselves sinners. Not "born sinners." No such thing as a sinful nature, in the sense of being blameworthy. "The stronghold of Universalism," and of "Calvinism." Summary.
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CHAPTER VIII -- PROOFS OF NATIVE DEPRAVITY
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1. Scripture. 2. Universal need of justification. 3. Universal need of regeneration. 4. Universal sin. 5. Universal tendency to sin. Efforts to deny depravity. Depravity is not guilt. Guilt defined. 6. Universality of death. 7. Slow progress of gospel agencies. Cheap denial of depravity!
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CHAPTER IX -- PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF DEPRAVITY
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I. Supralapsarian Calvinistic Theory. II. Imputation Theory. III. Sin in pre-existent life. IV. Realistic Mode of Adamic Sin. Reflects on God and mocks reason. "Fooleries!" V. A lower form of realism. VI. The representative mode of Adamic guilt. There was no such Federal Headship. Other strictures. The doctrine against the Convicting work of Spirit.
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CHAPTER X -- GENETIC LAW OF DEPRAVITY
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I. Definition. 1. Sufficient account of depravity. 2. Sufficiency of the law. 3. Must be the true law. II. Doctrine of native demerit. Arminianism vs. Calvinism. Definitions of actual sin. III. The state of infants. Godbey's prenatal justification, regeneration and sanctification. Baptismal regeneration of babes taught by Augustine--a terrible legacy. All infants saved by Christ. IV. Theological Inconsistencies of Methodist writers.
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