terms of the divine revelation which he declared to the world. My aim has been to delineate the manner of his personal preaching so far as a comparison of the Gospels will supply its outline-by a practical examination of some of the principal features of his ministerial character.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE SCOPE OF CHRIST'S PROPHETICAL MISSION

Subordination of his prophetical character

Direct predictions of Christ as a prophet

Indirect predictions of Christ as a prophet

Testimony to their fulfilment in the person of

Christ

Rejection of his ministry by the Jews

Scope of his ministry confined to the Jews

Objects of his prophetical mission

Its adaptation to the wants of the age

Its fulfilment of the law and the prophets

Its declaration of the divine will

Practical reflections

1. The faithfulness of Christ in the prophetical

office

2. The new light in which God the Father is

represented through the medium of the Son

3. The manner in which the revelation of Christ

should be received

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4.5

4. Contrast between the ministerial character of

Christ and of other teachers

5. Danger of neglecting his doctrine

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CHAPTER II.

PECULIARITIES IN THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST,

INCIDENTAL TO HIS DIVINE NATURE
Contrast between the spirituality of Christ's mi-
nistry and that of other teachers

I. Unlimited communication of the Holy Spirit in

Christ's ministry

II. Unlimited power of Christ's ministry

III. Gift to his followers of progressively increasing

IV. Fulfilment of the ordinances of the law

V. Authority with which he spoke

Practical reflections

1. Necessity of prayer

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2. Want of success no reason for discouragement

3. Communication of spiritual blessings through

Christ

CHAPTER III.

PECULIARITIES IN THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST,

INCIDENTAL TO THE NOVELTY OF THE RE-

LIGION

Spirit of union cultivated in the Jewish religion

Prejudices which it would be necessary for Christ

to oppose

Misconception of his character and mission

Refutation of particular errors

Reference to Jewish writings and history

Inferior force of this evidence at the present time

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ib.

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104

107

Discrimination necessary in using scriptural terms

Silence of our Lord respecting idolatry—the sab-

bath-usury

Distinction to be made between Christ as a doc-

trinal preacher and as a moralist

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CHAPTER IV.

THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST 128

Situation of the world before his advent

Ignorance of the Jews

Ignorance of the heathens

Spirituality introduced by Christ

ib.

Sermon on the mount

Moral precepts learnt exclusively from the Gospel 139

Their effect on society

Spirituality of Christ contrasted with the Jews

Misapprehensions of the Jews

Misapprehensions of the disciples

Personal spirituality of Christ

Practical reflections

1. Necessity of spiritual feelings in the clergy

2. Necessity of spiritual obedience

3. Spirituality of mind the test of Christian cha-

racter

ib.

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THE GRADUAL TEACHING OF CHRIST

Argument from analogy

Prophecies preparatory to the advent of Christ

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ib.

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