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CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND.

OF THE USE OF SACRED HISTORY, AS ILLUSTRATING

AND CONFIRMING THE GREAT DOCTRINES OF RE-

VELATION.

SECT. I. On the Being and Unity of God.-His Be-

ing must be matter of Faith.-His Unity demon-

ftrated;-from his wonderful Works, for the de-

liverance of his people ;-from the Judgments ex-

ecuted on the gods of the Heathen ;-from the Ac-

complishment of Prophecy ;-from the answer of

Prayer-from his Faithfulness to his Church ;--

from the whole work of Redemption;-from his

Operations on the Heart,
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SECT. II. The doctrine of the Holy Trinity,-Pro-

ved from the Hiftory of the Creation-of the

Fall;-of the Confufion of Tongues-of Redemp-

SECT. III. Of the Wisdom of God.-Of his Power.

-Of that character, the Lord of Hofts, 55

SECT. IV. Of the Holiness of God.-Of his Juftice,

as manifefted in the Threatening and Curfe of the

Law-in the Antediluvian Hiflory;-in the De-

luge-in the Deftruction of the Cities of the

Plain;-in the Refemblance between Sin and Pu-

nifhment;—in the Mofaic Economy ;-in the Suf-

ferings of the Meffiab,

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SECT. V. On Divine Juftice, in vifiting the Iniqui-
ties of Fathers upon their Children;-Children

punished for the fins of Parents.-Parents punish-

ed in their Children.-Iniquity vifited on those ef-

pecially who continue in the wicked courfes of

their Progenitors.-Some fins more remarkably

vifited on fucceeding generations, than others.-

This vifitation extends farther than to temporal

punishments-Something in human conduct analo-

gous to this procedure of Divine Justice.-Objec-

tions answered,
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SECT. VI. On the Deftruction of the Nations of Ca-

naan.-Preliminary Obfervations.This Punish-

ment confiftent with Divine Juftice ;-Contained a

fignal difplay of Wisdom, and even of Goodness.-

Objections answered,

SECT. VII. On Divine Sovereignty ;-in Creation;

in the Management of the Natural World ;-in

the time appropriated to the Worship of God;-

in the permiffion of the Entrance of Sin ;-in the

frame of the Covenant of Works ;-in God's con-

duct towards Angels ;-in the Choice of Ifrael;

in the Diftinction of Nations with respect to ex-

ternal Means of Salvation,
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SECT. VIII. On Divine Sovereignty in the Divi-

fion of Canaan ;-the Treatment of the Tribes of

Ifrael;-the choice of a Place of Worship ;-the

employment of Means and Inftruments of Judg-

ment or Mercy ;-the Diftribution of Gifts ;-the

Management of our Lot;-the Afflictions of the

Children of God;-with respect to earthly King-

doms-in relation to the Church.-Severe Judg

ments inflicted for the denial of this Perfec-

SECT. IX. Of Divine Providence.-General Obfer-

vations. A particular, Providence proved, from

the Means employed by God ;-from, the concate-

nation of Circumftances;-the Seafon of Opera-

tion; the Difcovery of Secret Sin;-the Re-

femblance between Sin and Punishment; the

choice of Inftruments for punishing Iniquity 3-

the Circumftances of Punishment. Events of a

Contingent Nature,
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SECTX. The Natural Depravity of Man.-Ex-

ample infufficient to account for the Symptoms or

Univerfality of Human Corruption.-This proved

to be natural, from its early appearance ;-from

the Hiftory of Seth ;-from the Names given to

the Antediluvian Patriarchs ;-from the Death

of Children ;-from the Circumftances which al-

lude to the manner in which Sin is tranfmit-

SECT. XI. The Incarnation of the Son of God.-

His frequent Appearance in the likeness of Man

a Prelude of this.-Prefigured by the Smoking

Furnace and Burning Lamp ;-the Burning Bufh;

-Jacob's Ladder-the Cloud of Glory.-Re-

Spected in the Rights of Primogeniture ;-Law of

the Levirate;-Circumcifion ;-Patriarchal Mode

of Swearing-Abftinence from the Sinew that

SECT. XII. The Miraculous Conception, illuftrated

from the Hiftory of Melchizedeck;—from va-

rious inftances of Conception, beyond the ordinary

courfe of Nature ;-from the Laws given to If-

rael concerning Virginity,

SECT. XIII. Ön Subftitution and Atonement.—The

Doctrine of Subftitution, known to the Church

from the beginning.- Impofition of Hands on the

Head of the Victim.-The Victim legally fubject-

ed to the Curfe.-Atonement made by Blood.-

Confirmed by Sacrifice.-In this the Worship of

the Church especially confifted.-The Ceremonial

Inftitute, even by its Defects, directed to a better

Atonement:-This prefigured by the Mercy-Seat.

-The Hiftory of the true Expiation, contained

in the New Testament,
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SECT. XIV. The Doctrine of Imputation illuftrated,

-from the Raiment provided for our First Pa-

rents after the Fall;-from the Guilty being

legally accounted Innocent, in confequence of ce-

monial Atonement-from the ancient Custom of

Feafting on the Sacrifice ;-from the manner in

which Salvation was conferred on Believers un-

der the Old Teftament,
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SECT. XV. The Neceffity of Almighty Power for

changing the Heart, illuftrated from the Hiftory

of Creation-from the Inefficacy of the fevereft

Judgments-from the History of the promifed

Seed-from the nature of the Victories ob-

tained by Ifrael;-from their being still taught

to depend folely on God ;-from fome Circumftan-

ces attending the rebuilding of the Temple ;-from

the perfonal Ministry of Jefus,
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