INDEX.

CHAPTER I.

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THANKS to the Reverend Editor for his labors

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Author's Vindication of himself from the charge of presumption
Necessity has driven the Author to these publications

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ib.

sus," in proof of this

Author's precaution in the Second Appeal

Quotation of a part of" The Introduction to the Precepts of Je

Quotation of some parts of the First Appeal

The assertion of the Editor as to his ignorance of the Author's belief

Author's public avowal of his faith

Author's vindication of himself from the charge of vanity Unbiassed common sense suffices to find the unscripturality of the Trinity

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Experiment proposed

The Editor's ridiculing of the suggestion offered as to the study of the Bible

The reason assigned for his disapproval of the suggestion Impossibility of a belief in the Trinity and Hindoo Polytheism, unless inculcated in youth

No liberal parent can take advantage of the confiding credulity
of his children; The duties of liberal parents
The force of early-acquired prejudices

ib.

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ib.

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Traditional instructions inculcated in childhood one of the caus-
es of prevailing errors in Christianity
The Editor's ironical remarks on the success of the Author in
scriptural studies, noticed

The reason assigned by the Editor, for his omission of several arguments in the Second Appeal, noticed

The Editor's position of the insufficiency of the Precepts of Jesus to procure men salvation, noticed

ib.

The irregular mode of arguing adopted by the Editor
The sufficiency of the Precepts of Jesus for salvation proved
Mark xii. 29, "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,"

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Matt. vii. 24, "Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine," referred to

ib.

John xv. 10, "If ye keep my commandments," &c. and v. 14; Matt. xxv. 31, et. seq. referred to The argument adduced by the Editor to depreciate the weight of the passage, "This do, and thou shalt live," examined The Editor's question "Did Jesus regard the lawyer as sinless?" answered

ib.

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The verse "If righteousness came by [the] law," &c. explained 23 The Editor's omission to notice those passages that represent repentance as a sufficient means for procuring pardon Luke v. 32, xxiv. 47, xiii. 3, referred to The parable of the prodigal son, referred to

Psalın li. 17, "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit," &c.
Ezek. xviii, 30, referred to

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ib.

Prov. xvi. 6, "By mercy and truth iniquity is purged," &c.
Isaiah i. 18; Human justice, referred to

ib.

CHAPTER II.

Inquiry into the doctrine of the Christian Atonement.—A change of arrangement by the Editor

Gen. iii. 15, "I will put enmity between thee and the woman,”
&c. examined

Gen. iv. 4, "The sacrifice offered by Abel, and approved of
God, in preference to his brother Cain's, examined
John viii. 56; Heb. xi. 26, noticed; Heb. xi. 4, referred to
How far sacrifices are divine institutions

ib.

Hosea vi. 6, Isaiah i. 11,[16—18,] Psalm 1. 8, [8—15,] referred to 32 [1] Sam. xv. 22; Prov. xxi. 3; Eccl. v. 1, referred to

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In what sense such expressions as "This man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins," and others like them, should be tak

ib.

en

Common notions of justice; Exod. xx. 5; Matt. xviii. 8, referred to 35 Numb. xiv. 19, 20; 2 Chron. xxx. 18-20; Psalm cvi. 23, xxxii.

Psalm cxli. 2; Isaiah lv. 7; Jer. vii. 21-23, referred to

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Heb. x. 4, "It is not possible that the blood of bulls," &c. examined

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ib.

Gen. xxii. 3, [13,]; Heb. x. 5, referred to

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The death of Jesus was a spiritual and virtual sacrifice
Such terms as the "sacrifice," "atonement for sin," &c. being
familiar to the Jews, were adopted by the apostles
Priesthood without sacrifice exists under the Christian dispen-
sation

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1 Peter ii. 4, 5, quoted in proof of spiritual sacrifices
Rev. i. 6, xx. 6; 1 Peter v. 5, referred to
Protestants explain such phrases as, "Unless ye eat his flesh,"
&c. in a spiritual sense

The Editor's reference to Noah's sacritice, and God's promise
to Abraham, and his quoting Job, [xix. 25,] “I know that my
Redeemer liveth," &c. examined

Matt. v. 8, 11, Luke xi. 28, referred to

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"But I

Isaiah lxiii. 16, 1x. 16; Job xix. 24-26 referred to
The sense in which the application of the term "Lamb" is made
to Jesus, discussed
John xxi. 15; Luke x. 3; Gen. xxii. 7, 8; Jer, xi. 19,
was like a Lamb," &c. referred to
The account of the scape-goat, examined
Exod. xxviii. 38, referred to .

Psalm ii. 1, compared with Acts iv. [25, 26,] and Psalm xvi. 8— 11, compared with Acts ii. 25, 27, &c. &c. noticed as bearing no relation to the vicarious sacrifice of Jesus

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Psalm xl. 6-8, examined by referring to their context
The object of Jesus's mission was to deliver divine instructions 49
John x. 17, "Therefore doth my Father love me," &c. examined ib.
Jesus's aversion to death like many other prophets

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Matt. xxvi. 36, [37-39,] 42, referred to

ib.

Mark xiv. 36; Luke xxii. 42-44, referred to

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The assertion of the Editor that "This iniquity, if it be such, the Father willed," examined

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The Editor's objection to the application of human notions of justice to judge the unsearchable things of God, examined. 53 The Editor's applying human notions of justice to Divine things 54 The orthodox divines, like the Editor, have recourse to human notions of justice in their attempt to prove the atonement of Christ Examination of Isaiah vii. 14, deferred to the subsequent chapter 50 Isaiah xi. [3] "And he shall make him of quick understanding," &c. examined; Isaiah xix. 19, 20, noticed.

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ib.

The Editor's attempt to prove the atonement from the applica-
tion of the term "Saviour" to Jesus, examined
Matt. ix. 8; John v. 24, vi. 63, xv. 3, referred to

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Answer to the question, "When previously to Christ's coming,

did the Egyptians cry to Jehovah ?" &c.

Isaiah xxxv. 10,

"The ransom of the Lord," &c. examined

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ib.

ib.

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Isaiah xlii. [2,] 51, "He shall not cry," &c. "The Lord is well
pleased," examined

2 Cor. v. 21; Isaiah liii. examined

Answer to the question, "Is not our repentance sufficient ?" &c. ib.
Jer. xxiii. [5], xxxi. [31, 33]; 1 Cor. i. 30, examined
Ezek. xxxiv. 23; Dan. ix. 26, examined

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Hosea iii. [5]; Joel ii. 28; Amos ix. [11], noticed

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Obadiah ver. 21, examined; Micah iv. and v. noticed

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Nahum i. 15; Hab. [ii. 4,] “The just shall live by his
compared with Rom. i. [17]; Gal. iii. 2, [11 ?] noticed

faith,"

Haggai ii. [6, 7, 9], examined

Zech. iii. 8, 9, vi. 12, 13; Malachi iii. 1, noticed
Jesus made no declaration respecting the design of his death
Such expressions as "Jesus came to give himself a ransom for
many," explained

Rom. iii. 24," Being justified freely," &c. ch. viii. 32, 15, 16,
18, referred to

Reference to a few texts explaining the terms “sacrifice,”

Of a two-fold nature in Christ

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Allusion to the three-fold nature of a Hindoo incarnation
Solemn denial of ridiculing Christ's intercession

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ib.

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The Editor's assertion, that "the blood of no mere creature
could take away sin," noticed.

ib.

The Editor's assertion, "As to the appointment of Jehovah by
Jehovah, and his atoning for sin," noticed

ib.

Arguments in proof of the finite effects of Christ's appearance
on earth, adduced

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The Israelites punished finitely for sins committed against the
infinite God

1 Chron. xxi. 11 [12] and 15; Judges xiii. 1, referred to
Infinite reward for a good act performed for the propitiation of
the infinite God

The phrases" everlasting fire," and "everlasting punishments,"
explained; Gen. xvii. 8, xlix. 26; Hab. iii. 6, referred to

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