32 SECTION I.-God the Creator-Existence of Evil: 1. Physical Evils; II. Evils of Ignorance; I. Moral Evil 16 SECT. II.-The Wisdom of God - The Plan of Creation................... SECT. III.-The Power of God - Omnipotence: 1. Moral and Spiritual, as well as Physical; II. Freedom of the Human Will, or "Free Agency" ...... ...... 41 SECT. IV.-The Goodness of God-Infinite and Unchangeable.. 58 SECTION I.-His exalted character and pre-existence-The Trinity, ......... 89 SECT. III.-The death of Christ not vicarious Argument from CHAPTER III.-MAN-THE RECTITUDE OF HIS NATURE— ORIGINAL SIN-Natural DeprAVITY. SECTION I.-The teaching of the Bible and the Early Church re- SECT. II.-Special proofs of the Rectitude of Human Nature.. 154 SECT. III.-Criticism of texts cited in proof of Natural Depravity Shapen in iniquity and conceived in sin"- "Every imagination of the heart evil continual- SECTION I.-Born again - Born of God - Born of the Spirit.... 168 SEOT. II.-Regeneration-New Creature-New Man-Giving a SECT. II.-Figures and Metaphors illustrating the nature of Salvation: I. We are refined as Silver; II. We are Cleansed and Washed; III. We are healed as of a Disease; IV. Christ our Teacher; v. We are found SECTION I.-God judging the world under the Old Dispensation 246 SECT. II.-Judgment of the world by Christ under the New Dis- pensation: 1. Time and place of Judgment-When SECT. III-The Judgment after Death, Heb. ix. 27................. ..... 273 SECTION I.-The Rewards of Righteousness.... SECT. II.-The Punishments of Sin-The Law and its Penalties: .... SECT. III.-The Remedial Nature of Punishment-Testimony of ........... ........ CHAPTER IX.-REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS IN RELA- 313 CHAPTER X.-THE SCRIPTURAL DOCTRINE OF DAMNATION. SECTION I.-Definition and usage of the original words........ 321 ...... ...... 329 SECT. III.-Usage of Church Fathers.... SECT. IV-Scriptural usage-Everlasting, as applied to the SECTION I.-Sheol, or the Hell of the Old Testament—"The wicked shall be turned into hell."-Endless pun- ishment not taught in the Law of Moses- Con- fessions of Theologians and Biblical Scholars.... 362 SECT. III.-Gehenna - Origin and usage of the word-Was it used as a symbol of future punishment in the time of Christ ?-1. The Septuagint; 11. The Apocry- pha; III. Philo and Josephus: IV. The Targums. "Destruction of soul and body in Hell."...... 384 SECT. IV.-Tartarus-Meaning and usage—"The angels cast CHAPTER XIII.—THE ORIGIN AND USAGE OF METAPHORS INTRODUCTORY. All religions are founded upon a belief in a Deity, of some kind, superior in nature, or in power, to man. The moral force and value of any religion, in its influence on the believer, is in proportion to the degree of perfection which it ascribes to the Deity. Aristotle has somewhere said, in substance, that excellency in man depends on his acquaintance with something higher and better than himself; and the whole course of religious history illustrates the truth of the observation. Where the religion is really believed, and exercises its legitimate influence on the believer, the moral and social results correspond to the character of the theology. "If the divinities," says a judicious writer, "are represented as virtuous and noble, a corresponding excellence and greatness of soul, will be produced among the people, and this in proportion to their reverence for the objects of their adoration. But wherever the gods are imperfect or base, imperfection or baseness will belong to the worshippers.' No other result can be looked for where the faith of the people is a living force in them, and acts directly on their feelings, character, and conduct. Hence it has been justly affirmed, that "religion will not be |