SECT. IV.

The connection of the three dispensations by means of

prophecy, p. 329

CHAP. 1.

Prophecies which define the family of the Messiah, p. 329

I. Prophecy delivered to Eve, p. 330

II. Prophecy of Noah, p. 332

III. Prophecy delivered to Abraham, p. 332

IV. Prophecy delivered to Isaac, p. 335

V. Prophecy delivered to Jacob, p. 336

VI. Prophecy of Jacob respecting Judah, p. 336

VII. Prophecy delivered to David, p. 338

CHAP. II.

Prophecies relating to the office and character of the

Messiah, the call of the Gentiles, and the rejection of

the Jews, p. 344

I. Prophecies contained in the Psalms, p. 344.

1. First prophecy, p. 345

2. Second prophecy, p. 346

3. Third prophecy, p. 348

II. Prophecies of Isaiah, p. 351.

1. First prophecy, p. 351

2. Second prophecy, p. 353

3. Third prophecy, p. 355

4. Fourth prophecy, p. 356

5. Fifth prophecy, p. 357

6. Sixth prophecy, p. 358

7. Seventh prophecy, p. 365

8. Eighth prophecy, p. 364

III. Prophecy of Jeremiah, p. 365

IV. Prophecy of Ezekiel, p. 369

V. Prophecies of Daniel, p. 369

1. First prophecy, p. 369

2. Second prophecy, p. 373

VI. Prophecy of Amos, p. 375

VII. Prophecies of Micah, p. 375

1. First prophecy, p. 375

2. Second prophecy, p. 375

VIII. Prophecy of Haggai, p. 377

IX. Prophecies of Zechariah, p. 378

1. First prophecy, p. 378

(1.) Declaration of the prophecy, p. 378

(2.) A comparison of it with St. John's declara-

tions respecting our Lord and with our Lord's

declarations respecting himself, p. 379

2. Second prophecy, p. 386

3. Third prophecy, p. 336

X. Prophecies of Malachi, p. 387

1. First prophecy, p. 387

2. Second prophecy, p. 388

3. Third prophecy, p. 389

CHAP. III.

Prophecies, which declare that the Law was to be super-

seded by the Gospel, p. 391

I. Prophecy of Moses, p. 391

1. He foretells a lawgiver and therefore a new law,

p. 392

2. That lawgiver is Christ, p. 393

II. Prophecies contained in the Psalms, p. 395

1. First prophecy, p. 395

2. Second prophecy, p. 596

III. Prophecies of Isaiah, p. 397

1. First prophecy, p. 397

2. Second prophecy, p. 398

3. Third prophecy, p. 398

IV. Prophecies of Jeremiah, p. 399

1. First prophecy, p. 399

2. Second prophecy, p. 399

V. Prophecy of Hosea, p. 400

VI. Prophecy of Amos, p. 401

VII. Prophecies of Malachi, p. 402

1. First prophecy, p. 402

2. Second prophecy, p. 403

VIII. Conclusion, p. 403

SECT. V.

The practical connection of the Law and the Gospel,

p. 405

CHAP. I.

The Law is a schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, p. 405

Erroneous opinions commonly entertained of this subject,

p. 405

1. Falsehood of the notion, that we shall be saved, pro-

vided only we do our best, p. 407

II. Falsehood of the notion, that the Gospel relaxes the

strictness of the Law, p. 409

III. In what sense the Christian is not under the Law,

but under grace, p. 412

IV. In what sense good works may be said to be neces-

sary to salvation, p. 415

V. In what manner the Law is a schoolmaster to bring

us unto Christ, p. 418

VI. How the Christian is bound to act in return for the

unmerited goodness of God, p. 423

VII. The terrors of the Law enforce the great doctrine of

justification by faith in the merits of Christ, p. 427

VIII. The practical effects of a lively faith, p. 431

CHAP. II.

The necessity of a perfect dispensation, like the Christian,

argued from the imperfection of the Mosaical dispen-

sation, p. 434

I. In what sense the Law of Moses is imperfect, p. 434

1. As being only a part of a whole, p. 435

2. As being calculated only for a small nation, p. 435

3. As having had its typical rites accomplished and

superseded by their realities, p. 435

II. Christianity is perfect, as being in every necessary

point the reverse of the Law, p. 436

1. Not burdened by ceremonies, p. 436

2. Designed for all mankind, p. 436

3. Its ritual left to the discretion of each particular

church, p. 437

4. Requires internal purity in opposition to the various

washings of the Law, p. 438

5. Forbids divorces except in case of adultery, p. 438

6. Forbids revenge, p. 438

7. Is the dispensation of a Son, whereas the Law was

the dispensation of a servant, p. 438

8. Is perfect in three several respects, p. 439

III. Conclusion, p. 440.

HORE MOSAICE.

BOOK II.

THE CONNECTION OF THE

PATRIARCHAL, THE LEVITICAL, AND THE CHRISTIAN,

DISPENSATIONS,

VIEWED AS THE COMPONENT PARTS

OF ONE GRAND AND REGULAR SYSTEM,

VOL. II.

THE ECONOMY OF GRACE.

Ὁ γαρ Χριστιανισμος ουκ εις Ιουδαϊσμον επίστευσεν, αλλα Ιουδαϊσμος εις Χριστιανισμού. Ignat. Epist. ad Magnes.

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