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01105.20
1875, March 22. Halker Begnist.
JAMES NICHOLS, PRINTER,
2, Warwick Square, Newgate Street, London.
CONTENTS.
Page.
APOLOGY AGAINST THIRTY-ONE THEOLOGICAL ARTICLES, 1–79
10.-It cannot be proved from Scripture, that believers under the Old Testa-
ment, before the Ascension of Christ, were in Heaven
11. It is a matter of doubt, whether believers under the Old Testament under-
stood that the legal ceremonies were types of Christ and of his benefits..
12. Christ has died for all men and for every individual................
13 & 14.—Original Sin will condemn no man.-In every nation, all infants who
die without [having committed] actual sins, are saved ....
15. If the Heathen, and those who are strangers to the true knowledge of God,
do those things which by the powers of nature they are enabled to do,
God will not conderm them, but will reward these their works by a more
enlarged knowledge by which they may be brought to salvation ...
16. The works of the unregenerate can be pleasing to God, and are (according
to BORRIUS) the occasion, and (according to ARMINIUS) the impulsive
cause, by which God will be moved to communicate to them his saving
grace..
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17.-God will not deny his grace to any one who does what is in him.............
18.-God undoubtedly converts, without the external preaching of the Gospel,
great numbers of persons to the saving knowledge of Christ, among those
[ubi est] who have no outward preaching; and He effects such conver-
sions either by the inward revelation of the Holy Spirit, or by the minis-
try of angels. (BORRIUS & ARMINIUS.).....
19. Before his fall, Adam had not the power to believe, because there was no
necessity for faith; God, therefore, could not require faith from him
after the fall...
20.-It cannot possibly be proved from the Sacred Writings, that the angels are
now confirmed in their estate.....
21. (I.)-It is a new, heretical and Sabellian mode of speaking, nay it is blas-
phemous, to say "that the Son of God is avтobeov, (very God,)" for
the Father alone is very God, but not the Son and the Holy Spirit....
22. (II.)—It is the summit of blasphemy to say, that God is freely good...
23. (III.)—It frequently happens, that a creature who is not entirely hardened
in evil, is unwilling to perform an action because it is joined with sin;
unless when certain arguments and occasions are presented to him which
act as incitements to its commission. [Administratio] The management
of this presentation also is in the hand of the Providence of God, who
presents these incitements that He may accomplish his own work by the
act of the creature
24. (IV.)—The Righteousness of Christ is not imputed to us for Righteousness;
but to believe [or the act of believing] justifies us
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25. (V.) The whole of that in which we appear before God, justifies us : But
we appear before God, not only by Faith, but also by Works: THERE-
FORE, we are justified before God, not only by Faith, but likewise by
Works
26. (VI.)-Faith is not the instrument of Justification....
27. (VII.)—Faith is not the pure gift of God, but depends partly on the grace
of God, and partly on the powers of Free Will; that, if a man will, he
may believe or not believe
28. (VIII.) The grace sufficient for salvation is conferred on the Elect, and on
the Non-Elect; that, if they will, they may believe or not believe, may
be saved or not saved
29. (IX.)-Believers can perfectly fulfil the Law, and live in the world without
sin......
30. (X.)-It may admit of Discussion, whether Semi-Pelagianism is not real
Christianity...
31. (XI.)-It is not correctly said in the Catechism, that "God is angry with
us for [innata] birth-sins;" because original sin is a punishment: But
whatever is a punishment is not properly a sin
NINE QUESTIONS EXHIBITED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAIN.
ING AN ANSWER FROM EACH OF THE PROFESSORS OF DIVI-
NITY: AND THE REPLIES WHICH JAMES ARMINIUS GAVE TO
THEM: WITH OTHER NINE OPPOSITE ARTICLES, 64-68.
REMARKS ON THE PRECEDING QUESTIONS, 69-71.
TWENTY-FIVE PUBLIC DISPUTATIONS, 72-317.
1.-On the Authority and Certainty of the Sacred Scriptures.....
2.-On the Sufficiency and Perfection of the Holy Scriptures in opposition to
Traditions
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92
3.-On the Sufficiency and Perfection of the Holy Scriptures, in opposition to
Human Traditions
104
9.-On the Righteousness and Efficacy of the Providence of God concerning
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20.-On Christian Liberty
.258
21.—On the Roman Pontiff, and the principal Titles which are attributed to him 264
22.—The Case of all the Protestant or Reformed Churches, with respect to their
5.—On the Rule of Religion, the Word of God, and the Scriptures in particular 322
9.-On the Meanings and Interpretation of the Holy Scriptures
328
13.-On the Christian Religion, with regard to the Matter generally...
334
14. On the Object of the Christian Religion: And, First, about God, its Pri-
mary Object, and what God is
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344
19.-On the various Distinctions of the Will of God.......
20-On the Attributes of God which come to be considered under his Will.
And, First, on those which have an analogy to the Affections or Passions
in Rational Creatures.
.... 347
21.-On those Attributes of God which have some analogy to the moral Virtues,
and which act like Moderators of the Affections considered in the pre-
ceding Disputation .
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27.-On the Lordship or Dominion of God
29.-On the Covenant into which God entered with our first Parents.....
30.-The Manner in which Man conducted himself in fulfilling the first Cove-
nant, or on the Sin of our first Parents ..
31.-On the Effects of the Sin of our first Parents..
32.-On the Necessity of the Christian Religion
33.-On the Restoration of Man..
34.-On the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ
35.-On the Priestly Office of Christ ....
36.-On the Prophetical Office of Christ
37.-On the Regal Office of Christ....
38.-On the states of Christ's Humiliation and Exaltation...
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39.-On the Will and Command of God the Father and of Christ, by which they
will and command that Religion be performed to them by sinful Man.. 389
40.-On the Predestination of Believers..
392
41.-On the Predestination of Means to the End
394
42.-On the Vocation of sinful Men to Christ, and to a participation of Salva-
tion in Him.
395
43.-On the Repentance by which Men answer to the Divine Vocation
44.-On Faith in God and Christ
45. On the Union of Believers with Christ
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46.-On the Communion of Believers with Christ, and particularly with his Death 403
47.-On the Communion of Believers with Christ in regard to his Life...... 404
48.-On Justification
405
49.-On the Sanctification of Man...
408
50.-On the Church of God and of Christ: Or on the Church in general after
the Fall
410
51.-On the Church of the Old Testament, or under the Promise
52.-On the Church of the New Testament, or under the Gospel
53.-On the Head and the Marks of the Church
57.-On the Power of the Church in administering Justice, or on Ecclesiastical
Discipline..
425
58.-On Councils
428
59.-On the Ecclesiastical Ministrations of the New Testament, and on the Voca-
tion to them....
432
60.-On Sacraments in general
435
61.-On the Sacraments of the Old Testament,-the Tree of Life, Circumcision,
69.-On Obedience, the formal Object of all the Divine Precepts
449
70.-On Obedience to the Commands of God in general..
450
71.-On the material Object of the Precepts of the Law in general..
452
72.-On the Love, Fear, Trust, and Honour, which are due from Man to God
453
73.—On particular Acts of Obedience, or those which are prescribed in each Pre-