[SECOND SERIES] ON SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE WRITINGS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL, AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. BY RICHARD WHATELY, D.D. ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN; LATE PRINCIPAL OF ST. ALBAN'S HALL, OXFORD, AND FORMERLY FELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE. FOURTH EDITION, REVISED. LONDON: B. FELLOWES, LUDGATE STREET. 1837. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CONTENTS. Connexion of the former series of Essays with the present, p. xiii; the Scriptures not to be regarded with dread or disgust, on account of the difficulties to § 1. Christian religion distinguished from Paganism and characterised, by its claim to truth as established § 2. Liability of Christians to act inconsistently with this characteristic, by not steadily following truth § 3. Necessity of self-examination as to this point, p. 18; |