CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. DISSERTATIONS. DISSERTATION XIV. On Jesus Christ, CONCEIVED OF THE HOLY GHOST, Pages 1-35. THE incarnation of the Son of God was promised of old, when he said that he should walk in the midst of his people SECT. I. Several preludes of it were exhibited to the ancient Church II. III. It consisted in the assumption of a human nature into the individual unity of the Divine person God is the principal cause of the Incarnation VIII-XIII. XIV. It is particularly ascribed, however, to the Holy Spirit xv. XVI. Zech. vi. 12, 13. explained XVII. Mary must not be overlooked SECT. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. As to her pedigree, she was of the house of David The dangerous error of the Anabaptists, relative to the The benefit resulting from our Lord's Incarnation XXIII. XXIV. XXVII. And is capable of fulfilling the law which was prescribed to man XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. Which was enigmatically signified by the boring of the ears Again, he became ONE OF MANKIND, that he might be our GOEL The meaning of this term explained XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXVIII. He was born oF A VIRGIN, that he might be pure from every blemish The purity of the birth of Christ, is part of his complete righteousness, and directly opposed to our original sin Improvement of this article XXXIX. XL. XLII. XLIII.-XLVI. DISSERTATION XV. On Christ's Suffering under Pontius Pilate. Pages 36-61. For an exordium, Zech. iii. 9. is explained .Heads to be treated in this Dissertation Christ, GOD-MAN suffered, each nature contributing its The human nature suffering in body and soul Which cannot fail sooner or later to burn against sin I. H. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VII. IX. X.-XII. And hence divine justice must be declared, even in the SECT. XIII. XIV. remission of sin Christ sustained the wrath of God from the beginning to the end of his life And that in order to reconcile sinners to God For there is a propitiation in his blood - XV. XVI. XVII. XIX. Not for all mankind and every individual; but, according XX. to the counsel of God and Christ, for the elect only XXI. XXII. Reasons for PILATE's being mentioned in the Creed His temper and disposition His supreme power in Judea Which, being a foreign and a heathen power, suggests several things of great moment Improvement XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. · XXVII. From the sufferings of Christ, we learn our misery XXVIII. XXIX. Our deliverance And the gratitude we owe XXX. XXXI. DISSERTATION XVI. On the Crucifixion and Death of Christ. The Cross of Christ is the foundation of all Religion The cross of Christ had probably nothing very different The history of the discovery of the cross by Helena Our Lord was crucified, probably, in the most usual form XXVIII. The circumstances that commonly followed crucifixion XXIX. XXX. SECT. The punishment of the cross was justly deemed the highest XXXI. It was accursed by God himself XXXII. XXXIII. The death of Christ on the cross, was indeed holy and tranquil Yet cursed The crucifixion of Christ ought to be devoutly contemplated, as full of mysteries, in which we have the deep est concern His being scourged, bearing the cross, and being stripped XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI. XXXVII. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. XLI. XLIII. The guarding, revilings, and death, were also foretold and prefigured XLIV. XLV. All things, in short, happened to Christ, according to the Scourging was exceedingly grievous to Christ But above all, the punishment of the cross itself Death XLVI. XLVII. XLVIII. It is not without a spiritual sympathy, that we should meditate on these sufferings LX.-LXII. LXIII. LXIV. We should turn all our grief and anger against sin of consolation LXV. LXXIII. From the death of Christ, we learn to live and to die holily LXXIV. LXXV. DISSERTATION XVII. On the Burial of Christ. Pages 117-186. It is profitable for our instruction, to consider that the burial of Christ was conducted by wealthy and honourable men, and chiefly by Joseph of Arimathea 1. VI. The dead body of Jesus was wrapped in clean linen, as an expression of respect The mixture of myrrh and aloes was added by Nicode- This attention to corpses was probably referred by the Why the sepulchre allotted to Christ was the property of another Hewn out of a rock SECT. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. The burial of Christ was foretold, Psalm xxii. 15. XVIII. Psalm xvi. 9, 10. XIX. Isaiah liii. 9. XX. Christ's suspension on the tree, is not his burial with the wicked XXI. The type of Jonah XXII. Jonah's great fish is not a Whale, but rather a Sea-dog "The heart of the earth" is the grave With regard to the analogy as to time, the simple explanation commonly received seems preferable to the learned refinements of eminent men XXIII. XXIV. XXV. That Christ descended into Hell, is nowhere expressly af firmed in Scripture Nor in the most ancient Creeds I-IV. V. The Creeds which mentioned the descent, were generally silent with respect to the burial; nor was it without some mistake that both were afterwards joined together vi. vii. |