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SENIOR MINISTER OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION, BROUGHTON PLACE, EDINBURGH, AND PROFESSOR OF EXEGETICAL THEOLOGY
EDINBURGH: WILLIAM OLIPHANT AND SONS. LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND COMPANY. GLASGOW: DAVID ROBERTSON.
MDCCCXLIX.
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CONTENTS.
I-ORDER AND OUTLINE OF DISCOURSES.
DISCOURSE XV.
DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR CIVIL AND
DOMESTIC RELATIONS.
CHAPTER III. 8-17, pp. 1-103.
PART I. Duties of Christians to each other, page 6. § 1. To cultivate and manifest
union of sentiment, 6. § 2. To cultivate and manifest union of feeling, 13. § 3. To
cultivate and manifest brotherly kindness, 15. PART II. Duties of Christians to
mankind generally, 20. § 1. To be pitiful, 21. § 2. To be courteous, 31. PART
III. Duties of Christians under persecution, 46. § 1. Abstinence from all resentful
retaliation, and meeting injury and reproach by kindness, 46. (1.) The duty ex-
plained, 47. (2.) The duty enforced, 51. § 2. Guarding against the fear of man
by cultivating the due fear of God, 60. § 3. Readiness at all times to give an an-
swer to every one who asketh them a reason of the hope that is in them, 71. § 4.
Maintaining a good conscience and a good conversation, 86. Conclusion, 98.
NOTES, 103.
DISCOURSE XVI.
THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO CHRISTIANS SUFFERING FOR HIS CAUSE.
CHAPTER III. 18-22, pp. 107-201.
PART I. The Sufferer, page 110. § 1. Christ, 110. § 2. The Just One, 112. PART
II. His sufferings, 116. PART III. The nature of his sufferings, 122. § 1. Penal,
122. § 2. Vicarious, 124. § 3. Expiatory, 127. PART IV. The design of his suf-
ferings, to bring men to God, 132. § 1. To bring men to the knowledge of God,
134. § 2. To bring men into favour with God, 144. § 3. To bring men to likeness
to God, 154. § 4. To bring men to fellowship with God, 159. PART V. The con-
sequences of his sufferings, 164. § 1. He became dead in the flesh, quickened in
the Spirit, and went and preached to the spirits in prison, 167. § 2. He rose from the dead, ascended to heaven, sits at the right hand of God, angels, authorities, and
powers being made subject to him, 185. (1.) His resurrection, 185. (2.) His ascen-
sion, 189. (3.) His being on the right hand of God, 192. (4.) The subjection of
angels to him, 194. PART VI. The tendency of these truths to support and en-
courage Christians suffering for Christ's cause, 196.
APPENDIX TO DISCOURSE XVI.-PART V.
FACTS IN ANTEDILUVIAN HISTORY REFERRED TO BY THE APOSTLE,
AND THEIR BEARING ON HIS OBJECT, Pp. 201-221.
PART I. Facts referred to, page 205. PART II. Object of the Apostle in referring to
these facts, 211. NOTES, 222.
DISCOURSE XVII.
EXHORTATION TO HOLINESS BASED ON THE ATONEMENT.
CHAPTER IV. 1-6, pp. 227-279.
PART I. The basis of the exhortation, page 234. PART II. The exhortation, 235.
§ 1. The practical object to be sought, 236. (1.) Negative," not to live to the lusts
of men," 236. (2.) Positive," to live to the will of God," 239. § 2. The means for
obtaining the practical object; the arming themselves with the thought, " He that
hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin," 244. (1.) The thought explained,
246. (2.) The thought viewed as referring to Christ, 248. (3.) The thought viewed
as referring to Christians, 250. (4.) The thought viewed as a piece of christian
armour, the instrumental means of sanctification, 253. PART III. Motives enforc-
ing the exhortation, 262. § 1. Motive drawn from the character of the course
against which the exhortation is directed, 263. § 2. Motive drawn from the great
design of the gospel revelation, 271. NOTES, 279.
DISCOURSE XVIII.
SOBRIETY AND WATCHING UNTO PRAYER ILLUSTRATED AND
ENFORCED.
CHAPTER IV. 7, pp. 281-295.
PART I. The duties enjoined by the apostle, page 282. § 1. Sobriety, 282. § 2.
"Watching unto prayer," 286. PART II. Motive to sobriety and watching unto
prayer: "The end of all things is at hand," 290.
DISCOURSE XIX.
ON THE MAINTENANCE AND MANIFESTATION OF BROTHERLY
LOVE.
CHAPTER IV. 8-11, pp. 296-330.
PART I. The maintenance of brotherly love, page 297. § 1. The duty explained, 297.
§ 2. The duty recommended, 303. PART II. The manifestation of brotherly love,
312. § 1. Christians are to manifest brotherly love by employing their property
for each other's good as men, as in ungrudging hospitality, 312. § 2. Christians
are to manifest brotherly love by employing their spiritual gifts for promoting one
another's spiritual edification, 320. § 3. Motives to these two manifestations of
christian love, 327. NOTES, 330.
DISCOURSE XX.
DIRECTORY TO CHRISTIANS SUFFERING FOR THEIR RELIGION.
CHAPTER IV. 12-19, pp. 332-365.
PART I. Be not astonished at your sufferings, page 333. PART II. Be not depressed by
your sufferings, 337. PART III. Be not ashamed of your sufferings, 347. PART IV.
Persevering in well-doing, commit your souls to God, under your sufferings, 355.
NOTE, 365.
DISCOURSE XXI.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS ENJOINED AND
CHAPTER V. 1-5, pp. 367-444.
PART I. Of the duties of rulers in the christian church, page 368. CHAPTER I. The
appellation given to rulers in the christian church," elders," 369. § 1. The origin
and meaning of the appellation, 369. § 2. Qualifications of christian elders, 374.
§3. Of the manner in which elders were invested with office, 375. CHAPTER II.
Of the duties of christian elders, 375. § 1. Of the figurative terms in which these
duties are described, 375. § 2. Of the duties themselves, 377. (1.) Instruction,
377. (2.) Superintendence, 382. CHAPTER III. Of the manner in which these
duties are to be performed, 386. § 1. Not by constraint, but willingly, 387. § 2.
Not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, 389. § 3. Not as lords of God's heri-
tage, but being ensamples to the flock, 392. CHAPTER IV. Of the motives to these
duties, 395. § 1. Motives suggested by the apostle's reference to himself, 396. (1.)
He was also an elder, 396. (2.) He was a witness of the sufferings of Christ, 398.
(3.) He was a partaker of the glory to be revealed, 400. § 2. Motives from consi-
derations referring to the church, 402. (1.) It is the flock of God, 402. (2.) It is
God's heritage, 403. § 3. Motives from considerations referring to the office-
bearers themselves, 405. (1.) The reward of the faithful elder, 405. (2.) The doom
of the unfaithful christian elder, 407. PART II. Of the duties of the members of
the christian church to their office-bearers, 409. § 1. Preliminary requisites to the
discharge of the duty of subjection to elders, 416. (1.) Conviction of the Divine
authority of church order, 416. (2.) Personal respect for those invested with office,
417. § 2. Subjection to the elders as teachers, 418. § 3. Submission to the elders
as superintendents, 420. (1.) Submission to the eldership as a body, 420. (2.)
Submission to the elders as individuals, 423. PART III. Of the duty which all in a
christian church owe to each other: "Mutual subjection," 427. CHAPTER I. Of
the mutual subjection which all in a christian church owe to each other, 429.
§ 1. What this does not imply, 429. § 2. What it does imply, 430. CHAPTER II.
Of the means of performing this duty, "the being clothed with humility," 433. § 1.
Humility explained, 434. § 2. The tendency of humility to secure mutual subjec-
tion, 436. CHAPTER III. Of the motive urging christians to cultivate humility, 438. NOTES, 444.
DISCOURSE XXII.
TWO VIEWS OF AFFLICTION AND ITS DUTIES.
CHAPTER V. 6, 7, pp. 447-483.
PART I. First view of affliction, page 450. § 1. Affliction is subjection to the mighty hand of God, 450. § 2. Our duty in affliction is to humble ourselves under the