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SENIOR MINISTER OF THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION, BROUGHTON
PLACE, EDINBURGH, AND PROFESSOR OF EXEGETICAL THEOLOGY

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EDINBURGH: WILLIAM OLIPHANT AND SONS.
LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND COMPANY.
GLASGOW: DAVID ROBERTSON.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER III. 8-17, pp. 1-103.

THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO CHRISTIANS
SUFFERING FOR HIS CAUSE.

CHAPTER III. 18-22, pp. 107-201.

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.

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

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