Chapter 69

Creation, God's end in, 397-402God's end in, his own glory, 398God's chief end in, the manifestation of his glory, 398his glory most valuable end in, 399his glory only end in, consistent with his independence and sovereignty, 399his glory the end in, which secures every interest of the universe, 400his glory the end in, because it is the end proposed to his creatures, 401its final value, its value for God, 402the doctrine of, its relation to other doctrines, 402-410its relation to the holiness and benevolence of God, 402first, in what senses“very good,”, 402pain and imperfection in, before moral evil, reasons for, 402sets forth wisdom and free-will of God, 404Christ in, the Revealer of God, and the remedy of pessimism, 405presents God in Providence and Redemption, 407gives value to the Sabbath, 408Creation of man, exclusively a fact of Scripture, 465Scripture declares it an act of God, 465Scripture silent on method of, 465Scripture does not exclude mediate creation of body, if this method probable from other sources, 465, 491and theistic evolution, 466his soul, its creation, though mediate, yet immediate, 466, 491not from brute, butfromGod,throughbrute, 467, 469, 472the last stage in the development of life, 469unintelligible unless the immanent God is regarded as giving new impulses to the process, 470as to soul and body, in a sense immediate, 470natural selection, its relations to, 470by laws of development, which are methods of the Creator, 472when finished presents, not a brute, but a man, 472constitutes him the offspring of God, and God his Father, 474as taking place through Christ, made its product a son of God by relationship to the Eternal Son, 474theory of its occurrence at several centres, 481and his new creation compared, 694in it body made corruptible, soul incorruptible, 991Creation, continuous, its doctrine, 415its advocates, 416the element of truth in, 416its error, 416contradicts consciousness, 416exaggerates God's power at expense of other attributes, 417renders personal identity inexplicable, 417tends to pantheism, 417Creatura, 392Credo quia impossibile est, 34Creeds, 18, 42Crime best prevented by conviction of itsdesertof punishment, 655Crimen læsæ majestatis, 748Criminal theory, 748Criticism, higher, 169-172what it means, 169influenced by spirit in which conducted, 169, 170its teachings on Pentateuch and Hexateuch, 170reveals God's method in making up record of his revelation, 172literature upon, 172Cumulative argument, 71Cur Deus Homo, synopsis of, 748“Curse”in Gal. 3:13, 760“Custom, immemorial,”binding, 970“Damn,”its present connotation acquired from impression made on popular mind by Scriptures, 1046“Damnation”in 1 Cor. 11:22, its meaning, 960Darwinism, its teaching, 470its truth, 470is not a complete explanation of the history of life, 470fails to account for origin of substance and of variations, 470does not take account of sudden appearance in the geological record of important forms of life, 470leaves gap between highest anthropoid and lowest specimen of man unspanned, 471fails to explain many important facts in heredity, 471must admit that natural selection has not yet produced a species, as far as we know, 472as its author understood it, was not opposed to the Christian faith, 473[pg 1073]Day in Gen. 1, 35its meaning, 223, 224, 394, 395Deacons, their duties, 917, 918ordination of, 919Deaconesses, 918Dead, Christ's preaching to, 707, 708Dead, Egyptian Book of the, 995extracts from, 995resurrection in, 1022judgment in, 1024“Deadly sins, the seven,”of Romanism, 571, 572Death, spiritual, a consequence of the Fall, 591spiritual, in what it consists, 591, 659, 660, 982physical, its nature, 656, 982physical, a part of the penalty of sin proved from Scripture, 656, 657and sin complemental, 657a natural law, on occasion of man's sin, appointed to a moral use, 657the liberator of souls, 658the penalty of sin, proved from reason, 658its universality how alone explained consistently with idea of God's justice, 658not a necessary law of organized being, 658higher being might have been attained without its intervention, 658to Christian not penalty, but chastisement and privilege, 659, 983, 984eternal, what?, 660second, 648, 982, 983, 1013not cessation of being, 984as dissolution, cannot affect indivisible soul, 984as a cessation of consciousness preparatory to other development, considered, 986cannot terminate the development for which man was made, 986cannot so extinguish being that no future vindication of God's moral government is possible, 987cannot, by annihilation, falsify the testimony of man's nature to immortality, 989man's body only made liable to, 991as applied to soul, designates an unholy and unhappy state of being, 992consciousness after, indicated in many Scriptures, 993, 994a“sleep,”, 994of two kinds, 1013its passionless and statuesque tranquility prophetic, 1016Decree to act not the act, 354, 359Decree, the divine, permissive in case of evil, 354, 365Decree, not a cause, 360of end and means combined, 353, 363, 364does not efficiently work evil choices in men, 365to permit sin, and the fact of the permission of sin equally equitable, 365to initiate a system in which sin has a place, how consistent with God's holiness?, 367Decrees of God, the, 353-370their definition, 353-355many to us, yet in nature one plan, 353relations between, not chronological but logical, 353without necessity, 353relate to things outside of God, 53respect acts, both of God and free creatures, 354not addressed to creatures, 354all human acts covered by, 354none of them read“you shall sin,”, 354sinful acts of men, how related to, 354how divided, 355declared by Scripture to include all things, 355declared by Scripture to deal with special things and events, 355proved from divine foreknowledge, 356respect foreseen results, 356proved from divine wisdom, 358proved from divine immutability, 358, 359proved from the divine benevolence, 359a ground of thanksgiving, 359not inconsistent with man's free agency, 359do not remove motive for exertion, 363and fate, 363encourage effort, 364they do not make God the author of sin, 365practical uses of the doctrine of, 368the doctrine of, dear to matured understanding and deep experience, 368how the doctrine should be preached, 369Deism, defined, 414some of its advocates, 414an exaggeration of God's transcendence, 414rests upon a false analogy, 415a system of anthropomorphism, 415denies providential interference, 415tends to atheism, 415“Delivering to Satan,”457Delphic oracle, 136Demons, seeAngels, evil.Depravity, explained by a personal act in the previous timeless state of being, 488of nature, repented of by Christians, 555Arminian theory of, 601, 602New School theory of, 606, 607[pg 1074]Federal theory of, 612, 613Augustinian theory of, 619, 620defined, 637total, its meaning, 637-639is subjective pollution, 645, 646Christ had no, 645, 756-758of human will, requires special divine influence, 784of all humanity, 813Determinatio est negatio, 9Determinism, 362, 507-510Deus nescit se quid est quia non est quid, 244Deuteronomy, 167-169, 171, 239Devil, 454, 455Dextra Dei ubique est, 708Diabolus nullus, nullus Redemptor, 462Diatoms, and natural selection, 471Dichotomous and Dichotomy, seeMan.Dies Iræ, the, 645, 1056Dignity, the plural of, 318Disciples or Campbellites, 821, 840, 947Discrepancies, alleged, in Scripture, 107, 108, 173, 174Divorce, permitted by Moses, 230Docetæ, 670Doctor angelicus, 44Doctor subtilis, 45Doctrine, 17, 33, 34Documentary evidence, 141, 142Doddridge's dream, 453Dogmatic system implied in Scripture, 15Dogmatism, 42Domine, quousque?Calvin's motto, 1008Donum supernaturale, 522Dort, Synod of, 614, 777Douay version, Mat. 26:28 in, 965Dualism, two forms of, 378a form of, holds two distinct and co-eternal principles, 378a history of this form of, 378-380this form of, presses the maximex nihilo nihil fittoo far, 380this form of, applies the test of inconceivability too rigidly, 380this form of, unphilosophical, 381this form of, limits God's power and blessedness, 381this form of, fails to account for moral evil, 381another form of, holds the existence of two antagonistic spirits, 381, 382this form of, at variance with the Scriptural representation of God, 382this form of, opposed to the Scriptural representation of the Prince of Evil, 382Ducit quemque voluptas, 299Duties, our, not all disclosed in revelation, 545Ebionism, 669Ebionites, 669, 670Ecclesiastes, 240Ecclesiology, 887-980Eden, adapted to infantile and innocent manhood, 583Education, by impersonal law, and by personal dependence, 434Efficacious call, its nature, 792, 793“Effulgence,”, 335Ego, cognition of it logically precedes that of non ego, 104Egyptian language, old, its linguistic value, 497idea of blessedness of future life dependent on preservation of body, 995idea of permanent union of soul and body, 1022way of representing God, 376, 377knowledge of future state, 995Einzige, der, every man is, 353Eldership, plural, 915, 916Election, its relation to God's decrees, 355logically subsequent to redemption, 777not to share in atonement but to special influence of Spirit, 779doctrine of, 779-790definition, 779proof from Scripture, 779-782statement preliminary to proof, 779asserted of certain individuals, 780asserted in connection with divine foreknowledge, 780, 781asserted to be a matter of grace, 781connected with a giving by Father to Son of certain persons, 781connected with union with Christ, 781connected with entry in the Lamb's Book of Life, 781connected with allotment as disciples to certain believers, 782connected with a special call of God, 782connected with a birth by God's will, 782connected with gift of repentance and faith, 782connected with holiness and good works as a gift, 782Lutheran view of, 782, 783Arminian view of, 783a group of views concerning, 783proved from reason, 783-785is the purpose or choice which precedes gift of regenerating grace, 783is not conditioned on merit or faith in chosen, 784needed by depravity of human will, 784other considerations which make it more acceptable to reason, 785objections to, 785-790is unjust, 785[pg 1075]is partial, 786the ethical side of natural selection, 786is arbitrary, 787is immoral, 787, 788fosters pride, 788discourages effort, 788, 789implies reprobation, 789, 790list of authors on, 790Elijah, his translation, 995John the Baptist as, 1013Elizabeth, Queen, immersed, 937Elohim, 318, 319Emanation theory of origin of universe, 378-383Empirical theory of morals, truth in, 501reconciled with intuitional theory, 501Encratites, deny to woman“the image of God,”, 524Endor, woman of, 966“Enemies,”Rom. 5:10, 719Energy, mental, life, 252resisted, force, 252universe derived from, 252its change into force is creation, 252dissipation of, 374, 415Enghis and Neanderthal crania, 471Enmity to God, 569, 817, 818

Creation, God's end in, 397-402

God's end in, his own glory, 398

God's chief end in, the manifestation of his glory, 398

his glory most valuable end in, 399

his glory only end in, consistent with his independence and sovereignty, 399

his glory the end in, which secures every interest of the universe, 400

his glory the end in, because it is the end proposed to his creatures, 401

its final value, its value for God, 402

the doctrine of, its relation to other doctrines, 402-410

its relation to the holiness and benevolence of God, 402

first, in what senses“very good,”, 402

pain and imperfection in, before moral evil, reasons for, 402

sets forth wisdom and free-will of God, 404

Christ in, the Revealer of God, and the remedy of pessimism, 405

presents God in Providence and Redemption, 407

gives value to the Sabbath, 408

Creation of man, exclusively a fact of Scripture, 465Scripture declares it an act of God, 465Scripture silent on method of, 465Scripture does not exclude mediate creation of body, if this method probable from other sources, 465, 491and theistic evolution, 466his soul, its creation, though mediate, yet immediate, 466, 491not from brute, butfromGod,throughbrute, 467, 469, 472the last stage in the development of life, 469unintelligible unless the immanent God is regarded as giving new impulses to the process, 470as to soul and body, in a sense immediate, 470natural selection, its relations to, 470by laws of development, which are methods of the Creator, 472when finished presents, not a brute, but a man, 472constitutes him the offspring of God, and God his Father, 474as taking place through Christ, made its product a son of God by relationship to the Eternal Son, 474theory of its occurrence at several centres, 481and his new creation compared, 694in it body made corruptible, soul incorruptible, 991

Creation of man, exclusively a fact of Scripture, 465

Scripture declares it an act of God, 465

Scripture silent on method of, 465

Scripture does not exclude mediate creation of body, if this method probable from other sources, 465, 491

and theistic evolution, 466

his soul, its creation, though mediate, yet immediate, 466, 491

not from brute, butfromGod,throughbrute, 467, 469, 472

the last stage in the development of life, 469

unintelligible unless the immanent God is regarded as giving new impulses to the process, 470

as to soul and body, in a sense immediate, 470

natural selection, its relations to, 470

by laws of development, which are methods of the Creator, 472

when finished presents, not a brute, but a man, 472

constitutes him the offspring of God, and God his Father, 474

as taking place through Christ, made its product a son of God by relationship to the Eternal Son, 474

theory of its occurrence at several centres, 481

and his new creation compared, 694

in it body made corruptible, soul incorruptible, 991

Creation, continuous, its doctrine, 415its advocates, 416the element of truth in, 416its error, 416contradicts consciousness, 416exaggerates God's power at expense of other attributes, 417renders personal identity inexplicable, 417tends to pantheism, 417

Creation, continuous, its doctrine, 415

its advocates, 416

the element of truth in, 416

its error, 416

contradicts consciousness, 416

exaggerates God's power at expense of other attributes, 417

renders personal identity inexplicable, 417

tends to pantheism, 417

Creatura, 392

Credo quia impossibile est, 34

Creeds, 18, 42

Crime best prevented by conviction of itsdesertof punishment, 655

Crimen læsæ majestatis, 748

Criminal theory, 748

Criticism, higher, 169-172what it means, 169influenced by spirit in which conducted, 169, 170its teachings on Pentateuch and Hexateuch, 170reveals God's method in making up record of his revelation, 172literature upon, 172

Criticism, higher, 169-172

what it means, 169

influenced by spirit in which conducted, 169, 170

its teachings on Pentateuch and Hexateuch, 170

reveals God's method in making up record of his revelation, 172

literature upon, 172

Cumulative argument, 71

Cur Deus Homo, synopsis of, 748

“Curse”in Gal. 3:13, 760

“Custom, immemorial,”binding, 970

“Damn,”its present connotation acquired from impression made on popular mind by Scriptures, 1046

“Damnation”in 1 Cor. 11:22, its meaning, 960

Darwinism, its teaching, 470its truth, 470is not a complete explanation of the history of life, 470fails to account for origin of substance and of variations, 470does not take account of sudden appearance in the geological record of important forms of life, 470leaves gap between highest anthropoid and lowest specimen of man unspanned, 471fails to explain many important facts in heredity, 471must admit that natural selection has not yet produced a species, as far as we know, 472as its author understood it, was not opposed to the Christian faith, 473

Darwinism, its teaching, 470

its truth, 470

is not a complete explanation of the history of life, 470

fails to account for origin of substance and of variations, 470

does not take account of sudden appearance in the geological record of important forms of life, 470

leaves gap between highest anthropoid and lowest specimen of man unspanned, 471

fails to explain many important facts in heredity, 471

must admit that natural selection has not yet produced a species, as far as we know, 472

as its author understood it, was not opposed to the Christian faith, 473

Day in Gen. 1, 35its meaning, 223, 224, 394, 395

Day in Gen. 1, 35

its meaning, 223, 224, 394, 395

Deacons, their duties, 917, 918ordination of, 919

Deacons, their duties, 917, 918

ordination of, 919

Deaconesses, 918

Dead, Christ's preaching to, 707, 708

Dead, Egyptian Book of the, 995extracts from, 995resurrection in, 1022judgment in, 1024

Dead, Egyptian Book of the, 995

extracts from, 995

resurrection in, 1022

judgment in, 1024

“Deadly sins, the seven,”of Romanism, 571, 572

Death, spiritual, a consequence of the Fall, 591spiritual, in what it consists, 591, 659, 660, 982physical, its nature, 656, 982physical, a part of the penalty of sin proved from Scripture, 656, 657and sin complemental, 657a natural law, on occasion of man's sin, appointed to a moral use, 657the liberator of souls, 658the penalty of sin, proved from reason, 658its universality how alone explained consistently with idea of God's justice, 658not a necessary law of organized being, 658higher being might have been attained without its intervention, 658to Christian not penalty, but chastisement and privilege, 659, 983, 984eternal, what?, 660second, 648, 982, 983, 1013not cessation of being, 984as dissolution, cannot affect indivisible soul, 984as a cessation of consciousness preparatory to other development, considered, 986cannot terminate the development for which man was made, 986cannot so extinguish being that no future vindication of God's moral government is possible, 987cannot, by annihilation, falsify the testimony of man's nature to immortality, 989man's body only made liable to, 991as applied to soul, designates an unholy and unhappy state of being, 992consciousness after, indicated in many Scriptures, 993, 994a“sleep,”, 994of two kinds, 1013its passionless and statuesque tranquility prophetic, 1016

Death, spiritual, a consequence of the Fall, 591

spiritual, in what it consists, 591, 659, 660, 982

physical, its nature, 656, 982

physical, a part of the penalty of sin proved from Scripture, 656, 657

and sin complemental, 657

a natural law, on occasion of man's sin, appointed to a moral use, 657

the liberator of souls, 658

the penalty of sin, proved from reason, 658

its universality how alone explained consistently with idea of God's justice, 658

not a necessary law of organized being, 658

higher being might have been attained without its intervention, 658

to Christian not penalty, but chastisement and privilege, 659, 983, 984

eternal, what?, 660

second, 648, 982, 983, 1013

not cessation of being, 984

as dissolution, cannot affect indivisible soul, 984

as a cessation of consciousness preparatory to other development, considered, 986

cannot terminate the development for which man was made, 986

cannot so extinguish being that no future vindication of God's moral government is possible, 987

cannot, by annihilation, falsify the testimony of man's nature to immortality, 989

man's body only made liable to, 991

as applied to soul, designates an unholy and unhappy state of being, 992

consciousness after, indicated in many Scriptures, 993, 994

a“sleep,”, 994

of two kinds, 1013

its passionless and statuesque tranquility prophetic, 1016

Decree to act not the act, 354, 359

Decree, the divine, permissive in case of evil, 354, 365

Decree, not a cause, 360of end and means combined, 353, 363, 364does not efficiently work evil choices in men, 365to permit sin, and the fact of the permission of sin equally equitable, 365to initiate a system in which sin has a place, how consistent with God's holiness?, 367

Decree, not a cause, 360

of end and means combined, 353, 363, 364

does not efficiently work evil choices in men, 365

to permit sin, and the fact of the permission of sin equally equitable, 365

to initiate a system in which sin has a place, how consistent with God's holiness?, 367

Decrees of God, the, 353-370their definition, 353-355many to us, yet in nature one plan, 353relations between, not chronological but logical, 353without necessity, 353relate to things outside of God, 53respect acts, both of God and free creatures, 354not addressed to creatures, 354all human acts covered by, 354none of them read“you shall sin,”, 354sinful acts of men, how related to, 354how divided, 355declared by Scripture to include all things, 355declared by Scripture to deal with special things and events, 355proved from divine foreknowledge, 356respect foreseen results, 356proved from divine wisdom, 358proved from divine immutability, 358, 359proved from the divine benevolence, 359a ground of thanksgiving, 359not inconsistent with man's free agency, 359do not remove motive for exertion, 363and fate, 363encourage effort, 364they do not make God the author of sin, 365practical uses of the doctrine of, 368the doctrine of, dear to matured understanding and deep experience, 368how the doctrine should be preached, 369

Decrees of God, the, 353-370

their definition, 353-355

many to us, yet in nature one plan, 353

relations between, not chronological but logical, 353

without necessity, 353

relate to things outside of God, 53

respect acts, both of God and free creatures, 354

not addressed to creatures, 354

all human acts covered by, 354

none of them read“you shall sin,”, 354

sinful acts of men, how related to, 354

how divided, 355

declared by Scripture to include all things, 355

declared by Scripture to deal with special things and events, 355

proved from divine foreknowledge, 356

respect foreseen results, 356

proved from divine wisdom, 358

proved from divine immutability, 358, 359

proved from the divine benevolence, 359

a ground of thanksgiving, 359

not inconsistent with man's free agency, 359

do not remove motive for exertion, 363

and fate, 363

encourage effort, 364

they do not make God the author of sin, 365

practical uses of the doctrine of, 368

the doctrine of, dear to matured understanding and deep experience, 368

how the doctrine should be preached, 369

Deism, defined, 414some of its advocates, 414an exaggeration of God's transcendence, 414rests upon a false analogy, 415a system of anthropomorphism, 415denies providential interference, 415tends to atheism, 415“Delivering to Satan,”457

Deism, defined, 414

some of its advocates, 414

an exaggeration of God's transcendence, 414

rests upon a false analogy, 415

a system of anthropomorphism, 415

denies providential interference, 415

tends to atheism, 415

“Delivering to Satan,”457

Delphic oracle, 136

Demons, seeAngels, evil.

Depravity, explained by a personal act in the previous timeless state of being, 488of nature, repented of by Christians, 555Arminian theory of, 601, 602New School theory of, 606, 607[pg 1074]Federal theory of, 612, 613Augustinian theory of, 619, 620defined, 637total, its meaning, 637-639is subjective pollution, 645, 646Christ had no, 645, 756-758of human will, requires special divine influence, 784of all humanity, 813

Depravity, explained by a personal act in the previous timeless state of being, 488

of nature, repented of by Christians, 555

Arminian theory of, 601, 602

New School theory of, 606, 607

Federal theory of, 612, 613

Augustinian theory of, 619, 620

defined, 637

total, its meaning, 637-639

is subjective pollution, 645, 646

Christ had no, 645, 756-758

of human will, requires special divine influence, 784

of all humanity, 813

Determinatio est negatio, 9

Determinism, 362, 507-510

Deus nescit se quid est quia non est quid, 244

Deuteronomy, 167-169, 171, 239

Devil, 454, 455

Dextra Dei ubique est, 708

Diabolus nullus, nullus Redemptor, 462

Diatoms, and natural selection, 471

Dichotomous and Dichotomy, seeMan.

Dies Iræ, the, 645, 1056

Dignity, the plural of, 318

Disciples or Campbellites, 821, 840, 947

Discrepancies, alleged, in Scripture, 107, 108, 173, 174

Divorce, permitted by Moses, 230

Docetæ, 670

Doctor angelicus, 44

Doctor subtilis, 45

Doctrine, 17, 33, 34

Documentary evidence, 141, 142

Doddridge's dream, 453

Dogmatic system implied in Scripture, 15

Dogmatism, 42

Domine, quousque?Calvin's motto, 1008

Donum supernaturale, 522

Dort, Synod of, 614, 777

Douay version, Mat. 26:28 in, 965

Dualism, two forms of, 378a form of, holds two distinct and co-eternal principles, 378a history of this form of, 378-380this form of, presses the maximex nihilo nihil fittoo far, 380this form of, applies the test of inconceivability too rigidly, 380this form of, unphilosophical, 381this form of, limits God's power and blessedness, 381this form of, fails to account for moral evil, 381another form of, holds the existence of two antagonistic spirits, 381, 382this form of, at variance with the Scriptural representation of God, 382this form of, opposed to the Scriptural representation of the Prince of Evil, 382

Dualism, two forms of, 378

a form of, holds two distinct and co-eternal principles, 378

a history of this form of, 378-380

this form of, presses the maximex nihilo nihil fittoo far, 380

this form of, applies the test of inconceivability too rigidly, 380

this form of, unphilosophical, 381

this form of, limits God's power and blessedness, 381

this form of, fails to account for moral evil, 381

another form of, holds the existence of two antagonistic spirits, 381, 382

this form of, at variance with the Scriptural representation of God, 382

this form of, opposed to the Scriptural representation of the Prince of Evil, 382

Ducit quemque voluptas, 299

Duties, our, not all disclosed in revelation, 545

Ebionism, 669

Ebionites, 669, 670

Ecclesiastes, 240

Ecclesiology, 887-980

Eden, adapted to infantile and innocent manhood, 583

Education, by impersonal law, and by personal dependence, 434

Efficacious call, its nature, 792, 793

“Effulgence,”, 335

Ego, cognition of it logically precedes that of non ego, 104

Egyptian language, old, its linguistic value, 497idea of blessedness of future life dependent on preservation of body, 995idea of permanent union of soul and body, 1022way of representing God, 376, 377knowledge of future state, 995

Egyptian language, old, its linguistic value, 497

idea of blessedness of future life dependent on preservation of body, 995

idea of permanent union of soul and body, 1022

way of representing God, 376, 377

knowledge of future state, 995

Einzige, der, every man is, 353

Eldership, plural, 915, 916

Election, its relation to God's decrees, 355logically subsequent to redemption, 777not to share in atonement but to special influence of Spirit, 779doctrine of, 779-790definition, 779proof from Scripture, 779-782statement preliminary to proof, 779asserted of certain individuals, 780asserted in connection with divine foreknowledge, 780, 781asserted to be a matter of grace, 781connected with a giving by Father to Son of certain persons, 781connected with union with Christ, 781connected with entry in the Lamb's Book of Life, 781connected with allotment as disciples to certain believers, 782connected with a special call of God, 782connected with a birth by God's will, 782connected with gift of repentance and faith, 782connected with holiness and good works as a gift, 782Lutheran view of, 782, 783Arminian view of, 783a group of views concerning, 783proved from reason, 783-785is the purpose or choice which precedes gift of regenerating grace, 783is not conditioned on merit or faith in chosen, 784needed by depravity of human will, 784other considerations which make it more acceptable to reason, 785objections to, 785-790is unjust, 785[pg 1075]is partial, 786the ethical side of natural selection, 786is arbitrary, 787is immoral, 787, 788fosters pride, 788discourages effort, 788, 789implies reprobation, 789, 790list of authors on, 790

Election, its relation to God's decrees, 355

logically subsequent to redemption, 777

not to share in atonement but to special influence of Spirit, 779

doctrine of, 779-790

definition, 779

proof from Scripture, 779-782

statement preliminary to proof, 779

asserted of certain individuals, 780

asserted in connection with divine foreknowledge, 780, 781

asserted to be a matter of grace, 781

connected with a giving by Father to Son of certain persons, 781

connected with union with Christ, 781

connected with entry in the Lamb's Book of Life, 781

connected with allotment as disciples to certain believers, 782

connected with a special call of God, 782

connected with a birth by God's will, 782

connected with gift of repentance and faith, 782

connected with holiness and good works as a gift, 782

Lutheran view of, 782, 783

Arminian view of, 783

a group of views concerning, 783

proved from reason, 783-785

is the purpose or choice which precedes gift of regenerating grace, 783

is not conditioned on merit or faith in chosen, 784

needed by depravity of human will, 784

other considerations which make it more acceptable to reason, 785

objections to, 785-790

is unjust, 785

is partial, 786

the ethical side of natural selection, 786

is arbitrary, 787

is immoral, 787, 788

fosters pride, 788

discourages effort, 788, 789

implies reprobation, 789, 790

list of authors on, 790

Elijah, his translation, 995John the Baptist as, 1013

Elijah, his translation, 995

John the Baptist as, 1013

Elizabeth, Queen, immersed, 937

Elohim, 318, 319

Emanation theory of origin of universe, 378-383

Empirical theory of morals, truth in, 501reconciled with intuitional theory, 501

Empirical theory of morals, truth in, 501

reconciled with intuitional theory, 501

Encratites, deny to woman“the image of God,”, 524

Endor, woman of, 966

“Enemies,”Rom. 5:10, 719

Energy, mental, life, 252resisted, force, 252universe derived from, 252its change into force is creation, 252dissipation of, 374, 415

Energy, mental, life, 252

resisted, force, 252

universe derived from, 252

its change into force is creation, 252

dissipation of, 374, 415

Enghis and Neanderthal crania, 471

Enmity to God, 569, 817, 818

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