Chapter 72

Golden Age, classic references to, 526Good deeds of an unregenerated man, how related to the tenor of his life, 814Goodness, defined, 289Goodness of God, witness to among heathen, 113Gospel, testimony of, conformable with experience, 173its initial successes, a proof of its divine origin, 191makes men moral, 863Gospels, run counter to Jewish ideas, 156superior in literary character to contemporary writings, 158their relation to a historical Christ, 159coincidence of their statements with collateral circumstances, 173, 174Gottesbewusstsein, knowledge of God, 63Government, common, not necessary in church of Christ, 913Government, church, 903-926Grace, supplements law as the expression of the whole nature of the lawgiver, 547, 548, 752without works on the sinner's part, and without necessity on God's, 548an expression of the heart of God, beyond law, and in Christ, 548does not abrogate but reinforces and fulfils law, 548secures fulfilment of law by removing obstacles to pardon in the divine mind, and enabling man to obey, 548has its law which subsumes but transcends“the law of sin and death,”548has its place between the Pelagian and Rationalistic ideas of penalty, 548a revelation partly of law, but chiefly of love, 549the Pelagian idea of, 598[pg 1084]universal, according to Wesley, 603what, from the Arminian point of view, 605may afford sinners a better security for salvation than if they were Adams, 635a kingdom of, 775men as sinners, its objects, 778certain sinful men chosen to be recipients of special, 779“unmerited favor to sinners,”779more may be equitably bestowed on one man than on another, 779Gracious Ability, 602-604Guilt, defined, 614, 644how related to sin, 644, 645how incurred, 644not mere liability to penalty, 644constructive, has no place in divine government, 644to be distinguished from depravity, 645, 762is obligation to satisfy outraged holiness of God, 645of sin, how set forth in Scripture, 645how Christ may have, without depravity, 645and depravity,reatusandmacula, 645of race, how Christ bears, 646, 759not to be confounded with the consciousness of, 647first a relation to God, then to conscience, 647administers its own anesthetics, 647degrees of, 648-652degrees of, set forth in Mosaic ritual, 648casuistical refinements upon, not to be regarded, 648variety of award in Judgment explained by degrees in, 648measured by men's opportunities and powers, 649measured by the energy of evil will, 649measured by degrees of unreceptiveness in soul, 650of race, shared in by Christ, 759imparted and imputed to Christ, 759Habit and character, 1049“Hands of the Living God,”what? 539Hatred, what? 569Heart, its meaning in Scripture, 4Heathen, the, their virtues, what? 570may be saved who have not heard the gospel, 664, 843their religious systems corrupting, 666whatever good in their religions, God in, 666in proportion to their culture, become despairing, 666have an external revelation, 666instances of apparently regenerated, 843, 844Heathenism, a negative preparation for redemption, 665, 666partly a positive preparation for redemption, 665in it Christ as Logos or immanent God revealed himself in conscience and history, 665had the starlight of religious knowledge, 666their religions not the direct work of the devil, 666authors on heathenism as an evangelical preparation, 666Heaven, conception of, 1030elements of its happy perfection, 1031rewards in, equal yet various, 1031is deliverance from defective physical organization and circumstances, 1031its rest, 1031how perfect on entering, 1031a city, 1031its love, 1031its activities, 1031is it a place as well as a state? 460, 1032probably a place, 460, 1032may be a state, 460the essential presence of Christ's body would imply place, 1032is it on a purified and prepared earth? 1032, 1033Hebrews, genuineness and authorship, 152anti-Ebionite, 669Hell, essentially an inward condition, 460, 1034the outward corresponds with inward, 1034the pains of, not necessarily positive inflictions of God, 1035is not an endless succession of sufferings, 1035its extent and scope, 1052compared with heaven, narrow and limited, 1052only a spot, a corner in the universe, 1052Henotheism, what? 259Heredity, none in the race to predetermine self-consciousness, 467some facts which heredity cannot explain, 471often presents a product differing from both the producing agents, 492its influence in fiction, 492laws of, simply descriptions not explanations, 493illustrations of heredity, 495, 496cause of variations in, discussed, 497Weismann's views of, 466, 497, 631works for theology, 621, 632[pg 1085]is God working in us, 624the law by which living beings tend to reproduce themselves in their descendants, 625the scientific attitude of mind in regard to, 632the opposing views of, illustrated, 632the conclusion best warranted by science in relation to, 632when modifications are transmitted by, 632may be intensified by individual action, 632has given new currency to doctrine of“Original Sin,”636Heresy, what? 800Hingewandt zu, Dorner's translation of πρός in John 1:3, 337Hipparion, the two-toed horse, 472Holiness of God, seeGod.Holy Spirit, 13, 337organ of internal revelation, 13, 337recognized as God, 315possession of, 322, 343is a person, 323his work other than that of Christ, 338, 339sin against, 648, 650-652relation to Christ in his state of humiliation, 669, 697, 703application of redemption through work of, 777-886Honestumandutile, 300Host, Romish adoration of, 968“Host,”Scriptural use of, 448Humanity, capable of religion, 58full concept of, marred in First Adam, realized in Second, 678its exaltation in Christ, the experience of his people, 707justified in Christ's justification, 862Humanity of Christ, 673-681atonement as related to, 754-763seeChrist.Humiliation of Christ, 701-706seeChrist.Humility, what? 832Hyperphysical communication between minds perhaps possible, 1021“I Am,”as a Divine title, 253Idea of God, origin of our, 52-70seeGod.Ideal human nature in Christ, 678Idealism, its view of revelation, 11, 12Idealism, Materialistic, 95-100Ideas have decided fate of world, 426Identity, Edwards's theory of, 607what it consists in, 1020-1023Idiomaticum genus, 686“Idle word,”554Idolatry, 7, 133, 251, 457, 532, 968Ignorance, sins of, 554, 649invincible, 967Ignorantia legis neminem excusat, 558Image, what it suggests, 335, 514and likeness, 520Image of God, in what it consisted, 514its natural element, 514its moral element, 514personality, an element in, 515holiness, an element in, 515, 516its original righteousness, 517, 518not confined to personality, 519, 520not consisting in a natural capacity for religion, 520-523reflects itself in physical form, 523in soulproprie, in bodysignificative, 523subjects sensuous impulses to control of spirit, 523, 524gives dominion over lower creation, 524secures communion with God, 524, 525had suitable surroundings and society, 525furnished with tests of virtue, 526had associated with it, an opportunity of securing physical immortality, 527combated by those who hold that civilization has proceeded from primitive savagery, 527-531combated by those who hold that religion begins in fetichism, 531, 532Immortality, metaphysical argument for, 984, 985teleological argument for, 986, 987ethical argument for, 987, 988historical argument, 989widespread belief in, 989, 990a general appetency for, 990idea of, congruous with our nature, 990authors for and against, 991maintained on Scriptural grounds, 991-998an inference from the intuition of the existence of God, 996the resurrection of Jesus Christ the most conclusive proof of, 997Christ taught, 997Imprecatory Psalms, 231Imputatio metaphysica, 615Imputation of Adam's sin to his posterity, 593-637taught in Scripture, 593two questions demanding answer, 593the meaning of the phrase, 354has a realistic basis in Scripture, 594two fundamental principles in, 595theories of New and Old Schools, 596, 597theories of, 597-637Pelagian theory of, considered, 597-601Arminian theory of, considered, 601-606New School theory of, considered, 606-612[pg 1086]Federal theory of, considered, 612-616Mediate theory of, 616-619Augustinian theory of, considered, 619-637grounded on organic unity of mankind, 619tabular views, 628objections to Augustinian theory, 629-637authors on, 637of sin to Christ, grounded on a real union, 758of Christ's righteousness to us, grounded on a real union, 805, 862Indwelling of God, 693, 798Inexistentia, 333Infant salvation, 602, 609doctrine of, 660-664is assured, 661its early advocates, 664leads to the conclusion that no one is lost solely for sin of nature, 664Infanticide might have been encouraged by too definite assurances of infant salvation, 663Infants, their death proves their sinful nature, 579are regarded by some as animals, 579, 611, 957are unregenerate and in a state of sin, 661relatively innocent, 661objects of special divine care, 661, 662chosen by Christ to eternal life, 662salvation assured to those who die prior to moral consciousness, 662in some way receive and are united to Christ, 662at final judgment among the saved, 662regeneration effected at soul's first view of Christ, 663Inference, its nature and kinds, 66Infinite, 9, 87, 254Infinity of God, 254-256seeGod.Infirmity, sins of, 649, 650Innate or connate ideas, what?, 54Insitæ vel potius innatæ cogitationes, 53Inspiration of Scripture, 196-242definition of, 196-198defined by result, 196may include revelation, 196may include illumination, 196list of works on, 198proof of, 198presumption in favor of, 198of the O. T., vouched for by Jesus, 199promised by Jesus, 199, 200claimed by the apostles, 200, 201attested by miracle or prophecy, 201chief proof of, internal characteristics, 201theories of, 202-222the Intuition-theory of, 202this theory of, its doctrinal connections, 202this theory of, uses only man's natural insight, 203this theory of, denies to man's insight, vitiated in matters of religion and morals, an indispensable help, 203this theory of, is self-contradictory, 203is“the growth of the Divine through the capacities of the human,”, 204this theory of, makes moral and religious truth purely subjective, 204this theory of, practically denies a God who is Truth and its Revealer, 204the Illumination-theory of, 204this theory of, its doctrinal connections, 204this theory of, principal advocates of, 205in some cases amounted only to illumination, 206more than an illumination, which cannot account for revelation of new truth, 206if illumination only, cannot secure writers from serious error, 207as mere illumination can enlighten truth already imparted but not impart it, 207the Dictation-theory of, 208this theory of, its doctrinal connections, 208this theory of, its principal advocates, 208this theory of, post-reformation, 209this theory of, covers the few cases in which definite words were used with the command to write them down, 209this theory of, rests on an imperfect induction of Scriptural facts, 210this theory of, fails to account for the human element in Scripture, 210this theory of, spendthrift in means, as dictating truth already known to recipient, 210this theory of, reduces man's highest spiritual experience to mechanism, 210the Dynamical theory of, 211-222distinguished from other theories of, 211no theory of, necessary to Christian faith, 211union of the Divine and human elements in, 212-222[pg 1087]its mystery, the union of the divine and human, 212and hypnotic suggestion, 212the speaking and writing the words of God from within, in the conscious possession and exercise of intellect, emotion and will, 212pressed into service all the personal peculiarities, excellencies and defects of its subjects, 213uses all normal methods of literary composition, 214may use even myth and legend, 214a gradual evolution, 214, 215the divine side of what on its human side is discovery, 215does not guarantee inerrancy in things not essential to its purpose, 215in it God uses imperfect means, 215is divine truth in historical and individually conditioned form, 216did not directly communicate the words which its subjects employed, 216has permitted no form of words which would teach essential error, 216verbal, refuted by two facts, 216constitutes its Scriptures an organic whole, 217develops a progressive system with Christ as centre, 217furnishes, in the Bible as a whole, a sufficient guide to truth and salvation, 218overstatement of, has made sceptics, 218constitutes Scripture an authority, but subordinate to the ultimate authority, Christ, 219three cardinal principles regarding, 220three common questions regarding, 220, 221objections to the doctrine of, 222-242objected to, on the ground of errors in secular matters, 222said to be erroneous in its science, 223reply to above allegation against, 223-226said to be erroneous in its history, 226reply to above allegation against, 226-229said to be erroneous in its morality, 230reply to above allegation against, 230-232said to be erroneous in its reasoning, 232reply to above allegation against, 232, 233said to be erroneous in quotation and interpretation, 234reply to above allegation against, 234, 235said to be erroneous in its prophecy, 235reply to above allegation against, 235, 236admits books unworthy of a place as inspired, 236reply to above allegation against, 236-238admits as authentic portions of books written by others than the persons to whom they are ascribed, 238reply to above allegation against, 238-240admits sceptical or fictitious narratives, 240reply to above allegation against, 240-242acknowledges non-inspiration of its teachers and writers, 242reply to above allegation against, 242

Golden Age, classic references to, 526

Good deeds of an unregenerated man, how related to the tenor of his life, 814

Goodness, defined, 289

Goodness of God, witness to among heathen, 113

Gospel, testimony of, conformable with experience, 173its initial successes, a proof of its divine origin, 191makes men moral, 863

Gospel, testimony of, conformable with experience, 173

its initial successes, a proof of its divine origin, 191

makes men moral, 863

Gospels, run counter to Jewish ideas, 156superior in literary character to contemporary writings, 158their relation to a historical Christ, 159coincidence of their statements with collateral circumstances, 173, 174

Gospels, run counter to Jewish ideas, 156

superior in literary character to contemporary writings, 158

their relation to a historical Christ, 159

coincidence of their statements with collateral circumstances, 173, 174

Gottesbewusstsein, knowledge of God, 63

Government, common, not necessary in church of Christ, 913

Government, church, 903-926

Grace, supplements law as the expression of the whole nature of the lawgiver, 547, 548, 752without works on the sinner's part, and without necessity on God's, 548an expression of the heart of God, beyond law, and in Christ, 548does not abrogate but reinforces and fulfils law, 548secures fulfilment of law by removing obstacles to pardon in the divine mind, and enabling man to obey, 548has its law which subsumes but transcends“the law of sin and death,”548has its place between the Pelagian and Rationalistic ideas of penalty, 548a revelation partly of law, but chiefly of love, 549the Pelagian idea of, 598[pg 1084]universal, according to Wesley, 603what, from the Arminian point of view, 605may afford sinners a better security for salvation than if they were Adams, 635a kingdom of, 775men as sinners, its objects, 778certain sinful men chosen to be recipients of special, 779“unmerited favor to sinners,”779more may be equitably bestowed on one man than on another, 779

Grace, supplements law as the expression of the whole nature of the lawgiver, 547, 548, 752

without works on the sinner's part, and without necessity on God's, 548

an expression of the heart of God, beyond law, and in Christ, 548

does not abrogate but reinforces and fulfils law, 548

secures fulfilment of law by removing obstacles to pardon in the divine mind, and enabling man to obey, 548

has its law which subsumes but transcends“the law of sin and death,”548

has its place between the Pelagian and Rationalistic ideas of penalty, 548

a revelation partly of law, but chiefly of love, 549

the Pelagian idea of, 598

universal, according to Wesley, 603

what, from the Arminian point of view, 605

may afford sinners a better security for salvation than if they were Adams, 635

a kingdom of, 775

men as sinners, its objects, 778

certain sinful men chosen to be recipients of special, 779

“unmerited favor to sinners,”779

more may be equitably bestowed on one man than on another, 779

Gracious Ability, 602-604

Guilt, defined, 614, 644how related to sin, 644, 645how incurred, 644not mere liability to penalty, 644constructive, has no place in divine government, 644to be distinguished from depravity, 645, 762is obligation to satisfy outraged holiness of God, 645of sin, how set forth in Scripture, 645how Christ may have, without depravity, 645and depravity,reatusandmacula, 645of race, how Christ bears, 646, 759not to be confounded with the consciousness of, 647first a relation to God, then to conscience, 647administers its own anesthetics, 647degrees of, 648-652degrees of, set forth in Mosaic ritual, 648casuistical refinements upon, not to be regarded, 648variety of award in Judgment explained by degrees in, 648measured by men's opportunities and powers, 649measured by the energy of evil will, 649measured by degrees of unreceptiveness in soul, 650of race, shared in by Christ, 759imparted and imputed to Christ, 759

Guilt, defined, 614, 644

how related to sin, 644, 645

how incurred, 644

not mere liability to penalty, 644

constructive, has no place in divine government, 644

to be distinguished from depravity, 645, 762

is obligation to satisfy outraged holiness of God, 645

of sin, how set forth in Scripture, 645

how Christ may have, without depravity, 645

and depravity,reatusandmacula, 645

of race, how Christ bears, 646, 759

not to be confounded with the consciousness of, 647

first a relation to God, then to conscience, 647

administers its own anesthetics, 647

degrees of, 648-652

degrees of, set forth in Mosaic ritual, 648

casuistical refinements upon, not to be regarded, 648

variety of award in Judgment explained by degrees in, 648

measured by men's opportunities and powers, 649

measured by the energy of evil will, 649

measured by degrees of unreceptiveness in soul, 650

of race, shared in by Christ, 759

imparted and imputed to Christ, 759

Habit and character, 1049

“Hands of the Living God,”what? 539

Hatred, what? 569

Heart, its meaning in Scripture, 4

Heathen, the, their virtues, what? 570may be saved who have not heard the gospel, 664, 843their religious systems corrupting, 666whatever good in their religions, God in, 666in proportion to their culture, become despairing, 666have an external revelation, 666instances of apparently regenerated, 843, 844

Heathen, the, their virtues, what? 570

may be saved who have not heard the gospel, 664, 843

their religious systems corrupting, 666

whatever good in their religions, God in, 666

in proportion to their culture, become despairing, 666

have an external revelation, 666

instances of apparently regenerated, 843, 844

Heathenism, a negative preparation for redemption, 665, 666partly a positive preparation for redemption, 665in it Christ as Logos or immanent God revealed himself in conscience and history, 665had the starlight of religious knowledge, 666their religions not the direct work of the devil, 666authors on heathenism as an evangelical preparation, 666

Heathenism, a negative preparation for redemption, 665, 666

partly a positive preparation for redemption, 665

in it Christ as Logos or immanent God revealed himself in conscience and history, 665

had the starlight of religious knowledge, 666

their religions not the direct work of the devil, 666

authors on heathenism as an evangelical preparation, 666

Heaven, conception of, 1030elements of its happy perfection, 1031rewards in, equal yet various, 1031is deliverance from defective physical organization and circumstances, 1031its rest, 1031how perfect on entering, 1031a city, 1031its love, 1031its activities, 1031is it a place as well as a state? 460, 1032probably a place, 460, 1032may be a state, 460the essential presence of Christ's body would imply place, 1032is it on a purified and prepared earth? 1032, 1033

Heaven, conception of, 1030

elements of its happy perfection, 1031

rewards in, equal yet various, 1031

is deliverance from defective physical organization and circumstances, 1031

its rest, 1031

how perfect on entering, 1031

a city, 1031

its love, 1031

its activities, 1031

is it a place as well as a state? 460, 1032

probably a place, 460, 1032

may be a state, 460

the essential presence of Christ's body would imply place, 1032

is it on a purified and prepared earth? 1032, 1033

Hebrews, genuineness and authorship, 152anti-Ebionite, 669

Hebrews, genuineness and authorship, 152

anti-Ebionite, 669

Hell, essentially an inward condition, 460, 1034the outward corresponds with inward, 1034the pains of, not necessarily positive inflictions of God, 1035is not an endless succession of sufferings, 1035its extent and scope, 1052compared with heaven, narrow and limited, 1052only a spot, a corner in the universe, 1052

Hell, essentially an inward condition, 460, 1034

the outward corresponds with inward, 1034

the pains of, not necessarily positive inflictions of God, 1035

is not an endless succession of sufferings, 1035

its extent and scope, 1052

compared with heaven, narrow and limited, 1052

only a spot, a corner in the universe, 1052

Henotheism, what? 259

Heredity, none in the race to predetermine self-consciousness, 467some facts which heredity cannot explain, 471often presents a product differing from both the producing agents, 492its influence in fiction, 492laws of, simply descriptions not explanations, 493illustrations of heredity, 495, 496cause of variations in, discussed, 497Weismann's views of, 466, 497, 631works for theology, 621, 632[pg 1085]is God working in us, 624the law by which living beings tend to reproduce themselves in their descendants, 625the scientific attitude of mind in regard to, 632the opposing views of, illustrated, 632the conclusion best warranted by science in relation to, 632when modifications are transmitted by, 632may be intensified by individual action, 632has given new currency to doctrine of“Original Sin,”636

Heredity, none in the race to predetermine self-consciousness, 467

some facts which heredity cannot explain, 471

often presents a product differing from both the producing agents, 492

its influence in fiction, 492

laws of, simply descriptions not explanations, 493

illustrations of heredity, 495, 496

cause of variations in, discussed, 497

Weismann's views of, 466, 497, 631

works for theology, 621, 632

is God working in us, 624

the law by which living beings tend to reproduce themselves in their descendants, 625

the scientific attitude of mind in regard to, 632

the opposing views of, illustrated, 632

the conclusion best warranted by science in relation to, 632

when modifications are transmitted by, 632

may be intensified by individual action, 632

has given new currency to doctrine of“Original Sin,”636

Heresy, what? 800

Hingewandt zu, Dorner's translation of πρός in John 1:3, 337

Hipparion, the two-toed horse, 472

Holiness of God, seeGod.

Holy Spirit, 13, 337organ of internal revelation, 13, 337recognized as God, 315possession of, 322, 343is a person, 323his work other than that of Christ, 338, 339sin against, 648, 650-652relation to Christ in his state of humiliation, 669, 697, 703application of redemption through work of, 777-886

Holy Spirit, 13, 337

organ of internal revelation, 13, 337

recognized as God, 315

possession of, 322, 343

is a person, 323

his work other than that of Christ, 338, 339

sin against, 648, 650-652

relation to Christ in his state of humiliation, 669, 697, 703

application of redemption through work of, 777-886

Honestumandutile, 300

Host, Romish adoration of, 968

“Host,”Scriptural use of, 448

Humanity, capable of religion, 58full concept of, marred in First Adam, realized in Second, 678its exaltation in Christ, the experience of his people, 707justified in Christ's justification, 862

Humanity, capable of religion, 58

full concept of, marred in First Adam, realized in Second, 678

its exaltation in Christ, the experience of his people, 707

justified in Christ's justification, 862

Humanity of Christ, 673-681atonement as related to, 754-763seeChrist.

Humanity of Christ, 673-681

atonement as related to, 754-763

seeChrist.

Humiliation of Christ, 701-706seeChrist.

Humiliation of Christ, 701-706

seeChrist.

Humility, what? 832

Hyperphysical communication between minds perhaps possible, 1021

“I Am,”as a Divine title, 253

Idea of God, origin of our, 52-70seeGod.

Idea of God, origin of our, 52-70

seeGod.

Ideal human nature in Christ, 678

Idealism, its view of revelation, 11, 12

Idealism, Materialistic, 95-100

Ideas have decided fate of world, 426

Identity, Edwards's theory of, 607what it consists in, 1020-1023

Identity, Edwards's theory of, 607

what it consists in, 1020-1023

Idiomaticum genus, 686

“Idle word,”554

Idolatry, 7, 133, 251, 457, 532, 968

Ignorance, sins of, 554, 649invincible, 967

Ignorance, sins of, 554, 649

invincible, 967

Ignorantia legis neminem excusat, 558

Image, what it suggests, 335, 514and likeness, 520

Image, what it suggests, 335, 514

and likeness, 520

Image of God, in what it consisted, 514its natural element, 514its moral element, 514personality, an element in, 515holiness, an element in, 515, 516its original righteousness, 517, 518not confined to personality, 519, 520not consisting in a natural capacity for religion, 520-523reflects itself in physical form, 523in soulproprie, in bodysignificative, 523subjects sensuous impulses to control of spirit, 523, 524gives dominion over lower creation, 524secures communion with God, 524, 525had suitable surroundings and society, 525furnished with tests of virtue, 526had associated with it, an opportunity of securing physical immortality, 527combated by those who hold that civilization has proceeded from primitive savagery, 527-531combated by those who hold that religion begins in fetichism, 531, 532

Image of God, in what it consisted, 514

its natural element, 514

its moral element, 514

personality, an element in, 515

holiness, an element in, 515, 516

its original righteousness, 517, 518

not confined to personality, 519, 520

not consisting in a natural capacity for religion, 520-523

reflects itself in physical form, 523

in soulproprie, in bodysignificative, 523

subjects sensuous impulses to control of spirit, 523, 524

gives dominion over lower creation, 524

secures communion with God, 524, 525

had suitable surroundings and society, 525

furnished with tests of virtue, 526

had associated with it, an opportunity of securing physical immortality, 527

combated by those who hold that civilization has proceeded from primitive savagery, 527-531

combated by those who hold that religion begins in fetichism, 531, 532

Immortality, metaphysical argument for, 984, 985teleological argument for, 986, 987ethical argument for, 987, 988historical argument, 989widespread belief in, 989, 990a general appetency for, 990idea of, congruous with our nature, 990authors for and against, 991maintained on Scriptural grounds, 991-998an inference from the intuition of the existence of God, 996the resurrection of Jesus Christ the most conclusive proof of, 997Christ taught, 997

Immortality, metaphysical argument for, 984, 985

teleological argument for, 986, 987

ethical argument for, 987, 988

historical argument, 989

widespread belief in, 989, 990

a general appetency for, 990

idea of, congruous with our nature, 990

authors for and against, 991

maintained on Scriptural grounds, 991-998

an inference from the intuition of the existence of God, 996

the resurrection of Jesus Christ the most conclusive proof of, 997

Christ taught, 997

Imprecatory Psalms, 231

Imputatio metaphysica, 615

Imputation of Adam's sin to his posterity, 593-637taught in Scripture, 593two questions demanding answer, 593the meaning of the phrase, 354has a realistic basis in Scripture, 594two fundamental principles in, 595theories of New and Old Schools, 596, 597theories of, 597-637Pelagian theory of, considered, 597-601Arminian theory of, considered, 601-606New School theory of, considered, 606-612[pg 1086]Federal theory of, considered, 612-616Mediate theory of, 616-619Augustinian theory of, considered, 619-637grounded on organic unity of mankind, 619tabular views, 628objections to Augustinian theory, 629-637authors on, 637of sin to Christ, grounded on a real union, 758of Christ's righteousness to us, grounded on a real union, 805, 862

Imputation of Adam's sin to his posterity, 593-637

taught in Scripture, 593

two questions demanding answer, 593

the meaning of the phrase, 354

has a realistic basis in Scripture, 594

two fundamental principles in, 595

theories of New and Old Schools, 596, 597

theories of, 597-637

Pelagian theory of, considered, 597-601

Arminian theory of, considered, 601-606

New School theory of, considered, 606-612

Federal theory of, considered, 612-616

Mediate theory of, 616-619

Augustinian theory of, considered, 619-637

grounded on organic unity of mankind, 619

tabular views, 628

objections to Augustinian theory, 629-637

authors on, 637

of sin to Christ, grounded on a real union, 758

of Christ's righteousness to us, grounded on a real union, 805, 862

Indwelling of God, 693, 798

Inexistentia, 333

Infant salvation, 602, 609doctrine of, 660-664is assured, 661its early advocates, 664leads to the conclusion that no one is lost solely for sin of nature, 664

Infant salvation, 602, 609

doctrine of, 660-664

is assured, 661

its early advocates, 664

leads to the conclusion that no one is lost solely for sin of nature, 664

Infanticide might have been encouraged by too definite assurances of infant salvation, 663

Infants, their death proves their sinful nature, 579are regarded by some as animals, 579, 611, 957are unregenerate and in a state of sin, 661relatively innocent, 661objects of special divine care, 661, 662chosen by Christ to eternal life, 662salvation assured to those who die prior to moral consciousness, 662in some way receive and are united to Christ, 662at final judgment among the saved, 662regeneration effected at soul's first view of Christ, 663

Infants, their death proves their sinful nature, 579

are regarded by some as animals, 579, 611, 957

are unregenerate and in a state of sin, 661

relatively innocent, 661

objects of special divine care, 661, 662

chosen by Christ to eternal life, 662

salvation assured to those who die prior to moral consciousness, 662

in some way receive and are united to Christ, 662

at final judgment among the saved, 662

regeneration effected at soul's first view of Christ, 663

Inference, its nature and kinds, 66

Infinite, 9, 87, 254

Infinity of God, 254-256seeGod.

Infinity of God, 254-256

seeGod.

Infirmity, sins of, 649, 650

Innate or connate ideas, what?, 54

Insitæ vel potius innatæ cogitationes, 53

Inspiration of Scripture, 196-242definition of, 196-198defined by result, 196may include revelation, 196may include illumination, 196list of works on, 198proof of, 198presumption in favor of, 198of the O. T., vouched for by Jesus, 199promised by Jesus, 199, 200claimed by the apostles, 200, 201attested by miracle or prophecy, 201chief proof of, internal characteristics, 201theories of, 202-222the Intuition-theory of, 202this theory of, its doctrinal connections, 202this theory of, uses only man's natural insight, 203this theory of, denies to man's insight, vitiated in matters of religion and morals, an indispensable help, 203this theory of, is self-contradictory, 203is“the growth of the Divine through the capacities of the human,”, 204this theory of, makes moral and religious truth purely subjective, 204this theory of, practically denies a God who is Truth and its Revealer, 204the Illumination-theory of, 204this theory of, its doctrinal connections, 204this theory of, principal advocates of, 205in some cases amounted only to illumination, 206more than an illumination, which cannot account for revelation of new truth, 206if illumination only, cannot secure writers from serious error, 207as mere illumination can enlighten truth already imparted but not impart it, 207the Dictation-theory of, 208this theory of, its doctrinal connections, 208this theory of, its principal advocates, 208this theory of, post-reformation, 209this theory of, covers the few cases in which definite words were used with the command to write them down, 209this theory of, rests on an imperfect induction of Scriptural facts, 210this theory of, fails to account for the human element in Scripture, 210this theory of, spendthrift in means, as dictating truth already known to recipient, 210this theory of, reduces man's highest spiritual experience to mechanism, 210the Dynamical theory of, 211-222distinguished from other theories of, 211no theory of, necessary to Christian faith, 211union of the Divine and human elements in, 212-222[pg 1087]its mystery, the union of the divine and human, 212and hypnotic suggestion, 212the speaking and writing the words of God from within, in the conscious possession and exercise of intellect, emotion and will, 212pressed into service all the personal peculiarities, excellencies and defects of its subjects, 213uses all normal methods of literary composition, 214may use even myth and legend, 214a gradual evolution, 214, 215the divine side of what on its human side is discovery, 215does not guarantee inerrancy in things not essential to its purpose, 215in it God uses imperfect means, 215is divine truth in historical and individually conditioned form, 216did not directly communicate the words which its subjects employed, 216has permitted no form of words which would teach essential error, 216verbal, refuted by two facts, 216constitutes its Scriptures an organic whole, 217develops a progressive system with Christ as centre, 217furnishes, in the Bible as a whole, a sufficient guide to truth and salvation, 218overstatement of, has made sceptics, 218constitutes Scripture an authority, but subordinate to the ultimate authority, Christ, 219three cardinal principles regarding, 220three common questions regarding, 220, 221objections to the doctrine of, 222-242objected to, on the ground of errors in secular matters, 222said to be erroneous in its science, 223reply to above allegation against, 223-226said to be erroneous in its history, 226reply to above allegation against, 226-229said to be erroneous in its morality, 230reply to above allegation against, 230-232said to be erroneous in its reasoning, 232reply to above allegation against, 232, 233said to be erroneous in quotation and interpretation, 234reply to above allegation against, 234, 235said to be erroneous in its prophecy, 235reply to above allegation against, 235, 236admits books unworthy of a place as inspired, 236reply to above allegation against, 236-238admits as authentic portions of books written by others than the persons to whom they are ascribed, 238reply to above allegation against, 238-240admits sceptical or fictitious narratives, 240reply to above allegation against, 240-242acknowledges non-inspiration of its teachers and writers, 242reply to above allegation against, 242

Inspiration of Scripture, 196-242

definition of, 196-198

defined by result, 196

may include revelation, 196

may include illumination, 196

list of works on, 198

proof of, 198

presumption in favor of, 198

of the O. T., vouched for by Jesus, 199

promised by Jesus, 199, 200

claimed by the apostles, 200, 201

attested by miracle or prophecy, 201

chief proof of, internal characteristics, 201

theories of, 202-222

the Intuition-theory of, 202

this theory of, its doctrinal connections, 202

this theory of, uses only man's natural insight, 203

this theory of, denies to man's insight, vitiated in matters of religion and morals, an indispensable help, 203

this theory of, is self-contradictory, 203

is“the growth of the Divine through the capacities of the human,”, 204

this theory of, makes moral and religious truth purely subjective, 204

this theory of, practically denies a God who is Truth and its Revealer, 204

the Illumination-theory of, 204

this theory of, its doctrinal connections, 204

this theory of, principal advocates of, 205

in some cases amounted only to illumination, 206

more than an illumination, which cannot account for revelation of new truth, 206

if illumination only, cannot secure writers from serious error, 207

as mere illumination can enlighten truth already imparted but not impart it, 207

the Dictation-theory of, 208

this theory of, its doctrinal connections, 208

this theory of, its principal advocates, 208

this theory of, post-reformation, 209

this theory of, covers the few cases in which definite words were used with the command to write them down, 209

this theory of, rests on an imperfect induction of Scriptural facts, 210

this theory of, fails to account for the human element in Scripture, 210

this theory of, spendthrift in means, as dictating truth already known to recipient, 210

this theory of, reduces man's highest spiritual experience to mechanism, 210

the Dynamical theory of, 211-222

distinguished from other theories of, 211

no theory of, necessary to Christian faith, 211

union of the Divine and human elements in, 212-222

its mystery, the union of the divine and human, 212

and hypnotic suggestion, 212

the speaking and writing the words of God from within, in the conscious possession and exercise of intellect, emotion and will, 212

pressed into service all the personal peculiarities, excellencies and defects of its subjects, 213

uses all normal methods of literary composition, 214

may use even myth and legend, 214

a gradual evolution, 214, 215

the divine side of what on its human side is discovery, 215

does not guarantee inerrancy in things not essential to its purpose, 215

in it God uses imperfect means, 215

is divine truth in historical and individually conditioned form, 216

did not directly communicate the words which its subjects employed, 216

has permitted no form of words which would teach essential error, 216

verbal, refuted by two facts, 216

constitutes its Scriptures an organic whole, 217

develops a progressive system with Christ as centre, 217

furnishes, in the Bible as a whole, a sufficient guide to truth and salvation, 218

overstatement of, has made sceptics, 218

constitutes Scripture an authority, but subordinate to the ultimate authority, Christ, 219

three cardinal principles regarding, 220

three common questions regarding, 220, 221

objections to the doctrine of, 222-242

objected to, on the ground of errors in secular matters, 222

said to be erroneous in its science, 223

reply to above allegation against, 223-226

said to be erroneous in its history, 226

reply to above allegation against, 226-229

said to be erroneous in its morality, 230

reply to above allegation against, 230-232

said to be erroneous in its reasoning, 232

reply to above allegation against, 232, 233

said to be erroneous in quotation and interpretation, 234

reply to above allegation against, 234, 235

said to be erroneous in its prophecy, 235

reply to above allegation against, 235, 236

admits books unworthy of a place as inspired, 236

reply to above allegation against, 236-238

admits as authentic portions of books written by others than the persons to whom they are ascribed, 238