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Index Of Subjects.[pg 1059]Ability, gracious, 602, 640natural, of New School, 640, 641not test of sin, 558Pelagian, 640Abiogenesis, 389Absolute, its denotation, 9as applied to divine attributes, 249how related to finite, 58, 255Reason, an, the postulate of logical thought, 60Abydos, triad of, 351Acceptilatio, the Grotian, 740Acquittal of believing sinners, from punishment, 854Action, divine, notin distantia, 418Acts, evil, God's concurrence with, 418Ad aperturam libri, 32Adam, his original righteousness not immutable, 519had power of contrary choice, 519not created undecided, 519his love, God-given, 519his exercise of holy will not meritorious, 520unfallen, according to Romish theologians, 520his physical perfection, 523unfallen, according to Fathers and Scholastics, 523his relations to lower creation, 524his relations to God, 524his surroundings and society, 525the test of his virtue, 526physical immortality possible to, 527his Fall, seeFall.his twofold death, resulting from Fall, 590his communion with God interrupted, 592his banishment from God, 593imputation of his sin to his posterity, seeImputation.in him“the natural,”had he continued upright, might without death have obtained“the spiritual,”658was Christ in, 759Christ, the Last, 678Christ, the Second, 680Adoption, what?, 857Aequale temperamentum, 523Affections, 362, 815holy, authors on, 826Agency, free, and divine decrees, 359-362Alexander, unifier of Greek East, 668Allegorical arrangement in theology, 50Allœosis, 686Altruism, 299Ambition, what? 569American theology, 48, 49Anacoloutha, Paul's, 210Analytical method, in theology, 45, 49Ancestry of race, proofs of a common, 476-482“Angel of the church,”452, 916“Angel of Jehovah,”319Angelology of Scripture, not derived from Egyptian or Persian sources, 448“Angels' food,”445Angels, their class defined, 443Scholastic subtleties regarding, their influence, 443, 444Milton and Dante upon, 443their existence a scientific possibility, 444faith in, enlarges conception of universe, 444list of authors upon, 444Scriptural statements and intimations concerning, 441-459are created beings, 444are incorporeal, 445are personal, 445possessed of superhuman intelligence, 445distinct from and older than man, 445not personifications, 445numerous, 447are a company, not a race, 447were created holy, 450had a probation, 450some preserved their integrity, 450some fell from innocence, 450the good, confirmed in goodness, 450the evil, confirmed in evil, 450Angels, good, they stand worshiping God, 451they rejoice in God's works, 451they work in nature, 451[pg 1060]they guide nations, 451watch over interests of churches, 452assist individual believers, 452punish God's enemies, 452ministers of God's special providences, 452act within laws of spiritual and moral world, 453their influence illustrated by psychic phenomena, 453, 454Angels, evil, oppose God, 454hinder man's welfare, 455tempt negatively and positively, 455their intercourse with Christ, 456execute God's will, 457their power not independent of human will, 457limited by permissive will of God, 458the doctrine of, not opposed to science, 459not opposed to right views of space or spirit, 459not impossible that, though wise, they should rebel, 460the continuance and punishment of evil, not inconsistent with divine benevolence, 461their organization, though sinful, not impossible, 461the doctrine of evil, not hurtful, 461, 462the doctrine of evil, does not degrade man, 462good, the doctrine of, its uses, 462evil, the doctrine of, its uses, 463fallen, if no redemption provided for, why? 463created in Christ, 464their salvation, Scripture silent upon, 464Anger, sometimes a duty, 294Annihilation, of infants, held by Emmons, 609at death, inequitable, 987, 1036disproved by Scripture, 991-998terms which seemingly teach, 993language adduced to prove, often metaphorical, 994old view of, 1036the theory that it is a result of the weakening of powers of soul by sin, considered, 1036“second death”regarded as dissolution of the soul, 1036the theory that a positive punishment proportioned to guilt precedes and ends in, 1037the tenet of, rests on a defective view of holiness, 1037a part of the“conditional immortality”hypothesis, 1037as connected with the principle,“Evil is punished by its own increase,”1038Annihilationists, 487“Answer (Interrogation) of a good conscience,”phrase examined, 821Anthropological argument for God's existence, 80-85Anthropological method in theology, 50Anthropology, a division of theology, 464Anthropomorphism, 122, 250“Anthropomorphism inverse,”468Antichrist, 1009“Anticipative consequences,”403, 658Antinomianism, 875Antiquity of race, relation of Scripture to, 224-226Apocalypse, its exegetic not yet found, 1014Apocrypha, 115, 150, 865Apollinarianism, 487, 670, 671Apostasy, man's state of, 533-664Apostasy of the believer, how treated in Scripture, 884-886A posteriorireasoning, 66, 86Apostles, 199-201, 909, 971Apotelesmaticum genus, 686A prioriargument for God's existence, the, seeGod.judgments, 10reasons for expecting a divine revelation, 111-114Arbitrium, 557Argumentad hominemin Scripture, 233for existence of God, its value, 65-67, 71, 72, 87-89Arianism, 328-330, 670Arminianism, 362, 601-606Arrangement of material in theology, 2, 49, 50Art, 529, 1016Aryan and Semitic languages, their connection, 479Ascension, Christ's, 708-710Christ's humanity, how related to the Logos in, 709Aseity of God, 256, 257not confined to Father, 342Assensus, an element in faith, 837Assurance of salvation, 808, 845“Asymptote of God,”man, the, 565Athanasian Creed, 329Atoms, 96, 374Atomism, 600, 635Atonement, facts in Christ's sufferings which prove, 713defined, 713satisfies holiness, the fundamental attribute of God, 713meets the conditions of a universe in which happiness is connected with righteousness and suffering with sin, 714[pg 1061]in it Christ as Logos, the Revealer of God in the universe, inflicts the penalty of sin, while, as Life of humanity, he endures the infliction, 714humanity has made, when righteousness in Christ, as generic humanity, condemns sin, and love in Christ endures the penalty, 714substitutionary and sharing, 715in, Christ suffers as the very life of man, 715not made, but revealed, by Christ's historical sufferings, 715the sacrifice of, the final revelation of the heart of God and of the law of universal life, 716a model of, and stimulus to, self-sacrifice, 716its subjective effects must not exclude consideration of its ground and cause, 716Scripture methods of representing, 716-722originates in God's love and manifests it, 716an example of disinterested love to secure our deliverance from selfishness, 716, 717a ransom in which death is the price paid, 717an act of obedience to law, 717an act of priestly mediation, 718-728a sin-offering, 719a propitiation, 719a substitution, 720correct views of, grounded on proper interpretation of the institution of sacrifice, 721is it to be interpreted according to notions derived from Jewish or heathen sacrifices? 728theories of, 728-766Socinian (example) theory, 728, 729objections to above, 735-740Bushnellian (moral influence) theory, 733-735objections to above, 735-740Grotian (governmental) theory of, 740, 741Irvingian (gradually extirpated depravity) theory of, 744, 745objections to theory, 745-747Anselmic (commercial) theory of, 747, 748Military theory of, 747objections to, 748-750Criminal theory of, 748the Ethical theory of, 750-771a true theory of, resolves two problems, 750, 751grounded in holiness of God, 751a satisfaction of an ethical demand of the divine nature, 751, 752, 753substitution in, an operation of grace, 752the righteousness of law maintained in, 752maintains, as a first subordinate result, the interests of the divine government, 753provides, as a second subordinate result, for the needs of human nature, 753the classical passage with reference to, 753sets forth Christ as so related to humanity that he is under obligation to pay and does pay, 754explains how the innocent can suffer for the guilty in, 755, 756, 757Andover theory of, 756by one whose nature was purified, but his obligation to suffer undiminished, 757the guilt resting on Christ in, what it was, 645, 646, 757as a member of the race, did he not suffer in, for his own sin?, 758showed what had been in the heart of God from eternity, 758explanations of Christ's identification with humanity as a reason why he made, 759-761exposition of 2 Cor. 5:21, 760grounded in the holiness and love of God, 761is accomplished through the solidarity of the race, and Christ the common life, bearing guilt for men, 761ground of, on the part of man, 761rather revealed than made by incarnate Christ, 762, 763Ethical theory of, philosophically correct, 764combines the valuable elements of other theories, 764shows most satisfactorily how demands of holiness are met, 764presents only explanation of sacrificial rites and language, 765alone gives proper place to death of Christ, 765is best explanation of sufferings of Christ, 765satisfies most completely the ethical demand of human nature, 765, 766objected to, as inconsistent with God's omnipotence or love, 766objected to, as presented ideas mutually exclusive, 767objected to, as obviating real propitiation, 768[pg 1062]objected to, as an act of injustice, 768objected to, because transfer of punishment is impossible, 768, 769objected to, because the remorse implied in it, was impossible to Christ, 769objected to, because sufferings finite in time cannot satisfy infinite demands of law, 769, 770objected to, that it renders Christ's active obedience superfluous, 770objected to, as immoral in tendency, 770objected to, as requiring faith to complete a satisfaction which ought to be itself perfect, 771extent of, 771-773unlimited, 771its application limited, 771passages asserting its special efficacy, 771passages asserting its sufficiency for all, 771secures for all men delay in execution of sentence against sin, 772has made objective provision for all, 772, 773has procured for all incentives to repentance, 773limited, advocates of, 773universal, advocates of, 773Attributes, divine, seeGod.mental, higher than those of matter, inference from, 92Aurignac Cave, its evidence doubtful, 532Australian languages, their affinities, 479Automatic, mental activity largely, 550“Automatic excellence or badness,”611Avarice, defined, 569Avatars, Hindu, 187Christ's incarnation unlike, 698Ayatof Koran, 213Baalim, 318Balaam, inspired, yet unholy, 207Baptism and Lord's Supper, only accounted for as monuments, 157the formula of, correlates Christ's name with God's, 312according to Romish church, 522of Jesus, its import, 761, 762, 942Christian, definition of, 931instituted by Christ, 931of universal and perpetual obligation, 931ignored by Salvation Army and Society of Friends, 931John's recognized by Christ, 931, 932John's, was it a modification of a previously existing rite?, 931, 932proselyte, its existence discussed, 931, 932John's, essentially Christian baptism, 732made the law of the church, 932Christian, complementally related to Lord's Supper, is of equal permanency, 932, 933its mode, immersion, 933meaning of its original word, according to Greek usage, 933, 934meaning of original word as determined by contextual relation, 934meaning of original word determined by voice used with 'water,', 935meaning of original word determined by prepositional connections, 935meaning of original word derived from circumstances, 935original meaning of word determined from figurative allusions, 936original meaning of word determined by practice of early church, 936occasional change in its mode permitted for seeming sufficient reason at an early date, 936original meaning of word determined by usage of Greek church, 937, 938Dr. Dods' statement as to its mode, 938concession to its original method of observance in the introduction of baptisteries or“fontgraves”into non Baptist places of worship, 938the church, being only an executive body, cannot modify Christ's law concerning, 939the law of, fundamental, and therefore unalterable save by Legislator himself, 939any modification of, by church, implies unwisdom in Appointer of rite, 939any change in mode vacates ordinance of its symbolic significance, 939objections to its mode, immersion, 940if its mode impracticable, ordinance not a duty, 940when its mode dangerous, ordinance not to be performed, 940the mode of baptism decently impressive, 940the ordinance symbolizing suffering and death is consistently somewhat inconvenient, 940God's blessing on an irregular administration of, no sanction of irregularity, 940its symbolism, 940-945what it symbolizes is general, 940it symbolizes death and burial of Christ, 940it symbolizes union with Christ, 941[pg 1063]it symbolizes atonement and redemption, 941it symbolizes to the believer being baptized his spiritual death and resurrection, 941it symbolizes union of believers with each other, 942it symbolizes the death and resurrection of the body, 942the central truth, set forth by, 942a correlative truth set forth by, 943sets forth purification through communion with death of Christ, 944symbolizes regenerating power of Jesus' death, 944immersion in, alone symbolizes the passage from death unto life in regeneration and communion with Christ in his death and rising, 944the substituting for the correct mode of, one which excludes all reference to Christ's death destroys the ordinance, 944is a historical monument, 945is a pictorial expression of doctrine, 945and Lord's Supper, 945subjects of, 945-959the proper subjects of, 945those only to be baptized who have first been made disciples, 945those only to be baptized who have repented and believed, 945those only to be baptized who can be members of the church, 945those only to be baptized for whom the symbolism is valid, 946not a means of regeneration, 946the spiritual and the ritual so combined in, that the whole ordinance may be designated by its outward aspect, 946as a being“born of water,”946connected with repentance“for the remission of sins,”, 946without baptism, discipleship incomplete, and ineffective, 947the teachings of Campbellism regarding, 947, 948act of person baptized, 948before it is administered, church should require evidence that candidates are regenerated, 949incorrectly called“door into the church,”, 949as expressive of inward character of candidate, 950as regeneration is once for all, baptism must not be repeated, 950as outward expression of inward change, is the first of all duties, 950should follow regeneration with least possible delay, 950if an actual profession of faith, not to be repeated, 950accessories to, matters of individual judgment, 951its formula, 951Infant, 951-959without warrant in scripture, 951has no express command, 951no clear example, 951passages held to imply it, have no reference thereto, 951expressly contradicted, 952in it the prerequisites of faith and repentance impossible, 952in it the symbolism of baptism has lost significance, 952its practice inconsistent with constitution of the church, 952is unharmonious with prerequisites to the Lord's Supper, 952has led in Greek Church to infant communion, 953denied by the Paulicians, 953the reasons of its rise and spread, 953a necessary concomitant of a State Church, 954founded on unscriptural and dangerous reasonings, 954it assumes power of church to tamper with Christ's commands, 954contradicts New Testament ideas of church, 954assumes a connection of parent and child closer and more influential than facts of Scripture and experience will support, 954, 955its propriety urged on various unsettled grounds, 956does it make its subjects members of the church?, 956its evil effects, 957-959forestalls any voluntary act, 957induces superstitious confidence, 957has led to baptism of irrational and material things, 957has obscured and corrupted Christian truth, 958is often an obstacle to evangelical views, 958merges church in nation and world, 958substitutes for Christ's command an invention of men, 958, 959literature concerning, 959

Ability, gracious, 602, 640natural, of New School, 640, 641not test of sin, 558Pelagian, 640

Ability, gracious, 602, 640

natural, of New School, 640, 641

not test of sin, 558

Pelagian, 640

Abiogenesis, 389

Absolute, its denotation, 9as applied to divine attributes, 249how related to finite, 58, 255Reason, an, the postulate of logical thought, 60

Absolute, its denotation, 9

as applied to divine attributes, 249

how related to finite, 58, 255

Reason, an, the postulate of logical thought, 60

Abydos, triad of, 351

Acceptilatio, the Grotian, 740

Acquittal of believing sinners, from punishment, 854

Action, divine, notin distantia, 418

Acts, evil, God's concurrence with, 418

Ad aperturam libri, 32

Adam, his original righteousness not immutable, 519had power of contrary choice, 519not created undecided, 519his love, God-given, 519his exercise of holy will not meritorious, 520unfallen, according to Romish theologians, 520his physical perfection, 523unfallen, according to Fathers and Scholastics, 523his relations to lower creation, 524his relations to God, 524his surroundings and society, 525the test of his virtue, 526physical immortality possible to, 527his Fall, seeFall.his twofold death, resulting from Fall, 590his communion with God interrupted, 592his banishment from God, 593imputation of his sin to his posterity, seeImputation.in him“the natural,”had he continued upright, might without death have obtained“the spiritual,”658was Christ in, 759Christ, the Last, 678Christ, the Second, 680

Adam, his original righteousness not immutable, 519

had power of contrary choice, 519

not created undecided, 519

his love, God-given, 519

his exercise of holy will not meritorious, 520

unfallen, according to Romish theologians, 520

his physical perfection, 523

unfallen, according to Fathers and Scholastics, 523

his relations to lower creation, 524

his relations to God, 524

his surroundings and society, 525

the test of his virtue, 526

physical immortality possible to, 527

his Fall, seeFall.

his twofold death, resulting from Fall, 590

his communion with God interrupted, 592

his banishment from God, 593

imputation of his sin to his posterity, seeImputation.

in him“the natural,”had he continued upright, might without death have obtained“the spiritual,”658

was Christ in, 759

Christ, the Last, 678

Christ, the Second, 680

Adoption, what?, 857

Aequale temperamentum, 523

Affections, 362, 815holy, authors on, 826

Affections, 362, 815

holy, authors on, 826

Agency, free, and divine decrees, 359-362

Alexander, unifier of Greek East, 668

Allegorical arrangement in theology, 50

Allœosis, 686

Altruism, 299

Ambition, what? 569

American theology, 48, 49

Anacoloutha, Paul's, 210

Analytical method, in theology, 45, 49

Ancestry of race, proofs of a common, 476-482

“Angel of the church,”452, 916

“Angel of Jehovah,”319

Angelology of Scripture, not derived from Egyptian or Persian sources, 448

“Angels' food,”445

Angels, their class defined, 443Scholastic subtleties regarding, their influence, 443, 444Milton and Dante upon, 443their existence a scientific possibility, 444faith in, enlarges conception of universe, 444list of authors upon, 444Scriptural statements and intimations concerning, 441-459are created beings, 444are incorporeal, 445are personal, 445possessed of superhuman intelligence, 445distinct from and older than man, 445not personifications, 445numerous, 447are a company, not a race, 447were created holy, 450had a probation, 450some preserved their integrity, 450some fell from innocence, 450the good, confirmed in goodness, 450the evil, confirmed in evil, 450

Angels, their class defined, 443

Scholastic subtleties regarding, their influence, 443, 444

Milton and Dante upon, 443

their existence a scientific possibility, 444

faith in, enlarges conception of universe, 444

list of authors upon, 444

Scriptural statements and intimations concerning, 441-459

are created beings, 444

are incorporeal, 445

are personal, 445

possessed of superhuman intelligence, 445

distinct from and older than man, 445

not personifications, 445

numerous, 447

are a company, not a race, 447

were created holy, 450

had a probation, 450

some preserved their integrity, 450

some fell from innocence, 450

the good, confirmed in goodness, 450

the evil, confirmed in evil, 450

Angels, good, they stand worshiping God, 451they rejoice in God's works, 451they work in nature, 451[pg 1060]they guide nations, 451watch over interests of churches, 452assist individual believers, 452punish God's enemies, 452ministers of God's special providences, 452act within laws of spiritual and moral world, 453their influence illustrated by psychic phenomena, 453, 454

Angels, good, they stand worshiping God, 451

they rejoice in God's works, 451

they work in nature, 451

they guide nations, 451

watch over interests of churches, 452

assist individual believers, 452

punish God's enemies, 452

ministers of God's special providences, 452

act within laws of spiritual and moral world, 453

their influence illustrated by psychic phenomena, 453, 454

Angels, evil, oppose God, 454hinder man's welfare, 455tempt negatively and positively, 455their intercourse with Christ, 456execute God's will, 457their power not independent of human will, 457limited by permissive will of God, 458the doctrine of, not opposed to science, 459not opposed to right views of space or spirit, 459not impossible that, though wise, they should rebel, 460the continuance and punishment of evil, not inconsistent with divine benevolence, 461their organization, though sinful, not impossible, 461the doctrine of evil, not hurtful, 461, 462the doctrine of evil, does not degrade man, 462good, the doctrine of, its uses, 462evil, the doctrine of, its uses, 463fallen, if no redemption provided for, why? 463created in Christ, 464their salvation, Scripture silent upon, 464

Angels, evil, oppose God, 454

hinder man's welfare, 455

tempt negatively and positively, 455

their intercourse with Christ, 456

execute God's will, 457

their power not independent of human will, 457

limited by permissive will of God, 458

the doctrine of, not opposed to science, 459

not opposed to right views of space or spirit, 459

not impossible that, though wise, they should rebel, 460

the continuance and punishment of evil, not inconsistent with divine benevolence, 461

their organization, though sinful, not impossible, 461

the doctrine of evil, not hurtful, 461, 462

the doctrine of evil, does not degrade man, 462

good, the doctrine of, its uses, 462

evil, the doctrine of, its uses, 463

fallen, if no redemption provided for, why? 463

created in Christ, 464

their salvation, Scripture silent upon, 464

Anger, sometimes a duty, 294

Annihilation, of infants, held by Emmons, 609at death, inequitable, 987, 1036disproved by Scripture, 991-998terms which seemingly teach, 993language adduced to prove, often metaphorical, 994old view of, 1036the theory that it is a result of the weakening of powers of soul by sin, considered, 1036“second death”regarded as dissolution of the soul, 1036the theory that a positive punishment proportioned to guilt precedes and ends in, 1037the tenet of, rests on a defective view of holiness, 1037a part of the“conditional immortality”hypothesis, 1037as connected with the principle,“Evil is punished by its own increase,”1038

Annihilation, of infants, held by Emmons, 609

at death, inequitable, 987, 1036

disproved by Scripture, 991-998

terms which seemingly teach, 993

language adduced to prove, often metaphorical, 994

old view of, 1036

the theory that it is a result of the weakening of powers of soul by sin, considered, 1036

“second death”regarded as dissolution of the soul, 1036

the theory that a positive punishment proportioned to guilt precedes and ends in, 1037

the tenet of, rests on a defective view of holiness, 1037

a part of the“conditional immortality”hypothesis, 1037

as connected with the principle,“Evil is punished by its own increase,”1038

Annihilationists, 487

“Answer (Interrogation) of a good conscience,”phrase examined, 821

Anthropological argument for God's existence, 80-85

Anthropological method in theology, 50

Anthropology, a division of theology, 464

Anthropomorphism, 122, 250

“Anthropomorphism inverse,”468

Antichrist, 1009

“Anticipative consequences,”403, 658

Antinomianism, 875

Antiquity of race, relation of Scripture to, 224-226

Apocalypse, its exegetic not yet found, 1014

Apocrypha, 115, 150, 865

Apollinarianism, 487, 670, 671

Apostasy, man's state of, 533-664

Apostasy of the believer, how treated in Scripture, 884-886

A posteriorireasoning, 66, 86

Apostles, 199-201, 909, 971

Apotelesmaticum genus, 686

A prioriargument for God's existence, the, seeGod.judgments, 10reasons for expecting a divine revelation, 111-114

A prioriargument for God's existence, the, seeGod.

judgments, 10

reasons for expecting a divine revelation, 111-114

Arbitrium, 557

Argumentad hominemin Scripture, 233for existence of God, its value, 65-67, 71, 72, 87-89

Argumentad hominemin Scripture, 233

for existence of God, its value, 65-67, 71, 72, 87-89

Arianism, 328-330, 670

Arminianism, 362, 601-606

Arrangement of material in theology, 2, 49, 50

Art, 529, 1016

Aryan and Semitic languages, their connection, 479

Ascension, Christ's, 708-710Christ's humanity, how related to the Logos in, 709

Ascension, Christ's, 708-710

Christ's humanity, how related to the Logos in, 709

Aseity of God, 256, 257not confined to Father, 342

Aseity of God, 256, 257

not confined to Father, 342

Assensus, an element in faith, 837

Assurance of salvation, 808, 845

“Asymptote of God,”man, the, 565

Athanasian Creed, 329

Atoms, 96, 374

Atomism, 600, 635

Atonement, facts in Christ's sufferings which prove, 713defined, 713satisfies holiness, the fundamental attribute of God, 713meets the conditions of a universe in which happiness is connected with righteousness and suffering with sin, 714[pg 1061]in it Christ as Logos, the Revealer of God in the universe, inflicts the penalty of sin, while, as Life of humanity, he endures the infliction, 714humanity has made, when righteousness in Christ, as generic humanity, condemns sin, and love in Christ endures the penalty, 714substitutionary and sharing, 715in, Christ suffers as the very life of man, 715not made, but revealed, by Christ's historical sufferings, 715the sacrifice of, the final revelation of the heart of God and of the law of universal life, 716a model of, and stimulus to, self-sacrifice, 716its subjective effects must not exclude consideration of its ground and cause, 716Scripture methods of representing, 716-722originates in God's love and manifests it, 716an example of disinterested love to secure our deliverance from selfishness, 716, 717a ransom in which death is the price paid, 717an act of obedience to law, 717an act of priestly mediation, 718-728a sin-offering, 719a propitiation, 719a substitution, 720correct views of, grounded on proper interpretation of the institution of sacrifice, 721is it to be interpreted according to notions derived from Jewish or heathen sacrifices? 728theories of, 728-766Socinian (example) theory, 728, 729objections to above, 735-740Bushnellian (moral influence) theory, 733-735objections to above, 735-740Grotian (governmental) theory of, 740, 741Irvingian (gradually extirpated depravity) theory of, 744, 745objections to theory, 745-747Anselmic (commercial) theory of, 747, 748Military theory of, 747objections to, 748-750Criminal theory of, 748the Ethical theory of, 750-771a true theory of, resolves two problems, 750, 751grounded in holiness of God, 751a satisfaction of an ethical demand of the divine nature, 751, 752, 753substitution in, an operation of grace, 752the righteousness of law maintained in, 752maintains, as a first subordinate result, the interests of the divine government, 753provides, as a second subordinate result, for the needs of human nature, 753the classical passage with reference to, 753sets forth Christ as so related to humanity that he is under obligation to pay and does pay, 754explains how the innocent can suffer for the guilty in, 755, 756, 757Andover theory of, 756by one whose nature was purified, but his obligation to suffer undiminished, 757the guilt resting on Christ in, what it was, 645, 646, 757as a member of the race, did he not suffer in, for his own sin?, 758showed what had been in the heart of God from eternity, 758explanations of Christ's identification with humanity as a reason why he made, 759-761exposition of 2 Cor. 5:21, 760grounded in the holiness and love of God, 761is accomplished through the solidarity of the race, and Christ the common life, bearing guilt for men, 761ground of, on the part of man, 761rather revealed than made by incarnate Christ, 762, 763Ethical theory of, philosophically correct, 764combines the valuable elements of other theories, 764shows most satisfactorily how demands of holiness are met, 764presents only explanation of sacrificial rites and language, 765alone gives proper place to death of Christ, 765is best explanation of sufferings of Christ, 765satisfies most completely the ethical demand of human nature, 765, 766objected to, as inconsistent with God's omnipotence or love, 766objected to, as presented ideas mutually exclusive, 767objected to, as obviating real propitiation, 768[pg 1062]objected to, as an act of injustice, 768objected to, because transfer of punishment is impossible, 768, 769objected to, because the remorse implied in it, was impossible to Christ, 769objected to, because sufferings finite in time cannot satisfy infinite demands of law, 769, 770objected to, that it renders Christ's active obedience superfluous, 770objected to, as immoral in tendency, 770objected to, as requiring faith to complete a satisfaction which ought to be itself perfect, 771extent of, 771-773unlimited, 771its application limited, 771passages asserting its special efficacy, 771passages asserting its sufficiency for all, 771secures for all men delay in execution of sentence against sin, 772has made objective provision for all, 772, 773has procured for all incentives to repentance, 773limited, advocates of, 773universal, advocates of, 773

Atonement, facts in Christ's sufferings which prove, 713

defined, 713

satisfies holiness, the fundamental attribute of God, 713

meets the conditions of a universe in which happiness is connected with righteousness and suffering with sin, 714

in it Christ as Logos, the Revealer of God in the universe, inflicts the penalty of sin, while, as Life of humanity, he endures the infliction, 714

humanity has made, when righteousness in Christ, as generic humanity, condemns sin, and love in Christ endures the penalty, 714

substitutionary and sharing, 715

in, Christ suffers as the very life of man, 715

not made, but revealed, by Christ's historical sufferings, 715

the sacrifice of, the final revelation of the heart of God and of the law of universal life, 716

a model of, and stimulus to, self-sacrifice, 716

its subjective effects must not exclude consideration of its ground and cause, 716

Scripture methods of representing, 716-722

originates in God's love and manifests it, 716

an example of disinterested love to secure our deliverance from selfishness, 716, 717

a ransom in which death is the price paid, 717

an act of obedience to law, 717

an act of priestly mediation, 718-728

a sin-offering, 719

a propitiation, 719

a substitution, 720

correct views of, grounded on proper interpretation of the institution of sacrifice, 721

is it to be interpreted according to notions derived from Jewish or heathen sacrifices? 728

theories of, 728-766

Socinian (example) theory, 728, 729

objections to above, 735-740

Bushnellian (moral influence) theory, 733-735

objections to above, 735-740

Grotian (governmental) theory of, 740, 741

Irvingian (gradually extirpated depravity) theory of, 744, 745

objections to theory, 745-747

Anselmic (commercial) theory of, 747, 748

Military theory of, 747

objections to, 748-750

Criminal theory of, 748

the Ethical theory of, 750-771

a true theory of, resolves two problems, 750, 751

grounded in holiness of God, 751

a satisfaction of an ethical demand of the divine nature, 751, 752, 753

substitution in, an operation of grace, 752

the righteousness of law maintained in, 752

maintains, as a first subordinate result, the interests of the divine government, 753

provides, as a second subordinate result, for the needs of human nature, 753

the classical passage with reference to, 753

sets forth Christ as so related to humanity that he is under obligation to pay and does pay, 754

explains how the innocent can suffer for the guilty in, 755, 756, 757

Andover theory of, 756

by one whose nature was purified, but his obligation to suffer undiminished, 757

the guilt resting on Christ in, what it was, 645, 646, 757

as a member of the race, did he not suffer in, for his own sin?, 758

showed what had been in the heart of God from eternity, 758

explanations of Christ's identification with humanity as a reason why he made, 759-761

exposition of 2 Cor. 5:21, 760

grounded in the holiness and love of God, 761

is accomplished through the solidarity of the race, and Christ the common life, bearing guilt for men, 761

ground of, on the part of man, 761

rather revealed than made by incarnate Christ, 762, 763

Ethical theory of, philosophically correct, 764

combines the valuable elements of other theories, 764

shows most satisfactorily how demands of holiness are met, 764

presents only explanation of sacrificial rites and language, 765

alone gives proper place to death of Christ, 765

is best explanation of sufferings of Christ, 765

satisfies most completely the ethical demand of human nature, 765, 766

objected to, as inconsistent with God's omnipotence or love, 766

objected to, as presented ideas mutually exclusive, 767

objected to, as obviating real propitiation, 768

objected to, as an act of injustice, 768

objected to, because transfer of punishment is impossible, 768, 769

objected to, because the remorse implied in it, was impossible to Christ, 769

objected to, because sufferings finite in time cannot satisfy infinite demands of law, 769, 770

objected to, that it renders Christ's active obedience superfluous, 770

objected to, as immoral in tendency, 770

objected to, as requiring faith to complete a satisfaction which ought to be itself perfect, 771

extent of, 771-773

unlimited, 771

its application limited, 771

passages asserting its special efficacy, 771

passages asserting its sufficiency for all, 771

secures for all men delay in execution of sentence against sin, 772

has made objective provision for all, 772, 773

has procured for all incentives to repentance, 773

limited, advocates of, 773

universal, advocates of, 773

Attributes, divine, seeGod.mental, higher than those of matter, inference from, 92

Attributes, divine, seeGod.

mental, higher than those of matter, inference from, 92

Aurignac Cave, its evidence doubtful, 532

Australian languages, their affinities, 479

Automatic, mental activity largely, 550

“Automatic excellence or badness,”611

Avarice, defined, 569

Avatars, Hindu, 187Christ's incarnation unlike, 698

Avatars, Hindu, 187

Christ's incarnation unlike, 698

Ayatof Koran, 213

Baalim, 318

Balaam, inspired, yet unholy, 207

Baptism and Lord's Supper, only accounted for as monuments, 157the formula of, correlates Christ's name with God's, 312according to Romish church, 522of Jesus, its import, 761, 762, 942Christian, definition of, 931instituted by Christ, 931of universal and perpetual obligation, 931ignored by Salvation Army and Society of Friends, 931John's recognized by Christ, 931, 932John's, was it a modification of a previously existing rite?, 931, 932proselyte, its existence discussed, 931, 932John's, essentially Christian baptism, 732made the law of the church, 932Christian, complementally related to Lord's Supper, is of equal permanency, 932, 933its mode, immersion, 933meaning of its original word, according to Greek usage, 933, 934meaning of original word as determined by contextual relation, 934meaning of original word determined by voice used with 'water,', 935meaning of original word determined by prepositional connections, 935meaning of original word derived from circumstances, 935original meaning of word determined from figurative allusions, 936original meaning of word determined by practice of early church, 936occasional change in its mode permitted for seeming sufficient reason at an early date, 936original meaning of word determined by usage of Greek church, 937, 938Dr. Dods' statement as to its mode, 938concession to its original method of observance in the introduction of baptisteries or“fontgraves”into non Baptist places of worship, 938the church, being only an executive body, cannot modify Christ's law concerning, 939the law of, fundamental, and therefore unalterable save by Legislator himself, 939any modification of, by church, implies unwisdom in Appointer of rite, 939any change in mode vacates ordinance of its symbolic significance, 939objections to its mode, immersion, 940if its mode impracticable, ordinance not a duty, 940when its mode dangerous, ordinance not to be performed, 940the mode of baptism decently impressive, 940the ordinance symbolizing suffering and death is consistently somewhat inconvenient, 940God's blessing on an irregular administration of, no sanction of irregularity, 940its symbolism, 940-945what it symbolizes is general, 940it symbolizes death and burial of Christ, 940it symbolizes union with Christ, 941[pg 1063]it symbolizes atonement and redemption, 941it symbolizes to the believer being baptized his spiritual death and resurrection, 941it symbolizes union of believers with each other, 942it symbolizes the death and resurrection of the body, 942the central truth, set forth by, 942a correlative truth set forth by, 943sets forth purification through communion with death of Christ, 944symbolizes regenerating power of Jesus' death, 944immersion in, alone symbolizes the passage from death unto life in regeneration and communion with Christ in his death and rising, 944the substituting for the correct mode of, one which excludes all reference to Christ's death destroys the ordinance, 944is a historical monument, 945is a pictorial expression of doctrine, 945and Lord's Supper, 945subjects of, 945-959the proper subjects of, 945those only to be baptized who have first been made disciples, 945those only to be baptized who have repented and believed, 945those only to be baptized who can be members of the church, 945those only to be baptized for whom the symbolism is valid, 946not a means of regeneration, 946the spiritual and the ritual so combined in, that the whole ordinance may be designated by its outward aspect, 946as a being“born of water,”946connected with repentance“for the remission of sins,”, 946without baptism, discipleship incomplete, and ineffective, 947the teachings of Campbellism regarding, 947, 948act of person baptized, 948before it is administered, church should require evidence that candidates are regenerated, 949incorrectly called“door into the church,”, 949as expressive of inward character of candidate, 950as regeneration is once for all, baptism must not be repeated, 950as outward expression of inward change, is the first of all duties, 950should follow regeneration with least possible delay, 950if an actual profession of faith, not to be repeated, 950accessories to, matters of individual judgment, 951its formula, 951Infant, 951-959without warrant in scripture, 951has no express command, 951no clear example, 951passages held to imply it, have no reference thereto, 951expressly contradicted, 952in it the prerequisites of faith and repentance impossible, 952in it the symbolism of baptism has lost significance, 952its practice inconsistent with constitution of the church, 952is unharmonious with prerequisites to the Lord's Supper, 952has led in Greek Church to infant communion, 953denied by the Paulicians, 953the reasons of its rise and spread, 953a necessary concomitant of a State Church, 954founded on unscriptural and dangerous reasonings, 954it assumes power of church to tamper with Christ's commands, 954contradicts New Testament ideas of church, 954assumes a connection of parent and child closer and more influential than facts of Scripture and experience will support, 954, 955its propriety urged on various unsettled grounds, 956does it make its subjects members of the church?, 956its evil effects, 957-959forestalls any voluntary act, 957induces superstitious confidence, 957has led to baptism of irrational and material things, 957has obscured and corrupted Christian truth, 958is often an obstacle to evangelical views, 958merges church in nation and world, 958substitutes for Christ's command an invention of men, 958, 959literature concerning, 959

Baptism and Lord's Supper, only accounted for as monuments, 157

the formula of, correlates Christ's name with God's, 312

according to Romish church, 522

of Jesus, its import, 761, 762, 942

Christian, definition of, 931

instituted by Christ, 931

of universal and perpetual obligation, 931

ignored by Salvation Army and Society of Friends, 931

John's recognized by Christ, 931, 932

John's, was it a modification of a previously existing rite?, 931, 932

proselyte, its existence discussed, 931, 932

John's, essentially Christian baptism, 732

made the law of the church, 932

Christian, complementally related to Lord's Supper, is of equal permanency, 932, 933

its mode, immersion, 933

meaning of its original word, according to Greek usage, 933, 934

meaning of original word as determined by contextual relation, 934

meaning of original word determined by voice used with 'water,', 935

meaning of original word determined by prepositional connections, 935

meaning of original word derived from circumstances, 935

original meaning of word determined from figurative allusions, 936

original meaning of word determined by practice of early church, 936

occasional change in its mode permitted for seeming sufficient reason at an early date, 936

original meaning of word determined by usage of Greek church, 937, 938

Dr. Dods' statement as to its mode, 938

concession to its original method of observance in the introduction of baptisteries or“fontgraves”into non Baptist places of worship, 938

the church, being only an executive body, cannot modify Christ's law concerning, 939

the law of, fundamental, and therefore unalterable save by Legislator himself, 939

any modification of, by church, implies unwisdom in Appointer of rite, 939

any change in mode vacates ordinance of its symbolic significance, 939

objections to its mode, immersion, 940

if its mode impracticable, ordinance not a duty, 940

when its mode dangerous, ordinance not to be performed, 940

the mode of baptism decently impressive, 940

the ordinance symbolizing suffering and death is consistently somewhat inconvenient, 940

God's blessing on an irregular administration of, no sanction of irregularity, 940

its symbolism, 940-945

what it symbolizes is general, 940

it symbolizes death and burial of Christ, 940

it symbolizes union with Christ, 941

it symbolizes atonement and redemption, 941

it symbolizes to the believer being baptized his spiritual death and resurrection, 941

it symbolizes union of believers with each other, 942

it symbolizes the death and resurrection of the body, 942

the central truth, set forth by, 942

a correlative truth set forth by, 943

sets forth purification through communion with death of Christ, 944

symbolizes regenerating power of Jesus' death, 944

immersion in, alone symbolizes the passage from death unto life in regeneration and communion with Christ in his death and rising, 944

the substituting for the correct mode of, one which excludes all reference to Christ's death destroys the ordinance, 944

is a historical monument, 945

is a pictorial expression of doctrine, 945

and Lord's Supper, 945

subjects of, 945-959

the proper subjects of, 945

those only to be baptized who have first been made disciples, 945

those only to be baptized who have repented and believed, 945

those only to be baptized who can be members of the church, 945

those only to be baptized for whom the symbolism is valid, 946

not a means of regeneration, 946

the spiritual and the ritual so combined in, that the whole ordinance may be designated by its outward aspect, 946

as a being“born of water,”946

connected with repentance“for the remission of sins,”, 946

without baptism, discipleship incomplete, and ineffective, 947

the teachings of Campbellism regarding, 947, 948

act of person baptized, 948

before it is administered, church should require evidence that candidates are regenerated, 949

incorrectly called“door into the church,”, 949

as expressive of inward character of candidate, 950

as regeneration is once for all, baptism must not be repeated, 950

as outward expression of inward change, is the first of all duties, 950

should follow regeneration with least possible delay, 950

if an actual profession of faith, not to be repeated, 950

accessories to, matters of individual judgment, 951

its formula, 951

Infant, 951-959

without warrant in scripture, 951

has no express command, 951

no clear example, 951

passages held to imply it, have no reference thereto, 951

expressly contradicted, 952

in it the prerequisites of faith and repentance impossible, 952

in it the symbolism of baptism has lost significance, 952

its practice inconsistent with constitution of the church, 952

is unharmonious with prerequisites to the Lord's Supper, 952

has led in Greek Church to infant communion, 953

denied by the Paulicians, 953

the reasons of its rise and spread, 953

a necessary concomitant of a State Church, 954

founded on unscriptural and dangerous reasonings, 954

it assumes power of church to tamper with Christ's commands, 954

contradicts New Testament ideas of church, 954

assumes a connection of parent and child closer and more influential than facts of Scripture and experience will support, 954, 955

its propriety urged on various unsettled grounds, 956

does it make its subjects members of the church?, 956

its evil effects, 957-959

forestalls any voluntary act, 957

induces superstitious confidence, 957

has led to baptism of irrational and material things, 957

has obscured and corrupted Christian truth, 958

is often an obstacle to evangelical views, 958

merges church in nation and world, 958

substitutes for Christ's command an invention of men, 958, 959

literature concerning, 959

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