The Christian life. Vol. 5 and last wherein is shew'd : I. The worth and excellency of the soul, II. The divinity and incarnation of our Saviour, III. The authority of the Holy Scripture, IV. A dissuasive from apostacy / by John Scott ...
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The Christian life. Vol. 5 and last wherein is shew'd : I. The worth and excellency of the soul, II. The divinity and incarnation of our Saviour, III. The authority of the Holy Scripture, IV. A dissuasive from apostacy / by John Scott ...
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Scott, John, 1639-1695.
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The CONTENTS.
Discourse I. Of the Worth and Excellency of the Soul.
THe Connexion and Explication of the Text, p. 1, 2.
The in∣estimable
price and value of the Soul of Man, in respect
of its own natural Capacities, represented under 4 Heads, viz.
Its Capacity of Vnderstanding, p. 5, 6.
Of Moral Perfection,
p. 7, 8, 9.
Of Pleasure and Delight, p. 10, 11, 12, 13.
Of Im∣mortality,
p. 14. to p. 19.
Of what Esteem the Soul is in the
Iudgment of those who best know the worth of it, viz. the whole
world of Spirits. p. 20. to p. 32.
Four Inferences from hence,
p. 33. to p. 43.
What is meant by losing ones Soul explain'd,
p. 44.
The Soul liable to a sevenfold Damage in the other World,
p. 45. to p. 65.
Seven Causes of the Danger we are in of in∣curring
this Damage, p. 66. to p. 89.
Men may forsake Christ,
and thereby lose their Souls, 4 ways;
By a total Apostacy, p. 90,
91.
By renouncing the Profession of his Doctrine, p. 92, 93.
By obstinate Heresie, p. 93, 94, 95.
By a wilful Course of Dis∣obedience;
of which there are three degrees; the first proceeds
from a wilful Ignorance of Christs Laws, the 2d from a wilful
Inconsideration of our Obligation to them, the 3d from an Ob∣stinacy
in Sin against Knowledge and Consideration, p. 95. to
103.
Four Reasons why our forsaking of Christ infers this fear∣ful
loss of our Souls, p. 104. to 115.
That God, if he be so deter∣min'd,
may without any Injury either to his Iustice or Good∣ness,
detain lost Souls in the bondage of Hell for ever, prov'd,
in 6 Propositions, p. 117. to 130.
That God is actually deter∣min'd
so to do, demonstrated by 3 Arguments, p. 131. to 139.
A Comparison between the gain of the World, and the loss of
a Mans Soul, in 6 Particulars; whereby is shewn of which
side the Advantage lies, p. 140. to 164.
Discourse II. Of the Divinity and Incarnation of
our Saviour.
A General Explication of this Term. The Word, p. 166.
A full account of it in 4 Propositions, shewing, That it was
derived from the Theology of the Iews and Gentiles, 167. to 174.
That we ought to fetch the Sense of it from that antient Theo∣logy,
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p. 174, 176.
That in that Theology it signifies a vital and
divine Subsistence, p. 176. to 180.
And that our Saviour to whom
it is applied in the NewTestament, is that vital and divine Sub∣sistence,
p. 180, 181, 182.
To be the Word of God denotes 4 Things,
To be generated of the Mind of the Father; To be the perfect I∣mage
of that Mind; To be the Interpreter of the Fathers Mind;
and to be the Executer of it; and in these is founded the Reason
of our Saviours being called The Word, p. 183. to 196.
What we
are to understand by the Word's being made Flesh, p. 197, 198.
Five Inferences from this Doctrine, p. 199. to 213.
What is meant
by the Words dwelling among us, explain'd. p. 215. to 225.
His
is dwelling among us full of Grace, explain'd in five particu∣lars,
p. 226. to 245.
His dwelling among us full of Truth, ex∣plain'd
in general, p. 246 to 256.
Four Instances of his
dwelling among us full of Truth, in Contradistinction to that
obscure typical way of his Tabernacling among the Iews,
p. 247. to 270.
Four Inferences,
the first, From his dwelling
among us, p. 270. to 277.
The 2d, From his dwelling among
us full of Grace, and that,
1. In respect of his own personal Dis∣position,
p. 277. to 280.
2. Of his Laws, p. 281, 282, 283.
3 Of
the gracious Pardon which he hath procured for us and promis'd
to us, p. 284, 285, 286.
4. Of the abundant Assistance he is ready
to vouchsafe us, p. 287, 288.
And 5. Of the glorious Recompence
he hath promised to and prepared for us, p. 289, 290.
The 3d, From
his dwelling among us full of Truth, p. 291. to 296.
The 4th, From
all these laid together, He dwelt among us full of Grace and
Truth, p. 297. to 305.
The Glory of the Word which the Apostles
beheld consisted in 4 things.
1. A visible splendor and brightness
which encompass'd him at his Baptism and Transfiguration, p.
307. to 311.
2. Those great and stupendous miracles which he
wrought, p. 311, 312, 313.
3. The surpassing Excellency and Di∣vinity
of his Doctrine, p. 314. to 317.
4. The incomparable San∣ctity
and Purity of his Life, p. 317. to 321.
This Expression, The
Glory as of the Only-begotten Son explain'd, p. 321, 322.
That
the glory of Christ in the Tabernacle of our Natures, was such as
became the Only-Begotten Son of the Father, prov'd in the seve∣ral
particulars ••••herein it consists, p. 323. to 336.
Four Infe∣rences
from this fourfold glory of the Word, which the Apostles
saw, p. 337. to the end.
Dis. 3. Of the Authority of the Holy Scriptures.
THe fulness of the Scriptures as a Rules of Faith and Manners,
prov'd in 3 Propositions;
1. That the Holy Spirit inspir'd
the Writers of them with all that is necessary 〈◊〉〈◊〉 eternal Life,
p. 364.
2. That they preached to the World all those necessaries
which they were taught, p. 365.
3. That all those necessary
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Truths which they preached are comprehended in the Scriptures,
p. 366. to 380.
The clearness of the Scriptures prov'd,
1. From
the express Testimony of Scripture, p. 381. to 386.
2. From the
avowed design of writing it, p. 387, 388.
3. From the frequent
Commands God lays upon us to read it, p. 389, 390.
4. From the
obligation that lies upon us under pain of Damnation to believe
and receive all those necessaries to Salvation contained in it,
p. 391.
Four Considerations in answer to those of the Church of
Rome, who tell us, that though all things are not revealed
clearly in the Scriptures, yet we have sufficient reason to believe
them, since God has left us to the condact of an infallible Church,
p. 392. to the end.
Dis. IV. Of the Obligation of the People to read the
Scriptures.
THat the People are obliged to search and read the Scriptures,
prov'd,
1. From the Obligation the Iews were under to read and
search the Scriptures of the Old Test: p. 408, 409.
2. From our Sa∣viour
and his Apostles apprebation of this practice of the Iews,
p. 410, 411.
3. From the great design and intention of writing the
Scriptures, p. 412, 413.
4. From the Directions of these Holy Wri∣tings
to the People, p. 414. to 417.
5. From the great concernment
the People have in the Matters contained in the Scripture. p. 418,
to 422.
6. From the universal Sense of the Primitive Church in
this matter, p. 422. to 426.
An Answer to that Objection of the
Church of Rome, That a general permission of the Scriptures to
the People must necessarily open a wide door to Errors and Here∣sies,
p. 427. to 434.
Another Objection, That it will prove an un∣avoidable
occasion of great Corruptions in Manners, answered, p.
434. to 438▪
Two Inferences from the whole, p. 439. to the end.
Discourse V. A Dissuasive from Apostacy.
AN Explication of the VVords of the Text, p. 452. to 455.
The
general Proposition, p. 456.
Six Instances of the mighty Ten∣dencies
there are in a vicious course of Life to Error and Apostacy
from true Religion.
As 1. It corrupts Mens Reason and Under∣standing,
p. 457, 458.
2. It renders the Principles of true Reli∣gion
uneasie to their Minds, p. 459, 460, 461.
3. It deprives men
of the greatest encouragements to constancy and steadiness in Re∣ligion,
p▪ 462. 463.
4. It weakens the natural force of Men's
Consciences, p. 464. 465, 466.
5. It strengthens and enforces the
Temptations to Apostacy, p. 467. to 470.
6. It provokes God to
give us up to the Power of Delusi••n, p. 471. to 474.
Two Infe∣rences
from the whole, p. 474. to the end.
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