The reasonableness and certainty of the Christian religion by Robert Jenkin ...
- Title
- The reasonableness and certainty of the Christian religion by Robert Jenkin ...
- Author
- Jenkin, Robert, 1656-1727.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for P.B. and R. Wellington ...,
- 1700.
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- Apologetics -- 18th century.
- Christianity.
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Contents
- title page
- frontispiece
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TO The Right Honourable, JOHN EARL of
EXETER. - THE PREFACE.
- THE CONTENTS.
- Newly Publish'd,
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THE REASONABLENESS AND CERTAINTY OF THE Christian Religion.
- PART I.
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THE Reasonableness and Certainty OF THE Christian Religion.
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CHAP. I.
The Antiquity of the Scriptures. -
CHAP. II.
The Promulgation of the Scriptures. -
CHAP. III.
Of Mosesand Aaron. -
CHAP. IV.
Of the Pentateuch. -
CHAP. V.
Of the Predictions or Prophecies Con∣tain'd in the Books of Moses. -
CHAP. VI.
Of the Miracles wrought by Moses. -
CHAP. VII.
Of Joshua,and the Judges,and of the Miracles and Prophecies under their Government. -
CHAP. VIII.
Of the People of Israel,under their Kings. -
CHAP. IX.
Of the Prophets, and their Writings. -
CHAP. X.
Of the Prophecies and Miracles of the Prophets. -
CHAP.
XI. Of the Dependance of the several Parts of the Scriptures upon each other; and that the Old Testament prove the New, and the New again proves the Old, as the Cause and the Effect. -
CHAP. XII.
Of the Person of our Blessed Saviour. -
CHAP. XIII.
Of the Prophecies and Miracles of our Blessed Saviour. -
CHAP. XIV.
Of the Resurrection of our B. Saviour. -
CHAP. XV.
Of the Apostles and Evangelists. -
CHAP. XVI.
Of the Prophecies and Miracles of the Apostles, &c. -
CHAP. XVII
Of the Writing of the Apostles and Evangelists. -
CHAP. XVIII.
Of the Doctrines contained in the Holy Scriptures.
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CHAP. I.
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THE Reasonableness and Certainty OF THE Christian Religion.
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CHAP. I.
The Novelty of the Heathen Religions. -
CHAP. II.
Of the Defect in the Promulgation of the Heathen Religions. -
CHAP. III.
The Defect of the Prophecies and Mira∣cles of the Heathen Religions. -
CHAP. IV.
The Defect in point of Doctrine in the Heathen Religions. -
CHAP. V.
Of the Philosophy of the Heathens. -
CHAP. VI.
The Novelty and Defect in the Pro∣mulgation of the Mahometan Re∣ligion▪ -
CHAP. VII.
The want both of Prophecies and Mira∣cles in the Mahometan Religion. -
CHAP. VIII.
The Alcoran is false, absurd, and im∣moral. -
CHAP. IX.
Of Mahomet.
-
CHAP. I.
- THE Reasonableness and Certainty OF THE Christian Religion.
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BOOKS Printed for, and Sold by R. Wellington,at the Dolphinand Crownin St. Paul's Church-Yard. - title page
- frontispiece
- THE PREFACE.
- THE CONTENTS.
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THE REASONABLENESS AND CERTAINTY OF THE Christian Religion.
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CHAP. I.
Of Humane Reason. -
CHAP. II.
Of Inspiration. -
CHAP. III.
Of the Style of the Holy Scriptures. -
CHAP. IV.
Of the Canon of the Holy Scriptures. -
CHAP. V.
Of the various Readings in the Old and New Testament. -
CHAP. VI.
Of the difficulties in Chronology, in the Holy Scriptures. -
CHAP. VII.
Of the Obscurity of some Places in the Scriptures, particularly of the Types and Prophesies. -
CHAP. VIII.
Of Places of Scripture which seems to contradict each other. -
CHAP. IX.
Of the Creation of the World and the Preservation of it. -
CHAP. X.
Of other Habitable Worlds be∣sides this Earth. -
CHAP. XI.
That there is nothing in the Scri∣ptures which contradicts the late Discoveries in Natural Philosophy. -
CHAP. XII.
Of Man's being created capable of Sin and Damnation. -
CHAP. XIII.
Of the Fall of the Angels, and of our First Parents. -
CHAP. XIV.
Of the Eternity of Hell Torments. -
CHAP. XV.
Of the JewishLaw. -
CHAP. XVI.
Of the Cessation of the JewishLaw. -
CHAP. XVII.
Of Sinful Examples Recorded in the Scriptures. -
CHAP. XVIII.
Of the Imprecations in the Psalms,and other Books of the Old Testament. -
CHAP. XIX.
Of the Texts of the Old Testament cited in the New. -
CHAP. XX.
Of the Incarnation and Death of the Son of God. -
CHAP. XXI.
Of the Fulness of Time, or the Time ap∣pointed by God for the Incarnation of our Blessed Saviour. -
CHAP. XXII.
Of the last Days; and of the last Day, or the Day of Judgment. -
CHAP. XXIII.
Of Sacraments. -
CHAP. XXIV.
Of the Blessed TRINITY. -
CHAP. XXV.
Of the RESURRECTIONof the Dead. -
CHAP. XXVI.
Of the Reasons why Christ did not shew himself to all the People of the Jewsafter his Resurrection. -
CHAP. XXVII.
Of the Forty Days in which Christ remain'd upon Earth after his Resurrection, and of the manner of his Ascension. -
CHAP. XXVIII.
Why some Works of Nature are more especially ascribed to God; why Means was sometimes used in the working of Miracles, and why Faith was sometimes required of those, upon whom, or before whom Miracles were wrought. -
CHAP. XXIX.
Of the Ceasing of Prophecies and Miracles. -
CHAP. XXX.
Of the Causes why the Jewsand Gentilesrejected Christ,notwithstanding all the Miracles wrought by Him and his A∣postles. -
CHAP. XXXI.
That the Confidence of Men of false Reli∣gions, and their Willingness to suffer for them, is no Prejudice to the Authority of the True Religion. -
CHAP. XXXII.
That Differences in Matters of Religion, are no Prejudice to the Truth and Au∣thority of it. -
CHAP. XXXIII.
Though all Objections could not be answer∣red, yet this would be no just Cause to reject the Authority of the Scriptures. -
CHAP. XXXIV.
The Conclusion; containing an Exhortation to a serious Consideration of these things, both from the Example of the wisest and most learned Men, and from the infinite Importance of the Things themselves.
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CHAP. I.
- ADDENDA.
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BOOKS Printed for, and Sold by
Peter Buck. - ERRATA.