THE CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

Quest. XIV, XV. Of the work of Creation.

CREATION, the word explained Page 5

It was not from eternity 7

This proved from the invention of things 13

By the power and for the glory of God 14

Performed in six days 16

Each day’s work 19

Of instantaneous production 17

The condition and season of the year in which things were created 24

Antiquity of nations vainly boasted of 10

Quest. XVI. Of Angels.

Of their existence 26

Nature and properties 28

Work and employment 30

Worship. Harmony therein, but no Hierarchy 31

How they impart their Ideas to one another 33

Quest. XVII. Of the creation of Man.

Man was created male and female 34

Excellency of his make 40

Origin of the soul, in a note 41

Of God’s image in man 44

No men before Adam 37

Quest. XVIII. Of Providence.

Providence governs all creatures 47

And all their actions ibid

His concern for man 51

How conversant about evil actions 52

Sin over-ruled for God’s glory, and his people’s good 53

Other things over-ruled by providence 59

ivObjections against providence answered 60

Unequal distributions of providence vindicated 61

Quest. XIX. Of God’s providence towards the angels.

How it was conversant about the fall of apostate angels 63

These fell all at once 64

Some angels confirmed in holiness and happiness 66

Ministry of angels 68

Quest. XX. Of God’s providence towards man in innocency.

Of Paradise 70

Man’s secular employment and food therein 72

His dominion over the creatures 74

His spiritual concerns were under the direction of providence 75

Sabbath instituted and the covenant established 76

Representation, in a note 77

Difference between a law and a covenant 78

Adam was under a covenant 82

Objections answered 83

Conditions of that covenant 84

Tree of life a seal of it 86

Of the tree of knowledge 90

Quest. XXI. Of the fall of man.

Our first parents were endued with freedom of will 93

Were left thereunto 94

How they were tempted 96

Satan’s subtilty in the temptation 99

Eve represented by Adam, in a note 103

Aggravations of their sin 105

Its immediate consequences 104

Quest. XXII. All mankind fell in Adam.

Adam a federal head 109

All fell in him, except Christ 112

His sin imputed to his posterity 113

Penal evils which followed 111

Appointment of his headship vindicated 114

Quest. XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI. Of Sin.

Original sin 118

Actual transgressions proceed from it 120

Conveyed by natural generation 132

vOriginal righteousness lost 121

Man’s nature inclined to sin 123

Propensity to sin not put into our nature by God 124

Not harmless even in childhood 125

Origin of moral evil 127

The notion of two first causes exploded ibid

Pre-existence of souls a mere fancy 126

Corruption of nature not by the soul’s traduction 128

Not from imitation ibid

Necessarily ensues on the privation of original righteousness 131

Quest. XXVII. Of man’s misery by the Fall.

Various opinions about the salvation of infants 138

Punishment of original sin increased by actual 141

Sinners liable to God’s wrath and curse 143

Slaves to Satan 144

Sin exists in the intentions, in a note 145

Quest. XXVIII, XXIX. Of the punishment of sin in both worlds.

Of judicial blindness of mind 146

Hardness of heart 149

Sins that lead to it 150

Difference between the hardness found in believers and judicial 152

Of strong delusions 147

A reprobate sense 152

Vile affections 153

Horror of conscience. When judicial 154

Punishment of sin in outward things 155

In the world to come 158

This will be perpetual, in a note 159, 160

Quest. XXX. Of man’s Recovery.

God’s love the only moving cause of it 162

Covenant of grace. Its various periods 166

Opposed to that of innocency 165

Quest. XXXI. The covenant of grace made with Christ, and, in him, with the elect.

Covenant, scriptural sense of the word 168

Between the Father and Son, explained 171

And proved 173

vi Of redemption distinguished by some from the covenant of grace 178

God’s covenant differs from human 170

How he covenants with man 181

How man covenants with him 183

Quest. XXXII. Of the grace manifested in the second covenant.

Conditions of a covenant, how understood 190

Faith is a duty, in a note 193

Meritorious performed by Christ 192

Conditional promises uncertain 191

Interest in Christ, what meant by it 189

Grace glorified, in ordaining, promising, and working faith 197

Other graces promised and connected with salvation 195

Quest. XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV. Of the various dispensations of the covenant of grace.

Christ revealed of old by promises and prophecies 199

Ceremonial law typified Christ and the gospel 201

Types. Cautions about them 203

Rules how to judge of them 205

How the Jews knew their meaning 207

Cocceius’s sentiments about the bondage and darkness of that dispensation 208

Gospel-dispensation, when it began 212

How it excels the Legal 213

Quest. XXXVI, XXXVII. Of the Mediator of the covenant of Grace.

Saints and angels no Mediators 218

Christ the only Mediator 217

Two distinct natures in Christ, but not two Persons 222

His human nature was united to his Person 220

It shall continue so for ever 234

How formed like ours. How not 227

It was formed of the Virgin 229

His body was truly human 224

His soul distinct from his deity 226

He was expected by the Jews 231

Born in the fulness of time 233

What meant thereby 233

viiQuest. XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL. Of the necessity of the Mediator’s having two natures.

Why he should be God 235

Why man 238

Why both God and man 242

Quest. XLI, XLII. Of the Mediator’s name and offices.

Why he was called Jesus 244

Why he was called Christ 245

His offices distinguished, but not divided 252

He was set apart and authorized to execute them 248

He was fitly qualified for them 249

Quest. XLIII. Of Christ’s prophetical office.

He reveals the will of God 253

He was qualified for it 254

He does it in various ages 257

To whom and how he does it 255

Quest. XLIV. Of Christ’s priestly office.

Priesthood of Christ and Aaron compared 280

Typified by Melchisedek 264

Various opinions who Melchisedek was 265

Proved that he was Christ (quære tamen) 267

Objections answered 270

Satisfaction demanded for sin, of what value and kind 275

Of Christ was necessary 273

His active obedience a part of it 283

Least degree of his sufferings not sufficient for it 281

No redemption without price 286

Death of Christ a ransom 290

Confirmation of his doctrine not its principal end 293

Christ died in our stead 290

Objections answered ibid

Modern opinions on the atonement, in a note, 276 to 280, and 292 to 297.

He offered himself

by the Spirit 297

without spot to God 297

Not for all men 301 & 276

but for his sheep and friends 316

and for his church 318 viiiDr. Magee’s Discourses, in a note 298-317

This evidenced

by his love to it 318

his propriety in it 322

and saving it ibid

Objections answered 319

Christ purchased grace and glory 328

Universal redemption,

its consequences 326

Arguments for it considered 327

Texts urged for it explained 343

How the word All, &c. is to be explained 341

Special Redemption,

consistent with the covenant of grace 329

and with preaching the gospel 331

It advances grace more than general does 337

It leads not to despair 331

Whether it be contrary to scripture 338

Christ intercedes not for all 324

Divine expostulations explained 333

How all should repent and believe, though Christ died not for all 335

Sacrifice of Christ sufficient for all, in a note 349

Quest. XLV. Of Christ’s Kingly office.

As respecting his subjects

What they were, before subdued 353

How brought into subjection 354

How their subjection expressed at first 357

Their behaviour and conflicts 358

How Christ deals with them 361

As respecting his enemies 362

He governed the church before and since his incarnation 364

This office executed by him in glory 365

Of the Millennium.

Various opinions about it 366

Some have gross Ideas of it 370

What shall precede or attend it 368

Gospel shall then be more spread 373

How this doctrine to be treated 367

In what respects it is to be allowed 368

Some prophecies of the call of the Jews not yet fulfilled 376

Why Christ shall not reign visibly in his human nature 379

Temple-service not to be revived 381

Gospel-ordinances shall be continued 382

ixFirst resurrection; how understood by some 383

Its literal sense debated 384

General conflagration 387

New heavens and new earth 388

Resurrection of the church sometimes taken mystically 389

1000 years how understood by some 391

These not yet begun ibid

Mediatorial kingdom of Christ eternal 392

1 Cor. xv. ver. 24, 25, 28. explained 393

Quest. XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII. Of Christ’s Humiliation.

This shewn in his birth and infancy 398

In his parentage 399

In the place of his birth and abode 400

In the sinless infirmities of his life 422

In his being made under the law 401

In his being exposed to indignities 402

Temptations endured by him 404

General remarks on them 406

The time and place thereof 405

His first temptation 410

His second temptation 412

Its matter explained 416

His third temptation 417

What to be observed therein 419

Temptations were mental, in a note 420

Quest. XLIX, L. Of Christ’s humiliation before and after his death.

Christ betrayed by Judas 424

Forsaken by his disciples 425

Denied by Peter 426

Scorned by the world ibid

Reviled by many 428

Inferences ibid

Prosecuted by the Jews 429

Condemned by Pilate ibid

Tormented by his persecutors 431

Bore the wrath of God ibid

Death of the cross cruel and painful 433

Shameful, servile, and cursed 434

Christ buried with respect by his friends 437

Was under the power of death till the third day 438

Of his descent into hell 440

xHow the Papists understand it 441

1 Pet. iii. 18. explained, in a note 442

Quest. LI, LII. Of Christ’s Resurrection and Exaltation.

Resurrection of Christ proved 444

By credible witnesses 448

They were men of integrity 449

By the conduct of his enemies 450

By miracles 451

Properties of his risen body 452

Christ raised the third day 453

Reasons of it 454

Was not three whole days and nights in the grave 455

Socinians’ account of Christ’s resurrection 457

Christ’s own and his peoples’ concern in his resurrection 458

Quest. LIII, LIV. Of Christ’s Ascension.

It was real and visible 464

Its necessity and design 468

Its distance from the time of his resurrection 461

How this interval was employed 463

Matter of his conversation with his disciples 464

Remarks on what preceded it 460

He ascended from mount Olivet 467

Christ’s sitting at the right hand of God 471

Quest. LV. Of Christ’s Intercession.

Necessity of it 473

His fitness for it 474

Manner of it 477

How it differs from our prayers 476

What procured by it 479

How to be improved ibid

Quest. LVI. Of Christ’s coming to judge the world.

The time of his appearance 481

The glory that shall attend it 482

Quest. LVII, LVIII, LIX. Of the benefits of redemption, and the application thereof.

Benefits procured by Christ 486

These applied by the Holy Ghost 487

To all for whom they were purchased (vide 349) 488

xiQuest. LX. Of the disadvantages of those who never hear the gospel.

State of the Heathen considered 491

No salvation without the gospel—tamen quære 492

Nor without faith in Christ—tamen quære ibid

Deists; falseness of their hope set forth 494

False grounds of hope in others 496

Salvation in none but Christ 498

This proved 499

Objections answered 502

Christ the Saviour only of his Body the church 508

Quest. LXI, LXII, LXIII, LXIV. Of the Church, visible and invisible.

Church, the word how used, (515 in a note) 510

Places of worship so termed 511

Their first erection 512

Its distinction into visible and invisible 516

Invisible church described 519

This farther explained and defended 520

Visible church described 521

In what respects it is one 522

In what respects it is not one ibid

Its concern for the children of its members 526

Jewish church, its establishment ibid

Its government 527

How they promoted religion in their synagogues 529

Their Proseuchæ, or places appointed for prayer 530

A particular gospel-church described 536

Its matter 539

Its form or bond of union 540

Its subjection to Christ to be professed 542

How this to be made visible 543

Its power of admission 541

The reformed churches differ about this ibid

Terms of communion fixed by Christ ibid

Its power of exclusion 544

Causes of exclusion 545

The way of proceeding therein 547

With what temper this should be done 549

What meant by being delivered to Satan 550

and for what end 551

The first preaching and success of the gospel 532

Conduct of the Apostles in planting gospel-churches 534 xiiChurch-communion proved

from the law of nature 538

from scripture ibid

Government of churches by their officers 552

Αποστολος, Επισκοπος, Διακονος, in a note, ibid

The office of a Pastor, Bishop, or Elder 555

Bishops and Elders the same 556

Jerom’s account of the increase of the power of Bishops, in a note 558

Pastors chosen by the church 561

Χειροτονεω, in a note 563

How to be set apart ibid

How their office to be discharged 565

Whether a Teacher be a distinct officer 566

Synods, the abuse and advantage of them 566

Parishes, why churches were so called by ancient writers 567

The office of a Deacon 570

Officers of the church, in a note 571

Privileges of the visible church 572

It is under Christ’s special care 574

Wherein this consists 575

It is under Christ’s special government 576

In what respects 577

It enjoys communion of saints ibid

It has the ordinary means of grace 578

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