The triumphs of Christianity over infidelity displayed, or the coming of the Messiah, the true key to the right understanding of the most difficult passages in the New Testament; a full answer to the objection of mr. Gibbon [in the history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire] that our Lord and His Apostles predicted the near approach of the end of the world in their own time

1802

TABLE OF CONTENTS	1

Remarkable passage from Mr Kett 221	3

Grotius says it was for wise purposes the pious	7

Necessity and advantages of reexamining	9

Distinction between Primary and Secondary senses	12

The language of our Lord that the Kingdom	16

The expectation of the coming of the Messiah	24

Importance of considering the Gospels as Histories	28

Mr Kings opinion in his Morsels of Criticism	128

Passages of Scripture on which Mr Gibbons	129

Different	136

Comparison of Matthew xxiv and Luke xvii with	139

The Tryal of Jesus considered with reference to	150

Quotations from Dr Beattie and Mr Maltby upon	164

The Apostles ideas of the nature and duration of	171

The phrase the coming of Christ sometimes used	178

View of the Beatitudes 30 to	34

Excellence of the Gospel Morality stated by	40

The language of Jesus upon that occasion con	53

Jesuss enquiry what his Countrymen thought	58

Effectually to enforce his prohibition Jesus fore	68

The discoveries Jesus had to make gradualsin	77

Different views of the meaning of the xxivth	82

What is meant by the end so frequently	89

considered at large	94

Figurative language used to describe the destruction	101

Difficulty of understanding the xxivth of Matthew	108

Coming in Clouds means coming to inflict tem	111

Bishop Newton and Dr Macknight very decided	121

The expressions we and us applied in Scripture	181

to	188

The phrase the coming of Christ considered	194

das Apostasy from Moses from the faithfrom	200

Josephus in describing the causes of the destruc	203

The Jews aspiring to universal dominion applied	209

Remarks upon it	216

Mr Zouchs account of the application of	224

Tradition of such a power in St Johns time mis	230

Explained by Luke xvii 30 vaan bolla	243

The present Bishop of Londons opinion erro	250

Quotation from Mr Maltby remarkables to this	257

APPENDIX	264

Title	The triumphs of Christianity over infidelity displayed, or the coming of the Messiah, the true key to the right understanding of the most difficult passages in the New Testament; a full answer to the objection of mr. Gibbon [in the history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire] that our ...
Author	N. NISBETT
Published	1802
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	30 Jul 2015

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