The Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion, Volume 2

Peter Buck, at the sign of the Temple, near the Inner-Temple-gate in Fleet-street, 1700 - Apologetics - 576 pages

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... concerning the Authority of fome Books of Holy Scripture no prejudice to the reft , p . 96. The uncontroverted Books contain all things ne- ceflary to Salvation , p . 97. The Difpute concerning the Apo- Apochrypha , falls not here under ...

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... concerning the State of our First Parents in Paradife , and relating to their Fall , ib . Why a Commandment was given them concerning a thing of an indifferent Nature , p . 250. The Curfe upon the Ser- pens , P. 254 The Curse of the ...

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... concerning the Unreafonableness of their Proceedings , before I come to give a fhort Ac- count of my prefent Undertaking . I. Whatever knowledge almoft we have now left of the Antiquities of other Heathen Nations , it comes conveyed ...

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... concerning it . And here I must once more complain of Mr. Blount , who , " as if he had been an Ægy- ptian Hiftorian , that had an implacable Hatred of our Religion , profeffing to tranflate that place of Tacitus , which concerns the ...

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... concerning this Genius of Socrates , I cannot but look up- on it as an intricate and perplext Bufinefs . It may fuffice in this place to obferve , that ( Xenophon acquaints us , that when he ad- ( xxenoph de exped vifed with Socrates ...

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CHA P	i

might fall under Humane Prudence and Obfervation	iii

Of Humane Reaſon	1

T HEDivine Authority of the Scriptures being proved in the First Book fuchPoints are cleared in theSecond	24

part of the World and that He may act more powerfully	31

Of the Style of the Holy Scriptures	52

T HE Grammatical Construction and Propriety of Speech p 53 Thofe whch are lookd upon	60

Parables were Suitable to the Customs of the Places	79

Of the Incarnation and Death of the Son of	308

dient as the Incarnation of the Son of God to procure	357

Salvation of Mankind p 357 1 The Doctrin	364

CHAP XXI	370

G a bad his son at left me 371 The Re Od bad beforeband uſed all other means to fhew	380

Tffice of God becaufe 1 Rewards and Puniſhments HE Eternity of HellTorments confiftent with the	384

This appears from Matt 25 ib The last Days of	393

Objections obviated p 359 The Eternity of Hell Tor	394

The Method p 86 Some Books of Scripture admirable	93

AN Controverly concerning the Authority of fome Books of Holy Scripture no prejudice to the reft	113

CHAP V	126

brew Vowels and the late invention of the Points no pre	130

felves no way prejudicial to the Authority of the Scrip	140

the Penmen of the Holy Scriptures p 145 The total	146

Jeem to have been made with defign p 151 The Terms	154

H Ow it comes to paſs that there are ſome things in the Scriptures hard to be understood p 157 Some	171

Some Prophecies purposely obfcure and why p 172 Some	177

No O Reafon to expect that the Scriptures fhould be fo penned as to afford no fufpicion of Contradiction	187

firft made by Mechanical Laws tho it was preferved	196

with refpect to the Angels p 200 with respect to	210

things are alike eafy to God yet Men are most inclined to admire and Glorify Him for the vast	222

TH He ufe of popular Expreffions implies neither the Af firmation nor the Denial of the Philofophical Truth	229

conduceth more to the Happiness of the Bleſſed than a	237

TH HE Fall of Angels how caufed p 243 The Fall of Man The effects of it Viſible however the Thing	255

was to cease upon the coming of the Melliah p 335	308

To fhew the Sincerity of the PenMen of the Scriptures	308

Thofe which feem Imprecations are oftentimes Predicti	308

Of Sacraments	395

Covenant with him ib 2 They are Tokens and Pled	404

Such inferences from thence as may afford a fufficient	411

TH Here is no Contradiction in this Miftery of our Reli gion p 412 The Distinction of the Three Perfons	414

The Infpiration of the Writers of the Scriptures did	421

Humane Perfons 417 Other things are and must be	427

G OD is certainly able to raise the Dead p 431 Bo dies after their Corruption and the Diffolution	437

Of the Reaſons why Chrift did not fhew himſelf	448

pearance of our Saviour himself could have been P	454

Any things in the Life of Chrift before his Paffion omitted by the Evangelifts p 459 And like	465

THE He Antiquity of Prophecies adds to their force and Evidence p 491 The Ceffation of Miracles	501

Of the Caufes why the Jews and Gentiles rejected	504

A Supernatural Grace neceſſary to True Faith p 504 Jews and Profelytes were converted in great Num	521

They would not be at the Pains rightly to understand	530

vent them P 539 It is not neceſſary that God should	549

be are no prejudice to the Truth and Certainty of Reli	557

infufficient the Objections must proceed from fome Mistake	563

dom for the Chriftian Religion p 568 The Causes of	570

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againſt Ages Apoſtles Authority becauſe befides beſt Bleffed Books Cafe caufe cauſe cerning Chrift Chriftian Circumſtances confequence Cuſtoms defigned difpenfation difpute Divine doth eternal expreffions faid fame fays feem felf felves fenfe fent feveral fhall fhew fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fome fometimes fpeak ftrange fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed God's Goodneſs Goſpel greateſt Happineſs Heaven Hebrew Herodotus Hiftory himſelf Holy Ghoſt Ifrael infinite infpired inftance Jerufalem Jews Juftice laft laſt lefs likewife Love Maimonides manifeft Mankind manner Meffiah Mercy miſtakes Mofes moft moſt muft muſt Nations Nature neceffary neceffity never fo obfcure obferved occafion Perfons Philofophy pleaſed poffible Pofterity prefent preferved Promiſes Prophecies Prophets Puniſhments purpoſe Reaſon reft Religion Revelation Salvation Saviour Scriptures ſeems Septuagint ſhall Soul ſpeak Terah thefe themſelves theſe theſe things thofe thoſe tranflated Truth underſtand underſtood unleſs uſe Verfe Wiſdom words World Worſhip

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Title	The Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion, Volume 2 The Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion
Author	Robert Jenkin
Edition	2
Publisher	Peter Buck, at the sign of the Temple, near the Inner-Temple-gate in Fleet-street, 1700
Original from	the Bavarian State Library (Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek -- Th S 769 -2)
Digitized	28 Jul 2016
Length	576 pages

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