its necessity, 15-19

its relation to religion, 19-24

rests on God's self-revelation, 25

rests on his revelation in nature, 26

natural and Scriptural, how related, 26-29

rests on Scripture and reason, 29

rationalism hurtful to, 30-31

rests on Scripture and a true mysticism, 31

avoids a false mysticism, 32

accepts history of doctrine as ancillary, 33