CONTENTS.
| Dedication. | ||
| Preface. | ||
| I. | Some account of the present volume | |
| II. | Growth of irreligious Opinion. | |
| III. | 'Essayists and Reviewers' to be as 'freely-handled' as the Prophets, Evangelists, and Apostles of Christ. | |
| Table of Contents. | ||
| Preliminary Remarks on "Essays and Reviews." | page | |
| I. | Examination of the contribution of Rev. F. Temple, D.D. | [ii] |
| II. | Rev. Rowland Williams, D.D. | [xxx] |
| III. | Rev. Professor Baden Powell, M.A. | [xlvi] |
| IV. | Rev. H. B. Wilson, M.A. | [lxiv] |
| V. | C. W. Goodwin, M.A. | [lxxxvi] |
| VI. | Rev. Mark Pattison, B.D. | [cxii] |
| VII. | Rev. Professor Jowett, M.A. | [cxxxix] |
| In what sense Mr. Jowett's fundamental principle, (that "Scripture is to be interpreted like any other book,") may be cheerfully accepted | [cxl] | |
| Mr. Jowett's main assertion that "Scripture has one and only one true meaning," shewn to be founded on his assumption that the Bible is uninspired,—"like any other book" | [cxlii] | |
| 1. Eight Characteristics of the Bible enumerated, which shew that it is unlike "any other book" | [cl] | |
| But the distinctive characteristic of the Bible, is, that it professes to be the work of the Holy Ghost | [clx] | |
| Mr. Jowett's syllogism corrected, in consequence | [clxii] | |
| 2. Mr. Jowett's proposal accepted, that we should "Interpret Scripture from itself." Notion of Interpretation obtained from the volume of Inspiration | [clxii] | |
| 3. In addition to the testimony of Scripture, we have to consider the testimony of Antiquity | [clxix] | |
| Remarks on primitive Patristic Interpretation | [clxx] | |
| This part of the subject misunderstood by Mr. Jowett | [clxxiii] | |
| Remarks on primitive Tradition.—The Creeds, the records of Primitive Christianity | [clxxvii] | |
| This part of the subject also misunderstood by Mr. Jowett | [clxxix] | |
| 4. Examination of some of Mr. Jowett's reasons for rejecting that method of Interpretation which has been (α) Established by our Lord; (β) Employed by His Apostles; (γ) Universally adopted by the primitive Church; and (δ) Accepted by the most learned and judicious of modern Commentators | [clxxxvi] | |
| The peroration of Mr. Jowett's Essay examined and commented on | [ccvi] | |
| Retrospect of the entire subject | [ccxvi] | |
| Conclusion | [ccxxvii] |
SERMON I.
St. John vi. 68. Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of Eternal Life.
the study of the bible recommended; and a method of studying it described.
| The Gospel, as a written message, meets with the same reception at the hands of the World now, as in the days of the Son of Man | [1] | |
| Some points of analogy between the Written and the Incarnate Word | [2] | |
| Difficulties and seeming contradictions in the Gospel | [3] | |
| Unattractive aspect.—Union of the Human and Divine | [4] | |
| The Bible is generally little read.—Its preciousness | [6] | |
| The age unlearned as well as unfaithful | [7] | |
| Want of preparation for the Ministry.—The question of preparation narrowed to the duty of studying the Bible | [8] | |
| Conditions of successful Study:—a fixed time for reading the Bible, and a fixed quantity to be read | [9] | |
| Vigilance, and independent inquiry | [10] | |
| Consecutive reading.—The first chapter of Genesis | [11] | |
| Nothing to be skipped.—Result of such a method | [12] | |
| The Bible is to be read, not in the same manner, but with at least the same attention, as a merely human work | [13] | |
| A caution | [14] | |
| Men not competent to make their own Religion out of the Bible | [16] | |
| The advantages of such a study of the Bible as has been here recommended, explained | [17] |
SERMON II.
Hebrews xi. 3. Through Faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God.
natural science and theological science.