Category: Philosophy & Ethics
Section I.—Creation. I. Definition Of Creation. II. Proof of the Doctrine of Creation. 1. Direct Scripture Statements. 2. Indirect evidence from Scripture. III. Theories which oppose Creation. 1. Dualism. 2. Emanation. 3. Creation from eternity. 4. Spontaneous generation. IV....
Since God had from eternity determined to redeem mankind, the history of the race from the time of the Fall to the coming of Christ was providentially arranged to prepare the wa...
7. Chapter IV. The Works Of God; Or The Execution Of The Decrees.By creation we mean that free act of the triune God by which in the beginning for his own glory he made, without the use of preëxisting materials, the whole visible and invisibl...
11. book 1, sec. 14; Lorimer, Institutes of Law, 256, who quotes fromBurke: “All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory. They may alter the mode and application, but have no power over the substance of original justice”; Lord Bacon:...
13. part iii, sec. 4; Bib. Sac., 20:317-320.The Federal theory, or theory of the Covenants, had its origin with Cocceius (1608-1669), professor at Leyden, but was more fully elaborated by Turretin (1623-1687). It has beco...
8. Chapter I. Preliminary.The fact of man’s creation is declared in Gen. 1:27—“And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him”; 2:7—“And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of th...
9. Chapter II. The Original State Of Man.In determining man’s original state, we are wholly dependent upon Scripture. This represents human nature as coming from God’s hand, and therefore “very good” (Gen. 1:31). It mo...
12. did. The sinfulness of that act could not be transferred to themafterwards; because the sinfulness of an act can no more be transferred from one person to another than an act itself. Therefore, though men became sinners by Adam, according to...
10. Chapter III. Sin, Or Man’s State Of Apostasy.As preliminary to a treatment of man’s state of apostasy, it becomes necessary to consider the nature of that law of God, the transgression of which is sin. We may best approach...
6. Chapter I. Christology, Or The Redemption Wrought By Christ.Section I.—Historical Preparation For Redemption. I. Negative Preparation,—in the history of the heathen world. II. Positive Preparation,—in the history of Israel. Section II.—T...
5. Chapter III. Sin, Or Man’s State Of Apostasy.Section I.—The Law Of God. I. Law in General. II. The Law of God in Particular. III. Relation of the Law to the Grace of God. Section II.—Nature Of Sin. I. Definition of Sin. 1....
2. Chapter IV. The Works Of God; Or The Execution Of The Decrees.Section I.—Creation. I. Definition Of Creation. II. Proof of the Doctrine of Creation. 1. Direct Scripture Statements. 2. Indirect evidence from Scripture. III. Theories which o...
3. Chapter I. Preliminary.I. Man a Creation of God and a Child of God. II. Unity of the Human Race. 1. The argument from history. 2. The argument from language. 3. The argument from psychology. 4. The ar...
4. Chapter II. The Original State Of Man.I. Essentials of Man’s Original State. 1. Natural likeness to God, or personality. 2. Moral likeness to God, or holiness. A. The image of God as including only personality. B. T...
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