CHAPTER I. MAN'S PRIMEVAL STATE. 1. Made Under Law 71 2. Created in the Image of God 71 (1.) Dominion, 71. (2.) Spirituality, 72. (3.) Immortality, 72. (4.) Intellectual Powers--Knowledge, 73. (5.) Moral Image of God--Holiness, 74. CHAPTER II. THE FALL OF MAN. 1. The Temptation--The Serpent the Instrument--The Devil the Real Tempter 74 2. The Transgression 75 3. The Results of the Fall--Physical Evil 75 (1.) The Ground Cursed for Man's Sake, 75. (2.) Man Doomed to Labor, 75. (3.) Physical Suffering caused by the Fall, 75. (4.) Temporal Death the Result of Sin, 76. 4. Results of the Fall--Moral Evil 77 (1.) Spiritual Death--Loss of the Divine Image, 77. 5. Man's Moral Nature Corrupted by the Fall 78 6. Depravity Hereditary 79 7. The Extent of Depravity is Total or Universal 80 (1.) The Will is Depraved, 80. (2.) The Understanding Darkened, 81. (3.) The Affections Corrupt, 82. (4.) The Imagination Vitiated, 82. (5.) Man's Moral Powers Paralyzed, 83. (6.) Man's Utter Helplessness, 83. BOOK III. ATONEMENT OR REDEMPTION 87 CHAPTER I. REDEMPTION. 1. Necessity for an Atonement 90 2. Redemption by the Death of Christ 92 3. The Death of Christ a Sufficient Atonement for the Sins of the Whole World 94 4. The Death of Christ the Procuring Cause of Man's Salvation 95 5. Benefits of the Death of Christ 96 (1.) Justification, 96. (2.) Regeneration, 97. (3.) Reconciliation, 98. (4.) Adoption, 98. (5.) Peace, 99. (6.) Witness of the Spirit, 100. (7.) Sanctification, 101. CHAPTER II. BENEFITS OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST--CONDITIONS OF SALVATION. 1. Repentance--Faith the Instrumental Cause of Man's Salvation 104 2. The Holy Spirit the Efficient Cause of Man's Salvation 107 CHAPTER III. FURTHER BENEFITS OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST. 1. The Right to Pray 108 2. The Power of Prayer 110 3. Divine Providence--General and Special 112 4. Victory over Death 113 5. The Immediate Reception of the Souls of the Pious into a State of Blessedness 114 6. The Resurrection of the Body 114