A Body of Divinity, Vol. 1 (of 4): Wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended, being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly's Larger CatechismRidgley, Thomas
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A Body of Divinity, Vol. 1 (of 4): Wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended, being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly's Larger Catechism
_Christ’s Deity proved from it_ 302
God _and_ Lord, _how applied in scripture_ 304
_Christ’s Deity proved thereby_ 306
_This argued from_ 1 Tim. iii. 16. 311
_And from_ Acts xx. 28. 313. Rom. ix. 5. _ibid_.
_From_ 1 John v. 20. 315. Isa. ix. 6. 317
_From_ Titus ii. 13. _ibid_. John xx. 28. 319
_When the word_ God _is used absolutely_ 321
_Its meaning when so used_ 321
_In what sense Christ is styled God by the_ Socinians 322
_From the ascription of the divine nature to him in_ Col. ii. 9. 325
_In_ Philip, ii. 6. _this explained and defended_ 326
_Genuineness of_ 1 John v. 7. _defended_ 329
_From his conference with the_ Jews 335
_From his Attributes_ 342
_Eternity_, 343. _Immutability_, _ibid_.
_Omnipresence_ 345
_This proved from_ John iii. 13. 347
_Omniscience_, 349. _Objections answered_ 350
_Omnipotency_ 352
_From his glorious titles_ 353
_From his work of creation_ 357
_The_ Socinian _account thereof_ 359
_Christ no instrument in creation_ 361
_How the Father made the world by him_ 362
_Men only moral instruments in miracles_ 365
_From his works of providence_ 366
_Christ the Governor of all things_ 367
_From his acting as Judge_ 368
_Subserviency of his kingdom to the Father_ 371
_Christ as Mediator below, yet equal with the Father_ 374
_Inferiority of Christ, how to be understood in scripture_ 376
_From the worship paid him_ 377
_Christ the Object of religious worship_ 379
_From Baptism_ 382
_From the doxologies applied to him_ 386
Anti-Trinitarians _differ about the worship due to Christ_ 388
_Right to divine worship is incommunicable_ 389
_Objections against the deity of Christ answered_ 391
_Dr. Priestley’s disingenuity_, in a note 397
_Of the divinity of the Holy Ghost_ 398
_His divinity proved_ _ibid_
_From_ Acts v. 3, 4. 400
_From his divine Attributes_ 404
_From his divine works_ 405
_Such works performed by him_ 407
_From the worship given to him_ 408
_Objections answered_ 410
_Practical inferences from the doctrine of the Trinity_ 414
QUEST. XII, XIII. Of God’s Decrees.
_Some things premised in general_ 417
_Dissuasives from prejudices_ 419
_The general method laid down_ 421
_In what sense God fore-ordained all things_ 422
_That he did so, proved_ 424
_Dr. Smalley on the origin of sin_ 425
_Purpose of God free, wise, holy_ 432
_How it renders salvation necessary_ 484
_It is unchangeable_ 481
_Repentance, how ascribed to God_ 483
_Predestination, the word explained_ 433
_Consequences of denying it_ 499
_Election, the word explained_ 434
_How used in the Old Testament_ 438
_How in the New_ 441
Fathers, _their sense about this doctrine_ 507
_Election to salvation asserted in scripture_ 442
_Churches, how styled elect_ 443
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