Defeated— The defeat of Satan quite reconcileable

with his present prevalence-Called a spirit, to excite

our vigilance-An unclean spirit, to awaken our antip-

athy-His influence over the

heart, great-But only

exercised with our consent--- The period of his reign

limited.

218---236

SECTION VI-Of the Immortality of the Soul ;

Resurrection of the Body,

I am the resurrection and the life.'

The hope of immortality reasonable---The great instinct

of humanity--Revelation necessary to authenticate it

--- It did so, partially, under the last economy---Full

revelation and proof of the doctrine reserved for

Christ. I. Taught the doctrine of an intermediate ex-

istence. II. Proved a resurrection. III. He himself

will raise the dead. IV. Resurrection, universal. V.

Bodies raised, identical with those intered. VI. Means

of a resurrection to eternal life, provided by Christ---

He possesses the power---By dying in our stead, has

acquired the right--Begins, even here, to make his

power and right available, by quickening dead souls-

The final extinction of death so certain, that he speaks

of it as already effected.

236---262

SECTION VII.-Of the Final Judgment.

The Son of man shall come in his glory ; and before him shall be gath-

ered all nations.'

The judgment anticipated by the human mind. I. Its

ESSAY III.

SPIRITUALITY OF OUR LORD'S TEACHING.

The words that I speak unto you are spirit and life.'

1. The spirituality of the Divine Nature. II. Of the mor-

al law. III. Of the worship of God---As opposed to

that which is local---Ceremonial---Prescribed by hu-

man authority---Formal and insincere. IV. Of his

kingdom---Denounced the temporal hopes of the Jews

---Called for spiritual subjects---Born from above---Dis-

claimed for his kingdom all resemblance to earthly

governments---Conclusion---The whole reminds us of

our proneness to repose in a form of piety to the ne-

glect of evangelical holiness--- This has originated su-

perstition---Neutralized the Jewish economy---And ear-

ly began to vitiate christianity itself---Importance of

exemplifying the spiritual nature of our vocation.

290---327

ESSAY IV.

ON THE TENDERNESS AND BENEVOLENCE OF OUR

LORD'S TEACHING.

'Learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto

your souls,'

"And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which

proceeded out of his mouth.'

The recollection of our Lord's character necessary, to

feel the pathos his teaching. I. His exellences---
Loveliness of his youth---His gracious commission---
Purity---Superiority to the age in which he lived---In-
dependent of all surrounding influences---Universality
of his plans---Qualities contrasted, but harmonized by
benevolence---Overflowing benignity. II. His benevo-
lence as a Teacher---Objection answered---Employed
parables---Chose to be poor---Taught gratuitously--
Simplified instruction---Teaching consolatory---Pla-
ces in which he preached, evinced condescension---Al-
ways accessible---Impressed unwelcome truths by em-
ploying affecting signs; the little child; washing the
disciples' feet; the last supper. III. Instances of the
tenderness and benevolence of his teaching---Predic-
ted his own death---Blessed the poor in spirit---Soothed
the anxious---Offered the weary rest---Parable of the

prodigal--Identifies himself with all piety---Apostro-

phizes, and weeps over Jerusalem---His valedictory

discourse--His purposes of grace--- Universality of his

offers---Expressions of his benevolence went on in-

creasing to the last---Conclusion; character of Christ

regarded as an evidence for christianity---An example

---And an encouragement---His expostulation with the

unbeliever.

328---387

ESSAY V.

THE PRACTICALNESS OF OUR LORD'S TEACHING.

‘Be ye perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect.'

I. Our Lord evinced his wisdom, as a practical teacher,

by limiting his revelations to the measure of our real

wants---By dispensing with a cumbrous riutal. II. His

favorite topics, humility and benevolence. III. Pret

ferred comprehensive rules to a detailed enumeration

of duties. IV. His morality extends to the thoughts.

V. To motives---Love of God. VI. Prescribes for its

end, the glory of God. VII. For its standard, the char-

acter of God. VIII. Injunctions, simple and authori-

tative---Sanctions. IX. Not only commands, but en-

ables. X. Objections of the incompleteness of the Sa-

vior's code, answered---Happy effects of his gospel.

XI. Impiety of those who regard it as a dispensation

from holiness. XII. Supreme importance which he

ascribed to holiness.---Aimed to make earth resemble

heaven.

388---437

INTRODUCTION

TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.

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The seal which God put upon man, when he made him, was nothing less than his own bright image. What a mysterious creation ! The stamp of the Divinity upon a child of the dust! What noble intellectual and moral powers! What a destiny! And can this being, so fearfully and wonderfully made,' know himself and find out the character of his fellows? Is he capable of admiring what is great in them, and imitating what is good ?

These questions do not need a formal answer—for the natural, as well as the proper study of mankind, is man.' We are instinctively prompted to examine other copies of this remarkable volume, not only to ascertain how far they agree with our own, but to note down whatever strikes us as peculiar in any of them. Especially are all eyes attracted by intellectual and moral greatness, wherever it appears.

Such men as Aristotle, Bacon, Pascal, Edwards, Milton, Howard, Washington, and Napoleon, always have had a multitude of admirers, and they always will have. It is hardly necessary to add, that the constituent elements of greatness in such extraordinary men, are capable of being exhibited in a variety of interesting lights. They are like those large bodies, which cannot be seen, on all sides, from any one station : or those wide and deep waters, which

cannot be effectually sounded, by heaving the lead once, or twice, in the same place. The genius--the inspiration, I was about to say, of a great Poet, or Philosopher, or Reformer, requires much and deep reflection, to comprehend it. And in order to do justice to the master spirits of the world, the soul must be stirred by kindred impulses. Moreover, when the sublime and original conceptions of a Milton, or the indomitable daring of a Luther, or John Knox, is to be scanned, a single biography, or critique, however ably drawn up, does not satisfy us. It just awakens our admiration and curiosity. We inquire more eagerly than ever, wherein their 'great strength lay. We dwell upon every incident of their lives, with new interest. We read their works again and again, with increased satisfaction, and eagerly catch every ray of light which is cast upon their characters and writings by their most gifted admirers.

But no mere human character, or work is perfect. The profoundest depths of man's intellect can be fathomed. In the loftiest flights of his imagination he can be followed. None of his richest mines are inexhaustible. The time must come, when all will have been said, that can be said, to exalt the character of any individual of our race, however great his talents, or illustrious his virtues. And this would have been the case had sin never entered the world. Had the men whom we most admire, been perfectly holy, it would have been a limited perfection after all-not finite, merely, but the perfection of, probably, the lowest order of God's intelligent creation. So that in due time, we might have learned every thing that could be learned about them; might have exhausted our admiration upon every thing that was worthy to be admired.

In like manner, were an angel to come down from heaven, and dwell among us, and unfold to us those sublime