of the Canon and Integrity of the Scrip res.

That the Canon of Scripture receiv'd by our Church is perfect, fee the Seventh and Ninth Questions of Turretin's Locus Secundus, and the Fourth Chapter of the Second Volume of Dr. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of the Chriftian Religion. And that our Copies of the Bible are uncorrupt, fee the Tenth Queftion of Turretin's Locus Secundus, and the Fifth Chapter of the Second Volume of Dr. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of the Chri Stian Religion.

of the Objections of the Deifts.

Concerning the Objections made by the Deifts, fee the Tenth Section of Dr. Whitby's General Preface to his First Volume of Annotations, from In answer to what, &c. to the end of it; and the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, Thirty firft, Thirty third, Thirty fourth, Thirty fifth, and Thirty fixth Chapters of the Second Volume of Dr. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of the Chriftian Religion. Secondly, We come now to the Controverfies with the Jews. They acknowledge the divine Authority of the Old Teftament, which contains many Prophefies concerning the Meffiah. Our Bufinefs therefore that the Bleffed Jefus is that Meffiah, in the Old Teftament prophefied of. is done,

Secondly, With
respect to the
Hypothefisof the
Jews.

is

to prove, who was

And this

That our Savior and his Apoftles were Teachers fent from, and inspir'd by, Almighty God.

Firft, By fhewing that the Bleffed Jefus and his Apoftles were Teachers fent from, and infpir'd by, Almighty God. To this End you may use the fame Arguments which have been mention'd as proper to be offer'd to a Deift. Now if the Bleffed Jefus

and

and his Apoftles were Teachers fent from, and infpir'd by, Almighty God; then our Savior must be that Meffiah, who was prophefied of in the Old Teftament. Because both himself and his Apoftles do declare, that he is that Meffiah; and God most evidently teftified the fame by raising him from the Dead, and enabling him and his Apostles to work innumerable Miracles, and exercife diverse supernatural Gifts of the Holy Ghoft, in Confirmation of that very Declaration.

That our Savior is the Meffiah promifed in the Old Teftament.

Secondly, By proving from the Scriptures of the Old Teftament, that the Bleffed Jefus is that Meffiah whom they speak of.

See the Twelfth Chapter of the Second Part of the First Volume of Dr. Jenkin's Reasonablenefs and Certainty of the Chriftian Religion, the Sixteenth Chapter of the Second Volume of the fame Book, the Ninth Section of Dr. Whitby's General Preface to his Firft Volume of Annotations, and Bishop Pearfon on the Second Article, from And in Jefus Chrift, down to His only Son. To which add the Twenty feventh and Twenty eighth Chapters of the Third Book of Limberch's Syftem.

Thirdly, With reSpect to the Hypothe fis of the Mahome

tans.

Thirdly, For the Controverfies with the Mahometans read the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Chapters of the Third Part of the First Volume of Dr. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of the Chriftian Religion. Now the Religion of a Mahometan being fuppos'd to have been prov'd falfe, the Truth of Chriftianity is demonftrated to him after the fame Manner as to a Deift.

Fourthly,

Fourthly, With re Spect to the Hypothefis of the Pagans.

Fourthly, The fame may be faid of the Pagans or Heathens, the Falfhood of whofe Religion is fhewn in the Third, Fourth and Fifth Chapters of the Third Part of the Firft Volume of Dr. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of the Chriftian Religion.

You proceed now to the great Doctrins of Christianity.

You premife what Bishop Pearfon has written concerning Faith, in his Expo

of Faith. fition of the First Article, from the Beginning down to I believe in God.

You then confider the great Point Of the Trinity. of the Trinity. See the fame Bishop Pearfon on the First Article, beginning at I believe in God, down to the End. Read alfo what the fame Author has written on the Second Article, from His only Son, to the End of it. For what relates to our Savior's being the Chrift, you flip over it now; because you have already perus'd it, when you examin'd the Truth of our Holy Religion with refpect to the Jewish Hypothefis: And what relates to the Name Jefus, you will foon meet with. Wherefore you go on immediately to the fame Bishop's Expofition of the Eighth Article. But I wou'd advise you to fubjoin the First and the Six and twentieth Chapters of the Second Volume of Dr. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of the Chriftian Religion.

Concerning the Incarnation, fee Bishop Pearfon on the Third Arti

Of the Incarnation.

cle, and the Twenty third Chapter of the Second Volume of Dr. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion.

Then

of Chrift's Satif faction for Sin,Original and Actual.

Then follows the Doctrin of Christ's Satisfaction for our Sins. Under this Head you are to confi der, First, Our Sins for which he fatisfied, viz. 1. Original Sin. See the Twelfth and Thirteenth Chapters of the Second Volume of Dr. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of the Chriftian Religion, and the Tenth Question of Turretin's Locus Nonus. 2. Actual Sin. See the Thirteenth Queftion of the Locus Nonus of Turretin's Syftem. Secondly, That Christ did fatisfy for our Sins. And 1. It was neceffary that he fhould fatisfy. See the One and twentieth Chapter of the SecondVolume of Dr. Jenkin's Reasonableness and Certainty of the Chriftian Religion. 2. He did fuffer. See Bishop Pearfon on the Fourth Article. 3. By his fuffering he did truly fatisfy for our Sins. Compare the Tenth and Eleventh Questions of the Locus Decimus quartus of Turretin's System, with the Twenty firft and Twenty fecond Chapters of the Third Book of Limborch's Syftem, and Dr. Whitby's Appendix to the Twenty fixth Chapter of St. Matthew. 4. That our Sins fhall for his Sake be forgiven. See Bishop Pearfon on the Second Article, from the Beginning thereof down to And in Jefus Chrift; and alfo on the Tenth Article.

Of the Defcent

into Hell.

As for Chrift's Defcent into Hell, fee Bishop Pearfon on the Fifth Article, down to He rofe again.

of Christ's Afcenfion,
Sitting at the Right-
Hand of God, and his
Coming to Judgment.

Our Savior's Refurrection from the Dead was then prov'd to you, when you examin'd the Authority of the Holy Scriptures, and the Truth of Christianity. His Afcenfion, his Sitting at the Right Hand of God the Father, and his Coming to Judgment, are treated

of

of by Bishop Pearfon on the Sixth and Seventh Articles.

Our own Refurrection and the Eternity of Rewards and Punish- of our own Refurments, are also treated of by Bi-rection, and the Efhop Pearson on the Eleventh and and Punishments. ternity of Rewards Twelfth Articles; but you must

add Dr. Whitby's Preface to the First Epistle to the Corinthians, from the beginning of the Sixth Section to the end; and alfo the Fourteenth Chapter of the Second Volume of Dr. Jenkin's Reafonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion, and Dr. Whitby's Appendix to the First Chapter of the Second Epiftle to the Theffalonians; wherein particularly is confuted an unhappy Notion of Archbishop Tillotson, concerning God's not being oblig'd to inflict, tho' he has actually threaten'd, eternal Torments. By the way I must observe to you, that 'Dr. Whitby, in this very Appendix, advances a Conjecture concerning the Confumption of the Bodies of the damned, which is utterly groundless.

of Predeftination; Free Will, Grace, univerfal Redemption; Perfeverance,

Concerning Predeftination, Free Will, the Operation of Grace, univerfal Redemption, Perfeverance, &c. there have been very warm Difputes. I would by any Means advise you to begin with Mr. Plaifere's Appello Evangelium. If you please, you may afterwards take a fuller View of the two great oppofite Schemes in the following. Manner.

&c.

In the firft Place, I think 'tis very plain, that Man confider'd in his fallen Eftate, and without the Affiftance of God's Grace, could have no Freedom of Will to that which is good and well pleafing to God. See the Fourth Question of the Locus Decimus

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