of the same kind as the preceding, 22-Idea gained from this Analogy, that Resurrection is a process of developement. (4.) Analogy between Resurrection and Natural Birth, implied in many Scriptural expressions, e. g. & πρWTÓTOKOS ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, 24,—σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε, 25 — St. Paul's pa- rallel between the formation of the first and second Adam, 26, 27, 28,-same implication traced in the words of the text, "children of the Resurrection," 29-the expression ex- Resurrection to be conceived of as a Birth-Process, 31. Misconceptions fenced off by the true notion: (a.) Resurrection not a restoration of previous circum- stances, as resuscitation is,-the error of those who confound (b.) Resurrection not the loss of a constituent element of our nature (such as the body is),—the error of those who (c.) Resurrection not in strictness of speech a new creation, though in ordinary parlance it might be termed so, 36. The only passage which seems to recognise no relationship be tween the Natural and Risen Bodies, explained, 37, 38. Practical Subject of the Lecture proposed, 41-not irrelevant to the matter in hand, 42-because an analogy subsists between the natural and spiritual Resurrections, 42, 43-which analogy is founded in the The Form of the Sacrament of Baptism significant of Resurrec- (1.) It is not (strictly speaking) the creation of a new principle in the heart, 49. Faith not a new principle, 50, (2.) It is not the destruction of any essential constituent of our nature, 53. The affections not eradicated, but di- rected aright, by Religion, 54, 55. This only to be under- stood of the original affections, not of the subordinate feel- ings which are perversions of those affections 55, 56, 57. (3.) It is not a return to the state of Paradisaical Inno- cence, 57—but a triumph over evil by a creature endowed with the knowledge of evil, 58-and therefore an elevation (1.) A change of sphere of the subject undergoing it, whereby he is translated into the Family of God, 60, 61, (2.) An adaptation of the soul to the higher sphere, 65, a. Its Perceptions. Opening of the eyes to moral truth one of the first processes in conversion, 66, 67, 68. B. Its Affections. Drawing of the soul towards God in Christ by the revelation of his mercy in the Gospel, 69, 70-Expansion of the heart towards fellow Christians, 70, 71. γ. 7. In the Development of its Faculties, 71. Religion cultivates the faculties of the lower, 72, and of the higher orders, 73, 74-practical application and conclusion, 74, 75, 76. THE NATURE AND DIGNITY OF THE BODY. We are now to define the subject of the proposition that the Body shall rise again, 77, 78. I. THE NATURE OF THE BODY OF WHICH RESURRECTION IS PREDICATED. What is it? (i.) It is the material Basis of our present Bodies, as dis- tinct from their present organization, 79, 80, 81, 82. (ii.) This established from the consideration of the text (a.) Distinguishes between the Body and those organs of it which serve the purpose of the animal economy, 83, 84, and (b.) between the fate of the Body and that of the animal œconomy, 85, 86, (c.) Reasons for thinking (iii.) Such a Basis recognised in the analogy employed by the Apostle of seed and flower, 87, 88, 89. II. THE DIGNITY OF THE BODY. Its bearing upon the general subject, 90. (1.) "The Body is for the Lord," because (a.) The Body is for the Mind, 91, 92-and the Lord governs the Christian's mind, 93, 94. (8.) The personal exertion of Christians is the instrumentality used by the Lord in furthering the kingdom of Grace, 94, 95, 96, and this exertion is dependent upon the Body, 97. (7.) The truth that "the Body is for the Lord" practically recognised by "presenting it as a living sacrifice," 98, 99. How this presentation is to be carried out in the case of the mouth, 99-the hands, the feet, the eyes, 100, 101the ear, 101-the presentation involves acts of bodily homage, 102, 103. (2.) "The Lord is for the Body "-whence arises our difficulty in understanding these words, and their explanation, 104, 105, 106. Conclusion, containing reproof of our general practice which so little corresponds with the Scriptural Theory of the Body here propounded, 106, 107—special reproof of the sins of uncleanness, 108-which are, in their essence, sins of desecration, 109, 110, 111. LECTURE IV. THE GENERAL RESURRECTION AFFIRMED BY SCRIPTURE, AND GROUNDED IN REASON. Of all that God does there is a ground in reason, 113, 114, 115. In this Lecture we shall investigate the ground of the General Resurrection, 116. But first let us ascertain that Scripture affirms a general Resurrection of the Bodies of all mankind, 117. We are not now looking for a technical dogmatic statement of the doctrine, but for the doctrine itself, 118, 119. I. THE GENERAL RESURRECTION IS AFFIRMED IN SCRIPTURE. (1.) In John, v. 28, 29. (a.) The subject of our Lord's assertion-" they that are in the graves"-not equivalent (according to our opponents) to "the Bodies that are in the graves," 120. Answer (a.) Men popularly speak of the Body as if it were the personality, 121, 122-and (8.) Scripture sanc- tions this popular language, 123. Why our Lord is to be understood as meaning all the dead by "all that are in the graves," 124, 125. (b.) The predicate of our Lord's assertion-" they shall How a Body can be said to hear a voice, 126-Why our Lord thus expressed Himself, 127. (c.) The preface to our Lord's assertion-" Marvel not at this "-its connection with the foregoing context, 128. How this preface bears upon and strengthens the conclusion (2.) In 1 Cor. vi. 13, 14. Resurrection predicted of the Body, as distinct from the been placed and her continued existence under all, 133. II. THE GENERAL RESURRECTION IS GROUNDED IN REASON. It is based on the fact that Christ has repaired entirely the wreck of Adam's nature-distinction between the nature and the persons who are partakers of it, 134, 135, 136. The text examined-"By man came death"-“in Adam all die." What is Death? Death is the wreck of the Nature, 137-distinct from the ruin of the individuals, ibid. It is a penalty exacted from men, not as individuals, but as partakers This wreck of the nature our Lord has repaired-by as- suming the human nature (not an human individuality) so as to become a second Representative, 139, 140, 141-by sub- mitting in our nature to Death, the nature's Penalty. The Penalty therefore must be cancelled in behalf of all who have been implicated in it, 141-but this does not imply the eter- nal happiness of all, 142. Why men have not ceased to die, though Christ has borne the Penalty of Death for all, 143. Dignity conferred upon Mankind by the Incarnation of LECTURE V. THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Let us illustrate the views already arrived at by a reference to the single Instance of Bodily Resurrection which has been presented to the world-150. Evidence arising in favour of the claims of Scripture from the harmony of the lessons derived from the study of this Instance with those derived from other parts of the Bible150-152. The notices of Christ's Resurrection (superficially) at variance with the Pauline doctrine on the subject, but when profoundly considered will be found to harmonize therewith-152, 153, 154. Truth expressed in the Bible in a manner adapted to our present constitution and circumstances-154. The truth of the Divine Nature expressed thus-155. Physical truths accommodated to the senses of those to whom they are first communicated, 158-160. The Phænomena of the Resurrection were miraculous accommodations to the senses of the disciples, 160— this indicated by the phraseology employed in describing them— 161, 162. The senses of the Disciples not made competent to greater things, but the Phænomena reduced to the level of the senses, 164, and why this plan was adopted, 165. THE PHENOMENA CLASSED AND EXAMINED, WITH A VIEW TO BRING OUT THE TEACHING OF EACH CLASS. CLASS I. SEEMING TO PROVE RESUSCITATION OF AN ANIMAL BODY. (1.) Subjection to touch. the risen Body, 166, 167. (2.) Reception of food. risen Body, 167—169. Teaches the materiality of Teaches Organisation of the (3.) The Stigmata. Teach Identity of the Risen with the Natural Body, 169-172. CLASS II. INDICATING THAT METAMORPHOSIS HAD PASSED UPON THE BODY IN THE PROCESS OF RESURRECTION. Necessity for this class of Phænomena, 173, 174. (1.) Non-recognition of the Saviour's Person, 174-177.— Recording this a mark of candour, 178-180. Teaches that in Bodily Resurrection there is μετασχηματισις 181, 182. (2.) Spiritualization of the Risen Body of the Saviour, shown in (a.) its transit through material substances, 183, 184; (b.) its Bodily Ascension, which teaches a greatly enlarged control of the mind over the spi |