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ANALYSIS OF THE LECTURES.

LECTURE L

THE QUESTION BEFORE US.

St. Matt. xvi. 13.

The Question before us in these Lectures is proposed by
our Lord Himself, and is a strictly theological one
Its import 1. as affirming that Christ is the Son of Man
2. as enquiring what He is besides

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I. Enduring interest of the question thus raised even for non-believers

II. Three answers to it are possible

1. The Humanitarian

2. The Arian .

3. The Catholic

Of these the Arian is unsubstantial, so that prac-
tically there are only two

III. The Catholic answer

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1. jealously guards the truth of Christ's Manhood 18 2. secures its full force to the idea of Godhead

IV. Position taken in these Lectures stated

Objections to the necessary discussion—

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a. From the ground of Historical Estheticism
B. From the ground of 'Anti-doctrinal' Morality 37
y. From the ground of Subjective Pietism .

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LECTURE IL

ANTICIPATIONS OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

Gal. iii. 8.

Principle of the Organic Unity of Scripture-Its importance in the argument.

L. Foreshadowings

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a. Indications in the Old Testament of a Plurality
of Persons within the One Divine Essence . 49

B. The Theophanies; their import

7. The Divine 'Wisdom'

I. in the Hebrew Canon

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Probable Providential purpose of Philo's speculations. 71

II. Predictions and Announcements—

Hope in a future, a moral necessity for men and nations 73
Secured to Israel in the doctrine of an expected
Messiah .

Four stages observable in the Messianic doctrine

a. From the Protevangelium to the death of Moses
B. Age of David and Solomon .

y. From Isaiah to Malachi

8. After Malachi

Contrast between the original doctrine and the se-
cularized form of it

Christ was rejected for appealing from the debased
to the original doctrine

Conclusion: The foregoing argument illustrated—

1. from the emphatic Monotheism of the Old
Testament

2. from its full description of Christ's Manhood.

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LECTURE III..

OUR LORD'S WORK IN THE WORLD A WITNESS TO HIS DIVINITY.

St. Matt. xiii. 54–56.

I. Our Lord's Plan' (caution as to the use of the ex-
pression)

Its substance the formation of a world-wide spi-
ritual society, in the form of a kingdom

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It is set forth in His Discourses and Parables.
Its two leading characteristics-

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a. originality.

B. 'audacity'

II. Success of our Lord's 'Plan'

1. The verdict of Church history

2. Objections from losses and difficulties, con

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4. External results of His work observable in
human society

III. How to account for the success of our Lord's Plan'

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1. Not by reference to the growth of other
Religions

2. Not by the 'causes' assigned by Gibbon
3. Not by the hypothesis of a favourable crisis.
which ignores the hostility both of a. Judaism.
and B. Paganism

But only by the belief in, and truth of Christ's Divinity

LECTURE IV.

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OUR LORD'S DIVINITY AS WITNESSED BY HIS CONSCIOUSNESS.

St. John x. 33.

The Christ of history' none other than the 'Christ of

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A. The Miracles of the Gospel History

Their bearing upon the question of Christ's Person
Christ's Moral Perfection bound up with their reality

B. Our Lord's Self-assertion.

I. First stage of His Teaching chiefly Ethical marked by a. silence as to any moral defect. B. intense authoritativeness

II. Second stage: increasing Self-assertion

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which is justified by dogmatic revelations of His
Divinity

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a. in His claim of co-equality with the Father
B. in His assertion that He is essentially one
with the Father

y. in His references to His actual Pre-exist

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Ground of Christ's condemnation by the Jews
III. Christ's Self-assertion viewed in its bearing upon
His Human Character:

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The argument necessarily assumes the form of a
great alternative

LECTURE V.

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THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST'S DIVINITY IN THE WRITINGS OF

ST. JOHN.

I St. John i. 1-3.

St. John's Gospel 'the battle-field' of the New Testament

I. Ancient and modern objections to its claims
Witness of the second century

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Its distinctive internal features may be explained
generally by its threefold purpose-

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