Chapter II

. The Ordinances Of The Church.

I. Baptism. 1. Baptism an Ordinance of Christ. 2. The Mode of Baptism. A. The command to baptize is a command to immerse. B. No church has the right to modify or dispense with this command of Christ. 3. The Symbolism of Baptism. A. Expansion of this statement as to the symbolism of baptism. B. Inferences from the passages referred to. 4. The Subjects of Baptism. A. Proof that only persons giving evidence of being regenerated are proper subjects of baptism. B. Inferences from the fact that only persons giving evidence of being regenerate are proper subjects of baptism. C. Infant Baptism. (a) Infant baptism is without warrant, either express or implied, in the Scripture. (b) Infant baptism is expressly contradicted. (c) The rise of infant baptism in the history of the church. (d) The reasoning by which it is supported is unscriptural, unsound, and dangerous in its tendency. (e) The lack of agreement among pedobaptists. (f) The evil effects of infant baptism. II. The Lord’s Supper. 1. The Lord’s Supper an ordinance instituted by Christ. 2. The Mode of administering the Lord’s Supper. 3. The Symbolism of the Lord’s Supper. A. Expansion of this statement. B. Inferences from this statement. 4. Erroneous views of the Lord’s Supper. A. The Romanist view. B. The Lutheran and High Church view. 5. Prerequisites to Participation in the Lord’s Supper. A. There are prerequisites. B. The prerequisites are those only which are expressly or implicitly laid down by Christ and his apostles. C. On examining the New Testament, we find that the prerequisites to participation in the Lord’s Supper are four. First,—Regeneration. Secondly,—Baptism. Thirdly,—Church membership. Fourthly,—An orderly walk. D. The local church is the judge whether these prerequisites are fulfilled. E. Special objections to open communion.

## Part VIII. Eschatology, Or The Doctrine Of Final Things.

I. Physical Death. 1. Upon rational grounds. 2. Upon scriptural grounds. II. The Intermediate State. 1. Of the righteous. 2. Of the wicked. III. The Second Coming of Christ. 1. The nature of this coming. 2. The time of Christ’s coming. 3. The precursors of Christ’s coming. 4. Relation of Christ’s second coming to the millennium. IV. The Resurrection. 1. The exegetical objection. 2. The scientific object. V. The Last Judgment. 1. The nature of the final judgment. 2. The object of the final judgment. 3. The Judge in the final judgment. 4. The subjects of the final judgment. 5. The grounds of the final judgment. VI. The Final States of the Righteous and of the Wicked. 1. Of the righteous. (a) Is heaven a place, as well as a state? (b) Is this earth to be the heaven of the saints? 2. Of the wicked. A. The future punishment of the wicked is not annihilation. B. Punishment after death excludes new probation and ultimate restoration of the wicked. C. Scripture declares this future punishment of the wicked to be eternal. D. This everlasting punishment of the wicked is not inconsistent with God’s justice, but is rather a revelation of that justice. E. This everlasting punishment of the wicked is not inconsistent with God’s benevolence. F. The proper preaching of the doctrine of everlasting punishment is not a hindrance to the success of the gospel. Indexes. Index Of Subjects. Index Of Authors. Index Of Scripture Texts. Index Of Apocryphal Texts. Index Of Greek Words. Index Of Hebrew Words.

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“THE EYE SEES ONLY THAT WHICH IT BRINGS WITH IT THE POWER OF SEEING.”—_Cicero._

“OPEN THOU MINE EYES, THAT I MAY BEHOLD WONDROUS THINGS OUT OF THY LAW.”—_Psalm 119:18._

“FOR WITH THEE IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE: IN THY LIGHT SHALL WE SEE LIGHT.”—_Psalm 36:9._

“FOR WE KNOW IN PART, AND WE PROPHESY IN PART; BUT WHEN THAT WHICH IS PERFECT IS COME, THAT WHICH IS IN PART SHALL BE DONE AWAY.”—_1 Cor. 13:9, 10._

## PART VI. SOTERIOLOGY, OR THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION THROUGH THE WORK OF

CHRIST AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

[Transcriber’s Note: This Volume begins with “ Chapter II ”, because “ Chapter I ” of “Part VI” was printed in Volume II.]

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