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OF THE
LEARNED AND REVEREND
JOHN SCOTT, D. D.
SOMETIME RECTOR OF ST. GILES'S IN Tthe fields.
A NEW EDITION, IN SIX VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
OXFORD,
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
MDCCCXXVI.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
PART II. CONTINUED.
CHAP. IV.
THAT to the founding the obligations of religion, it is ne-
cessary we should acknowledge the divine Providence, 1-3.
What are the particular acts of Providence which we are to
acknowledge, shewn in five particulars, 3—35. The divine
Providence proved, first, a priori, by arguments drawn from
the nature of God, which are reduced to four heads, 35-
44. secondly, a posteriori, by arguments drawn from sensible
effects of God in the world, of which six instances are given,
44-83. The most considerable objections against a divine
Providence reduced to five heads, and particularly answered,
83-114.
CHAP. V.
The necessity of acknowledging divine rewards and pu-
nishments, to oblige us to be truly religious, 114–116. How
far it is necessary we should believe them, shewn in four
particulars, 117-124. Of the universal acknowledgment of
future rewards and punishments, 124-127. The reality of
these future rewards and punishments proved by six argu-
ments, 127-145. By what means our belief of future re-
wards and punishments is to be acquired and confirmed,
shewn in four particulars, 145-154. Of the force and power
of this belief to oblige us to be truly religious, 154–158.
CHAP. VI.
The necessity of right notions of God to oblige us to be
truly religious, 158, 159. In what respects they are necessary
to oblige us to be truly religious, shewn in four particulars,
159-177. Of the way of forming right notions of God in
general, 177-180. Six general rules laid down for the
framing right notions of God, 180-205. Of the common
causes of men's misapprehensions of God, in six particular
instances, 205-225.
SECT. I.
Of the signification and notion of a Mediator, 228. Six
general articles proposed to our belief in scripture concern-
ing the person and offices of the Mediator. First, That he is
designed and authorized to this office by God, who is our
absolute Lord and Sovereign, 230. Upon what account the
belief of this is necessary, 232. Secondly, That this office, to
which he is authorized, consists in acting for and in the be-
half of God and men, who are the parties between whom he
mediates, 233. the belief of which article carries with it the
most indispensable obligations to Christian piety and virtue,
235. Thirdly, That his mediation proceeds upon certain terms
and stipulations between God and man, which terms he ob-
tained of God for us, and in God's name hath published to
us, 240. What these terms are, ibid. The performance of these
terms our Saviour solicits both of God and us, 241. Fourthly,
That as he acts for and in the behalf of God and man, so he
partakes of the natures of both, 247. That he should partake
of the nature of God was highly necessary to qualify him
for this sublime office of mediating for God with men, 248.
and the same necessity there was, that he should partake of
the nature of man, 250. That he should also partake of the
nature of both, no less requisite to qualify him to mediate
for men with God, 253. That he is God as well as man,
proved from scripture, 257. and also that he is man as well
as God, 268. Fifthly, That as he partakes of the nature of
both, so that he might transact personally with both, he was
sent down from heaven to us, and is returned from us to