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LECTURE XXVIII.

ATTRIBUTES OF SELFISHNESS-CONTINUED.

Total Moral Depravity implied in selfishness as one of

its attributes,

The scriptures assume and affirm it,

MORAL GOVERNMENT.

Obedience to Moral Law is and must be, under every

dispensation of the Divine Government the unaltera-

ble condition of Salvation,

Under a gracious dispensation, a return to full obedience

to Moral Law is not dispensed with as a condition of

salvation, but this obedience is secured by the indwell-

ing spirit of Christ received by faith to reign in the

By what rule sanctions ought to be graduated,

God's law has sanctions,

MORAL GOVERNMENT.

What constitutes the sanctions of law,

There can be no law without sanctions,

In what light sanctions are to be regarded,

The end to be secured by law, and the execution of pe-

What constitutes the remuneratory sanctions of the law

The perfection and duration of the remuneratory sanc-

tions of the law of God,
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What constitutes the vindicatory sanctions of the law

Duration of the penal sanctions of the law of God,

Inquire into the meaning of the term Infinite,

Infinites may differ indefinitely in amount,

I must remind you of the rule by which degrees

guilt are to be estimated,

That all and every sin must from its very nature involve

infinite guilt in the sense of deserving endless punish-

Notwithstanding all sin deserves endless punishment,

yet the guilt of different persons may vary indefinite-

ly, and punishment, although always endless in dura-

tion, may and ought to vary in degree according to the

guilt of each individual,

That penal inflictions under the government of God must

Examine this question in the light of Revelation, 382

I will call attention to several well established govern-

mental principles,

Define the term Atonement,

I am to inquire into the teachings of natural theology, or

into the a priori affirmations of reason upon this

The fact of Atonement,

EXTENT OF ATONEMENT.

For whose benefit the Atonement was intended,

Objections answered,

Remarks on the Atonement,

LECTURE XXXIII.

The design of the Atonement,

Christ's obedience to the moral law as a covenant of

works, did not constitute the Atonement,
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The atonement was not a commercial transaction, 398

The atonement of Christ was intended as a satisfaction

of public justice,

His taking human nature, and obeying unto death, under

such circumstances, constituted a good reason for our

being treated as righteous,

HUMAN GOVERNMENT.

The ultimate end of God in creation,

Providential and Moral Governments are indispensa-

ble means of securing the highest good of the uni-

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