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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
MEMOIR OF DEAN GRAVES
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ESSAY ON THE CHARACTER OF THE APOSTLES AND
THE APOSTLES
AND
EVANGELISTS.
CHAPTER I.
EVANGELISTS WERE NOT ENTHUSIASTS, BE-
CAUSE THEY DID NOT EMBRACE THE FAITH WHICH THEY TAUGHT,
TILL THEY HAD REQUIRED AND RECEIVED SUFFICIENT PROOFS
OF ITS DIVINE ORIGINAL.
SECT. I. The general statement and division of the subject
SECT. II. The faith of the apostles in their Lord, at its first origin and
progress, was founded not on the delusions of enthusiasts, but on rational
proofs
SECT. III. Some circumstances which have afforded pretexts for imputing
our Lord's miracles to the force of enthusiasm, considered and explained
SECT. IV. The nature of the miracles wrought by our Lord during his public
ministry, and the circumstances which attended them, prove they cannot be
ascribed to the power of enthusiasm
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SECT. V.--The apostles' belief in their Lord's resurrection, and in the sub-
sequent manifestations of his divine power, is not imputable to enthusiasm 26
CHAPTER II.
CONTAINING ARGUMENTS TO PROVE THAT THE APOSTLES WERE
NOT ENTHUSIASTS, FROM THEIR NOT REQUIRING FAITH IN
OTHERS WITHOUT SUPPLYING SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY
IT.
SECT. I. The apostles converted men, not by enthusiastic delusions, but
by working public and indisputable miracles
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SECT. II. The disorderly use of spiritual gifts by some Christians at Corinth,
does not prove that the apostles were enthusiasts, or that the miracles to
which they appealed were credited in consequence of enthusiastic delusion
SECT. III. The arguments from PROPHECY adduced by the apostles could
not derive their weight from the influence of enthusiasm-Proved in this
section, so far as relates to the prophecies of the Old Testament, which
the apostles asserted were proved in the person of our Saviour
SECT. IV. The prophecies delivered by our Saviour, and such predictions of
the apostles as were connected with them are not imputable to enthusiasm 52
SECT. V. The mode in which the apostles proposed the evidence of Chris-
tianity was free from enthusiasm
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CHAPTER III.
THE
CONDUCT OF THE APOSTLES SHOWN TO BE INCONSISTENT
WITH THE SUPPOSITION OF THEIR HAVING BEEN ENTHUSIASTS.
SECT. I. The general conduct of the apostles in their private capacity in-
consistent with enthusiasm
SECT. II. The conduct of the apostles in the regulation of the Church,
proves them to have been exempt from enthusiasm
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SECT. III. The candour and sobriety of mind which the apostles displayed
in the general government of the church, particularly exemplified in their
conduct as to the circumstances of the Gentiles
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SECT. IV. The conduct of St. Paul in particular was not directed or influ-
enced by enthusiasm
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CHAPTER IV.
THE WRITINGS OF THE APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS WERE FREE
FROM THE CHARACTERS OF ENTHUSIASM, PROVED IN THIS CHAP-
TER, OF THE HISTORICAL WORKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
SECT. I. The style and temper in which the historical works of the New
Testament are composed, considered
SECT. II. The facts of the evangelic history considered
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CHAPTER V.
THE EPISTLES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ARE FREE FROM THE
CHARACTERS OF ENTHUSIASM.
SECT. 1.--The Epistles of St. Paul were not dictated by enthusiasm-Their
obscurity is considered in this section
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SECT. II. The warmth and earnestness of St. Paul's Epistles not imputable
to enthusiasm
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SECT. III.-St. Paul's Epistles exhibit such marks of sober judgment, and
even of refined address, as are directly contrary to the spirit of enthu-
siasm
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CHAPTER VI.
THE DOCTRINES OF THE GOSPEL VINDICATED FROM THE CHARGE
OF ENTHUSIASM.
SECT. I. The morality of the Gospel could not have been dictated by the
spirit of enthusiasm
SECT. II. Observations on the chief objections made to the morality of the
Gospel, as being extravagant and fanatical
SECT. III. The speculative doctrines of Christianity did not originate in
enthusiasm
SECT. IV. The more mysterious doctrines of Christianity considered
CONCLUSION
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APPENDIX.-Containing references and examples to confirm the assertions
advanced in the preceding essay, as to the characters of genuine fanaticism 204
THE CURE OF THE BLIND MAN NEAR BETHSAIDA proved to have been mira-
culous by internal evidence deduced from the peculiar manner in which
that wonderful event is described in the Gospel. By the Rev. JAMES
DROUGHT, D.D.
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