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Divine REVELATION\par 1. Necessity\par 2. Revelation, Oral and Written\par 3. Genuineness and Authenticity\par 4. Mode of Inspiration\par B. The Bible\par 1. Names and Divisions\par 2. English Versions--King James\par 3. The Value of the Bible\par C. The CHRISTIAN EVIDENCES CLASSIFIED\par 1. External, or Historical Evidence\par a. Miracles in the Old Testament\par b. Miracles in the New Testament\par c. Resurrection of Jesus Christ\par d. Historical Evidence, Continued\par e. External Evidence, Continued\par 2. Internal Evidence\par a. Harmony of its several parts\par b. Simplicity of its whole design\par c. In harmony with the light of nature.\par 3. Experimental Evidence\par 4. Collateral Evidences\par a. Influence of the Bible on Character.\par b. Homage of Eminent Persons to the Bible\par c. Admissions of Skeptics respecting the Bible\par d. Remarkable Spread of Christianity\par e. Relation of Christianity to Human Progress\par \par \par PART II. DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY\par \par A. EXISTENCE OF GOD\par B. ATTRIBUTES OF GOD\par 1. Natural Attributes\par a. Unity\par b. Eternity\par c. Omnipresence\par d. Omniscience\par e. Omnipotence\par f. Immutability\par g. Invisibility\par h. ncomprehensibility\par 2. Moral Attributes\par a. Wisdom\par b. Goodness\par c. Holiness\par d. Justice\par e. MLVALercy\par f. Truth\par C. THE TRINITY\par 1. Analogical Proof\par 2. Hebraistic Proof\par 3. Scripture Proof\par 4. Errors\par D. JESUS CHRIST\par 1. Truly Man Scripture Proof\par 2. Truly God Scripture Proof\par 3. God-Man Errors respecting the Person of Jesus Christ & Mediation\par E. THE HOLY GHOST\par 1. Errors\par 2. Personality and Divinity\par F. ANGELS\par 1. Their nature, names, and employment\par 2. Not to be worshiped\par G. THE DEVIL AND DEMONS\par 1. Their names\par 2. Their nature and employment\par H. MAN--MANKIND\par 1. Origin and Nature\par 2. Condition and Fall\par 3. Free Agency\par 4. Proofs\par I. REDEMPTION--ATONEMENT\par 1. Definitions and Distinctions\par 2. Errors respecting the Atonement\par 3. Benefits of the Atonement\par J. JUSTIFICATION\par K. SAVING FAITH\par 1. Nature\par 2. Errors\par 3. Repentance\par L. REGENERATION\par 1. Nature and Necessity\par 2. Errors\par M. ADOPTION\par 1. Witnessof the Spirit\par 2. Inferential Evidence\par N. CONVERSION\par O. HOLINESS--SANCTIFICATION\par 1. Nature\par 2. Attainable before Death\par 3. Errors\par P. PERSEVERANCE--APOSTASY\par Q. LAST THINGS\par 1. Death\par 2. Intermediate State\par a. Of the Righteous\par b. Of the Wicked\par 3. Messiahs Kingdom--Its Progress and Ultimate Triumph\par 4. The Second Advent of Christ\par 5. The General Resurrection\par 6. The General Judgment\par 7. Heaven\par 8. Hell\par \par \par PART III MORALS OF CHRISTIANITY\par THE MORAL LAW\par \par A. DUTIES WE OWE TO GOD\par 1. Internal\par a. Submission to God\par b. Love to God\par c. Trust in God\par d. Fear of God\par 2. EXTERNAL\par Public and Social Worship and Prayer...\par a. Mental Prayer\par LVAL b. Private Prayer Family Prayer\par d. Public and Social Prayer\par B. DUTIES TO OUR NEIGHBORS\par 1. Prohibition of Unholy Dispositions\par 2. Prohibition of Unjust Acts\par 3. Requirement of Hoiy Dispositions\par 4. Requirement of Just and Kind Acts\par 5. Duties to Particular Classes\par C. DUTIES TO OURSELVES\par 1. Self-Defense\par 2. Self-Preservation\par 3. Self-Control\par 4. Sell-Culture\par \par \par PART IV INSTITUTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY\par A. MARRIAGE\par B. THE SABBATH\par C. THE CHURCH\par D. THE SACRAMENTS\par 1. Baptism\par 2. The Lords Supper\par E. CHURCH ORDER\par Woman's Sphere in the Church\par \tab\par \par \b PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION\par \b0\par This little volume is of humble pretensions. It aims to lay the foundations of a firm belief in the Christian religion, and in particular to furnish young people with the chief grounds of their faith.\par Compendiums of infidelity and false doctrine are circulating through every class of community, especially among our youth, and thousands are thereby being drawn into fatal snares.\par Such hostile attempts should be met with publications calculated to fortify the youthful mind, by concise and plain statements of the principal arguments in favor of Christianity.\par Many excellent treatises of this kind have already been published; yet it is obvious there is something wanting on this subject that is shorter, cheaper, and in a more familiar form.\par With this view, the author's chief object has been to collect together, and compress in a narrow compass, the most forcible arguments which are to be found in our best writers, with such additional remarks of his own as might be found necessary.\par To these writers this little work is, therefore, much indebted; and its author would here, once for all, tender to each of them his frank acknowledgments.\par The LVALwork is designed principally for the instruction of youth; yet, considered as a kind of recapitulation of the evidences, doctrines, and duties of Christianity, it may be found of some use to persons of a more mature age.\par With this view the matter is thrown into short, clear, and distinct sentences; an arrangement most convenient for the instruction of youth, best calculated to assist their memories, to make strong and durable impressions on their understandings, and to render the important truths of religion most easy to be comprehended and retained in their minds.\par The great truths of religion are clearly and concisely stated, and properly arranged, so that their mutual connection and dependence may be readily seen, and, what is of more consequence, they are supported at every step by quotations from the unerring word of God.\par To render the work still more entertaining and useful, the questions in the margin are very abundant, so that no important truth can well escape the attention and recollection of the student.\par In preparing this little volume, the Divine assistance has been asked; in sending it abroad, the Divine blessing is now implored.\par May the Spirit of inspiration accept this feeble effort to manifest his glory and promote his cause! June 1, 1839\par A special note from the editor. Binny had questions at the bottom of each page in his orginal work. We inserted those questions in parentheses and italics in the general area where they appeared in book. Each set of questions are numbered on this page.\par \par \b\par \cf1\lang1033\kerning36\b0\par } `+D  b  V  x ' V q >  TD06 Women's SPhere in the Church"8 RFD05 Church Order38 2&D04 The Sacraments i8 6*D03 The Churche8 ."D02 The SabbathJ1e8 0$D01 Marriagee8 *C03 Duties to ourselves *|e8 @4C02 Duties to our neighbors|ze8 H<C01 Duties we owe to God#we8 B6C Morals of Christianity(v=8 B6B17 Last Thingsk=8 0$B16 Perseverance-Apostasy @jD8B15 Holiness-Sanctification?f8 H<B14 Conversion@e."B13 AdoptionRc7 *B12 Regeneratiozb7 0$B11 Saving Faith`7 2&B10 Justification^7 4( B09 Redemption-AtonementAY7 B6 B08 Man-Mankind#V7 0$ B07 The Devil and Demons$S7 B6 B06 AngelsbQ7 & B05 The Holy Ghost.O7 6*B04 Jesus ChristNJ7 2&B03 The Trinity>F7 0$B02 Attributes of GodFA7 <0B01 Existence of God.>7 :.A03 Christian Evidences Classifiedr&u7 VJA02 The BibleF/7 , A01 Divine Revelacion`7 <0A00 Binney - Theological Compend<6 RFLVAL7 {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang2058\b\f0\fs22 PART I EVIDENCES OF RELIGION\par A. Divine REVELATION\b0\par \par By divine revelation is meant a supernatural communication of truth from God to man. By supernatural is meant beyond the light of nature or reason.\par All who believe in a God of infinite wisdom, power, and goodness, must admit the possibility of his revealing himself to men in the manner he pleases, in order to convince and assure them that such communication is from himself.\par The probability of divine revelation appears when we consider, first, that mankind have in every age confessed their need of it, and, secondly, that he is a very unnatural father who never speaks to his children. Some of the wisest philosophers, as Socrates, have expressed their hope of such a revelation, while the more ignorant have given credit to pretended ones. This proves that the human soul has a natural and unappeasable appetite for a book revelation of religious truth. Most of the forms of paganism express themselves through books. (Begin questions. 1. What is meant by a divine revelation? Is revelation impossible? Give two reasons for its probability.)\par \par 1. NECESSITY.\par \par The necessity of this revelation is manifest from various considerations.\par a.) Human opinions are not a sufficient guide of life and the rule of conduct, as they are various and contradictory.\par (b.) Human reason is insufficient; for among those who profess to be guided by it, some worship the true God, some his works, some their own works, and some no God at all, though all ages have the same book of nature and the same power from which to derive moral rules. Though a few philosophers have arrived at sublime views of God, yet the mass of pagans have been sunken in moral character, even in the most splendid eras of Grecian and Roman ciLVALvilization. Acts 17:18-23; Rom. 1:18-23.\par c.) The law of God, which is the only sufficient rule, can be perfectly known only by revelation. (2. What is said of philosphers? Of the masses? Of the highest civilizations?) Hence revelation is needed to furnish adequate motives to virtue and piety.\par d.) The moral character of God, the model of all moral excellence, cannot be fully disclosed through the material wor1d any more than that of the mechanic can be clearly revealed by the machine which he has made.\par c.) The moral condition of the ancient heathens is proof of this necessity. To this the sacred writers, considered merely as historians, bear testimony. Rom. 1:21-31; 3:9-18; I Cor 6:9, 10; Eph. 2:2,3.\par Heathen writers themselves testify that the greatest crimes were countenanced by the arguments and examples of their moralists and philosophers. Infanticide, theft, and crimes against nature, the detail of which modesty forbids, were not only tolerated, but even enjoined, by their legislators and praised by their poets. This would not have been had not public opinion consented to and, in some measure, invited them.\par (3. Of God's law? Of his moral character? Illustrate. What is the moral character of the ancient heathens? What is the only suffcient rule of human conduct? How can this be know? What do you learn from the moral condition of the ancient heathen? What is the testimony of sacred writers on this subject? Of heathen writers? What crimes are tolerated? What of public opinion?)\par Even their religions sanctioned gross vices. In Corinth was a temple of Venus with a thousand female votaries bringing to her treasury the gains of their impurity. The Babylonians had a temple to which every virgin was religiously taught to resort for unchaste purposes.\par SOCRATES made morality the only subject of his philosophy, yet he recommended divination, and was himself addicted to fornication.\par PLATO, the great disciple of SLVALocrates, taught that to lie was honorable.\par CICERO, as favorable a specimen of heathen excellence as can be found, pleads for fornication, and commends, and at length practices, suicide.\par CATO, extolled as a perfect model of virtue, was guilty of prostitution and drunkenness, and advocated, and finally practiced, self-murder.\par Such was the moral condition of the ancient heathen; from which we argue the necessity of something superior to the religion of nature.\par The moral condition of MODERN HEATHEN is further proof of this necessity. The inhabitants of CEYLON worship devils.\par The HINDUS acknowledge one Supreme Being, but never worship him. Their writings encourage self-murder, human sacrifices, and the burning of widows, to an alarming extent. (4. Of their religions? Of Socrates? Plato? Cicero? Cato? What further proof of this necessity? What of the inhabitants of Ceylon?)\par The CHINESE burn gold paper before their idols, supposing it will become money in an other world, and help the departed spirits of the poor to pay their way to heaven.\par The inhabitants of BENGAL acknowledge three hundred and thirty millions of gods, among which are the monkey, the serpent, logs of wood, etc., etc. They believe that when a man dies he will rise again in the form of a cat, dog, worm, etc.\par The Thugs of INDIA waylay and murder strangers as acts of religious duty. Their impurity surpasses description. In slander and deception they are adepts. Their females are despised as soon as born; among some tribes immediately put to death.\par They are never allowed an education, or cultivation of any kind. When the husband dies the wife is either buried alive or burns on the funeral pile.\par The NEW ZEALANDERS glory in war. They kill and eat their prisoners, and consider the Supreme Being as a great invisible man-eater. (5. Hindus? Chinese? Inhabitants of Bengal? India? Their impurity, etc.? Females? New Zealand?)\pLVALar In some parts they suspend themselves in the air by large hooks thrust through their backs. Others Cast themselves from a stage upon open knives inserted in packs of cotton.\par Now it is the Bible alone which makes us to differ from all these nations. Without it we should soon be like them-ignorant, superstitious, impure, and cruel. Ps. 29:7-1l; 129:9; Prov. 6:20-23.\par We prove this from the characters of those among us who have, as far as possible, extricated themselves from the influence of the Bible. See lives of Herbert, Hobbes, Bolingbroke, Hume, Rousseau, and Paine.\par \par 2. REVELATION, ORAL AND WRITTEN.\par \par Revelation is distinguished into ORAL and WRITTEN. By oral is meant traditional, or such as is transmitted by word of mouth from one age to another.\par Such were the revelations made to the patriarchs, and the longevity peculiar to the age served to preserve them from being corrupted.\par These original truths were thus handed down to Moses, who, by the direction of God on Sinai finally wrote them in five books, called the Pentateuch. (6. Some other parts? What makes us to differ from them? How do you prove this? What is meant by oral revelation? Where is an instance?)\par The leading facts of the Pentateuch are, the creation of the world; of man; of primeval happiness; his fall; promise of a Savior; the deluge; preservation of a few; Babel; the call of Abraham; the bondage of Israel in Egypt; the exodus; and the giving of the law.\par These are all supported by the combined testimony of universal tradition, history, and modern science.\par A large portion of what Moses records fell under his personal observation.\par Of those facts which preceded his time he had ample means of information in the longevity of the ancients. Moses was contemporary with the contemporaries of Abraham; Abraham with Noah; and Noah with the contemporaries of Adam.\par In this way, under tLVALhe divine guidance, the important facts of the antediluvian world were probably gathered by Moses. Respecting those which took place prior to man's Creation, there must have been direct communication from God. (7. Who finally wrote these revelations? What are the leading facts of the Pentateuch? How are these supported? Was Moses a personal witness of what he relates? How could he know concerning the facts that preceded him? With whom was Moses contemporary? Abraham? Noah?)\par \par 3. GENUINENESS AND AUTHENTICITY.\par \par A genuine book is one that is written by its professed authors\par . We have ocular demonstration that the Bible exists. It must have been written by some one; if not by those whose names it bears, it is difficult to know who did write it.\par Wicked men would not be likely to produce a book like the Bible, which continually condemns them. Job 20:4-7, 29; Ps. 7:11; 9:17; 11:5,6; 50:16-22; Isa. 57:20, 21; Phil. 3:19; II Thess. I:8, 9; II Pet. 2: 1-19; Rev. 22:12, 19.\par GOOD men could not be guilty of imposing their own works on the world as the work of God.\par The records of the Church uniformly declare that the prophets and apostles wrote the Scriptures. And the Christian Church has the same evidence of the existence of her fathers that we have of the existence of our ancestors. (8. What of those facts which took place prior to man's creation? Is it likely that wicked men, or good men uninspired, would write such a book as the Bible? How do you prove that the Scriptures were written by the prophets and the apostles? What evidence has the Christian Church of the existence of her fathers?)\par An AUTHENTIC book is one in which matters-of-fact are related as they really occurred.\par The sacred writers repeatedly assert that they wrote by inspiration from God. Isa. 8:1; Jer. 2:1; Ezek. 1:3. Paul, by specifying passages in his epistles " written not by commandment," implies their inspiration. I Cor. 7: 6LVAL; IICor 8:8;9:17; and claims it in Rom. 9:1\par To prove the truth of their assertion they pointed to MIRACLES, which were publicly wrought, and universally acknowledged, at the time as real. II Pet. 1:16-18.\par For this they also suffered every thing, even death itself. This they would not have done to support what they knew to be false.\par \par 4. MODE OF INSPIRATION.\par \par Respecting the particular MANNER of divine inspiration there are two opinions extant: -1. That the Spirit of God inspired the thoughts; but that the writers were left to express themselves in their own words and phrases, but they were so guided that they were kept from theological errors. (9. What is an authentic book? Do the sacred writers assert their inspiration? How did they attest the truth of their assertions? What further evidence did they give? What of those facts which took place prior to man's creation? Is there more than one opinion concerning the manner of inspiration? What is the first?)\par 2. That every WORD was suggested to them by the Spirit of God, and that the writers did nothing but write. This is verbal inspiration.\par The following texts seem to favor the latter opinion: "The Holy Ghost by the month of David spake." Acts 1:16. "Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet." Acts 28:25. "Holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." II Pet. 1:21. "The Spirit speaketh expressly," (in express words.) I Tim. 4:1.\par Both views secure the Scriptures from all error.\par A UNIFORMITY OF STYLE AND MANNER in the different writers was by no means essential to this kind of inspiration, which is called plenary; that is, full. God may speak in as great a variety of styles as the thirty-five or more different writers of the sixty-six books of the Bible.\par The peculiar style of each writer, instead of being removed, was probably enriched, and appropriated to his own design by the Holy Ghost. (10. Second? WhLVALat opinion does Scripture seem to favor? Repeat a few passages. What is this kind of inspiration called? Why? Is uniformity of style essential?)\cf1\par } LVAL/7 {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Georgia;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 5.40.11.2210;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang2058\b\f0\fs22 B. THE BIBLE\par \b0 1. NAMES AND DIVISIONS.\par The word Bible signifies book. Scripture is a term which in its primary sense includes all writings. THE Bible and THE Scriptures are so called by way of eminence, as the most important of all books and writings.\par The Bible consists of two parts, the Old and the New Testaments, that is, Covenants or Agreements. In the New Testament the Term Oracles signifies truths supernaturally revealed, and is another name for the Holy Scriptures. Rom. 3:2. In the Old Testament Oracle signifies the place where Jehovah made known his will-usually the holy of holies. II Sam. 16:23.\par The several books of the Old Testament were written by different Inspired men at different times, and were collected into one volume by Ezra, a famous high-priest and scribe. (11. What is the meaning of the word Bible? Scripture? Oracles? Oracle? Testament? Were all the Books of the Old Testament written by one man? At the same time? Who collected them into one volume? What of their order?)\par The Order of the collection of both Testaments has less respect to the Period of their writing than to the Subjects on which the several books treat. The books of the Old Testament were written between 1490 B. C., the date of the five books of Moses, and 420 B. C., the date of Malachi, the last of the prophets. The New Testament was written between A. D. 38, the probable date of St. Matthew's Gospel, and A. D. 96, the date of the Revelation, so that it was completed within sixty years after the crucifixion of Christ, The first Gospel seems to have been written within two or three years after that event. The word Canon signifies a straight rod, hence a Rule or Standard. All the books which come up to the standard are called Canonical. Those which fall below are called ApocryLVALphal or spurious. What the Sacred Canon is may be inferred from the points in which the Apocryphal books fail. 1. They do not claim to be inspired. 2. The Jews never acknowledged them as such. 3. They are never quoted by Christ and his apostles. 4. They were universally rejected by the early Christians. 5. They neither agree with themselves nor with the Holy Scriptures. The Apocryphal books of the New Testament were never acknowledged by the Church as inspired, and were early branded as spurious. (12. Date of the Old Testament? Of the New? Meaning of Canon and Canonical? Of Apocryphal? In what points does the Apocrypha fail?)\par The Bible was originally written in capital letters, without any division into chapters and verses, without any punctuation or spaces between the words, thus The Book of The Generation. Matt. 1:1. These divisions are the recent invention of uninspired men, for the purpose of facilitating study, though in many instances the editors have not been so judicious as could be desired. Very often the chapter concludes before the narrative, so that we lose the connection if we stop with the chapter. Isa. 8:22; 9:1-7; 10:1-4; Matt. 19:30; 20:1-16; Mark 8: 38; 9:1; Luke 20:45-47; 21:1-4; II Cor. 4:18; 5:1.\par The division into verses is equally improper, and should not govern the sense at all, as this is often injured, if not destroyed, by it. I Peter 1:4,5; I Cor. 2:9,10.\par The Subscriptions annexed to the epistles of the New Testament are no part of inspiration, but were added by some grossly ignorant or wicked person; for they contradict both chronology and history. (13. Who made the chapters and verses? Show where it is not well done. What of the subscriptions.)\par The Summaries at the beginning of the chapters are uninspired. Hence they may contain errors in doctrine.\par The Spelling of Names in the New Testament often differs from that of the Old. This is owing to the fact that the latter was first written in the Hebrew, and the foLVAL rmer in the Greek.\par The apparent Imprecations found in I Cor. 17:22, and II Tim. 4:14, and in many other parts of Scripture, especially the Psalms, are either so many predictions, rather than anathemas, or they are declarations of the divine will made in the interests of order and justice.\par The Imperfections related of certain eminent Scripture characters, such as Noah's intoxication, Abraham's dissimulation, Jacob's lying, Aaron's idolatry, David's adultery and murder, Solomon's idolatry and lewdness, are merely stated as facts of history. They are recorded, not for our imitation, but for admonition. The record proves the disinterestedness and impartiality of the writers. (14 Of the summaries? Do you discover a difference between the orthography of the Old Testaments? How do you account for this? Repeat instances of apparent imprecations. What is said of these? What instances of imperfection in Scripture characters do you discover? Why are they recorded?)\par The Destruction of the Egyptians, Canaanites, and other nations, are historical facts, recorded to show the perfection of the divine government. They were chastisements, and were no more inconsistent with the attribute of mercy than are pestilence and famine.\par The apparent Indelicacies of the Bible disappear when we consider the change in the use of language. Words which we consider immodest were not so formerly.\par Thus we find the Scriptures have their difficulties. But these are by no means peculiar to them; all ancient writings are full of them.\par These difficulties are generally in proportion to the antiquity of the writing, as the customs, manners, and language of mankind are constantly changing.\par A little skill in the original language of the Scriptures, and in th