LECTURE VIII.

Our Lord's Appeal to his Miracles as attesting his Divine

Mission.

JOHN V. 56. But I have greater witness than that of John; for

the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same

works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent

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me..

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LECTURE IX.

Our Lord's Appeal to his Miracles in proof of his

Messiahship.

MATT. XI. 2-6. Now when John had heard in the prison the

works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him,

Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus

answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those

things which ye do hear and see; The blind receive their sight,

and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed, aud the deaf hear;

the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached

to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in

me..

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LECTURE X.

Our Lord's Answer to the Cavil which imputed his dis-

possession of Demons to Satanic agency. He appeals

to that class of his Miracles as indicating the establish-

ment of the Kingdom of God.

LUKE XI. 20. But if I with the finger of God cast out devils,

no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.....

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LECTURE XI.

Our Lord's Appeal to the Witness of the Father, by

which he was the subject, as well as the worker, of

Miracles.

JOHN V. 37,
38. And the Father himself which hath sent me,

hath borne witness of me.
Ye have neither heard his voice at

any time, nor seen his shape. And ye have not his word abiding

in you; for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not..... p. 257

LECTURE XII.

Our Lord's Appeal to the Scriptures of the Old Testa-

ment, as peculiarly designed to testify of Him.

JOHN V. 39, 40. Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye

have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me. And

ye will not come to me, that ye might have life....

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LECTURE XIII.

A Review of the particular Instances in which our Lord,

during his life, actually cites or alludes to the Prophe-

cies and Types of the ancient Scriptures.

MATT. XI. 12-14. From the days of John the Baptist until

now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent

take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied

until John. And, if ye will receive it, this is Elias which was

for to come..

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LECTURE XIV.

Our Lord's Debates with the Jews. That recorded in

St. John's eighth Chapter considered-in the course of

which our Lord specifies the period at which the

Evidence of his Messiahship would be complete; ap-

peals to the Purity of his Life, and of his Doctrine;

hints at the Fulfilment in him of the Promise to

Abraham; and asserts his pre-existence.

JOHN VIII. 28, 29, 45-47. Then said Jesus unto them, When

ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am

he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath

taught

taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is with

me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those

things that please him.

Which of you

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not

believe me? He that is of God, heareth God's words; ye there-

fore hear them not, because ye are not of God......

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LECTURE XV.

Our Lord's Statement that the Fulfilment of his own

Predictions would evince his Messiahship. The manner

in which he displayed and noticed his unlimited know-

ledge of men and things.

JOHN XIII. 18, 19. I know whom I have chosen: but that the

Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath

lifted up his heel against me. Now I tell you before it come,

that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am

He.

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LECTURE XVI.

The remarkable Sayings of our Lord, at the time of his

Apprehension, on his Trial, and on the Cross, con-

sidered. His Institution of the Sacrament in Comme-

moration of his Death.

JOHN XVIII. 36, 37. Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of

this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then would my

servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but

now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto

him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that

I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came

I into the world, that I might bear witness unto the truth.

Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice....

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LECTURE XVII.

The Method in which our Lord evidenced the Reality of

his Resurrection, and his reasonings on Prophecy after

that

that event. The distinguishing peculiarities of the

Christian Faith,

LUKE XXIV. 44-48. And he said unto them, These are the words

which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things

must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in

the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Then opened

he their understandings, that they might understand the Scrip-

tures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved

Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day, and

that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his

name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are

witnesses of these things...

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PART III.

LECTURES XVIII-XX.

OUR LORD'S NOTICE OF THE REJECTION OF HIS CLAIMS BY THE JEWS;

AND OF THE CAUSES, PROGRESS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF

INFIDELITY.

LECTURE XVIII.

Our Lord's Notice of the Rejection of his Claims by the

Jews. He specifies some of the moral Causes of

Infidelity.

JOHN V. 40-46. Ye will not come to me that ye might have

life. I receive not honour from men. But I know
you, that

you have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father's

name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come in his own

name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive

honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh

from God only? Do not think that I will accuse you to the

Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye

trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me;

for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how

shall ye believe my words?

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LECTURE XIX.

The Infidelity of the Jews in its more advanced stage

noticed by our Lord with allusion to a passage of

Isaiah. The occasion and purport of his Remarks;

and a similar application of the same passage by the

Evangelist St. John.-Other Cautions and Directions

given by our Lord respecting the Temper and Method

proper for Religious Inquiry.

MATT. XIII. 14-16. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of

Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not

únderstand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.-

For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of

hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they

should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should

understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should

heal them....

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LECTURE XX.

Our Lord's Notice of Infidelity in its last and confirmed

stage. The Blasphemy against the Son of Man, and

that against the Holy Ghost.-The demand of additional

Evidence, when that which is offered has been rejected.

-Sanctions with which the Gospel is accompanied.-

Conclusion.

LUKE XII. 8-10. Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess

me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the

angels of God: but he that denieth me before men, shall be

denied before the angels of God. And whosoever shall speak

a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him ; but

unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not

be forgiven..

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