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CONTENTS
OF
THE TWELFTH VOLUME,
XPIETOAOTIA: OR, A DECLARATION OF THE GLORIOUS MYSTERY OF THE
PERSON OF CHRIST,
Page
he Prefave
3
CHAP. I.
Peter's confession; Matt. xvi. 16. Conceits of the Papists thereon. The sub-
stance and excellency of that confession
41
CHAP. II.
Opposition made unto the church as built on the person of Christ
49
CHAP. III.
The person of Christ the most ineffable effect of divine wisdom and goodness.
Thence the next cause of all true religion. In what sense it is so ...
60
CHAP. IV.
The person of Christ the foundation of all the counsels of God
71
CHAP. v.
The person of Christ the great representative of God and his will
84
CHAP. VI.
The person of Christ the great repository of sacred truth. Its relation there-
unto ...,
102
CHAP. VII.
Power and efficacy communicated unto the office of Christ for the salvation of
........ 109 the church from bis person .....
CHAP. VIII.
The faith of the church under the Old Testament in and concerning the person
of Christ ...................
........ 127
CHAP. IX.
Honour due to the person of Christ; the nature and causes of it ........... 131
CHAP. X.
The principle of the assignation of divine honour unto the person of Cbrist, in
both the branches of it; which is faith in him ......
......: 151
CHAP. XI.
Obedience unto Christ; the nature and causes of it .....
.. 169
CHAP. XII.
The especial principle of obodience unto the person of Christ; which is love.
Its truth and reality vindicated .......
.......... 174
CHAP. XIII.
The nature, operations, and causes of divine love, as it respects the person of
Christ .....
st ........................... ......................... 188
........ 211
Conformity unto Christ, and following his example .......
CHAP. XVI.
An humble inquiry into, and prospect of, the infinite wisdom of God, in the con-
stitution of the person of Christ, and the way of salvation thereby ........ 223
CHAP. XVII.
Other evidences of divine wisdom in the contrivance of the work of redemption,
in and by the person of Christ, in effects evidencing a condecency thereunto 257
CHAP. XVIII.
The nature of the person of Christ, and the hypostatical union of his natures de-
clared
... 278
CHAP. XIX.
The exaltation of Christ; with his present state and condition in glory during
the continuance of his mediatory office.
294
CHAP, XX.
The exercise of the mediatory office of Christ in heaven - .
314
MEDITATIONS AND DISCOURSES ON THE GLORY OF CHRIST:
Preface to the reader..
343
Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am:
that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me.-John xvii. 24. 365
The glory of the person of Christ, as the only representative of God unto the
church
375
The glory of Christ in the mysterious constitution of his person
.... 395
The glory of Christ in his susception of the office of a mediator. First in his
condescension ::
411
The glory of Christ in the discharge of his mediatory office ....... ........ 431
The glory of Christ in his exaltation, after the accomplishment of the work of *
mediation in this world............................ ......:: 436
Representations of the glory of Christ under the Old Teslament ........... 442
The glory of Christ in bis intimate conjunction with the church ............ 448
The glory of Christ in the communication of himself unto believers .........
The glory of Christ in the recapitulation of all things in him...............
Differences between our beholding the glory of Christ by faith in this world,
and by sight in heaven. The first of them explained ..........
The second difference between our beholding the glory of Christ by faith in
this world, and by sight in heaven.....
.. 494