ADAM. Beautiful extract, 11. Why | BREAD OF GOD. View of man's
Jesus thus called, 12. Com- parison between the two Adams, 12. Apostle sees in faith all bearing the image of the hea- venly,' 13.
AMEN. Translated Verily in some instances, 23. Remark of Je- rome, 23. Mission of Jesus, 24. ANOINTED. See MESSIAH. APOSTLE. Jesus sent by the Al- mighty, 27. Three opinions re- specting his mission, 28. Will restore human race, 28.
AUTHOR AND FINISHER. Jesus au- thor of life and immortality, 30. Finisher of man's salvation, 31. BEGINNING OF THE CREATION OF
GOD. See ALPHA AND OMEGA. BISHOP. Signifies an overseer, 34.
All men belong to Jesus, 35. BRANCH. Chaldee rendering, 36. Vulgate, 36, note. Jesus came, I. To build the temple of the Lord, 36. II. To rule, 37. III. To be a priest, 38. Joy of patri- archs in looking to his day, 39.
physical nature, 42. Three views of his destiny, 43. 1. An- nihilation, 43. Beautiful illus- tration of, 43. Paley's delight- ful description of the world, 43, note. 2. Endless suffering, 44. Effects of a belief in, 44. 3. Universal purity and bliss, 44. BRIDEGROOM. Not find Jesus in Canticles, 46. Amusing inci- dent of an aged minister, 47,note. Jesus married to the human race, 48. Connection not broken up
by death, 48. BRIGHTNESS OF FATHER'S GLORY. See IMAGE. Moses saw the di- vine glory exhibited in God's goodness. Resurrection of Laz- arus, an illustration of, 50.
CAPTAIN. I. Made perfect through
suffering, 53. II. His commands, simplicity of, 54. III. Impor- tance of following him, 55. Self- denial first step, 55. Now in the field, 56. Admirable des- cription from Cowper, 56.
CHRIST. Signification of, 57. Trans- lators omitted definite article, 57, 190. Remark of Grotius, 58. Jesus presented himself as the Saviour of the world, 60.
COMMANDER. Beautifully illustra- ted in the miracle of raising the widow's son, 61, 145; in stilling the elements, 62. Poverty of Jesus, 63. CONSOLATION
OF ISRAEL. Dr. Chandler's remarks on the ex- pectation of the Jews, 64. See MESSIAH. Simeon; his joy on taking the babe, 66. His desire
to depart. His enlarged views, ENSIGN. Origin of title, 113. Scene of Christ, 68. of Jacob, the dying patriarch, 114. Richness of prophetic im- agery, 116.
CORNER STONE. Ancient Hebrews
had once clear views of the Mes- siah, 71. Jesus the corner stone of a new religion, 72. Jews learned that salvation was to be extended to the Gentiles, 72. Therefore rejected Christ, 73. The spiritual temple of God will be finished with shoutings, 75, 141. COUNSELLOR. Views of the LXX, 76. Design of God in sending, 76. Sacred nearness existing between God and him, 77.
COVENANT. Jesus sent to ratify
God's covenant with man, 80. A Mediator, 80, 259. Great- ness of his work, 81. Father held his hand, 82. Scene in Gethsemane, 82, 252, 352. COVERT. See HIDING-PLACE. DELIVERER. His duty. Howard an illustration, 86. Jesus the deliverer of a world, 87.
DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS. In what sense, 90. 1. All nations desire light, 91. 2. All nations desire knowledge, 92. Beautiful story of a Burman female, 92. 3. All nations desire immortality, 93. Darkness of the ancient world, 93. Cicero and Seneca's views, 93. A touching incident in one of the Indian wars, 95. Nature of the glory spoken of in the prophecy, 95.
DOOR OF THE SHEEP. Jewish man- ner of keeping their flocks, 97. Jesus a door to the blessings of the Gospel, 99. Few enter the right door, 99. A lively sketch from the life of Rev. John Mur- ray, illustrating the subject, 100. ELECT. Jesus elected for salvation
of man, 105. Partial election not a doctrine of God, 106. EMMANUEL. Manner of applying proper names among the an- cients, 107. Explanation of Isa. vii. 14, p. 109. Not prove the Trinity, 111. Professor Stuart's remark, 112.
EVERLASTING FATHER. View taken by Lowth; the LXX, 118. Jesus usually used the term Father in speaking of God, 119. Passage not prove the Trinity, 120. Views of Rev. John Sher- man, 120. Same titles applied to Jesus as to God, 122, 275.
FROM THE DEAD.
Five resurrections before that of Jesus, 123. Scripture meaning of first-born, 124. Beautiful ex- tract from Addison, 126. Jesus presents a demonstration of the resurrection, 127.
FIRST FRUITS. Animating descrip- tion of, by Horne, 129. Beauti- ful allusions of the apostle, 130. Greatness of the joy when all the sleeping dead are gathered in,
Beautiful allusions of Isaiah, 133. Interesting his- torical fact, illustrative of title, 134, note. Jesus our forerunner to heaven, 134. FOUNDATION. I. Prepared by Jeho- vah, 137. II. A forerunner sent to prepare the way, 137. III. Jesus well qualified, 137. IV. The foundation laid before time began, 139. V. Jesus the only foundation, 139. VI. God laid the foundation with intention to build, 140. The building will be finished with shoutings, 141,
FRIEND OF SINNERS. I. Friend-
ship of Jesus to his disciples 143. II. Friendship to mourn- ers, 144. Touching illustration in raising widow's son, 145, 61. III. Friendship to enemies, 146. Touching instance of the influ- ence of reading the sufferings of Jesus in a school, 148.
GOVERNOR. Jesus born in place and time predicted, 150. Herod's conduct, 151. His character, 152, note.
HEAD. Christ, I. The Head of man,
153. II. Head of the church, 155. III. Head of the corner, 156. IV. Head of all princi- pality, 156.
HEIR. The heathen his inheritance, 159. We are joint-heirs with him, 160. Rich thoughts of Burkitt, 161.
HIDING-PLACE. Applied to God,
164. Jesus a hiding-place for the mourner, 165. Touching instances: the widow of Nain, sisters of Lazarus, and Jairus, 165.
HIGH PRIEST. I. Priesthood of Je-
sus superior to that of the law, 170. II. Superior in duration, 170. III. Superior in preroga- tives, 171. IV. Superior in its object, 171. V. Superior in its power, 172. Parallel between High Priest and Jesus, 174. Tenderness of our High Priest,
HOLY CHILD. Beautiful exemplifi- cation of spirit and confidence of apostles, 176. Power of the name of Jesus, 177, 180.
HOLY ONE OF GOD. Criticism of
Dr. Clarke, 179. Beautiful ex- hibitions of power of Jesus, 180. HOPE. Jesus the author, the object, and the declarer of our hope, 183. 1. This hope is excellent; beau- tiful view of an author, 183. 2. Is firm and enduring, 184. El- egant quotation, 184.
IMAGE. Jesus a bright, unclouded, moral exhibition of the great Father, 187. Beautiful descrip- tion of character of Jesus, 188.
JESUS. Signification of, 190. Trans-
lators should have put the defi- nite article before Jesus, 190, 57. Power of name; precious, 192. Touching incident from Mrs. Sigourney, 192. No system of religion can flourish without,
JUDGE. Popular view, 196. Ter- rific description of Edwards, 196.
I. The manner of judging the
world, 199. II. The object, 200. III. The time, 200. Beautiful extract from Rev. Wilbur Fisk,
KING. I. Kingdom, origin of, 207. II. Its seat, 207. III. Extent, 208. IV. Duration, 209. Thril- ling description by Dr. Griffin, 210. Will end in brightness and glory, 211, 277, 300.
LAMB. Title suggested to John on
seeing a number of lambs going to be slain at the Passover, 212. View of Dr. Clarke, 213. Je- sus came to take away sin,' 214. LEADER. Wisdom of Jesus, 216. Power, 217, 177, 180. Suffer- ings, 219. In entering his ranks, we must renounce wealth and popularity, 220. Incident of an American patriot, 220.
LIFE. Description of Last Supper, 223. Jesus, the life of the world, 222. Graphic description of
LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Beautiful thought respecting the origin of this title, 226. I. Light cannot create; II. Its adaptation; III. Inexhaustible; IV. Impartial, 227. I. Jesus not come to create truth, 227. II. Adapted truth to the understanding, 228. III. As a moral light, is inexhausti- ble, 229. IV. Is impartial, 229. A great moral truth, 230. LION. Seeming contrarieties in the character of Jesus, 232. Called
a lion, I. Because of his descent, 233. II. On account of his kingly power and invincibleness, 233. What he is to accomplish, Opened the prophecies. His resurrection a beautiful il- lustration of title, 235. In him alone the lamb and the lion meet, 237. Excellent remarks of Edwards, 237.
LORD. Critical remarks, 238. Views
of Campbell, 238. Illustration of Matt. xxii. 41-46, p. 240. I. Jesus Lord of all by gift of the Father, 241. II. By his death, 242. III. By his resur-
rection, 242. IV. By universal conquest, 243.
MAN. Excellent remarks of Yates, on the opinion of two natures in Christ, 245. Difficulties attend- ing both Trinitarianism and Hu- manitarianism. In a qualified sense, Jesus is both God and Man, 246. Beautiful extract from Channing, 247. Excellent remark of Mrs. Barbauld, 247. MASTER. Fondness of titles in the time of Jesus, 249. Illustration from Lightfoot, 250. Disciples must look to Jesus, 250. Car- ried out his own teachings, 251. The Last Supper, 251. Scene in Gethsemane, 252, 82, 352. His gentle invitations, 253. We can serve only one master, 254.
MEDIATOR. Man looks for a Medi- ator, 256. An error, 257. Pol- lok's view, 257. I. Jesus only Mediator, 259. II. Suitable, willing, 259. III. For Jews and Gentiles, 259. Moral grandeur of the office, 260.
MESSIAH. A general expectation of,
262. Testimonies of Tacitus, Suetonius, and Josephus, 262, note. Proofs presented by: I. The testimony of Moses. II. The predictions of prophets. III. Testimony of John. IV. His own works. V. His doc- trine. VI. He sought not his own glory. VII. A trial of his doctrine. VIII. The testimony of the Father, 263. Rejected because of his character and doctrine, 265. The Jew still looking for a Messiah, 265. His rejection proves his own Scrip- tures, 265, 348. Not an impostor, 266. Character not invented, 267. Channing's view, 267. 1. His business, 267. 2. His suf- ferings, 267. 3. Consequences of his sufferings, 267. So many offices never before met in one individual, 269.
MICHAEL. I. He should stand up
for the people, 271. II. At that time there should be great trou- ble, 271. III. His people should then be delivered, 271. Two
resurrections taught in the Scrip- tures, 272.
MIGHTY GOD. Custom of the Ori- entals respecting names, 274. Various readings; Vatican edi- tion; Luther's translation. Ge- senius and De Wette, 275. The same names and titles applied to God and Jesus, 275, 122. Word god is applied to human beings, 275. Yates' view, 276. Object to be accomplished, 277. His beautiful kingdom, 277, 300.
NAZARENE. Signification of, 279. Prejudices against the Messiah, 280. Anecdote, 281. PASSOVER. Beautiful description of, 282. In what sense Christ is our Passover, 284. Views of Lightfoot, Keach, Herman Wit- sius, 284. Beautiful extract from Fox, 285. Application of word to the redemption of the world, 288.
PHYSICIAN. Sin, a disease, 290. Je- sus came to remove it, 291. Last visit of the earthly physi- cian, 291. All were healed by Jesus when on earth, 292. singular fact respecting his cures, 292, note. Anecdote of Zeuxis, the Grecian painter, 293. Jesus never performed a miracle to enrich himself, 293. Beauti- ful extract from Bisbee, 294. Disposition of the physician,
PRINCE OF PEACE. His teachings,
297. The nature of his kingdom, 298. Ancient custom alluded to by Virgil, 300. Implements of war not simply to be converted, but the very hearts of those who have used them, 300, 277. PROPHET. Jews expected the Mes-
siah under this title, 302. I. Clearness of his prophecies, 303. 11. Minuteness, 303. III. Im- probability, 304. Magnificent description of the Temple, 304. IV. Number of his prophecies, 305. Treatise of Eusebius lost, Parallel prophecies of Jesus and fulfilment, 306. Par- ticular prophecies: 1. His death,
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