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. • • King, Prophet, Priest, in Letter and Spirit 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 3" 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 Sacrifice in Letter and Spirit Christian Prayer. Hebrew Law Christian Prayer to One God Grod's Holiness Faith in God's Kingdom and Will Indian Analogies Faith. Kevehttion . Needs of Body and Soul • Forgiveness of Sins Forgiveness and Penance . Justification by Faith Justification. Sanctification Sanctification — Grace Grace .... Salvation Evil .... Tlie Enemy The Kingdom Eternal The Kingdom Spiritual 3i 3 3^5 3^6 3^7 329 330 331 33 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 34 344 346 CONTENTS, CHAPTER X. CHRIST AND HIS APOSTLES, AND THEIR DOCTRINE. PAOS Scriptures - 347 Pregnancy of Judaism . 348 Christian Fulfilment . 349 Jesus Christ • 350 Place and Time of Incarnation • 351 Charactenstics of the Age • 35 Law and Gospel • 353 The Words of Christ • 354 The Works of Christ • 356 Incarnation • 359 Rejection of Christ . . 360 Crucifixion . 361 Sacrifice .... . 362 Suffering of Christ . . 363 Fulfilment through Suffering . 365 Spiritual Sacrifices 366 Love Seeking not its own . 367 PAOB Resurrection spiritual and bodily 369 JesuB the Christ Christ's Coming 371 The Apostles. St Peter . .371 St Peter. Promises to him . 373 St James. Jewish Christianity . 374 St Paul's Conversion . -375 The Law. Freedom. Sacrifice . 376 Justification. Gentile Christianity 377 The Gospel predestinated . •378 St Paul's Christianity spiritual and historical . . . 379 Hindtiism in the light of St Paul 380 St Paurs Coimsels . . .381 St John. The Apocalypse . 382 St John's Gospel . . . 383 Recapitulation . . . 385 Search with Prayer . . . 386 CHAPTER XL SCRIPTURE CRITICISM, MIRACLES, CHURCH HISTORY. Harmony in Diversity . •387 S^khya Shortcoming . . 388 Christianity and Biblical Criticism 389 Christianity accepts critical Re- sults .... 390 Estimate of Jewish Judgments . 391 Growth of Levitical System . 393 Growth of the Bible by Steps . 393 The Psalms. DanicL Zechariah. 394 Isaiah 395 How Criticism affects Prophecy . 396 Scriptural Knowledge and Sphere of Scribe coincide External Mention of the Law Pentateuch Compilation of Documents Spirit of Hebrew History Pentateuch. Joshua 397 398 399 400 401 402 Book of Psalms . . . 403 Daniel. Zechariah. Deutero- nomy .... 404 Nature of Prophecy. Isaiah • 405 Revelation is an Unveiling • 406 Providences of the Church. In- carnation . . . 407 Incarnation historically attested 408 New Testament Scriptures • 409 Positive Authority of Christianity 410 Old Testament Types . •411 Types prophetical. (The Gospel) 412 Inspiration foretold. Harmony of Evidences . . •414 Church History . . .416 Primitive Revival . . •419 Power of Christianity, and its Instruments . . . 420 CONTENTS. XI CHAPTER XII. DOCTRINAL DIFFICULTIES AND EXPLANATIONS. Difficulty of Original Sin . Difficulty of the Atonement Difficulty of Election Predestination. The Trinity QuestionB as to Faith Charge of Ezclusiveness . Objection of Materialism and Localisation Hindu Spiritualism. Christian Reply .... Falling of Man a Reality, but not to be exaggerated Relation, Aspect, FeeUng, Sacra- ment . • • . Doctrine of the Atonement Doctrine of Election . Natural Difficulties of Freewill . PAOX 4^4 425 416 427 428 429 430 432 433 436 437 PACK 438 439 440 441 Predestination .... Divinity of Christ The Trinity .... Christian Faith Highest Goodness exclusive of Lower .... Mosaic Ideas pregnant — Brah- manism barren Historical Witness to Christ. Defence of Imagery . Imagery a Safeguard against Errors .... Resurrection — Immortality — Transmigration — *' Ages " . Day of Judgment Retribution 448 Soya's Shortcoming. Sufficiency of Christ .... 449 443 444 445 446 447 CHAPTER XIIL PART I. ON GENERAL AND SPECIAL PROVIDENCE, AND ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF RFV'ELATION IN HISTORY — LETTER AND SPIRIT — INSPIRATION — BIBLE CHURCH TRUTH — FAITH — SACRAMENTS SEEN AND UNSEEN. Hindti Concessions . . •450 Difficulty as to the .Tews . •454 Christian Injustice to Jews . 455 Faith's Foundation in God . 456 General or special Providence . 458 Analc^ of Revelation . . 462 General Law and Special Regard 463 The Hearing of Prayer . . 464 Snggestiveness of Prayer . 465 Larger View of the Old Testa- ment .... 466 Hebrew Sacerdotalism . •4^7 Judaic Sins of the Letter . 468 Jewish Destiny . . •470 Inspiration — Hebrew . •471 Inspiration within Providence . 472 Providence within Nature . 473 Secular Knowledge never un naturally communicated Inspiration in general Inspiration — Gentile Inspiration of Hebrew Prophets Inspiration, Generic, and Chris tian Province of the Holy Spirit Inspiration — Christian Diverse Gifts of the Spirit The Letter an Instrument of the c Unity of Spirit. Scripture. Com munion of Saints Gospel of Christ, Freedom Essence. Accident. Applicability 487 474 475 476 477 479 480 481 483 484 485 4S6 xu CONTENTS. CHAPTER XIII. PART II. PAOK The First Psalm . . 48S Second and Eighth Psahns . 489 Eighteenth Psahn . . 490 Hie Psalms how far Messianic . 491 Analogy of Prophecy . . 493 Parallel of Human Life. Other Psalms .... 493 Other Psalms. Typical History . 494 Hermeneutics. Christian Freedom 495 The Church an inspired Body . 496 The Bible the Voice of the Church 497 Humanity in Church and Bible . 498 The Promise to the End of the World .... 499 Inspiration and Experience. Re- ligious Truth . . . 500 The Truth. Incarnation. Faith 501 Permanent Use of Scriptures and Sacraments . . . 502 Belation of Nature to Baptism . 503 PAOB Baptism and Justification rightly coextensive . . . 504 Sacraments are Symbols . . 505 Sacraments require Faith. Our Worship mental . . 506 Water, or Bread, and the Word . 507 Wisdom's Children diverse . 508 Evangelical Freedom of Primitive Church . . . .510 Grace not alien to IVovidence . 511 Persuasives to Christianity . 512 Relation of Christ to future Pu- nishments . . •513 Heaven, conceived after Sense . 514 Heaven, conceived spiritually • 515 Life to come, conceived ideally .516 Life to come, in God . .518 G(nI All in All . . . •519 Note 520 CONCLUSION. Sceptical Approximation . .521 Sceptical Rationalism inconsistent 524 True Rationalism devout . . 525 Buddhist Objection, and Answer 526 Buddhist Weakness • 5^7 " Total Perishableness." Unsub- stantial Flux .528 Buddhism not a Divine Revelation 529 Practical Evidences of Christianity 530 Final Appeal to Buddhist Speaker 531 S^khya Conception of Progress 532 Progress secular and spiritual . 533 Final Answer to Sdnkhyast Speaker .... 534 Scepticism has no Progress . . 535 Vedluitine Criticism of Christianity 536 Ved^tine Chiim to Revelation .537 The A'chdrya's Repugnance to Change .... 538 Yet Failure of Hindd Literature . 539 Greater Unity of Christianity . 540 The Gospel a Fulfilment to He- brews and to Gentiles . . 541 Christian Phraseology justified . 542 Three Standing-points of Chris- tianity . . . . 543 Christ's Faith, Man's Highest Conscience .... 544 Argument from Experience . . 545 Law of moral Causation. Fruit and Tree .... 547 Faith spiritual. Belief historical . 548 Direct Signs of supernatural Origin 549 Predication or Prediction. Won- ders or Signs . . , .550 Gospel most attractive as a Whole 551 Practical Invitation . . . <;^2 Superiority of Gospel to Hinduism 553 General Superiority. Partial Com- patibility . . . .554 Final Appeal to Vedantist . •555 Vedantist's Hesitation, and Final Issue 556 Final Issue . . . •557 EInd of the Dialogue . . . 558 Apfendix 561 PAEAMESWAEA-JNYANA-GOSHTHI, cfec. (Sec. What the SaugtUa Mitni thinks. ** Cependant^ toute cette antique sagesse defl Indiens est comme ensevelie daDB line idolatrie." — A. Kemusat. CHAPTER I. You have often asked me to give you a fuller account of the conversation which I once heard at Conjeveram between two Englishmen and some learned Hindtis, who disputed about the true knowledge of the Supreme Being.