A Course of Lectures on the Principal Subjects in Pneumatology, Ethics, and Divinity: With References to the Most Considerable Authors on Each Subject

Philip Doddridge

assignment from the author's widow, 1763 - Theology, Doctrinal - 595 pages

Contents

• PART I: 1
• The faculties of the human mind enumerated Page: 5
• Analogy between the faculties of the human mind and ſome phæno mena in brutes: 8
• The dependence of the mind on the body shewn: 9
• That the foul is feated in the brain II: 13
• No innate propofitions: 14
• The fame external qualities may excite different ideas in different perfons: 15
• The phænomena of the human memory with their ſolution upon the Cartefian bypothefis: 16
• The ſwiftness and flowness of the fucceffion of ideas in the mind: 19
• Inftances and causes of the imperfection of human knowledge: 21
• The question concerning perſonal identity diſcuſſed: 23
• Whether men think always: 24
• A furvey of the paffions of the human mind: 27
• An inquiry into the original of the paſſions: 29
• Mental babits depend upon the memory: 32
• The human mind poſſeſſed of liberty of choice: 36
• The philofophical liberty of the mind impaired: 39
• Our knowledge of our own minds very imperfect: 41
• PART II: 43
• Something has exifted from eternity: 46
• Some felfexiftent being has exifted from eternity ibid PROP XXI The material world in its prefent form not eternal: 47
• Motion not eſſential to matter: 52
• Matter not felfexiftent: 53
• Thought cannot neceſſarily arife from matter: 54
• PROP: 55
• That ſelfexistent being from whom we are derived is a fpirit: 56
• The being of a GOD proved: 58
• Arguments in proof of the fame of less force: 64
• An account of the different feats of Atheists amongst the Grecian Philofophers: 66
• The divine eternity proved: 68
• The divine omnipotence proved: 69
• The divine energy necessary for the continued exiflence and action of all creatures: 71
• Proof of the divine omniscience: 76
• Of the divine omniprefence: 78
• Gods knowledge of future contingencies proved: 79
• The wisdom of God proved: 82
• How far God is poſſeſſed of natural liberty confidered: 83
• That God is perfectly happy: 84
• The unity of God proved: 85
• Space an abstract idea: 89
• The immateriality of the divine being proved: 92
• Arguments in proof of the divine infinity examined: 95
• Collibers objections to the divine infinity confidered: 98
• APPENDIX: 101
• PART III: 104
• The holiness of God proved: 109
• The goodness of God proved III: 114
• The divine nature incomprehenfible: 118
• Human paffions not to be ascribed to God: 119
• The principal definitions of virtue and the different accounts of its foundation examined: 120
• The degree of virtue in any given action estimated: 123
• A fpecimen of Dr Hutchefons mathematical calculation on this fubject Schol I: 125
• The principal branches of divine virtue enumerated Page: 126
• A general view of focial virtue: 129
• The question concerning diſintereſted benevolence confidered in the Schol: 131
• The lawfulness of killing brute animals for food maintained ibid PROP LIII In what manner the parts and fruits of the earth should be divided in a sta...: 133
• The obligation to truth fhewn 136: 136
• Perjury proved to be a heinous crime 141: 141
• The cafe of fubfcribing articles of religion confidered Schol 1: 142
• That mankind are to be propagated only by marriage: 143
• The principal duties of the married ftate enumerated: 145
• Arguments against polygamy: 146
• Cafes in which virtue probibits marriage ibid PROP LXI In what cafes divorce is allowable: 149
• Obligation of parents to take care of their children: 151
• The duty of children to their parents ftated: 153
• The advantages of a community above a state of nature: 156
• Inquiry into the original of civil government: 158
• The patriarchal ſcheme of government propofed and confuted: 161
• That every man is born in a state of freedom: 163
• Inquiry into the best form of government: 165
• The obligation to obey civil governors: 167
• The duties of maſters and fervants ſtated: 168
• The question concerning the right of making flaves confidered Schol 1: 169
• The power of the magistrate to inflict capital punishments vindi cated PROP LXXII That the laws of nations are to be regarded 170: 170
• The lawfulness of war maintained: 173
• Of government founded on conqueft: 176
• The chief branches of perfonal virtue enumerated: 177
• Means of promoting virtue in the foul: 178
• The unlawfulness of inflicting civil penalties on religious ac counts fhewn: 181
• The unlawfulness of felfmurder reprefented: 186
• The veracity and faithfulness of God proved: 189
• The juftice of God proved: 190
• The practice of virtue required by the natural law of God: 193
• The question concerning the divine placability briefly confidered Schol 2: 194
• Arguments in proof of the immateriality of the foul: 205
• The principal hypothefes concerning the origin of the human foul: 211
• That virtue is beneficial to focieties: 218
• The poffibility of a divine revelation fhewed: 224
• That there is reafon to hope for a divine revelation: 230
• The reaſonableness of pofitive inftitutions in religion fhewn: 238
• That Jefus of Nazareth was the founder of the Chriftian religi: 251
• The fenfe of antiquity concerning the axeyouevos confidered 265 1: 268
• That the books of the Old Teftament extant in Chrifts time were: 279
• The credibility of the New Teftament history proved: 286
• Teftimonies from Heathen writers to the falls in the Old Tefta: 292
• Prophecies relating to the Meffiab: 301
• The credibility of Jefus as a divine teacher proved Page: 311
• The doctrines of the New Testament proved to be true and of: 319
• That the New Testament was written by a fuperintendent infpira: 325
• The gifts and powers of the apostles treated of: 334
• That the Old Teftament was written by a fuperintendent infpira: 340
• Pretended immoralities in the Old Teftament hiftory vindicated: 353
• The chief contradiions in fcripture enumerated with a general: 363
• Objections to the infpiration of fcripture from the inaccuracy: 370
• That the books of the Apocrypha were not written by infpira: 376
• Page: 379
• The preexistence of Chrift proved: 386
• The union of Christs derived nature with God proved: 392
• Opinions of the ancient Fathers concerning the doctrine of: 400
• That Adams fin is in fome degree imputed to bis defcendants: 413
• That faith is required in the gospel as neceſſary to ſalvation: 425
• A view of the controverfy between Fofter and Stebbing: 431
• The question concerning the faints perfeverance examined: 451
• Inquiry into the fcripture doctrine of the unpardonable fin Page: 454
• The tenor of the covenant of redemption explained: 461
• PART IX: 469
• That the precepts in the new teftament remain in force no longer: 480
• A furvey of the officers appainted by Chrift in his church 49: 494
• The obligation to obferve the chriftian fabbath proved: 502
• That baptifm is an inftitution of Chrift: 508
• Inquiry into the mode of baptifm: 514
• The nature and obligation of the Lords fupper ftated: 523
• That the Mofaic law is not obligatory on chriftians: 534

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Course of Lectures on the Principal Subjects in Pneumatology, Ethics, and Divinity: With References to the Most Considerable Authors on Each Subject
• Author: Philip Doddridge
• Editor: Samuel Clark
• Publisher: assignment from the author's widow, 1763
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Apr 30, 2014
• Length: 595 pages