1. Introduction to the whole work, in which is set forth the divine strength and perpetual triumph of the church of God over her enemies,
'XX. Another moral proof that man is not such as he ought to be; he is
not such as he was created by God,.........
XXI. Vanity and want of reflection connatural to man,..
XXII. Conclusion from the above,.....................
XXIII. Man is out of his true and natural state,..
XXIV: Continuation of the same reflection,..................
XXV. The conclusion is, that man is out of his true and natural state,.... XXVI. Man, even if he wished, cannot return to his true and natural state,
XXVII. What has brought this great evil on mankind,. XXVIII. General objection against the above dissertation, derived from the possibility of the state of pure nature,...... XXIX. Original Sin irrefragably demonstrated from revelation and the Sa- cred Volumes of both the old and new dispensation,......
XXX. Original Sin evinced from the authority and uniform consent of the
holy Fathers and other ecclesiastical writers of the primitive ages of
the Church,
XXXIII. The same invincibly demonstrated, 1st, from the nature of bap-
tism; 2dly, from the necessity of baptism; 3dly, from the ceremonies
of baptism,
XXXIV. Unitarian objections answered, and the strange process of the
Unitarians in opposing their pretended superior reason to the over-
whelming weight of the past ages and all christendom proved to be
illegal, unphilosophical, such, in fine, as would be hooted out of any
court of human judicature,
XXXV. The christian cause against the Unitarians, proved to be sup-
ported by the most authentic and indisputable titles, the Scrip-
tures; the true and genuine meaning of these titles attested by the
most unexceptionable witnesses, the primitive Fathers of the Church;
by the decisions of the most respectable tribunals; the venerable
Ecomenic Councils: and, in fine, by a peaceful and undisturbed
prescription of eighteen hundred years, which prescription is evinced
by the uniform and constant belief and practice of the whole Chris-
tian world; from which christians logically conclude, that the mean-
ing in which the Christian world has hitherto taken the Scriptures,
is the only true, the only divine meaning, the only meaning intended
by the Holy Ghost-and, that of course the Unitarian novelties are
both anti-philosophical, and anti-scriptural,
XXXVI. Another objection, the answer of which goes to show, that original sin in the descendants of Adam, is so far from being repugnant to the Justice or goodness of God, that it rather, when viewed in connection with the gracious designs of the Most High on fallen man, gave occa- sion, especially in the mysteries of the incarnation and redemption of mankind, to the most splendid display of all the divine attributes,.. 124
XXXVII. Division of the whole dissertation on the Trinity, XXXVIII. A Sketch of the chief errors that have been broached since the beginning of Christianity, against the mystery of the Blessed Tri- nity,........
XXXIX. The Mystery of the Blessed Trinity infinitely surpasses all created understanding,........................................ .......... 150 XL. The production or the creation of the universe out of nothing, in time furnishes us with some kind of proof of the existence of another hidden and eternal production, out of the very nature of God, from all eternity,
XLI. The plurality of persons in the supreme unity of God, XLII. Recapitulation of what has been discussed in this chapter,
XLIII. The Mystery of the Blessed Trinity established by plain Scriptural
XLIV. The same proved from the authority of the councils of the primitive Church, XLVI. The same established by the constant and perpetual tradition of the Church,
XLVII. Unitarian objections answered,
XLVIII. The constant and uniform belief of the Blessed Trinity evinced from the Symbol of the Apostles, the Nicene creed, and the creed that goes under the name of St. Athanasius, XLIX. Extract from Bossuet's meditations on this truth-God, Father and Son, .........
L. The Holy Ghost is proved from the Scriptures to be the true God, and therefore consubstantial with the Father, and with the Son,........ 196 LI. Second proof from the Greek and Latin primitive fathers of the Church, 199 LII. Third proof from the councils of the Church,... LIII. Last proof from the argument of prescription,. LIV. Objections against the dogma of the divinity of the Holy Ghost, an- swered,
203 LV. Extract from Bossuet's meditations on the divinity of the Holy Ghost, 215
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