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6. The Nature of the Life according to the New Covenant proclaimed by Christ.
7. How Christ having first fulfilled the Law of Moses became the Introducer of
a New and Fresh System.
8. That the Christian Life is of Two Distinct Characters.
9. Why a Numerous Offspring is not as Great a Concern to us as it was to them
of Old Time.
10. Why we are not bidden to burn Incense and to sacrifice the Fruits of the
Earth to God, as were the Men of Old Time.
The
Contents of Book II
1. That we have not
embraced the Prophetic Hooks of the Hebrews without Aim and Object.
2. That their Prophets gave their Host Predictions for us of the Foreign
Nations.
1, 2,
3. From Genesis.
4. From Deuteronomy.
5. From Psalm xxi.
6. From Psalm xlvi.
7. From Psalm lxxxv.
8. From Psalm xcv.
9. From Zechariah.
10, 11. From Isaiah.
3. That
the same Prophets foretold that at the Coming of Christ All Nations would learn
the Knowledge and Holiness of the God, Who formerly was only known to the
Hebrews.
12.
From Psalm ii.
13. From Psalm lxxi.
14. From Psalm xcvii.
15. From Genesis.
16, 17. From Zephaniah.
18. From Zecheriah.
19, 20, 21, 22, 23. From Isaiah.
4. That
the Call of the Gentiles coming to pass through Christ, there would be a
Decline in the Jewish Nation from its Godly Holiness.
24, 25.
From Jeremiah.
26. From Amos.
27. From Mienh.
28. From Zecheriah.
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29. From Malachi.
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35. From Isaiah.
5. That
the Divine Promises did not extend to the whole Jewish Nation, but only to a
few of them.
36, 37,
38, 39, 40,41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49. From Isaiah.
50, 51. From Micah.
52. From Zephaniah.
53. From Zechariah.
54, 55. From Jeremiah.
56, 57, 58, 59, 60. From Ezekiel.
The
Contents of Book III
1. That the Prophets
made Mention of the Gospel of Christ.
2. That they prophesied of Christ.
3. How we should reply to those who suppose Him to have been a Deceiver.
4. Of His Diviner Works.
5. Against those that disbelieve the Account of our Saviour's Miracles, given
by His Disciples.
6. That He worked not His Miracles by Sorcery, but by Divine Virtue and Power.
7. That from this Working they who love Truth perceive also the Power of His
Divinity.
The
Contents of Book IV
1. Of the Mystical
Dispensation of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus the Son of God.
2. That we hold that the Son of God was before the Whole Creation.
3. That we rightly teach that there are not many Sons of the Supreme God, but
One only, God of God.
4. That the Only-begotten Son of God must be considered necessarily anterior to
the Whole Universe.
5. That we hold that there are Numberless Divine Created Powers, but One alone
of the Son, whereby we describe Him as the Image of God the Father.
6. That from the First Constitution of the Universe, the
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the Invisible Guardian of Godly Souls.
7. That to the Hebrews alone of Old was the Knowledge of the True God revealed,
being known by the Manifestation of Christ.
8. That the Other Nations assigned to Certain Angels, worshipped the Stars of
Heaven.
9. Of the Hostile Power opposed to God, and of its Ruler, and how the Whole
Race of Mankind was in Subjection thereto.
10. That the Only-Begotten Son of God of Necessity made His Entry among
Mankind.
11. That He passed through the Life of Men.
12. That the Laws of Loving-kindness called Him even to them that had been long
Dead.
13. That even when He was made Man He continued in the Nature that cannot
suffer, nor be harmed, nor be embodied.
14. That renewing Humanity He afforded to us all the Hope of Eternal Good.
15. What the Advent of Christ is meant to shew forth, and that He is called God
and Lord, and High Priest of the God of the Universe by the Hebrew Prophets.
16. In which Prophetic Scriptures the Christ is foretold by Name.
From
Psalm ii.
From Psalm xix.
From Psalm xxvii.
From Psalm lxxxiii.
From Psalm lxxxviii.
From Psalm cxxxi.
From Amos.
From Habakkuk.
From the Lamentations of Jeremiah.
From the First Hook of Kings.
From Psalm xlv.
17.
That the Name of Jesus was also honoured among the Ancient Saints.
From
Exodus.
From Zechariah.
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The
Contents of Book V
How the Hebrew Prophets
predicted the Future, and shed the Light of True Theology. And how many
Prophetic Voices made Mention of the Divine Pre-existence of the Saviour.
1. From
the Proverbs.
2. From Psalm xlv.
3. Psalm cix.
4. Isaiah.
5. Psalm xxxii.
6. Isaiah.
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Genesis.
13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Exodus.
18. From Numbers.
19. Joshua, son of Nave.
20. Job.
21. Psalm xc.
22. Hosea.
23. Amos.
24. Obadiah.
25, 26, 27. Zechariah.
28, 29. Malachi.
Jeremiah
The
Contents of Book VI
Of His Sojourn among Men
from the following Scriptures.
1. From
Psalm xvii.
2. From Psalm xlvi.
3. From Psalm xlix.
4. From Psalm lxxxiii.
5. From Psalm xcv.
6. From Psalm xcvii.
7. From Psalm cvi.
8. From Psalms cxvi. and cxvii.
9. From Psalm cxliii.
10. From Psalm cxlvii.
11. From the Second Book of Kings.
12. From the Third Book of Kings.
13. From Micah.
14. From Habakkuk.
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15. From the same.
16, 17, 18. From Zechariah.
19. From Baruch.
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. From Isaiah.
The
Contents of Book VII
1. What the Character of
God's Sojourn among Men was from the following Scriptures.
1, 2,
3. From Isaiah.
2.
Where it was prophesied that Christ should be horn.
4. From
Micah.
5. From Psalm cxxxi.
3. From
what Tribe it was announced that He should spring from the following
Scriptures.
6. From
the Second Book of Chronicles.
7. From Psalm lxxi.
8. From Isaiah.
9. From Jeremiah.
10. From Genesis.
The
Contents of Book
Of the Date of His
appearing among Men from the following Scriptures.
1. From
Genesis.
2. From Daniel.
3. From Micah.
4. From Zechariah.
5. From Isaiah.
The
Contents of Book IX
Of the Things to be done
in Connection with His Incarnation from the following Scriptures.
1. From
Numbers.
2. From Isaiah.
3. From Numbers.
4. From Hosea.
5, 6. From Isaiah.
7. From Psalm xc.
8. From Isaiah.
9. From Psalm lxvii.
10. From Isaiah.
11. From Deuteronomy.
12. From Job.
13, 14, 15, 16. From Isaiah.
17. From Zechariah.
18. From Psalm cxvii.
The
Contents of Book X
Of the Conspiracy of
Judas the Traitor and those with Him. to be formed against Christ, from the
following Scriptures.
1. From
Psalm xl.
2. From Psalm liv.
3. From Psalm cviii.
4. From Zechariah.
5. From Jeremiah.
Of the
Events at the Time of His Passion.
6. From
Amos.
7. From Zechariah.
8. From Psalm xxi.
The above list of
chapters was given at the beginning of each book. It was lost from the Paris
Codex for Book I together with the first pages of that book, and from the
copies, one of which Robert Stephen used in his edition of 1545. In the Paris
edition of 1628, the editor composed the headings of the first three chapters,
and supplied the others from a second catalogue, which is given at the head of
each chapter throughout the work. Though no doubt the catalogue was complete in
the Mavrocordato Codex, Stephen Bergler omitted to give it in the portion of
the work which he supplied for the edition of Fabricius.
The headings of the
separate chapters, which are in our translation given in their places and form
a second catalogue, are much fuller than the introductory list, being enriched
by outlines of the prophetic passages that are used.
[Footnotes have
been renumbered and moved to the end]