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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. Of The Fraternal Redemption By Christ, As The Second Source Of Salvation. 31. Statement of the Subject. rilHE redemption designed by God from eternity was accom.*- plished in time by his only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, [l] and of this we are now to treat. The subject will be discussed under three heads: I. The Person of the Redeemer. II. The Work by which he accomplished Redemption. III. The several States in which he appeared from the time of his incarnation. [1] Holl. (650): "The Redeemer of the human race is Jesus Christ. The Redeemer is called Jesus, i. e., Saviour, because he was to save his people from their sins, Matt. 1: 21." (655): "He is called Christ; i. e., anointed, because he was anointed by the Holy Ghost as our king, priest, and prophet, John 1: 41." The Dogmaticians prove that Jesus Christ is the true Messiah, in whom all the prophecies of the Old Testament, concerning the Messiah, are minutely fulfilled. Holl. (675): "Proof. (1.) Whoever is God and man is the true Messiah. But Jesus, etc. The major premise is evident from 2 Sam. 7: 12, 13; Ps. 110: 1; Micah 5:1; Jer. 23: 5 (2.) Whoever was born of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Judah, of the royal branch of David, and of a pure virgin, is the true Messiah. The major premise, from Gen. 22:18; 49:10; 2 Sam. 7: 12; Is. 7: 14. The minor, from Luke 3: 23; 1: 34. (3.) Whatever ruler of Israel, as God, was begotten from eternity, and as man was born in the fulness of time at Bethlehem, is the true Messiah. The major premise, from Micah 5: 2. The minor, from Matt. 2:6.... (4.) He is the true Messiah, for whose approach a divinely appointed herald prepared the way. The major, from Is. 40: 3; Mal. 3: 1. The minor, from Mark 1: 2, 3. . . . (5.)...