CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

1. OF THE PREVIOUS PROBABILITY OF A DIVINE REVELA-

TION.

2. OF THE PLAN AND COURSE OF INQUIRY PURSUED IN

THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSES, p. 1-13.

DISCOURSE I.

ON THE CONNEXION OF PROPHECY WITH THE OTHER

EVIDENCES OF REVEALED RELIGION, p. 15-85.

II PETER I. 21.

For Prophecy came not in old time by the will of Man; but

holy Men of God spake as THEY WERE MOVED by the Holy Ghost.

DISCOURSE II.

ON THE CONTENTS OF THE PROPHETIC VOLUME AS DIS-

TINGUISHED FROM ITS PREDICTIONS, p. 37–57.

JEREMIAH XXV. 4.

And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets,

rising early, and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor

inclined
your ear to hear.

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Essential principles of Religion and Morals enforced by the
Prophets.-Intermediate character of the prophetic
Revelation between that of the Law, and the Gospel.-
Personal office of the Prophets.

PART II.

Same Subject continued, p. 59-74.

The doctrines of Providence and Repentance fully stated in

the Prophetic Volume.-Importance of those Doctrines.
-General observations on the Moral contents of Pro-
phecy.-Utility of an authoritative rule of duty.

DISCOURSES III. IV. V. VI.

STRUCTURE OF PROPHECY IN ITS SEVERAL PERIODS.

ON THE STATE OF PROPHECY-IN ITS EARLIEST AGE-FROM

THE FALL TO THE PATRIARCHAL TIMES, p. 75-102.

GENESIS XVII. 7.

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And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and

thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting cove-

nant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Objects of it, at the Fall; after the Deluge; in the Patri-

archal Age.

PART II..

State of Prophecy in the Patriarchal Age more distinctly

considered. Two-fold promise to Abraham.-Partition

of the subjects of Prophecy connected therewith.-Pro-

phecy of Jacob.-Measure of illumination afforded to

the Patriarchal Age.-Analogy in the use of Patriarchal

and later Prophecy.-Difference between them.-Inte-

grity of the Mosaic Records, p. 103–121.

DISCOURSE IV.

STATE OF PROPHECY CONTEMPORARY WITH THE PROMUL-

GATION OF THE MOSAIC LAW.

DEUTERONOMY XVIII. 15.

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the

midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall

hearken.

Cessation of Prophecy from the Partriarchal age to Moses.—

A true idea of the Mosaic Law necessary to the eluci-

dation of the state of Prophecy concurrent with it.-In-

stitution of that Law.-Its genius.-Its Sanctions, tem-

poral only.-Its Types, and whether understood in their

mystical sense, when they were first appointed.-Moral

use of them.-Prophecy of Balaam.-That of Moses con-

cerning a future Prophet like to himself.-No clear or

copious Prophecy concerning the Gospel given at this

period. The judgment of Michaelis concerning the

principle of the Mosaic Law inadmissible, p. 123-172.

PART II.

Prophecy on the temporal subject concurrent with the pro-

mulgation of the Law.-True relation between the entire

state of Prophecy and the Law, deduced.-Remarks

upon that relation, p. 173-184.

DISCOURSE V.

STATE OF PROPHECY FROM SAMUEL TO MALACHI.

ACTS III. 24.

Yea, and all the Prophets from Samuel, and those that follow

after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

Cessation of Prophecy from Moses to Samuel.-Continuity

of it from Samuel to Malachi: this its One Principal

Age: various subjects of it.-Particular mission of

Samuel. His regulation of the commonwealth of Israel.

-Prediction concerning David, p. 185-200.

PART II.

STATE OF PROPHECY IN THE REIGNS OF DAVID AND

SOLOMON.

Enlarged revelation of it.-The Temporal and the Evange-
lical Prophecy united.-Double sense vindicated.-David
the promulger of the chief Prophecies concerning Christ
and the Gospel, in this age.-Prophetic Psalms.-Inte-
grity of Prophecy.-Duration of the temporal kingdom
in the family of David.-Instability of the reigning
families in Samaria.-Termination of the temporal king-
dom in the reign of Coniah.-Conspicuous Prophecy