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THE
WORKS
OF
JOSEPH BELLAMY, D. D.
FIRST PASTOR OF
THE CHURCH IN BETHLEM, CONN.
WITH
A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
BOSTON:
DOCTRINAL TRACT AND BOOK SOCIETY.
MARYARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1850, by
SEWALL HARDING,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.
CONTENTS
VOLUME II.
PAGE
THE WISDOM OF GOD IN THE PERMISSION OF SIN.
A VINDICATION OF THE WISDOM OF GOD IN THE PERMIS- SION OF SIN, in Answer to a Pamphlet entitled, "An Attempt," &c.
God always acts agreeably to his own perfections in the most wise, holy,
and perfect manner,.....
105
⚫ A Dialogue between A., the author of the Attempt, and B., the author of
the Sermons on the Wisdom of God, &c.,.....
.... 107
THERON, PAULINUS, AND ASPASIO; or, Letters and Dialogues upon
the Nature of Love to God, Faith in Christ, Assurance of a Title to
Eternal Life, containing some Remarks on the Sentiments of the Rev.
Messrs. Hervey and Marshall, on these Subjects.
AN ESSAY ON THE NATURE AND GLORY OF THE GOSPEL OF
JESUS CHRIST, Designed as a Supplement to the Author's Letters
and Dialogues on the Nature of Love to God, Faith in Jesus Christ,
and Assurance of a Title to Eternal Life.
Preface,.....
Introduction,
271
277
....
...
Section I. A general view of the nature of the gospel,..
II. A general view of the glory of the gospel,...
III. The divine law holy, just, and good, a glorious law antecedent
to a consideration of the gift of Christ, and the work of redemp-
tion by him,......
IV. The design of the mediatorial office and work of Christ, was to
do honor to the divine law,.....
281
287
296
312
V. Sin an infinite evil,......
333
VI. Vindictive justice an amiable perfection in the Deity; a beauty
in the divine character,..
VII. God, who is the supreme, all-sufficient good, can, consistently
with his honor, and is willing to become a God, and Father,
and everlasting portion to all who return to him through Jesus
Christ,......
353
VIII. Repentance is before forgiveness,.
363
IX. The nature and effects, the cause and cure, of a self-righteous
spirit,..
390
X. The nature and consequences of spiritual blindness; and how
the god of this world blinds the minds of them that believe
not,
404
XI. The nature of divine illumination,..
414
infidelity,...
.....
XII. The effects of divine illumination,.
There is no consistent medium between ancient apostolical Christianity and
THERE IS BUT ONE COVENANT, PROVED FROM THE WORD OF
GOD; AND THE DOCTRINE OF AN EXTERNAL GRACELESS
COVENANT, SHOWN TO BE UNSCRIPTURAL.
423
448
Preface,
455
Section I. The nature of Mr. Mather's external graceless covenant, its dif-
ference from the covenant of grace, and a general view of the
subject,.......
459
II. The covenant with Abraham was a holy covenant, and could not
be complied with but in the exercise of holiness,....
III. The covenant with the Israelites in the wilderness was a holy
covenant, and could not be complied with but in the exercise
of holiness,.
463
471
IV. The gospel of Christ essentially different from Mr. M.'s external
graceless covenant,...
482
V. Baptism and the Lord's supper are seals of the covenant of
grace, and of no other covenant,.
VI. It cannot be determined what Mr. M.'s external covenant re-
quires, and wherein a real compliance with it doth consist,.. 494
VII. Various distinctions stated to render the subject more easy to be
understood,
499
509
VIII. Mr. M.'s scheme inconsistent with itself,..
A CAREFUL AND STRICT EXAMINATION OF THE EXTER-
NAL COVENANT, AND OF THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH
IT IS SUPPORTED; a Reply to the Rev. Mr. Mather's Piece, enti-
tled, "The Visible Church in Covenant with God, further illustrat-
ed," &c. A Vindication of the Plan on which the Churches in
New England were originally formed, &c.
.......
Introduction. Phrases explained and questions stated,...
523
531
Section I. The nature of Mr. M.'s external covenant, as stated by himself,
under the notion of a conditional covenant,..
536
II. Mr. M.'s external covenant represented by him as unconditional,
examined in this view of it,........
III. The perfection of the divine law, and total depravity, inconsist-
ent with the notion of an external covenant appointed by God
for the unregenerate, as such, to enter into, requiring graceless
qualifications, and nothing else, as the conditions of its
blessings,..
IV. A view of the exhortations and promises of the gospel; and
the true reason pointed out why the doings of the unregen-
erate do not entitle to the blessings promised,..
V. Impenitent, self-righteous, Christless sinners, are under the curse
of the law of God. But this is inconsistent with their being
in covenant with God, in good standing in his sight, by any
works which they do, while such,...
...... .....
VI. The nature of the enmity of the carnal mind against God, and
whether it remains, notwithstanding the revelation of God's
readiness to be reconciled to men,.
VIL. Whether the gospel calls fallen men to be reconciled to that character of God against which they are at enmity,.......
VIII. How it was possible for Adam, before the fall, to love that char-
acter of God which was exhibited to him in the law, consist-
ently with the love of his own happiness,..
IX. The Christian creed, the Arminian creed, and Mr. M.'s creed;
remarks on each,....
X. Mr. M.'s scheme inconsistent with itself,.
XI. The extraordinary methods Mr. M. takes to support his own
scheme, and to keep himself in countenance,..
545
554
563
577
598
618
628
637
.... 641
648
THE HALF-WAY COVENANT; a Dialogue between a Minister and