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INTRODUCTION,

CONTENTS.

CHAP.

PART I.

The Nature and Character of Cod.

I. THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF GOD, AS MADE

KNOWN BY THE EXISTING CREATION,

II. THE NATURE OF GOD, AS MADE KNOWN BY THE

RECORDS OF THE PAST,

III. THE NATURAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE CREATOR AS

REVEALED IN HIS WORD,

IV. THE MORAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE CREATOR AS

REVEALED IN HIS WORD,

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PART II.

The Design of God in the Work undertaken for Man.

I. THE NATURE OF GOD AS MANIFESTED IN THE WORK

II. THE NATURE OF MAN, AND HIS PLACE AMONG THE

CREATURES THAT INHABIT THE EARTH,

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IV. THE WORK UNDERTAKEN BY IMMANUEL,

V. THE EXALTATION OF THE REDEEMER AS LORD OVER ALL, IIO

IX. THE DESIGN OF GOD, IN THE WORK UNDERTAKEN FOR

MAN,

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VI. THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE EARTH IN THE

VIII. THE REPLENISHING OF THE EARTH, AND ORIGIN OF

SCIENCE AND SCRIPTURE.

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INTRODUCTION.

HE author of the following volume has, for many

years, been accustomed to combine the study of Science with that of Scripture; and to contemplate the character of God that is shown forth in the works of nature, as well as that which is revealed in the volume of inspiration.

This system of study he has found both pleasant and profitable.

From the first, he was deeply impressed with the wisdom exhibited by the Creator in fitting together the various parts of the material universe, and in adapting, in every instance, the means employed to the end for which they were designed.

In studying the Work of Redemption, he did not at first discover the same harmony of counsel.

He had been accustomed to look at the labours and sufferings of the Saviour only as they had a reference to the children of men; and when he thought of the insignificance of man when compared to the mighty universe, of which he is a part, the question naturally arose, How could a work so great and so glorious as that which has been undertaken by the incarnate Son of God, have been wrought