THE EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT

IN ITS

RELATION TO GOD AND THE UNIVERSE.

 By the

REV. THOMAS W. JENKYN, D. D.

 Late President of Coward College, London.

Consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. Jud. xix. 30.

THIRD EDITION, CAREFULLY REVISED BY THE AUTHOR FOR

THE AMERICAN EDITION.

1859.

TABLE OF CONTENTS   • LETTER TO THE REV. J. PYE SMITH, D. D. THEOLOGICAL TUTOR IN THE OLD COLLEGE, HOMERTON. • ADVERTISEMENT TO THE AUTHOR'S REVISED EDITION. • CHAPTER I: ON THE NATURE AND DESIGN OF THE ATONEMENT. • CHAPTER II: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO THE PERSON OF THE SON OF GOD. • SECTION I. THE PERSONAL DIGNITY OF CHRIST. • SECTION II. THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP OF CHRIST TO MANKIND. • SECTION III. THE PERSONAL CHARACTER OF CHRIST; OR, WHAT IS CALLED, HIS ACTIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS. • SECTION IV. THE PERSONAL SUBSTITUTION OF CHRIST. • SECTION V. THE PERSONAL VOLUNTARINESS OF CHRIST. • SECTION VI. THE PERSONAL SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST. • CHAPTER III: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO THE PERFECTIONS OF GOD. • SECTION I. THE WHOLE CHARACTER OF GOD CONCERNED IN THE ATONEMENT. • SECTION II. WRONG VIEWS OF THE RELATION BETWEEN THE ATONEMENT AND THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. • SECTION III. THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS HONORED BY THE ATONEMENT. • SECTION IV. THE EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT ILLUSTRATED BY ITS RELATION TO THE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES. • CHAPTER IV: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO THE PURPOSES OF GOD. • SECTION I. THE ATONEMENT THE CENTRE OF THE DIVINE PURPOSES. • SECTION II. THE ATONEMENT AN EXPRESSION OF THE DIVINE COUNSELS. • SECTION III. THE ATONEMENT A VINDICATION OF THE DIVINE PURPOSES. • SECTION IV. THE EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT EXPLAINED BY THE CHARACTER OF THE DIVINE PURPOSES. • CHAPTER V: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO ALL THE WORKS OF GOD. • SECTION I. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNIVERSE MEDIATORIAL. • SECTION II. THE ATONEMENT A SUBJECT OF INTEREST AND BENEFIT TO THE INTELLIGENCES OF THE UNIVERSE. • SECTION III. CHRIST THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSE ON THE GROUND OF HIS ATONEMENT. • SECTION IV. THE EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT ILLUSTRATED BY ITS RELATION TO THE UNIVERSE. • CHAPTER VI: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO DIVINE MORAL GOVERNMENT. • SECTION I. THE ELEMENTS OF MORAL GOVERNMENT. • SECTION II. THE PENALTIES OF MORAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTERED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC JUSTICE. • SECTION III. THE SUSPENSION OF THE PENALTY, ON HONORABLE GROUNDS, CONSISTENT WITH PUBLIC JUSTICE. • SECTION IV. THE DEATH OF CHRIST AN HONORABLE GROUND FOR REMITTING PUNISHMENT. • SECTION V. A LIMITED ATONEMENT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF MORAL GOVERNMENT. • CHAPTER VII: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD. • SECTION I. ALL PROVIDENCE CENTERING IN THE ATONEMENT. • SECTION II. THE MEDIATORIAL ADMINISTRATION OF PROVIDENCE FOUNDED ON THE ATONEMENT. • SECTION III. THE ADMINISTRATION OF PROVIDENCE SUBSERVIENT TO THE ENDS OF THE ATONEMENT. • SECTION IV. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ATONEMENT ANALOGOUS TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF PROVIDENCE. • SECTION V. A LIMITED ATONEMENT INCONSISTENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF PROVIDENCE. • CHAPTER VIII: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF DIVINE TRUTH. • SECTION I. EVERY DIVINE TRUTH RELATED TO THE ATONEMENT. • SECTION II. A LIMITED ATONEMENT INCONSISTENT WITH THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF DIVINE TRUTH. • CHAPTER IX: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO SIN. • SECTION I. THE ATONEMENT A DEMONSTRATION OF THE EVIL OF SIN. • SECTION II. THE ATONEMENT AN EXPEDIENT INSTITUTED INSTEAD OF THE PUNISHMENT OF SIN. • SECTION III. THE ATONEMENT THE APPOINTED MEDIUM OF SALVATION FROM SIN. • SECTION IV. PARTICULAR ATONEMENT INCONSISTENT WITH THE SUBSTITUTIONARY SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST. • CHAPTER X: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO THE SALVATION OF THE HUMAN RACE. • SECTION I. THE ATONEMENT RENDERING THE SALVATION OF ALL MEN POSSIBLE. • SECTION II. THE DUTY OF EVERY ONE WHO HEARS THE GOSPEL TO BELIEVE THAT CHRIST DIED FOR HIM. • CHAPTER XI: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. • SECTION I. THE PERSONAL AGENCY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ATONEMENT. • SECTION II. THE INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT RENDERED ACCESSIBLE TO ALL BY THE ATONEMENT. • SECTION III. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF DIVINE INFLUENCES FOUNDED ON THE WORTH OF THE ATONEMENT. • CHAPTER XII: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO THE CHURCH. • SECTION I. THE DESIGNS OF THE ATONEMENT TO BE INFALLIBLY SECURED IN CERTAIN INSTANCES. • SECTION II. THE INFLUENCE OF THE ATONEMENT ON THE INTERESTS OF THE CHURCH. • CHAPTER XIII: ON THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO THE VARIOUS DISPENSATIONS OF REVEALED RELIGIONS. • SECTION I. THE PROGRESSIVENESS OF DIVINE DISPENSATIONS. • SECTION II. THE INFLUENCE OF THE ATONEMENT RETROSPECTIVE AS WELL AS PROSPECTIVE. • SECTION III. THE UNIVERSAL EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE LIMITED PROMULGATION OF THE GOSPEL. • CHAPTER XIV: THE ATONEMENT IN ITS RELATION TO THE ETERNAL STATE OF THE UNIVERSE. • SECTION I. THE INFLUENCE OF THE ATONEMENT ON THE HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN. • SECTION II. THE ASPECT OF THE ATONEMENT ON THE PERDITION OF THE LOST. • CHAPTER XV: ON THE MORAL GRANDEUR OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT.