ioners will read with pleasure and advantage, but as one which will suggest many thoughts to their private studies, and a variety of arguments and observations that may with great advantage be introduced in their discourses from the pulpit. The following extract from the fourth lecture of the first series will serve as a specimen of Mr. Coxe's manner. We regret that we have not room for others which we had marked for transcription.
"The same volume which contains the prophecies, contains also an express declaration of the object for which those prophecies were given. They were given to prepare the way for Christ. To him give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins.-The_testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.' (Rev. xix. 10.) 'Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me.' (John, v. 39.) And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.' (Luke, xxiv. 27.) These things which God had showed by the mouth of all His prophets, that Christ should suffer, He hath so fulfilled.' (Acts, iii. 18.) Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.' (Acts, iii. 24.)
"With this sure warrant of Scripture, then, to bear us out, we cannot hesitate to believe that the entire scheme of prophecy-sublime and imposing as it is was devised and ordered in strict subservience to Christ. There were undoubtedly other intermediate ends which were also attained by it-other temporary purposes which it was made to answer. But throughout, Christ was its ultimate end and object-the points on which all its scattered rays were made to converge. Whatever dignity or importance, therefore, a general view of prophecy may induce us to ascribe to the object of it, we must ascribe to Christ. And that the dignity of him to whom, through so many ages, 'gave all the prophets witness,' must have been transcendant indeed, will not admit of a moment's question.
"But to show that though the scheme of prophecy would lead us to expect in the Messiah whom it foretels, a person of very great dignity, is proving nothing, we may be told. That his dignity was very great is allowed on all hands. But how great was it? That is the point at issue. Was it the dignity of a favoured prophet or teacher? Or was it nothing less than the dignity of the Son of God himself?
"Now it seems perfectly clear to me, that the argument, even as it now stands, is quite strong enough to decide this question. It seems perfectly clear to me, that from a review merely of the outline of prophecy, inferences may be adduced, which must raise Christ far above the level of man, and make Him higher even than the angels!' To suggest only one consideration of the many which present themselves. We have just seen that if we believe the Scriptures, we must believe that all the prophets prophecy of Christ. Now let me ask, how does this very remarkable fact accord with the notion, that Christ was but one of the prophets himself? Does it seem a reasonable explanation of the matter, to be told that this imposing array of inspired men was employed during so long a succession of ages in preparing the way, each in his turn, for the coming of a particular individual, and that that individual, after all, was but an inspired prophet like themselves?
"Does this appear a satisfactory explanation, when we observe further, that these prophets, so copious and distinct in all that relates to Christ, are yet totally silent with respect to each other? When we find that Amos, Hosea, and particularly Isaiah, can describe with a minuteness resembling a history of past events, the details of the birth, life, and sufferings of the dis
tant Jesus, but cannot find one word for Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, and the other chosen inessengers of Jehovah, who were to flourish in time so much nearer to their own?
"We may be told, perhaps, that Jesus of Nazareth, though a prophet, was yet beyond comparison the greatest of the prophets, because intrusted with the final revelation from God. Let us consider him then in this light, and we shall expect that his brethren (if they speak of persons at all) will speak more copiously of Christ than they do of each other :-but no one, I think, so long as we look upon Jesus as merely human, would anticipate that all his brethren would concur in bearing ample witness to him, while with regard to each other they observe an uniform, unbroken silence. Here, surely, there would be none of that fitness, harmony, and proportion, which we expect with confidence in all the works and ways of God. If this proposition is to be preserved, Christ, as the chief of his class, will be spoken of more frequently and more fully than others of that class; but yet of these also in turn, some mention, though inferior mention, will be made. Otherwise, should all concur in prophecying of Jesus, while the prophet next in dignity to him be honoured by no predictions, we must conclude that Jesus is not of the order of mere prophets, but of another and a superior grade of beings.
"But further than this. On the supposition that Jesus is greater than the other prophets, only on account of the dispensation of which he was the minister-in other words-on the supposition that he derived all his dignity from his dispensation, and possessed no intrinsic personal dignity of his own,— is it probable that the prophets would have spoken personally of him at all? "This is a very pertinent question, and one which we can answer with no slight degree of confidence-for the Scriptures afford us a strictly analogous case. How was it with the former dispensation and its minister? Was Moses ever the subject of prophecy? We have already seen that he was not. The preparations made for the covenant were great as the greatness of the event demanded, but among them all no room was found for any mention of Moses, the great mediator of that covenant. Why, then, should not the same silence be observed with regard to the Mediator of the new covenant? What shall we think, when, instead of such silence, we find the plan of the Almighty to all appearance altered-and prophecy, instead of speaking nothing of the minister, and comparatively silent as to the dispensation? No superiority of one covenant over the other can account for this. It must have arisen from a difference, and that no inconsiderable difference, in the personal dignity of the mediators themselves."—pp. 67-72.
We repeat our regret, that we have not room for several other deeply interesting passages which we had marked for transcription. The foregoing extracts will, we trust, be sufficient to prove to our readers, that this volume will deserve an attentive perusal.
Adullam, the Cave of, 96
Advertisements of the Ecclesiastical History
Society, A Subscriber to the Ecclesiastical
History Society on the, 424, 427, 548
A'exander Leighton, Laud and, 242
Allies, Mr., and the Tablet, 567, 669
Allies, Thomas William; review of his Journal
in France in 1845 and 1848, &c., 429
A. M. on the Horfield property, 90
Ancient churchwardens' accounts of a city
parish, 50, 178, 273, 396, 520, 635
Athenæum, the Ecclesiastical History Society
and the, 316
Archbishop of Canterbury's answer to the
Plymouth Address, 217
B. on Emigrants, 192; on Servants, 65
Barlow, E. W., on parochial registries in
Russia, 62
Bennet, Rev. Hugh; review of his Plain
Statement of the grounds on which it is
contended that Marriage within the prohi-
bited degrees is forbidden in Scripture, 451
Blunt, Rev. J. J.; review of his Sermon
preached at Great St. Mary's, before the
University of Cambridge, on the 150th An-
niversary of the Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, 584
Brown, Rev. A. W., on the law of pews in
churches, 81
Burnet and Wharton, 361; Macaulay's Ac-
count of Bishop Burnet, 362; Wharton one
of Burnet's earliest assailants, 364; Whar-
ton's patrons, 365; Burnet's misrepresenta-
tions, 366; and explanation, ib.; Sancroft
leaves Lambeth, 367; Burnet's secret prac-
tices to injure Wharton, 367; Wharton's
defence of pluralities, 368; his Anglia Sacra,
ib.; his "Specimen of some errors and de-
fects in the History of the Reformation of
the Church of England, wrote by Gilbert
Burnet," 369; Burnet's annoyance and
remedy, ib.; extracts from his letter to the
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 370;
Mr. Macaulay's arguments in favour of
Burnet's works illogical, 378
Burnet's History of the Reformation, 653
Canons, use and abuse of the, C. B. on the,
Canterbury, Archbishop of, his answer to the
Plymouth Address, 217
Church movements, P. on, 302
Clay, Rev. W. K.; review of his Historical
Sketch of the Prayer-book, 450
Confirmation, a remark or two on schools and,
417
Conjugal rights, the priest who claims, 656
Connelly, Mr., the case of, 655
Cotton, Rev. Archdeacon; review of his Fasti
Ecclesiæ Hibernicæ, 446
Coxe, Rev. R. C., review of his " Summary of
Revelation a Witness to the Divinity of
Christ," 708
Critical and explanatory remarks on Mark,
ix. 1, 415
Dingle and Ventry, 147
Doctrine of Epitaphs, the, E. O. on, 289
Doctrine of Eternal Punishment, C. B. on the,
545
Dunbar, Rev. Sir William, a protest of the,
697
Early communion, Rev. T. B. Waytes on,
Ecclesiastical History Society, 667
Ecclesiastical History Society, Rev. Dr. Mait-
land on the, 121, 258; A Subscriber to the
Ecclesiastical History Society on the Adver-
tisements of the, Letter I., 424; Letter II.,
427; Letter III., 548
Ecclesiastical History Society and the Athe-
næum, 316
Emigrants, B. on, 192; thoughts for emi-
grants and colonists, ib.; a prayer for an
emigrant ou going out, ib.; a prayer for
an emigrant or colonist landed, ib.
Encyclical Letter, the Pope's, 462
English Episcopacy in Scotland, 697
Episcopal church in Scotland, 678
Epitaphs, the doctrine of, E. O. on, 289
Essays on subjects connected with the Refor-
mation in England, by the Rev. S. R.
Maitland, D.D., review of, 452
Eternal punishment, C. B. on the doctrine of
the, 545
Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles by the
reformers, an, by the Rev. T. R. Jones,
review of, 596
Faber, Mr., his Lives of the Saints, 98; Mr.
Price's retractation, 99; Alban Butler,
103; infidel tendencies, 107; a "
superero-
gatory" atonement, 109; the system of sup-
pression, 111; the converts and the old
catholics, 113; the converts dominant, 115;
the old catholics powerless, 117; Bishop
Ullathorne's letter, 119; resumption of the
publication, 220; the Rambler, 223; vica-
rious sufferings, 225; vicarious austerities,
227; image worship, 229; doctrine of
vicarious suffering, 233
Fasti Ecclesiæ Hibernica, the succession of the
prelates and members of the cathedral
bodies in Ireland, by Henry Cotton, Arch-
deacon of Cashel, review of, 446
Fees from clergymen, on clergymen receiving,
Harington, Rev. E. C.: review of his Refor-
mers of the Anglican church, and Mr.
Macaulay's History of England, 451
Hebrew chronology, Rev. E. B. Denison on
the, 405
Hippolytus, St., and St. Cyril of Jerusalem,
on the second advent, M. N. D. on, 418
Historical sketch of the Prayer-book, by the
Rev. W. Clay, review of, 450
Horfield property, A. M. on the, 90; letter
addressed to each of the rural deans by the
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, 196;
postscript, 454
Huntingdon, Ven. Archdeacon of, review of
his Charge on Marriage with a deceased
wife's sister, 451
Infallibility, the Search after, by the Rev. Dr.
Todd, review of, 214
Integrity of the holy scriptures with reference
to physical phenomena, 37; the authenti-
city of the book of Genesis, ib.; authenti-
city of tradition from the time of Moses,
from the longevity of the patriarchs, 41;
from their prophetical character, 42; from
the nature of the subjects recorded, 43;
internal evidence of tradition, 45; degrees
and kinds of inspiration, 46; exemption
from material error, 48; the generation of
heat, 127; the condensation of vapour, and
the solidification of liquids, 129; chemical
combination, ib.; electricity, 130; cause of
the phenomena of heat, 131; gravity, 133;
central heat, ib.; mechanical agencies, 137;
probable process of the diffusion of heat, 139;
the creation, 140; the Hebrew day, 141;
simultaneous creation, 142; gradual crea-
tion, 143; the flood, 259; in what degree
philosophically probable, 260; nature and
extent of the change in the earth's condition,
261; climate, 263; deposition of salt, 264;
physical operations, 265; shrinking and
subsequent expansion of the earth, ib. ;
instantaneous abstraction of heat, 266; pro-
bably caused by the near approach of a
comet, 267; chronological difficulties, 268;
modes of reckoning time, 269; geological
phenomena of running waters, 272; the
comet of A.D. 1680, 379; acceleration of
comets, 381; effect of original projection in
a parabola, 382; period of the comet of
1680, 384; extract from John Malala, 389;
extract from Theophanes, ib.; extracts
from Pliny, Suetonius, Plutarch, and Dr.
Halley, 392-4; perturbation, 500; dyna-
mical generation of heat, 509; effects of
perturbation on the condition of the earth,
510; tendency to equalization of tempera-
ture, ib.; effects on the earth of a sudden
transfer of heat, 511; increase of the inclina-
tion of the earth's orbit, 512; probable
direction of the current of water, ib. ; con-
clusions drawn from the argument, 515
Integrity of the Holy Scriptures, G. on, 650
Introductory Lessons on the History of Reli-
gious Worship, review of, 448
Jones, Rev. T. R., review of his Exposition of
the Thirty-nine Articles by the Reformers,
Journal in France in 1845 and 1848, with
letters from Italy in 1849, of things and per-
sons concerning the church and education,
by Thomas William Allies, review of, 429
Justification, Catholicus on, 76
King's College, Toronto, 663
Lactantius on the Millennium, M. N. D. on,
186, 291
Lathbury, Rev. Thomas, on the Nonjurors,
162; on Laud and his Martyrs, 242; Laud
and Peter Smart, 481
Laud and Leighton, M. on, 643
Laud and his Martyrs, by the Rev. Thomas
Lathbury, 242; Alexander Leighton, ib.;
"An appeal to the Parliament, or Sion's
plea against prelacie," 244; Laud's diary,
249; extract from Biographia Scoticana,
251; extract from Brodie's History of the
British Empire, ib.; Leighton's appoint-
ment as keeper of Lambeth palace, 253;
antagonism of episcopacy and presbytery,
255; selections from Leighton's work, 257
Laud and his Martyrs, M. on, 409
Laud and Peter Smart, 481; Leighton's
"Epitome or Brief Discovery," ib.; the
story of the cap, 482, reasons for believing
it a libel, ib.; absence of allusion to the
story, 483; Vicars's style when speaking of
Laud, ib; Prynne's "Notes," 485; Neal's
reproduction of the story, 486; Ludlow's
letter, 487; extracts from Leighton's works,
488; extracts from Prynne's "Canter-
burie's Doome," 490; doctrine of the unlaw-
fulness of toleration, 491; extracts from
Peter Smart's sermon, 492; situation of the
communion table, 493; interference of
Peter Smart's wife, 494; Smart's charge
against Bishop Cosin, ib.; Fuller's testi-
mony to Cosin's protestantism, 495; his
letter to Cosin, ib.; Laud not the cause of
proceedings against Smart, 497; Neal's em-
bellishments, ib.; suspensions for irregu-
larity more numerous under Abbot than
under Laud, 497-8; advantages of investi-
gation, 499
Laud and Prynne, 601; Prynne's early days,
602; his first publication, ib.; extract from
it, 603;" The Unloveliness of Love Locks,"
605;
Healthes Sicknesse," ib.; Prynne's
habitual use of epithets, 606; "Briefe Sur-
vey and Censure of Mr. Cozens," ib. ; popu-
larity of Cosin's "Collection of Private De-
votions," 609; charge against Cosin of alter-
ing the Book of Common Prayer, 611;
Prynne's "Anti-Arminianisme," 613; his
"God no impostor," &c., 614; and "His-
trio-Mastix, ib.; Prynne sentenced to per-
petual imprisonment, 615; Prynne's “News
from Ipswich," and second censure, ib. ; his
charges against Laud, 617; his appearance
before the court, 618; severity of his sen-
tence, ib.; Prynne's unceasing persecution of
Laud after his return from imprisonment,
620; the "Breviate," 621; extracts from
pamphlets published during Laud's trial,
622; Prynne's conduct during the trial,
623; extract from his "Canterburie's
Doome," 624; he is against the murder of
the king and opposes the Independents and
Cromwell, 625; Prynne's attacks upon the
army and its chaplains, 626; his sufferings
under the rule of the army and the Indepen-
dents, 628; Cromwell's attempt to restore
the Jews, 629; Prynne's conversation with
fifth-monarchy soldiers, ib.; waggish peti-
tion respecting Prynne, 631; he is made
keeper of the records in the Tower, 632; his
changes in opinion, 633; latter portion of
his career and death, 634
Lives of the Saints, Mr. Faber's, 220; re-
moval of the suspension, 221; owing to the
"intercession of the saints whose lives were
the subject of dispute," ib.; the Rambler,
223; vicarious sufferings, 225; vicarious
austerities, 227; image worship, 229; doc-
trine of vicarious suffering, 233
Macaulay's History of England, character of
Archbishop Laud, G. B. on, 284
Macaulay's History of England and the Rev.
Chancellor Harington, an Anglican Re-
former on, 652
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National Education promoted, by the Rev. T.
B. Murray, review of, 214
National Society, the, result of church school
inquiry, 576
Nonjurors, the Rev. Thomas Lathbury on the,
162; Johnson, the author of "The Unbloody
Sacrifice," ib.; account of the new office for
the celebration of the holy communion
adopted by the Nonjurors, 163; arguments
respecting the second book of King Edward,
165; extract from the second Act of Uni-
formity, ib.; extract from the preface to
the Liturgy of the Ancients, 166; contro-
versy between Collier and Brett, and
Spinkes, 168; Deacon's book of offices,
ib.; proceedings connected with the intro-
duction of the Communion Book of 1718,
169; probable effects of a modern revision
of the Prayer-book, 173; Deacon's
"Litany," 175; forms for admitting con-
verts prepared by Deacon and Kettlewell,
176; decline in numbers of the Nonjurors,
and its cause, 177
Notices and Reviews, 214, 584, 702
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