ON THE

SOCIETY. HISTORICAL LUTHERAN

EPISTLE OF PAUL,

THE APOSTLE,

TO THE

H E B R E W S.

BY JOSEPH AUGUSTUS SEISS,

PASTOR OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF SHEPHERDSTOWN, VA,

Baltimore:
PRINTED AT THE PUBLICATION ROOMS,

NO, 7 SOUTII LIBERTY STREET.

1846.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by J. S. SEIS s, in the

Clerk's Office of the District Court of Maryland.

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CONTENTS.

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I. The Superior Excellence of the Gospel,

II. The Deity of Christ,

III. Christ's Super-angelic Dignity,

IV. The Claims of the Gospel and Hopelessness of Neg-

lecting it, -

V. Christ's Ilumiliation no ground of Contempt but En-

couragement,

VI. Christ's Superiority to Moses,

VII. The Sin of Unbelief,

VIII. The Promised Rest,

IX. Properties of the Word of God,

X. The Priesthood of Jesus Christ,

XI. The Qualifications of a Priest,

XII. Popular Ignorance Reproved,

XIII. The Fundamental Doctrines of Christianity,

XIV. The Unpardonable Sin,

XV. The Essential Accompaniments and Highest State of

Christian Character,

XVI. The Immutability of the Divine Purpose, -

XVII. The Superiority of Messiah's Priesthood,

XVIII. The Superiority of Messiah's Priesthood continued,

XIX. The New Covenant,

XX. The Tabernacle of Moses,

XXI. The Services of the Tabernacle,

XXII. The Ancient and Christian Dispensations compared,

XXIII. The Atonement of Christ,

XXIV. The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ,

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