Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation, by an American Citizen [J.B. Walker]. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846. Excerpt: ... the constitution of things, from the character of God, from the nature of man, that doctrine is the Truth Of God. And that doctrine which hinders this result, or produces a contrary result, is the falsehood of the devil. (John viii. 44.) 4. Therefore Christ laid, at the foundation of the Christian system, this vital and necessary principle, "He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damned"--saved in accordance with the moral constitution of the universe, and damned from the absolute necessities existing in the nature of things. CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING THE MANIFESTATIONS OF GOD WHICH WOULD BI NECESSARY, UNDER THE NEW AND SPIRITUAL DISPENSATION, TO PRODUCE IN THE SOUL OF MAN AFFECTIONATE OBEDIENCE. Man's mental and moral constitution was the same under the New as under the Old Testament dispensation. The same methods, therefore, which were adapted to move man's nature under the one, would be adapted to do so under the other. The difference between the two dispensations was, the first was a preparatory dispensation, its manifestations, for the most part, being seen and temporal; the second, a perfect system of truth, spiritual in its character and in the method of its communication. But, whether the truths were temporal or spiritual, and whether they were brought to view by faith or sight, in order to produce a given effect upon the soul, or any of its powers, the same methods under all dispensations would be necessary, varied only to suit the advancement of the mind in knowledge, the differences existing in the habits and circumstances of men, and the character of the dispensation to be introduced. For instance, under one dispensation, it being in a great measure temporal, preparatory, and imperfect, love might be ...