What Is Revelation?; A Series of Sermons on the Epiphany (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1859. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LETTER XI. EIGHTH LECTUKE. -- CONTENTS AND EVIDENCES OF THE BIBLE.--PALEY.--UNFAIRNESS OF OUR MODE OF DEALING WITH EVIDENCE.--HOW THE BIBLE HAS SUFFERED FROM IT.--WHAT EVIDENCES HAVE WROUGHT CONVICTIONS IN OUR TIME.--POLITICAL, THEOLOGICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFICULTIES, HOW MET BY THE BIBLE. --MR. MANSEL'S TREATMENT OF IT.--WHY HE MUST BE OUT OF SYMPATHY WITH IT.--CONCLUSION. My Dear Sir, Thus far Mr. Mansel has taught us these lessons: That it is not right to be Dogmatists or Rationalists, or Mysties. That it is not possible to know anything about the Absolute and the Infinite. That it is not possible to rise above our own Consciousnesses and Conceptions. That it is not right to pray as the eclectical philosopher Schleiermacher prayed. That it is not right to think about the union of the Divine and human natures as Hegel or Marheinecke thought 448 NEGATIONS. about it. That it is not in any department good to seek for principles satisfying to the Reason. That it is not possible for us to know that which is. That Philosophy does not teach us, any more than Religion, about the Many or the One. That we are not to esteem one Representation of the union of the Finite with the Infinite above another, except because it is revealed, since one is as impossible for us to conceive of as another. That we are not to know anything of an Absolute Morality. That there is not a general human Consciousness. That Forgiveness in man is not the image of God's forgiveness. That we are not to hope for the final extinction of Evil. Thus far we have advanced at present. The Regulative Morality and the Regulative Revelation have brought us to this point. What remains must be contained in the Lecture we are now entering upon. If there is anything positive in the course, it will be there. M...