AGAINST MARCION, v2
BOOK II.(1)
- CHAP. I.—THE METHODS OF MARCION'S ARGUMENT
INCORRECT AND ABSURD. THE PROPER COURSE OF THE ARGUMENT.
- CHAP. II.—THE TRUE DOCTRINE OF GOD THE CREATOR.
THE HERETICS PRETENDED TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE BEING, OPPOSED TO
AND SUBVERSIVE OF REVELATION. GOD'S NATURE AND WAYS PAST HUMAN
DISCOVERY. ADAM'S HERESY.
- CHAP. III.—GOD KNOWN BY HIS WORKS. HIS GOODNESS
SHOWN IN HIS CREATIVE ENERGY; BUT EVERLASTING IN ITS NATURE; INHERENT
IN GOD, PREVIOUS TO ALL EXHIBITION OF IT. THE FIRST STAGE OF THIS
GOODNESS PRIOR TO MAN.
- CHAP. IV.—THE NEXT STAGE OCCURS IN THE CREATION
OF MAN BY THE ETERNAL WORD. SPIRITUAL AS WELL AS PHYSICAL GIFTS TO MAN.
THE BLESSINGS OF MAN'S FREE-WILL.
- CHAP. V.—MARCION'S CAVILS CONSIDERED. HIS
OBJECTION REFUTED, I.E., MAN'S FALL SHOWED FAILURE IN GOD. THE
PERFECTION OF MAN'S BEING LAY IN HIS LIBERTY, WHICH GOD PURPOSELY
BESTOWED ON HIM. THE FALL IMPUTABLE TO MAN'S OWN CHOICE.
- CHAP. VI.—THIS LIBERTY VINDICATED IN RESPECT OF
ITS ORIGINAL CREATION; SUITABLE ALSO FOR EXHIBITING THE GOODNESS AND
THE PURPOSE OF GOD. REWARD AND PUNISHMENT IMPOSSIBLE IF MAN WERE GOOD
OR EVIL THROUGH NECESSITY AND NOT CHOICE.
- CHAP. VII.—IF GOD HAD ANYHOW CHECKED MAN'S
LIBERTY, MARCION WOULD HAVE BEEN READY WITH ANOTHER AND OPPOSITE CAVIL.
MAN'S FALL FORESEEN BY GOD. PROVISION MADE FOR IT REMEDIALLY AND
CONSISTENTLY WITH HIS TRUTH AND GOODNESS.
- CHAP. VIII.—MAN, ENDUED WITH LIBERTY, SUPERIOR
TO THE ANGELS. OVERCOMES EVEN THE ANGEL WHICH LURED HIM TO HIS FALL,
WHEN REPENTANT AND RESUMING OBEDIENCE TO GOD.
- CHAP. IX.—ANOTHER CAVIL ANSWERED, I.E., THE FALL
IMPUTABLE TO GOD, BECAUSE MAN'S SOUL IS A PORTION OF THE SPIRITUAL
ESSENCE OF THE CREATOR. THE DIVINE AFFLATUS NOT IN FAULT IN THE SIN OF
MAN, BUT THE HUMAN WILL WHICH WAS ADDITIONAL TO IT.
- CHAP. X.—ANOTHER CAVIL MET, I.E., THE DEVIL WHO
INSTIGATED MAN TO SIN HIMSELF THE CREATURE OF GOD. NAY, THE PRIMEVAL
CHERUB ONLY WAS GOD'S WORK. THE DEVILISH NATURE SUPERADDED BY
WILFULNESS. IN MAN'S RECOVERY THE DEVIL IS VANQUISHED IN A CONFLICT ON
HIS OWN GROUND.
- CHAP. XI.—IF, AFTER MAN'S SIN, GOD EXERCISED
HIS ATTRIBUTE OF JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT, THIS WAS COMPATIBLE WITH HIS
GOODNESS, AND ENHANCES THE TRUE IDEA OF THE PERFECTION OF GOD'S
CHARACTER.
- CHAP. XII.—THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOODNESS AND
JUSTICE SHOULD NOT BE SEPARATED. THEY ARE COMPATIBLE IN THE TRUE GOD.
THE FUNCTION OF JUSTICE IN THE DIVINE BEING DESCRIBED.
- CHAP. XIII.—FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE DIVINE
JUSTICE; SINCE THE FALL OF MAN IT HAS REGULATED THE DIVINE GOODNESS,
GOD'S CLAIMS ON OUR LOVE AND OUR FEAR RECONCILED.
- CHAP. XIV.—EVIL OF TWO KINDS, PENAL AND
CRIMINAL. IT IS NOT OF THE LATTER SORT THAT GOD IS THE AUTHOR, BUT ONLY
OF THE FORMER, WHICH ARE PENAL, AND INCLUDED IN HIS JUSTICE.
- CHAP. XV.—THE SEVERITY OF GOD COMPATIBLE WITH
REASON AND JUSTICE. WHEN INFLICTED, NOT MEANT TO BE ARBITRARY, BUT
REMEDIAL.
- CHAP. XVI.—TO THE SEVERITY OF GOD THERE BELONG
ACCESSORY QUALITIES, COMPATIBLE WITH JUSTICE. IF HUMAN PASSIONS ARE
PREDICATED OF GOD, THEY MUST NOT BE MEASURED ON THE SCALE OF HUMAN
IMPERFECTION.
- CHAP. XVII.—TRACE GOD'S GOVERNMENT IN HISTORY
AND IN HIS PRECEPTS, AND YOU WILL FIND IT FULL OF HIS GOODNESS.
- CHAP. XVIII.—SOME OF GOD'S LAWS DEFENDED AS
GOOD, WHICH THE MARCIONITES IMPEACHED, SUCH AS THE LEX TALIONIS. USEFUL
PURPOSES IN A SOCIAL AND MORAL POINT OF VIEW OF THIS, AND SUNDRY OTHER
ENACTMENTS.
- CHAP.XIX.—THE MINUTE PRESCRIPTIONS OF THE LAW
MEANT TO KEEP THE PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON GOD. THE PROPHETS SENT BY GOD IN
PURSUANCE OF HIS GOODNESS. MANY BEAUTIFUL PASSAGES FROM THEM QUOTED IN
ILLUSTRATION OF THIS ATTRIBUTE.
- CHAP. XX.—THE MARCIONITES CHARGED GOD WITH
HAVING INSTIGATED THE HEBREWS TO SPOIL THE EGYPTIANS. DEFENCE OF THE
DIVINE DISPENSATION IN THAT MATTER.
- CHAP. XXI.—THE LAW OF THE SABBATH-DAY
EXPLAINED. THE EIGHT DAYS' PROCESSION AROUND JERICHO. THE GATHERING OF
STICKS A VIOLATION.
- CHAP. XXII.—THE BRAZEN SERPENT AND THE GOLDEN
CHERUBIM WERE NOT VIOLATIONS OF THE SECOND COMMANDMENT. THEIR MEANING.
- CHAP. XXIII.—GOD'S PURPOSES IN ELECTION AND
REJECTION OF THE SAME MEN, SUCH AS KING SAUL, EXPLAINED, IN ANSWER TO
THE MARCIONITE CAVIL.
- CHAP. XXIV.—INSTANCES OF GOD'S REPENTANCE, AND
NOTABLY IN THE CASE OF THE NINEVITES, ACCOUNTED FOR AND VINDICATED.
- CHAP. XXV.—GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ADAM AT THE
FALL, AND WITH CAIN AFTER HIS CRIME, ADMIRABLY EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED.
- CHAP. XXVI.—THE OATH OF GOD: ITS MEANING.
MOSES, WHEN DEPRECATING GOD'S WRATH AGAINST ISRAEL, A TYPE OF CHRIST.
- CHAP. XXVII.—OTHER OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. GOD'S
CONDESCENSION IN THE INCARNATION NOTHING DEROGATORY TO THE DIVINE BEING
IN THIS ECONOMY. THE DIVINE MAJESTY WORTHILY SUSTAINED BY THE ALMIGHTY
FATHER, NEVER VISIBLE TO MAN. PERVERSENESS OF THE MARCIONITE CAVILS.
- CHAP. XXVIII.—THE TABLES TURNED UPON MARCION,
BY CONTRASTS, IN FAVOUR OF THE TRUE GOD.
- CHAP. XXIX.—MARCION'S OWN ANTITHESES, IF ONLY
THE TITLE AND OBJECT OF THE WORK BE EXCEPTED, AFFORD PROOFS OF THE
CONSISTENT ATTRIBUTES OF THE TRUE GOD.
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