The triumphs of Christianity over infidelity displayed, or the coming of the Messiah, the true key to the right understanding of the most difficult passages in the New Testament; a full answer to the objection of mr. Gibbon [in the history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire] that our Lord and His Apostles predicted the near approach of the end of the world in their own time

1802

TABLE OF CONTENTS	1

Remarkable passage from Mr Kett 221	3

Prophecy of Daniel concerning the coming	14

siahs Character addressed to the Jews	29

to	38

The language of Jesus upon that occasion con	53

Jesuss enquiry what his Countrymen thought	58

Distinction between Primary and Secondary senses	64

The Apostles ideas of the nature and duration of	171

Mr Thomass opinion stated and proved to	172

The phrase the coming of Christ sometimes used	178

Quotations from Dr Beattie and Mr Maltby upon	179

The expressions we and us applied in Scripture	181

to	188

5	194

to	198

Effectually to enforce his prohibition Jesus fore	68

Different views of the meaning of the xxivth	72

The discoveries Jesus had to make gradualsin	76

The prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem	82

The Question of the Disciples what shall be sign	88

The xxivth of Matthew critically examined	94

Figurative language used to describe the destruction	101

The opposition of Infidels favorable to Christi	104

4	110

Coming in Clouds means coming to inflict tem	111

cates	134

considered at large	140

Mr Mede acknowledges that his Interpretation	150

sistency upon this head	158

Remarks upon the evidences of the Resurrection	162

The phrase the Man of Sin applied to the Jewish	207

Christians called upon by Dr Edwards to con	210

What withheld the Revelation of the Man of	214

Passages of Scripture on which Mr Gibbons	217

The Question of the Pharisees relates to the same	220

Mr Zouchs account of the application of	224

Tradition of such a power in St Johns time mis	230

Epistle to the Hebrews consideredOf seeing	236

Ceasing from Sin explained of cod ydino245	245

Comparison of Matthew xxiv and Luke xvii with	250

Summary of the Scripture Doctrine of the coming	255

Difficulty of understanding the xxivth of Matthew	257

APPENDIX	265

genuine	269

Title	The triumphs of Christianity over infidelity displayed, or the coming of the Messiah, the true key to the right understanding of the most difficult passages in the New Testament; a full answer to the objection of mr. Gibbon [in the history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire] that our ...
Author	N. NISBETT
Published	1802
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	30 Jul 2015

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