Hebrew theism : the common basis of Judaism, Christianity, and Mohammedism : with revisions and additions to the quarto ed. of 1858

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THE COMMON BASIS OF

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Preface

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to please the taste of scientific readers, but neither do I write for them. I am seeking to commend accurate logic to less austere minds ; and after sixteen years’ trial, I am confirmed in the belief that I have not misjudged.

In this Edition I have prefixed the epithet Hebrew to the title “ Theism.” I was too late in observing that Greek Theism is a more appropriate name for the doctrine which teaches, that God is moral hut is in no moral relation to individuals ; which doctrine, in the section entitled “ Alternatives,” I have reckoned as a form of Pantheism. In contrast to it the doctrine of this whole Volume is undoubtedly the Hebrew Theism.

December , 1873.

Book I. Pack

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Prologus

Law and Mercy

. 42

Animal Instinct ....

. 3

Death

. 44

Human Instincts . . .

Enforcement of Rule .

. 45

Man and Truth ....

. 6

Faith and Foresight

. 47

God in Conscience . . .

. 8

Retribution

. 49

Spiritual Prayer . . .

. 12

Divine Government ....

. 50

Science of Things Outward

. 14

Collective Government

. 52

Intuition and Verification

. 16

Faith,- — Trust and Belief

. 53

Axioms of Religion . . .

. 20

Special Providence ....

. 57

Functions of Unbelief

. 21

The Material and the Moral

. 59

Intellectual Deism

. 22

Immortality of God’s Beloved

. 62

Rectitude of God

. 24

The Infinitude of the Finite

. 64

Truthfulness of God .

. 25

Soul and Body

. 67

Blessedness of God

. 26

Worth of the Soul

. 68

The Loye of God

. 27

Animal Development

. 69

Sin and Holiness

. 29

Brotherhood of Men .

. 73

The Letter and the Spirit

. 31

The Alternatives ....

. 75

Evil

. 32

Future of the Righteous .

. 77

Childish and Manly Virtue

. 33

Future of the Wicked

. 79

The Moral and the Spiritual

. 34

Prevenient Grace ....

. 81

Instruction in Virtue .

. 36

Waters of Lethe ....

. 82

Objects of Teaching . .

. 37

The Doubter

. 84

Self-convicted Teachers .

. 39

Historical Warnings .

. 84

Individualism and Unity .

. 41

Modern Polytheism . . , .

. 86

BOOK II. Abstract Truth

. 89

Pleasure

. 101

Freedom from Error .

. 90

Conjugal Relations . . .

. 102

Praise and Blame

. 91

Church and State

. 104

Religion

. 94

The Church Internallv

. 105

Virtue

. 95

Sacred Books

. 106

Social Virtue ....

. 96

Teaching and Public Prayer

. 107

Justice

. 97

Rebuke- and Prophecy .

. 108

The Passions

. 98

Education

. 109

Happiness

. 99

Short Creeds

. Ill

Utilitarianism ....

. 100

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