Five Lectures On The Character Of St Paul PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... IV. THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER. "I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayere."--Fh1lbs1. 4. The New Testament might almost be described as composed of two biographies. The fourfold life of our Lord and Saviour, with the addition of what we are taught concerning St. Paul from the Acts and thirteen Epistles, fills up considerably more than three-fourths of the volume. These two lives have been compared and contrasted, sometimes in a perverse spirit, and with results (so The Epistle to the Hebrews has not been used in any argumentative part of these Lectures. I am far, however, from asserting positively that it was not written by St. Paul. Wherever the Apostle's characteristic metaphors can be traced in this Epistle (as in xii. 1, 4, 11), or wherever we can see in it strong references to conscience (see xiii. 18), or incidental expressions of personal sympathy (see lb. 23), there we have a reasonable argument in favour of Pauline authorship. far as there have been any results) mischievous and deluding. But the comparison and contrast, if conducted reverently and truthfully, are instructive and useful. For in the point and the mode of the contact of these two biographies is seen the whole significance of Christianity. This thought may be best unfolded by means of a few illustrations. It is generally in points of detail that resemblances and distinctions of character are most easily perceived. We sometimes see Paul and Jesus in similar situations. Nay, possibly, sometimes we can discern similarities of manner. Both stood before the High Priest, both were smitten and insulted; and (without entering further into the comparison, from which a believer in the Atonement instinctively shrinks) how great is the contrast between the human...