Book 2: Of the knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as first manifested to the fathers under the law, and thereafter to us under the Gospel

Outline and Argument

Chapter 1. Through the Fall and revolt of Adam the whole Human race made accursed and degenerate. Of Original Sin.

Chapter 2. Man now deprived of Freedom of Will, and miserably enslaved.

Chapter 3. Every thing proceeding from the corrupt Nature of Man damnable.

Chapter 4. How God works in the hearts of men.

Chapter 5. The Arguments usually alleged in support of Free Will refuted.

Chapter 6. Redemption for lost man to be sought in Christ.

Chapter 7. The Law given, not to retain a people for itself, but to keep alive the Hope of Salvation in Christ until his Advent.

Chapter 8. Exposition of the Moral Law.

Chapter 9. Christ, though known to the Jews under the Law, yet only manifested under the Gospel.

Chapter 10. The resemblance between the Old Testament and the New.

Chapter 11. The difference between the two Testaments.

Chapter 12. Christ, to perform the Office of Mediator, behaved to become man.

Chapter 13. Christ clothed with the true substance of Human Nature.

Chapter 14. How two natures constitute the Person of the Mediator.

Chapter 15. Three things chiefly to be regarded in Christ; viz., his Offices of Prophet, King, and Priest.

Chapter 16. How Christ performed the Office of Redeemer in procuring our salvation. The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ.

Chapter 17. Christ rightly and properly said to have merited Grace and Salvation for us.