§ 1. Nature of the Question ISO
§ 2. Philosophical Theories 182
Limitation of Being. — Leibnitz's Theory. — Antagonism. — Schleiermacher's Theory. — The Sensuoxis Theory. — Selfish- ness 144
Theological Theories.
§ 3. Doctrine of the Early Church 150
§ 4. Pelagian Theory 162
Arguments against it 155
§ 5. Augustine's Doctrine 157
Philosophical Element of his Doctrine. — Why he made Sin a Negation. — The Moral Element of his Doctrine . . . 169
§ 6. Doctrine of the Church of Rome 164
Diversity ol' Doctrine in the Latin Church. — Semi-Pelagians. — Anselm. — Abelard. — Thomas Aquinas. — The Scotists . .178
Tridentine Doctrine on Original Sin 174
The true Doctrine of the Church of Rome 177
% 7. Protestant Doctrine of Sin 180
Sin a specific Evil. — Has relation to Law. — That Law the Law of God. — Extent of the Law's Demands. — Sin not confined to Acts of the Will. — Consists in want of Conformity to the Law
of God. — Includes Guilt and Pollution 188
§ 8. Effects of Adam's Sin on his Posterity 192
§ 9. Immediate Imputation 192
Statement of the Doctrine. — Ground of the Imputation of Adam's Sin. — Adam the Federal Head of his Race. — The Representa- tive Principle in the Scriptures. — This Principle involved in other Doctrines. — Argument from Romans v. 12-21. — From
General Consent. — Objections 204
§ 10. Mediate Imputation 205
Origin of the Doctrine in the French Church . — Held by Theolo- gians in other Churches. — Objections. — Theory of Propagation 214
§ 11. Preexistence 214
§ 12, Realistic Theory 216
President Edwards' Theory. — Proper Realistic Theory. — Objec- tions 219
% 13. Original Sin 227
Its Nature. — Proof of the Doctrine. — From the Universality of Sin. — From the entire Sinfulness of Man. — From the incor- rigible Nature of Sin. — From its early Manifestations. — Eva- sions of the foregoing Arguments. — Declarations of Scripture. — Argument from the necessity of Redemption. — From the necessity of Regeneration. — From Infant Baptism. — From the Universality of Death. — From the common Consent of Christians 249 Objections. — Men responsible only for Voluntary Acts. — Inron-
▼1 CONl'ENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.