Publisher's Synopsis
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. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... the ivorld to come, whereof we speak. But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man," &c. There are two principal points to be considered in this passage. First, we find mention made of a world which, relatively to the present dispensation, is "the world to come;" and secondly, the entire sovereignty of this world is claimed for man. A fuller expansion of this subject in its detail, and its immediate relation to the Person of the Son of God, will follow presently. Let our first endeavour be to settle by clear scriptural testimony, the true force of the expression, "world to come." The first thing to be noticed in such an inquiry is the obvious fact that the sphere and substance of this promised dominion, so far as it is specified by the above-mentioned expression, are neither heaven, nor heavenly things. The descriptive quotation from Ps. viii. might alone suffice to establish this; for it is of earth, and earthly things, that that Psalm speaks, -f-But a somewhat fuller examination of scriptural evidence upon this point appears desirable, that the subject may be set in a still clearer light. Let us then remember that the point to be established is, not only that what is here spoken of is the existing habitable earth, but that it is the same earth in a future dispensation--the world to come. + When the Son of Man endured in the wilderness + Characteristically, that is, and in its primary meaning. We shall see hereafter how the language of that Psalm is extended in its interpretation so as to comprise within its terms the whole dominion of the reigning Christ. I The word oixovfAsm occurs in the New Testament sixteen times. Neither in Scripture, nor anywhere else, does it ever the temptation of the devil, one of the fruitless...
