XX. Another moral proof that man is not such as he ought to be; he is
not such as he was created by God,.................................
XXI. Vanity and want of reflection connatural to man,
XXII. Conclusion from the above,....
XXIII. Man is out of his true and natural state,....................
XXIV. Continuation of the same reflection,.........
XXV. The conclusion is, that man is out of his true and natural state,....
XXVI. Man, even if he wished, cannot return to his true and natural state, 84
XXVII. What has brought this great evil on mankind, •
XXVIII. General objection against the above dissertation, derived from the
possibility of the state of pure nature,................
XXIX. Original Sin irrefragably demonstrated from revelation and the Sa-
cred Volumes of both the old and new dispensation,..............................
XXX. Original Sin evinced from the authority and uniform consent of the
holy Fathers and other ecclesiastical writers of the primitive ages of
the Church,
XXXI. The same proved by the authority of the Councils of the four first
ages of the Church,........................
XXXII. The same proved by the universality of the death of Christ for all
men,
XXXIII. The same invincibly demonstrated, 1st, from the nature of bap-
tism; 2dly, from the necessity of baptism; 3dly, from the ceremonies
of baptism,.
XXXIV. Unitarian objections answered, and the strange process of the
Unitarians in opposing their pretended superior reason to the over-
whelming weight of the past ages and all christendom proved to be
illegal, unphilosophical, such, in fine, as would be hooted out of any
court of human judicature,
XXXV. The christian cause against the Unitarians, proved to be sup-
ported by the most authentic and indisputable titles, the Scrip-
tures; the true and genuine meaning of these titles attested by the
most unexceptionable witnesses, the primitive Fathers of the Church ;
by the decisions of the most respectable tribunals; the venerable
Ecomenic Councils: and, in fine, by a peaceful and undisturbed
prescription of eighteen hundred years, which prescription is evinced
by the uniform and constant belief and practice of the whole Chris-
tian world; from which christians logically conclude, that the mean-
ing in which the Christian world has hitherto taken the Scriptures,
is the only true, the only divine meaning, the only meaning intended
by the Holy Ghost-and, that of course the Unitarian novelties are
both anti-philosophical, and anti-scriptural,
XXXVI. Another objection, the answer of which goes to show, that original
sin in the descendants of Adam, is so far from being repugnant to the
Justice or goodness of God, that it rather, when viewed in connection
with the gracious designs of the Most High on fallen man, gave occa-
sion, especially in the mysteries of the incarnation and redemption of
mankind, to the most splendid display of all the divine attributes,.. 124
XXXVII. Division of the whole dissertation on the Trinity,
XXXVIII. A Sketch of the chief errors that have been broached since the
beginning of Christianity, against the mystery of the Blessed Tri-
nity,
XXXIX. The Mystery of the Blessed Trinity infinitely surpasses all created
understanding,.......
XL. The production or the creation of the universe out of nothing, in time
furnishes us with some kind of proof of the existence of another
hidden and eternal production, out of the very nature of God, from
all eternity,
XLI. The plurality of persons in the supreme unity of God,
XLII. Recapitulation of what has been discussed in this chapter,
XLIII. The Mystery of the Blessed Trinity established by plain Scriptural
evidence,
XLIV. The same proved from the authority of the councils of the primitive
Church,
XLVI. The same established by the constant and perpetual tradition of
the Church,
XLVII. Unitarian objections answered,
XLVIII. The constant and uniform belief of the Blessed Trinity evinced
from the Symbol of the Apostles, the Nicene creed, and the creed
that goes under the name of St. Athanasius,
XLIX. Extract from Bossuet's meditations on this truth-God, Father and
Son,
L. The Holy Ghost is proved from the Scriptures to be the true God, and
therefore consubstantial with the Father, and with the Son,........ 196
LI. Second proof from the Greek and Latin primitive fathers of the Church, 199
LII. Third proof from the councils of the Church,.
LIII. Last proof from the argument of prescription,..
LIV. Objections against the dogma of the divinity of the Holy Ghost, an-
LV. Extract from Bossuet's meditations on the divinity of the Holy Ghost, 215
CLIV. Preface, which on the one side sets forth the baneful tendency of
Unitarianism, by denying the godhead of Jesus Christ, and on the
other, the futility of their ungodly attempts against this fundamental
dogma of Christianity,..........
CLV. On the Personal greatness, or on the Perfections of Jesus Christ,.... 225
CLVI. Wisdom of Jesus Christ in his doctrine, in his maxims, in his para-
bles, in his answers and replies, in his exhortations, in the divine
manner of delivering them,
CLXIV. Sanctity of Jesus Christ,.
CLXXI. Jesus Christ is the only man that has united all extremes of oppo-
CLXXX. On the beauty, excellency, and sanctity of the law of Jesus Christ, 240
CLXXXII. The law of God must be worthy of God, proportionate to the
nature, to the end, and to the state of man, and of course, it must
consist in loving God as God, in loving himself as a rational being,
and his fellow-men as himself, and such is the law of Jesus Christ,... 249
CLXXXIII. Characteristics of the love of God according to the law of Jesus
CLXXXVIII. Characteristics of what man owes to himself conformably to
CXCIV. Characteristics of the love which man owes to his fellow-crea-
tures, according to the law of Jesus Christ,.......
CXCVIII. Developement of the means which Jesus Christ has pointed out
to men to preserve and to perfect in themselves the three kinds of
love, which his holy law prescribes,.......
CXCIX. Precepts of Jesus Christ respecting Pride,...................
CC. Precepts of Jesus Christ concerning Sensuality,.........
CCI. Precepts of Jesus Christ with regard to Covetousness,.
CCII. Counsels of Jesus Christ,.........
CCIII. Wisdom of the Counsels of Jesus Christ,..
CCIV. Reflections on the legislation, or the moral law, of Jesus Christ,.... 279
CCV. Extract from the Universal History of B. Bossuet on the Personal
character of Jesus Christ, and the Mysteries of the adorable Trinity
and the Incarnation,...............
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