Conybeare’s Lectures on Theology.
The Second Part consists o f a brief survey of Biblical Criticism and Hermaneutics, or the
interpretation of Scripture, on the basis of the Lectures and Translations of Bishop Marsh, and
the most approved authorities, English and foreign.
The Third, and largest Part, contains an examination of the doctrines which our Church
maintains as established on scriptural authority.
The Introductory Lecture of this Part contains an Essay on the Mysteriousness of certain
Christian Doctrines. Those doctrines are then developed, and the character of Christianity, as
a remedial dispensation, being laid down as thé foundation, the necessity of that remedy, arising
from the alienation of man’s moral condition, forms the first subject examined. The nature of
the remedial course proposed in the scheme of the Christian atonement, is next explained on its
scriptural authority; and an answer is attempted to the objections arising from a misconception
of this great doctrine.
In the two following Lectures, the scriptural evidence on which our Church holds herself
bound to confide in, and adore her Redeemer as her^Lord and her God, is comprehensively
detailed and examined; and the Personality and Influences of the Holy Spirit, are considered
in the concluding Lecture.
After each Part, Appendices are inserted, containing a more detailed examination of some of
the points indicated in the Lectures. Thus, in the Appendix to Part I. are Essays on the
Extension of the Evidences of Natural Theology, from merely physical provisions, to those
connected with human arts and human society; and a statement of the Rev. Mr. Blunts
argument from the undesigned coincidences traceable in the Gospel narratives.
The Appendix to the critical portion of these Lectures consists of a summary of the grammatical
principles of the oriental class of languages of the Old Testament, intended to facilitate
their acquisition to the Student. This is conducted on those principles of comparative philology,
so successfully cultivated by the best German scholars, and is therefore accompanied by an
Essay on the Connection of these Languages, and the general Relations of the various Dialects
of the Globe.
The Appendix to the Third Part contains only a short discussion on the notion that the
doctrine of a Trinity was entertained by Plato, and therefore (as its opponents would argue)
borrowed from that source. It is endeavoured, by a pretty full critical examination of the
passages on which this notion has been grounded, to show that it arises entirely from misconception.
“ We cannot conclude without thanking Mr.
Conybeare, for a Theological Manual he has just
published ; he has collected much valuable information
in a small compass, and his work will be
found of service to Biblical ■students.”—Christian
Observer.
tf We hail, with peculiar satisfaction, the appearance
of such a volume, because it will serve
to point out the way to a better method of instruction.”—
* * “ We are delighted with the very
shape and appearance of this modest little book.
A Course of Lectures on the Criticism, Interpretation,
and leading Doctrines of the Bible, brought
into the compass of a pocket volume, is- truly a
curiosity.”— * » * * “ I t is a work of no ordinary
merit, displaying profound learning in union with
sound orthodoxy, unaffected candour and liberality.”—
Eclectic Review.
“ A clear and concise view of the analogies of
natural and revealed religion, comprehending more,
in less compass, of physical science, general learning,
and original, cogent, and important arguments,
than, I believe, was ever before so compressed and
concentrated for the support of truth.”—Analogies
o f Organized Beings, by J. J. DUNCAN.
“ We are glad to see the waxing popularity of
this Volume, it speaks well for the public. Such
a work every man of any education should read,
for every .man may understand, and almost every
man can afford to obtain it.”—Gentleman’s Magazine.
“ The inaugural Address and critical Lectures of
the Rev. W. D. Conybeare, Delivered at the Bristol
College, as Manuals for Theological Students,
are beyond praise.”—Monthly Review.
L ondon SHERWOOD, GILBERT, & PIPER, P aternoster-R ow.
Now in course of Publication an entirely new and original Work, entitled
THE CYCLOPAEDIA
OF
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
E D IT E D BY R O B E R T B. TO D D , M.D.
I Professor o f Physiology and o f General and Morbid Anatomy in King's College, London, Physician to the I ^ ■ Western Dispensary and to the Royal Infirmary fo r Children, fyc. Sfc.
THE CYCLOPAEDIA of ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY
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I The able Editors have the merit of thus setting an
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I which are injurious to science, and of hastening the
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and the elegant manner in which its mechanical
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*< We have long felt the importance of the study
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much pleased to find the learned Editor, who is a
Professor of Human Anatomy, sparing so much
space to this interesting branch of science.
Sad indeed must the mind of that man be (we
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“ No diminution of energy, zeal, or talent is
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Profession, in consequence of the great attention
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sciences which are now really deserving of
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light on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Human
Body ” * * * * “ The execution shows that the
Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and P hysiology is no
hasty conception, and the complete success of the
Work may he foretold, from the excellence which
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Johnson’s Medico, Jan. 1836.
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