CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE PREPARATION OF THE APOSTLES, AND THE CIRCLE OF THEIR SECTION I. The Apostles' Teaching on the Atonement based on that of the Lord SECTION II. General View of the Apostles' Testimony to the Atonement, SECTION III. The Apostles' Exposition of the Sacrifices and Temple Services, as Sym- SECTION IV. The Apostles' References to Prophecy on the Subject of the Atonement, 53 SECTION V. The Testimony to the Atonement in the Acts of the Apostles, The Apostolic Epistles, SECTION VI. 82 100 CHAPTER II. THE TESTIMONY TO THE ATONEMENT IN THE PAULINE EPISTLES, 106 SECTION VII. The Epistles of Paul on the Righteousness of God, 106 1 1 9 The Testimony in the First Epistle to the Corinthians, . 185 THE TESTIMONY TO THE ATONEMENT CONTAINED IN THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS, SECTION XIX. The Epistle to the Hebrews, 332 332 APOSTLES' SAYINGS ON THE ATONEMENT. CHAPTER I. THE PREPARATION OF THE APOSTLES, AND THE CIRCLE OF THEIR TESTIMONY. SEC. I. THE APOSTLES' TEACHING ON THE ATONEMENT BASED ON THAT OF THE LORD JESUS. N the previous volume I examined fully the doctrine of IN the atonement as taught by Christ Himself. I recalled the several scenes in which the Christ of God uttered from His own consciousness the absolute truth as to the scope, nature, and fruits of His vicarious death. I traced in what terms, pursuant to the suretyship which He had undertaken, He gave expression in different connections to the dedication and obedience of His life. How ample His teaching is on this particular theme, when it is all collected and classified, we had occasion to survey. We took a list of His sayings in their number, variety, and fulness, and saw that every benefit connected with His atonement was referred to by the Lord Himself; nay, certain aspects of the atonement, and especially those which relate to its divine side, or exhibit it as redounding to the glory of God, are with more simplicity and comprehensiveness portrayed by the Lord Himself than by any other speaker in any other portion of Scripture. In the present volume I purpose to exhibit the doctrine of the atonement as taught by the apostles. This is necessary, A |