SCRIPTURAL ILLUSTRATION PURPOSE GF CIRISTS $XCARNATION HECLAR EW Befire the Creation ofthe First aldara age, after une Hones fo see tl aver the st and oer every by Ee Image of Cl eve MAN; YA DAYOAN OY 2m EeTAULISUED CUES. sbartsiet 9 ron THR AVTEAR BY , & CO., NEWGATE STREET, LONDON. eSTMND AY MTaTHEN ERS ALL INTRODUCTION. ‘I'm reader is here presented with a very singular work; being a Scriptural Illustration of the 26th and 27th verses of the First Chapter of Genesis, containing Jehovah's purpose of the Incarnation of God the Word made flesh, declared before the creation of the first Adam; to which the Vathers, in the early ages of the Church, have not assigned any definite ‘meanings and which, to this day, forms a portion of Scripture deemed” incomprehensible. Did singularity constitute the only cause for publication, even one line of this book ought INTRODUCTION. never to'have been written; but if the omnis- cience of Jehovah is duly estimated, and the object eternally designed by the Incarnation of the divine Word, or Son of God—resulting in the salvation of mankind by the sacrifice of Christ—is fully appreciated, agreeably to the entire volume of revelation, from the foundation of the world to the advent of Immanuel, God manifest in the flesh it will then be found, that the 26th and 27th verses of the first chapter of Genesis, do, in their comprehensive and com- pleted meaning, certainly infold the entire eon- tents of the that the very briaf, but most amazingly signifi- w and the Gospel; and as such, cant history of the creation of man, forming the subject of this small treatise, may justly be regarded as an epitome of all sacred writ. in, continuance, it may be observed, that notwithstanding those endless diversities of opinions which are entertained by different INTRODUCTION, ‘Trinitarian communities, yet in this wosk there will be found so entire an absence of all that asperity of fooling, the result of conflicting opinions—and of which infidels of our day avail themselves so largely, for the ultimate gratifica- tion of their sinister purposes—that even the openly avowed heretic may peruse and compare the views here advanced and advocated, without any actual eause of complaint. In the second place, attention to the work is earnestly invited, which certainly has a tendeney rather to allay than increase the schisma existing in the church of Christ, begause the writer believes that faith is more a matter for consi- ueration between the Creator and his creature Man, than our fathers, probably with the best intentions, seem to have been aware of. tn conclusion, comparison between the written word of God, and the arguments put forward INTRODUCTION. in every part of this treatise, cau alone be deemed of sufficient authority for the rejection or acceptation of the truths designed to be established, because the sacred text alone can be admitted as a competent authority for deci- sion; and to which, on all occasions, the reader ix vospectfully referred and recommended. ‘Tar Aurion. CONTENTS. PART THE FIRST. Gaar, Ie The Divine Propertics of Jehovah briefly spoken of, and the meaning of the words “ image and Lileners" in Gud and Man, entered upon. ee eed Cuap. IL ‘The Serpent deceiveth fve—Mun’s Fall—The Punishment of Maukind—Parndise lost. 2 2. 2 ee ee 1D ‘Cuar. ILL The meaning of the word « Image" used by Moses in hia arcount of the creation of the first man... SH Cuar. LV. * Reflectionson the Language of Jehovah before the Creation of Mam eee wD ‘Onan, ¥. ‘The close Affinity between the Language of Moses and that of Prophety. 2 te ee Guar. Vi. ‘Tha record which Jehovah gives to the Divinity of Christ ‘n heaven, together with the according witness to his Humanity on varth, in a part of 1 Jobu, v.—1, He that lovettiy God loveth his children, and keopeth his commandments —3, which to the faithful are light, and not grievous. — 9, Jesus is the Son of God, able to saveus. . . - 2 Guar, VI ‘The meaning of the word “Image,” as applied to Adam"and to Christ by Moses, in his account of the eveation of the first man, taken in reference to, and in conjunetion with fa port of Weh chap. of St. Paul's epistle to the Hobrews, and also with other parts of seripture . 6. 2. 76 CONTENTS, 7 Guar. VIL a ‘The natural Image of Christ conymecd With a part of the 19¢b ‘chapter of ,Zechariah,—1, ‘The Fonneain of Purgation for Jervailem,+2 From [dolatry, aud’ False Prophecy. —7, "Tre Benth of Christ, and the scattering of Lis Diseiples-- eo ee ee OO Caan. 1X. Short reflections on the agreement of some of the arguments put furwurd to prove that the word “image,” when used hy Moses, in Genesis i., related to the personal nature of Christand of Adame. ee ee ee wD ~Cuar. X. Observations on the Testimofy which Jehovah boa given to the divine and human natures of Jesus Christ, con- tained in a few of the very many yurts in the Saeed Weitings ee NP PART THE SECOND. Cuan. XL The meaning of the words Innage” and “Likeness” further emamined, and ‘aken in connexion with diferent parts of Sured Wit ee ee ee el Curae. XIb ‘Tne Judicial Charneter of Christ first displayed in his denun- ciation nf punishment against the Serpent, Adam, aud ve Confirmed hy sevoptiug the offering of Abel und rejecting that of Cwa—Geuealogies instituied, their primary object ~The Flood, and preservation of Nouh aud his family 175 Car, XL A Recapitulation of some of the Ieativg partienlers of this Work, given in a condensed form, as Introductory fo an Examination of the meaning of the word Iunnge” takeu in connexion with the birth of Christ. . 2. . 292 goehe, a ! Feu Bric LIBRARY 18. SCRIPTURAL ILLUSTRATION, CHAP. TL. of, and Properties of Jehovah God and ing at the words * Tnnage grid te ‘Tam history of the creation is the foundation of all religion, for without knowing his origin, man could have no jnst conception of his duty rest~ aya rational agent and a social being ing on any éther basis, ull human knowledge aud legislation must of necessity he ineflicient for the preservation of public order, and wholly. inadequate for man’s instenetion and govern- ment in the principles and practice of a holy life—and we know that without holinesg no man shall see the Lord. As the illustration of that small portion of the written word of God, with whieh Tam sbont to present the 8