III. How to account for the success of our Lord’s ‘ Plan’—

1. Not by reference to the growth of other Religions : ky 2. Not by the ‘causes ’ assigned by Gibbon ne ey 3. Not by the hypothesis of a favourable crisis. 138 which ignores the hostility both ofa. Judaism 139 and 8. Paganism [41 But only by the belief in, and truth of Christ’s Divinity 147
LECTURE IV.
OUR LORD’S DIVINITY AS WITNESSED BY HIS CONSCIOUSNESS.
St. John x. 33. The ‘Christ of history ’ none other than the ‘Christ of dogma’ . Ἶ : : ὃ ; ; ; 164
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XXXVI Analysis of the Lectures.
A. The Miracles of the Gospel History—
Their bearing upon the question of Christ’s Person . Christ’s Moral Perfection bound up with their reality
B. Our Lord’s Self-assertion . : : 3