CONNECTED WITH

THE BIBLE:

BEING

THE BOYLE LECTURES FOR 1871,

PREACHED IN HER MAJESTY'S CHAPEL AT WHITEHALL.

First Series-

BY

JAMES AUGUSTUS HESSEY, D.C.L.,

PREACHER TO THE HON. SOCIETY OF GRAY'S INN, PREBENDARY OF
ST. PAUL S, AND EXAMINING CHAPLAIN TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON;
LATE HEAD MASTER OF MERCHANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL.

[FOURTH THOUSAND}

LONDON:

CHRISTIAN EVIDENCE COMMITTEE OF THE
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE;

SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORIES:

77, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS;
4, ROYAL EXCHANGE; 48, PICCADILLY;

AND BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1871

H. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL.

TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND RIGHT REVEREND

JOHN,

LORD BISHOP OF LONDON,

WITH

THE AUTHOR'S AFFECTIONATE REGARDS.

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.-1 SAMUEL Xvii. 28, 29.

(Delivered April 30, 1871.)

General statement of the varieties of Unbelief.-The me-

thods in which it may be combated.-What method is

here pursued, and why.-Limitation of the present

course to Moral Difficulties connected with the Bible.

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LECTURE II.-HEBREWS xi. part of vv. 32, 38.

(Delivered May 7, 1871.)

Question discussed :-Are all the acts of persons summoned

by the Almighty to special missions to be defended as

righteous in His sight?

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LECTURE III. -2 PETER ii. 4, 6-9.

(Delivered May 14, 1871.)

Question discussed :-Does a general commendation of per-

sons as just or righteous imply approval on the part of

the Almighty of every particular act of such persons?

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