THE MORAL TEACHING

OF THE

NEW TESTAMENT.

LONDON:

GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

THE

MORAL TEACHING

OF THE

NEW TESTAMENT

Viewed as ebidential to its Historical Truth.

ROTHE

BY THE

REV. C. A. ROW, M.A.

LATE HEAD MASTER OF THE ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL,

MANSFIELD;

AUTHOR OF "JESUS OF THE EVANGELISTS," "NATURE AND extent of
DIVINE INSPIRATION," ETC.

LONDON:

THE CHRISTIAN EVIDENCE COMMITTEE OF THE
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE;

SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORIES:

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AND BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1872.

101. c. 46.

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The responsibility of each writer extends to his own work only.

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CHAPTER I. (INTRODUCTION.)

THE distinction between the historical and moral proof

of the divine origin of Christianity

The advantages possessed by the moral proof

The moral elements in the Gospels inconsistent with

the theories of modern unbelievers

The assumption on which the argument is founded

The peculiar character of the contents of the New

Testament

The Gospels contain in addition to the history a de.

lineation of the greatest of characters

Also an elevated system of morality

A unity of conception underlies them.

Christianity is not only a moral revelation, but it

creates a great spiritual power in the person of

The unique character of this conception

The course of the argument,