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Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation: A Book for the Times (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. A Nineteenth-Century Apologetic on Revelation, Atonement, and SalvationBy James B. Walker

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Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation: A Book for the Times is a nineteenth-century work of Christian apologetics that seeks to demonstrate the rational coherence and moral necessity of the biblical scheme of redemption. Moving from human conscience and religious history to revelation, atonement, and spiritual renewal, Walker writes in a didactic, orderly prose shaped by Protestant moral philosophy. Its style belongs to an age when theology, common-sense reasoning, and public instruction were closely allied. James B. Walker, an American clergyman and religious writer, addressed readers unsettled by skepticism, sectarian controversy, and rapid social change. His concern was not merely to defend doctrine but to show that Christianity answers the deepest conditions of human nature: guilt, moral weakness, and the longing for reconciliation with God. The book reflects a pastoral intellect intent on making evangelical faith intellectually persuasive. This volume is recommended to readers interested in historical theology, apologetics, and the religious imagination of the nineteenth century. Though its arguments bear the marks of its era, its central ambition remains compelling: to present salvation as a divinely ordered remedy for the human predicament. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.

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1Introduction

2PREFACE.

3I. OCCASION OF THE WORK.

4II. REASONS FOR PRESENTING THE WORK TO THE PUBLIC.

5CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. MAN WILL WORSHIP—HE WILL BECOME ASSIMILATED TO THE CHARACTER OF THE OBJECT THAT HE WORSHIPS—CHARACTER OF HEATHEN DEITIES DEFECTIVE AND UNHOLY—FROM THIS CORRUPTING WORSHIP MAN HAS NO POWER TO EXTRICATE HIMSELF.

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6THE FIRST FACT STATED.

7THE SECOND FACT STATED.

8THE THIRD FACT IS STATED.

9CHAPTER II. THE DESIGN AND NECESSITY OF THE BONDAGE IN EGYPT.

10CHAPTER III. CONCERNING MIRACLES—PARTICULARLY THE MIRACLES WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE DELIVERANCE OF THE ISRAELITES FROM BONDAGE IN EGYPT.

11CHAPTER IV. WHAT WAS NECESSARY AS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS OF REVELATION.

12CHAPTER V. THE NECESSITY OF AFFECTIONATE OBEDIENCE TO GOD; AND THE MANNER OF PRODUCING THAT OBEDIENCE IN THE HEARTS OF THE ISRAELITES.

13CHAPTER VI. THE DESIGN AND NECESSITY OF THE MORAL LAW.

14CHAPTER VII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF HOLINESS AND ITS TRANSFER TO JEHOVAH AS AN ATTRIBUTE.

15CHAPTER VIII. THE ORIGIN OF THE IDEAS OF JUSTICE AND MERCY, AND THEIR TRANSFER TO THE CHARACTER OF JEHOVAH.

16CHAPTER IX. THE TRANSITION FROM THE MATERIAL SYSTEM, BY WHICH RELIGIOUS IDEAS WERE CONVEYED THROUGH THE SENSES, TO THE SPIRITUAL SYSTEM, IN WHICH ABSTRACT IDEAS WERE CONVEYED BY WORDS AND PARABLES.

17CHAPTER X. THE MEDIUM OF CONVEYING TO MEN PERFECT INSTRUCTION IN DOCTRINE AND DUTY.

18CHAPTER XI. SOME OF THE PECULIAR PROOFS OF THE MESSIAHSHIP OF CHRIST.

19CHAPTER XII. THE CONDITION IN LIFE WHICH IT WAS NECESSARY THE MESSIAH SHOULD ASSUME IN ORDER TO BENEFIT THE HUMAN FAMILY IN THE GREATEST DEGREE, BY HIS EXAMPLE AND INSTRUCTIONS.

20CHAPTER XIII. THE ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES WHICH MUST, ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF THINGS, LIE AT THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTRUCTION OF CHRIST.

21CHAPTER XIV. FAITH, THE EXERCISE THROUGH WHICH TRUTH REACHES AND AFFECTS THE SOUL.

22CHAPTER XV. THE MANIFESTATIONS OF GOD WHICH WOULD BE NECESSARY, UNDER THE NEW AND SPIRITUAL DISPENSATION, TO PRODUCE IN THE SOUL OF MAN AFFECTIONATE OBEDIENCE.

231. The testimony of Jesus that it was necessary man should feel the want, in order to exercise the love.

242. The testimony of the Scriptures that God did thus manifest himself as suffering and making self-denials for the spiritual good of men.

253. The atonement of Christ produces the necessary effect upon the human soul, in restoring it to affectionate obedience, which neither philosophy, law, nor perceptive truth could accomplish.

264. Analogy between the moral and physical laws of the universe.

275. Illustrations from nature and the Scriptures.

286. The preceding views established by reductio ad absurdum.

29CHAPTER XVI. THE INFLUENCE OF FAITH IN CHRIST UPON THE MORAL DISPOSITION AND MORAL POWERS OF THE SOUL.

30CHAPTER XVII. THE DESIGN AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MEANS OF GRACE.

311.—PRAYER.

322.—PRAISE.

333.—PREACHING.

34CHAPTER XVIII. THE AGENCY OF GOD IN CARRYING ON THE WORK OF REDEMPTION, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THAT AGENCY IS EXERTED.

35CHAPTER XIX. CONCERNING THE PRACTICAL EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM.

36CONCLUSION.

37Memorable Quotes