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FROM

GERMAN LITERATURE.

Bela Bates BY Edevanditovci

B. B. EDWARDS AND E. A. PARK,

PROFESSORS, THEOL, SEM. ANDOVER.

ANDOVER:
PUBLISHED BY GOULD, NEWMAN AND SAXTON,

NEW YORK :
CORNER OF PULTON AND NASSAU STS.

1839.

DIVINITY

LIBRARY

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839,

BY GOULD, NEWMAN & SAXTON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts,

CONTENTS.

Page.

INTRODUCTION, BY THE TRANSLATORS,

1-27

Tae LIFE, CHARACTER AND STYLE OF THE APOSTLE Paul. By Prof.

Tholuck.-P.

31-72

Chap. I. Early Life of the Apostle,

31

II, Same Subject continued,

36

III, Character of the Apostle,

44

IV. Style of the Apostle, .

51

Supplement by the Translator,

58

Notes by the Translator,

62

THE TRAGICAL QUALITY IN THE FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONA-

THAN. By Prof. Frederic Köster.-E. .

75-82

Note by the Translator,

82

THE GIFTS OF PROPHECY AND OF SPEAKING WITH TONGUES IN THE

PRIMITIVE Church. By Dr. L. J. Ruckert.-E.

85–112

Prefatory Note by the Translator,

85

Introductory Remark,

88

Prophecy, ·

89

Speaking with Tongues,

90

Two Preliminary Considerations,

91

Meaning of the Gift of Tongues,

93

Notices in the Acts of the Apostles,

99

Various Hypotheses,

100

Objections against the Theory of Tongues,

102

View of the Passage in 1 Corinthians,

106

Conclusion,

110

Note by the Translator,

111

SERMONS BY PROF. THOLUCK.-P.

115–198

Sermon I. The Relation of Christians to the Law,

115

Il, Gentleness of Christ,

125

III. Fruitless Resolutions,

134

IV. Earnest of Eternal Life,

143

V. The Penitent Thief,

154

VI. The Presence of God with his Children,

161

Notes by the Translator,

. 170

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