LECTURES ON CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. BY GEORGE CHRISTIAN KNAPP, D.D. PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HALLE. TRANSLATED BY LEONARD WOODS, JUN. D.D. PRESIDENT OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, MAINE. SECOND AMERICAN EDITION, PHILADELPHIA: THOMAS WARDLE, 144 CHESTNUT STREET. STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON & CO. 1845. BT75 кь 57902 Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1845, by THOMAS WARDLE, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. PRINTED BY C. SHERMAN, 19 St. James Street. THE NATURE AND attributes OF GOD. 18. Introduction to the doctrine respecting the na- ture and attributes of God .. 50 .... 161 163 ARTICLE V. OF THE CREATION OF THE WORLD. 45. Of the meaning of the word "World," and of 46. What we mean when we speak of the creation of the world; the proof of a creation; the material from which it was made; with a sketch of the various opinions entertained 47. The doctrine and language of the Biblical writers respecting the creation in general, and how they are to be understood.. 48. The work of creation twofold; different classes of creatures; our knowledge of them; and of God in the creation of the world; the best world.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 49. Of the Mosaic account of the creation; its ob- |