THE

PROSE WORKS

OF

JOHN MILTON.

VOLUME IV.

CONTAINING THE FIRST BOOK OF

A TREATISE ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE,

COMPILED FROM THE HOLY SCRIPTURES ALONE.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL

BY

CHARLES R. SUMNER, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER.

New Edition, Revised and Currected.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

1883.

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CHAP. I. Of the Christian Doctrine, and the several parts thereof;

namely Faith, or the Knowledge of God: and Love, or the

Worship of God

CHAP. II.-Of God; his Names and Attributes

13

CHAP. III-Of the Divine Decrees; General and Special

30

CHAP. VII. Of the Creation of the World, and of all things visible

and invisible

169

CHAP. VIII. Of the Providence of God, or of his General Govern-

ment of the Universe, ordinary and extraordinary

CHAP. IX. Of the Special Government of Angels, good and evil

CHAP. X. Of the Special Government of Man before the Fall; in-

cluding the Institutions of the Sabbath and of Marriage

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CHAP. XI. Of the Fall of our first Parents, and of Sin

253

CHAP. XII. Of the Punishment of Sin

263

CHAP. XIII. Of the Death of the Body

268

CHAP. XIV. Of Man's Restoration, wherein of Redemption; and

of Christ as Redeemer

284

CHAP, XV. Of the Office of the Mediator, and of his threefold

Functions as Prophet, Priest, and King

297

CHAP. XVI. Of the Administration and Objects of Redemption,

comprising the Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ

304