OF THE LATE

REV. THOMAS SCOTT,

RECTOR OF ASTON SANDFORD, BUCKS:

EDITED

BY JOHN SCOTT, A.M.

VICAR OF NORTH FERRIBY, AND MINISTER OF ST. MARY's,

HULL.

VOL. II.

CONTAINING

ESSAYS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECTS IN RELIGION,

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR L. B. SEELEY AND SON, 169, FL EET-STREET.
NEW

CONTENTS.

Page

PREFACE to the Essays

3

Essay I. On the divine Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures 5

IJ. On the Importance of Revealed Truth; the Duty

of reading the Scriptures, and the Manner in

which they should be read

28

III. On the Scripture Character of God

45

IV. A brief Exposition of the Ten Commandments,

as comprising the Substance of the Moral

Law

62

V. On Man's Situation, as a Sinner, in this present

World ..

91

VI. On the Deity of Jesus Christ

108

VII. On the Doctrine of Christ's Deity shewn to be

essential to Christianity, and some Objections

to the Doctrine briefly answered

133

VIII. On the Nature and Design of the Mediatorial

Office, sustained by the Lord Jesus Christ 155

IX. On the Merits and Atonement of Christ

172

X. On the Exaltation of Christ, and his Appearance

in the Presence of God in our behalf

192

XI. On Justification

211

XII. On Regeneration

234

XIII. On the Personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit;

with some Thoughts on the Doctrine of the

Sacred Trinity

254

XIV. On the Gifts and Influences of the Holy Spirit 273

XV. On the Uses of the Moral Law, in subserviency

to the Gospel of Christ

293

XVI. On the Believer's Warfare and Experience 311