CHAPTER IX: THEORIES OF THE ATONEMENT.
FOR WHOM DID CHRIST DIE?
§ 1. State of the Question 544
§ 2. Proof of the Augustinian Doctrine 546
1. From the Nature of the Covenant of Redemption. -- 2. Election. -- 3. Express Declaration of the Scriptures. -- 4. From the Special Love of God. -- 5. From the Believer's Union with Christ. -- 6. From the Intercession of Christ. -- 7. Church Doctrine embraces all the Facts of the Case 553
Objections. -- From the Universal Offer of the Gospel. -- From certain
Passages of Scripture
558
THEORIES OF THE ATONEMENT.
§ 1. The Orthodox View 563
§ 2. Doctrine of some of the Early Fathers 564
§ 3. Moral Theory 566
Objections to that Theory
571
§ 4. Governmental Theory 573
Remonstrant Doctrine
575
Supernaturalists
576
Objections to Governmental Theory 578
§ 5. Mystical Theory 581
Early Mystics. -- Mystics of the Time of the Reformation. -- Osiander. -- Schwenkfeld. -- Oetinger. -- The Modern Views 58S § 6. Concluding Remarks 589
