ESSAYS [SECOND SERIES] ON SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE WRITINGS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. BY RICHARD WHATELY, D.D. ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN; LATE PRINCIPAL OF ST. ALBAN'S HALL, OXFORD, AND FORMERLY FELLOW ἐν οἷς ἐστι δυσνόητά τινα, ἃ οἱ ἀμαθεῖς καὶ ἀστήρικτοι στρεβλοῦσι. 2 Pet. iii. 16. FIFTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. LONDON: B. FELLOWES, LUDGATE STREET. 1845. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. Page Connexion of the former series of Essays with the present, xxii § 1. Christian religion distinguished from Paganism and characterised, by its claim to truth as established § 2. Liability of Christians to act inconsistently with this characteristic, by not steadily following truth. . § 3. Necessity of self-examination as to this point, p. 16; |