THE

SAYINGS OF THE GREAT FORTY DAYS,

BETWEEN THE

RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION,

REGARDED AS THE OUTLINES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD,

IN

FIVE DISCOURSES:

WITH AN EXAMINATION

OF

MR. NEWMAN'S THEORY OF DEVELOPMENTS.

BY

GEORGE MOBERLY, D.C.L.

HEAD MASTER OF WINCHESTER COLLEGE.

Fratres, pro magno audiri solent verba novissima parentis ituri in sepulcrum,
et contemnuntur Domini verba novissima ascendentis in cœlum? Existimemus
Dominum nostrum testamentum scripsisse, et in testamento suo novissima verba
posuisse.-S. AUGUSTIN. Serm. cclxv. de Asc. Dom.

Ad dies quadraginta remoratus est, ut de eo ad præcepta vitalia instrui possent,
et discerent quæ docerent.-S. CYPRIAN. de Idol. Van.

FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

H. HOOKER, CORNER OF EIGHTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS.

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CONTENTS.

DISCOURSE I.

SAYINGS OF THE FORTY DAYS.

Christianity founded on the Crucifixion and Resurrection.-Yet

our Lord remained forty days on the earth,-1st, To give proof

of His resurrection.-2ndly, To speak "the things pertaining

to the Kingdom of God."-The teaching of the Gospels pros-

pective,-I. The moral teaching.-II. The Parables.—III. The

Discourses.-IV. The Acts.-V. The Miracles.-The teaching

of the forty days present, immediate, and conveying powers.-

This teaching contains the written charter of the Church.-

The relation of these sayings to other Scripture: 1. Earlier;

2. Later. Sayings of the great forty days.-Summary of the

Sayings. There were probably others: these alone are

written.

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DISCOURSE II.

THE ROYALTY, DELEGATION, AND PRESENCE.

I. The Royalty of Christ.-1. Given at the Resurrection.-2.
Predicted in the Old Testament.-3. Anticipated in the Gospels.
4. Recognized in the Epistles.-5. Twofold: i. Heavenly;
ii. Earthly.-II. The Delegation of the Church.-III. His

own perpetual Presence.-1. Predicted in the Old Testament:
i. Prophecies of a Temple; ii. The Temple itself a type; iii. A
Presence promised; iv. God dwelt in his spirit among the Jews;
v. Other predictions.-2. Anticipated in the Gospels.-3. Re-
cognized in the Epistles: i. In the structure of the Epistle to
the Romans; ii. Of the Epistle to the Colossians; iii. In many
separate passages.-IV. No touching till after the Ascension.
-1. Predicted in the Old Testament.-2. Anticipated in the
Gospels i. The touch of Faith: ii. The touch of Love; iii.
The touch of the Holy Eucharist.

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DISCOURSE III.

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THE COMMISSIONS.

Some of the Sayings acknowledge governors in the Church.—
V. The Baptismal Commission.-1. A commission to teach all
nations predicted in the Old Testament and anticipated in the
Gospels.-2. A commission to give all nations forgiveness of
sins with water, i. Predicted in the Old Testament; ii. Anti-
cipated in the Gospels; iii. Recognized in the later Scripture.
-Comment of S. Augustine on St. John, i. 32.—iii. A com-
mission to deliver the law of moral obedience.-Provision made
for the pardon of post-baptismal sin.-1. Access to the Father
in Christ.-2. Means of growth in grace.—VI. The Holy Ghost
to remit and retain sins.-1. Predicted in the Old Testament
and anticipated in the Gospels.-Recognized in the Epistles.-
VII. The Pastoral Commission.-1. Predicted in the Old
Testament.-2. Anticipated in the Gospels.-3. Recognized in
the Epistles.-4. Made to rest on love of Christ.-The Pas-
toral Commission not confined to St. Peter.-1. Because the
Apostles are equal in other Apostolic powers.-2. From the
commentary of the later Scriptures: i. As contained in the
account of the Council of Jerusalem; ii. as exhibited in the
complete Apostolic equality of St. Paul; iii. as shown in the
independence of the Apostolic Churches.-3. From the man-
ner in which the Gospels speak of the Apostles and the
Church.-4. How our Lord is to be understood in addressing
St. Peter only: i. The words contain no exclusion of others;