THE TRIPARTITE NATURE OF MAN SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY APPLIED TO ILLUSTRATE AND EXPLAIN THE DOCTRINES OF BY REV. J. B. HEARD, M. A. FOURTH EDITION. EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK, GEORGE STREET. MDCCCLXXV. PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION. I HAVE little to add to this Edition, beyond the expression of thankfulness that this important subject is gradually attracting in this country the attention which it deserves. As it seems to me that the distinction between Psyche and Pneuma throws light on the subject of the Fatherhood of God, on which a discussion has arisen in Scotland since the First Edition of this work was published, I have added in an Appendix a few considerations which lead me to incline to Dr Crawford's view of the General Fatherhood of God, and to differ from Dr Candlish, who maintains the Particular or Adoptive theory of the Fatherhood of God. On this, as on many other cognate questions, Sir William Hamilton's dictum seems applicable, that "no question emerges in Theology which has not previously emerged in Philosophy." The Psychology of Scripture throws light on its Theology. |