INSPIRATION: THE INFALLIBLE TRUTH AND DIVINE AUTHORITY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. BY JAMES BANNERMAN, D.D. PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY, NEW COLLEGE, EDINBURGH. EDINBURGH: T. AND T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET. PREFACE. Ar a time like the present, when we are so frequently taught that the Bible cannot be believed in the same way that words spoken by God are to be believed, the following treatise, as an attempt to vindicate the ancient and catholic faith of the Church of Christ on the subject, can require no introduction or apology. The doctrine of the infallibility of the one record which we have of a supernatural revelation from Heaven, is so vitally connected with the grounds of a Christian's faith, and affects, in a manner so fundamental, the certainty of all that we believe and hope in reference to God, that the importance of it can hardly be over-estimated, viewed whether in its theological or practical bearings. Beyond even its strictly doctrinal and religious aspects, the controversy about the inspiration of the Bible opens up the inquiry as to whether or not we have any objective standard of truth for man, apart from the revelation or the inspiration proper to his own rational and spiritual nature; and this, in turn, leads directly to the questions both of the supernatural character and of the historical veracity of the Scripture volume. The extent to which doubts as to the infallibility of the Bible mingle with the discussions, and underlie the controversies, both religious and scientific, of the present day, is due not altogether either to the alleged incredibility of the b |