Prolegomena. Idea of theology ; Material of theology ; Method of theology -- The existence of God. Origin of our idea of God's existence ; Corroborative evidences of God's existence ; Erroneous explanations, and conclusion -- The Scriptures a revelation from God. Preliminary considerations ; Positive proofs that the Scriptures are a divine revelation ; Inspiration of the Scriptures -- The nature, decrees, and works of God. The attributes of God ; Doctrine of the Trinity ; The decrees of God ; The works of God, or the execution of the decrees -- Anthropology, or the doctrine of man. Preliminary ; The original state of man ; Sin, or man's state of apostasy -- Soteriology, or the doctrine of salvation through the work of Christ and of the Holy Spirit. Christology, or the redemption wrought by Christ ; The reconciliation of man to God, or, the application of the redemption through the work of the Holy Spirit -- Ecclesiology, or the doctrine of the church. The constitution of the church, or church polity ; The ordinances of the church -- Eschatology, or the doctrine of final things.