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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC
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thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also."
Vers. 43—45. " Ye have heard that it hath been said}
Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy ;
but I siy unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for
them that despitefully use you, and persecute you : that
ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven :
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good
and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." Now
I hope I may be justified in expressing my belief, (though
it varies from the declaration made by the Editor,) that
no »««fer honour can be justly given to any teacher of
the will of God, than what is due to the author of the
doctrines just quoted, which, with a power no less than
standing miracles could produce, carry with them proofs
of their divine origin to the conviction of the high and
low, the learned and unlearned.
The Editor, in page 101, lays much stress on circum-
stances, the very minuteness of which, he thinks, " serves
to enhance their value as testimonies." He alludes to
the epithet " Lamb of God " having been twice applied
to Jesus by John the Baptist, two of whose disciples wTere
thereby induced to become followers of Jesus. This is
considered by the Editor as implying an admission on
the part ot Christ, that as a lamb, particularly the Pascha-
Lamb, was used in sacrifice as an atonement, Sorbins, he
also came into the world to sacrifice his life as an atone-
ment for sin. We find, however, the term " lamb," as
well as " sheep" applied in other places, where no allu-
sion to the sacrificial lamb can be well imagined, and from
which we infer that these were epithets generally applied
to innocence subjected to persecution ; a meaning which
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thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also."
Vers. 43—45. " Ye have heard that it hath been said}
Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy ;
but I siy unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for
them that despitefully use you, and persecute you : that
ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven :
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good
and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." Now
I hope I may be justified in expressing my belief, (though
it varies from the declaration made by the Editor,) that
no »««fer honour can be justly given to any teacher of
the will of God, than what is due to the author of the
doctrines just quoted, which, with a power no less than
standing miracles could produce, carry with them proofs
of their divine origin to the conviction of the high and
low, the learned and unlearned.
The Editor, in page 101, lays much stress on circum-
stances, the very minuteness of which, he thinks, " serves
to enhance their value as testimonies." He alludes to
the epithet " Lamb of God " having been twice applied
to Jesus by John the Baptist, two of whose disciples wTere
thereby induced to become followers of Jesus. This is
considered by the Editor as implying an admission on
the part ot Christ, that as a lamb, particularly the Pascha-
Lamb, was used in sacrifice as an atonement, Sorbins, he
also came into the world to sacrifice his life as an atone-
ment for sin. We find, however, the term " lamb," as
well as " sheep" applied in other places, where no allu-
sion to the sacrificial lamb can be well imagined, and from
which we infer that these were epithets generally applied
to innocence subjected to persecution ; a meaning which