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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.
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we must esteem it as a sign of Aaron's bearing the ini-
quities of Israel, both the scape-goat and Aaron having
alike borne the sins of others without sacrificing their
lives; but by no means can it be supposed a sign of
the atonement of Christ, who, according to the author,
bore the sins of men by the sacrifice of his own life,
and had therefore no resemblance to the scape-goat or
Aaron. Exodus xxviii. 38;—"And it shall be upon
Aaron's forehead that Aaron may bear the iniquity of
the holy things which the children of Israel shall hallow
in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his
forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord."
I wonder that the Rev. Editor himself notices here
that the iniquities of Israel were forgiven by confession
over the scape-goat, without animal or human victims
and yet represents the circumstance of the scafie-goa.t, as
a prediction of the sacrificial death of Christ, and insists
upon the forgiveness of sins being founded upon
the effusion of blood.
The Rev. Editor now begins with Psalm ii. 1, (p.
527,) stating that in Acts iv. the apostles lifted up
"their voices with one accord to God in the very words
of the Psalms," adding, verse 27, "For of a truth,
against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast
anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the
Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered
together." Secondly, he quotes Psalm xvi. 8 — ii,
comparing them with Acts ii. 25—27 ; 3rdly,
Psalm xxii. i, comparing it with Heb. ii. 10—12 ; 4thly,
Psalm xxxi. 5, while he repeats Psalm xl. 6—8, com-
paring them to Hebrews x. 4;* 5thly, Psalm xlv. 6, 7,
comparing them with Hebrews i. 8—12 ; 6thly, Psalm
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we must esteem it as a sign of Aaron's bearing the ini-
quities of Israel, both the scape-goat and Aaron having
alike borne the sins of others without sacrificing their
lives; but by no means can it be supposed a sign of
the atonement of Christ, who, according to the author,
bore the sins of men by the sacrifice of his own life,
and had therefore no resemblance to the scape-goat or
Aaron. Exodus xxviii. 38;—"And it shall be upon
Aaron's forehead that Aaron may bear the iniquity of
the holy things which the children of Israel shall hallow
in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his
forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord."
I wonder that the Rev. Editor himself notices here
that the iniquities of Israel were forgiven by confession
over the scape-goat, without animal or human victims
and yet represents the circumstance of the scafie-goa.t, as
a prediction of the sacrificial death of Christ, and insists
upon the forgiveness of sins being founded upon
the effusion of blood.
The Rev. Editor now begins with Psalm ii. 1, (p.
527,) stating that in Acts iv. the apostles lifted up
"their voices with one accord to God in the very words
of the Psalms," adding, verse 27, "For of a truth,
against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast
anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the
Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered
together." Secondly, he quotes Psalm xvi. 8 — ii,
comparing them with Acts ii. 25—27 ; 3rdly,
Psalm xxii. i, comparing it with Heb. ii. 10—12 ; 4thly,
Psalm xxxi. 5, while he repeats Psalm xl. 6—8, com-
paring them to Hebrews x. 4;* 5thly, Psalm xlv. 6, 7,
comparing them with Hebrews i. 8—12 ; 6thly, Psalm