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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.
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life of the world, and to lay down his life for his sheep
—and his discourse with them, 'This is my body,
which is broken for you ;' 'This is my blood of the
New Testament, which is shed for many for the remis-
sion of sins :' 'Thus it is written, and thus it behoved
Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third
day.'" As the Reverend Editor quoted some of these
verses in his former Review, I noticed them
in the Second Appeal. Entirely overlooking my
observations, however, he has thought proper to
repeat them here, with some additions. This is indeed
a strange mode of conducting a controversy ; but it
lays me under the necessity of again adducing my
remarks in the Second Appeal on those passages.
They are as follows :—-"Do these passages reasonably
convey anything more than the idea that Jesus wras
invested with a divine commission to deliver instruc-
tions leading to eternal beatitude, which, whosoever
should receive, should live forever ? And that the
Saviour, foreseeing that the imparting of those instruc-
tions would, by exciting the anger and enmity of the
superstitious Jews, cause his life to be destroyed, yet
hesitated not to persevere in their promulgation ; as
if a king, who hazards his life to procure freedom and
peace for his subjects, were to address himself to them
saying, T lay down my life for you.' This interpreta-
tion is fully confirmed by the following passages.
Luke iv. 43 : 'And he said unto them, I must preach
the kingdom of God to other cities also ; for there-
fore am I sent.' Ch. ii. 47—49 : 'And all that heard
him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
And when they (his parents) saw him, they were
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life of the world, and to lay down his life for his sheep
—and his discourse with them, 'This is my body,
which is broken for you ;' 'This is my blood of the
New Testament, which is shed for many for the remis-
sion of sins :' 'Thus it is written, and thus it behoved
Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third
day.'" As the Reverend Editor quoted some of these
verses in his former Review, I noticed them
in the Second Appeal. Entirely overlooking my
observations, however, he has thought proper to
repeat them here, with some additions. This is indeed
a strange mode of conducting a controversy ; but it
lays me under the necessity of again adducing my
remarks in the Second Appeal on those passages.
They are as follows :—-"Do these passages reasonably
convey anything more than the idea that Jesus wras
invested with a divine commission to deliver instruc-
tions leading to eternal beatitude, which, whosoever
should receive, should live forever ? And that the
Saviour, foreseeing that the imparting of those instruc-
tions would, by exciting the anger and enmity of the
superstitious Jews, cause his life to be destroyed, yet
hesitated not to persevere in their promulgation ; as
if a king, who hazards his life to procure freedom and
peace for his subjects, were to address himself to them
saying, T lay down my life for you.' This interpreta-
tion is fully confirmed by the following passages.
Luke iv. 43 : 'And he said unto them, I must preach
the kingdom of God to other cities also ; for there-
fore am I sent.' Ch. ii. 47—49 : 'And all that heard
him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
And when they (his parents) saw him, they were