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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.
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550 and the whole of 550 ) with quotations from the
writings of the apostles, to substantiate the doctrine of the
atonement, beginning with Rom, iii. 24, already quoted by
me ; but as those teachers merely illustrated the sayings
of their gracious .Master, their writings must be under-
stood with reference only to what had been taught by
him. I will, therefore, not prolong the present subject of
discussion by examining those passages separately, espe-
cially as I have already noticed some of them in the
course of the examination of the Psalms and Prophets.
Being desirous to shew that my interpretation of these
is fully supported by scriptural authorities, I will only
refer to a few texts explanatory of the terms sacrifice,
ransom, offering, and the taking away the sins of the
world, as ascribed to Jesus. Rom. v. 10 ; Heb. ii. 17;
Eph. v. 2; Heb. v. 1, viii. 3, ix. 14, 23, 26; Tit.ii.
12—14; Heb xiii. 12; Rev. i. 5; Eph i. 7 ; Luke i. 77;
Matt. xx. 28; Mark x. 45 ; i Tim. ii. 6.
Now I beg that my reader will be pleased to determine
whether it would be more consistent with the context,
and with the benevolent spirit of the Christian dispensa-
tion, to understand such words literally, and thus found
the salvation attainable by Christianity, upon flesh and
blood, human or divine; or whether it would not rather
be thoroughly reasonable and scriptural, as well as
consistent with the religion of Jesus, to take them in a
spiritual sense as explained by the apostles themselves.
As the Editor's illustrative remarks upon the atone-
ment (pages 552 and 553) rest entirely on the argu-
ments previously adduced I will leave them unnoticed,
having already examined those in the preceding chapters,
except only his queries, "What shall we say to his impug-
63
550 and the whole of 550 ) with quotations from the
writings of the apostles, to substantiate the doctrine of the
atonement, beginning with Rom, iii. 24, already quoted by
me ; but as those teachers merely illustrated the sayings
of their gracious .Master, their writings must be under-
stood with reference only to what had been taught by
him. I will, therefore, not prolong the present subject of
discussion by examining those passages separately, espe-
cially as I have already noticed some of them in the
course of the examination of the Psalms and Prophets.
Being desirous to shew that my interpretation of these
is fully supported by scriptural authorities, I will only
refer to a few texts explanatory of the terms sacrifice,
ransom, offering, and the taking away the sins of the
world, as ascribed to Jesus. Rom. v. 10 ; Heb. ii. 17;
Eph. v. 2; Heb. v. 1, viii. 3, ix. 14, 23, 26; Tit.ii.
12—14; Heb xiii. 12; Rev. i. 5; Eph i. 7 ; Luke i. 77;
Matt. xx. 28; Mark x. 45 ; i Tim. ii. 6.
Now I beg that my reader will be pleased to determine
whether it would be more consistent with the context,
and with the benevolent spirit of the Christian dispensa-
tion, to understand such words literally, and thus found
the salvation attainable by Christianity, upon flesh and
blood, human or divine; or whether it would not rather
be thoroughly reasonable and scriptural, as well as
consistent with the religion of Jesus, to take them in a
spiritual sense as explained by the apostles themselves.
As the Editor's illustrative remarks upon the atone-
ment (pages 552 and 553) rest entirely on the argu-
ments previously adduced I will leave them unnoticed,
having already examined those in the preceding chapters,
except only his queries, "What shall we say to his impug-