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tfci Stiti of God lived a life of . obscutiiy dxid poVferly , of ttiiistant hardship and manifold dffiifction i that cotiviticfed of thfe hecesstty and irh ^ brt dnce of hol iness , which the Son of Qod fcdritittued to pr&ach and practise , notwithstanding all he
suffered for thfe fidelity and zeal of his obedience ; that overcome bV so tender a deihonstration of the lovfe of God to men , as that he Spared hot his beloved Son in the service of their souls , but gavfe him tip to v&riou ^ long and seveire distresses , to the most shameful ifftidminies . arid the most paiiiful agonies ; that throti ^ ii
the power bf siich pririciplfcs flowing in full force fro tri the consideration of his sufferings and his patience , we might beconife tfee righteousness of God . We might become ; noty be made ; this is not the serisfe of th 6 brigihal ejtpr € ssioii . Christ was made siix , in the sense already explaiiifed , by the appointment of Gofd by the deed of Provideiice > which exposed liini to all the consequences of the evil
f } a § siohs of mankind , atid employed them as his ministers , to accoiriplish his grfeaet designs . It was without any act or will of his own , that Jesus was made sin ; but it is not possible ^ , pr operly speaking , thai aity Jiian should tlius be made righteoiis ; for it i § of tfe very essence of rigKtedu $ n £ ss that the sentiimehts and conduct in v ^ hich ii lies , be intentibnal and voluntary . As ha man catn , ih iM strict and proper meaning of the tehns be made a sinner without the ihtervention of Ms owii will , so
with-6 tit this , no than can be made righteous . It is not in tnfe poWer of any beiftg in tlie universe , however great his excellence ^ tai transfer any pbrtiott of his own ri g hteousness ; he cannot give his good character , his good conscience ^ and his good deserving to another . Kigfttebusttess in its own nature is personal ^ nd incommunicable . Btit , though tio tnan catn m&ke us righteous ,
though we ( fiaft be made such only by ourselves ^ yet m eans may be applied arid tfiotiv ^ suggested to tp gage us in exerting tfiose laudable volitions , in which all worthiness of character consists . In our endeavours to attain arid cultivate those habits of virtue which constitute true holiness ^ we may be aided and prospered by the favour of Ood and the dispensations of his providence , strengthening us vt ? ith strength in our souls ; instructing us
dearly and completely in the nature of true holiness , and in the means by which it may be acquired ; imparting to us thes £ means more Kberally , and proposing t 6 us more numerous or more cogent motives to apply them to oufoWn fatther improvement ,: This is what i ^ done for us in the gospel dispensation , which is * called the grace of God , and of such a nature are the benefits * that are derived to us from the sufferings of Chti ^ t . lit that "
u was made sin for us , who knew no jSio / ' w £ dre f ully instructed in the extent of our obligations , and are furuishea with
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Explanation of Christ ' s being made Sin * 139
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 139, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/27/
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