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In the judgment of Mr . K . the two last opinions are frfes from the objections to which the former is liable ; " yet they have still /* says he ^ *« one grand defect / ' that they do no % truly explain such language as that contained in the text , K § proposes accordingly , to shew what is meant there by < c
remission of sins /* and what connexion exists between tlie death of Christ and that effect . Though the common meaning of the wor < i cc sin" in the Scriptures is disobedience to a divine law , or moral guilt , it is
used , nevertheless , with considerable latitude , aqd has , in many instances , a different signification . It appears from several passages , that the Gentiles are called sinners both by Christ and his apostles . This appellation is opposed to that of sqintSy bestowe d upon the members of the commonwealth of Israel .
Christ , then , who died to establish the truth of the new covenant , which introduced Gentiles , the many , or the great body of mankind , into the state of privilege which the Jews before occupied , might justly say of himself , that he u shed his blood for many , for the remission of sins /* When he calls his blood " the blood of the new covenant /* he alludes to the language of Mbses ^ Exod . xxiv . 8 . and
insinuates that the same purpose would * be answered by shedding his blood , in regard to the new covenant , as was produced by the blood of the victim , in regard to the old , i . e . that one would be confirmed as well as the other had been , Mr . K ? shews at large * that tjiis view of the case applies to the Jews no less than to the Gentiles ; and the discourse concludes with
$ ome useful remarks arising from it ' s subject . For perspicuity of expression , closeness of reasoning , and happiness of scriptural illustration and criticism , it reflects much credit on the memory of the author : but surely it should have been placed together with the sermons on the atonement , &c * in the second volume . We may add , that Eph . ii . 13 . is a passage which throws light on our authQr ' s reasoning , and is perhaps best interpreted on his principles-Four highly valuable discourses follow ( xv . xvi . xvii . and xviii . J on ' * gospel motives . "
The text of the first in the set is , Johnxv . 5 . "lam the vine , " &c . While the Christian precepts arts usually considerecj as presumptive , in a great degree , of the cjivinity of the clispensation , Mr . K . justly looks upon the same argument as applicable to the motives by which those precepts are enibrced . He instances in such as are founded on a love of praise or the fear
of censure , the principle of honour and that of sljame ; without , however ^ allowing his readers to imagine ^ for a moment , tjiat tjiese motives are recpflquueiqided indiscriminately and ex-
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306 Kenrick * $ Sermons .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1806, page 306, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1725/page/26/
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