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sequence arising from supposing Jesus Christ to be God , / or a being superior in nature t © itbe > reet .-of the human race . His reasoning , under these three heads of reference ^ forms the most original part of this discourse ^ and is particularly worthy of the reader ' s consideration . In the twenty-ninth sermon , we hare ic an explanation of
the nature and end of sacrifices under the Mosaic law , " ( from Rom . v . 11 . iC And not only so , but we also joy in God , " &c . ) All the cases for which atonements were appointed by the law of Moses are here collected j and the following observations are
foiFered upon them : J . A great part of them bear no relation at all to moral ^ conduct . 2 . With regard-to the extraordinary atonements , full pardon does not . appear to have been obtained for the offenders hereby , but-only further time arid a continuance of external privileges * 3 . All the appointed atonements seem to relate only to the propriety and decorum of the external services of public religious worship in the tabernacle .
4 . No atonements are appointed for transgression of the moral law , excepting the case ( Lev * vi . 2 , &c . <) of dishonest dealing between man and man . See Ps . li . 16 , Acts , xiii . 39 . Num . xv . 30- f ? The conclusion , therefore , is , that the popular notion of
atonement derives no countenance from the Old Testament , and Mr . K . expresses his surprise , that a doctrine should be supposed to be clearly taught in Scripture , and the belief of it made necessary to our salvation , when it appears that it is not once mentioned in the New Testament ; the proper word for u atonement" not being to be found there . His object in sermon the thirtieth ( Heb . ix . 26 . €€ But now
once , " &c . ) is to explain cc the figurative language applied to the death of Christ in the New Testament /* It is there compared-, for example , to a sacrifice , Christ , says Mr . K . dying in tbe csiuse of virtue , and to procure the greatest possible benefit to the human race , is represented as having given his
life a sacrifice for us . But this author argues , that neither was the death of Jesus the antitype of the sacrifices under the law , * xor , even if it were , would it answer the purpose of the
advocates for the doctrine of the atonement ; the legal sacrifices not having been intended to remove moral guilt . The observations nuide under this fcead are pertinent and valuable , and are stated wUb great distinctness * In the last line , however , -ofthe 176 th page , we notice an erratum of either the transcriber ' s or the printer ' s : the word fourthly ' should be then ^ iikstituted for fifth ly : and , of course * there should | txe a cof
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1806, page 315, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1725/page/35/
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