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idea that his rblood wa ^ of infinite paci . fi Gator . y . M . anil 5 a totting-power ; sasuiiably expressed in the following popular stanzas of Wiktts :
" ^ Once ' twas a seat of-dreadful wrath ; And shot devouring flame : *• . Our God appear' 4 consuming fire * , And vengeance was his name . u Rich were the d ^ aps of Jesus blood , TJ-iat calm'd his * frowning face ,. That sprinkled o * er the burning throne , v And turn'd the wrath to grace . " EPISCOPUS .
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On John xii . 31 . [ An Extract from a Letter to a friend . ] 1 have this week been led to consider John xii . 31 , with the context . Neither the common
interpretation of that verse , nor that in tljfc , I . . V . gives satisfaction to my mind as the tru $ ope , and no commentator at hand ^ helps me
out of the great difficulty , in which the passage involves me . Priestley mentions thatWakefield understands Jesus as intending himself by 4 < the- prince or ruler of this rfrorid /* here arid ch . xiv . 30 , but
how the latter Can . be uno ; er $ toqd of Jesus himself , I am yet to learn . I much wished 1 had had bis Testament to consult . That not being the c&se ^ all . I could do was to weigh the ^ matter as ; well
as I was able , and the result is a strong conviction that the circumstances of that part of the history of Jesus , and the connected import of his discourse ( John x'ii ; % 3 r , &c . ) require that v . 31 . should
be thus taken . " Now are the un « believing Jews ( in concert with the Gentiles ;) about to p&ss ah unjust judgment upon me , and cojv demn me to death . Now shall I ,
^^^^^^^^^^^ ¦ .... - . «^^^^^^ v ^^^^^^^^«^ " ^^^~< ? Cod . thc ^ Falftf *** .
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the-prince * -of thet-world , a be flenied , rejected and cast out by them- with Scorn and contempt , as a wretch altogether too unworthy to live / ' . : '
To avoid the plots of the Jews against his life , Jesus left J ^ dea for a time * : ( John xi ; 54 . ) On his return to attend the Passover , - he informed the twelve of hi ^ ap « preaching sufferings dnd-death . ( Luke xviii . 31—34 : ) On the 5 th
day before thePassover , he wfent from Bethany in humble triumph to- Jerusalem , ajul into the very temple , and was greeted all along as he went , afc " the king . of Israel , a prince df the house of David ;'* ( John xii . 12 , &c . ) While there , certain Gireeks ( v . 20—22 . ) desired
an interview with him , prdbably in hopes of being advanced in hU kingdom , expecting it would Jbe a temporal oge . Their desire beii > g communicated to Jesus , he said aloud , ( v * 2 S . )" ' ? 4 lTbe "' hour is come that thd Son of rnan should
be glorified / ' by-exaltbtidft'in Heaven , and the exlteti ^ ion o ^ bis king . dom r but he intitnated ,- { v » 2 & ^ B 5 t ) that bis death must first in'iervine and that all who would oBikln honoi * in his kingdom must be ready , after bis example , to sacri - fice , their lives in support of hi * ¦
cause . . , * r ( V . 27 . ) Pausing ta reflect on his near approaching sufferings , he was deeply affected , but in prayer expressed full resignation
to his Father ' s disposing will , and wish , to be subservient to his glory . ( 27 , 28 . ) Uppn this a voice from heaven testified his Father ' s approbation of . him . which triust have cheered his afflicted . tnind .
though it was uttered chiefly for the conviction ^ nd encouragement of others . < S 8 , 30 . )
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On J&hfKxii . 31 • 1 ^ 3
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page 173, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/37/
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