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Anpears , at present , that there is no , mddle scheme between the hypothesis that Christ was the procuring cause of salvation , and the hypothesis that he was simply its reveaJer and minister . If he were the procuring cause of salvation , he must , I should think ,
be equal to God from whom he obtained this great gift , and in this case goodness appears to belong to him rather than to the Father : if he were simply the revealer and minister of salvation , he needed not to be more than
man , nor is there any thing in this supposition which every Unitarian writer that I am acquainted with does not acknowledge or assert . All Unitarians , I believe , hold the resurrection of Jesus Christ , to be the earnest
of an universal resurrection , and consider him as appointed by the Father to rase the dead . What more than this can your correspondent intend > Can so good a reasoner content himself with high-sounding words which convey no distinct ideas ?
Writing solely for the sake of in formation , I am , An Inquiring Unitarian . •»
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Christ must Iiave been a punishment , and therefore this hypothesis labours under nearly the same objections as the popular system . Other moderate men consider the salvation of mankind as the reward , on
the part of the Father , of Christ ' s obedience to death j but are we at liberty to believe that if Christ had not proved pre-eminently virtuous , all God * other children would have been lost in death for ever ? That Christ is exalted
to be Lord of all , in reward of his virtuous sufferings , the New Testament clearly asserts ; but does it not £ t the same time represent that his reward is not so much the salvation of the sons of
men , as his own appointment to' be the minister of that salvation ? The uachangeable , exuberant goodness of God is thus provided for , whilst also * allowance is made for the merit of
Christ , the efficacy of his death and the importance of his mediation . R . BROOK .
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J&fr-i JR . JBraok on the Schemes of Atonement . ' - t& 3
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LETTER II . Sir . Harlow , March \ f IS 15 . APPROVING the hint of your correspondent , in the first number of the present volume ( p . 33 ) , 1 mean to make a little slow haste further to consider the Jewish sacrifices , that I may clear the en cumbered way , obtain
a nearer approach to the doctrine of the atonement , and view it inthe unobstructed light of common sense and scriptural truth- But I would first invite your readers' attention to that institute which is called the Passover ; iC For Christ our passover was slain for us . " That solemn festival was not
a sacrifice , though it has been called so , to serve a system . The appointment of this Mosaic rite is recorded in Exodus xii ., and its allusion evidently was , to the deliverance of the Israelites from slavery and oppression .
They were to partake of this supper with " their loins girded , their sandals on their feet , and their staff in their hand ; "" thus they declared themselves pilgrims , sojourners and strangers in the land of Egypt , as their fathers were before them . Pharaoh and his
people had broken all the laws of hospitality with regard to these strangers , they had oppressed , they had enslaved them . The Hebrews were about to quit a country where they had enjoyed little good and experienced touch evil ; they had been long under tbe
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Sir . Feb . 25 , 1815 . 1 APPREHEND that a large proportion of Christians of the present day hold the dectrine of
atonement without any definite ideas upon the subject . They attach to the death of Christ a certain mysterious effimcy , which they are not anxious to explain , and which indeed they do not understand . This is a convenient
icheme , for it allows its advocates to disown the objectionable principles of tubstitution and satisfaction , and at the * ame time to use the popular phrase-£ ' ° gy , and so to pass themselves off % sound believers . But do the scriptures represent that there is any
mystery m the redemption by Jesus Christ , * &y mystery at least which is not now ftode known ? If there be a mystery 111 rt , how can it be understood , how can it be believed ? And wherein con-«» k the practical efficacy of a < ioctr > ne mto which the understanding cannot penetrate ?
Men laying claim to moderation , ™ wgh the virtue of moderation - r fruth < and error are concerned if * Tl ^ y e l uivocal , sometimes rejpre-2 * death of Christ as necessary *» adisplay of the divine indignation * &ainat Sln ; but then thec death of
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1815, page 153, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1758/page/25/
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