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. tvhich the word atonement is used in the Greek , and which is rendered a reconciliati on /' ' Rom . xi . 15 , " If the casting away of them' * ( the Jews ) « be the reconciling of the world " &c ; that is , if the rejection of the Jews bring the whole world into covenant with God . The second
passnge is in 2 Cor . v . 19 , " God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself ; " that is , bringing the world into covenant with himself by his son , as he before had brought the children of Abraham into covenant
by his servant Moses . There is a third passage in , which the word reconcile is used by our Lord , Matthew v . 24 , that word is ^ AioLWoiyrfii— " be reconciled to thy brother 5 " the same word as is elsewhere
translated atone and reconcile : 7 < x is the preposition prefixed : xaraXXccyrjrs is also a compound word , a preposibeing prefixed 3 it is used by Paul , 2 Cor . v . 20 , and is rendered " be ye reconciled to God . " One of these passages explains the other ; you are going , says Christ to claim the divine favour on the conditions of the
Abrafcamic covenant , by bringing your gift , offering , sacrifice to God ; have you broken the law of affection ? Have you , like Cain , ill-will to your brother ? * ' Cease to do evil , learn to do well ; " go , be reconciled to your brother , renew the covenant of
nature which you have broken , and then come and do your homage and renew your covenant with your God , and you shall he accepted . In fact , the word atonement or reconciliation , has reference to the coveaant-ceremonies of the patriarchal ages . Thus God covenanted with Abraham , with Israel , with the vrorld by Jesus Christ ; the law was called the book of the
covenant because it contained the conditions on which that covenant was made . The gospel is often called * co venant . See Heb . x . 29 . "Of now much sorer punishment , suppose
ye , shall he be thought worthy , who Jjath trodden under foot the son of Jfod , and hath counted the blood of ™ c covenant wherewith he was sancjroed , " ( devoted to God ) " an un-* £ > ! y thing , and has done despite to ^ e gpirit of grace ? " This awful pas-8 a § e persons who , through love of the Present evil world , have apostatized wm the Christian faith , would do
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well to consider . It is plain enough that the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews has reference to the Abrahamic covenant in the context , and that he most properly accommodates the circumstances attending the first introduction and establishment of Christianity in the world , to the sacrifices and ceremonies which attended the promulgation and acceptance of the laws of God through the Jewish legislator . " The , blood of the
covenant , " * ' &c . " sanctified by the blood , " &c . viz , consecrated , devoted to holy uses , appropriated to the Deity . Ah , Infidels 1 young Infidels , children of many prayers , I weep while I write , forsake not the God of
your fathers , count not the blood of the covenant a common , an unholy thing ! The death of Christ was necessary to accomplish the will of God , his death was violent , not voluntary , he died for the truth , therefore his blood was the seal ,, pledge and ratification of God ' s new , last , best coveriant with man . Through his blood
we have redemption , that is , deliverance from death and destruction , from ignorance , idolatry , vice and guilt , the communication of God ' s forgiveness , and the confirmation of his fkvour to mankind . Through this divine martyr ' s blood , we have holiness , life , hope , a resurrection , immortality ; taking then , the subject in this light , the strong , but not too strong , figurative expressions of the New-Testament writers become plain , and the
meaning of our Lord in the Christian institute the Lord ' s supper , becomes intelligible . Luke xxii . 19 , " This is my body which is given for you ;" 20 , " This cup is the New-Testament , " ( covenant , diatheke , ) " in my blood which is shed for you . " Christ was to be the covenant-sacrifice that the world might be brought into covenant with God . But what were the conditions of this new dispensation , those that were adapted to , not a small tribe of mankind , but all God's family ? Ilasterion , a mercyseat , KOLtaKXocyr ^ a reconciliation , diatheke > a covenant for the whole human race . The gospel is the covenant of God , and by Christ the Lamb , the slain-passov&v that covenant i * confirmed ; the gospel is a testament which by the death of the testator is rendered valid ; Jesus is the sin-offer-
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The Doctrine of Common Sense with regard to Sacrifices . Letter II . 157
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1815, page 157, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1758/page/29/
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