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tjris subject , in his Epistle tc ^ tjie dEphesians , and proves , that the abolition of the law * by the death of CJhrfet , was the means by which he made peace , and by which he reconciled both Jews and Gentiles to each other and unto God . flfe first reminds them of their former state , as being
in time past Gentiles in thje flesh , who are caJled uncircumcxsion , by thftt which is called the circumcision in the flesh , made by hands ; that at that time they were without Christ ,
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel , and strapgers from the covenants of promise , heaving no hope , and without God in the world . He then lays before them tli £ means by which this state was reversed . " But now , " says he , " in Christ Jesus , ye who sometimes were far off , are made nigh " by the blood of Christ , " that
is , by that blood by which the new covenant , embracing in its promises the Gentiles as well as the Jews , and by which the first covenant ( which kept them at a distance from God , and precluded them from all access
to him , or knowledge of him ) was done away , " For / ' he adds , " he is our peace , who hath made both , " i . e . Jews and Gentiles , " one , and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us , having abolished in his flesh the enmity , the law of commandments contained in ordinances $ for to make in himself of twain one new man , so making peace ; and that he ; might reconcile both ( Jews and Gentiles ) unto God in one body by the cjposs , having slain the enmity thereby . " *
Under the old covenant , the way into the holiest of all was not made manifest . None were permitted to enter into it but the high priest only , and he not without blood ; but now , that covena being abolished , ^ A / z / vyall of partition being broken doyra , and the veil of the temple rent in twaip ,
the way lijto it is open e d , and both Jews and Gentiles have bofdn ^ ss ,, free liberty , to enter into > the holiest of all by , the fitood of Jems , the blood of the new covenant , by vvjiich the former covenant was entirel y set « kside . So the apostj , e says here , having made peace by his cross , and
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having slam the enmfcjf thereby , " he came /* ( that is , by his ambassadors the apostles , ) " preaching pea ^ oe to you which were afar off , and tp them that were nigh ; for through him we both have access , by one spirit , unto the Father >?*
The enmity between the Jews and the Gentiles was abolished by removing the cause of it , the separating wall , which not only prevented any friendly intercourse between them ,
but was also the cause of the greatest enmity to each other . The enmity said to be slain by his cross , appears to refer to the enmity pf both Jews and Grentiles unto God b y their wicked works , because it is said to be done
away by reconciling' both unto God . This enmity with respect to the Gen * , tiles , was slain by God ' s passing over , and not imputing their former tres-5 asses unto them ; for which purpose esus Christ ivas set forth as a mercyseat in his own blood , as the seat or
throne where the grace and mercy of God in the new covenant , which lie ratified with his own blood , as it were , took their stand . With respect to the Jews , the enmity was slain by the non-imputation of their transgression under the first covenant , Christ
having by his death abolished that covenant , which was the only ground upon which the trau& ^ ressions under it could be itnpyted ; tor , as vye have before seeh , sin is npt imputed when there is no law . Thus then did Jesus
Christ make peace * reconciling both Jews and Gentiles unto God in one bod y by the cross . The same apostle , in apother pjace , f speaking of this reconciliation by the death of Christ , says , that the word , ( the doctrine , ) the ministry of it , was committed to them , ( the apostles ) . What was this doctrine of
reconciliation ? He tells us , it Was this , " wit , that God was in Christ , " i . e . by his death " reconciling the world unto himself , not imputing- their trespasses
unto ^ them / f That is , passing over and i * pt reckoning to them their former WaiwgrewioJaf in fhtelJr Jewish or # d W aboPlSte - ' $$ W , the
mims-—I ———^^«—i— mf * m ^ mm ~~ , w ^ mm ^ tt » rm m ¦ 1 .. 1 ' 9 Epbes . v . 17 , 18 . t 2 Cor . v . 18 , 19 .
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A 42 Mr . Mar sow on the Efficacy tifthe Death of Christ .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page 642, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/26/
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