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sto by ^ h ^ sacrifieip of . hifiasel& JpllIJ SStf ^^ V W t ^^ Mi STifer i ^ ii ? W : ^^ £ f& * bjr ; pm 0 offering tief 1 iat » perfected F ^ r iet ^ r them % Hi x&S ^ dmS ^ t . 90 Aft this , as we have se £ n , refers to the past trailsof
grei ^| dti& mankind , the sm <* f the world which the Lamb of God v % as to take a ^ y , "b y whicfr all men tafe brought iniro a state of privilege , tae kingdom of God opened / and all invited to partake of its blessings and
promises . * . . If , then , Christ died to put away the farther transgressions of mankind only , anfl not their future offences , it may be asked , How were their future 89 is to fce ^ done away ? To what are we now to look for the remission of
sins and justification in the sight of God ? I atiswer , riot to atoning blood ; not to the death of Christ as an ewpiatorp sacrifice $ not to his vicarious sufferings ^ the innocent in the room and stead of the guilty , or to the imputation of his righteousness to us for our justification ; but to the riches of
the divine grace and mercy exhibited in the new and better covenant , by which the old covenant has been superseded and done away ; thftotigh which the Odd of peace bought again our Lord Jesus Clirisrt fiftfrrii the dead ,
and which na * been ratified by his blood , tfaith which he is figuratively represented as entering into heaven itself , ' triumphantly , as it were , carrying with him the seal of the ne ? w tod
everlasting ^ covenant which lie di&i to establish ; there to appear in the presence of God for us ; which is Wl ^ at is meant , and alt perhaps that is meant , by his being an advocate with the Father , and By his ever living to make intercession for us . And as it is , said
of Mokes , that when he had spfrken every pVetept tinto the tfeo ^ le accord - ing to ttfe law , he Sprinkled with blood bath thfe book and all the people
saymff , ITiifir is the Wood of the dbVeriant tv&ch Obd Wath enjoined unto 1 tfta i so tteM&od of Christ , t ^ e bfdba of the neiv covenant , is represented as sprinkled on thk cokiscpicfeiiNnShjc itftd md ^ ka ^ Ad towm % Wmkg God "'** ^ ' ° •*'* ' '• ' w ^ '" ¦ ¦ * ' ^ w 7 ° >
wibi ^ 'ifiifattiir Mm wrfiAmgg 4 > £ ^ oodemnation and death ^ and **> terrible 1 was it , that Moses said , I
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new covenaiit has n ^ e < if Eesejigw rors , bui ; is >^ proclaaJ ^ tion , w ^ Qfc
Idv « of Gi p d to mankind , &nd of iree , full and unpurchased forgiveness to all , upon no other condition ^ hah tlifit of receiving it , and submitting to the terms of that coveauht ^ tt * b ^ ap ^ eo . Christ to sutfer , and to rise from the
dead the third day , and that repentance and remission , of sins should be preached ( proclaimed ) in his naine ' am&ng . all nations . Accordii \ &ly , Pajil v& aadressing the people at * Antioeh ia Pisidia , having stated that God had
raised Jesus from the dead , and that they were his witnesses unto the people , he opens to them the nature and terms of the new covenant established in the blood of Christ . * ' We declare unto yon , says he , % c glad tidings , how that the promise made unto the the
fathers , God ha ^ h fulfilled same untp us their children , ia that he hath raised up Jesus again . Be it known unto you , therefore , mep and brethren , that through this Tfianip preached unto you the forgivefleis of sins ;
and by him all that believe are Justified from all tfyirigfi , from which they could not be justified by the . law of Moses . * Thus Jesus having d ^ ed , cancelled the old covenant , redeemed
the transgressions that were u ^ der it , and brought the Gentiles \ vho were afar off , rijjgh unto God . And Go 4 , having reconciled the worM to hitnself , by the blood of his cfbgs , nol : imputing their trespasses unto them , and Kav *
ing , as the God pf peac ^ brought again from the dead our Lqrcl Jesus Christ , the great Shepherd of tk ^ sheep , through the bloaa of iTte ev $ r-y lasting covenant , lie seiili ' foi ^ % hj 3 apostles to open and proclaioa tlua dispensation of grace and mercy , preaching reppniawe and re ^^ iun of sins , no ^ throug h the m ^^ 5 of ( Christ or tf < ^ n ^ hteou ^ jeia ^|| ua ^^ ? titute fpr dur ^ HU ^^^^ in his name , and ; MWwi ., €
the cmepanf m ^ Sm B ^^ ^^ SF ^ P ^ ssmmslfk W t > ut noy ^ mafle ^ feBt , ws ^ , say a Ada xiH . 32 , 33 , 38 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1823, page 693, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1791/page/13/
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