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? of tbef « ui ^ ^ | Jo tQnlyiat ^ arianee frittjathes ^~ irat as a doeSriflg ^ ks fetelf . to spWk milderj ^ a ^ ^ i ^ H ;• ^^ o orros 0 * fl ^ nhhov ^ jsit pbssible for ^ ou K ); account for the wliole Chrfetian dispensation , which is founded entirely on the death of Christ asi the substitute of sinners , or to explain those passages wkick represent it as mdh , a-r&l which occupy so large a portion of the New Testament ? - ' \ , i ; rr c
A . Bring forward some of these passages . ^ '* r 'p O . Isaiah , in his prophetical capacity , says , " The Lord hath taM 4 n him the iniquities of us alL" And St . Peter says , speaking of Jesus Oipist , " who his ownself bare our sins in his own body on the tree . ' " ^ <^ A . Nowhere , Sir , you must permit me to apply your own principles . The representation in these quotations is metaphorical . Iniquities or &ins
are represented as a load or burden , and the metaphor is sufficiently appro-i priate in one respect , but only in reference to , the guilty ; I say in one-respect , because a metaphor is not applicable to the subject it represents fri all its qualities , or in alltb ^ circu ^ pst ^ jeqil ^ isfhich it may be viewed . A toad or burden may , be faken * up , j ^ r ? jydjd&WJi ' ^ or ^ transferred fe > m oM to another ; but sink impersonal ^ i ^ i ^ its ^ wji lature fetransferrable . ; Td %
upon one theiniquitie $ ( pf another is . tkuarefore neither intelligible inpofattaf language , rarjtw ^ siW ^ ^ Seripttire , then , which represent sins or ^ imquitiee , Un < fei ? ife jii ^ ure o ^ a burden , or any other figufd implying th ^ c |> osrifeitty o £ ^ ngferr ^ c ^ i ^ jso iaterpreted , carry the figure far beyond its le ^ finiate and intelligible import * . : ; O v But ihou ^ ^^ fe 6 % te ^ w ^ l ^ tujr ^ ifttraasferrable , Jesus ChrifcfcinigHt be said to bear our § i ^ % andt ^ ite ^ ^ hetn laid on him , when he &ntki&&dt ¦ ? Ai ¦ ?
4 Kn vtnniantManf / % » t-r \ m- *\ h . . i . _ i > . .. \ „ ' I i » . . : ¦ , ' 5 ' ' ¦' . '" the puiiisl | n > ent ^^ a ^ ,: -n ^^ h " :: v- r . : - . \ , "; - - ^ vi Ifpfw , Sir ^ Xp u ^ apf ^ l to ^ ^^^ How often h&wy 6 uyam ± self in ' .. jtW ^ jmost deckled manner av gft ed it to be a principle altogether . incontrovertible , that where there was no guilt , there could be ; no punishment ? , ¦¦ , ¦ * ¦ :. - ^ - ' ¦ ' 1 ^ - ^'"
O . Sir , I own to you , and I have all along assumed , ,, that « ie mbstttis ^ mp ^ of Jesus Christ for sinners is a doctrine that is inccmprejkmsiMa . ait&oc ? mystery of Ood , but not on that account irrational . In , shorJ ^ itcisia dsaCrilie ; that is ABQVE REASON , BUT NOT CONTRARY TO REASON . > j \' , \ < tf&lfy t O ' M ifa A . Now do me the favour to define your terms , and let tne ^ distiiictl f iun ^ i derstand what you mean by above reason and contrary to rpasmd-a -w te ; Irr ;
O . When a doctrine in Scripture is proposed , the truth and marirrer l ^> Pv which the reason cannot comprehend , then I say that that doctriheisabov 5 ef reason ; and were it possible that a doctrine in Scripture could he cdanpre * r hended , or actually is comprehended , to be absolutely false ok impossible ^ then I say that that doctrine is contrary to reason . Or in oth ^ r woffls / Ja proposition is above reason when we do not comprehend h 0 w ; it " ife itdlized ^
and contrary to reason when we do positively comprehend tliat it omnot be ;> realized . For instance , so long as a person may be ig ^ ra ^ Qfi i ^ a | fc ^ ties , the fortjr-4 eventh proposition of the first book of Euclid , though in ifaelfixtofr . ' moo ^ trably true , yet would be above his reason , but any pvopo ^ itioft contradictory tp an . axion > or first principle would be contrary t ^ r $ ason > ^ . iSU e ^ ^ ^^ avtejl ipe further ' wnat is it in a proposition whi ^ MeJWe ^ i ^ ft % ^; or imjp ^ sjjbje ? ., ^ . / . ¦ -: ..: > -s . - 5 . 5 " t \ . &Mw '>¦ . p ^ ^ pfoppsji ^ ipn is fals e or impossible when the idea # which it con tains do ^ fjg ^^^ either on account of the immediate opposiiio ^ and la ^ Qiwijpen ^ y of the ideas themselves , mutually exciu < fing » v c ' - " ' " "'"" " ' '"' ' ' ' , / j . i
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 800, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/16/
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