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* Mf ( d * kQ <>( & Itoth m it * ttse aftd ^ efcfcrcise tte imagination , or of a vague and indiscriminating tnind , thinking or mj $ 6 &fo $ g certain qualities to belong toa # > # jrormay » 6 t f&sses& But , in the case of Jesus Ohrifct , iihptttation as&ttfnes a vevy different aspect ; for here there is violence done , and that wilftilty , to the consciousness of truth . "Guilt is imputed to hinvin the consciousness of fafeirinocebce . Throagh ignorance or maWoleme , one m&i maty impute guilt to another who may be innocent ; but you represent God as imputing guilt 1 to his Soft ]
and the Son as voluntarily imputing it to himself , and all this vfc the ' -mnsdousness of innocence ; just as if God could be cappbleof colluding with his Sori to impose upon trie world falsehood for truth * . ; O . Sir , you horrify me . A . Where is the wonder , seeing that you darfc to impute to the Author of att perfection , a procedure akin to the machinations of the infernal spirit ? O . Sir , I protest against your unhallowed a&settians * The doctrine I maintain has ween that of the Ghurdh , with little exception * from its
commencement lill the present day . - A . But when it has been impugned , how has it been defended ? Only by an appeal to authorities Hot to ptifotipies , * to assertions , not to pro ^ fe . VemkmetQWti ' ^ tai-f&w in defending this doctrine , it fe 4 iecgswjr % »' 'ta ^ nianne ^ r , that it shall not appear irrational or unjust /* W « % fe ^ doe ^« B stme it ? I shaUread to you his
words . After asserting * that j « Re dodtrfne had been completely vindicated ^ and a solution afforded to every ofojpaib ?* , by some of the greatest masters of reason , from < Sfolitis dft \ vn 15 th ^ pfe ' sent Archbishop of Dublin inclusive , and professing to avail himself of all this ' host of assistance , he says , — "In &e sdJstituttoh of Jfesna Christ , accotdittgl ) 6 the Catholic opiiiion , then is u translation of the guilt &f < the 5 tn ^«* o / tto > by Which is not meant that he who was innocent became a sinner , but that what he suffered was an account of Sin . To pettfeive the reason for adopting this expression , you must carry
in your minds a precise notion of the three words , sin , guilt , and punishment . Sin is the violation of law , guilt is the desert of punishment which succeeds this violation , and punishment is the suffering in consequence of this desert . When you separate suffering from guilt , it ceases to be punishment , and becomes mere calamity or affliction : and although the Almighty may be conceived hy his sovereign dominion to have the right of laytog ^ any measure of suffering upon any being , yet sufferings even when ^ imflicted ^ hy
Heaven , unless it is ^ connected with guilt , doed not attain the emfcotf ptunskment . In oyder > therefore , that the sufferings of the Son of Xjtod iriightbe such as became the Lawgiver- of the uftiverfce to inflict , it wt % s metiessarythat the sufferer should be considered ami declared as taking upwn Mm that obligation to punishment \ ohieh the kuman race had incurred Ify their sins . Then his sufferings became punishment , not indeed ' deserved toy
skis of his own , but due to him as bearing the sins of others / ' i After' the discussion which has already taken place , it is not necessary by anjr analysis to point out the incongruities , the fallacies , and , I may even < add » the di ^ ng ^ nuousness , contained in this remarkable passage . It niayv howevep , be i « gar 4 ed > notmttaaftdrng its ambiguous and contradictory phraeeblogy ; inot onl y ae dnte of the lttt « twit as the best statmwnt of tAe i ^ trifbe wMch can be given , it has bfcfcn giv ^ n , too , by a petson of distinguished talents » and learning , lately at thfiheftdttf a Scottish university , and long thd eloquent Ifyiyt of the councils of the Scottish Churcfa ; and it afford ^ ato instance tha t
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 802, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/18/
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