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dictates and which are agreeable fco the hiirnfefe ^ fid eqtial ^ p ^ irii of a Christian faith . Concerning : the phrase Ctf a < eliuirdi of fiffct-bomsofts ~ en ~
rcltad in heaven" it may be observed th&t tfoe rrt ^ mbet ' s of tfo £ Jewish community vvere * said to to * e ^ ntteti oi- eti ^ olledj in the book of God , as citizens invested with the privileges of his kingdom . The same declaration therefore is matte in tMs passage , and other parts-of the new Test-attient , with regard to Christians , who are called first-born son ^/ 'just as Isr&el is
so termed , because they are the objects of God s pectiliat favour . ¦ Of the society thus described God is represented as the governor . He is the judge _ of allj of the gentiles not less ihktn of the Jews , and his knowledge , unlike that of earthly raters , extends beyond the actions to the desires and ittteirtioi > & of the
lieart . IIL The writer touches upon the perfection of Ike Cfiristian doctrine . " Ye are come to the spirits of jtust men made perfect / 5 By the spirit of a nian is ni ^ ant ^ in seriptiatiai language , a man himself * ; and our author ' s flaeaftiBg : i& fliat there are men in the Christian eo ^ imtinky whbsre < 9 i ^ riieter $ are rendered more complete by the gospel than they &m \ & bitw been by the Jewish revelation . / of
He had largely insisted ^ in a farfioerp ^ rt the Epistle , upon the inability of the legal instimtiomr to m ^ ke those * who conformed to them perfect : he had described the Mosaic ritual as but the shadow of better things to come , and had also enumerated many shining examples of religions faitfe recorded in ttte Jewish history * But He represents the views atid principles
of the gospel ^ as having a yet stiper **** effieaey upoii its votaries ^ A fuller discovery a ^ d it s ^ rer pledge of everlasting life are given to the Christian . He is supplied with better instructions ^ better examples and better motived . The evident tendency of his religion th ^ fefbte is to raise his qharacter to the highest"pitch &f huinffli
exteltence * IV . In this passage the founder of Christianity is desmfred as c * a mediator of a new covenentit . * ' A medmtolr sigtiifies in scripture one whom Gtid appoimts to announce hi * will , arid deliver his commands . The Jewiah law was publrshed by the bands of a n ^ ediatdr : Modes sustained thi s character im
respect to the Israelites : Christ , in reference tt > a-11 the human race . In ttek se ^ se done he is the rftediator of a newcov ^* iant ^ of one wfeidh prescribed bther terms atld is * * £ < # / # < it . and XiardiwrVWdrksr , tt . p . T %$ .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1807, page 144, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2378/page/32/
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