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a life , abstracted !^ considered , that was not liable to death ; and W 33-not such a life a treasure ? Noj person had a right to take it away from him , nor was there ahy thing
in him that justly demanded the sacrifice of his life . The prince of this world could find nothing in Jesus he could , lay hold of . — Jesus of Nazareth then was rick :
Rich in the possession o ( the dU vine favour , | ji the habits of wisdom and holiness , in his legie * lative power and authority , and in the possession of an immortal life .
In this respect ^ he was t \ i § , light ot the world . But for our benefit ^ our greater benefit \ he was de * . prived of all by death * He be * came obedient t& the death of a
slave , though lie was entitled to govern . And he ^ o * f bis own frefc will thus emptied himself , that is , became poor , and stpj ^ eared on the cross and in the grave , like < % &e of bis brethren ! He * then ,
became poor when be gave his life as a ransom for many . He not only ajtjis poor in his appearance wheij h $ was by wicked hands crucified and slain , but he was so
in reality when he lay down in the cold 7 unconscious tomb ! It was a certain , re ^ l change , from a state of conscious dignity to one of great degradation J Nothing is so valuable as a life of innocence and virtue . N'&verthefess
the New Covenant ^ iformly teaches vis that by thi $ last , and most trying act of dbedjepce 5 1 mean submission to death > the world is most highly enriched a » d
benefited ! We are reconciled to God by the death of hi ^ son ; , we lire redeemed from vpiri conyersa * tion by the precious blood of Christ ; and by the shedding of his' blood \ ve jjave redemption ,
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even the remission of sins . We BfoW' receive the reconciliation , are adopted to the family of God '; although a $ Gentiles we had Votag been strangers to the covenant of promise , without hope and with - out God in the world ! « Tite obedience of Jesus Christ to death is that act of obedience , " saith Mr . Locke , " whereby he profcur * ed life to all mankind . For
while we were y ^ t sinner * Christ died for u $ * Much more then , being now justified by his blood , we shall be saved from wrath by him / ' We ? shall then be made
rich by him ! In short , the stresa which the apostles place oh Jesus yielding up his lifr , by an act of unparalleled generosity and lot > € in the scheme of Salvation , and the substantial benefits which
Christians now enjoy and hope yet more fidl y to eiyoy , even fcn eternal life of bliss , will not permit us to doubt that the apostle haxh his eye upon the wmteenqe and virtue of our Redeemer ' s li fe ^ as well as upon the life itself ; and in this respect that he was rick , was filled with all the fulness
of God , and had a just title to immortality , without passing through the gate of death ! But wheft it became proper thai tie should wave his own claims to glory and bliss without the intervention of death for the benefit p f
qthers , he jdid it . He yielded to the necessity or to the wisdom of the / Treasure , and emptied himsejf , and gave his life for the happiness and glory of the wocld . | $ y this
grftnd act of humiliation , though beb ^ qamtj P 9 or for our sake ^ the sealed the truth of-fris m » s ^ 9 n , and furnfehed his enemies and friends with a deci ^ iy ^ pcoof of his p& * lief in a future state of i % tribii
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Explanation of < Z Cor , viiL 9- 9 %
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1808, page 91, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2389/page/35/
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