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    V . * which # ay that the saints shall , judge the world , u ^ d th ^ t the twelve apostles shall sit on twelve thrones , judg ing the twelW tribeii

    of Israel . But surely these # ifi ficuli and obscure texts are not to invalidate the truth of thjpse numerous and stron g declarations , which assure us that Christ shall

    raise the de $ d a& 4 s ' judge the world . If we are to understand the words pri a # gurative sense , when it is said that we must all

    appear before the judgment-seat of Christ , I do not know what rule of criticism ViH forbid our interpreting in a figurative s £ p ^ e the declaration that the dead shall be raised .

    It is said that the captain of Our salvation being made perfect through suffering ^ militates against the notion of his exalted and di * vine mature . But I apprehend that there is no jbeing in the iini-Vcrse , however exalted his nature *

    ( the infinite Jehovah excepted ) but what ipay attain still hi gher degrees of excellence s and that every benevolent exertion , and very act of resignation , will still further increase his virtue and

    piety . Our pre conceived notfops respecting the- atonement of CJirtst , wijl influence our mind * fp , the opinion that we torn } pf those passages of scripture , which arje

    alleged in favour of this doctrine . They who think it inropsjstent with the divine j qystice ancl benevolence to make the jUu * pcc * pt puffer iof * the guilty * or to bestow Wessii > gg anon cl $ e guilty on ac

    poiintof the virtues pf t | ie righrty ° us , will be disposed to U $ der ? * tynd in a figurative sense , the diKrlaradon of our Lord , that Ais Hood zcas * hed for the remission

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    of sin , and * # so ttiit of flie irp ^ stre Pault \ ntohom tee have redemjfr turn through his blood , evert fie

    Jbrgtvitkess * of sihs . But we ktarifr that vicarious sufferings and blessiogs do , in numberless instances , constitute a part of ^ the

    governinent of God , and therefore cannot be inconsistent with his per * Sections . A nd from hence it follows that it may be consistent with those perfections for Christ

    to suffer for guilty man , and for guilty man to partake of salVatioh through his sufferings . But the sacred writers hot thinking it sufficient to speak of this doctrine ,

    as merely consistent with the divine attribute * , always represent ' it as an illustrious display of the holiness and * mercy of 0 od , and admirably calculafted fco p romote our gratitude and bbedi ^ ce . " - * Tne docfrjne of ah atofaeni ^ ii ^; in one sense or other , his bceh i ¦ j ^ ' . I W I . t . ¦ ' * \

    the prevailing opinion of marikind in all ages . It constituted a jiarf rof the Jewish : ^ I tg ^ b ^ , ^ cf JC was ; Reasonable to suppose that the Christian reHgibp , prdc ^ edihg / ro ^ the same source ., would contain

    the same doctpne . ff ' $ vme I coi $ ^ tfr 6-fta-i g ^ age pf t ^ e ] Jj [ , J < t ]^ . ty £ i £ j ^ $ r ain I convinced thai it rev

    lie spoke of the present age us one in p |!< ph mep ^ ere d |> po ^ d ; --to e «; e | r < : W S 1 # cl f 9 . % if ^ fe

    faitby when | he scriptures were the same as they art now , when

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    filt . R I « Carpenter * * emarks on Jtifr . Beh $ Kam * s yiribtures * Let . III 8

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    VOL . in . % V

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 325, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/33/