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tertained by men in the earliest ages , and may Best ^ count for the orig in 6 f sacrifices . NoaVs sacriiice appears to have been an expression of . gmjtitufle . for th
^ preservation of ^ Kirajellf ancl family in the ark . Maiiy ^ f the Jewish offerings were dje > i < itie 4 to express gratitude and ' ail * giattce to God as their God > and Kins . This view
of the Subject ' . ' may- be illustrated by what Has been tlv ^ custom in the East in all ages , of an inferior approaching .. ; a superior with a present to inTroclucL him , and the acceptance of the present being regarded as a token of favour .
The next idea of sacrifices we meet with in the scriptures is , that they were us £ d as the confirmation of a covenant . In this way God confirmed his word to Abram . See Gen . chap , xv . The covenant God made . with Israel
was confirmed by their sacrifices : the blood of the sacrifice was the blood of the covenant , and the repetition of the sacrifices was to bring the covenant and its obligations continually into view . See Heb . ix . 18 , 19 , 20 . These two
ideas are conceived to comprehend the v / hole scriptural doctrine of literal sacrifices , so far as re-
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A THEOLOGICAL LEARNER ' S DIFFICULTY .
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To the Editor of the Monthly Repository *
Shy ding * 16 , 1810 * Permit a plain man to state a difficulty . -I krave > been often told 1 tnw ^ t b ^ l i ^ ve what I do not
und ^^ i ^ d ai > U Jiumetimes told that 1 aclvwiUy do . belkwo ^ wliat 1 do iiQ | , ui ^ dwstand . Now I really ctv * jnat discover > i hart it is I betieve w ^^ ut wdorritau dmg . When it is ^ d X t ^ lwve theie is ^ God
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lates to their design . From the earliest times , it appears men wei ; e in the habit of confirming leagues and covenants by slaying a vk > tim , dividing its parts , and qgi u ^ tualiy partaking qi its flesh ; a 9 this yv&i , the manner of men the
Almighty might condescend to adopt itin com passion to human weakness , for && ratification of his declarations a » d covenant ; as > after the maxiner of nien , he interposed by . an oatfu Heb . vi . \ 6 , 17 . Because the death of Christ
was the confirmation of the gospel , as a covenant of divine inercy , it is called a sacrifice ^ in allusion to the confirmation of the Jewish covenant , and his blood the blood of the everlasting covenant . Sinners in every age are to draw near to God with the sacrifice of
a contrite spirit , which he will not despise . Christians are to offer to God the sacrifice of praise continually , and of benevolent
conduct , and to devole themselves as a living sacrifice ^ by an unde * -viating course of piety and virtue . Heb : xiii . 15 , 16 , Roip . xii- 1 . Such are " tKe figurative sacrifice ^ they are called to offer . An OLD CORRESPONDENT .
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though I kneto not ho \ V he exists , and that I b / elieve that tho dead will be taised , though I know not how they will bb riaispd , I g rant
all this , but can clearly perceive it ie nothing to the putpuse ; for I do ttot believe how © 6 d exists , or hbw the dtoi will be frjtfseu , th ^ sc being things above my capacity , au * tHe reality of th # facts , that
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446 . " ... A Theological Learner ' sDifficulty .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1810, page 446, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2408/page/22/
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