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(< God was in Christ reconciling tbe world unto himst If ;*) some of the leading ideas of which are again taken up , in D . vii . " On Christian Redemption , " from Epfa . i . 7 * ( In whom we have redemption through "his blood , the forg iveness of sins , according to the riches of bis grace . ' ) The following answer to the inquiry , " who was the party that needed and hath received reconciliation ? " appears to us very weighty : ^ r ^
« It must be cither God , or man , or both $ on the face ' of the ubjcct , would knot be absurd to suppose God is the party who needed reconciling , as reconciliation 19 said to originate with , and be effected by him I Reconciliation iteansthe removal of enmity , the patting
in end to oj position , the restoring to a state of amity and peace , or the bringing nkt those who ~ were at a distance . USder every view it implies a change in the party who is reconciled , either in hi * disposition or circumstances . But no change can take place in God ; for the clearest of all reasons , because he is unchangeable . He is in one mind and
Bone can turn him ; consequently , had hetvtr been wrathful and vindictive ta mufrt hare eternally remained so , no feeing could have produced a change in Wi nature or disposition . '' p . iag .
u Example of Jesus" is treated of in D . viii . from 1 Pet . ii . 21 . ( 'Leading us an example that 7 ? should follow iq his steps . ) Amidst much to praise in this
Discourse , we find something objectionable in the representation of Jesus as a peccable man . p * . 164 * ad 1 $ & The phrase is exceedtagly'liable to misapprehension by w illiterate , ' for whom chiefly these sermons are designed , and * hat aftel-aU is tbe amount of the
notion i- * -That Jesus who was * inlcssy rnight ka *) 6 sinned if he htdekosen I .. —It would surely have J ^ n ^ uflictent for t&e purpose of ^ IP W » l * rgufne / tit ; to have
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shewn that Christ ' s righteousness was actual and is to be estimated by his obedience to the Father . D . ix . « The Love of God and our neighbour , " from Mark < xiJ . 30 , 31 . (' Thou shalt love the Lord thy God , &c . &c /) is a sober , rational and useful exposition of these two leading duties .
D . x . < 4 The perfect Law of Christ /* from Mat vii . 12 . is a sequel to the last , and in strong sense and a powerful moral bear , ing , is not excelled b y a ivy one in the series . The concluding
paragraph is worthy of being transcribed . — - " If it be objected that this is a mere moral discourse ; it is r plied , it is also a Christian discourse ; for it ii founded oil wha' Jesus taught , and no man ought to be ashamed of preaching what he preaches" ( preached , ) p . aai .
~> In D . xi , * The Righteousness of the Pharisees , " from Math . v . $ 0 . ( Except your righteousness exceed , &c /) the preacher would stem to shew that the marks of Pharisaism are found upon some sects who are the foremost to brand
others with the reproach : and in D . xii . ** Evangelical Righteousness / ' from Matth . vi . 33 . \* Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness , ' ) he would place the 4 t crown of righteousness ' upon the heads of those on whom the
professors of modern ev ah helical religion would heap condemnation . In the following sketch of the Pharisees , the author corrects a common mistake as to their cUkracter : — ¦ ¦ f j
u They thought them § $ lve $ the peculiar favourites of heaven . " It ha , s been supposed that the Pharisee 3 Ascribed td themselves , to their owjri , pious disponir tionsand virtuoys c ^ cjcfjqns ^ tiu : good they had attained , instead of ascribincr j | t to the grace of God ; bat thi » s a iAjs * takc , tliccontraryis the fact G&df I thank
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tltvfew . * - ~ -Wright ' $ Evangelical Discourses . 613
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1811, page 613, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2421/page/37/
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