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ka&rofectgei of nhe ( wi gUtul' Scriprttttfe , aod wrhd ?> he * eai detib&r&ted ** ir the particulars orfrth ^ Mlivivsfty < jfnthe 1 a ^ d eoo tabled i 11 the \ Mosafcr cod ev - They n » peotthefc 01 ( £ Te& « at * vem ^ vflly so far as trbey ^ cfan ^^ rasp '' in it stitoretliiiig ki behs l * > & $ tlfew sv * tem of religion , Biit
dcffenent was the case with'the Rabbis , < aa ihe guardians ofthat code and the oral laws ; and in the point in question t-lwy instructed us , taking into consideration the variety of sacrifices aupointed
( an ail sins and trespasses , either of the public at large or those of individuals . vVbat then were these appointed for the atonement day ? Thev gave the explanation that as all the sin offerings are a ^ nvi for trespasses known and confessed by the aggressors , so
these of the annual atonement day were for the generality at large , on account of * pDi nr ^ T orr ? j \ s «? cn ^ t ran sgres s ion s co m 111 itted inadvertently , or things which individuals of a community may be ignorant of . Such aggressions are frequently committed m the career of human life , either ignorantly or innocently . The sacrifices
appointed for the annual atonement day being for the rommunity at targe ^ they were then brought from the public treasure , and had no particulars in view but to expiate transgressions in * advertently done ; nor had they any particular class in view , w he * hef poor or rich , though my leaTfred critic would establish a new object \ va-known to the then existing Israelites—why ? because it- suits iiis bloody System .
** As : to the third position ( rny arn tagon * st continues ) , tot affirm that com * mandsiabout sacrifices were ceremonial , is kittle otherwise than equivalent t < 3 saying tliat commands about ceremonies ayes ^ efcmorrial commands ; which af course will riot ; be disputed . But how this saj / e observati 6 iV contributes
»_ -r any support to tlie conclusion which Mr . R , would establish , he has tiot shewn . To regard thenri as mere ceisemoliies destitute of all spiritual significance , is truly degrading to a religion of heavenly origin . ' * Now observe reader ! In my ' * Discourse on
Sacrifices ^ I have quoted many passages out of the Prophetical Books ai > d the Psalms : > all speak in one p lain language , and in unison with that of Jeremiah ' s saving , " For I spake not unto your fathers , nor did 1 command J ieni jra the day that I brought them © ut of the land of Egypt , concerning
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burnt * *> ffkrio £ s ahd sacrifices : "but tftil I comniaride ^ 'tWem , sayTng , obey ' t ^ f voice , and I will be your God , 8 ic . " ( Jer . vii . 22 , 23 . ' Or this of MicafTs saving , •* Wherewith shall F appear before God , arid bow myself before the Eternal One ? Shall 1 come before him with burnt offerings , with calves
of a year old ? &c . He hath instructed thee , O man , what is good ; and what doth God require of thee , bat to < $ o justice , to love mercy , and to walk humbly with th y God ? "' ( Micah vi . 6—8 . ) The Bible is open to every reader , ahd my " Discourse" to every inquirer ; in which the candid and inquisitive wilh meet with plain authorities deduced from Scripture , that
the whole system regarding sacrifice ^ ordained in the Mosaic code , was . neither essential for human salvation , nor ahsolute commandments , bu t merely ceremonial and local \ otherwise how " could all the Prophets be in unison hi exclaiming against absolute laws , and which are essential to human salvation , so as to declare them tixdl ? Orie ^ oif those missions must then absolutely
have been false . Notwithstanding , my much learned antagonist did not eiide ^ vour to advance any thing tp reconcile those scriptural contradictions , but passes by all the authorities in an entire silence ; arid conceitedly tells his Evangelical readers , " but how this sage observation contributes anv sup * - port to the conclusion which Mr . B . would esttf&lish , he has not shewn /* Notwithstanding the omission of the
scripturaiauthorities' which I brought t 6 prove the invalidity of sacrifices , my 1 carried antagonist did not forget tobrin < j to recollection that abstruse 53 d chapter of Isaiah , as a proof of his Trinitarian hypothesis , saying , " How much more worthy of the Divine Legislator do
they appeal * , wheo consid ( . Ted as typical of / t /// i-who , according to the prcdictions'of Isaiah , was to bear the sin of many , and to make his soul an offering for sin , " &c as well tins of the 110 th Psalmj ' which he continued , The priesthood of Aaron lus been superseded by him who was predicted by David , as a priest , for ever after the
order of Melchizedck . " . On the false translations and the hypothesis deduced from these texts , as the hmitb of your publication do not a < Ifnit their insert yon , 1 shall refer the reader t 6 my work , entitled ' . * The C \) nsiancy of Israel /* Part I in which Lc \ m ! * 1
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1817, page 221, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2463/page/29/
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