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cost ofI * is frietiidSi In -considering the dcoootfty of Providence , ; vve might re ? gard such friends as atoning for his faults . lii the same Way , if in the economy of redemption we see , in the personal mediation of the Lord Jesus ^ certain lessons illustrated , which seem
particuiawy seasonable m connexion with that great act of grace , may we not regard his mediation not merely as that of our Prophet and Lord , but as that of one who expiates our
transgressions - ? Such lessons may , I conceive , be seen in the following circumstances : we see our redemption accomplished through the exaltation of Jesus > that is * ? the unworthy are blest in the form of a reward to the
worthy : this appears to illustrate the character of God as the rewarder of virtue . Again , in the difficulties of our redemption , we see the danger of sin : in the treat merit bf Jesus , human guilt wtis consummated , the law superseded , the Jews rejected : in the mediation of Jesus , the love of God and
of our Lord are so affectionately displayed * as almost to secure us from an y abuse of grace : lastly , by the exaltation of our more worthy brother to be ohr Lord and head , we are taught a becoming humility . It is evidently not the custom of Scripture to give any formal account of the principles on which its doctrines are founded ,
and therefore it is not , in any case , to be expected ; but as such lessons as these are often , by the Scripture itself , connected with our Lord ' s mediation , it is not unreasonable to explain , in part at least , what is said of that mediation by referring to them .
< It may be objected , that if this is all that is meant by the atonement , it will follow that martyrs and others have also made atonements for siiK I would answer this objection , not by denying its principle , for . it may be true in a > partial sen ^ e , as Origen observ es ^ **; that as ! w «) are all redeemed
by the > blood of Christ , *« o some may perhaps be redefined by the blood of martyrs ; " but by calling to : miild the pre-eminence which the atonement of Jesus derives from the general greatness of Ms person , from his tried and perfect innocence , andfrom his universal * relations ta mankind . f » . •• ¦¦¦
Tjoiatyvmpb apy ! scriptural defence of these viewe r ^ was not mydesign ; Let n * e onlyiadd , that w bile J can not regard
them as essential to salvation , th ^ y y ^ t app ^ brito nfreimfbrtitif ; as cond ucive to holiness atid edttlforfc ^ & SIMPLEX SECUNDUS .
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> Hampsliire , ^ Sir , March « 4 , 1 & 18 . '
IF you deem the following remarks , the result of the perusal of your Correspondent Simplex ' s Observation ^ in your number for January last , [ p . 32 jJ admissible , they are much at your service , and the insertion would not be *
unacceptable to your constant reade r ^ SIMPLICIORc While the universal profession of those sentiments of God and religion ^ which are by him deemed scriptural , is to the Sacinian * a subject rather of
hope than of present gratulation , th 0 pages of revelation will justify his belief of this fact at least , —that the apostles of Jesus , the first who felt the force of religion under impressions congenial with his own , needed * iot the aid of the doctrine of the Atonement
to render their preaching efficacious in reclaiming sinners , and in converting the idolater from his errors : and this convincedly felt , he will naturally be led to suppose , that if the influence of such sentiments is not now fouud to be
so extensively prevalent as he could wish , the reason must be sought for in some powerfully operating exterior causes , and is not attributable to any intrinsic defect in the sentiments themselves .
In endeavouring to ascertain these causes , he will , doubtless , he led to advert to the force of early impressions on the human mind , and connect therewith a consideration of the means resorted to by that vast proportion of bis contemporaries , the advocates of
the popular notions of religion , to instil into the infantine and youthful mind the belief of that sentiment which i » not unaptly designated as the mairtspring of orthodox machinery . He
will find , that in numberless instance ** , ere the meaning of the wordis can fofc at all considered to be understood by the pupil , this sentiment is made the subject of early and continued tuition , and enforced on the attention by those
* The ; writer , is ^ dwarie that h tjs use Hhj $ word vciixy % e ^ eeiiied ' objectionable , ~§ n % wishes it to be mtderstoo ^ as destg-nating * an advocate for the Unity o # God and the simple humanity of Jesus Obriat . ' *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1818, page 317, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2476/page/29/
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