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in * ipiflg . ap | is < li * $ fcfcme ja ^ s fe ^ fi ^ feft tuimte ia bte irndswoura to iUustpttfe the advftgtt ^ e ^ iw < J m ^ ralvt ^ d ^»« y of hfe doctrine * ¦ thm in his afcteinptft 4 ^ deftfte < w ? , 1 a piwre i& M&jk < # „ && Btioii that tkte supposed method of -J * $ r deraptio » by tim blood ot < Jhmt > > wai
intended , and is admirably suited , ta " se ^ itfe tte © ivi » e a&fcberityj" but I am iH ^ erly at- fr l # ss to imagine wh # t definite views be can entertain of its suitobten&s 8 to thia purpose . Hte is most aaxious to guard against tti « suspicion , that he entertains tha 4 oc « -
trine of vicarious punishment , or of satisfaction ? Ao IHvi » Q justice . In what way , t hen * has . the de « ttk of Christ secured the Divine authority ; or wba £ -seewfty can this authority ever ueed ? I fear your < jorre « poadeoit wili ; be again compelled to repSy , Xhx& " tliis is not a necessary inquiry .
neither oaat we 6 ad any formal answer to it m the Scripture . ^ Yet ia i $ not clearly evident , th ^ t if any such thing were contemplated in the scheme oi redemption , ite whole effic ^^ B ^ uet be lost , unleaa we can be made to iro « - deratand \ xqw it tends to thi ^ pur ^ poee i :
Your correspondent has further prer sented ua with the following illustration of his doctrine : iC A father has many children , ajl of whoja but oae have joined in an act of ; disobedience ; and , moreover , ill-treated the dutiful child for his singularity : they become sorry for their fault ; but the father
prescribes , as the condition of foi ^ ive * ness , that the dutiful child shall solicit pardon for the othera . ' * Nothings surely , could be conceived of les ^ happy than thia illustration . A wbe and good father , when convinced that his otfending children repented of their disobedience , and were become fit ob *
jects of his fqrgiveneas , a father , whose heart rejoiced to behold the returning affection of his offspring , would acorn the trick of apptjaring >( for it eould . be only appearance ) to need the proip i ^ tiating } intetceisaion of a more dutiful child , before he could bet inrfuoed to
manifest the natural dispositions of a parents boB 6 ni . I am ' surprised it did not occijr t& the mind af yotar eor- * respondent , when penning thia exemplification of has doctrine , tlhftt a much less fallible . judge of the influence of Christiaa truth , than either he or I
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ea ^ presume he , J ^ kalireids , ^^ - sm this saoi & w ^ tho 4 af iilu ^^ jmg the tfaxvy , tf < 5 w by a GQcap 4 won borrovvetl fwrn the ^ atm ^ l relatirai of p ^ d ai | d pa ^ n t ^ Jesus , b ^ w ^ ver ^ has entirely omitted in his description , that which your correspondent de ^ ms 90 essential to tbefi ^ i&hmg of ^ he picture . I allude to ourlrfpfd ' a
touchmg- parable of the Prodigal Son ,, in which . 1 cannot find that the elder son , though he had always " served * ' \ a& father and never ** transgressed hi ^ eommandiBent , ^ was obiig ^ d ^ to solicit pardon for the returniDg <( ^ odj ^ l , before the father had eompa ^ sK )^
aod ran , and fell upon his neck , m ^ L kissed hiin /^ I mu $ t bqg to be ^ Xrcused , Sir , m saying that 1 ratter pj ? & » fer the Saviour ' s parabk ia Us owifinak form ; for I cannot tbiuk that ijt has gained much , either of simplicity or of pathos , J ^ y your wure ^ pondeat ^ ingenious addition . .
It may at length be mquj ^ eftr---What then i ^ the Scripture d ^ qHrine of redemptiou by . th ^ blood of Ghrirtt ? In my hun > ble opinion , it cani ^ ot l > p j oatiy said that there is any simjU dyer trine m Ae Serap ^ ui ?^ . ThQ doctrine is if
of the Scripture ^ thia , ^—that W repent of thfjir ^ ina , and turn , unto God in conlrition of heart , aud brin ^ forth fruits meet for repentance , Ue i ^ always mercifaily dispose ^ to forgive their past traasgpeaato&s * aud to restore them to his favour : and Je&ua
Christ is the " Mediator between GoU a « nd men , ' * by wbo « a this jpyful aissurance has been proclaimed and conftrmr ed to the world . With inspect to the association of our Lord ' s death with this great doctrine of the gospel , it
will certainly appear , upon exo ^ ninar tion , to be comparatively rai ;« in the Scriptures , even should it be proved to occur at all ; and that it does oc ^ ur ; ia probjably to be regarded merely a $ an accommodation of Jewish ideas
and phraseology , to the circumstances of the Christian revelation ; a prac * tice very natural , indeed , in Christ and the apostles , and , doubtless , ^ tt ^ the mind of ti Jew very Uludtnutiv ^ but not intended to cofavey in itself any doctrine , other than t \\^ % which ia much more frequently expressed wfoii- * out any such allusion . II . ACTON .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 669, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/13/
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