Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-05-05
BRANDON, THURSDAY, MAY S, 1886.

Lord Adopting the same principle Of
exegcsis with our author, and regarding
the laying of the hands upon the head of
the victim, es confession then it follows,
that confession was made, not only before
the atonement was made, but beiore>even
the sacrifice, preparatory tothe atonement,
was made In every case, that have
examined, the hands were laid upon the
head Of the victim, befor it was slain.-
Now, if the made of reasoning is correct,
that our author has adopted; then we
must look for - something in the ontitype
answering" to this part of the type
Hence, we should infer that there must be
confession Of sin, before Christ offered
himself a sacrifice for sin. But this was
impossible for those who have been saved
since the death Of Christ, and will also be
impossible for all who shall believe in
Christ in future. But if the want off con-
fession hindercd the high priest, from
making sacrifice, for sin, why will not
the same thing hinder a sacrifice in the
antitvpe? Here then We are met, with
an insuperable obstacle, in the very thresh-
hold Of our authors course. And this
fact must strengthen our conviction that
the principle on which he has founded his
doctrine is radically wrong. So far as
the analogy between type and antitvpe is
involved, undertake to say that we do no
more violence TO that analogy in main
tanning that the atoncment was made on
the cross, than does our author himself
Should his principle lie admitted "that
there must be something in the antique
answering to every part Of the type" all
we have to say, is, that he has violated his
own rule, and we can do no more than vio-
late it; for he that off ndeth in one point
is guilty of the whole.
That the different offerings, instituted
for the observance of the Lcvitical priest
hood, tipify the great truth of Christ's
sacrifcial atonemcnt, in one way or other,
in greater or less degree, am ready to
acknowledge And, although this might
have been one Of the designs Of the great
lnstitutor Of these rites, STILL there are
many other circumstances that must be
noticed in this connexion. 1t has been
well said by learned critic, that the
fancy, if unreined is apt to run into ex-
cess, and the Interpretation of the rjtua!
law, has been perhaps, too uncontrolled
particularly by its earlier expositors, who
have sometimes built their explanations
more on fanciful illusions, than on real
analogy, and true connection. 1t may be
remarked also, that some ofthese cercmo,
NAL laws seem to have been imposed as a
punishment, on account Of the frequent
transgressions of rebellious people, or rath
er as a yoke or curb to restrain from
idolatrv, as we'll as to discriminate them
from all other nations; which purpose
they efectually served in all their disper.
sions and captivties." If our doctrine o
the atonement is correct, that the atone
ment was made when Christ "bore ou1
sins in his own body on the tree,' the frs
position Of our author must utterly fai
him. And as we have not vet made sui
fcient advancement in the examination O
our authors views, to find his arguments
which overthrow this doctrine, let US now
attend to the second position in the essay
DALETH.