Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-05-05

Taylor and Socinus have advanced in re-
lation to the atonement. And 50 far as
am able to understand the subject, this er-
ror arises from confounding two distinct
things viz: atonement and reconciliation.
SO far as the atonement Of the Son Of God
is understood by me- l undertake to show
difference between reconciliation and
atonement. In relation to the atonement,
made by the priests under the Jewish rit-
ual, shall consider, at length in another
part of this Review Atonement, have
said, is that which in a given case makes
it proper and just for God to exercise his
mercy in forgiving sin. An atonement
does not necessarily imply forgiveness of
sin, because the conditions on which atone
mCnt is made may not have been complied
with. But there could have been no re-
Cancellation without an atonement Re-
demption also should not be COMPOUNDED
with atonement. The sinner is redeemed
from sin and its final punishment, when he
embraces, by faith, the blood of Christ,
which made the atonemcnt Atonement
and redemption, stand in the same rea-
ton to each o:her, as cause and effect
. Without atonement there could be no re-
dcmption and when the sinner embraces
the atonement, by faith in the blood OF
Christ, then he is redeemed. Hence we
maintain in opposition TO our essavist, that
when atonemcnt is made, the pardon of
those by whom it is made does not imme-
diately and inrariably foiLoar,
AaVIDr Sntt la1 Onr .
what are we to understand by atonement?
let US now examine some proofs in favor
Of the opinion that the atonement was
made on Calvary" and completed in
the death of Christ" " 1t is not in the
. character Of a suffering rictim that Christ
makes the atonement," says our author,
but in the character "ofan officiating high
] priest" Yet he endeavors to show that it
is the flood Of Christ that makes the atone
mcnt, when presented on the throne in
heaven, not literally, but spiritually"
In opposition to this doctrine, | shall un-
dertake to prove, that Christ literally
made an atonement for sin upon the cross,
in the character of a suffering victim.-
John i: 20, The next day John seeth
Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold
the Lamb Of God, which taketh away
the sin Of the world" In what sense
can lamb take away sin, unless it be, by
way Of sacri6cial atonement2 And what
propriety would there be for John the
Baptist to point to Jesus Christ as "the
! Lamb Of God, which taketh away the sin
of the world" unless he had reference to
Christ's death upon the cross, to atone for
the sins OF the world He is called the
Lamb of Cod as he was a sacrifice
which God himself both required, provid.
ed, and accepted. AS Lamb he takett
away sin, by being made an expiatory
citation, that justice might be satisfied, anc
yet the sinner pardoned." A Lamb coulc
not take away sin" except by becoming
a sacrifice: and why should John cal
Christ 1.-the Lamb of God,' in this con
nexion, if he did not really atone for tn,
sins Of men, by bearing the punishment
| due to them - Scott. 1t must be motto
ed here, if this view of the subject be cor
rect, that Christ made atonement for sin
in the character Of Lamb, or an cxpia
tory oOation, as a suffering victim," am
not in the character "of an officiating higl
priest John did not say, behold the MAJ
who is to be an " officiating high priest,
to take away the sin Of the world. BE
hold the Lamb of God" that expiatcs, o
takes away, 1.-The sin of the world"
Where was this expiration made by tn
Lamb Of God! What was done by hir
in that character, that we should regard a
expiatory oblation, except the sacrifice {
himself upon the tree? Isaiah lii
& But he was wounded for our transgre'
sions, he was bruised for our iniquitie
J. the chastisement Of our peace was upo
o him; and tolth his stripes ece are healed
l. | Peter, ii: "a. "Who his own self ban
s our sins IN his Onrn body on the tree. th'
n we, being dead to sins, should live uni
o righteousness; by 1chose stripes zee arei
= healed" The doctrine Of substitution
W here as plainly declared as language ca
" express it, He was wounded for OF
l. transgressions." He was wounded
q he hung upon the cross; he expired the
II, as a victim to atone for sin, having endu
lie ed all the agonies of cruel crucifxion.-
n And as he hung upon the cross, spe
tx was thrust into his side, and thus, was
g. literally wounded for our transgre
or sions -" by whose stripes we are he'
Sy ed,' if we are healed at all, The sac
IN, fee ofJesus Christ upon the cross open
er door of access to the Father, havil
in nailed 1.-The handwriting of ordinanc
IN, that was against US" Ito his cross"
1t "Who his own self bare our sins in
ng own body on the tree" Here we s
he Christ becoming the Precipitation for t
int sins ofthe world, whom God set fortl
no by his own will and pleasure, in orc
in that He might be just and the justif
pc of him that believeth in Jesus"
re- Where was this Precipitation made
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