Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-12-06

rection and the life" Yes: in this transaction
Abraham Jesus Chris, overcoming death,
mans greatest enemy. and his greatest punish
mont he saw him rise from the dead for the JUS
,ification of all who should believe on his name.
la this senss .hc received his son Isaac ia a fig
ure'' of Christ risen from the dead.
The Jews were blind TO this blaze of divine
truth They shut their eyes to lis divine instruc
ton. They ''loyed darkness rather than light.
because their deeds were evil The chief cor
nerstone, elect and precious, tho builders re-
fused" Utterly rejecting him their truo Shiloh
tho and substance of all their religion, they
fall back the fral fabrics of their ceremonial
law, declared by the postio 10 be only shadows"
types "of good things to come and 10 be full
filled in Christ.
From this source, as from one fountain head,
were all the religious errors Of the Jewish faith
derived. They vainly supposed that their sacri.
fees atonod for sin, by inherent and appointed
virtue. And it is remarkable, that in this
spect, they initiated so closely BY tho mem
bers of the Romish communion, who affirm that
their sacrifice IN tho atones for sins. Moth
ing be more evidont than that they are both
in deadly error; both blind TO this everlasting
truth, viz: that God accepted any sacrifice,
offering, or atonemcn: for sin, but that which
made by tho Messiah, his Son Jesus Christ. ''oncc
for all, on the cross A truth SO plain that il Is
matter of wonder that any, who know the Scrip
lures, should be ignorant Of It; and at tho same
time truth necessary. that all religion IS VAIN
without it. The ordinances of God before the
coming of his Son, adumbratod for the most part,
not Gospel ordinances, but the Saviour himself
upon the cross: and Gospel ordinances, common
morato the Saviour. Both receive their
plcn,itndo III Christ Jesus. Tho former i'll the
morning: tho latter in the evening of the day of
grace: both being shadows OF the dial of time, du-
ring tho day of probation allotted TO the Church
of God. Jesus Christ himself, Is the true and tho
only Gnomon, marking every moment by his or
dinancos. from the creation unto tho end OF tino
On this dial at high noon, emphaiically styled
"tho fullness of Time whom the Sun of Right
cousness at his meridian no shadow was
cas-. the dial. All, all was fulfilled. ''lt is
fnishcd,' said the spc,lcss Lamb Of God, as no
poured out his fc-bIood for sinners. at is fin
ishcd,'' tho otoncment is made, which noting else
could can make, from the beginning to the end
of time.
Tho supper of tho Passover, did family shadow
this, IN anticipation. The supper Of the Cross, by
reason Of greater light, casts deeper shade 10
commemorate the same. In neither
there can there be real atonoment, but by
involving the blasphomous doctrine of Transub-
station, aud the abomnablc idolatries of tho
mass.
at IS finishol,'' said our dying Saviour, whom
che gave up tho Ghost How many errors of
the mos. deadly nature have crept into the
Church BY porvcrting this fundamental truth seal
cd by the blood of Christ! The Jews, by reason
of thicr carna hearts, departed from the faith of
Abraham, and depended for salvation on the out
ward ceremonies of their law, believing that their
sacrifices of themselves atoncd for sin. How
widely spread among the Romanlsts Is similar
opinion, that the sacrifices of tho Christian altar
atone for sin! Yea, not only in the Roman
Church, but in some who pretended to have reject
cd her errors the same dreadful perversion Of the
truth scems to prevail. And will not God visit
his Gentle Church, he did Jerusalem of old,
for this SIM The Jews for this sin re- ectcd
of God, and since have became outcasts
from the divine favour. They leaned on that
false principle, that broken reed, that dangerous
III believing that their sacrifices and
ritual solcmnitics atoned for sin and IN conse-
quence Of this, they rejected their true Messiah,
and and are still rejected Of Him. In this
condition of ejectmcnt, they will remain until
they repent and believe the gospel, which unto
Abraham their Father preached before
and for this reason was called .'tho everlasting
that by the blood of tho .'Iamb of
God, slain from tho foundation Of the world and
once for all poured ont upon the cross. is the atone
mcnt made. md sinful MN justified" Till they
believe il tins trIe ioundl.on vi all true religion
they III their SINS.
The same may be said of those who beIio.o iii
the false a.oncnlcn: set forth by tho Ron1sh
IN the DEGREES of the Counci, If Trent. BY these
DEGREES tin, whole communion vas thrown into
a condition similar 10 that Of the Jews: both
the one and tho other ho,d anl still hold tha, the
sacrifice Itself and the ritual soIcmn,v DO atone
for sin. The articles of our Church afford
stable ground on which 10 stand when guarding
YOU from these errors of the Church of Rome.
Take these articles IN the sense of their trainers
and as set forth and investigated by the most dis
Iingushcd divncs. and there be mistake.
These articles thus interpreted, we hold in great
reverence. and entreat you TO consider them IN
he same light. listening to no Interpretation that
will draw you from the Protestant faith Be-
sides the articles. commend 10 Your serious
consideration the Honilies of Church, and
lext TO these the pastrol letters unanimously
adopted by this House of Bishops. and set forth TO
he whole Church Examine these pastoral let
crs and Won will sec how decidedly they con-
lcmn all learning to papai Rome on the one hand
nj 4 other How thew