The Scripture Doctrine of Atonement, Proposed to Careful Examination

Ce livre historique peut contenir de nombreuses coquilles et du texte manquant. Les acheteurs peuvent generalement telecharger une copie gratuite scannee du livre original (sans les coquilles) aupres de l'editeur. Non reference. Non illustre. 1809 edition. Extrait: ...g in the divine mind, ever to inflict, eternal torments? For God to make such a distinction between one who confessedly spends this short life chiejly in sin, and one who spends it wholly so; and that too, when the crimes of the former, as the case may be, and many times in fact gready exceed those of the latter; naturally surpasseth all belief. Therefore, he that renounceth the doctrine of Atonementy to be consistent with himself, must, also, renounce those of th Divinity of Christy and the gternity of punishment. And, when these three jrrand points are given up, there is nothing left, in iae system of revealed trulh, mfllttis Wy Sxt- guish it from mere natural religion: And a croci iicd Christ will no longer appear to be tke foxver of God and the xuisdmn of Godi Far tlm reaaoa it is that tke doclrioe of Atme mgn has ever betn r9ok cf ojfenve to the ei cmiea of divide Meveiation. Because it stands in ihu connection, and so evidently iq pliip, b lh the-vinhy of Christ, and the eternity of punishment; many have labored, with their whole strength, to subvert it. But, if this falls, it falls like a strong man; pulling down with it, the very pillars ol Christianity. These considerations, it is hoped, will he a sufficient apology for an attempt to vindicate this great doctrine, and set it in its true and scriptural light. Of the success with which the design is executed, in the following pages; the candid, intelligent reader must judge. I can only say that a desire to support an hypothesis has not, that I am sensible, fflossed any of those passages of Scripture, which I have had occasion to consider, in the discussion of the subject. I pretend not, however, to be free from those...