5 o4 the nature of 9uflification, ar declared and force of the Antithe 'is feetn to require. Speaking of another fenfe , Eilius himfelf on the place adds, as that which he approves. Hic intelle llus explicandus eft per Com- mentarium Gr&corum Chryfoffomi eceterorum; quia pecca- tum emphaticcs interpretantur magnum peccatorem ; ac r di- cat Apoftolus, noflri canto traClavit eum tanquam ipfum pecca- tuns, ipfum fcelus, id efl, tanquam hominem in/.gniter feelera- tum, ut in quo pofuerit iniquitates omnium noflrum. And if this be the interpretation of the Greekscholiafls, as indeed it is, Luther was not the firfl:, who affirmed, That Chriff was made the greatefl 'inner , namely, by Imputation. But we Mall allow the former Expofition, provided, that the true notion of a fn ofring, or expiatory facrifice be admitted. For although this neither was, nor could confia in the tranf = fu 'ion of the inherent fin of the perfon unto the Sacrifice; yet did it fo in the tranflation of theguilt of the firmer unto it, as is fully declared Levit. 16.20, 21. Only I mutt fay, that I grant this lignification of the word to avoid contention. For whereas fome fay, that czttcra lignifies (ln, and a facri- fice for fin, it cannot be allowed. r . z rt in Kal, fignifies to err, tofin, to tranfgrefi the Law of God : In Piel it bath a contrary f nif cation, namely, to cleanfe from fin, or to make expiation of fin. Hence rIt n is molt frequently tiled with refpt& unto its derivation from thefirfl conjugation, and fig - nifiesfan, tranfgreffon, and guilt. But fometimes with refpet unto the fecond, and then it fignifies a facriface for (In, to make expiation of it. And fo it is rendered by the LXX, fome- times by PAao-,uós, Ezek.44. 27. fometimes rTao-,uós, Exod. 30. Io. ExelZ. 43. 23. A Propitiation, a Propitiatory sacrifice. Sometimes by äyvie¡.ea, Nam. 19. r9. and c rio*,, Purification or Cleating. But á,uapTia abfolutely doth no where in any good Author, nor in the Scripture lignifie a sacrifice for fin, unlefs it may be allowed to do fo in this one place alone. For whereas the LXX do render rr rt con{fantly by ú;,oeTa, where
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