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THE ATONEMENT
OF
CHRIST.
£I:
filled;
even
the
first promise
of
mercy
that
was
ever made
to
fallen man.
Here I
behold the accomplishment
of
the predictions of the
holy
prophets
since
the
world be-
gan
;
11
Pet.
i.
1.
"
It
was
the
Spirit
of
Christ
spake in
them,
concerning the
sufferings
of
Christ,
and
the,
glory
that
should
follow."
Gen.
iii.
15.
Here
I
see
"
the
seed
of
the woman
breaking the head
of
the serpent."
1
John
iii.
8.
"The
Son
of God
manifested," and
by
his own
death,
"
destroying the works
of
the
devil."
Here
I
be-
hold,
Dan.
ix.
.4,
f26.
the Messiah cut
off,
but not
for
himself.
I
behold
him
here on
his
cross finishing
ini-
quity, transgression,
and
sin
;
and
bringing in
everlast-
ing righteousness.
I
see,
Is.
liii.
10.
his soul
made
an
offering
for the
sins
of
men
:
And
the prophets
Isaiah
and Daniel conspiring
with
the blessed apostles
to
point
to
Jesus
as
an all-
sufficient Saviour.
I
see
the types
and
shadows
of
the Jewish religion
so
happily
answered
in
this
doctrine
of
the priesthood an¢
sacrifice
of
Christ,
that
I
am well
assured
that
this
is
the
substance,
for
it
bears the shape and lineaments
of
the
shadow.
This
is
the
great
original; for it carries
the
exact
resemblance
of
the types
and ptctures
that
went
before.
The ancient
religion
of
emblems
and
figures was
confirmed
by
the
amazing wonders
of
Moses;
but
the
re-
ligion
of
Christ, which
contains
in
it
the
substance
and
true
glory
of
all
former dispensations,
is
not
only
attest-
ed
by
the miracles
of
the
Son
of
God,
but
he
himself
also
appears
in
the midst
of
it,
in
so
divine a
correspon-
donee
with
the typical ordinances
of
Moses, as
gives
a
double
and most
undoubted
confirmation to
his own
blessed gospel,
and
his own
atonement
for
sin.
Every
thing
that
established the religion
of
the
Jews,
serves to
establish
me in
the
religion
of
Christ.
Their
lavers and
washings,
their altars and
sacrifices were
divine;
but
they
were divine only
for
a
season.
These ancient
vails
which
covered the gospel, were
of
God's
own
contriv-
ance
:
and when they were exhibited
to
the people, espe-
cially
in
the
days
of
Moses and Solomon, they
made
a
bright and sacred
appearance;
but
now
the
gospel
stands
forth
unvailed,
and
in
perfect
light,
God
himself batti
folded up these vails
as
an old garment, and laid them
aside.
The
substance
is
come,
and the
shadows
disap-
pear.
Blessed be
the
Lord
that
I
was
brought
forth
since