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THE ATONEMENT
OF
CHRIST MANIFESTED.
[DISC. VI.
him,
and
his
glory in all
ages to come.
There
is
an
en-
quiry
;
Rev.
vii. 13.
"
What
are these
which
are
ar-
rayed
in white robes,
and whence
came
they
?"
To
this
we
answer,
as in
that
text, ver.
14.
"
These are
they
which came
out of great tribulation." Or
we may give
the
same answer as Zeba and Zalmunna answered
to
Gideon,
when they
were asked
;
Judges
viii.
18, 19.
"
What manner
of
men were they whom
ye
slew
at
Tabòr
?"
And
they
answered,
"
As
thou
art,
so
were
they; each
one resembled the
children of a
king.
And
he
said, they were
my
brethren, even the
sons
of
my
mother."
Each of
them are the
brethren of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ, born
of
women,
and
exppseél
to
great
tribulations
;"
but
"
they have all washed
their
robes,
.
and
made
them
white,
in the blood of the lamb
:
And
therefore
they are like the angels
of
heaven, who
stand
round
the throne," in
the glorious
services for which
they are prepared,
in the
court of
our
blessed
Re-
deemer, each
of
them the image
of
the
first
born
Son
of
God,
and reconciled
to
God
the
Father
by
his
blood,
and
shall
dwell
there for
ever
with
him.
A glorious re-
conciler,
and
a
divine
atonement, and
happy
souls
who
are partakers
of
it
!
2d
Lesson.
The
Lamb
as
it
had been
slain,
appears
there
as
a divine
Mediator,
and
is
a
memorial
of the
everlasting
virtue,
and
constant
efficacy
of
the atoning
sacrifice
of
.
Christ
;
which
was
typified
of
old by
the con-
stant
sacrifices
morning and
evening.
The
priests on
earth
stood daily ministring, and
offering
oftentimes the
same sacrifices
;
which
could never
effectually
take
away
sin
;
"
But
this
man,
after
he had offered one sacrifice
for
sins,
for ever
sat
down on the
right
hand
of
God.
--
For
by
one
offering he has for
ever perfected
them
that
are
sanctified
;
Heb.
x. 12, 14.
These repeated
sacri-'
fices,
were
designed as
a
type
to remove the continual
guilt
of
returning
sins
amongst the
Saints
:
morning
-sins,
and
evening
-sins,
sins in
the beginning
of
life,
sins
in
the
middle
state
of
life,
and
sins
of
old
age
;
sins
of
public
life,
and private
sins,
known
and
unknown,
secret and
public. The
priests
were
daily employed
in
continuing
these typical
sacrifices,
through
all the
Levitical
dispen-
sation.
And let
it
be
observed
;
Acts
iii.
1.
this was
called
the
hour of prayer;
and
that
the people
wçrç
ap-