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THE
ATONEMENT
OF
CHRIST MANIFESTED.
CDIse.
vI.
and
flit-
revealing such
a vision in
the midst
of
the throne,
for our constant contemplation.
4th
Lesson.
This
vision
appears
on the
throne
as
an
everlasting encouragement for the
vilest
and most
guilty
sinners
of
all
ages
to
trust
in
the
sacrifice
of
the Lamb
that
was
slain.
When
we
remember the
"
scarlet"
and
"
crimson" sins of
David,
Solomon, and
Manasseh, and
of
the Corinthians,
which
are reckoned up
;
1
Core
vi.
10, 11,
the saints on
earth
may
say,
and
such were
we,
drenched
all
over and
defiled with
iniquities,
whose evil
thoughts,
evil words,
and
evil
actions,
are without bounds
and without
number,
but
they
are
all
washed away
in
this
divine laver, with
all
the infinite
evil
and guilt
of
them,
against the Majesty and the grace
of
God
;
for
the virtue
and
the
dignity
of
the
united
god
-head,
which dwells in
the
man
Christ
Jesus, runs through the whole
of
his sacrifice,
and
makes
it
of
infinite
and everlasting value
;
whereby
sins
of
all
manner of aggravations are
removed from those
that
believe in
Jesus;
1
John
i.
7.
Mat.
xii. 31.
No
manner
of
crimes
are
sufficient to
create despair,
where
this
atonement
is
provided.
5th
Lesson.
It
may also
be designed
as
an
encourag-
ing memorial
to
relieve
old
sinners
under
the
guilt
of
sins,
of
long continuance, and laden with many aggravations;
for as the yearly
sacrifice
of
atonement,
whose
blood the
high
priest
carried into the
holy place,
and appeared
there before
God, cancelled
the
wilt
of
all
the nation
for
all
the
days
of
that
year:
so
Christ, being entered
into."
the
holy place
made
without
hands," and
dwelling
there
for ever,
.with
his own
blood answers for the
sins
of
those
that
believe in
him,
which they have been
all
their
lives
committing against
God,
if
they
are
but
deep-
ly
convinced
of their
long
and
repeated
iniquities,
and
with humble faith
fly
to
Jesus,
the hope
that
is
set
be-
fore
them.
Look
up,
therefore, look
up,
ye
humble
penitents,
that
have been guilty
of
many
and
repeated
crimes, and
are
almost drowned
in
tears
of
repentance,
and
are
ready
to
die
under
despair,
because
of
your
.
aggravated
ini-
quities, look
unto
this blessed
emblem
on
high,
the
Lamb,
as
it
had been slain
:
This
sacrifice
gives
founda-
tion
for hope,
not
only
that
we
shall be cleansed from
all
our secret
faults, which
are more
than
we
can think,