I. OBJEC. It represents the Deity in an unfavourable light

REPLY 1. The objection proceeds on a mistaken assumption of
what the atonement is designed to effect

don sin without satisfaction

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2. It assumes, what is not proved, that God is ready to par-

II. OBJEC. It is inconsistent with the Divine Immutability

REPLY 1. The inspired writers use language which seems to imply

a change in God

2. The change is not in God but in man

III. OBJECT. It is incompatible with the gracious nature of par-

don

REPLY 1. Justice and mercy are not opposed to one another

2. The objection overlooks the origin of Christ's satisfac-

tion

ment

3. The bestowment of pardon is an act of grace

4. Pardon could not be shown to be gracious without atone-

IV. OBJEC. It supposes the innocent to suffer for the guilty

REPLY 1. The innocent do suffer for the guilty

2. The sentiment of our opponents supposes the same

thing

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ib.

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3. Christ was legally, though not personally guilty

4. Christ suffered by divine authority and his own volun-

tary agreement

5. The ends of punishment are more completely subserved

by this arrangement

6. The case admits of a compensation

7. The case altogether peculiar

V. OBJEC. An Atonement is unnecessary

REPLY 1. The objection is presumptuous

2. There may be reasons for its necessity of which we are

ignorant

3. The objection supposes an inadequate view of the evil

of sin

4. It proceeds on an imperfect notion of the nature of salva-

tion

The letter of the law

The nature of the law

The law cannot be relaxed

The purposes of moral government

III. The inefficacy of every other thing to procure pardon of sin

Inefficacy of repentance

Inefficacy of future amendment

IV. The assertions of Holy Writ

The explanation of the facts

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Not explained on the principle of retributive justice

Not possibly disciplinary

ib.

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Not merely confirmatory of his doctrine

ib.

Not only exemplary .

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SECTION VIII.

PROOF-NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS.

Passages which speak of atonement or reconciliation

Passages which treat of propitiation

Passages in which the term ransom or redemption occurs

Passages in which Christ is said to be made sin or a curse

Passages in which Christ is said to have been made a sacrifice

Passages in which the language of substitution is employed

SECTION IX.

MATTER OR SUBSTANCE OF ATONEMENT.

Christ's sufferings alone

The whole of his sufferings

in particular

The sufferings of his soul, and of the concluding period of his life

The sufferings of Christ and those of the wicked in the place of woe

not precisely the same

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His freedom from all personal obligation to the law

His being at his own disposal

SECTION XI.

EXTENT OF ATONEMENT.

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I. Explanations

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The infinite intrinsic worth of Christ's atonement admitted

on the one hand.

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The limited application of it admitted on the other

The divine intention with regard to the extent of its ob-

jects, is the point in dispute

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II. Arguments for a definite atonement

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The divine purpose

ib.

The rectitude of God

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The universal gospel offer

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The universal terms employed in scripture

The possibility of those perishing for whom Christ died

It opens a way for the exercise of Divine mercy, encourages sin-

ners to rely on the mercy of God, and awakens in saints

plous emotions

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It affects the divine dispensations toward our world

It furnishes an eternal theme of contemplation to the whole universe

of moral creatures

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PART II.

INTERCESSION.

SECTION I.

REALITY OF INTERCESSION.

Intercession the correlate of atonement

Necessary to the fulfilment of the covenant of grace

Supposed in the perfection of Christ's priesthood

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