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Belief in God the Son. 43

" for the remission of sinsy/* and of" his
" flesh being given for the hfe of the
" world '/^ The discourses and writings
of his chosen foUowers are full of passages
to the same purport. " Christ hath loved
" us/^ says St. Paul, " and hath given
" himself for us, an offering and a sacri*
" fice to God, for a sweet-smelling sa^
" vour*.^^ Again, " Christ our passover— -
" the Lamb slain from the foundation of
" the world**;'' " the Lamb of God, that
" taketh away the sins of the world'/' is
sacrificed for us. " He who knew no 8in„
" was made sin," or a sin offering, " for
" us, that we might be made the right-
" eousness of God in him**." " Christ
" hath redeeined us from the curse of the
" law, being made a curse for us* ;" " that
" he might reconcile us to God by the
"cross'." " He loved us, and washed
" us ftom our sins in his own blood*^."
" He gave himself a ransom for all*","

^ Matt. xxvi. 28. * John vi. 51. * Ephes. t. 9*

^ 1 Cor. V. 7. * John i. «». * « Cor. v. ai,

•Qal. iii. XS, 'Ephes. ii^l^, ,^ • Rer, i, 5.
* Mark X. 45,



46 BeUef in God the San.
