Christ his Son, cleanseth us from all sin." But what blood, my friends? Did Jesus Christ, the Saviour, ever have any material blood? Not a drop of it, my friends, not a drop of it. That blood which cleanseth from all sin, was the life of the soul of Jesus." p.p. 40,41.
What blood was that which came forth mingled with water, when the soldier pierced his side with a spear? Was it material or immaterial?
Do not the following passages, with many more, refer unequivocally to the blood of the Man Christ Jesus, which was shed on Calvary?
| "It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell; and, (having made peace through the blood of his cross) by him to reconcile all things unto himself." Col. i. 19, 20.
"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death," &c. Heb. ii. 14. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, |
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more, then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him." Rom. v. 8, 9. "Having therefore boldness, to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh" Heb. x. 19, 20. |
See many other passages equally conclusive, under Sermon I, Extract 2.
EXTRACT V.
Evidence of Miracles.
"We have a day much higher than any thing that outward miracles could give. For they were the weakest evidence that
