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 recent denials of our Lord’s Vicarious Life, and we must refer you to him; but we cannot but lament the pernicious consequences of such doctrines. Already they sing―

And the Cross, concerning which Paul prayed that he might never glory in anything else, is spoken of, if not contemptuously, yet as occupying a very low place in comparison with the Resurrection. But some of you may say, “ Do not the Scriptures teach that Jesus was delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justification?” Undoubtedly; but the meaning of the word “for” is the same in both clauses, and exactly is, “on account of.” To read “in order to,” as you must with “the Brethren’s” view, makes nonsense: He was delivered “in order to” our offences, and was raised again “in order to” our justification. On the other hand, read “on account,” or “because of,” and you have the clear Scriptural statement of the nature of the death and the resurrection of Christ. You will naturally ask one more question,―If it is so clear, how could there be any difference of opinion about it? That I cannot tell; but I know this, that the merest tyro in Greek would tell you that “on account of” is the proper translation; hence, I fear, it is but another example of “the Brethren’s” method of using Scripture.

(7). The law not a rule of life.―This is one of their distinctive teachings. In this case there are, no doubt, many passages of Scripture which seem to favour their view. As, for example, “Ye are not under law, but under grace;” but a candid examination of the context shows that what the Apostle means is, that Christians are not under the condemnation of the law, that in Christ they are pardoned and accepted, and hence under grace. For, if we