The Scripture Ground of Justification; Or, an Inquiry Into the Doctrine of Scripture Concerning the Obedience of Christ - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1867 Excerpt: ... cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them." The Scribes and Pharisees indeed charged Him with an intent to overthrow the Law and the Prophets, or (as was meant by these expressions) the whole Economy of Moses. In His sermon on the Mount He defends Himself against the charge, and declares that instead of being opposed to the Law and the Prophets, they had a direct reference to Him, and would have their fulfilment in every jot and tittle in Him. "Think not that I am come to destroy," or to make null and void, or loosen the authority of "the Law and the Prophets: I am not come to destroy," or dissolve the things contained in the Sacred Writings of Moses and the Prophets, "but to fulfil" them. As for the Ceremonial parts of the Law, they will have their full accomplishment in Me. They are the shadow, of which I am the substance. The prophecies also will be fulfilled in my life and death: for instance, Moses wrote concerning the Messiah, "The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken." And with respect to the Moral precepts of the Law, I am come, TtX-nquaai, to fill them out or expand them--to show their spiritual application to the thoughts, desires, words, and looks, as well as to the actions;--as He proceeds to do in the verses which follow: "Ye have heard that it was said by" (or rather to, as in the Margin) "them of old time, Thou shalt not kill, and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but / say unto you, Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hellfire." This is the language of the Lawgiver,...
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