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    the paschal lamb , as applied to the death of Christ . For not only was the paschal lamb sacrificed for the sins of the Jews under circumstances resembling those , under which our Saviour was sacrificed for

    the sins of the world , but we have the authority of Scripture itself for the assertion , that the sacrifice of the paschal lamb was from the very beginning designed to indicate the sacrifice of Christ on . the cross . When John the Baptist first saw our Saviour , he exclaimed , * Behold the lamb of

    God , which taketh away the sins of the world . ' SU Paul is still more particular z for he says , ' Christ , our passover is sacrificed for us : * and St . Peter declares , that we were redeemed * with the precious blood of Christ * as of a lamb without blemish and without spot , who verily was

    fore-ordained ^ before the foundation of the world . From a comparison of these passages we learn , not only that the two sacrifices resembled each other , but that the Sacrifice of the paschal lamb was originally intended to designate the sacrifice of Christ . The former sacrifice therefore has all the

    qualifications , which are necessary to- constitute a type / ' ( 3 , 4 ) . Does this conclusion flow legitimately from the premises ? The resemblance is granted : but proof " is wanting of it ' s being a designed resemblance . Our Saviour , we know , has been denominated ' the lamb of God and * our passover : ' this fact however is no evidence of the paschal lamb and supper

    being typical of him with equal reason might it be alleged that , because he speaks of himself as ' the good shepherd , ' his pastoral character was the antitype of David ' s . Such a principle of criticism would conduct us , in truth s to doctrines and inferences which

    scarcely any theologian , of any denomination , could endure . Nor can Dr . M . fairly lay stress on . the word Jbrebtdained > in his quotation from the writings of the Apostle Peter . On consulting the original , our readers will be fully sensible that the antecedent is Christ : he it is « ' who was fore-ordaihed

    before the foundation of the world ;" a declaration to which we unreservedly Sind gratefully assent , but which is far from being identical with the proposition " that the sacrifice of the paichal lamb was originally intended to designate the sacrifice of Christ . "

    Our author endeavours to evince that there are ** two very remarkable types of the Old Testament , the one apply ing to th $ Sacrament of baptism , tbe other IP the Sacrament of . the

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    Lord ' s supper" ( 13 , T 4 ) . Let us begin with weighing his observation in regard to the latter , €€ the Lord ' s supper * ' ( 4 ) .

    " Since the sacrament of the Lord ' s Clipper was instituted by Christ himself in remembrance of his death and passion the ceremony , which was a type of the one may be considered as a type also of the other . "

    Ifi pktrner language , the meaning of I > r . M . is , that of the Lord ' s supper the paschal supper may be considered as a type . His manner ot expressing himself , should not be passed in silence . Instead of saying , totidem verbis , that it is actually a type , or that , on the

    principles of sound reasoning , we must infer it to be such , he simply remarks , that it may be considered as a type . No doubt , there is a large class of persons by whom it may be so considered : an unscriptural system of theology , combined with fervour of imagination , wilt

    behold types in almost every page of the Jewish records . It is highly probable that , under the influence of these causes ^ n * en will multiply resemblances of this description , and that they man

    consider every resemblance as typical . The / point at issue between the Prolessor and us , is the ground on which he considers the paschal supper as typical of the Eucharist . Now this would seem to be the supposed relation

    of the sacrifice of the paschal lamb [ as the type ] to the sacrifice of Christ [ as the antitype ] . However , since no such relation is asserted , or'even implied , in Scripture , it follows that the alleged relation of these two ceremonies to

    each other is also imaginary . The foundation being removed , the superstructure falls . Equally unsuccessful is this Lecturer in his attempt to shew that " the sacrameni of baptism was prefigured b ? an event of great importance in the history of the Jews . " Though he labours the point at some length , heonty convinces us that the proof of it is too weighty a tas ^ k for even the abilities and learning of Dr . Marsh . Let us to r the Professor ' s statement ( 4 ) :

    " St . Paul > in his firk Epistle to the Corinthians ( k . 1 . ) , says , ' Bretbl *? 'J would not that yc should be ignemnVWJ that our fathers were under the ^^^ all passed through the sea , and nw J tfced unto Moses io the c \ ou 4 , and J " » ea ; and did all eat the same * V ivlU * £ T . and did aH drinfc ttip ** m * qfl& ° » **

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    V $ g 8 Revieio . —Marsh ' s Lectures . Part IV .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1816, page 598, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2457/page/34/