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79. (9) Num. xxxv. 33, The land cannot

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be cleansed [atonement cannot be

made for the land] of [for]the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

80. (10) Psal. lxv. 3, Iniquities prevail against me, as for our

תכפרם transgressions

thou shalt purge them away, [atone, pardon them.] 81.(11) Psal. lxxix. 9, Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name :

and deliver us, ¶DI) and purge away [make an atonement for] our sins," for thy name's sake. 82. (12) Prov. xvi. 6, By mercy and truth iniquity

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of God in public

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calamities, See Patr. Paraph.

MEANS. Mercy

and truth, benevo lence, and justice practised amongst

men.

EFFECT. Pardon of sin, in sparing the prophet's life for having seen the Lord of hosts, he feared he should be destroyed, ver. 5.

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MEAN. The merof God. [Touching his lips with a live coal was, I conceive, only a sign of pardon, and of his being endowed with the prophetic spirit.] EFFECT. [of this negative atonement] the continuance of calamity and suffering till they were destroyed.

MEAN. God's de

nying his mercy be

cause of their incor

85. (15) Isa. xxvii. 7,8,9, Hath he smitten him as he smote [his enemies] those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? Ver. 8, In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it; (i. e. in due proportion, according as the nation brings forth the fruits of righteousness, thou wilt plead with them by afflictions;) He stayeth his rough wind in the day of

rigible wickedness, ver. 12, 13, God's mercy could have atoned their iniquity: but would not.

EFFECT. The reformation of the land from idolatry, and the preventing of their destruction.

MEAN. Affliction brought upon them by the wisdom and goodness of God.

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ish, but means not to destroy you utterly.) Ver. 9, By this [affliction] therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged, [atoned,] and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. 86. (16) Dan. ix. 24, Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city,to finish the transgression,and to make an end of sins,

and to

make reconciliation [atonement] for iniquity, and to bring

This text speaks of the sacrifice which the Messiah offered up unto God; which, as it is the principal subject of our inquiry, we shall reserve, till we have gone through all the other texts; and then we shall be enabled to

in everlasting righteousness, &c.

87.(17) Gen. xxxii. 20, For he [Jacob] said, I will appease [atone] him [Esau] with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

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88. (18) Prov. xvi. 14, The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man fy [atone] it. 89. (19) Ezek. xvi. 63. Ver. 60, Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. Ver. 61, Then thou

examine and explain it to greater advan

tage.

EFFECT. The calming of Esau, and preventing his falling in a hostile manner upon Jacob, and his family.

MEAN. A handsome present of cat

tle.

EFFECT. Preventing any one's suffering by the wrath of a king.

MEAN. Wise and prudent conduct. EFFECT. Israel's return to their former state, ver: 55, after they had been in captivity, ver. 53.

MEAN. The goodness of God, remembering his covenant.

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