...priests: " because," saith he, " not the priests, but God doth forgive sins." Secondly, because1" the priests were servants, yea servants of sin, and therefore...others : but the Son is the Lord of the house ; who " wasq manifested to take away our sins, and in him is no sin," saith St. John, upon which saying of...

...victim must be perfect and without blemish. It was necessary the Lamb of God should be so ; for " he was manifested to take away our sins ; and in him is no sin." 1 John iii. 5. Being thus pure and holy, the sins of the whole church were laid upon him. " He was...

..." The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me" (John xiv. 30) ; and, " Ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins, and in him is no sin " (I John iii. 5). The property and dominion of the prince of this world is sin; but Christ says, "...

...committeth sin, transgresseth also the law : for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not : whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, neither known him....

...which is Christ. g Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world ! h And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins ; and in him is no sin. I And all things are of God, who ha'th reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given unto...

...the power of the Gospel. These texts, therefore, are similar to i John iii, 5, " And ye know, that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.'' The phrase bearing •..,., • .,'•>.•'•-..'••' .....* . , y sm is never applied under....

...&c. " Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins ; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not ; whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, neither known him. He...

...sin, transgresseth also the law ; fer sin is the transgression oftf; the law. And ye know that lie was manifested to take away our sins ; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not : whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, neither known him. Little...

...Sec. " Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins ; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not ; whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, neither known him. He...

...tenor of his discourse. In the fifth verse of this chapter, he had said, " Ye know that he [Christ] was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin." What is the inference he draws from this ? " Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth...