...has Jesus ever taught us or encouraged us to unlearn, what we have learned from the prophet, that ' the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him,...and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him ?'* — The righteousness of Abraham or Christ, — whatever other benefits it may confer upon the...

...irresistible in the nature of things, and God has expressly asserted it by the mouth of the prophet. " The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him...and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." Until this declaration can be proved false, the imputation either of sin, or of righteousness, must...

...irresistible in the nature of things, and God has expressly asserted it by the mouth of the prophet. " The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him...and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." Until this declaration can be proved false, the imputation either of sin, or of righteousness, must,...

...preposterous doctrine has a direct tendency to impeach the character of the God of justice and truth. 3. " The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him,..." the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. — Yet ye say, " The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Js" rael ! Is not my way equal...

...iniquity of the father ; neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son ; the righteoasnessof the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." ver. 19, 20. In the preceding part of the chapter, the prophet has dilated a good deal, and very expressly...

...neither shall the father bear " the iniquity of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall ft be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon " him."* Yet this son might afterwards become guilty of the same sin by his own act 5 and in that case he would...

...for the righteousness, of another; and that, accordingly, God tells us by Ezekiel xviii. 20, ' The soul that sinneth, it shall die ; the son shall not...the wickedness of the. wicked shall be upon him.' These words, and a good deal more in that chapter to the same effect, are God's reply to the Israelites,...

...does not seem to comport with scripture nor common sense. The plain testimony of scripture is, " The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not...and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." Such is also the language of reason and common sense. Personal acts, and moral character are not transferable...

...his transgression. This doctrine is completely set aside by God himself, in Ezek. xviii. 20, ' The soul that sinneth it shall die. The son shall not...and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.' In this passage it is, I think, as explicitly as language will admit, declared that no man shall be...

...for the righteousness, of another; and that, accordingly, God tells as by Ezekiel xviii. 20, ' The soul that sinneth, it shall die ; the son shall not...and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.' These words, and a good deal more in that chapter to the same effect, are God's reply to the Israelites,...