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'But, laddie, he cam to saitisfee God's justice by sufferin' the
punishment due to oor sins; to turn aside his wrath an' curse; to
reconcile him to us. Sae he cudna be a'thegither like God.'
'He did naething o' the kin', grannie. It's a' a lee that. He cam
to saitisfee God's justice by giein' him back his bairns; by garrin'
them see that God was just; by sendin' them greetin' hame to fa' at
his feet, an' grip his knees an' say, "Father, ye're i' the richt."
He cam to lift the weicht o' the sins that God had curst aff o' the
shoothers o' them 'at did them, by makin' them turn agen them, an'
be for God an' no for sin. And there isna a word o' reconceelin'
God till 's in a' the Testament, for there was no need o' that: it
was us that he needed to be reconcilet to him. An' sae he bore oor
sins and carried oor sorrows; for those sins comin' oot in the
multitudes--ay and in his ain disciples as weel, caused him no en'
o' grief o' mind an' pain o' body, as a'body kens. It wasna his ain
sins, for he had nane, but oors, that caused him sufferin'; and he
took them awa'--they're vainishin' even noo frae the earth, though
it doesna luik like it in Rag-fair or Petticoat-lane. An' for oor
sorrows--they jist garred him greit. His richteousness jist
annihilates oor guilt, for it's a great gulf that swallows up and
destroys 't. And sae he gae his life a ransom for us: and he is the
life o' the world. He took oor sins upo' him, for he cam into the
middle o' them an' took them up--by no sleicht o' han', by no
quibblin' o' the lawyers, aboot imputin' his richteousness to us,
and sic like, which is no to be found i' the Bible at a', though I
dinna say that there's no possible meanin' i' the phrase, but he
took them and took them awa'; and here am I, grannie, growin' oot o'
my sins in consequennce, and there are ye, grannie, growin' oot o'
yours in consequennce, an' haein' nearhan' dune wi' them a'thegither
er this time.
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