...The Law and the Prophets are the only guide in this case. And here GOD declares, that the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. (Ezek. xviii. 20.) MOSES, likewise, speaks of several offences, for the commission of which VOL.. I....

...: Behold all souls are mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine : the soul that sinneth, it shall die : the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father. Every one shall die /or his own iniquity.'' "I know it has been said, that the Divine...

...for 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...

...are mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son, is mine. The soul that sinneth, if shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of...him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon /«/«." In criminal matters every person accused must be examined before Eve or six tribunals ; and...

...which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not...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."...

...be considered as the height of injustice to punish the son for his father's sin. " The son shall " not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall...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...

...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...

...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...