1844 Circular Letter of the Ketocton Association

LET US THEN GLANCE at that glorious plan which was laid in eternity by wisdom and love, and brought into action by the power of Jehovah to accomplish his almighty purpose. His love prompted him to choose us as sons in Christ Jesus, who in the fulness of time should satisfy even Divine Justice, and liberate us from that condemnation which should fall upon us by the disobedience of Adam, and the guilt that should spring up from that disobedience. Thus we find him spoken of as the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world: slain not yet in reality, but in the purpose and counsel of God; for when he was betrayed, condemned, and nailed to the cross, his persecutors did only what God’s hand and counsel had determined should be done.