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M-stand what
...t : 'wnihi iu nit-gloomy aosoiauotisoi our .ion. and i in- i 1Tr 11
erroris! moatis. before his omir h.-f.-vi;.. ' i .. . , . ....t . i-'
lar as to r
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;rom t!io inconveniences
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RELIGIOUS. For the Standard. THE PROGRESS OF ERROR.
In my last, I gave a copy of the proceedings of
the French national Synod, in the case of Messieurs Testar.l and Amvraut. The reader will re-
::c
do
some, and left others, cither verv
wholly dissatisfied. Tajou died m 10GI, hut his sentiments did not
ciuie wi,h hm)- Hi nephew, Isaac Papim a native
jof Dots, threw off tne disguise with which his
I:;TEii or Axixn-r.it vs. ?In. Iixperio L t'.ie faith of our C.dvinis-
puntsinng tnoso who, betng blessed with the lisht ' -! -"(-. '"speciahy in .New Kn-laud, h-is been
of truth, have turned aside into ftbles. and made ! a"5 ' st tt;0d on he 'hiec: oi'dlvi.ic i-jlun.cc in shipwreck of, ho faith. ' ), j " ! rr,ner.s' T ;1 "'7' ' - M0.1, and it oia,l he just as reason ah!.' at this - I day to revive a!l the debit.-. of past a -as o.i the Ax iMrr.Ess:vE Tempef.axce Ael:;ess. The fol- i octriie of ju,ii:tl-ai,a or atom, i -w ,C, "
the truth ' i.rwin-sentence of the law, pronounced bv Jiuhe im,n V lold '"'ation. has arisen i:i o ;r time.
c..;..c....i ' v..u ; i...- a.-.: a.jxance.i tneortc rtsP v-tin- rr-,.r...r:,:i.,!,
t,j,,-in u M.-.t, ui.i.i j,..i i;,iua .-iicuiiutLdii, ior me crime n ! 'i.n ;.. i . . "
o-e wlneii li ive .0e:i herct.-ii-ve, l ut v. iiicli e I 'I, ; a j - 0 I' , ,0
I:;
nties of Christianity tu
' opposed the artifice of
l,s rove the ouvt
I iviu me oucneo or i:n?
V' r;!: Tt:-.f1:;in to he a fiisehood
I more cautious uncle ha I v
cuea his opintojis.
upon harr.abas Arstingstall, for the crime of j the same 'in -w' -ee ,
murder, at Troy. Ohio, contains appeals in beltalfi often refuted and a'utiidont of Temperance, which will be read with interest. 1 ,,oli!r l-ov- advanced wirii
and. we hope, le productive of much soo-i. SENTENCE. Pa uxabas A kstixostaij.: You stand convicted, bv a iurv of vour rnunn-v
' - ?
'ty, ju.-t so fil
ter the reformaticn and rrgnu rath of the soul,
' -l v opinion .!aiiLr.-m;:s t0 ,!..,;, e .... ... . i . i . ' ' '
.i,i.;.i.eai ami en peri :n' :;t as thev are embraced.'
One theory, is tint which de;:ies anv ,;.., . ,r
lie ' Von stand convicted, bv a iurv of vour coiin'rv ; "Jl"cce in reiceaerf tion. a-d -ii
cliar.ge wliolly to ,vi jrn! sum:,,:,'. This is 1 ,
oi tne enormous crime of murder of bavins in i n?r r('v,vo,i- It was familiar to my earliest theoV.the indulgence of a depraved and wicked disposi- ! Si'ca! studies; and throiurh my whole ministry! this
turn, aim in tne exercise ot a malignant and vin- ! ""Ilm'111 m never had a .tin-'e renec-i
uiiuu' spirit, iieitoeraieiv an. rurnose v ienriv..l 1 ' "u i.iu-iv. i on must
m o;-( of si;.!;? t!;.
mc.i i!; v w-,.n!
the Je, c-os-. i
."'? '-);;---;!ion ! c.i.-?c t,y i!,- Roman Catholic itrssin-isr.-y .: !;,. ,.. v.i:oe policy it was to Hitter t-!' P!:'--"!': k- Hmd -Ms. J;i:,J f.! "itl vi(h their sa-
ci e r;!i utnvoriliv rxpedi.Tits", iirleece en the c:n!r;v:::;ee of
: en tne willingness of God to
1 'iity met.p.ccor-
r-'i:.o
pi iCill'f
::nro
ran uis-him.
i!n-:te the i
1 uv . .0
word
1 - ' - Jhf. r , , . , ,,1 , .
r. . . 1 1 .1 ,
voilect. that tho Svnod rreeired ,.r nun L',u 1 ' Ule opinion ot h:s unc!f was this: ' 11 "' . one a!mot ot your own choice
tions, enjoined them to refrain from the use of' "ian haS oxcn niorc row or 'Kcessacertain terms and be more euarJcd in thei, 1;in. i ,0 fnah;e hl111 10 ""stand divine truth; that
guage, and then, upon their acquiescence in the decisions of Synod. , dismissed them honorably. At the third General Synod of Charenton, which vnet in December, 1644. complaints were lodged
udii.-i .viuudui nr uaving disregarded tne in-j
junctions ot last Synod, in a book which he had published concerning Renrnhatinn Tl.o r.rt,-;.
o I ..w h1"' 'il- : i
-cial Synod of Anion, to which Amyraut belonged, i '. , 3 " i I'am- h-
also complained of other provincial Synods tor
l, ..:.,.. i .1. . " .-, . -asseml
ouiairu i:if canon!" OI 1110 same M'llOit Ot
' A'.he I:m'.-i:s lii.;i..!fl,...rc I,;.- : ,..
"" '"i' --.me;.s .-oduc-d by tiieac-n.m.-wl ...... ;-,t.,:iU ;:e(.((l:( .s,..s vh,.j.:,r j'.'i I'.'tl ol IU!';;!v-'-l., ,, .1 , I,,. I. i " .- -.is ... .t he !.-;d i niiiir.nv eonve;s:-d w ,;!, .... :.,.(J pv,.( ;ll..:,2 ,iie:n .(s t!lC,V 'oI lous te te'1(.r an ! sj.Tif.... iviide.be Would h:,rd'V ''ro toalh m lu-t he h;s ,.1-ywheremet tEsincere chris-tia.ii.1
... we -.--.-o.. .!.. .
iivwi.u- mine is le.puire.t than to remove an un- ; a teitow ncingol lit? lite. 1 1. is is a crime which ! reiigious teacher.- now. who boldly aver .! u" ' Hs i! Prc'-iiin: of sound state of the body by medical ah! if uch a airois socirJ.v in i;s vitaI principles; threatening lhat God docs "ot. and cannot exert any other in- V ;!"' ( ir('rn! :'-'leis. Tiiere too for state happen to exist, and'then to nlac'befbre the ! a,u!,!Para,lnr !? ,s,ece a! Y- Hence f1'0!1".01, the h?art oi than ihe mediate j ne'i'', f' "7 'r '''ivocl gospel has bce lunderstlndin, truth and en 1 ! i ! Tft C.f"!""".j! "P1"" i VZ'lt J"" of ! ! L"'' "P the
.,. . - - ui: ; ...... j-.....-... u. n uiuu-mri ir,ieeu ny most ; " "l"lui to use la mru.t-e hke " ",le "" O'-.r.iM in rnss o-no'es r,,,,!-,,
, .v. , moiii twin iiijuiiniv. Wit I 1 v """ ..uim.ii.ai hi. mn in iuu l en Hires . f- " un-ii .ue Muni r-n. ' uisen. s lo fi a:einrr i.e.. ,
appropriate arguments." Theterci were ' 'hat 'h tnun,crcr should be fut to death. To the j ,1?-'s ni(,;l?- He does not come and take riemned in 1687 hy ,he n-ovHe:,t s , J OI,,-v oflhc ol1 world, which survived the ! I10','1 01 thc 1,cart- 5 P'fonn an operation urn , , ' p.oxiac.a. S.aoJ o! ; r,ns! oflhc delude, and from which the earth wa : ,,; l,e P-cntH mo'ivcs; he persuads by n,evli ,tuUe aJul lu,-t year by the Synod which i repcopled. the Groat Creator of man. and of ri-ht ' ,rul1!' au,! thc lu,'lrt is overcome.' 'To cha:. nb!e! at the Hague, which also denos.-d his lawffiver, saiJ: At the hand everv ...- V ,'n. i '"en's hearts, requires only the nrc-son.
Alanson. which enjoined silence on the disputed I exco:liill!licat rapin. This so enraged htm, ' "U r ro'lure he life o' man,' and that, ,0 j ,' V,lK 'hn-nee dtifer, - . , . .1 1 that he renounced ,lmi,-.,,.;- j , , ' j prevent any mistake in sunpos ng that the V. i ,,ot at aU trom that ol tne preacher, exeent i,. ,V. pouns, ,or tne sake ot peace. The Synod of Char- a l"; ' and joined the Illigh:v thorf,,v intended in his own time and I ubtless you hav'e heard the sen'mmin fnton admittei the explanations of Amyraut con-! , ' ', ' way to re.piire the blood of the o (lender, without ! "!iUn!a,.no1 1:1 he pulpit, or seen it in i!;e theolo-
atuiR anil nnrfi.r.
i 1 "n"'I V.o(!.;,,1( h:siil!,. iuism.ru his rm '
pon ; t!iep1,orh.ath.n were hound up and (V. zen like thniV
ol
of
" motiiuaitf. un? in r
I. el ttig se 'i.rs ol Ii !: b''i:'!n t mob i.i t- !;;!,-
It was I.; llx
1 1 ..: .
cerning his hook, and enjoined silence on both
At this sa;
ne period, Charles le Cene stepped
sides, in writing, preaching and disputing on thpj,or'an' as al1 advocate of Pajo.Cs system, and controverted points, on pain of deposition, and ailir"?'lCJ 11 'nvard f0,!,,? fnhcr awards its legiiichurch censures. They passed this injunction, ! miU f,J ulsonor co::se,:uences." "jrc ei.ii:.cty
ihe ins'rumentahty oi human tribunals; ar.d make plain the duty of human Legislators on this point, he added: V.'hoso sheddfthv man's blood, bv man
Jure to settle a g. d a.al ,( prtrc in all
churches." Hence, it appears, that they were zealous peace-men as any in mo lern times; a
waicli many now
as taey tnej tae expedient for which
contend so earnestly, it will he interestit
serve its efficacy, ceed.
The cae of Joshi
vol'.eancs
shall his blood b
cr
iii.i rtginciwc ow'sclvcs. le- our : - ""- -"""i "n hiis-,ci lor nils In inoUr
;Own power, by attentively listen;:-- t -. l,-;. j cr"'' t"' rot that Omniscient God, who looks
j ".f;! " 'lean, aim who nas commanded: Thou
ul .linages ; sna.i no no murder. 1. I me l
gtcai discussion tuat -;l:e Spirit of God eh. i -, the sinner's heart, just as 'chan-e a nnnV ' y, , . pose in any case by r i-.v and that ar.v dire--; irdluence, distinct from i.rrnl siia.::,u. won' ' ... ;..
C.-xi.i:?:,
".- t .is l
i.l ti e S':..t nl i;,io a ( I
' '.. l.-I.J nr. ..fill C i V A- 'i i.:.
' . i IUIV ii
or mig'i.t s ih-i h ,
s M
: v nox Al.;-.; s
du." to ibern the al
io mi Cilvary, the hart . ' -titiiti. n. j.iith, ;trd the sti.ty r. pctitcd. aii(i !l.O .hx.d.' "..;,. -i 12
h?ei they sid thev were "desirous tor the .Ja'"a nud tac natural drprarj,, of ma;:
th-.
I tu. , iaai ice
It is to the violated and offended laws of your i const.-tent with the laws of moral ar.-nev." untry that you now stand at this bar to answer! ' i o 'heory I object. 1st. That ii -i-..v..-;-,.-C.-,-
(!. i ;.
' of X. .y-V :i-'t . I ..- i :
r,,i;;o lie U;
ij inut i i.itniti: s i
art o! tin
tiC iji.'ll
.so
; truth; especially if we enjoy also the
ni 5 Tnrd o. iinA i . , i i ,
K..,Ki.iy.uu g,K)d examn es. Occ. snend tne short remnant if.nr .'
n n cotijure you to
n r c i . ..... .
!y, it will he interesting to ob-i Fro,!1 l!l? of the last Genera! Svr.od,( which I yUr- .,0aCC whh,ii1,u' l"'ow Y'nr p'as Tc-i T.''" "inni l'S PV'- f- Go-! T, - , .lu-t at T o-. i i , , - "0,'u "--' ! consner especially the enorii it v of the crime for i to 'heory, is i.o: to b- Ins ,-, char; Tms we shad see as we pro-! ; at ", 1 have already stated, in 1050.) . w,-ich you Le about to sutlW Spend rm !ho 'nir Ail he ,e ed.,i w ji.u uotnie.. Caurca oi 1-ranee was exposed to ' ''tile time you have remaining to yon, in ina-nify- I,lal hght to con ect his ih st- vit.,Vs o uadela riace, one of Amvraut's i ''ie !!!Crr'as,!1? severities ol a bigoted, ponish cov- ' in? vhat "ou ",a.v fancy, or what may in facth.,ve ':'on hi w'as i'rcdlsposcd to love hi..;
a ; wen i !-i a
evidence on which I make th-s -t-n.,
ment can be. or need be adduced !a re. -R ' object to the t'a-ory of mora! suasion ! .--
cause it suae. -its ihe sirtptura! dm-tptic ,-.f, ..-.
s. iil a lew items I Ciiiircht s le;v.. Imvi, !hr!i). i t !i:r liist rmnu-
a tie university of Saumur. nnd . n na.t scarcely an existence. lVr.
warm advocate of his views, came before th;s ! laPs 'here might be something retributive, in (J
oeen the innirv von reciive.l (V.v.. ; 'ion to everv l i!e
your malice: and in evu-leatin r ......I ' i'-ht, and not a cri
isame Synod. He was accused of toachinsr, "that I rrmininS lhcnl ' l,e thus visited. The cr
tne i:puta::o:i of Adam's first sin."
member of the Svnod, de-
mewno.3 nature of Original Sin consists or 'y in I W 'ca llad l'ocn roachr-d bv Can
corruption, which is hereditary to all Adam's i otho,p and which became
posterity, and rrsidinr- or! -;,a'ir , ..t aiore wiaelr did'
! c. eti v;:i;
Amyraut, who was a
" '" - -v.-:nore taoy annyared willing to compromis
ii-.u the Svno i r.o: beraar as vet nrnr-
: crate t.i.- error, condemned
ucii a .-inner
ou s vour own blood r .li-oJ. st .i, ., . ,. thi- is not
. ..v,, i.n i mn- in sen, ,
rors exculpation, and the indulgence of such an accu- i ' 1 H"0fsi . ... : ' I r,', ... ,i.
ir-rni. i.,,,. . .mn . a I . eo i i i o u s so it win mi ii...ai.n c. ' ''
.il!ll,tlii r I .1 .... III. (tu. HI
more virulent -nd ' ,r 5,10 aPPr:cimig conflict. Jt hecom, s v0l,
with the i )y to feel the enormity of vour 'iiiit. if it 1. , heart i changed by th,
eli.ir.a ter o! (, anal st.de of th.
IS K-.to ' God, fir o; !..'..'
un
'i'a- nuadi! h'i.e Cm
- '( has. ai .s! m-t ! 'ro f-iHW (!f a-iath, - -i . ..ii. i . . i
s. an ay sn .ii i.i ,i.o I . e--,.;-. hss fcnt.C ea! rah I las. i aa ( h'licr ,! . !'.':ve :; : : i :.'. -:o . ieiii la! As -a:'i . il.a l'.('shv'-r!.iu a:
I
were iT.presonfed. en :-.ahh-d.
re iti,,i,--l As-aa-j.,:j ,;, ;,, w.!r..
hVa.c;'. hut will be in
me ! is e)
un t'Ol
t ..' v iot.f ra I coaeessioa-" Pies . !,::.;;,
imti of X la t!l3 l.
aii .i ( '
. a ;
ine
t aee.rv i ; cans-, it s;
a o iH'i
J "'';-. u in useu and embraced w-ith tt, .- r.. . ..' .......... ,
, , ' . iee. i no enormity ot vour gtuit. Jt tbetru. .apse ot vea.s, were adopted, in the first place, ; as the couns.-l who ieahmsly Wd ablv d.-ivnde
5- '--s friend ar.d co'league, a'thou-h he him-iL ,1UrcU ,0t's ';cnsive to the Romanists. Rut t!
- . ' . . ,.,.........! ... ...
:o to'ri-arc th.- error f.vLi-vv". . i: - ,r :ti;-uii i:u-in. az nvi.-r- .vi uuonur v. la-
I I " 1 1
was not ;u-ovtL that iust hb'mo v.v.:- r.t!
e un.-,.. tiiri a -I . , i i. . i .. - - i
.. '"ii .... v. . v , ii.-,-,. , i.u iiai leceiveo
e tne canon trom him still von
IU.1 iu.ru j -
r.s, as dehi
restraie.etn tae nature of Original Sin to
-ieredh-.ry corruption of Ada.n's xclaslon of the imputation of
o.
ne see
erity, to the !i rt sin by
he
and interdicted the teaching cf
suc.i doctrine une.er the oain of
all church cc n-
.' .1.
nne in-? Nvti.i.l cotir.emt-.e,: the error
parsed no cens-ire upon the m.m. Resides
heaped upon them; and they bowe l lower and j lower beneath the growing weight of th-nr voke. until the revocation of the edict of Nantz laid them prostrate, beneath the teet of their enemies. It
.Id". . iiiiij,i.i .1... .1... ... r . ,
....... i.ij...u.c iu me e.utiacier oi tne
pas:
an. perwith ston
etrate -s in ;!
eat p: ovo-
e guilty of murder
rate'y to prepare for. tnirnose.
i . O i , 11-
iti-e.
Per
1 1 1 in
lag
-treet. v?" retired wl'!:t:i voai
scriptural doctritte ol -y, c .;;,-;-, 'In rej-fneration." ii bis !,..,. -.
in iluei:
tiv.-s presented bv God: jia-t as
chanson in any casa. i y ; .! - If...-' ,
uiei. i.'o-.voo-s tne or nor t-.-a-aa,: !'.v a b-r. --si;:- principles that are 1.1
j'i i.o ', (aii a i e in a t m shViVI.IIIUVi-f ,ky, ?.v!s!; ..
purpose. This is all t
t,a .a . 1 ..
i! a bj
in
ntv- - .1 , .
mind ia
hons
S00.1, and while he was whhln h-
' language -'Stop my
this lenity shown to IV h Place, they granted perai;s.-:a:i to Amyraut to dH iams: the auacks of foreign divines.
very kindly l-:td li a., If The effect
of your voice, you came out, and in tie of apparent reconciliation, hailed hiai-
1- .. 1 , . , . - ."-..I . . . T 1
menu. es. j, una was ir.r term '1 nave a word td" comfort for you.' Repeating i!iis la;i:iit:i;o you followed and overtook him; tapping him unon
This is all th-
" . ; 1 1
i... can ,:: 1 enai: Vit.iiior. of mot i - s thro- .... 1
aV t a-- 1 o -. av t
-1 .
iair.-.' i
d
on
... 11 ,
cviiii ne ;
trencn lveiormed cnurches, to omit the remark,! the shoulder, heturned in a peaceful and unresistliat while the major part of them, towards the end i unsuspecting manner, as it to !i-ton to vour
of this was ;he same as if they bad given him the exclusive privilege of treating of the contested points, within the limits of the French Reformed Church. For while Rivet, Des Marcts, and Spanlieim. who were in Holland, wrote against him with great ability, in Latin, Amyraut had al! the
advantage of being generally read bv his own
covntrvmen. as lie wrote I
oi tae sevento century.
with some of the
v
, ; communication; an. a preaired to part 1 , , ., .1.1 1 1 li :i a .1 t h r movl a sr a
1 turning received fi
om vour
'i'he deadly !-
nne !i:i
mo,t oiiensive doctrines of Ca!- ' etrated the seat of life he uttered the sin-le
sm, .or tae saue ol -peace among themselves, ' phrase, 'you've done it' tottered a few steps, fell
or to escape the crueitios of evil oppression; there 1 alu' expired. There is something in your case were manv truly excellent and pious ,., anion- ' xv.,,'ch !,as a ",0'T ,han a s!i-ht resemblance to that , . 1 ol tae Inst murderer. It is recorded of Cain that taem, wno, rathor than betray tne cause of truth. ' hv ,li7,,( hi!5 brother, and when they were ii!
c oi truth 0:1c- man'.-
persu.i.-.:oa ol a-oau-' a. hea
nan ;. rea. v. 1
!t . ; le 0;.,
ti'.ip.ii'h
ie C.'.tl i,e.
y rot: for
1 tae rv'aia. -aar;.
ty 0 second causes, he cm -.x. rt aa a-.aar .''.' l'uence on mln !.-. sneh a- ;i a; in h 1- ii; 1 v,y.. of exerting on at, other man: and this o t!te' i:if!aenc? which he does t-xert in retiener.ition To der.y this is to deny ; ( cri 1 r.a-r. For if regeneration is produced by an itilbience the s-tmo as that employed by one man 0:1 the mind of anther, in c-iii';).'f rrrnutixir.ii , cert ai n ' v it is not ia any oii.-i..
place accord i ti:: to the
tiary course ofer.:.-e and
I 1 s I . ' r this h'-aa i. a m ay t. i l which has been . (: t' an! !.'. 11 ill oouvr;:!"- l!,e
so !.:'-:. -.a ,J p, ir
I
;r.d pe-
in-tm-e -f the I'.veen
al" ia..-: hit the
. 1
wjl.i t ,e na
r
A 1 ili
"ii th o it -.- (! nm i.t
( )
a ,1
: I
V r'i:
1 is hacn , 1, not;.
?.o'oV 'ihi!, " ':! r. ; f 'o.-. n..-.;.,..i
, c- r - . 'ii.. . o in n 1 v t-hane .e.-enc Snod.
a. -s opp ,- V . Si. Til
iae 11 ,.
.!J-r;;-.;aii d sn v.- ry plan-db!.., it ';. wh t ( if fa pr :c:i.
Ihi-
! 1 il an . a.p ).nt ion of Conpaint rl ,ew. m iy : ppear -d pi an ; yt f to say deiino n.s .. is, ia i'lca a system
u
one lr-.r:naiao:i 1, v wild cpi ,! Uy Let t'las.' i ll'O.'l. who
v.-i --c ;:Ci.hi -ka
iftllS
.III
x;p-er;:i.'.tral work . it takes
wis
: .-a,' .si r ,-,; i,k,';" o ;;.' v he remarks:
:ave a cu;:i'r'nhh f.,r if
. .. . . . .
: ,-.a in 1. ii cii.ie;i. devote th
. and I ibhai! adm'n rnjni ate ro;k !o I ,b
or ocfi.e the:r conscience, hazarded a
i encountered the severest sufrerimts
ngs, and 1 ihe field be rose up and slew
i laws o: nature, in tne or
' e i e c t . i Not a few, I apprehend, who have be-un to j slide downward from the laith of our Calvinistic churches, but who have been accustomed to use
? the current laiiLMia.'e oi orttm, o-v -is
1
make not
his comparison, nor have 1 recited the treadie-
n.,ri.,T ,u -1 . , 1 - I rou-means w'aich von employed to decoy tb.e del'unag the repressed state ot their athors i 1 1 , . 1 " , -
; v.. v .. .. .... 11 , I U I ,11 1 11 1 e
in tin, -nee. and su
guag.' tmparts. 1! they w sroun.l on which ihov s
u. : and.
Freneh;.,he cighu-enth century, the Reformed, to a very your feelings, or to aiihet you; but iVpos.-ible to
that their favori'e the
aoctrilie o! spcci'i! s'ljiri'Hit'ura
;'v o! mora!
O li ! VI 11
1 what -liis lanca 'el'-.illy at I he at l;e eon vince I r'l')sio:;, a-al the
niii in
in r;
while, on the other hand, none of the p.ator or! great extent, trod the downward path, which ia : awaken von to a just senseof vour awful con d i nora,lo:1 o-i'ij"-1 rut. 1 have spoken freely, numbers of the French church were at liberty ,0 "cr days, their ancestors had entered. Fust ,ion' h .r' .V ha ve com.imted and the j T.' .f'1. ' - t, . . , ' rreat '-ni't vou have contrae'ed in t'-e si-rht nf (Jo I ' nam .a m.-i, a. a- a, a i. , .mi uimiitisti p.n lurnisa an antidote to tae poison which he spread, j Aruuniantsm cecame prevalent, such as it existed befor-Avhom yon are soon to a-v,ear. ' i humble reliance on Go I , as' fumlai a-ntally err..-
T , . - il ...1 ... . . . .. , .
in ni.i;-, ,1 i,:v geuetai .-no,i met at 1. endup., complaints were again brought against AmvTaut, for violating the inju r.ctiot.s of former Synods; but in vain. The Synod, on the ground of the permission granted him by the Synod of Charenton, acjuitted him, and decreed that all that had
I
there can be
:n mat part of the Romish church which was m
io-i iae inuuence 01 tne Jesuits. Alterwards ' 110 aount nut tor tne use ot intoxicating honors
L-iniat-.ism, o
Arianism; and lastly, the lowest Soeiniariso, n. ' tais shocking tragedy would nev.-r have been
as n lias been more recently called, Rationalism, cast its death-like gloom over the ruias of one of the fairest churches of the Reformation. Of late
Otis, a:1,J Co., i0
Walterboro. S. C. Ja"
;e;mm-E.
pl.jiige them into ;; staio of Such tiro some of the sir
if. 0:1, ana n a it ( ii ma; l.tl ire.hv an
a.-
1
t iive their 'A-iiic'i m:y cotifi.ston.1 tnes.
lalner, or il may !.,: coinn 11, v with the !i
nver. A -d:a;r in children
passed relative to him, from the commencement j 'ars. te.e i.ord has visited them in me.cy; Ho has 10 that dav, ho ild "be buried in the crave of a ; a',va:' 'aany of them, and animated them with
hoy oblivion." A very considerable j fI'r!tua' hfe. They have been enabled, by the Di
stortion of the ministers and churches were, pvjvineaui, to ratse, once more, the banner of the this time, infected with the errors of Amyraut and Purc gospel. Tiie sanctifying truth of God is lr. Pt-ira- 171. t -1 I., -'! e !. i ffrad II a ! ! v reiiovn 1 i n -t 1 b. i r li n i-h.c o .,.1 m...
....... . , , .11 d.i , t ... 1 i. . J VJl lil.v 11 fS i ...v. .nuiviii.-,ajiu t eo. .-I 11!! . . i -l
ia the application of discipline, matters went oi- o their former strength and more than their c 1
irotn t a,. to worse. , .ormer emc.encv. mzmiy , greatly multiplying the numbers of b
MINISTERIAL FIDELITY. The following is exfrtchd from I-j'u!
enacted. Intemperance had tound an abidin-j place ia your dwelling. Its legitimate oiisprini the alienation of conjugal affection, jealousy,
domestic striie ar.d contention, has grown up in titer's recent woiav on tin; Mmisfei i al ("h , racier o your family. The deceased, who could join you ! Chrisl.
in your nacaanaiian revels, became the hated object cf your suspicions, and the victim of your vengeance. It would seem as if God in his providence had determined to deliver the inhabitants of this , ;, in.
i T 1 ivf t ! t M" il In-
ring curse ot intemperance.
A bout this same time, Claude Tajou, a minister at
, "..un. i , j-1 i-anv iiniiii n. in- ine iiumners ot hot 1
Let the Presbyterian Church in the United I and young who live in habits of the strictest
Orleans, published his sentiments, which were af-!'alc
Fr
terwards condemned by several provincial Synods, in 1677. Spanheim and others, who wrote against him, represent him as holding, that "man lias more soundness, and alilihj to rtf.,n himsrlf.
than is ueneranv apprehended: that what is ea'led ; ete preserved ami
es take warning from the experience of the ! tihri.0,y; 1 c VasS!OS before the hardened and hi i , ... , m . crto incorrigible, in most terrific form- On wl .eh re.ormed Church. They professed the side soever they mm their eyes, ,h,? ,rJ J0
th-
hat
corn-
same faith, and maintained essentially, and almost j polled to witness the desolations of this wast Im
precisely, the same form of government, as we. I v'co Passing by, as I ought on this occasion, the While thev continued faithful to the truth ,lev j rvilf ot" '"Jcmper'ance in its less odious features, 1
l -i . , i , . . ..ii .niv.r.,..iv iii,in.-ii-itiii:..!iiii.iiae ass c 111 ul V d amidst ad the Violence of t hnir ' ,. . . ., r . "'"'
i ' . v i.mi., .hi aiipaiiin- 1 act. ill me rprnras
rig-h,a sin, cleaves only to the understanding, and ; enemies and persecutors; but when they had re- i of this county perpetuates the remembrance office 1 nv a caiiMcienii,
cor.s, s:s principal. v in tlie obscurity and defective-! C0lirse 10 t!ic Phcy ot accotiimodatioti and com-I ,l ia'5 ,or murder since the year 1 ::; tour ' - . . . -l. i i 1 ... i i T . i
"All pastoral experience tends to ptovc ine utter inefiic.iency of t!ie ministry, which is not fiithful in exhibiting tlu it il truth of the r .-pel. How indeeil could it bo otherwise? There can he no efficacy in what has been m uie palatable only by adulteration, (lod will not honor what is not his own He will not set bis seal to a message, which gives no adequate representation of bis revealed will, no convincing statement of man's necessities, or of Divine love. It is on the word, which goes lorlh out of the pas'or's month. . -is out of the mouth of God himself that the promised blessing rests 'it shall not return unlo me void, hut il shall accomplish tii.il which I please, titnl il shall prosper in the thin-; whereto 1 sent it.1
been o'.ien ti led : and m ;-
l
" i ne experm. mt h a
imiiv v: .
i pious mother, !:
W 1 ! Il . o- n ;; ; :n (
a m (ioiresiies. i his Is a.-igh; iif.on wh.'cS ih; G jd -f fimihes looks down with d di!.!. ,. g.-;, re. j ece to heliold ii;aa;i it may he, depit: ted. s hnted Irii-ti.ls; faihers. mother?, children, draw near to om mirihlv firniiy altars, and inspire new and heavenly lelight.' Shall this s!,e?l be left in ;li;y f.mjiy i.i- re thetc is no ; It r ! morulas and eveniii" sa.criiic.:? Let a frn-n j who Jitunbh- hr-.prs he has expeiier.eed not only the coinf -rt-s but the benefits olY.imtly te'igion, irm'ttd you i's-if God Jsllgl.t? in the ten's of .!t:cob. with a d -pg'.t only exc. i;:!ed bv thatwhtcli he tak s in ill? gteat t;..-;!;rcij--,f:c.n of J.-rac! tli.it ( Jod .h is ord.itueu t!is cvi-'hii.g s-tid the moraine; sacrifice. Lot h-in say to yon, that vour house is without fotridaiioti or c . arin j if God bo not worshiped in it. It is to be feared tint many f ani'ms. vG-.ere ihe parents are metnhrrs of the church, are willtotit family religion. ), what a reproach to th chritim name. (Tan such persons have the. iove or the fear of God in thou hearts? Loid thou kinawest. Such head.? of families we would solemnly warn. Vour children see you. They wander. They pass bv and are taught by your conduct to citspie vou, ihe c!itirch,:-iiid your professed Master. I have lived long in the world. I have neer seen o.:, no not una pravciless f t.nily, that was not in other respfcts an irreligious fam ly. The ptrenl may have some of the fat ins ofr. i giap, but no one says of :fem "Thev live ciiiin- taiv ptous am! useful; " and then
h
1
coas: r
oi
ot mm s views of relirimissiihWts. .).. ,i,; i promise, wttcn thev be-an. through n'.wiv- i-i.a . .n, o. .oi .o;. .muaaic 10 tne use ot intoxi-
1 conciliating human favor, to depart from gospel I
eating drinks.
"i. ..iiii-uuman ii..e.erMam.incexr-,test!,p"' '- depart irom gospel. And who. anion-this ciowd. lhat does not at
wi.l to evil inclinations and actions; that it is to be I purity, taey i ecame a prey to tyranny, and be ail times ati.l on all occasions, shun the m idden--cured, not by the powers c-f nature, but by the in-jcanuJ " Itimately the victims of a fata! delusion. ' draught, can look on and not feel a Fvmpafhirncos of the Ho 'y Spirit, iri.-is- ihwifh'the mnti-l" ol" a c"-sl similar to those which prepared l-'C ,,:"15 !'" h":" a,lil il s!lUliJ,!r ll,r ''is own im ofth ,!:r:,e rord; that th.s word, however, does 'C way tor the ruin of the French netbrmed j of ,;K, ,nillisterS of religion, whoe prenot posscf-s any .nhercivt divine power, or any (Church, have iound entrance, and to some extent, I sence you may desire, will be permitted, and are physical, or hyptrphysicnl energy, but only a j.-.i j cucouragement and protection in the Pi Ttyterian I requested to visit you in your confinement. Lisinlluencr; that is, it reforms tho humiii under '''hurch, in ih. se United States. We have 0,-I 'u to their pious counsel.-; join them ?n fervent .anding in the sane manner as buman truth -W, Do a Places, and Pa.ous; and, thanks Si ' "fj 2d oMhV-tlie does nameiy, by exmbitm- clear and con ect j ! 'he Head ol the Church, we have also our Soli- ; great crime which brings you to an uomimous
views ot relig.ous subjects, and solid aru.ac,,tfI ! aius and our Pa aloulins. Hut if ihe judicatories I death; and that, at the last coallict. he will receive
ect the application of discipline, , dep u ting spu n into the arms of his bound-
tla
winch evince ine agreement ot te.e truths of cam, tianity with correct reason, and then divinity: du,; therefo.e, that any man, if his power were not weakened and prostrated by either internal or external impediment, might rente his , ten mi, U .,, the vtt f hi Trii, and h-j ur d.la-i i ) i rrr ta , truth , ic.'W Ihe cj ir.vrrdi.iury aid J't.'u II ., Tajou Himself, however, complained, as is usual in such cacs, that At t.-ns nc ttd.r.ilHxf. How
of our church neg
aains to pass the sentence of the
receive r.rpaiuni.iins instead ot is-.s.un- judgment i ( ,,0.v "011v r
upiii the grouad ot well supported charges, and ' law.
pr. f, r compromise, accommodation, and a hollow - The court sentence lhat you be remanded to p-ce, to the maintenance of the truth, and the P1'1' whence you were broti-ht hithei; that toirhv ..." ..... . ' ...n .;ti .,. ... 1 lr0ul 'hence on Friday the fourth day ol December
1 iv v nun a un iniiv in v uuu , Ul il
I l)t't. In1! UTi'ii l'o linni'q nfLMl nVlni'L- i r t-.
some Pi;iit,: historian will direct the attention of noon, and two o'clock in the afternoon, 'you b.Mali ,-.-- ii., .,n- n - ,.- i. .r cu to ihe place of execution; aii-1 that "vou there ly fro n Mn nil r''1'' p... an 1 C one, I h,ve S-ntoJ free- ,.e )lan , ,,v thft nrcU nl VO!lr llo.,v ,o (i.,a, . I iron, .M...;emi, i Mt. xvii, ort. n, 1 an n, ch. n, .Z M(?y f y,,,,-
a a
N - tv
wvite the n cord of its niter fnbtre. WiMii S well known declaration of Dr. ( 'a d ::-. i V. m address to the ia!i J itauts of t ';! e. ::;v. Wo t!ie im-llicieiicy of Mr. S. -all's p :. a.i :! 1 di. is the. early part of his ministry. ! fire hi-s . iht i
1 . . . . I i .. a a - : .
net-ii nil.-, i, ii i:v ins io;i i -ai ion s v. an ..ii. ton, to impure into th.-; nature of his ,iv a v
Soon after taking pi 'jest's oid.rs. ihe lam. tils iho.
'after preaching two of the m sj !.!. ih! dl.-aaea. -s in his power, be had been able to e -Ii 'ct -ah i .ra ty-six or twenty seven commu-ilc ait.-." And ia u-ol-ier letter of r.ilhei eath-'r .! ',- iias.vs, Whaal, .; I shall be able, to m ik,; ;aiv letiaaiafoii aiaea;? my pniisliioners, I much doubt; but ! teli th.-in ia air duty piclty fre.-ly. 'Nor is tliis result niota i-ti. i-.u.-sgi-i-. v.!. -u wo priM'eed Irom tlie ciis.s ol' iid yi.fi ,i chi,-:.a s, an I single p inshes, lorimiir aite-tip'.s n-:i :i li' a r seal.-, in the conversion of nafio-ts. Tim rcb. -a of t!ia PI ilotiic clitistiii'.s'o ri;a fr- - an tatm aa a of I ho gospel on the found. .lions f piili. 'sOj .hy and the barren ethics of Paganism . was a iiaii'l'ul . -if to assimilate the docliin- s of refuna .tmn to j rl maples diametr-e illy opposed to i. i.-.-i.-t!.; rro h -- Limhoiclfs plan for o:ncUoiB tin .!.-vs, !-y i. a. p
I
, h Ihe ddeith I
n. i a ;! t I .
ev ."re seolicrs ;.t .s sab dels!
; a a - : i ii''. i I coiehaia::; three p. ted into ihe parlou : i went near l o a dan
i
la.a en. a- e. in.--
I ca i ;:tty it i man of t!
reas p
im- pre.'i pace c: -cr of an c ; - t e lir.-t :i;i;die..
filth man ralvertised for a m-- applied, ami were adimi'fhe ro id leading to the hail
ecijUt'o. "iiinv near n vo l drive me. wiih-
-nt'e-
t.
-. all!
aired the -"lit'
Within a hair's
answered the man. '-Anl bow iie.ir
ceahl .'''' drive ma," : ..id the gentleman to the ,,-,-o'i.i'. "Within a hand breadth,"' was the rci'y. The third man had gathered up hi-, hat and w ,i-' l.-a i.i - the teem, su ppo-ang he htid no chance af coma, Ililg V. ilil either of those two. "StO , :.;o;-." said the -;. ; I. a a i . i , I at us bear what you bae :;at In fa,." " W h y . sir. j ,ea a not com'--to .-,a:h , iiaar of ihe. , ; if I w, re to h iv" you. t- mid
I ;.e.v,7., im.-.-.'.. " Oil Id- 111."'
m: a bl a.
a :
.; la'ioa :a eaeatlv iij. e in. aad i-
said ii.e a'"1- ai.in, ; .-v. Tie' moral ,s as near as lie d ,r- . .),,. t.-c-tot.illt'r keeps .,- .v- sate.
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ruor of Connecticut h .'nth Nov, a,b, r l. b- , -a a' : ia th 't . a.--.
aged a ; a a -:- fi e-I-s h;-
.ointed