Western Times, Volume 1, Number 24, Richmond, Wayne County, 7 February 1829 — Page 1

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j iirnal things wiuld squash down so

dar i d easy. iNow,.isiJe from delaying our woik, it makes the dint c don't m"a:i Old Nick himself, hui the e il cue attai he d to our ef.ici gi umHe ; and we prefer to have people who fvo u with their company , to ko p their hands, as w 11 as the capes of their loaks and at c.at, at .1 proper tance fiotn m itter v. l.ich it put m type

hr a!t!i)uuli it riMju-res 6inu' 1 it t r to fit vp U pes, it !aev eay tl.lt ti

l.iUhjifUt County t'ost.

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ofsrlf q-ovrrnnu r.t, iie neither r?;i."n t! riirht t control he jv, anient, nor to n: unad vert upon t ie proceetlinc of other nor ran ho, i :j t'.ie sarnr principles, re

cornie the rip t rr tliP pouer, in them. control, or jaescrihe rules for our condu t. Thi. mectini hn not coniilered itlf called iijiori. d;mco anv tiew principl 't 1 nth r or i:. its comrruni- ations with thr i Veaily M-ctinir-, n ith whirh itcorupnd. to ok plain, or expound thoe

(principles coo-tiluted the

ootid t iiMionat. ny.g i' metnhers, since the tirt etuhli'hnii: t of the Sm ietv undi t a hehr f tht tl. principles aic well

krnun,i:ot only t on; nietnl.-r, I nt totlir

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0'.. wt. cm ;t2' with l.rr tlt Ci, . 'i:f n f ur i tl i' Wt.j but fi.-',in. "tt.': ht rce the, siioutm: or i.irr. 7 . l.VcfmiM i I i wiiit r' 1 ;. rt iu'.I i I'snm tr- ikfi't an 1 wnj, 0' - r ti 'lu.i.rr Stay, AfP tc.ll f''h

t po tj bee.

M lilJLLS. if. -me irnuir has hern made about the

way in u h ch hoy's mat hies ar pr pa hp11 mf. tr:r.el port on of all christian io

lei. lathe lb'h vol. ol Iaikertc jnotmnntions ttirwi-ho t.'p cil;! .:.

. u..v . i .i .r? I . i s oi i ti s norKS, the j"' " l" i c. in.il i. , ;n ;ui -if h,llL.Hin- d. scnp ma i uienr i:i)not the country, uhere lis. ord mi,I i Tin (Ut anil in -oil vZ EtoriC i. to pi-"n hive :;pp ard.xvill little ,iou .

h'.ts of ar, iireiMilu ha:H ..o n.alte. '"to that sf.te i.f.puclii.lc. wl.-rr only tin.

wn.it, nearly the ?,Z'1 ol a cotnns n inai-;.-. I hee tne throw into an iron

tiv.

I, in whhh l!u re area number ot : ti u ?, u dtotach p titton strong

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A Fa l ilea's r,vi rVlr' i . r v.. i a. t ' tv l.n s.m .-it i.itt. r '.-.. ,r ti.v ' 'ru' t ' ' :" ltf . .' , 'm ' tv ni 'i ; . , . t .... ...it it!.

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I Mill ric- . .!h-'-t'-d h them .

it h;rh tiiis suppN ;

have hent nhtain 1 : mi ! . !l i'( oi io r.1. tl'i't o tl Z t" '

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. lift I lir II i' ' ) I i'O -nd -s in n 'ir-. m ikm

t ',. ir sped at an .itcmjc about ttv n.ilc rain'Jtc.

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I.tps.tie lixcu, I i a naming uactu-ju; toemiU is uork-d by nater.iiaiis turned witt: meat sf ittticfs; t.e ruhbing ot Mie. st ot) au mi t the u ui:ii lasps and

Jaant a h oth r, r fnd-. tiiem, ai d by decree-Miitu.lhs and J Itshts th m, in (tin -atr.e mi tier a tho gravil hcccms Jr uaded in the bed ef a iier. When 'they aro form d to the rnopcr shape, ':-y fall through circular holes, made m the botti m, vi the i ight n .p to let

th"tn tiiruuh. Fieni i"uicii.b i ttn-

low ti wJicre they are it:ade, tin y an or i:i;nt drwo the tivcr litiir.e to liottjtc.t:;, and thei.cp edit all ocr Ku i . i . i i

i o;e, to .il. eiHiiii' it's aim rum ucu-

pl.iV at ti .1 hie-.

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u inom is to lp i"nn.l. aini a ounf I

Him uho i-:h Id errdlv ;ei lup r.iiile'h not," they may yet experiei; ! the as-o ranee of that hlessinjr, which is resorxed for the righteous f om the f initiation ol the world. The circumstance which J-.p tranepir eil during the e-ion of this in i tini;, of a few nietnhers of our Society fixing withdrawn frt-.m it. with the av.nvi r mtet ti- n t ost;ibhhiii w ithin it- limits'.; nither no a t ipr ofKriendsnotwith'landii ? tint cf the w hole number of Keprescutnt r es nitend in this nieetinjx from the seral li uterly Meetings of which it i eoninoed. all

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n.i'M the MLVCir.S OF SUE Yrarlv iMootini;.

r'.re pie-ent. nd r m ioj-j'j. w ith the Imi.1v of Friends w ho eon-tit ltr Year Iv Meeting, except two,) renders it ti-c -ar tor the prter ;.ti.n f.f good order

:md nnitormitv in the

our chiiK h ro ernment. th.it the relation oreix ( d

in w hi h -ut h -t.uid toward- our Societv. shall he n nv settled It i, the refore. the j'l'lcnif r.t of tin ru-ptin. I h: t all .iich mend'Ots as hax e a ie.ic!; w iil-. irau n. nnd

-rh others :is .v. ;; r iih themo the f -t ihh-hn.P!; and -upp, i t of other m tn.trs, urnirr the name f rnen.1-' tnretmi, shall I p con-n!ei d :ista u.-j- ip lmjui-!u'd their n-rhts of meml er-liij u ith u-. and that inthU meet in;;-I e di re ted t make entries on their minute f e;; h p utii ular c;ispp-ire-:v of tl e tart x. a ". .i cm- ,f ,w '....-. ( t

The u,' Mtx The r.r.thor cfj 'il ..liectiosis Ven Z K 1 and C" ' I 1 - I kn ill.. I ..ti-ir.

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sly to the pt ilirt, i;;ai nrj iiur.iur; i m inn

lir.i.n ;n ihxii imoiu:, lv Atlj(iiriniitnts

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a n i i. f . m ' ' "j " rtun i nice tint;, in l sncti ppr-'ete anu-u l.p ann u:h ,','V Thirty fi'-$t ff ';c r,'.r, ' re-tt ied w itliiiut n.akit'i;-an ip; !ic:it,o:i in " I . . . . . . i - . . i i . - . . . .i -

i v i usti , w nnn'r. n no1 iO'i iuM inc- u.i; h'uii:ip

hm t ' f which t icy : a ! i e p'j r-'t t I e i e-m-'atctl !!i their l i';!it of men. her-

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ly Vviiltiii iW'jioits from our!s,ij.

.rvi'ial ('tttrtrriv Mi etms. it ap-j

t,.r. n..imi"n th.-t irevioii

nib -a'r a nf that river coii. j m search had Ijrcii appointed their llepn

Fhe following I'pistle a. Idrfsip-J to ti e

members who constitute this Yearly Meet

ing, was pioduce ! h tlie t e t ro-ent at i es.

thv alwavs swallow a stone.'; s.-ntatives to attend this meeting,! and bein rea.l and'ilfliberatrlv eonsnlrr-

cf rr i

till' hy trie iuhhtOMial weight td it they 1 j() vj. rn t ettahl d t dive wtth the qrrat-! , . .! 1 - . 1 ..l..ti. ihi'M i '

er ecieriiv, ana uia n tu v.ji ". i ri,,,,,, ,s r. .-i.-Dt, tmv se. un-h r the w iter with m" .',., p.-.-kr.

N t i', vi; -z im. h- it credit . tht 't ate vv

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. . I i. . ' i i mm i"" a 1 1 1, he iii'Mitloio tl trie i , ... ' Ii 1 1 v ir. who no , . , pr,,.,,(

i ..in i ir. f, I, l r. T.o. t'rnin It .irrjnf ,?

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I. i.icr" xvr" f ni'id st.xnes, varying' n,

I i v i 'ht according tt the -iz- of th" Jotoi J. : irrrfon, a - oil; IV larc-t killed wis about 17 -"W'

i t it, ImiMIi amt ti ol wiTr.in mm a v,Ur,, MiTins .o::rt ichm ahou' r.O or 70 pound" '." t.el Ra-. :i,

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rin I mr tax

J o n!i I. itT- ttra, Dxvil ro-'t ui, Aim SuiOh. Tl-i-i.i C-o! M .!;. .ti- I Jh -kiiH, J -i I'.'itnhlr. (jiiartfrlij ."(".. Jim I ( irrr'ti.m, J;i'-nt ll.irn:, b nm I t.. Wri!.t,

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in their hearts, and will be their God and they fdiall he my people; nnd they shall teach no nore every man his neighbor.

and every man Ins brother, faying know the Lord, for they shall all know me from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saitn the Lcrd 11 Not that the law of the Spirit was ever withheld from them, but because their views and affections being centered on visible things, their attention w as engrossed -b v the Law of a carnal commandment'' and outward ordinances;

o; er this large continent, thev constituted tiiey had lost sight of the enduring sub

stance to which the Law pointed; thev

had cast otTthc Law ot the Spirit and turned to dumb idol. K was necessary that they should nCum nnto the Lord, from wht'hit' cy had so deeply revolted, nrul epp i"nrP ir. the W soul? a rne."ed i."-

pre-sion of the 1 living Law w ritten, not an was the Law of. Moses, on Tables of stone, hut on the Tables of the heart. John the baptist, the forerunner ofChrist. thus Us- " tilted, "I indeed baptise you with water

unto repentance, but he that cometh after

e is mightier than I, whose shoes 1 au

not worthy to hear, he fhall hapti-e ycu

w ith the Holy lihcft and with hre, whose

an is in his hand, and he will thoroughly

puree hts floor, and gather his wheat in!o

the (iarner. tut he will burn up the chaiT

with unouenobabJe lire. Though consti-

utedthe administrator of water bapti-m, lohn harl a clear sight cf the distincMon

hetxveenthat outward. and superficial iite,

and the inward, substru tial and eiticicnt nature of the spiritual baptism of Christ, a distinction veil illustrated by the tw o ele

ments, water and lire . Water wlvchcan l cleanse the sur face, was used by John is a lively figure of an internal purification. In the spiritual baptism, no natural clement can reach the moral disease ia man; but as lire cr.n thoroughly purify an natural snbstanre sul jertcd to its operation, si tht Divine. Trmciplc m m?.a which from the analogy of its oj-.err.ticus on the -i Til. 1 1 the eiTect of fuc on matter, is illustrated m Scripture by the ame Time. Assailh a propliot, '-behold 1 v.'ill so d mv Mes-rngT and he shall j repare t! e w ay before roe. but w ho may p.! idetlic lav ofliis co-ning? and who shall stand x-.hen heappeareth? for he is like a rer.ner's fue and like fuller's soap; and Iid -hall sit as a rofjncr and purdier of silver.

in tr shai: p'iritv ine er f t l.vi r.n p-:r':e them as gold and h! er.M And a'.miui. 'the day of the Lord corncth thai -hall burn a's an oven, and all the proud, .ea.and all that do wickedly shall le .15 -tubble." and "the day th.t cometli fhail hern them up. saith the Lord of Hofts. that it shall leave neither icot nor branclr" This operation of refinement and purincntion can render the human soul a fit temj 1? for the most High to dw ell in. '-Know C not " sa s the Apostle Paul, that ye arc the temple ofCiod, and that the spirit of Ci'od lw elleth in aou?" Chru-t in his conversation with Nicodemus on the nature and importance of the new birth, savs

that whirh is born of flesh is He:!), r.nd

"ales of the glo ious cause of truth r.nd 1 'ghteousness in the earth, and to raise a tMndanl agamst the evils that abound at ibis day. May we, therefore, "be trong

in the Lord, and in the power of his might."

boon a Her friends were known as a

epiraie society, many of them emigrated

to this country, and brought with them their religious principles and testimonies; t b o i r sober correct manners and their industrious habits. Though far separated

I nun each oti.er, and widely scattered

a .t onetamilv; continued to correspond v ith oi e another, and maintained without abatement, these fi iendly and social relations that outjht to subsist among brethren, hi tl e gradual progress cf their settlement on tl is pontine i. thev, firmed t l-p-psh rs

ti ."omst.intis seemed to render it ne-cp.-s.iry. into eight Yearly 'IeetiriL's. in ad d.tion to imp in London, each independent d the others, distinctly and confessedly

pos-essii.g equal rights and powers a re

iros making- and enforcing Discipline.

and every other prerogative; arktmwl e-'ging iiosuptemacv or head. He alone exepnted . who declared himrelf to bp the

only She herd and I h-hop of ( hri't, our

blessed atid Saviour Jesus Christ. Xlthtiih f is w as the -t itc of our Societv as -ecaids its munii ipal emmum, armo a pievailed throu'jdi all its departrr.euts. atid the riht ot member-hip in anv one t the-e Ye irL Meetip;. conferred tl " -aine rights throuirbo'.it them ;dl. t th

same time a resru-ar r.nttii.ti-

correspori

ienre u;i kept up ! etvep:i dl tbcsp mee tims. and the k k'Miiv Ipoored rnini-tcrs ot the S. on ! under the annre ie -.-ion of reli ':iousiutv were fieniH" tlx encaged in the vn iso of their gifis. to inn el and at tern1

mir..-tt.i!ion r( ihee ineetsngs inwh,' htbp werekindlv

if'.dv a-kit) lodged : and the

-oru tv e!i.b:ti .t to the world a community more t.'.i.dv and more cordiallv united. tl;,;n dl tn. tito apl cice Is or articles ef fi'lh f i;;;:''- b hurn.vn conti i vancp. had ev

r I ee .'.ble to e,; rt in an- odier rehco'i-

issociata'fi im our t mes lie u-;i.-ri v. v

ihit-K i i U m . tl.e liev e. no 1 ml . lit e ! . i v ."

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tv w as as w e h.-

t -r.p spirit baptise-.'

I to ; t s M Its t"

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ct I l i; -e i i : i .ire v. lie ':. the postle. with -i mc f" i p i to by on i

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i: tic Ir of Fattl.

tii-. . th" tian ; I -ci of e t.e

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! snui : that e tc-t in' m , id ! U'.fo all mea" ;:to; ter reter- ! !um-elf u i'' ,,: in he der;i.

O is i

in every acre and jrenc-

pil. thp rnectinc altera time t f solemn qui et. united tnerewith, to wit:

Fpi-tle from the Yearly Meeting of

Friends held in Laltimorc. by adjiain.met.ts, from the f27lh of the 10th month to the fll-l . f the samp. in. !; ivp. I H'i3. To the (J-i-irf-rly, M .JljkJ ' -.r't'Vi' M. tin.-, Atic Si c-.n-lifTTiis 4 ffirfy .vlc.-t-inc, ai.d ti our iiicuii-r vnlu.illy. i)ar frirr.-lf. Having been fivoied thronh the renewed ext"nsionsid Divine r -idnpss. ou.-e

mor to as-caddc in the c:n icitv of ; Ye ar- cn er through the outward veil ortvpe. Iv Mepting. ur minds have bun drawn! the g;oat antitvie to which it pointed)

.t,ni.ii!i:in J.'up, aid into near affection towanls our ab-ent ! u I. irh 1 command thee this day is not

i-eii ! . t(-:l v c.i the truth, it

i expi'-.aet'i t r a, mar i go away : tor it I go n"t aw a- ' '.- Cornfirte-r x iU not come uutovi'M: b ;! ' ! -'epirll will send him unto ou ," "'i h i: be. t e Spirit ofTrulh. i- rnnio he will crui to . u into all truth." In a word to that v. iifo -s for God in the heart, of the euiracv r.f v.hi. h ample testimony is home throughout the Scriptures

by the I'ropheis and the Apostles and see

vatits o! t lie I ,o a

ratmn of the w oil I

Mosos in hi vt ad ices io the Tribes f hi act. of w bom he h a I long been the leader tin iugh the wilderness. say "This commandment" (meaning the Scriptural life of the Law bv which thev might dis-

,ii;.iiii "ii iiiiuuiri xii . n:iuu, 11 - 111 1 1 i.i t uit keueth, the flesh py .Jh nf

ing. "hor ; s many as air oy

iuru oi viou, mev are iii' ur

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tlir, I ijuii'ed ot 1 inn "to wii.'Mi ...n,.i r,V,

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Qua-'rrh .17. r .'.'-i. licraarl lavbir, li r. Nirtiol, W,;!:.n Hrnith, Aaron Iti -.a,

(Jrore S. Hoi:,i, and Thomas W. lln-rjlil.

'v-v err rt. , tl i hu 1 liiif'. whirll Vtl I i c I. t.ir,

lnvr leveled . ith the gr- und ?" Time i Tf.-n.i- VUr

tna nr no answer, but f-prcau tn ... n u ,,',. i- irun .otliryr't7m (cia i".roy JUtctin. ') i.tk wings md ln-t. ned In- higut. I !v?( f Avkrw j,..0 vm;,.

th. n n-ke t v 1 ime 1,( thou, the par- j:r. Triudilp, Jr. J -d.ii J.nvrtt,

"nt of ill t .-it survives', thou, who J.

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shcica-.t her t.oulded and -orrow swell-- i. .'.....V lioVn.

ej eyes upon tn; rouoti. m ine am V: 1! 'f one w Ik.sp he u t is too lull to titter won!. Wondering, and confu

J lines Coal,

John Ki i-ey. Dvid M.ints'iy, and

D iva I Ft ir), Ji rnniah Low. Who wi re till prr?rr.t except eno.

The llepre-entatives, to h hum the suh-

luethrcn.and in this f ehng we cordii-liv J hidden from thee, neither is it far off, it is

greet yo'i.beinc deeply sohnious that the; not in heaven that thou shouldst say who peace oftiod w iiich p a--t th all understand- j sh.dl go up to- u- to lira v en. and bring it inc. may prcf erv e you in v oar -ev eral al unto us that w o niav hear il and do it ; nei

lo.ment

It is our e.irnest desire that Fuer.ds every where may be honestly engaged to ncortain for them-elv es the iroimd of their profession, ami the femdation of their hopes, uii uved by human ant' ority, unbiassed by earthly atTerlion; finnlv believing that it is only by yi.d'y-an sni.ia'.i

fa d obedience to the law of the Spirit of

life in ("bust Jeois oiJr Lord, that this 'knowledge can be attained, or that wp

ther is it beyond the sea. that thou

shouldst sav who shall go over the sea for us and bring it unto us that we may hear

it and do it, but the word is very nigh unto tin'e, in thy month and in thy heart.

that thou mayest do it." A Prophet under

the law. alter be bad clearly shown the

people that their alilictions and distrpssps

wpie the e'.ieetot their transgressions, di

reels ihem to that within tlipm which

would lead them in the w ay they oucht to

y7f I

Sw -L . 1 -I

vTTrrwoi.il erf i

nd nt nlnt 1 bad pi n. I was tiiminp ice t w as refered. rep i ted that they ha. I oan witness m arelves, a I mil te-tihed ! go . " I hoiigb the Lor.l give von the

-vsido from the monutn"r.t. when I s iw united in the judgment that it will be lightlhe did. a reder-iption from the Ir.w of inihread of ad versity, and the water of afnic-

OM;,..,n sfeimin: from stone to stone t' i-ad in the meetinc, without reservp,

r -

TiitoJ, (exclaimed I.) thou m-ist he nc

l iint"d vvitli It ! .Mi, leu me tic interrupted me, with a voire like the ro in cf de;p thmder ;it i dUtai.ce '1 care notvfhit it been, it is now iii'nc.M : .i.v r.nrron s comm. u.t. A d-iv or two sinre, ;i p'rnpkiii head

r Mialui l Crane" 'irt of J ithan. -atxc into ur ofiice, for the purp .se, ,u h laid, of "sep'iiig us mk pper. After edify itif, himself amaz.iily for an liour or tf.o, by cxatnimng the wonder fill aparatus of . prioting estaldishment W. must fieetlstry his skiil at Inndlmi: tvpos. .lonalhan accordingly laid hi" fctrpaw up-m a short artiel" put in typ fr iisrtion, )'l dovyn tunhled a '"Oreacjrul Accident" into a hewp of pi. uty Sc;!h" sa?5 he, 4,I did'nt thiLk the

all the I'pi-tles and communications w hirh l.avf been submitted to their examination.

The niPPt'.ng having bppn brought under groat exprcisp, on account of the circumstam es developed in the information contained in the F.pHt'.es from sev eral Yearly Meetmcs, of the dissensions among thp

members of our Society hoyond the limits of this Ye n I v Meeting, and the criminations promulgated in the firm of ch.trpes again! those viho have hitherto leen eonsiiteied bv us as hretlmn, hajUisid tv tlie same Spirit into the sa.ne body, has not scon its w ay to respond to charge, em inatmg from inoetingt,. poses-iiig the same extent of powers w ith itself, but over whose acts it can have no subversion or control. I'.eliev inc, ."'.s w e do, that cadi Yearly Meeting of thp Society of Fra uds, consti

tutes of it-e.f a body po-es-otg. n..t It s f

ri"h! 'dian ti'm t ef-cssity. ;d I t::e powers

and death, and solid estah!ihment in the

uneh.ingeahle Truth. It was by a fteadlast rjlherenre to the discoveries of Divine Trth m their own minds, that th nrimiliv e worthies of our Society were strengthened ) maintain their ground ngainst all the opposition and ppppcvitin tUV had 1o pneounter, and in

many iestanccs pypn to turn the Iioarts of thfir enemies, so that they bcame the faithful advocates of that which they had formerly oppo -ed. Through the mediam nf the same light of Divine Truth, it wa th 't they were enabled rle iiiy to sop avs'v vv iD pi; v alent in thp worhl, and bourne c.'.olilied to bear a faithful testimony against them, though some of these were countenanced ana even sanctioned by the highest earthly authority. Fv no other means than by thse appointed in infinite wisdom for the salvation of the rational creation, can we hope to be o-np( "ier::' to stand foith uj lirtn advo

tion, v et shall not thy teacher0 be removed

into a corner any more, but thine eves shall see thy teachers and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saving, this is

the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand and when ye turn to the left." "The Law made nothing perfect,1 "for if the first covenant had been faultless, then should no place hav e been sought for the second;'1 'I'ehold the flays come, saith the Lord, (to those under the Law. through one of the Prophets,) that I will make a new covenant w ith the houee of Israel & w ith the house of Jinlah ; not a- cord. i'TC to the covenant that I made w ith their Fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Kgvpt: which jv covenant they brake, nlthooch I was . husband unto them, saith the Lord. I'ut this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after these days, saith the Lord, I will put my Law in their inward parts aud write it

To adduce all the evideir

hue tarnishes oi tne sp

the Gospel dispensatior

crihe the greater part o

Whilst Friends remametv

ground to which they had h called, out of the many supe

dark errors into which

fallen, there was no scl

vision amonc them. If

though poor, despised the world, though ridti

siderate, and contemned

accused by some of being

ers as being intidels, bee;

not conscientiously unite'

nominations of "professing Christiai

many of the principles and practices acl

mitted by then; yet amongst themselves peace, concord, and charity greatly abounded. Divers charges have been circulated against us: such as that we contemn the authority of the Scriptures; and deny th? Div inity of our Lord and Saviour Jesu1.

Christ. Which charges, now ever strer.u ously urged, and how ever often reiterated are. neverthele-s unfounded. In relation tothe Scriptures; wc fire free to acknowledge w hat has always been acknowledged by the societv, that as Teter say s, "the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.' It is true we do not call them The Word cf God because that appellation is in the Scriptures tlntniselv e appropriated to a principle higher than any written Testimony can be. "In the beginning wasthe WOItD, and the WG35 D was with Gcd, and the WOUD WAS GOD." before all Scripture orwntb'gs. The Scriptures cont.ilu a record of the Lords dealings with his ra tional ci cation in different ages and gone rations of the world. They also- coatuu

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