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tiding x the Said place, deciding, either
the facts fiated in such consignee's certtfi
cate, ere. to his knowledge, true, or that
the certificate of such consignee is, in his
opinion, deserving of fall credit: Which
^trt&ate of the consignee and consul or
agent, foil, in all cases, as refpetts the
landing or delivery of the Cud goods, wares |
or merchandize be, confirmed by the oath
of the master and mate, living, or in case of
, e ' r death, by the oath or affirmation of the
Two principal futvivfng officers of the vessel,
in which the exportation shall be made. And
in cases where there /hall be no consul, or
agent of the United States, refining at the
laid place of delivery, the certificate of the
configure before required Ihall be confirmed
by the certificate of two reputable American
merchants, reading at the said place ; or it
there be ho such American merchants, then
by the certificate of two reputable foreign
merchants, testifying that the facts, stated
in Toch corifignee's certificate, are, to their
knowledge, true, or that such consignee's
certificate is, in their opinion, worthy of full
credit ; which certificates flball be supported
by the oath or affirmation of the master and
mate, or other principal officers of the ves
sel, in the manner before prescribed. And
in cases of loss at sea, or by capture, or oth
er unavoidable accident, or when, from the
nature of the trade, the proofs and certifi
cates before mentioned are not, and cannot
be produced, the exporter or exporters Shall
be allowed to adduce, to the collector of the
< port of exportation, such other proofs as
they may have, and as the nature of the
case will admit ; which proofs shall, with a
Hating of all the circumstances attending the
transaction, within the knowledge of such
collector, be transmitted to the comptroller
of the treasury, who shall, if he be Satisfied
with the truth and validity thereof, have
power to direct the bonds of such exporter
or exporters to be cancelled.
Approved, Feb. 26, 1795.
George Wafbington.
4 :—_ ; _
Domestic MiJcellan,.
FREE THINKER versus VERITAS.
1 for THE MIRROR.
VERITAS fays, that in Christ, or thro'
the virtue of his quickning power, shall
all, both bad and good, be made alive, in the
morning of the refurreXion, which is entirely
agreeable to Christ's declaration—We wifi
examine and fee what the dechiration of
Christ is, concerning the refurredion, or the
end of the world, or of his comingio judg
ment. —Tradition informs us, that that time
is yet to come—Christ informs us, that that
time is already come.—The Evangelist, St.
Matthew^ reads thus, And as he fat on the
Mount of Olive, the disciples came unto him
privately, faying,—Tell us when shall these
things be ? and what shall be the sign of thy
coming, and of the end of the world ? and
Jesus said unto them, Tike heed, that no
man deceive you, for many shall come in my
name, faying. I am Christ, and shall deceive
many, and ye shall hear of wars, and rumours
of wars— See that ye be not troubled, for all
these things must come to pass ; but the end
, is not yet far— Nation shall rife against na
tion, and kingdom against kingdom ; and
there shall be famines, peftitences, and earth
quakes, in dirers. places— All these are the
beginning of sorrow; immediately after the
tribulation of those days, shall the fun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her
light, and the stars fall fall from heaven,
- and tte powers ot heaven shall be Shaken,
and then shall appear the sign of the son of
man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes
of the earth mourn, and they shall fee the<
son of man coming in the clouds of heaven,
with power and great glory, and he shall fend:
his angels with a great found of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his etea from
the four winds, from one end of heaven to
tte other ;folikewife, when ye fee these 1
things, know that it is near, even at the
doors—Verily I fay unto you,this generation
shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled. -
Well, as all these things were ft come while
that generation was on the stage of aXion,
and they are not yet come to pass ; the,muft
be as much as 179$ years of age, very old
indeed. ,I conclude Veritas will think them
past their labour, that the world was at an
end, and the day of judgment was at the time
of Christ's punishing his work according to
scripture, js evident, beyond a doubt, tot
'try impartial thinking mind ; and ithalfo
evident, that Christ is the refurreXion, and
life ; and that when he arose, the whole.
human race arofewith him ; and that I con
ceive tps the reforreXion spoken of in scrip
ture, as also the end of the worlds Paul
speaking ?f the refy^eaion of the dead, q.
, of the end of the „&— we flia'nt all fleeCT
'but we shill be chafed in a moment, in the
twinkling of an at he last trump, for
the trumpet frail found, and the dead shall
be raffed,a^i we ^^ be changed.--Now if
, that time is yetto come, fy is yet stive ;if
so I Should not valne travelling one thousand
miles to fee him, that! might knew of him
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flatty ifc/yrify^
invite Veritastp r^kea walk woh me forhis'
fatisfaaion ; also howbeit, the Apottle tells
us plainly, that that time is pail, for hehys
it is sown in corruption—it is railed in incor
ruption— it is sown in dishonor —it is railed
in glory—it is fown^ weakness —it is^raifed
in power—it is f°±&)^uraj body -it is
raised a Spiritual ItyH&te tells how it was
done; for since, man came death
—by man came also the resurrection of the
dead—for, as in Adam, all die, even fo—jn'
Christ shall all be'made alive, but every man
in his own order. Christ the firft fruits, af
terwards they that are Christs at his coming,
then cometh the end, and fays Christ must
reign till he hath put all enemies under his
feet—The last enemy that shall be destroyed
is death, and it is evident that he has destroy
ed death, and him that had the power of
death, that is the devil, and has call them
into the lake of fire and brimstone, for fays
the Apostle, he hath put all things under his
feet.
Veritas seems to intimate that those things
are to be accomplished at the time that Christ
makes his fccond appearance in the world— 4
I would ask the candid mind, Is there any
more than one God ? Surely there is,not—
but this God assumes three charaXers, Fa
'ther, Son and Holy Ghost, though anting in
three different offices—God the maker of all
things—Christ the redeemer of all things—
the Holy Ghost the reprover or fanXifier of
all things, yet but one God in essence. Well,
after all things were made and pronounced
very good by their maker, a part of the cre
ation, that is the human species, by trans
gression, fell and loft their union, and com
munion with God ; then Christ, the second
charader, undertakes to restore them, and
a&s in the second charader, and when with
his disciples in the world, tells them it was
expedient for them that he should go away,
for if I go not away, fays he, the comforter
. will not come unto you, but if I depart, I will
fend him unto you, and when he is come he
shall reprove-the world of fin, &c. He also
tells them that in like mariner as he ascend
ed, they should fee him defeend. Well, when
he had finifhed his work, a&ing in(he second
charader, he afeended, and then he assumed
the third character, and in like manner he
defeended, and ^became a reprover to the
world of fin, of righteousness, and of judg
ment, and has continued here ever since aid
ing in his third charader, and if he comes a
gain it must be the third time, instead of the
second. The Jews fay that Christ has never
as yet made his appearance in the world, and
the chriftians in former times, as well as in
those days, thought, and still thir^k it very
Grange that the Jews should be so stupid as
to deny Christ when he made his appearance
in the world. The reason of the Jews deny
ing him, was because he did not come in that
way, in which they were looking for him to
come.; they expe&ed him to come in feme
great and pompous way, but he being born
of a poor virgin, the son of Jofeph,—his
brethren James and John, and born in a
stable, and laid in a manger— They fay, is
this the son of God ? Is this the faviour of
the world, springing from this poor family $
No! away with him—crucify him— crucify
him—So the Jews ofour day have been, and
are still looking for Christ to come in great
pomp and fplendour, attended by thoafands
of his angels, to judge the world, and at the
fame time, he is here judging the world day
by day, and because be appears in so low a
way : only by his spirit, by a small still voice,
faying. This is the way, walk ye in ; and by
reproving and condemning the world for fin.
Oh! they fay tlus is nothing but natural
conscience— this is not Christ—away with
those whimsical notions—Christ will come
by and by, and will have the whole human
race, together in one general aflfemblv, and
then he will judge them with a witness
The good is to te on the right hand, and the I
bad on the lefthand, apd the judge is so fay
to those good on the right, Come ye buffed,
and to those bad on felett hand, gp ye curf
ed,— @d as there is none of the human race
good, according to fcriptore, and flefh and
Blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God—
° away they must all go to hell, and Christ with
his angels, wifo were on the right hand, will
enter into the joys of heaven.
Now if there be a Jesus Christ,
Then he is Lord of all ;
If ho has boughtus rritha price,
# There's none in hell will fall.
But if there be no Jesus Christ,
As some pretend to tell
Then we'r not purchas'd wthi a prise.
We all must go to hell. fr
If God fees fit to raise my frame.
•Upon some future day;
L And puts his spirit in^he lame,
I've not a word tom
But acquiefite in what tie does,
„V, And fay thy will be clone ^£).^
% Since righteousness I have receiv'd)
^ Through Jesus Chriil his son.
FREETHINKER
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.FOR THE MiRROR.
VERITAS contra FREE THINKER.
MR. Free Thinker blames me for assert
ing, |hat Univerfalifrn was not the doctrine
of Christ, or his apottles—l frankly acknqw
ledge the charge— I did affect it, arid more,
th|t not the whole, but only a part of the hu
> ma, race would be finally saved, according
to their du&rine, when treating direct, up
on the final state of all human characters—
This assertion I proved,or at leaft,endeavour
ed to prove, by many plain, express passages
of scripture, spoken by Christ, and his apos
tles particularly, upon the very point in dis
pute —This I thought might be convincing
to every rational man who held to his bible.
Now Mr. F. T. had you been an honest
seeker after truth, would you not have con
sidered the purport of those passages ? arid
if they had amounted to a proof of the point,
would you not have acknowledged.it ? and
if they had not, in your judgment, would you
4 , not have endeavoured to show the inconclu
siveness of my arguments ?-— Surely you
would— Neither of these have you done—
But have run on, heaping op great numbers
of elaufes, verses, half verses, and detached
passages, which indeed have a show of uft
verfality —But, in my humble opinion, they
are nothing to your purpose, to prove, that
all men will finally be saved; they are all
capable of a rational answer—Such an an
swer as is cbfiftent with the idea, that all the
finally impenitent shall be punished accord
ing to 'heir works ; or a part of the human
race finally loft—Such an answer l have al
ready given some of your quotations - Such
an one I shall now attempt to give the re
mainder—l will carry them home to the plac
es where they belong ; and fee what they are
among their connexions—Would you find
out a man, go home with him—he may de
ceive you abroad, by his outward garb and
appearance—What he is in his own family,
and among his daily connexions, is his real
character ; so what a passage of scripture is
in its own place, arid among its particular
connexions,is, its real meaning ;it will take
some time to make a tour among all the a.
bodes pf sacred truth, but I will make my
visits as short as pofli 61e, to form an acquaint
ance, and bring in my verdiX—l shall take
the passages as they have occurred, in the
course of your publications, and give them an
answer ; if I mistake in any thing, am liable
to corre&on—You quote Prov. 16. 4.— —
The Lord bath made alltbiagifor bimfelf — hence
you conclude all men will be saved—but read
wn, in the fame verse, it is immediately add
ed, yea, even the wicked, for the day of evil
—How will the cpnclufion now stand, Mr.
PrT^ not surely as before, but the riverfe
—That the wicked shall be punished in the
great day of retribution— But does this look
fair, Mr. F. T. to take half the verse and
leave the other, because it made against you,
Are you willing to rifle your foul for eternity,
upon such reasoning as this ? May I not re
tort your own language back upon you,,with
great proprltfteAwful, amazing stupidi
ty I that mat should use such sophistry, to
deceive themselves and others—Wretched
must that cause be that needs such unfair
means of support—What may we not make
the bible, or any other author fay at this rate,
by rending a clause out of its connexion, and
infixing violence to make it speak in our be
half /—A man of feeling and candour would
be ashamed of such conduX—But you quote
Psalm 40—the words of Christ—Lo ! I com^
to do thy will, oh my God, yea, this law is
within my heart—To this you add a passage
out of Pet. 2 Eph. 3 chap, not willing, that
any should perish, but, that all should come
to repentance—from the latter, you take for
granted, what is by no means true ; that God
has absolutely and unconditionally will'd or
decreed the salvation of all men ; from the
former, that Christ came into the world to
execute that will, ergo all will be saved.—
This ishrong reasoning, to be fore ; but let
us examine the connexion from whence those
passages were detached.,
- From the firft, it appears evidently to be
the will of God the rather, that his law
should be magnified, and made honorable—
The Sacrifices of the ceremonial law were to
tally inefficient for this purpose—Then fays
the redeemer, Lo ! I come to do thy w%
that is, in filling and magnifying the law ;
and opening away for the honorable exercise
of mercy l&raMte penitents ; not the
least hint oreiverraTfalvation, is to be found
in the wtfble Psalm, nay, so far from this,
that the blessing is propounced on such only,
as are humble, and trust in the Lord ; and
not on such as are proud, and turn aside tg
lies. From the connexion of the second
passage it very plainly appears to be the de
sign of the apostle, to represent the great pa
tience, and long fuffering of God toward gos
pel fingers, in giving them a Sufficient fence ,
for repentance, as he had before given ?he
old world ; so that nothing more is intended
by the will of God in that place, than his
patience*end long fuffering, in giving all
meatylMd opportunity of obtaining grace
and faction—Nay, so far is the apoOiefrom
I—^ .; r ifl,imiiHhiiii4b fo 4 \- fjmafr rt"*^^^^° —torf—#
Ifuggtftinglfuggtfting :he idea, that al imen nil; b,ws
be Lvcdjh.it he eaprsfsly affmsthe cunira
. ry -verse 7 of this 3 chapter— But the hea.
vens and earth which are now by the fame
word, are kept in (lore, referred unto fire,
against the day ofjudgment, and perdition of
ungodly men. This direXly looks forward
to the great day of judgment, apd final trial'
of all human characters ; and tSere, fays the
apostle, there will be a number of ungodly
men, doomed to a state of perdition. What
do you think now, Mr. F. T.—will you still
insist upon't, that not one can be loft—
What is perdition > but a totally loft, and
ruined condition ; and, as this takes place
after the great and decisive trial of the last
judgment, it i, a condition, that ungodly
men must remain in forever.- J shall con
elude with a word of advice—The next time
you write, Mr. F. T. look well to your con
text, and assert nothing from scripture, hut
what will bear examination among ks rota
tions. &
\ VERITAS.,
-—f-CTOTt— —^^^
;for the Mirror.
OBSERVATOR, No. XIV.
IN perusing the Mirror No. 125,
I difeovered a pi^ce recommend
ing the eftabtiffiment of " Social Li
braries," which I think ought to be
seconded by every person, who would
with to obtain knowledge Sufficient to
carry him through life with honor and
credit.—Any considerable town might
fee up a Library, with but very liule :
cost to any individual ; and if young
men would devote half the time that
they spend at the grog-Shop, (or at
other feats of rendezvous of ill fame)
in studying ufefol bocks to fit them
for public business, they would not
come forward almost at ignorant ,s
they were born, when they are called
into public bufinefi, as mamdo at the
present day.—Knowled&fi'wh^t we
all crave in our firft outtenn life ;—
but through the negtedt of parents,
and the carelessness of youth it is what
very few obtain, in any honorable de
gree.-
Education, when it works upon a
noble mind, draws out to view every
latent virtue and perfection, , which
without such helps, are never able to
make their appearance. It is there
fore an unfpeskable blessing to be
boro in those parts of the world where
wisdom and knowledge flourish ; tho'
it must be confeffed there are many
poor uninftrufted perlons, in those
parts, who are but little fuperiur to
the original natives.— How often are
young men eloathed with ihame and
confufion, ontyfor the want of a de
cent education ?—Therefore that all
ufeful branches of erudition may flou.
rifh, throughout the raff trad of this
American main, and peace and pros
perity spread over the fame, so the
most ardent with that flows from my
; FOR THE MZRROR. ,
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