The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1795-02-27 00:00:00, page 1

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—- — CONCORD, (NEWHAMPSHIRE,) PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY ELIJAH RUSSELL AND MOSE^DAV^ ,
[volume III.]
LAWS of the United States.
PUBLISHED
BY AUTHORITY.„
Third CONGRESS ofthe UNITED STATES,
AT THE SECOND SESSION,
Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the
Sate of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the third of
November, 17„.
An Abi for the remission of the towage
duties on certain French vessels.
BE it enabled by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress
assembled, That the duties on the ton
cage of fuadry Gallops and small
fchoonen, lately employed to convey
to Boston, a number of French citi
zens, late inhabitants of Saint Petre
and Miquelon, from Halifax & Shel
burne, in Novafcotia, where they had
been sent prisoners by the Bririfh, dur
ing the present war, be, and the fame
are hereby remitted,
Approved, January 28, 1795°
George Wafbington.
An A& for the relief of Epaphras
Jones and others.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled, That
it fall and may be lawful for the co!-
ledof for the diftrift of Newyork, to
remit to Epaphras Jones and oth
er#, the sum of two hundred and four
dollars and forty seven tents, being
the amount of additional impost and
tonnage duties, incurred by reason of
the incompetent register of the brig
antine Peru : Provided a register shall
be obtained for the laid brigantine,
within one hundred and twenty days,
in the manner prescribed by law.
Approved, Jan. 28, 1795,
George Waftington.
An Aa farther extending the time for
receiving on loan the domestic debt of
the United States,
Sec. 1. BE it enabled by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Congress
assembled, That the term for receiving
on loan that part of the domestic debt
of the United States, which has not
been fubferibed io pursuance of the
provifion# heretofore made by law for
that purpose ; be, and the fame is
hereby further extended until the gift
day of December next, on the fame
terms and conditions as are contained
in the a&, entitled, " An ad making
provision for the debt of the United
States." Provided, That the books
for receiving the laid fubferiptions
ihall be opened only at the Treasury
of the United States:
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled,
That such of the creditors of the U
nited States, as have not fubferibed,
and fhaU not fubferibe to the said loan,
shall nevWthelefs receive during the
year one thousand seven hundred and
ninety five, a rate per centum on the,
amount of such of their demands a,
have been registered, or as shall be reg
istered at the peafury, conformable co
+ the direaiongo the aft, entitled, “An
aft making provision for the debt of
the United States," equal to the inter
est which would be payable to them
as fubferibing creditors. >
Approved, Jan. 28,179^1
George Wq/bington.
FRIDAY, February 27, 1795.
An Aa to authorize the ferment o f
the claim of Samuel Prioleau.
BE it enabled b, the Senate and Hout
of Representatives of the United State
of America, mCongrefs assembled, Thal
the accounting officers or the treafiQ
department be, and they are hereby)
authorized to adjust and fettle t^
claim of Samuel Prioleau, for proper
ty taken from him at Charleftown, for
the use of the United States. Pro
vided, That the said Prioleau shall ad
duce proof to the fatisfa^ion of the
accounting officers aforefaid, of the
contrast on the ptrt of the United
States, to pay for the fame, and like
wise of the value of the property ap
plied to public use.
Approved, Jan. 28, 1795.
George Wafoington.
——CTaTHCT^^^
An Aft far reviving certain fruits and fcroceft,
which have been dijeontinued in the diflri&
court of Pennylvama.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress assembled, That
all foils and prdeeb which were pend
ing in the diftrift court of Pennfflva
nia, which, by law, ought to have
been holden on the third Monday of
November last, and which were dis
continued by the failure to hold the
feme : and all suits and process which
were commenced for the said court,
or returnable (hereto ; end aifo all
fuita and procHa, which were pending
in any special court of the Gid diftria,
and difeontinued by failure to hold
the adjournment thereof, on the day
appointed, at any time since the last
day of July laft,be and the, are hereby
revived ; and hereby day is given to
all the suits and process aforefaid, in
the diftria court next by law to be
holden in the fame diftria ; and the
fame proceedings may be had at the
fame last mentioned court, in all the
suits and yprocefs aforefaid, as by law
might h^e been had at the courts, re
fpeaively, in which the fame were
pending, or to which the fame were
returnable.
Approved, Jan. 28, 1795.
George Wajhington.
Domestic MiJcellany.
FOR THE MIRROUR.
— - NUMBER 111.
BUT THETRUTH AND SELL IT NOT.
TN my last I mentioned two things,
, by which the Univerfalift endeav
ours to support his there— the firft
by misrepresenting the opinion of 0-
thers, the second by mifrepre fencing
the divine character—a third is by
carrying the parallel between Adam
and Christ to a most unreconcilable
length—They tell us plumply, that
the whole human race were conceived
with Christ io the womb of the bles
sed Virgin ; ahd when born, they
were all born with him ; and when
baptifed of John in Jordan they were
all baptifed with him ; when he en
tered upon the fatigues and troubles
of life, they fuffered with him ; when
he hung upon the crofi, they hung
with him ; wfoen he gave up the
ghost, they gave up the ghost with
him ; when he went to a Gate of im
prisonment, and preached to the fpir
ics in prifop, they were with him , and
tehen he arose from the dead, they
arose with him ; and when he afeend
ed to the right hand of his father,
they ascended with him j and a num
ber of such extravagant things, that
no man, in his sober senses, could be-^
lieve half of them in a hundred years,
I am sure 1 could not, were I to live
to be a; old aiMerhufelah,V
That there was, in some things, a
parallel connedion, or relation, be
tween Adam and Christ, with refpeft j
to mankind is certain ; but it was a
connection of conlequeoce—ln confe
quence of Adam's fin, all his posterity
became depraved, and liable to many
calamities, by reafen of the natural &
federal union subsisting between them
—ln consequence of Christ's righte
ousness, all believers are juftified, by|
reason of the fpirimal and federal un
ion subsisting between them—This is
reasonable, and I think all that can be
intended. But how does the Univer
falift prove this myfterinur parallel by|
a denched paffagc from Rom. 5. As|
by the offence of one, judgment came!
upon al! unto condemnation ; even|
so by the righteoufoefs of one, thej
free gift came upon all men to juftiti-I
cation of life— To give this the uni-j
verfal scope, according to the letter, I
all men are now in a state of juOifiep ;
tion ; by virtue of what? why byj
virtue of this wonderful parallel—But I
there seems to be one difficulty attend
ing, to know when to date this jufti
'fication of all men ; whether at the
conception, in the manger, on the
cross, in the grave, in the internal
prison, in the afceefion, or in heaven ;
for the whole human race were with
Christ in these federal flages—l fay,
it will be difficult to know whether to
give it a general or a° particular date.
The Baptists have the advantage, they
date their juftificatiou from eternity —
Bur, by what wonderful union is the
jollification of all men brought about?
not by the union of faith—for this
fame Apostle tells us expressly, ail
men have not faith —therefore the
justification of all men, here contend
ed for, by the Univerfalifti, is not
known in the bible-—the bible notion
of justification, is by faith alone—The
Apostle shall (peak for himfelf, on this
point, therefore we conclude, fays he,
that a man is justified by faith alone,
without the deeds of the law —and a
gain, being juftified by faith, we have
peace with God, thus cur Lord Jesus
Christ—knowing that a man is not
justified, by the works of the law, but,
or only by the faith of jefus Christ—
Therefore to make the Apostle con
sistent with himfelf, he certainly meant
no more in the above clause, than that
the free gift of jollification to life,
hath, or foali come upon all men that
believe, and no others—On the other
hand, our blessed Saviour tells u's, that
he that befeveth not, it condemned
already—He that believeth 00 the
Son hath everlasting life ; and he that
believed)not the Son, (hall not fee
life, but the wroth qf God abideth on
him ; so that thia passage explained
agreeable to the plain sense oi Christ,
and the Apostle, affords not the least
support to the universal cause.
Another passage they bring to prove
this wonderful parallel is t Cor. 15,
22, For as in Adam all died, even so
in Christ a 4l! be made alive
Whoever carefully eriamires the eon*
nedion, from whence these words are
taken, will find that the apostle is
there speaking of the univerfil death,
that came upon all men by Adam, &
the universal referreaion, that shall
be effected by Christ, at the last da„
ver. 22. for fiace by man, that is Ad
am, came death, universal mortality ^
by man came also, the refurreaion
of the dead ; (bat is, the univeJal
Irefurre&ion of all the dead shall b^
effeaed by the man Christ Jesus, for
as in Adam all die in consequence of
his fin ; so in Christ, or through th^
virtue of his quickening power, (haft
all both bad and good, be made alive
inche morningof the refurrea:on-=ih
tifely agreeable is this explanation to
I Chrift'sown declaration —the hour is
coming, in which all that are in their
graves, shall hear his voice, and fhril
come forth, they that have done good
to the refurredion of life, and they
I that have done evil to the ichirredion
!of damnation—Aifo, agreeable to the
; prophesy of Daniel, many of them
I (hat sleep in the dust of the earth
Ifhail awake, some to eVerlafting
I shame and contempt —So that this
ipaffige, compared and explained with
others similar, iifo far from affording
! any support to the cause of the Uni-
Iverfalift, that it is diredly against
|them ; because it proves to a demons
fixation, that when Christ shall make
all alive in the universal refurreaion,
there will then be two diftina human
Icharaaeis, those that baye done good^
who shall rife to everkfting life ; and
thofc that h^ve done evil, who fhaU
rife 10 everiafting shame and con
tempt.
Another method they take to fop
port their tottering cause, is by
scrap, & detached passages of scrip
ture, that are nothing to their pur
pose, when explained in connection
with the context, thus they quote the °
2 Psalm, verse 8 : Ask of me and I
shall give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of
the earth for thy possession—This pro
phetically imports, that there should
be a general spread of the gospel a
mong the heathens—That the church
should no longer,, after the coming
and death of Christ, be confined to
the Jewish nation alone— But there
should be a great accession of the Gen
tile nation, into the visible kingdom
of the Redeemer—which in fad took
place by the preaching of the Apos
tles.
But it by no means import# the uni
versal salvation of all men , for in the
next words it it added, thou shalt
break them with a rod of iron, thou
shalt dash them inpieces like a pot
tei's veffel —This doe# not look like
saving all—but punishing in a most
severe manner, those that dbftinately
persisted in opposition and enmity to
the gospel of Christ ; which was in
fad the case with a great part of the
Jewilh nation, being daffied and bro
ken in pieces by the rod of God'# an
ger, for their inveterate unbelief—
and also many among the Pagans
continued in implacable obftioacy a
gaioft the gospel to the day of their
^"a rfr ^ " C °°"' '"^
nmory or thole days.
VERITAS.
"NUMBER 123. J