Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1800-10-21
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4 FEW syeniags ago. fpeni
foms ;imc in ihe houie % az acquaintance,
foi Whoa ,ntessa;red p esy high eae.ns
Ne wcre epgpgsd ia ,slkiog on the ttate Q.
ths city. rejoicing ~ the hssiih ,he ei,iscSs
enjoyed aud praiiiug HE vigilance 'oi ihe
boai o. bea!st, when, &c my iurPrize, ~
popped he resrrcucs had dos been IN his
company igr ioag waiie, though I pretty
re- @uistg SO frnoa, and ara never nu-h
10 debt to tb> church sex 90 ioG,e account
or o;aer, we aeyeT Tee bis reverence uBieis
al ne boglt of q f,3fra--as Il now happened
--,howeye, sj,gr lev Harp looks he re-
mcnheed me-. Blols',ae. Robert, how do
y,u dol MucN, o. ufual auiW-rei /, draw
ias MY chais iitde 90, of the corner, into
wh!et tad edged rpyielt on his entrance
and Nooes, you have mol learned @lidon
enough, % iet the clergy 7lJne, bu, in your
odd way, have attacked psrloH Ahefcrom-
bic. Indeed, replied |, | do not think |
s..scked him, unlei' agreciog with him Gan
DC 10 explained / am iure | lsij, ths: his
words were as true as Inc bible, aud your
revsreac. know, that is true to t;i,ie. But
yoa b4med him for preaching politics, be
lieve did, laid I, Gomewhst coniGfcd, and
iclnno, fey thar have yet charged my o.
pili,n. lis fa5hopinious, and fuch weak,
nceited and illi,eTste men as you, replied
he reverence, thar have produced all the
troubles which now difurb The world when
men paid that regard TO the opinions OF the
clergy, WHICH they really ought, the world
was 10 glorious G.uaiion, compared with
what /, Is al Prelehl. You now pay ii,,ls
more reverence 10 our opinions, than 10 the
opinion OF a Common trade(nsn.---and tay.
io', carpenter, and even cDbler has the
afur0nce to routradia man, who has re-
ceiv=d Decentralization, and has tcen ioiemn-
j. r. apart tor the miniary.
WI,h luhm,ilion to you reverence. iaid
I, has sot rian righ TO ufe his own iudc-
nlcnt Yes, auIvered he, bur Il his iudg--
meat :uhs contrary 70 the judgment of he
'n,alter, beorght alwayato fubnit becaule
h. haa not as good an opportunity Of know
my Of hia mIrrifer has Or his -priea has
Snlwered lit may he 70, il appears very
Tealcnah.e-bul pleafe Gr 20 inform me, IF
'ht'e would have been any chriRiaps. had
TINS been the CAFE, and why have-Prefsyteri-
sHs ra'ird always fUch CRY agaioG Roman
Ls'noc', Tor supporting this doctrine
tntre 's wide difference, fad hi, reverence
IN theie cafes, The Jews and Pspitls are advo
Gates for iz!le belief. add therefore he D,o.
pc have righ' not 10 be led By them. bu,
~epTofsis the ttue religion, and therefore no
Perion has sght to difpuie any Of arr te-.
ntta. believe il l4il I, only they lay the
very tame, and are Indifferent, perlon MIGHT
unieIs better evidences vcre given. be much
al lois 20 pronounce which lie right
But although continued /, know yerv
h''Ie, l think, 1 could aImof tell the res-
.oo why, the opinious Of the clergy are 70
little reiPeaed. By all means let 'us hear
IT, he then dew his chair much nearer to
me, lhrrw hiuisIf into su attentive poaure,
ard Ueos 90 thus
have 'ead in a fnali hiaory book, bur
bow t'ne It ie, T'li leave your reverence to
Judge, that, as long as tie clergy led the
sock, with good fouad doctrine, paid no a.
oorauon TO grea, men, and made no obfervs
'io"s o" governments, the people relpesed
lneTn' az ne am6aiiadors ct Chit, and con
hheTed them worthy Of the hiehea honor.
bus when they became acquainted win
oga aud uobes, when the world and the
'h'ngS Of It engaged their attention, then
m,H begau TO Ice that their doctrines and
pr''ti'es were IN ditea oppoision to each
o'her they bsgan 70 examine, and from that
period to the prefent, their reputs,ion ha,
oeen on The decline and their influence over
the condolences Of mrn nae decreafes, az "a.
Pldiy 20 their iufuence among kings and
great men increaied for, becoming men Of
che world, they eeafcd to be fpiritusl men-
and the abufng of their holy caIling IN this
manner, rendered them fit inGtuuen,s for
promoting the ambitious & tyrsnniesl views
o. deiPo's indeed am informed, fsid l. bv
. man WI yrried 10 hiaory, ,ha, iince the
1tays OF ConRan,ine the Great, 70 the pre-
'eHt' 10 war has been carried on in which
'hs clergy were not concerned in a greater
or'eisc egree one part of the Clergy preach
60 h't thi' was right, for the honor Of God.
and the good Of 'eligion Anoiher parrv
pre- 'ehed thai the divest contrary was for The
good ct reigioo, advantage OF rooie,y. sod
the honor Of God! LA ouT ovs esnotrv
ourihg TOE lste war, this cleyyyn,an s,;s9