Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-09-18
From rHr tBoaon) CHsosIc.r.
OLD SOUTH-No. LXVIl.

bge mrz spbo bage fzysed s5< so,ri1 atEdf
a51ca, havs come bnbsy aLs.".
ISit fa1ibie. that tho Chuaian diipenia,ioa
L ihauid raife formidable oppoiision from
men who pretended 10 diiown ali worldly gran
deur ADD emoluments. aud ~ho lived 10 expec-
tsrion of reward in another world But how
ever paradoxical IL may appear, yet the only
sntagoniits which gave our Saviour or his diici-
pies any trouble, we're thofe who proieiicd the
greatet Concern for religion, and who lived
within the purlirus OF the altar. The whole
hifory OF rhe chriitian iyttem is a narrative of
the lcandaous treatment ot the Chief Prieas,
Scribe,, and Paaritees, towards its protectors.
They were followed by body of perlecutors,
who were contsntly exciting ,hc public reicat-
ment againf them. The enemes OF our Saviour
proiecuted their plans with iuch iaGdious ART,
as even TO gain over. by bybs,y, one Of his Dif.
cipes, to betray him. He was early purfued by
Church sad Siatc: For Herod began hi. fan-
guinary pprpoics by numbering the infants in
Bc;hlcaem--when that failed of the obiett con-
-temPlated, fatap. Immediately upon his pap,ifin,
in conricpps hfain ot adulatioo, f,abscf HIN.
Alter the powers of earth and he'll hsi exhsaa-
&C all their Rrs'sgems to enfnsse and dcitsoy
him, he began his miiiioY by preaching on the
Moont, and from that emiseace made folcmn
declaration OF the benign pnacipies OF bis nit
hon ac Recommended his mipiai ation by acts
OF kindnei' and beoefcencr heaiag all manner
OF diieaies, and eyidencing his divinity by 6gns
and miracles, which gave iuare 10 the phiIan-
throPy of his charsetes. Is il pslEbfe then that
any oPpoltion could ariGe againa fyaem which
dii2layed iuch complscency in its Aa,hor
Should we exped to fod among his opponents,
thoie Who protc6ed TO tfndy the happincis of
mankind, or ieemed devoted to the cauie Of viz
tue aud religion f---Bu, the hiftory inforus us,
that when the Chief Pnefts, Scribes and Pbs,i-
fees faw the thing, which he did. they were dif-
plcsfed, and fron HAT tifse iovehf tn lay hands
on him 6Rf ibtr ftaysd fb< Psspk. The Pha-
riiees a.io took council, how they might entsn-
gle him in his talk--,hcy began their artihce 20
queiiion hin. whether il was lawful 20 give nj
bHfe 10 CAsAR; they were preparing TO cntrap
him that he was not Casia,'s jri<nd but our Sa-
viour. .ho' thus iuuoundcd by JHufo. boldly
began his oppohtion, by denouncing thcm as
hypocrites and deceivers. The ssdducss next
came forward, which FAY, there is no refu:rec-
ton thus combining Cba,tb ard STATE, as it
related TO taxes to C1far and the final retribu-
zion OF mankind. The mopey-changen, il is
probsble, were greatly dieurbed in conirqucnce
/,
therefore allied themfelves with the Sadduccs, ia
order to fcrm fSAsvai cm1s<fien with this pow
erful fett." The Phariiecs feeued greatly
alarmed, when they fannd he had put the Sad.
drces to fi!ence, and they gathered together and
deputized La1yer. 60 TX him quedion tor
the purpofe Of tempting him.
y After he had confoondcd this i4f rsmbfey,
from thn Bari no man wa, able to aofscr him
word, neither dura any man from thar day
forth ak him any motc qucaions. AS foon,
therefore, as our Saviour had defeated the
Scnbes, Pharifecs. Saddnccs, Chief Priea., Sa,an
and tie Lawyer, he began to fpesk to fbs Psepie
and bis Difcip!es. He appears, at this period
Of bis ninihra,ion, convinced of the cppoiition
which he was to encounter. and therefore began
his mfA0n by waning them of the deceptive
ar,s OF thofe who had leng deceived them, under
the malk o! hypocrcy. Matthew, in bis sd
chapter, which recommend TO my readers to
peruic) be2ins his narrative 10 moa triumph
ant manner After defcribing the conp-at VIC
tory OF orr Saviour over hM antasonihs, he goes
on, Then fpake he TO the mrififnds (which
fhess that he did not eonlder "ibe Pesble a.
wolves" or fbex/eivu as their WORT :: ene-
mies"l laying. the Scribes and PhaIiiees fet in
Mofes' feat, bot do no, ye after f5sfr works;
tor they fay, and do 1@ they bind heavy bar
d.ns and lay them on meas fhouIden bot they
f6snhlvss viii NJ; move fhen with ono of ,heir
hngsrs; they love the rpprrmoa rooms at feaas,
and ,hc ehieifeits N the fynascgu-. aud greet
iogs IN the ket-P!scc. & to be called Of nen,
Rabbi, Rabbi" After dsfcribiag thsfc per.
fons in their proper chstsetsrs, he go-, on for
80 vehes. calling them hypccrite,, deyoursn OF
widow houfe,. childEen of hell. blind guides,
ertorionera, ~hiied icrulchres, fesprnts. geoe-
ration Of v!peu. s>ofeA~,S Of 7vy< msn, and
finally cloies with this Tremendous denuncis-
tion--on whole head be all the ,igb,ssw 6issd.
fhed on the esrth, from the blood of Abel unto
the blood Of Zacharias. foe Of Baraehias. whom
they Acw between the temple and the altar.
The Chrifian fyflsm being iars oppofed