Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-21

ny w4si adsd. Paine pubiiclyaitempts
to celiIoy ali Tie interelt he people BE-
iieve there is 10 tie chTiaian religion
his crime, however, i not the Ifs be
cauie re does il publicly-Compare the
two cafes ;fappoie Arnold had corrupt.
a. his 2aniion and then Pu sicly open.
Cd the gates 70 The enemy, woold the
United Staes have adjudged him to a
miIder puniihment
II this 'eafoniag be jalt It replies 10
anothe' queaion put by Spintest, " 4
" ess iaiuaizi2as az 81 Paine 70 qrib: a-,ay
" alum important jcrviees ~ It did ii
the cafe of Arnold-one az wiped away
al! his former ferviees, and rendered
him infamous forever. Il has now been
made to appear that the publication Of
the Age Of Reaion Is not merely an
" ifsd5c;ohu "a, tut dekEg1le, bic 5LlC
bbtny. with the avowed deign Of dc.
lltoying The chriltian hope therefore,
unlefs Spntext can denonIlrate to the
latisfattion OF BeEeveyf las Arnold AZ.
tempted t. prove to The people of Anne.
RIGA that their true inferea would be
advanced by giving Up their defence
againa England, and the lyaem Of 20.
verRment they were then Importing,
and by which any was his conduit trea
ion) l fay, if SpinteAt does not prove
to The conviction OF chril}ians, that it
will be better for them TO d'ibelieve thar
believe the religion of the country, by
which y hem Paine !, ? blarpbemer and
;hcir Spiritual enemy, tbs one az. on bis
pat, ought 70 wipe OUT Of he minds Of
the chrlian part Of the United States
all his fervices, 70 FAR as 10 make il diff
graceful and lcandalous TO harbour and
carels him as it would have been for
an officer or private, in the American
army, afrer the d7iertion ofArnold and
before the peace, 70 have harboured
and protected that traitor. 1.-THE Pe3Ce
be ween this country and Great Britain
put an end 70 the relation between the
two lovsreigus that disseminated Ar.
nold's condpd tresfon, there can be no
truce, much lels perpetual peace, be-
tween chrittians ard that power Of anti
ehria, under whole banners Paine has
entitled, With which they are at war.
THIS realoninC viii afford ldrisfac.
tory anlwer % another qaelion put By
Spin,sxt, 4" Is Be-, Paine, or that a finer
{" a5ove all msa ~ a S his I'm conlils in
oppoing, and endeavonri Z 70 de(tgoy,
the greatea bleGing heaven ha, gven
20 the human race, u follows, thar, 70
long as he continues this oppoGtion and
manitelts this mal'gniJy Of temper, he
mutt be ranked, byiiue believers, 9Th
their grea1elt enemies, and cannot be
trcsted, by them, as friend to chril'
usnity IS treated.
L has been iaid, and I believe very
nlly, that none bat perfon Of a ma
Iiguant mind will go out of his wy to
do an injury to another when it brings
no poilible gain to himfelf. And on
wha1 other principle has SPintcxt bro't
DR.. Morfe aad three decealed divines
into his defence OF Paine's in6deli,y =
Let rs endeavouf to purlne him - He
axis, "Who ever believed Dr.. Chdun-
E" cy, DIR. Mayhem or DR.. Claik were
" all 7'iis men, becau.e their religious
I" creed was different from DR.. Morl.'s
9 Are not their characters vererated
" by the wife and the good "'-The
true anlwers are--nobedyco nliders ,5ele
divlnes as vils msH they always have
been and cow are received as GGcere
chriltians, and on that account entitled
10 The fame rsfped that is juf y given
TO DIR. Mofie. Having read what hey
have respectively Publiihed, they appear
to me 10 comprehend in their creeds
all the proportions that Ch'ilt com
manded as necedary TO become his dif
ciples. How far one perloR's drawing
conclufons. from given fads OF propo-
iitions, different from what another
does, tho profehedly Of The fame gen
eral denomination, ought to deliroy the
right OF the hsh 10 rank under that
common app lation, fhall be noticed,
when Spn,ext has delineatrd the diver
tities in the ebrjifign creed. Of the divincs
he has mentioned, As theie divines
publicly protected the chrilian religion,
their lives, Of tie iivtFg aa9 tls dead,
corrcfpond to their protection.
From he publications ct Or. Morfe,
ne ranks, il my e1imation, as friend
TO his country, wellwilher to man
kind, and man Of uiefui fcience, vattly
above either Of the inhdels Spintext has
hrnnrht forward with Mr.. IaHerfnn ar