Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-11-05

gallant Uriah, was he not avenged ten fold
ill the adultery OF his favorite son Absolom,
committed in the face of his rebel army
with his own Concubines Add to this, the
cutting reproof of the Prophet Samuel, and
the death of his son by Bathsheba, and his
being restrained from building the Tenn
pie of the Lord and we shall find, that in
! this, and the preceding instances, there was
an ample display of divine justice-As to
David's fraiity his fiic:v, sincere repen-
lance, and praises of God, and thanks g;-
wings to him ought in the opinion of any
Philanthropst, TO entitlc him to the name
by which he is called man after Gods
own heart-would to God that every frail
| man would be as humble. as pcnitent, rs
grateful, as pious as David But VIC have
been told, OF themonstrous sin Of Lots inces-
tuous daughters and what was this, shock
ing as the story is, but proof, that they,
seeing the CONFEDERATION of S;odom and Co
morrah, and having been taught that for
the sins of the first inhabitants of the world,
/ they had persisted by water; one family
only surviving, and that the next, destruc-
non OF the world, was to be by fire, which
ehey thought was now begun and that they,
and their father, (having lost their mother)
did alone survive the general destruction
/ by lire, were bound TO endeavor TO revive
the human race and to hand down to man
kind, the blessings which in prophetic ira
siitions had been handed to them, respec-
! ting the Messiah, the Prince of peace. the
savior o. the worid-Jf this be admitted
the conduct OF the daughters OF Lot, was
pious, modest and consistent with chastity
--itut then we have been tod, that I'll! these
things u just and true, can never prove the
doctrines which are extracted from the
| coy. e ~.
creGible--ln reply to this, it has been said,
/ that the variety OF opinions respecting GER
tain texts of scripture, shoufl furnish no
small argument in support of the authenti-
city OF the scriptures, and Of their remain
ing unaltcrcd, since every sect appeals to
the same unaltered text: that the false doc
J trines which have been taught, were fore
told by Christ, and, / will add, will undoubt
edly lead to the firm belief and establish
ment OF that which is true. .ftkeiam is an
initiated BY the gospel God of infinite
: power and goodness is laid open to our view.
and sufficient comprehension who permits
us TO call him our father, and who requires
that we should love one another rs his chill
! dren :! As to Trinitariznism, Arianism, CT
Socinianism, the careful candid examiner
ofthe scriptures, will readily discover which
! OF these sccts he should follow-And what
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upon earth, who ought not TO wish, that all
mankind should believe in the trinity, and
even in Reconsideration, rather than deny
| Tie truth of the gospel? II is melancholy
! truth indeed, that too many OF those who
believed IN these doctrines, persecuted those
VINO dissented from their Crceds, and have
made n the wish ofbeuevo.ence, that thar
doctrine should not be received. But this
! prosecuting spirit, is directly contrary to
the spirit OF the gospel, and has been used
as scripture argument against the truth OF
their doctrines, "by their fruits shall We
know them" and "by this shall all men
know that we are my disciples if We love
one another" do not call upon the mo-
dern Philosophers to become Roman Ca
tnollcs, Church of Ehglaild-men, PrcSbyte-
rams, Methodists, Anabaptists, or Qua;ers;
but | adiure them for their own sake, If
they wish to retain the reputation Of being
WISE, patriotic or benevolent, no longer
rashiy to reject the scriptures ofthe old and
new Testament, but to search them tho
roughly, and examine them with imparti-
atty, and then to tell us what systems of
religion and morality they can extract from
thence--Let them look into those writings
with halfthe attention with which the S. Bill
line cracles were examined Of old, and then
let them ridicule them il they can.
"I have run on sir, beyond the bounds /
had prescribed to myself, and far beyond
those which had right to prescribe to
you--hut you will pardon me, when tell
| you, that have been so struck with the j.
dea that the tragical end Of our friend MIR.
'W,ythe, could not have happened, had not
his Nephew been unfortunately deeply i'm
pressed with the modern Philosophical o.
pinions, and perhaps unhappily had been
led to believe that his uncle was one Of those
fhilosophcrs who rejected Che Gospel, and
! there!ore ] wished tn throw out for the be-
/ nsht OF al such deluI!ed young men, and in
I deed for the serious consideration OF even
the eldest Philosophers Of the new school,
what occurred to me on this interesting
! subject.
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