Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-07-21

rim = this People that know not tic hatO are
cursed. ~ o. We weak officers, doye know
better than the rulers, and have y'of them
believed on him? And yet theseyery men,
who, with supercilious contempt cried,
are We also deceived. the next day when
they bring the adultress to christ, are struck
dumb with single sentence. : Master
to further their own designs see with what
humility they could address him whose life
they sought--the day previous 1t was hiss,
that fellow that Ieadeth the people astray,
and casteth OUT devils BY heprince OF the
devils now it is Master" Master, this
woman was taken in adultery, in the very
act Moses commanded that such should
be stoned, but what sayest thou s" ~ he
that is without sin amongst YOU, let him
cast the first stone at herr!' O! terrible eff
feet of omnipotence' O! dreadful thunder
of a guilty conscience "1hey all uoent 0at.
beginning at The eldest, even anti the last. 2
The eldest. yes, they had lived in the com,
mission of crimes, and conscicnce-was with
them more clamorous Jesus waslleft a
lone and the woman standing in the midst:
that is, inxhe midst of the crowd; eherPha-
ri.ees had left him, but not the crowd OF
common people, for they" heard him glad
n. ',ss Woman, where are thine aecusers {"
She makes no reply probably engrossed
with her own condition: perhaps the sting
OF remorse had touched her soul, perhaps
the >penitentiat tear stood trembling in her
eve But when our Lord asks, /" Hath nc
man condemned thee?" then her whole soul
is struck hapIy she might have thought,
he asks if any man7has condemned thee, he
sees they have not, and perhaps his mercy
may refrain. Norman, Lord,'' and wilt
thou condemn me, O thou God of Mer-
CIV! els there no balm in Gilead, is there
no physicianlthere 20 Z" Hath no man con-
dsmned thee Z" No man, Lord. y, e Mel
Their do condemn thee, :" so aas sin no
more" in6deiity might assert that by this
ct.Jssus advocated, asleast suf cred to go
uupunished the crims OF adultery; than
which nothing could be more false. AT the
same time that he displayed his sovereign
ty, and showed that there was pardon for
the yiless Of sinners, he severely rebused
the Jews for their Injustice andmisinter-
probation ofthe law. Moses commanded
that they should be stoned" O. yewick-
ed Pharisees, how did ye dare TO utter this
kalsehood TO the Sod of truth ? Moses
commanded that both should die; where
then is her partner in the act have we saf-
ftred him to escape, or is he among some
of her sccusers !? Perhaps thou, 0 Pha-
risee. that art most clamorous, artthe very
man snare We the adullerer and stone her
vile. injustice Thou that sayest she has
committed adultery and mus, die, dost not
thou commit adaltery! 'Let him that IS
zyithout sin east the first ste1e at her, But
there are none. Happy will that soul beto
whom that same Jesus shall h,reatter say,
6 Where are chose thine aecusers:" None
shall appe ar! who shall lay any thing TO che
charge of the people Of God !? Happy the
soul TO whom he shall in this world say,
!" go and sin no more" Jesus is still say
inc to those who believe not, unless ye be-
tieve that am Re, ye cannot be saved
POLICARP.
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