Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-08-12

caufe OF real pie;y viii +, promoted by the
dIGcuihon Of difputed poinss IN newfpaper.
"A celebraied writer has jaiily obferved :
. Fer arsset # fltb iss gyaeses, zestots yfgbf,
Hs' can't fs r0,osg zsbsse tJe is a. tie ,BLi'
There are many who have 40 abundance of
the forms Of Godl,ueis." naunch phariia
Itsi chylie an. ha. y.hv Lave no. hing Of The
ioul OF tas Good Samaritan in their c1mpo.
bi'on Moral and religious communica.
tons whseh tend 70 /" mead the manners *
Improve the heart" will always be shank
fully received
noticed in the Gazette Of the l5.h & 22d
ult. few extracts from the writings of
learned. pious and orthodox niniller Of the
gofpal;" in which il i, conceived the practice
Ct lone CT the friends of zion is derogateL,
and OF courie their characters are implica Al ed
although, perhaps, unintentionally aud l
have been thus waiting 10 & eat expectation
tor foHe one 10 make fosne obierVs.i0ns on the
foregoing exuaGts--as no one has, previous
TO this, | ihall therefore z1ume the liberty of
making few remarks on tome fentences con-
tanned in the different feGtions which appear
excepnonab.e-and mutt be deemed OF great
importance BY the friends Of Truth, a. merit
ing attention, by conGdering the differences
which now eIia among the real ftiends Of the
Redesner. Though | am GtuateG at a diff
lance, and am unacquaintea with what the
tranicriber OF the extracts might ailude 10, IN
thIs pSragr7ph--("H 1t fhoald be thought
that any receui occurrences has occaioned
theie reflections IL therefore hope that no
N mill H. g-
ing remarks IS deiigned TO be applied 10 any
particular perion or perfons, either ia town
Or country bur 70 refuJe principle which,
n admitted 20 be eorrecf, NUT have ienden-
cy 10 encourage fpirit of pcrfecuticn, add
defroy the right Of private Judgment, and re-
hgious tolerasion which has been 70 ably de
Tended by the immortal Lock. aud other Eu-
ropeBn authors. The writer o5lerves III lect.
I'd, One great end OF Chris death, was 10
aboliih former difsnetions, ~ unite all uations
IN one church, and TO create IN hiEllelf one
new man TO making peace That one great
dehgn OF ChTIAs death was TO aboihh former
dii1nctIons between Jews and Gentiles and 20
unite chriltars Of all nztions IN the fame views
on the nature OF Chrifs kingdom; no chfn-
ran prc!ume viii diipu;e who is acquainted
with the divine oraces, particularly the mem
orable prayer of the Kedeemer, recorded
John Xvii and the hiltory Of the spolioic
churches. We fInd on record that the church
al jerulziEm was competed of about one hun
dred and rwenty difciPles; and on the preach
ing of Peter they who gladly received tho
word were added to them; aud they corIn-
ued ItedtAitiy ia the &poities, doctrines, &c
And from what NAV he learned, frem the -f57s
Of foe Ayb3fisS, and ne Epyf4es, 1.-The fame order
was obierved in other churches, that were
afterwards formed. Il ieetns explicit that th,
great apoitle to the Gentiles po.iefled, and
manifeiied fuch regard TO The glory Of mis-
Divine Mailer and that his dlfciples might
be united agreeable 10 his prayer, that he
taught the fame thiprs in all the churches
fee D. II Cor. ~, IL. we 10 NOT there fad
ihat he kept back any part of the divine
council, through fear &C beng ftigmatizel as
fectarrn. Thus we may Zee the happy con-
lequeucss connected with arict regard TO
The mof minute concerns in the Redeemer's
kingdom And "a The above writer very jultly
obierves, " tie tChral has purthaled the
church with bis blood. and It's church ia Que
Though for the convenience OF worlhip IL may
he divided into many members; nilI It is one
body in him. lie il The head Of the church
anG av'tur of The Dody" Thefe things were
eEempiiied in the apono'ic ohurcLes-but
l!as ! TIE myilery Of iniqaiy lnon reared lis
deformed head and chriiiaus were early
corrupted from the fnpliciiy of the gofpel Of
Chnit. And AFTER the reign Of Conlfantine
when large portion Of the profcfhng part OF
the continuity was connected with the Gta,e,
error came IN, with impetuou, velocity; aud
the .urm Of religion among The nations became
ilate engine, 60 crafty The felfih views of
sfpiring P,isgs Kirgf II Emperor But agree.
able 20 the teiiimony of the moi approved,
and ceiebriUus 'eccleliaflicai authors: and of
preEdeEt Edwards in his hiftcry of retlemp
ton that amidft the dark day. Of pooery.
and mAhomstsmim, the Lord was p'eafed 10
Uphold few witneHes for tie tcuih in the
values Of Piedmont; and afterwards 10 rate
up WickiiH, Huis, Jerom. Luther, and
Calvin; as inttruments TO effect reformation
frem popery; who probably acted III good
degree agreeable to the light reflected TO
them fiji more light was reIerved for chrif
rans and in after ages they diaented ons
from the other according a. their views were
on church order aud Glicipline. And the
chrIItian who is acquainted with the lcriptures
and ec!eiiaitical hiltory aud has no object in
view but the promotion cf the fimple truth
may with proprie:y adopt the language Of the
JULY, celebrate ed Do6t. Campbell 10 his Lee
lures on eccleiiAaical hifiory. In regard to
cie politics which obtain at prefent, in the
different chriGian seas, own ingenuouny
that have not found one of all that have
examined which can be fad peFfeey to co
iucide with the model OF The apostolic chur-
Giles Some indeed are nearer, aud Others
mere remote" And again lie obierves =" For
my own part acknowledge !. 10 be my opin.
ION thar there u MOI church now in lse
world, that Is on The model of that formed
by The apostles" z0k e.n,;.asJI