Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-09-16

KEEP, d;snersion a circumstance soexact-
ne's CORES pondiau with predictions found
,ss;r earliest records, anu 50 laily cor,
u hosating the predictions q their iiaal
Tut stheriHg sand the other, the exist
lpsa # tbe Bible itself, and its astoaisll-
s e.. ssoread inthese latter times,
i's ~ that tie Hebrews weresap
NE .,,-. 'nsop!e, always, and BY all nations
o y ;sei and hated on acceait OF the stu
us 'iiir;ties of their religion, considering
Sat thew were conquered and ted away
'p ant;res ta a heather iand. where they
s .sre held in,captiyity seventy years =
rns;,lering that their perseps and all
NV nossessed were sd long a tine IN me
s.ads Of their enemies wao held thelr
b baoks in abhorrcnee tkefc Is Clearly man
s s marvellous interposlaon Of Pro-
r;,ience insthe preservation OF their ma
nser;,,s. Whilst those of TIER conquer
have been utterly bst. v here are
t ~ records o. the assyfians and Baby.
,or;aus. those tamous nations ofold, which
= NIGHTLY Impressed the weak anti de-
s s Hebrews Thousands of ears a
gn III their otisiaaI annalswere extinct
o. only the fragments that we're moor
norsted IN the Hebrew Scripture.
Moreover, considering that the earliest
&c tbe old testament aritlnsss. namely the
books Of Moses. were Of about three thoa-
s.,d wears standing at the pctisd when
,Le art of printing was dlsc0Fefet, and
that Tar this whoie tine they we're trans
m;tted. from one generation 10 a1olhsri
oOlyby means Of msnnscgipt copies ;e son
s;der;ag that, datias the leo great gerse-
cutions, both the jcwish and Shs'Sl y 7
scr;ntures nele diligently SeHgat ate
for the purpose Of oonpaittagg e'0 l 1o9lle
James considering the s'fons temp
tatioas the Jews were under ~ ialsisf
those parts q their scflpt,re g
which their nation is po,ntfayed IN ,ths
blacsest colours Of spcrRlg an gene
raj wickeaness, as we'll as Moe paris
in which the Character Of thesr gelecfea
Messiah is so plainly prstsEeteea'l any
80 clearly deseribed and the Ike temPta-
ions of the papal hierarchy T. gSF N,
&C falsi!y sundsy passages O we NV ~,
Testament, III which ITS rs1git % Sl,'N
ness and corruption is 50 inA-lsles'!y ief t,
told ana coa7sleiiag that, ilei " pstall'l'
inc such powerfp; ;alaceaseists Oh "a IS
rest. and nat@ith sstatl &c Is sacred afa-
cles were. fog @lioie ages aa.' centuries,
withheld f,Dm tie la.fy AID conhhs'' @
/, The hands Of a most unpfinclP'ed' aao coz
rupt clergy, set he uasaes9As aas ,i'si
manuscript ca2ies having. b. at{ee S'hsS
been cellated and eopSeare3 tas.sti5gF WV
immense labor aud pAlas, they "eiS
found exactly TO harmonlke in all esAfi''
tial particulars putting aitthese cons
derations together and ,Miy vagina.
them, it woGId clearly seem usas me lli-
Ger Of God IS in TINS thing
And as the, preservation st the Biose
under all the aforementioned ireanstani
res, is wonderful and approSi'sating e
the miraculous. soits late spread IS scarce
ly less Wonderful.
In a marvellous manner, the way vas
prepared for It's exteasiol, iaio landssol
darkness and The shadow If death. Ar
Incorporated company q traders sot foot
inc in India. Their FIRST object was sam
and their next was power Ayance and
Ambition were tilemaster sp in9s Of tbei'
enterprises. Bud yet ;dey were male
the unconscious instruments Of preparing
India for the reception OF d'eiae truth
and for becoming a central region from
which the Bible, Translated iuta tae nu.
merous AsIatic tongues, should be spread
10 every disectiop sver tie eastera world
Nor IS the time less ~oai'. etpi than the
manner. succeeded to a season Of sc.
neral and most daring inadeity, whei
the whole christiaaized world was de
laged as it were with immoral anu athe
istic,e publications, and wben, In tic
highest circles as well as among the deg
Of society, it was the fashions alter tt'
example of yoltaire, to speak OF that BOO.
only In way of ridl,cale and derislal =
it was upon the c-,e Of fiat dark ant
threatening season, which IS within th'
remembrance of "a considerable part pf Tax
present generation, that the Holy bi6l'
had, as It still has. a spread more rapid
by many degrees, than at any formef pc
Rod.
Go forth, divine Book--of all mission
ari,s the best-arithoat note or comment
Go forth, and iilumiae the whole liFiG:
world