The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-25

press him In To support almost any posi-
lion writer may assume.-tilve hrs wri-
ing just construction as whole, and you
may Is well attempt Ia make him prove
nfdelity TO he meFi.oriOus, as Ia prove inn
parity To be contrary 10 apostolic regimen
Jet him, however, speak for himself
In treating of the nature and Office of BIZ
shop, priest and deacor, iie uses this en-
phaiIe language" by which occasion the
ute of bishop became proper unto that one,
yet was thai one chosen out of the presby
, leIs, ~ being the chieicst, the highest, the
worthirst degree of the clergy, & not cut of
deaeuns: inwhlc considerations ALSO seem
eth that IN Alexandria, even from St. Mark
to lleraelas and Diony siGs, bishops there,
the prcsbyters eyermore have chosen one
of themselves, aud not a deacon at any
time, To be their bishop. Nor let any man
think that Christ hath one church in Rome,
aud another in the rest of the world !;
tbai IN Rome he allowcth deacons 10 be
h0aored above prcsbytcrs, aud otherwise
will have tncm Ia lac IA the next degree 10
the bishop. If il be deemed that abroad
where blsnopsdre poorer, the pre- sbytc I'M
der them may be next unto them in honor
hul i Rome where the bishop hath ample
revenues, the deacons, whose estate is near
cot for wealth, may be also for estimation
The next unto him we must know that a
bishop in the meanest city IS no less BIZ
shnp than he who is seated in the greatest !;
tn countenance of rich and the mean
mrs, Of poor estate doth make no odds be-
tween bishops and therefore, a picsbyter
at Eugubum be the next in degree to hi
shop, surely, even at Rome il ought in rea-
sou 10 be SO likewise-Bnt We Will say,
that according tO the custom of Rome, a
deacon pressnteti unto the bishop, him
which standeih TO be ordained picsby-
ter, and upon the deacon's testimony given
concerning his iitnesss, ne rrce,cth at the
bishops hand, ordlnatlon.-And to the end
we may understand that those apostolic
orders are taken out of the Old Testament,
what Aaron and his sons and the leyites
were IN the temple, the same in the church
may bishops, and presbyt.rs, aud dcacons,
challenge unto themselves" Is an author,
who nses language as clear and as fall as TIL.
to be ushcred in pompous triumph before
the word, to denounce Episcopacy 2 Why
attempt to make him diaproye that which
he expressly supports-~h ich he has not
oniy Supported by his writing, but with hs
ll. lie, whose superstructure is so atten-
uatcd, as to force hiIn 10 resort TO such il.
lusory subterfugcs as these To uphold il,
must have lubricous foundation indeed
What does Menus farther .aY-a could
quote you page in yourpaper, to the same
effect, respecting the long list ofnamts in
tfodaced by yoon orrcspondent"-ln thy
own estimation, hiomtls.-It Stems vouare
never troubled in making mere assertions,
hat wonderfully puzzled 10 support them,
either by proof or aghment.-You must
he consummatey vain, or presunip,uous
reno" IL talk about producing arguments
To- conlutc those authors whom we quoted.
Ihcy speak for themselves, aud we strong
~ suspect that you have never seen them,
aud know as little about them, as YOU do
about some of your religious pecuIiarities.
Re that as il may, Episcopaans will pledge
themselves for every page" which YOU
can produce agaInt them, to produce a
GOOD sized octave Volume OF at least four
hundred and fifty pages, closely printed, in
support Utthcr doctincs.-" Indeed ,hin,1
unnecessary" entirely unnecessary, Mo-
mus, entirely unnecessary; thcy would avail
lhee Iltt!e and we are extremely happy in
finding you are correct IN one statamcat :!
The second head of Momus's discourse at
/ tempts To prove, that EpscopaLiens do,
without any ceremony, pronounce all, who
do not agree with them iicathrn3.' -
This Is potent charge To be surc--bl,t
whence does he derive his information of
this monstrouslty, with which he has stis-
matlzed the church Does he obtain if
from any authentic writings? Oh no i:
does he obtain it from any of her enemies :
, he says, be did not does he obtain il from
her tlfrty-nine articles ? Oh no they,
: from beginning 10 end, would have been in
s the very teeth of his argument, AMI pro-
nounccd tia palpahle untruth-nell then,
, whence does he obtain it ? why, gentle
/ reader, he, in all the simplicity of his heart,
: says that" An eminent Episcopal clergy
man IN this state did refuse To commune
, with dissenting church" That is, Il.
E heard some one say, that he heard" An
s eminent Epl5copalianIe lused TO commune"
I And art thou, Menus, one of those busy
: gossiPers, who engage in prying into the
. secrets of their ncighbors Couldst thou
4 find no other employment in which To oc-
|. cupy thy pure and immaculate mind, than
= in slandciing thy fellow christians !? WHY
g not have been studying out some ofthv re.
p ligious "Pcculiaritics," and not, when thou
5 publshest them, have them tissue Of mis-
$ representations and mconSruities, from be-
> ginning to end Why not have branded
5 the baptist, or that highly respectable soci-
: city, the Guakcrs, with pronouncing all
: christians heathcns, for refusing to com
: mnnc with thy society? Are they less re-
# Preh"nsible than Eplscopalians ? Why not
5 with the lash ofthy pen, have anathemati-
{ sed them No; this would not, perhaps
Z have answered thy contumacious dispGsi-
t ton quite as well, at this time, az to come
I out against the Episcopal church. You
i have, however, mistaken your subject