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

having detected YOU in 50 many inisrepre-
sensations, your mere assertion will not be
taken as conclusive in support of any posi-
lion, of how trivial nature ii may soesCr
be. In future, when you come %,rward
with any statements, you must have them
strongly substantiated by the most unim-
peachabe evidence.
And, that this assertion, of yours, may
be placed in lis true aspect, and shown to
be paipable falsehood, without the least
shadow of foundation in it, shall trans
cribe the 9Th article of the church, on this
very subject. They are also to be had
accnrsed, that presume 10 say, that every
man shall be saved by the law or sect which
he professeth, so that he be diIigent to
frame his life, according to that law,
and the light of nature. For holy scrip
ture doth set out unto us only the name of
Jesus Christ whereby man must be saved.
18th artiele.-F urther-the 10Th says-"The
visible church of Christ is congregation
OF faithful men, in the which the pure word
oil God IS preached'-Does this look like
pronounclng all other denominations hea-
thens! do these articles denounce all o.
Tiers hercticks and unbeIieyers for not con-
forming 10 their church government do
these thrust all others out, from the benefits
OF that eXfiatlon made by the death, suf-
fcrlnss and cruclfxion Of a holy Jesus do
these anathcmatlse all others, for not sub
scrlbng 10 their articles of faith ? for not
coming within the pale of their church !:
Tor not conforming 10 their system of wor-
ship %! thou dissimuIator Oh thou
champion of religious peculiarities,"
shrOud thy self III shame andconfiision, and
descend into thy deserved emnence, the
tomb oi oblivion Were il not duty impo-
SGD ON every one 10 coniute error, and dis
sennate correct principles,-a writer who
Is az regardless al truth as this, should he
treated with silent contemplating merited
reward Of an insidious scribbIer. who
writes but 10 satiate his unbomdcd vanity,
aud promote his own invidous motives.
Fourth head Of DISCOURSE" With re-
spect TO what | said relative 10 Armuian-
loa, 1t Is nothing more than the daily ii
'owal "t many Here again Menus VIZ
have some more of your hcarsay business!
i Oh must have been monstrOtsly busy, in
runa'no round among your neighbors, and
collecting Your hearsays Some of which
have myself heard"-It seems tiren, YOU
did not hear the whole This is what We
at iirst, strongly suspectcd-that it was no.
thihS more than, ID mcie chmera of your
fruitful Imagination. 1t is nevertheless an
honest confession on your part. Aud YOU
nave really heard something Of this matter
yourself you surely must possess pro-
luhdity oi information. But do Won, ,io-
mus, seriously think, that your hearaaycs
should he entlded to more weight, than tine
articles Themselves, drawn up as they were
by Armenlrs, aud his immediate follow
lowers II 50, you must Ildce more con
hdence III them, than other persons will
Those live articles eXpresseth true doctrines
ol every real ArnIllian, of the present day;
your hedIsaycs to contrary. notwthstand-
ing. "And the first two OF the articles
quoted, do in fact amount to, or lead to all
sald.' BY the same rule, that al! you
saIG lid amount to, or lead to truths and
III no other.
Again" Ny motives for associating
Episcopaans with Catholics is this-Epis-
copacy ~ lneally descended from papacy."
On the same principles, that grandfather
" is lncally descended" from a grandson /!
On no other principles can the Episcopal
church be said to have descended from that
of the Roman Catholics. This, Menus,
must be system OF legcrdeinain computa-
ton, peculiar to yourself; for, doubt very
much whether any other person, has vet
succeeded IN making that, which existed at
least, $50 years antcccdcntly To that, from
which you Say il lincally dcscended'-
All the most authentic protestant writer's
agree, that the Pope of Rome did not
arrive to :" full stature" before the 9TH cen
fury. And an accurate historian says" the
earliest period, which can be suggested for
the rise Of poptry, is the year S25"-Ha-
wing, as we trust, shown, beyond controver-
sly that Eplsropacy has existed from the
days of the Apostles. which, at The lowest
! computation, must have been 325 yaars be-
fore the Catholics, your system, when put
together, will prove u marvellous piece OF
| mechanism.
Further" Andhe ~ho will trace the gene
alosy OF EpiScoraIian bishops, To the time OF
| the apostles, aud not pass through Rome, will
| bCstoW favor "A Omit, that, in process OF
Tine, some OF tho bishops passed through
Rome--ndmit some of them resided there as
tpiscoralians contend they did, from the
/ apostolic dayS---admit thai, between the .tth
and 9th centuries some ofthem were led away
by the riches aud splendors Of the church Of
rome, and rclapsed into all the horrible afro
city OF poPcry, aud were enveloped in all the
! clouds OF error attending them, does il thence
follow that they could never have emerged
from these corruptions, and purged themselves
OF these banetul enornities? You endeayor.
Momns, to maintpin that your church existed
long before that period. Where was she dur
ing these general commotions2 Did She mass
through Rome or was she in some secure
corner ct the world, unknown and unheard
| OF, screened from these deleterious conta-
gions' Were not the first retormers all mem
1er' OF the church Of Rome all subjected to
the Pope of Rome? Was not a Luther. . I'm.
ingIe, Calvin, Beza, subjected to panal do
minion? These iiIustrous reformers were all