American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-09-09
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roR qHE wA7rHMAN.-No. 8.

FOR 7HE WA7CHMdN.--Jfo.3 8.
h. wt1soy-I said in my last No that would tell you,
mkt. Nlt the Lord would provide for, and continue
The Church Of the Philippians, &C. more than his own
Ema presence And what should this be, but learned,
faithful Teachers For next to the Grace of God,
ncd in human souls, as heavenly genius, disposing
enabling them to learn heavenly things, the greatest
bpt Is learned wise and faithful teachers, who will
and keep heavenly and divine things, continually be-
such souls, that they may see, love, learn, and
Ire accordngly-But there was no such order ofmen,
we'd among them, then, as are, now, called clergy
an order of men, distinct from, and above the peo-
4, "I.orls over Gods heritage" / Pet. 8. They
lose days approved of no such song as is now delight
SING. among protesting christians Sc Clergy and ldi-
There were indeed, in the apostles days. men, who
HI at such Lordship and dominion; but they were
lout and branded, by the apostles as aniichrists-
Of these the apostle John says there were many i'll his
j And he prophesied Of one great one, that was to
. Nt If their order, whom he calls "Ihe .AnncLrist'-
Paul calls him, by way of emincnce, The Nan q
/ Pas being the chief of human Sinners; whom all
csanis understand to mean the Pope of Rome who IS
! in rank among sinners, to Sa an himself; who is the
fMer all sinners, human and angelic.
on thai this whole race of the clergy of this order,
len by the mighty stress they lay upon their ordna.
" The mtoaiion efhapds, derived from the Popes Of
4 fyr that is the ceremony, which they think ennobles
-nakcs them clergy and sets them above the laity.
luot stay now TO prove the futty Of the ordination
Ioes y ho's a"r f6 INV, oxcent he
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w. y =" 49, ~ fnne shai nnw nroeccd &
YOU the iuty OF that part OF the ordination OF their
h upon which they lay so much stress, namely ne
tm # hands, which, they think elcvates them to an
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w~Io t Xxx xxx; nseng enmenJers ride
S"upu tie tn'hS s'Brnheu oy Y tnS
Is an enemy 70 eell1l'lle e,n rnnc,,
e"goV'S' ul'Prel1u'cea ui''lu III "a &c nan,a 4,
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Sa v lsf many W'ualeels osler w tni Snn., Nv
~ ~ - ~ ~ o,,e nj a,.oT;ce mani.
M aulR No' sr, te Pt'ue anu ~ VIM
.em' utterly ,orpia ,ne cono,ns.on ,,oata ygl
uo' 1le aposies OF our '1viu 4ha', nnd ,hev
~ Y iMPo9,noH g AnItuss ~ ~. h,,t H.,
ev W. new les'elheh' hau .l1's - D nf o.;
nu a ~ lhe sethg up IN orueI - % frst on
Ji4 anong chs,aHs, ca.leu cgSg owl
.,.i,,s preacnea the Gospel ns.'lu,y az in,,
Nr.ou, !. A'ter our Loras aSce's'o,; ~
Wal'ea 'ogethsr i"L lnc ,,h ,'on
Sucn Was-t,at they should pc ehuugn ~ln n ~
"Vn nSna ms came 10 pass on .iie way ~ :;
neh Sooo we're added 10 ,helr hunlpSr ~
e MleF When refer and 9ohh ~rouhe uae soot
s' W v, VIC ame man, AZ INC ieliplcsuI, 80,
ete aaleu' IN all ol%U Nay we nave soul ieoao'
Nc' mat, ~ very short time, IN inc very o, IVY,
ouf LORD was murdered, ne had more tlah lo'oo'
y, VINO were all subjects o. true ana saving svsce
u'oS'le James sad ''that sod had gwen theih re
: Nho llte," See Acts y. ~.
Ie tni that by means OF the persecution, "lhc
Ie after the martyrdom ofStephen "ali these Wer
y abroad, through the regions OF Judea ana oa.na
~ he apostles'-And that, without any oI'iina
Ny kind, except what they had tram ne Lora fr0'
they all went on preaching the Gospel with goo
Fut though all these had great, ard some
lM'old gifts, they could not, by inGoa"'on q Aln1