The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-11-18

deceiatppirnt Of IA ttie differed isculiI's
af his mud an rrgalH surcessish, accord
| iag iaa PHILOSOPHY 81 the bdnao mud IN
/ futeif SURPRISING ~ accuracy arutcnrss
Consistency AID Systematic aIrsno cm"nI
I any with when tue pea ot man as e'ri
/ turn she'd Us rc are made 10 pefceN,
/ hoN al lsie cfroneous conceptions of tn,
aatufsi msn IS 10 things scientific, rational
| and dactriuai, acre sutcessncly suggested
/ hs les frau bunanity, Id brought 10 lishI
aud eotnbalisd by b'a lndW tllIng divinity
uuId they Wet. wholly dlsaipat, d, aud 81
I ptfsi.d Eom him, tngcthrr with lhr nature
which gave them birth, uutd his glorlica
ton vas complete We see The process by
which his church IL formed he" Il IS de-
li,rrrd fom lhe "pprrssls" yoke al human
scrnliics, aud rtgeueratrd by means ot
lennplati1ns an order to he dnaIly tntrodu-
ced into slate of blessed tranquility aud
peace, ~ the full ENJOY ment OF It's rich IN
heritancc. THIS Interpretation, far from
being anciful ~ arbitrary, ls founded upoG
principles from which the hon. author ne
YER devidtes, aud according la winch the
same expression means the same thing
whenever II occurs, not only IN Genesis
and Exodus, but throughout thr divine
word lwIthout deVlaltng one J0t from the
letter of the sacred text, according to the
reading fixed by the Masorclle punctudtlouj
winch ls always proved, aud IN some in
blunces by not less than iny or elAty quo
ttllons, winch the stupendoas powers of
memory and blbIIoeal erudiion ri the au-
thor has enabled HIM tn furnish, aud where
by II j. made IL appear that the meaning
assigned IS the unly olle which can be ap-
Piled Ia all cases, - az To render the scrip
lures not Only consistent and intelliglblr,
but their cOnienls every where IncXpressi-
lily beautiful aud important aud whcncp.
II also appears that Ihey, IN all their parts,
III their lnmosi sense, treat of The Lord
himself, vino 10 the word, and who has rx-
pressly told US, that concerning him wrote
Moses aud all The prophets. Interpreted III
the same manner, and retaining for every
word the same meaning assigned To IT in
Genesis aud Exodus, tn. same hulhor has
shown, IN awofk entitled The Apocalypse
Explained, that this most extraordinary
portion of scripture contains full account
of the Cunsummation of the great work OF
redemption alluded IL by our Lord aud his
apostles, under the appellaten of the last
which wns executed in the
world of spirlts, aud whereby the evil and
good, who, for reasons which are fully cx-
p aimed, had been permitted to remain in
an intermediate slatr between heaven aud
he'll since the foundation of the first chris
Lac church, were finally separated from
each other, WHICH was attended with a
complete exposure of all those evil alice
tons and false pcrsuaslUns thence arising,
which had successfully devastated the
christian church, until (according to the
hon. authors account,) whatever good
there still remains IN the lives of upright
christians, wheihrr catholic or professionals
Is totally separate from the peculiar doc
trlnrs of the churchrs To which they be-
long. in which he pliInly shcws that not 4
single truth rennlns Which has not been II
some measure perverted or ial5ifcd, ac
cording To the words of our Loud that moi
a ston, of the temple (Which was the III s.
christian churcl) should remain that shonC
not bc overturned, which assertion vii
appear less harsh to those who consider
that there exists not single sect among
'ilfaitdha WHICH IL nbl dCtHMfu ny Sums
other sect of false doctrine, whilst 1t retori.
the accusation, and there is none To decld,
between them. But the same divine rrvr
latIon contains the comfortable assuranc,
that new church would be raised np b,
the Lord, 10y means of disclosing the inter
nal contents of his most holy word, whicl
should no longer stand III need of the high
of human authority, whether derived from
the reputation Of tristan chart, ms "A sun
land thus Liable 10 be perverted by the lust
Of self lovc,) or from traditional faith AS
moon land thus exposed to the danger u
tals0cstlon from the self derived intelli
gruce of man, but should he enlightened
by the Lord hmselt, through the medium
of h : word, IN consequence 0f lis uneQuv
ocal acknowledgement of the exclusive di
vinity of his humanity, whereby aIon" hi
divine person can approached, aud whicI
ls ncant in the revelations by the Lamb.
But the question has been often tlium
! phantly asked by unbrilcners, il the bibl
is the word of God, and destined for TIA
use of men, why is IT not intcligible t,
them in all its parts? To this, Baron Sre
denborg returns an answer at once rationa
aud satisfactory Because il is the wor
of Cad, it is infinite and eternal as hlmsc
and intended for our use not only in ou
present state, but 10 AZ etern'ty. lit wer
altogether and solely adapted 10 OR com
prehension now, il would be useless 10 II
when we become spirits and angels an
If II were solely adapted to the comprt
henslnn of spirits and angels, II would b
utterly uninfrl iUihIp Il, ne In nrI,r that
may he Ineligible 10 both at the sam
time, is written according 10 the cores
pondeuces which exist between things nal
ural and spiritual, and between things spi
ritual and celestial whereby it serves as
medium Of conjunction, uniting the hea
vens and the earth. In order 10 undcrstan,
how things totally different may be unite
hy correspondence 80 as TO form one, il
ouls necessary 10 reflect ON the manner i
WHICH the objects of our sriSpsar, united