Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-01-27

In the 43 v. of the same chapter Matthew SAYS
'ye have heard that hns been said thou shalt love
my neighbour and hate thine enemy &c. Now par
don me, my friend, when beg Of you To tell me in
what part OF the Old Testament any Jewish wr.
ting the foregoing sentiment is found, Hate our en-
emics! Heavenly father. has it cvrne TO this that
Thy children who have suffered for ayes prosecutions
with, without number for the SANCTIBlCATION OF
INK HOLY NAME, vino have been slaughtered
Ike sheep that are dumb before their shcaYers with
ont rnurrnuEinr, without rcPinng-shal thy children
on our iather above be accused Of hating their enc
mics! Do thcy not pray 10 thee daily: 80 pren,rc
1.-THE world for thy kingdom, Almighty God ta aus
al iicsli to call thy namc and TO bring 10 thee all
SINNERS OF the carth-that they may receive the
yoke Oh tiny kngdo, and that thou inayest speedily
reign over all for ever, for thine is the knpdo,n and
forever and ever thou wilt reign i'm rlory,7
Again we md it commanded in the Xix CHI 18th
" OF Lev. that We shull not avence ourselves, nor
even, as we Rabbinca Jews understand the word
ThItorc translated in the English version nor hear
any grudge) to tell tho that have offended u.s. "ook
here though YOU would do INC the favour asked of
you'yet Sll not DO like you have done, here is what
you ask ior In the XXiii. CHI. ! & ) V. of Exodus
we are positively enjoned ~ assist our enemy when
we see Inn IN need OF our assistance. In the xiv
ihV V: " NV c. 2lv of the proverbs Solomon tells
US: rejoice not when thy enemy falelh and when
he subleul let Thy hear. be ?ad lest the Eternal
Tee It, aud II displease him. and ho turn his wrath
from him. II thine enemy be hungry give him bread
70 eat and II he be thirsty give him water drink
~c' 1 nus we clearly sees that the Old Testament
enlons these GRATED d,ctraes for Which yo rive he
Gospel the sole credit.
But YOU will say, Christ lived in the time of Piasi
secs ana ocribeS who did not So who " ere hypo-
crlt"s, and dcviItrd from the letter ofthe law, In
deco. but even here You would be mistaken for in
the Tanud We lind The f,llowirn a STRANGER came
10 SaGmst and told him Rabbi ! wish to become
pres rye but You must teach the law, while
can stand on one leg bat Shapla turned him Off not
tiIin.iIg II possible - teach him the law in so short
tiie. he stranger went next 10 Killed, surnamed
the Elder ana rope. ted the same request MY son
u
hot To thy neighbour, Tor conpanon) for thus it Is
written thou shalt Iovo thy neighbour like thysc,f
ts Is the principal commandment; and ifyou observe
ts strictly you VIII easily observe the other preccpts
oi the law."-What Matthew saws CONCERNING the
punishment to him, who makes his antagonist asha-
med IN public Is also found i'll the Proverbs of the F-
thefS' winch declare He a, makes the face of his
neighbour turn pale in public, though he has knowl
edge OF the law and bas otherwise acted we'll will not
here share in the happiness ofthc future life What
then ask YOU again has the Gospel taught new 70
the Jews! since the Old Testament contains all the
moral doctrines, and the Rubbins (Pharisces and
Scr.hes) ofthc tune Of Christ did invariably preach
up IN the Synagognes and Temple doctrines conor-
books OF the jewish Canon.
nave thus hope made my assertions good that ouy
LAWS perfect model of moral and RELIGIOUS code
that there Is nothing too much and nothing too little
in 1t; and in fact ifany man viii but examine the won
dertul effect 1t has had of keeping diDeyse neopLe
u1iba an every sense ofthe word, must acknowledge:
that no nation though ever great, has such lust
h.,
terndl Or God has given US"
You, my friend, call upon me "a do the Christians
that justice which demand OF their hands / am
willing to conce,c all what christians deserve and
have already acknowledged aud shall always do so
that have been treated very kindly by them, and
shall always, till my dying hour, remember the bene-
MS conferred upon me by some of them But while
do TINS must repeat and rcassert it, that the pre-
Judiee existing against us Is highly unjust and even
against that aw which you, Christians arc bound
TO respect. This ,ras the reast whyI in the first
instance, undertook the defence OF our people from
the vile and insidious attacks Of the Quarterly Re
view, and this now impeis me again TO YOU,
though even here am very willing to admit again
the difference which exists between yoiir iodc &C war
fare AMI that ofthc aforementioned Magazine. Par
don me one remark, before dismiss Won alrarcthor
Do you know that what you know about universal
salvation - no christian doctrine, Do you know that
1t was laugh. only blythe Jewish Rabbins9 And do Vol,
know that you the gospel youumst rcnounce
this doctrine Gs not orfhod0r' However this NAV be-
leave you TO settle with the christian divincs; hut
only enter my protest against what YOU say about the
voice OF conscience for revelation given to assist
Us IN forming correct course of life and if conscience
could affect that n what purpose was the law then
gven' But our opinion is this, our law was given Ms
the standard 10 which all nations were ultimately TO
resort as raliying point till when every man. ,cho is
no Ishete was 10 be saved, If he acted according to
the light given him, If he only observes the prccepts
OF general revelation given to Noah, which are TO be
od IN the ninth chapter Of Geucss and it was there
fore the practice of the Jews whenever tbov con-
quered 10 make the sIbdued nation conform 10 tho
"scvcn commandments of the children Of Noah" ms
they cali ID in the Talmud Each son of Israel
on the contrary. is bound to observe all that lies in
his power to do otherwise he is TO he punished for
good deeds omitted and sins committed.
IL would be great satisfaction TO me- 20 be assured
that had ecctualy removed the i'll will so many feel
towards rs, TINT had contributed little to make
Israel more respected 10 this country. and particular
" III this city. Let me NJ the same time call upon
my brethren those who with me believe in tho so,yo
immortal, 'l1cha"gcobie Go, who with me arc bound
by the same faith, who with me live in the land of
strangers far, far from the hills OF Israel far
far from the sacrcd banks Of The Jordan far far from
the holy Jerusalem the city vhctc Gods glory used
to dwell, who with me hope to reach glorious I'M
mortality, when God will open the graves of his peo-
pie rs promised by Ezekiel Let me call upon them
10 arouse from their chagy TO break those chains of
I;stessness 10y which they bound. Let them
draw the bond Of UNION closer, let them forget the
ofcnrs committed to another, md then show
The world what Israel can do even in captivity. let