Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-01-27


t'e~ know how stranger feels, for YOU have Your
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Here then, my dear friend you have completo 70
iuaton OF your opinion, that the Mosaic law did not
teach universal love. Now do tell me- do vou fnd
any passage equally decisive witt, the fore~oinn in
y u the gospeis!-Can 1t now be said that the gos-
pess nave any superiority the five books of Mo-
seS IN TINS respect But will mott lest here but will
60 little further and tell you that the Musac law
LOOKS even farther than your gospels i'll the protection
OF the oppressed part Off mankind. namely the stare
For IN % CHI. Is d 16 v. of Deu. we read: s.'rhou
shalt not deliver unto his ister the servant who
may escape unto thee from his master: lie shall
aweli with thee III the midst OF thee in any place
winch he may choose In any one Ofthy gates, where
II pieascs HIM best thou shalt not Cypress him"
You viii say, however, the the Old Testament
contains the doctrines have advanced, but tie Jews
did not understand them SO; fact YOU partly have
said so aready,yuu have asserted it. without proving
1t further thau by referring 10 the General History OF
the jsws-Iouknow ~ eusy to make assertions,
they will not stand withou: substantial proof. will
therefore first deny your assertion and then bring
proof OF the truth of what advance. -
We all know, thut the Temple, which Solomon
built, was finished in the four hundred and eighty
seventh year alter the promul cation OF the Law on
Mount Sinai; and ofcourse at must admit, that the
opinion then prevailing concerning the meaning OF
rny part Of tie TAO, must be considered as pretty
correct standard To ascertain the meaning the Israel
ties attached to the law which then as is now
guide through liie-It is lamentable fact that
the Old Testament particularly the Historical Books
we find men Of learning, nay Preachers, ignorant OF
the writings speak OF. shall therefore transcribe
portion OF Solomons prayer in the Temple ut It's
dedication contained in the viii chatter OF Tie first
book OF Kings, ". 37-i3.
off there DC i'll the land famine, if there be pcs-
lcncc, blasting, mildcw locust, if there be catorr-
lar IT their enemy besege them in the land OF their
citles whatsoever plague whatsoever sickness tri
be; whatsoever prayer and duplication be IL ltie by
any man, by all thy People Israel which shall
know every man the plague of his heart, a..i
spread forth ms hands unto this House; then hear
thou in Heaven thy dwelling place, ar,d.io and rive
every man according to his ways whose heart thon
knowest; (for thou, thou only, knowcst the
hearts of all the children of ne that they may fear
thee all the days that they live in the land which thou
gavest unto our fathers.
:Moreover, concerning stranger, that is not of thy
People Israel but cometh out of far country for thy
names saie flor they shall hear of thy great name
and ofthy strong hand and of thy stretched out arm
when he shall come and pray towards this House;
hear thou in Heaven thy dwelling place, and do ac-
cordng to all that the stranger calc.h 20 thee for;
ehat all the people of the earth may know thy name
90 fear thee, do thy People lssel; and that they
!nay @low that this House which / have bulded is
called By thy name" English version
know very well, that the last part would have
been enough for my purpose, but extracted the first
also, to show, to ttose toto may not Be ,oe
acquainted cih the Bible in what manner the wsest
of men prayed for the nations who do not belong 10
Israel; he first prays that the Supreme Ruler NAV
listen to the suppication the peni,ct Israete, and
then that when he, who is OF Jacob comes 10
pray In the sincerity OF his heart because he has heard
ofth glory OF God, that he also may he rraciousIy
received, and have granted to him, that. tor which he
petitioned the Throne of Grace.
We find iii the second book Of Kings Elisha healing
the leper Naaman, though it is we'll known that the
nation, to whom he belonged frequently ut war
with Israel, thus find him, not alone assisting u
Gentle, but enemy also; what ti.cn becomes OF.
yonr assertions that the Jews did not practice
acts of universal benevolencc?-E4ct advise you,
my dear friend, to read tho Books ofthe Old Tesla
EIcnt well, before you venture such dangerous
ground again, as asserting things about us Jews,
which you may not be able TO sustain with nconesta-
bic proof when called upon
In support OF your assertion concerning the beauty
Of the Gospel you introduce few verses from the
the mount in the fifth choptcr of Matthew
iSy SO doing You have imposed upon invidlous
task, namely of attacking tie Christian Religion in
manner, when | sloul have been very miad, 10
let the Gospels at rest But now called upon to
defend the tenets of my fait and dare ti,e:cre
shrink from the responsibility thus thrown upon
although this happens without my desiring ii.
Let me premise, that the religion which we pre- TESS
IS divided in three parts: trs duties towards God
secondly, duties towards telow-men, ard lastly
duties towards ourselves. The duties towards God
impose upon US the beliefin the Creator confidence
liz His protection, hope in His sayation and the OBJ
ecrvancc OF his statutes. The duties towards or
telow-nen consist in acts of charity and bancyoiencc
and in astanDg from njuring them, in their person.
property and honour. Duties towards ourselves arc
self preservation and sclfdcencc; by which mean
shat first we shall not depend upon others for live
Hlood, If ourselves capable OF making living
as it is beautifully said int the Proverbs of the Fathers:
Sweet is Tie learning o! the law, combined with
aboUr, for TO H. engaged in both makes abstain
from SIM and secondly to he careful for the p-eserya
ton of our health. 5cifdcfence demands OF us to
conduct ourselves So that shall! net be exposed to
the hatred or violence Of oers but If IN s1;:c Of all
our cndeaToi.s5 we arc nolestcd and violently at
tackled, it is lawful TO prevent adversary from
irng US; and if he attempts TO kill us, it is even
permitted To slay him. if we in other manner
prevent him; in support Of this POSITION refer you
TO Exodus, chapter 22--v. 9.
Again, 1t is settled point With us, hat not cnc
commandment, or part of commandment Of the &lo-
slic law, was ever repealed can be repealed. eX-
Ccpt i'll the manner II has been pro1nulga. cd
that is before the whole nation OF Israel in he man