Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-25
7 THEOLOGICAL BOOK s
FOR SALE.

| - ION n small sapply OF Books, in vind,ca
| ton OF Universal Salvation, which he offers 10
The public ms low as they can be obluined from
the authors
But. before give detail Of the Books. /
shall make one OF two observations FRI,
the constitution of Virginia, (and bcneve oil
others 10 the Un,on) declares TO all men ,hr
right OF thekng aud enjo,ing his own opin
IONS IN matters OF felig lon. aud by all laudable
means, to pronagate, aud defend those opiu
IONS therefore, shall take this method OF
disseminating those truths, that 40 clearly
present themselves to my mind, although
am one 1t whom popular sentiment
cnlls forth torrents oi denuneiaI,ous on
account Of my religious faith, But I disre
gard all such clam0r, and can only pity those
who would so digresa from the common com,
mands of charity, discriminating ! may be
crosured, for believing Cod will have all n.o
10 or shved aud come 10 The knowledge Of The
ruin, yet an truly glad thai have tho hon.
or oil pe'"g caIlen ~ !nc name OF Univcrsnli.,.
"a name that fills The self rio hieous heart with
indignaiion y and would to God that | was
more worthy 10 be- called by that nam.
! Name, did Isdyf they are Ms often branded
with the name Of hereto. inidcl, enemies to reli
gion. and many othrfs OF n like character. =.
qlally sGurIilous aud futile. But IL matters no,
| about The name the doctrine is one which res'
son and revelation will justify my saying, will
| sand M inmovahle as the pillars of Heaven
a. may so use tho expression, sure aud stead
lust being founded on u rock, (Chrsi beng thu
'or"er stone 'hrrroi,) until the puny weapons
"i the opponents wear out and wlnde inio ob-
| livion. Yea, the very TracIs that are now ush.
cred from the American Tract Society, TO stop
ITS progress, will ere loug rebound TO tho very
| cause II 80 vehemeniiy opposes by showing
4 The NypRll T.nt Al.
advances. As well might a man attemp, H.
drain the oceau with n sitter, as 10 undertake. 10
d'sproye Un'veral Salvation. Il is ,tlerly
impossible. II Is just as sure as tho resurrection
from the dead. There is a connection between
the two (ihey being the fundamental doctrines
oiJesus CHRISTI that cannot be separated. To
deny one 10 but the denial al the other Jhev
are The very doctrines that the Saviour of the
world bled upon the cross To- make manifest To
the children ofmen. HIS death, burial and
resurrection, and ascension TO Heaven was n
manifestation Of luminous doctrine, calcula.
ted 10 brighten the most fearful aud darkest an
prebensioDs OF n future state oil being. II any
| man wants Ia conlroverl Uniycrsali4,n. let him
frs make himself tho, oughy acquainted with
the doctrine, by nm examination OF the
| argument, and the inferpreia,ion of
| scriptures, by the advocates Of tho doc
| tr'ne. aud then meet their arguments fairly
| and candtily show them that their interpreta
| ions OF Scripture are incorrect, aud that their
| arguments will not stand n critical eIsmina
| 'ion, AMI will hold myself RESPONSIBLE that
Uniyersalists will br AS ready 10 acknowledge
| their error az any other persons in the word
Universnlisis are too frequently mirepresenied
and that too by piops, well meaning Christians;
aud the reason IS as obvious as the misrepre.
sentafion. IL is entirely for the want Of nfor
Gsst.a
ably two sides TO question, il Is always necrs
sary 10 examine both, IN order that we may be
better qualiGeJto make up an opinion more
correctly Than W" otherwise wound do and 10
arrive at the bare naked truth IL is also neoesha
ry TO let our Investigations be stripped oi all
prejudice or pariHlity. would therefore say
n those who are enquirlng after truth, that |
eau turnlsh them with the most able works that
have eyer been published by an, theologinn since
the time of the Apostles You may rest assu-
red that half has no, been told you.
shall here mention some OF TIE works have
reference 10 which are the Rev. Walter Bal.
tours " FIRST Inquiry being, as is well
known, an inquiry into the Scriptural meaning
OF the words SheoI, Hadrs, Isriarus and &c
henns, oil OF which are rendered Hell, III the
common English version. In this Book. every
passage in the sacred Scriptures, in which the
Woh fitll ny HttlI, HnU
explain d in clear aud convincing manner
and II is shown, by irrefragable proof that, by
Hell, the sacred writers meant. either the state
vi the dead Ia general, without reference TO the
goodness or badness of the persons. their hap.
pinrss or misery, or else a state Of unhappiness
IN the present HE. IL has two editions i. ad-
mired by the liberal aud learned aud i, an
essential help 10 n correct understanding of the
Holy writings.
a Second Inquiry" by the same aurhor into
the scriptuIal doctrine concerning the Devil
aud Satan and into the extent Of duration,
expressed by the "terms Diem. Aion, Aonios,
rendered everlasting. fnrever, 4-c. in the com.
mon version, and especially when applied 10
punishment In this work, the common doc
thine ofa super-human Devil, who it is thought
was once an angel Of light, "a exploded aud
fair, full and instructive examination are IN
tered into. TO ascertain the meaning Of the
sacred writers, in the use of the words Ad YER.
sary, Devil, Satan. &c &c. All the passages
10 which the words Dim, Aion, and Aionios,
rendered everlasting, &C. are brought forward.
aud the rue sense ofthr original words, ascer
tanned and more particular attention is paid
when any oil these terms are applied to punish
meDi.
3" Three EssdyS,' by the same author. on the
Intermediate state of he dead-ihe resurrsc-
ton from the dead-and on the Greek terms
| rendered judge, judgment, condemned, conden-