Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-03-21

NOuiSCiNHS 10 lCluiil ~ N'Ou ali't wiz
there no o:hcr power 10 operate IN the coI-
version of souls but the determining power
of vorr own wills, Ezekiel might as well
preach 70 the dry bones as We preach the
(;ospl un,o Won. Still more beyond your
power is !: to restore 10 yourselves the d.
vine favor and image which have been lost
bv sin. This is path which no human
wisdom hath cvrr troddcu, and 10 mortal
&C co,;,d ever discern. And except as
the rcsu,i oil! Gods unscarchablc riches ci
gracc. ali possibility ofrcconcilIat;on 10 HIM
would ccas,,, Ioras it regards 4 way to rem
der God mcrciiul to the sinners soul, or 10
bring this soul back to God. though the
united wisdom OF all creatures should be
collected 10 decide upon the method. the
Gospel finds YOU utterly lost, and must
SEX ard save vou as yoa are.
This is tic condition in which the Cos
pei finds yoa by nature. You are lost un-
der a load of into.crablc guilt. in the extrc-
m;.y of sinij.,ncss aud corruption. in the en-
miiv of vo"r hearts to God, and in an u
ter ;naJiIi:y 10 restore yourselves TO his ia
! vor.
have no disposition 10 ovcrs,atc this
matter. But unless you do discern your ac-
tual state by nature, and become acquainted
with ,o,;r necessities. il Is vain 20 point Your
no..c" ir 'Ac provisions which the Gospel
has male for YOUR rescue and relief.
We camiot better illustrate the natural
condition of fallen man than by comparing
it with the actual condition OF !;.iien angels.
They contracted guilt and were unable TO
remove it. Thcy lost the divine image in
which they were created, and were unable
TO rcs,orcit: and having no provision made
for item by God himself, they are left 10
endure the penalty Of their transsrcssion in
endless, irrcmediablc misery. know not
that there is Il shadow Of difference between
us and them in this respect, except so far
as the sovereign grace Of God in which they
found no interest, hts intcrPoscl for u.s.
This, | believe, 10 be the very truth before
God; and all the difference between US and
them, is the difference which grace has
made.
! But if this truth were really felt among
YOU. our work, in establishing the truth Of
the Gospel, would have no difficulties to en-.
counter. 1t is the pride Of your hearts
which in.crposcs TIC great obstacle to your
acceptance OF the Gospel. You arc SO
avcrsc 20 sec YOUR necessities, so disposed
70 contend for some remnant Of goodness
c: power in yourselves, which shall lessen
your obligations TO God, that the provisions
of the Son of man arc shut out from you
and dcspiscd. But could You feel and ac.
knoWl&d &C yourselves to be cwhoHy lost, and
tdrcrcr los, YOU would be ready TO hear OF
Saviour with thankluncss, and to embrace
with anxious desire the salvation which has
BEN provided for you in the Gospel. You
would rejoice that "thc Son Of man had
come to seek and to save that which was
los:."-Dr. Tyng's ParochiCl Lectures o.
he Lac and the Gospel, Sec. 10.
have preferred to state this doctrine in
words copied from known "modern era"-
rcFcm ministers" Of tho Protestant Eplsco-
pal Church, rather than in those Of sold
icad orthodox Presbyterian CariniSts."
Having represented the import Of the cx.
preston "to,al dcp,avi'y," for the New
School have no objection to the adoption of
+, The words, but 10 the things sgnltcd there
by,l wish to add the Scripture testimony
: to this doctrine.
! This is TO be deduccd,
Isl, From Gods description of tho moral
character and heart Of man, rs expressed
in the Bible; and
End. From his judgment and sentence
upoA this moral being, man, declared in the
: word.
I Is; then. God saw the wickcdncss Of man
that il was great in the Garth, and that every
Imagination Of the thoughts Of his heart was
only evil continually. Gen. vi. 5. The im-
asinat;on of mans heart is evil from his
Youth. Gen. viii. 81. The heart oflhe sons
Of men is fully set in them 70 do evil, Eccl.
viii. IL. The Bible calls some children
Of the Devil. John viii. Al; also, l John III.
10. For from within, out of the heart Of
man, proceed evil thoughts, adulierlcs, for
nication, murders, ,thcfs, ,covc:ousness, wick
cLncss, deceit, lasciviousncsS, an evil eye,
blasphcmy, pride, foolishncss. All these
evil ihings como from within, and dctilc the
man, Mark vii. 2l-24. | know (sayS
PauD that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwell
lc:h no good thing, Rom. vii. 1e. The
carnal mind is cnmiiy against God, Rom.
viii. I. There is none righteous, no, not
one; there is none that undcrs:andcth, there
is none that sceketh after God. They arc
all gone out of the way, they arc together
become Improbable; there is none that do
eth good, no, not one Their throat is an
open scpulchrc; with their tongues they
have used deceit; the poison of asps is un-
der their lips; whose mouth is full Of ours
ing and bitterness; their feet arc swift to