Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-04-12

W ''"- S>hNlii| III i''o'"t, ~" W.
% S,,;um is hc cruwnIng cXcc:!rnc1 ol TIC
act"
IT rs theory, il carried Oh: i%to lis l2gi;-
ir,2t" consequences. leads to univorsasln,
TO iniIt.ii;v, and to atheism. DR.. Tyler
.nau,airS ,nar God can secure tho holiness
and hlppua<s of all his moral creatures. 1t
follows, therefore, that Cod will secure the
holiness aud happiness Of all his moral
creatures. OF cnurS' all men will 6c saved.
But this is TO all. According 20 this scheme
the diyiuc authority OF the Bible is subvcrt-
cl. THIS book conlcssodly a1o1ads in tic
mos mqrrih ID declarations o;thc future,
cn;!l.ss misery of mullltuJcs Of ;'ic human
race. But how can book which SO cN'
p!ici!Iv and abundantlv conradlc,S demon
s:rab!c, known truth, be divine ESpociay
how can book pretend to claim an Om-
ninotcut and benevolent God ior Is author,
which EXHIBITS him as creating nyrIadS OF
b :iags, b2causr he pGcicrs Oh tie who.",
their sin and everlasting misery to thcrpeS-
i+ct holiness i happiness! As an Cmnlpo-
tent Being, he can according 10 DR.. Tyler,
prcycnt such Il rcsul,. Asa benevolent be-
ing,Le mus; be disposed to preycntit. But ac-
cording to Dr. Tyler the Scriptures clearly
t,ach. that God will not s,curc tue perfect
holiness and happiness ofhls moral creation,
when he can secure 1t. How then can
book which bellies every attribute OF por.
feet God, pretend 10 claim his authority
Apply now the principles Of DR.. Tyler III
another form, and atheism is the conSc-
uaencc. DR.. Tyler will admit, that God Is
disposed 10 prevent all evil in itself consiG-
cred. throughout his creation. The argu-
mcnl then for atheism flrnishcdby this the
orv. mav b, thus stated. If there were Il
Go /, that is, being Of infinite power anI
gonlncss, he could prevent, and would be
disposed, and therefore wo@'d IN fact, pre-
vent all evii throughout his creation. Bat
evil exists. Therefore, there is not beng
o. infinite power and goodncss-'here is no
God. admit the fact. that the
foregoing reasoning is that o! the univcr-
sails. the inf lei. and the atheist. But We
ask, who furnishes and sus:ains its rren'-
SIS; and what conclusions. when the pre-.
miscs arc admitted. arc more unanswcratlc I!
We cannot but say, what VIC believe IN the
integrity ofour heart, That supraiapsaran
Calyinis.s furnish the grand principle on
which these conclusions r@st; and combining
tleir powers Of argument IN lis defence,
with all their means of influencing the faith
OF oilers, give 10 it, and to the conclusions
founded Oh it. 4 dclusve and fearful nt;'l-
bli'v in the minds Of thousands. The prin-
ciplc is, iha'AN ONNlroTENT GoD By THE
MERE DISr, OF POWER, caS SECURE THE Uni
vERsAL HOLINESS OF HIS MORAL cREA.
TUREs. VIC are, that very
limited acquaintance with facs, would sho"
that the principle advanced by DR.. Tyler
and others, is the very same, which IN the
hands Of Y claire and o.hcr enemies Of the
Gospel, has spread inGdc!;iy aHi atheism 10
such a fearful extent throughout Enrop-,
and is in fact the basis Of all that lattud':
narianism, which rejects Christianity, and
calmly rcposcs on false and underlined no.
tions of the power and goodness of Col. :"
-"If DR.. Tyler should say. that nc
utterly denies that sin is COOL thn5-wc
answer, We arc fully aware of this, and re-
gard it as a peculiarly grateful fact. But
then, Dr. Tyler also asserts tia: sin is good
thing. And is a man 20 be allowed without
correction, to say that which is not true halt
the time, because he says that which is true'
the other half! Now it is this happy IN
consistency which saves those who MAN,
tain this theory, from being the VERY WORST
OF HgRnrIcs. s."--"Nohing worse can
be imputedto the worst ofHlen than the the
Gry under consideration, i.nputcs to God.
According 10 this theory, God purposes SIM
no, fori's own sake, or in itself consdcrd,
but as the means of good, i. c. on account
ofcer;an advantages resulting lromr. Now
the same things are true in every srOs;an'
tiar respect OF the assassin. nr. H.
TYLER according to his principles cannon
show, tha: acts Of ASSASSINATION have not
been, and may not be, pcrPctrated rom the
s,mc motives as those with which, he
represents God as, on the whole preier'n1S
sin sin 10 holiness, viz. 4 desire TO promote the
general good.'-~"lf Dr.. Tyler should
slv, ,ha, the objections which we have
brought against this theory, arc the sumo as as
chose which the enemies Of sou'd doctr'ne
commonly charge on the doctrine OF inc
divine purpose respecting sin, VIC answer
n this is more easily said than proved. >
is indeed readily confessed, that these ob-
ieetions have been often charged on that
form of the doctrine which is taught by
supralapsar.un Calvanis;s VIZ. the 'heoFy
that God prefers the existence oi sin rather
than holiness in its s:ead. But it admits OF
question, whether these objections were
ever aedged against the true existence OF
sin. WHO among Arminians, or even CnE-