Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-02-14

OF the seventy. KnolO, therefore dndtqs-
>, derstand." You see we are commanders
understand, and l dare not say you cannot
understand, shat from the going forth of
the commandment to restore" What
The captivity, according to your own show
ing, and 1 agree. jeremiah xvii, 90:
They shall be carried to Babylon, and
there shall they be until the day visit them,
saith the Lord then will bring them up,
and restore them to this place." agree
there was restoring under Cyrus but not
final restoration until Ezra, when they,
were finally restored under the decree of
Artaxerxes. =" And to build Jerusalem, y
that is, the city, walls, streets and houses
not the house of God which is at Jerusalem,
according to Cyrus decree. Yet, if the
angel had meant this decree, he would have
mentioned this most prominent object
"To build" shows that the city would be
built under the decree here specified; but
according to your own PROOF, it was not
done under the decree of Cyrus, but quite
the reverse, See Ezra w. 81 and Nehe
! vii, 4. " U1lto the Messiah the Prince"
meaning the anointed prince, or Jesus sent
to preach, and bind up the broken hearted,
| SC. "ShdH be seren areeks." Danielmight
here inquire, what are those seven weeks
for2 Gabriel answers, I" the street shall be
built again, and the wall, even in troublous
times" The history of Ezra and Nehemieh
shows the fulfllment. ''And three score
and t1co 1oeeks." Here again the question
might be asked, what of the three score
and two weeks? Gabriel would answer,
"unto the Messiah the Prince" The
preaching of the gospel kingdom. "Amd
after three score and tpo aoeeks," which
will make SO weeks, of the seventy, "shoH
Messiah be cut off, but not for himself"
This evidently means Christ. The high
priest alluded to this prophecy, when he
persuaded the council to put him to death.
See John XII, 47-53. eye know nothing
al all, nor consider that it is expedient for US
that one man should die for the people, and
the whole nation perish not" You can turn
and read the whole passage. "He tasted
death for every man." "And the people
ofhe prince III at shall come shall destroy
the city and the sanctuary and the end
thereof shall be a0ith a food. This ad-
NIT means the Romans, and so far we agree.
And thank you my brother for your will
llingness to understand this part.
"And unto the end Of the aoGT deSoId-
tions are determined" Do you understand
this? 1t is war after Jerusalem is de-
stroyed. 1t continues as long as desolations
: are determined in the earth. What war
dear Sir? forgot that you have told me
in the beginning, you would not be teach
er. But think you ought to pardon my
offence, for every reader, who has read your
pieces would suppose by your language,
that you was the teacher, and rather harsh
= and dogmatical too. But enough Of this
unchrislian spirit. The arGr." To get
an explanation Of which we mnst 60 back
to the vision, Dan. vii FL, %: ~ beheld
and the same horn," meaning the little horn
see verse 8, the same Roman power or peo-
= pie, the fourth beast or kingdom of Daniels
vision, which was to destroy jerusalem
Q "made arar with the saints, and prevailed
: over them, until the Ancient Of days came
and judgment was given to the saints Of the
Most High; and the time came that tht
: saints possessed the kingdom"
, "And he shall confirm the corendnt 1oih
many for one 1oeek." The pronoun he, you
j. say, refers to prince (Titus.) Is this your
grammar? If so, give me common sense
IS and you may have all the grammar. But
n think you must be mistaken. For you mus
" be convinced that the word prince is use
e only to describe the people. sind the peo
d pie of the prince that shall come" &c
n Who shall come? The people. 1t doe
e not say the Prince will be there; nor tha
% he will come. And common sense woul
:" decide, at once, that "of the prince" canno
d be an antecedent. Let us try your rule
Of '' After Mr.. Angler had preached three year
re with his people, he was silenced, but no
Is for himself: and the people of the town Q
ut Waterbury that shall come shall destroy tn
Re house and place of worship, &c. And h
}" shall confirm his contract one week" g.
o. Who does the pronoun he refer to in tn
- case? To the town of Waterbury. o nc
Up say you. Why? Because the town is nc
n an agent in the case, but the people, an
er Mr.. Angler. Very well,-may not the Pc
o; pie be the antecedent? No, for then
q; would have been hey-plural,-Of necess
- ty it must be Mr.. Angler. Again, "Jol
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