Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-01-01
0 L. XII. NO. !.

bis approval Of The men :,
administered his government fai,bt,p
honestly. David was man .fi,, I
own heart. He sinned grievou,Iv
case OF UFiah, and was rebuked 81
ished for 1t. But be swayed the ~
over Israel forty years, and never ON.
ne receive single reproof for anv
mate act of authority, in the ers,,;
kingly power.
Now lei II be distinctly understood :.
wish to prove by the above his,or.
Not that any government now is a,,s..
TO conquer and subjugale foreign r,,
because Joshua did. Not that civil
now may rightfully punish idOla,r a.
Hebrew laws did. Joshua had =,
commission for this express purpose D.
airy in the Hebrew state was treaso,
Cos was their king. But This, ard
only, do claim 10 prove from il.
lst. That God by ESTABLISHING ana :.
tfoniRg subordinate human eor,,--
over the very people whom be had s.l.,,.,
as his peculiar people, and over wso,,
himself exercised the highest soy.,.;,,,.
has IN the most striking manner e,rrss,.,
his approval of such government. AID
That The necessity Of human goverpns,,
OF large class Of officers 10 superi,,,,
The civil affairs Of the people, admins.
justice and punish crime, in a nslio, i,
directly under The superintendent Of Js.
yah, affords very decisive proof of The ,h,
lutte necessity Of some such goysnm,r
among nations which do not enigy sO1
direct and manifest Divine control. I'm
nation that ever existed could have sub5s
ed without any human government. sun,
Israel was that nation. With ccmyIs
code OF laws given from heaven. and %
forced by all the terrific majesty of Sin,-
with the constant, visible presence Of Jebs
yah overshadowing the mercy-sesl. ui
making known his will on ever era
emergency by his prophets, or bV ID,
urim and Thummim," and BY freupssl
and wonderful interpretations, guiding and
defending. or Christening them. a, rhea
character circumstances demlnded-wilu
all these peculiarilies distinguishing them
surely 1T any people could dispense wi.
human government, Israel was that peuris
And yet even among this favored peo,l.
God established and sanctioned such su.
eminent.
Another source OF proof which aJdrr
to sustain my position is, The eramplsf
good men. will state this point disli.s
ly, that the force Of The proof may Be r,.
Ilest. Ever since there were men enosa
TO constitute tribes or families, there ban
been human governments variouSly Md
he'd. So extensively has this been The es,s
that except some short seasons Of anarchy-
and such seasons have been nre.em.psBh
marked by blood and carnage-ihere ia 70
example in the history or the world. IA
community without a government Go
men In every age Of the world. and il al
countries, have been subjects or adniHi,.
traitors OF these governments. Andyrfca
the beginning TO the end Of The Bble, /
know OF not single rebuke or warning %
any person on account Of their cvnnec.i11 F
with the government Of the Country. E7=.
ry other prevalent crime is rcprobaled, sra +
The criminals rebuked or warned. Bu. O.:
crime OF loyal obedience, or official Gds,i!,
$ never once condemned .jieirbi:es&
was king, and yet a good man. JosGI
nd not regard il as inconsistent with PIES
o be prime minister o. Pharaoh. | "a"
'ver Moses, and Joshua, and Gideon, ~
epthah, though he tras elecled Ly he 7tr
ne, and David, because il may be ct,ltr-
iia' dh tEese persons were dlVibe!i e'-
nlssioned. ! omit any mention Of wv
non, and Asa, and Jehosaphat, and E'ir
.iah, and josiah, who certainly had re ST.
commission. Sheshhazzar, who Is an
allied Zerubbabel, accepted Office under IL
ing of Persia as governor of Jude'.~
Ira V: IA. Ezra, too, acted as dsI,'
ndsr commission from the ki1g OF Per-
Zee ETA. vii: 25, &c. Nehemiah te.a
Igh Office in the court Of Artaxerxes--Ns'
ll-and was afterwards the kings g.
rnor Of the province Of Judea-Neh. y J"
,aniel and his three brethren all as-
fiices at Baby Ion. Dan. ii: 4S, 40; aad .!
O; and vi; 2, 90. All these were g''-
zen, and not one of them seem eFei "
ave suspected that allegiance 10 hum,
'Vernment was treason against Gao'
MI not stop here TO speak Of the muill'a-''
good men that acknowledged alleSia'"