Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-05-20

ly and did ordan Christ a Priest. before The
norId Cor Levitical priesthood) began,
when be said TO Abraham, In thee and in
thy seed, (Which was Christi shall all the
families Of the earth be blessed the Levitt
lcal priesthood being fashioned after the an
utype, Christ, exempIi6ed in Mechizedek. !
". (Eph. |: ~ According as he hath
chosen US in him, before the foundation of
the 11orld,' l. e. through the promise made
TO Abraham, for They which are Of faith
the same are the children of Abraham
V. Ono. II: "a: For thou lovedst me
before the foundation of the ,vorld,' at least
| iour hnndf ed and thirty gears the next
verse being suited 10 the idea that The
foundation Of the porIp signifies the estab-
llshment Of the Jewish world and kingdom.
Q righteous Father, the 10orIa, the child
rem Of the kingdom, hath not known thee,
but have known thee,- and these have
known that thou hast sent me-
The first world was destroyed for lis
wlckedness, but the Jews pretended to be
holy nation, that which God required of
them; professed TO be, chosen generation
peculiar people;' and they held their
priesthood 10 be a royal priesthood > be-
lIeved themselves to be the honored world,
who should one day WELD the power of the
whole earth. Their worship they vainlv
fanced would be the only accepted wor-
| ship, and that their law which a.cended to
heaven and descended 10 hell would be tie
universal law over al the globe, which
they In time hoped 10 replenish. Bot the
apostle would have them understand that
The promised blessing by Christ to all the
families of the earth should not be through
the law of Moses, but by the gospel of
Christ; not by the ordinances, but by the
'welghtier matters, Judgment Mercy and
Faith The same being taught. Gal. 3: 2:
Received We the spirit by the works of the
law, or by the hearing Of faith q The
Savior having been first brought into notice
by promise, the law was added on account
Of lransgression, until the seed should come
to whom the promise was made. Further
more, All the prophets and the law proph
esied until john having reference to the
types of the law which also porlend things
future, as prophets prophesy.
Lastly. The promise to Abraham and
the giving of the law being especially de-
signed TO bring the world to the worship Of
hut one and thar the liuinn cs5d dos icr,sgrt III
found or begin new Ezra memorable
event, like the creation, never TO be forgot
ten These data are referred to as the
foundation Of world, and new dispensa-
'lon, with the same authenticity as the Gre
atlon or the beginning Of the old world =
Let not him who reads the scriptures nor
lect TO observe the precision TO which The
apostle limits his use Of words, for where
he says since the world began &c. To
have said from the foundation &c. would
not have been SO suitable language. And
when he said, from, The foundation Of the
world, &C., TO say before the foundation OF
the world would not have been true.
That aeorld' in scripture is taken for
tdU, let the searcher for truth examine in
It's connection, Heb. 9: 25: Nor vet tina. he
(ChrlsD should offer himself often, as the
. nigh priest entere'h into the holy place eve.
! ny year with blood of others for then mus,
he often have suffered since the foundo,;,,
Of the q0orld ii. e. since the foundation o,
, institution of the Mosaic economy of sin.
, oferings,) but now once in the end of The
cOrtd. or end Of the ministraton Of the
Low) hath he appeared TO put away sin BY
the sacrifice of himself
Mole. Had the Savior been called like the
Levilical hierarchy, and not after the orde,
of Melehizedek, then must he often have
suffered even every year from the founding
TO the end of the q0orld, l. e. ld,c or polity
but now once in the end Of that ritual hath
he appeared, not 10 destroe, DIT 10 fulfil, and
put away sin-ofering by TIE Offering Of him.
self
: The writer is aware that men OF talent
and learning have labored to show thai
1corid' in these cases signifies the earth, OF
globe on which We live; bat in respect tO
the first, all heads can perceive that it would
not be true that Jesus must have often sui-
tered from creation, that he might resemble
the priest of the law for no priest oficiated
till some $500 years after the creation, the
law not being given till long after The end
of the first world. Again. They have also
said that this world has stood more Than
half the time that it is destined to exist, SO
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