Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-03

GREAT DAY2 If the reader vii coude-
scend to study the a, b. c, and abbs of the
introduction to the Judgment as found in
the Scriptures; the writer attending there
to, think we shall ere long be able to
pronounce tile Longer words, and to
explain some sentences heretofore "hard
to be understood"
MAT. 8: p "In those days came
John the Baptist, preaching in the wilder
ness, and saying repent We, for the king
dom of heaven is al hand"
First question. What was the kingdom
of heavena then at hand? We shall all
agree, it is presumed, that it was the.
kingdom of God by Jesus Christ. the
religious kingdom by Moses, perfected or
fulfilled by Christ.
WIZ "But when he saw many of
the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his
baptism, he said unto them, o generation
of vipers! who hath warned you to flee
from the wrath to come? Bring forth
thereto fruits meet for repentance"
3D. Who had warned them! Jesus
not having vet begun to preach, and as
for the apostles there were none. But a
reader of the Bible will not need to be
informed that "The law ard the Proph-
els we're until Jehn;" i. e. acre preached
/ until John, "Since that time the kingdom
: of heaven is preached" Now whatevel
e nice Suggestions and criticisms might b
It made of what the words of the Baplis
d imply, or of the design of those 'whitec
d sepulchres' in coming to his baptism
5 which do not relate to the wrath then t
IS come, or the impending judgment, we ar
a. certainly authorised to answer, the prop
S, els had aoarned them of the wrath to com
IS 3d. In what was this wrath to consis
le and when and on whom to Gomez
g These three questions are answered
lie one word, viz: (Acts 8: 22:) "For Mos
r. truly said unto the fathers, prophet sha
the Lord your God raise unto YOU"
e. v. %, "And it shall come to pass TIL
& every soul Ii. e. of Israel) which will n
IL hear that prophet [Chris,l shall be d
10 stroyed from among the people," whiC
~, was literally fulfilled on them at the el
az of as many years as was allowed days
or Nineveh; each being space given
he repentance, so that no nation or genel
nd ton, either before or after that in whic
Oh, the Savior lived was threatened with ii
sit particular wrath. Do not the followi
all verses 90 TO corroborate this whole ILL
at tration2 ". lO) "And mOU also L
beforel the axe (which is destroyiI
eve and not a purifying instrument is i
ON unto the root of the trees, therefore, ev'
ght tree which brngelh not forth good fr
be is hewn down and cast into the fire.
lbts Let every anxious inquirer after tr
,uId read the prophet Malachi, especially
third chapter, which speaks of JOB
Jno. ministry and the first coming of CHI
nich But at chap. A: v. /, and onward is
his cIared the judgment that should come
lone all who repented not, as behold the
and cometh that shall burn as an oven, an,
sur the proud, yea, all that do wickedly S
be stuhble, and the day that cometh S
on. | burn them up, saith the LORD of h
ner- that it shall leave them neither root
ref. branch" And let it be noticed by
with reader that this prophecy was The
IN is den of the word of the Lord to Isl
found and not to all the world, see v. |. b
20 in return. ". 12l Whose fan is in
egard hand, and he will thoroughly purg
the floor and gather his wheat into the
were ner, but he will burn up the chaff
Sc so unquenchable fire."
ne 4th. What is thresher's FAM
intend, 1t is separator not pur'ler'
raj TO nothing to do with conversion or r
n this Grafton.
n the 9th. What GOES f'00' repre-
is no You will probably say the Mosaic
gment dom' ana 'nat 'nose VINO "efe isf'
j, for, indeed correspond OF answer 70 'ne
Sc was all that were of the faith of Abr
at are being counted for the seed, whom
accord would gather into the gospel kingd'
ording kingdom OF heaven-ne having