Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-02-19

NV CSVi jay CdP1""~ t'NN s"o' ""OiN
hesitate to bring in verdict of guilty in
uch an action2
We will now set our pedobaptist law
yer to work upon this testimony; and
with the principles of interpretation pre-
viousIy implied, we shall soon see what
will become of it. BY an appeal to die ;
tiohares, and to the use Of writer's 10 rare
and extreme cases. he shows. That
into has no less than six several mean
ings, and therefore may not have its pri-
mary meaning ia the present case: q
That IN has some ten or a dozen signifi-
cations; and that, among others, it means
on, By. through, &C.; 3. That dap has
no less than six meanings; and among
others, it means TO m0isten, to Goet &c.,
a. That the word dram has at least six
or eight Specifications; and that, among
others, it means TO oUerpower; 5. That
ait of has twenty meanings, and may
mean from or beyOnd; g. That dead Is
term of very equivocal import, having
not less than twenty-three Specifications
and that among others, 1t means dull,
sluggish, heaUy, &c, from all of WHICH it
is made to appear that the accused may
have been guilty Of nothing more than
taking B. down to the river shore, and
giving him a sound drubbing- 1t is not
| proved that either was in the water at
: aI!!! ...
S We will now take still stronger case,
; and one still more to the point, inasmucf
q as the fact to be made out is a New les
d lament fact, and the testimony to be I'D
: duced is to be found in the orlgina
Greek. The fact 10 which we allude i
the death of Christ The testimony
), that of the four evangelists as it occurs i
i the gospels respectively. 1t is substantial
Al ly the following: l. That Christ W.
: taken to the place of execution, Golgothf
p so called. 2. That he was there crucif
y ed. 8. That he afterwards gave up II
,e ghost 4. That he was subsequent
Of found dead by the soldiers. 5. That
@. saear was thrust into his side. 6. Th
ID his bodv was procured by his friends al
m placed in sepuIchre. Z. That on Il
re-, third day he rose from the tomb. In II
es exhibition of the above dispositions, son
,is circumstances of minor consideration nj
no possibly have been omitted. Every sta
on ment, however, which can be regarded
material, or as containing proof OF Il
is matter in question, has, 1t is thou9i
nv been adduced. And so conclusive h
tn This proof always been considered, that,
m. far as we know, the fact has never be
be doubted by any who have allowed
= credibility of the witnesses. We sh
the now subject it to the principles of INT
the pre,ation. as before observed, brought
- {overset the evidence in favor OF job
act Immersion. 1t is accordingly contend
,re. That the circumstance that Oh
g. was taken to the place of execution, pro
a Of nothing, as all this might have been d
anv without his being put to death. z. L
prs. the word rendered cruelty, sometl
5en- means only to mortify Or ubdue:
snc- Gal. v. 24) 8. That the word rend'
arlv ghost, more commonly means ao1"d,
that the phrase might therefore be
-. dered, he gave up the wind a. ]
P''S' the word rendered dead, is often ust
denote nothing more than mental or
toS poreal apathy. 5. That the side o.
ed" :. sus might have been pierced so as TO
., ~, 4" forth blood and water, without produ
y.
PoI'' lust as we'll have been rendered at, I
teeN, or ,cith. 7. And that the declaration
anu he arose, proves nothing more than
"ue. he rose up from state of sleep, OF
leu ~ nor, or corporeal inactivity, which
" pos IRENE suffering had induced.
" So,ns Thus it appears, that there is
RI, he term used by any one OF the four eV9
ID o- lists, in their detailed and circumst
! oct account of the Savior's death, buria
: onJ resurrection, which has not more
- ~ inqs than one; and which therefor,
,onr cording to the principle, is not of do
> 1900 import 1t follows, ofcourse, that c
|, ou;nr death cannot be proved from the
nd mn. lures; AMI not only so, but that thl
= ~ -, or will be practicable until we shall
! ness vored with new record, in viii
apo;on, whole transaction shall be desert
~ ,ho terms which have but one meanir
,o;,s of which, under no circumstances WI
- can admit of a doubtful Or even
tive Specification.
Our friends are therefore clearly
"y ~ 81 10 this alternative-they must
lit it all, grant that no one l':I "a" - -
= 80 court Of Justice, in our own day;
,os,;mo. must abandon their principles OF II
If they tation. hey are re a. .s ~ a5bsra
iorce, Of own cnoice' noabl. 10 nv
is made principle they are - 49, faonrss ,he;
must lie deaih oil mrs an oal,ot;on mn,
mony of system Of iail9 a.G e ~ the o,ht
tlv must the ground. Du: =, tben
wing any they abandon 'nel' 7 Pt,a; II he T.
poken.-1 OF immersion ~ -. ~
point we uudeniaoiy estaoi'sleu. n,ho
The foregoing argument, whe
Of justice. esa'at io.l1i' !. o;,her valid or in
n hu W OuT pEOol 10 CIeNO .