Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-02-05
v oL. XII. NO. 2o

and then Judge whether he apprOrsJ -
20 Israel, thou hast DESTROYED "a, u
Du' ln me Is Thy help. will be INV ilselfi
where Is any other that may save ,h alhg:
all thy cllles2 and thy judges of wboreh
saidst, give Inc king and princes3 .00a
thee king IN mine anger, and ,oot gaze
away IN my wralh."-HOsea, xiii: 9 = n a,@
The Lords own testimony in The ,....
that he gave the king in his anger and
with his approval. He suffered JONI. :"
go down to JOppa and take ship f., p
shish, when he had expressly comma,
him TO go 10 Nineveh. Did he tb.,.s
approve of his fleeing towards Tar,h..1'
He permitted the old world to reyils ~
and persist in their sins. Did he ,bs,.s
approve Of their course? He sniff. =.
nation to persist in its robbery and Ou,-.
Does he therefore approve Of tbem2 n
lsraeliIes sighed for The fesh-pots of P,,-,
murmured against the Lord, and ealls5
flesh; and The Lord gave the ouaiI> -
wralh,uutilIhey died with them in lbei,,..n
Nun. xi: 81, 81, 80, "a. Did he tbsr.f
approve of their having them7
Friend Curtis sums up, rerapiluI,,..
and reilerates his reasoning FINN =
Jewish poIily. under Gods sgprems a.,
thority AMI express commands, to Govern
merts solely in the hands Of men, rilso.,
any such authority or command, thus.
Now let il be distinctly unders, n
what wish 70 prove BY the above isc.s
This, and this op'r
Go | claim 10 prove from it,
1t. That God by ESTABLISHING a,s
sanctio1ing subordinate human gor,r,
meat over The very people whom he h,l
selected as his peculiar people, and o7,r
whom he himself exercised the higbes
sovereignty. has in the mos striking ml,.
ner expressed his approval of such cor.
ernment. And I'd. That The necrssiy 4
human governmental, large class d
officers to superintend the civil afflip I
the people, administer justice and pnn,i
crime, IN nation so directly under he
superintendent Of Jehovah. ! fIorls yery
decisive proof Of The absolute necessay
OF some such government among naliol.
winch do not enjoy such direct and MAJ.
Hest Divine crr.ttol. If any nation th.i
ever existed could have subsisL d wubol
any human governme nj, surely Israr
was that nalion. With a compIp;e code @
laws given from heaven, aud enforced b,
all the terrific majesty Of Sinai-wita III.
constint, visible presence of Jehoyal
overshadowing the mrrcy-srat, aud MAX
ing known his will OH every crpa, pmrr
gency by his prophets, or BY me Urn
and Thummim." and by freqnen. 81.
wonderful interpretations, guiding aud d.
lending. or Christening them, as Then
character and circumstances demanded
with all these peculiarities dislincuishrs
them. surely if any people could disgeu.
with human government, Israel was laG
people. And yet even among this CT,t
ed people, God established and saDclioDc
such government"
| How God in the least approves Of ro,
lent governments at the discretion Of men,
by establishing a government of lis orl
Tor his chosen people, | can not prr,ess
This very people Of his .peculiar cas,
to whom he gave a govcrnmentu1drrb s
own supreme authority, be repeatedly
sent forth to make wars Of invasion and
determination. ISeretore God has n
most striking manner expressed hsag
pr0oat Of rears in general amOag mrr'
This reasoning is precisely plraI!eI ui-
the other.
| Again:-Hethimks "ihat the necessfy
as he is pleased to style il, "Oi h0fa'
government" as be calls il, "in L'-.a
SO directly under the superintenIanOs 9
Jehovah, affords very decisive prod
the absolute necessity of some such g''
eminent among nations which DO o
enjoy such direct and manifta Din"
control" 1t will be seen that this arg
ment proceeds upon the false issue d.
up by the opponents Of Non-Resis'''
between Non Resistance and The Ely
ence OF governments among wicked "
while they continue TO Re the sefTan'
Satan. But | want to know his RUE y
his authority for making the nsct'sii.9s
men-accoIding 10 human estimIlon-~
be the ordinances of God 1t shOa'
constantly borne in mind that the 81.
ton Is, not what do men think i DC"
sary for them TO have-nor Whal "
God suffer them 10 have-but Whai :
God ordained, and what has be D@