Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-11-25

the ful6lnent OF the parable loi the hes
Matt. 49, sol so plain that ! dare not
turn it any other way
Do you mean the nme,' Friend The
time which is expressed literally. and
must never be varied in explanation. being I
given 50 plain is the very reason why
the writer does not give the parable any +
other Interpretation. But the eOs"f anu
manner which are sci off in allegoIy' anu
clothed with hyperbole. are suDles' y
great variableness Of interpretatlon' a.
things known may require. and clrcum-
jstapees admit.
E.E. if understand ham, is looking
for an end of The aoorld, in more full or
literal sense But such an Interpretation |
would oppose two Of the more important |
passages which by the connection in
which they are found are made to stand
out, that they cannot be passed First it
is admitted by all, as remarked by the
writer. in end Of the aCOrld No. 2sthat
there was glory to God in the church by
Moses, for an age; but said the apostle to
Him be glory in the church by Christ
Jesus throughout all ages. a6Orld scithoat
end And as this glory was to be in the
church, whether aOorld signifies dispen-
salion kingdom or people, it must be new
er-ending on the earth; for departed spir-
It's or souls, with or without bodies, are
never, IN scripture, called the church
Second, 1t is written: One generation
passeth away, and anotheE generation
cometh; but the earth abideth toreUer.'-
Does any brother claim that the word for
erer is Of variable signifcation2 True,
but is not its duration to be known by its
subject and context? Here Solomon hav.
ing first spoken of generation which
abideth not always, but returns to the
earth, the original of all bodies, the wise
man then brings before the mind the earth
in contrast with a generation, joining the
sentence with but, which expresses oppo
sition in the sense, saying,-bnt tn,
earth abideth foreUer.'
6. You cite Mat. 16: %: Verify
say unto you, there be some standing her
which shall not taste of death till they sc
the Son of Man coming in his kingdom
which (say you) was more likely to hav
been fulfilled when he took certain of hi
disciples and went into the Mount an
was TRANSPORTED before them, III; l-9
than to have been at the destruction
Jerusalem, which took place six days fror
thattIme.
Could we divest ourselves of all pre-
possessed opinion and then situate our
selves under the croppngs of the sanctua
~ of knowledge. and while we keep on
eyes steadily on the scriptures. conside
all the yariegated language of Christ, til
apostles and prophets. in view of all tn
attendant circumstances under which the
spoke, would not our Earrings cease p
Views narvelously strange and mys,er
Il -ousiy inconsistent, and which beget inf
deity, be known no more2 And can "
not do this2 Is any thing loo hard, tina
the Lord hath commanded 2 And II
saith, whose readeth let him understand
Let us then examine this more simple cas-,
There Be some standing here sohich sha
nottaste, SC.
4. This presupposes that many Of ther
would not live to.witness his coming. Br
will any man say that many, or that on
ofthem died before his TRANSPORTATION :
=. E. may be convinced by this one SUI
gestion; but | would call the readers a
.tention 70 other proofs.
2. TIL they see the Son of Man con
eng IN his kingdom And did any thin
especially becoming King, as the exc
else Of auhority granting favors and r
wards, appear in eight days! The viii
raiment of a saint ia which Jesus SCENE
clothed would not be mistaken by the
holder for purple robe, abe attire
k'ngs and emperors of those days. Al
tits not known to the writer that The fac,
Of king shines brighter than the fac,
ofothet men.
3. See Luke 9: 81, whose wot ds
course would have the same MEANING ;
z, tn they see the kiagdcm Of God >
(verse 2S) seent up into a mountain /
pray Was that coming in his k;no