Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-09
! OIL. XIV. NO. 2 5

! cuted in eternity. Again, Ii any Can be-
tieve God in This life, they can be righteous
in this life; for We are informed that A
BRAN believed God, and it was imputed TO
him for righteousness" Among the believ-
ers and prosecuted for righteousness sake,
were the apostles. We have 30 evidence
that they could have raised the dead or
healed the sick in the manner that they did,
unless they had been believers. But after
they had received the Holy Ghost, and BEEN
informed by Christ himself tia: their names
were written in heaven, they were founddis-
putting about certain doctrinal point.
Now that John the Baptist was as great
as Moses, is very clear; for Moses rose be-
fore him ; and that the disciples belonged
10 the kingdom of heaven, and were at least
Some Of them under mistake is as clear,
they too being at least equal with John the
Baptist. who was as great as Moses. Thus
we see possibility for Moses not 10 be in
fallibIe. Again-Moses admits as much as
this himself, saying, ga Prophet shall the
Lord your God raise up unto you like unto
me, him shall ye hear in all things" AS
much as though he had said, my law must
answer for the time being, although it is
very imperfect, but when Christ comes he
will give you perfect law. The Apostle
} says, elf the first covenant had been fault
less, then no place could have been found
for the second. Again he taketh away the
first that he may establish the second" In
speaking of some of the law Of Moses, Christ
did not recognize it as being Of God, bat
only says, "ye have heard that it hath been
said by them Of old time, an eye for an eye
and tooth for tooth" and rebuked the
practice Immediately. The old Jewish law
was called the law Of Moses. John i: IL:
"For the law was given by Moses, but
grace and truth came by Jesus Christi" wis
10: "Did not Moses give you the law, and
yet none of you keepeth the law? Why
90 We about to kill me?" 3d. eff man on
the Sabbath day receive circumcision, that
t the law OF Moses should not be broken ];
man every whit whole on the Sabbath day ?"
: viii: 5: Now Moses in the law commanded
US, that such should be stoned: but what
sayest thou - If God is an Interchangeable
being, and Christ and the Father agree, it
would hardly seem that the law for stoning
criminals to death ever emanated from God.
Moses did not pretend that God conversed
with him much, at most with an audible
voice, but BY his spirit: and that he might
be influenced by spirit that he was not
aware Of, would seem quite as probable as
It would for the disciples to be Influenced
by such a spirit when Christ rebuked them
for even asking if they should call for fire
to come down from heaven and destroy
their enemies, saying, eve know not wha;
manner Of spirit ye arc O." The preSumP-
ton is, that Moses knew nc: Wh1. nsnner
Of spirit he was CT, when he DESTROYED h's
enemies b. violence. "Ovcrcome evil with
good' seems to BE- the watcbward Of The
gospel: d if the gospel is based on truths
that are eternal, then inasn0ch as Moses
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r mony with these laws. unless these laws
xuffsr ch.nras a,.o nau oao,;o. !
, ;moo;ne that # Mosos co,,J ,r;oo &C.,, ,4,o
tomb and bear HE low o~noc;au,, 49,, wy 80,
, which an,roved Of v;o,orce r.,,r:.,;on
sl,vorv AVID ocnr.s..o, nv.f,.d f,r .houo
, tho law IF Chr;:, bo ,,or,1 10 os,o,;stod