Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-06-28


shall not prevail against it;and to thee
give the keys Of the Kingdom" Now
ifthe Jewish and Christian Kingdoms
were the same, how could our Saviour
say (in the future) | s0iH build my
church, when it was already in exis-
tence; Is it not great pity, that the
spirit ofsome of our modern Dlvines
had not been upon Peter, so that he
could have corrected the Saviour, By
telling him it was nonsense to talk
about building his church, since it
was already built. Even from the
days of Abraham it has been in eXis-
tence, say our modern div'nes.
Peter having the Keys of the King
dom &. e. authority opened the door
to the Jews on the day Of Pentecost,
at which time the Kingdom was es-
tablished. His disciples were never
called church, until after the penta-
costian sermon. The laws of the
Kingdom were then promulgated, the
condition of becoming subjects were
made known. In atteslation see lisa.
ii 2, 3. Micah " II. Mat. xvi IS, 10.
Luke xiv At. Peer also opened the
door of the Church TO the Gentiles at
Cornelius's house.-No other person
than Peter had authority to do this
| We find that none of the other Apos-
ties ever claimed the honor conferred
upon Peter. They were rather more
modest than our Presbyterian friends.
They think that their church officers
have power even no,0 to open the
Kingdom, to remit and retain sins; and
what is worse than all, they think they
have the power (the language of the
confession "to, shut that Kingdom
against tie impenitent." See West
minister Confession p. 1919. | won
der if they will shut out our Methodist,
Baptist, and Cumberland friends.
John iii 5. "Jesus answered, verify
verify | say unto thee, (Nicodemus)
except man be born nf water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the
Kingdom of God" Yes, even Nico-
demus, a ruler Of the Jews, and pi-
Gus and devout member Of the Jew
ish Kingdom could not become a citi-
zen Of this new Kingdom without be-
ing born ofwater and Spirit. Verify
some of our Modern teachers ought 10
have been there to have told Nicode.
: mus that the Kingdom Of which he
was then a member was the same as
] the Christian Kingdom. This would
: have been cheering news to this trou-
bled man,-no need then ofjeopadi-
r ling his life and reputation by endeav-
: oring to learn Of this meek and lowly
Jesus. Mat.iii ?, "Repent ior the King
t dom Of heaven as at hand" Mat. iv
r IL. "From that hour Jesus began t.
a preach and to say repent for the King
dom of heaven as at hand.
a He also directed his disciples L
5 pray thus: "Our Father which art il
j heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy
: Kingdom come" Is it not very strange
e that Jesus did not know that the King
1t dom had already come. 1t seems he
5 was not as wise as the Paido baptis
e Clergy of this day. They could hav,
: told him: "Sir, this Kingdom ha
IF been in existence ever since the day
= Of Abraham. Why then do you teacI
2t your disciples to pray for its coming!'
; All! who can tell the wisdom, tia
J. Christ would lave gained from tn
Il CLERGY, if he had lived in this day?
ID The next Paido baptist position Sc
Of forth by Reviewer" is that little chill
5 dren had right to enter into the King
e dom of God on earth, and quotes Mat
,e xviii las proof,and then adds, ''s:nc
ID infants are naturally depraved, II ough
IS to be So" Our Saviour says: "Suffe
Or little children to come unto me ant
: forbid them not; for of such is thu
% kingdom of heaven" that is-of sucI
D naturally depraved creatures as thes'
/ are, the Kingdom Of heaven is com
posed. Now, gentle reader, if thl
h logic be good, and the Kingdom Q
II heaven is composed Of such persons
= so naturally depraved) do you wish Il
&c enter there, and be associated with 81
70 much depravity forever;does our Cler
gvman, that states this as Paido bap
list argument, believe it? l would Xix
a. to know, will he inform me throug
1v the medium Of your next paper?
he The next argument arrayed betor
o. MS 10 prove infant baptism is a referenc
n. to the household baptisms spoken c
,ot in scripture, viz. the household of Ly
sb dia. the Phillfpian Jailor, and that {
ed Stephanus. Ihope Reviewer will nc
nv tice these households more particular
20 ly than he has hitherto done; and L fe'
do assured he will come 10 the conclusio
70 that they furnish no evidence, in favo
So but on the contrary, strong evidenc
he against infant baptism. Before it ca
ino be proven that Lydia had infants bal
b4 tized, the following points must first
26 proven, that Lydia ever had husban
led that she had one lately, that she ev
NV had children, that she brought h