New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-12-17
Or. Browlee.s Second sernaoa on The
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Regarding you. sir, enlineny The anttype Of hs N,
Gent D. D., hoped that IN your Sersa on Ssh0Ais eyp
ing you would abas somewhat your Characteristic pqgn,
city, and approach te discussion o. the solemn ans irs
-.sg subject announced with the gravity OF heoc-,,
the courtesy gentleman, he csndoy OF Christian and
wra revsrea,al canton the least. less
;fes,ed bv the rnbeleving Jew; cut mistaken Yor
discourse reminded me, rather, OF one Dsoephes, who
we read in Johns third cpsle, impeled BY the love ~
pre- emnence, continually prauas agaus his bsh,e,
with malicious words; and, with his ne, orb,
weuld hsielg receive The brethren, but forbade them
| thar would"
Bear with me now, my dear sir while briefly exams.
some OF your Positions and the arguments by which os
sustain them.
The reign OF Christ during the Millennium will no, :,
bodily reign bet spiritual reign"
In support OF to you Yeaured the remarkable ssserio
that the doctrine of the bodily reign never was doc
tribe OF he Church aud never embodied IN any creed
the Church in general believed as tc' Now. Dr. mr.
posing that your bold assertion IS proves notas
eitter TIE doctrine of Spiritual reign embodied ary
creed pray tell ME, how do you accoun, for this singular
fact il the Church :" general" believed as YOU DO,
they did 50 believe would they not have expressed this be-
lief their creeds The tact is the Church OF late yeas
has been about equay Divided on this points aud hu
majority requisite To establish creed. Ecclssisstc
Courts have been compelled to be neutral This veg know
the with the Westminster Assembly which framed
the Confession OF Faith OF tho Presbyterian Church.
Again sir your remark is exactly correct in poin; q
fact the r and second centuries before Creeds Wet.
invented, when man bascd his faith upon the Word
of God without The aid OF Councils thi; doctrine al,cS
universally believed. This know from Tie writings of
TIE Fathers who, though Trey authority rs to wha,
should Be believed are credible what IA,
believed We know also that The Ncene coaneIl tAn
s5 which consisted of over sos Bishops in Their Eecss
astcal Form or Constitutions thus spske:
1.-The world made meaoec, less perfect 1royden.
tally: for God foresaw that would sin. Wherefore
we expect ne-r kearens ami earth according The
God ard our saviour Jesus Chr.st th<n Daniel
says Tie the Nos, High shall take tic Ensde
of the dead which David. forsseeins Ivy the ab
cries (P, 81 l u beee 70 see tie good things Tho
Lord in the land of TIC living Our Saviour says Happy
are the meek tor they shall inherit the eurth"
Your next argument was" The extravaganza of some
who hold this doctrine Irving made tho awful assertion
that Jesus Christ born ato the world as corrnpa
other man" Well does that prove tat Christ sriIl not
reic,, UPON tie EARTH you Minister OF the Gospel
OF Peace; you also very Geserent; now, would be
legitimate for conclude rom The latter fact that the
Bible Gcu.caies strife! About much 50 as your concn
sion from your premises
There not in all the Bible which this dec
Pe be based when ii justly naturally and accord
ing 10 The rules OF eNe9esis, ex planed.'
That is very bold and regret that
did not see I'll TO cite some abaaGant texts upon which
illeuarans rely and give your explanation OF tsem.
For instance Dam vii 49, IA and 81 q, and fhes SIP,
and Tin BY these texts appears iEa' the Roman
Empire, TO which all commentators admit Inc 4h oeaSie
ceuug Christ and that there shall be given the SOa
of Man dominion and glory, aah Kingdom, tAas all peo'
pie nations aad languages, should serve h" that II shall
be sting don,ino1' and that his kingdom sha!
never be destroyed" The 4 beast 10 be destroyed
Chrss coming il he does cot come until after the Mlsn.
ium, then the beas" lives during the HenluD, abo surrey
that would be very strange.
Dr. YOU should Lot be positive. You speak with the
pacent one who believes hai:eli lhe sole
proprietor of wisdomas II there was no possibility oil your
being maken evidently forgetting that an Apostle has
said if any nan think that he knoweth aGy tan8, he
knoweth nothing YET as Ne ought know it, You Should
be little modes aud not announce your opinions
with so much of the dogmssm OF an oracle H. SIT, you
will read tie "Ltcraisl" or "SpaudiDg on Tie Second
Coming Of Christ" Cov's Letters you will read
your Bible in reference TO this question: you will
find that there teri, m icA noting az al!
if they do not teach this doctrine.
You had little To say about the Melenafians
nc great DEAL prou,ag any thing that you
arc mere "babbng" and you should hsgs re-
membe,ed that from This you commanded TO rerain
q TIM Ii l4.)
"Cbrist comes to each OF us death. Be ye aIao
ready for in such hour as ye think not the Son oil an
cGmetb."
Sir Christ does death, but tf we be-
lievers) We go to hn-2 Cor v69. How absurd 10 talk
Of his coming ut tie ecease OF every mortal Further you
were peculiarly unfortunate i'll the selection OF proof lex
The passage referred to by you occurs IN what unef
sally admitted be description OF the judgement esac-
The Injunction is, be continually matching far The coming
Of the Son OF Man judge the World Il particularly re-
quest tue reader to look al the text IN It's connexo) NOW
Will you :e me- DIR Brownee, boz there can be any s'!
OF proprety in Tie command 10 "bc ready ard " t1at*
Tor the coming OF Christ TO juc cement ii the anh'r OF ne
command the time that at least luOV years
! must elnpse before his coming!
Again We Chrisl's presence III bis spiritual reign
already. He promised, he lett this world, send Tie
sence. Besides, Christ Ibis King he CON-
nenced his royal authority III the family OF Adam
Admitting, for arguments sake, that Christ reigns Row.
and always has egned since Adam was created you KNOW
very WELL sir that In another higher and distinct sense
at time vet future, the Kingdoms WORLD baa
become the Kingdoms OF the God and ohs Chrt andle
shall reign and ever. The question betweea usY
whether, when this contamination takes place. Christ WI
be psbly present, las believe spiritually present.
(a you beieve) What has been or Is oil 10 cone
quence the inquiry what shall be. New really,
SIR, unable how the simple assertion that he noD
regns spiritually any evidence that he will not thH resa
bodily II amounts To just lhsChrst is absent ergo
he will never return. Is that logical nierescef
| Suppose he should come down during the Millennium,
he could only be IL place at once, the consequence
would be that hundreds OF thousands would start ~ II al
water him; and suppose they snou!d him, ihee
nothing he could say them bat what IS aea.
proved) Think TOO, what would be the state OF Tue word
Family civil AID political duties would he neglected ana
all would De- Growing Jerusalem 10 see his Bloft-nu'
Jesus Chris, would be cbargeabc with throwing his own
world into confusion. BESIDES could never ger Hiun
reach, there wou0 De GeBse pppEist"H '' ~
movably-no person who got there could get away
again tsers would be disease, famine and pesiienes
Why, Doctor.
Honestly pity you, Sir Your ignorance OF the subject
which you attempted elucidaie for your unsophiessa
hearers, affords deplorabe illustration OF ihesose1
ouackery II seems 10 me that you rot exactly wha;
10 say and So to DISCOURSE introduced tins Dp''
lesque. However, Ibis popular preaching bfeqaeau'
the suppressed litter could be heard ano occasioney
The galleries the laugh of approving scodefs.
Strange how the frequent inerjec,ed dash
Quickens the market, and helps OF the trash
Tt;snrh,lIowet satire the re!igious may applaud, &c.
surely The deyout will csuder2n. Letmc again urge yo
Sir 10 rend the works mentioned above However Dr.