Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-07

ming in every thought, word and deed.-That we
may have justfying faith, although living in con-
demnation and guilt. That we may be in Christ,
yet have no lively sense of justification through
him; on the contrary, have lively sense of sepa-
ration from him by sin. UniVersalsts simply ex-
tend your contraction Of justification by faith and
of an imputed righteousness (without holiness)
to all men instead of part, and this is their pres
ent strong hold and they cannot be dislodged ex-
cept by preaching the gospel doctrine of CHRIST
A SAVIOR FROM SIM One view of the effects of
your teaching upon those who are convicted by
the law of God, and have done. In the sinner
slain by the law. overwhelmed with view of his
sinfulness, despairng of reefby any effort of his
own, sick at heart and signing for deliverance and
often in intensest agony crying out % wretched
man that am, who shall deliver me from this
body of sin and death, we see one whose 'old man
is being crucifed, that the body of sin might be
destroyed, which body being dead wherein he
was held , 'that sin should not henceforth have do
minon over him. If there is a spectacle on earth
that fills the Christian with more intense emotion
than all Others it is this Such cases are frequent
ly found in the church at this day. seldom out oft
SnGh cases are deemed by you to give the highest
evidence of saving change, when in fact they are
only convicted sinners, and the marvellous dev-
eances of some of former Zines, such as President
Edwards wife and others, is only the simple de-
ilverance of the Gospel; such as many would glad
y receive, but for your perversion of the Gospel.
To the grooming wretch you present mingled
!, draughts of myrrh, NORWOOD and gall You tell.
him there is no deliverance till death, and that he
f is doing well as he is. That the best of men have
such feelings frequently, and that they constitute
. the best evidence of a saving change. charge
= upon you the holding of the keys of knowledge
Y ana neither entering yourselves nor suffering those
who would enter to 60 in. Ye do make void the
law Of God by your traditions in teaching for doc
trines the commandments of men. If, instead Of
thus blndly guiding to the ditch, you led the dis.
consulate one to him who 'ceanseth from all ,;
n we should hear multtudes of testimonies f. T'
It slain but now made 'aliye' in Chr' '""' VI
IS crucifed lc6h Christ, nevertheless
1t but Christ HuefA an me- and get AO'' yeEn0
$ live BY the filth Of theS ~ 1'O| "''
i believe you are, Of ,rcb AMI Chr,,;on aoY.o.
|. ons and doctrines r,boIl;ar w. 49,
ast sins that D "Pno'u'"s DIS you uoi lhe etea'
:. yer saw the SUM- there is no obi
49, '",. earth that can morally bind mo to no
longer associated with you, And cal
upon all who fear God to come out of her, tn,
ye be not partakers OF her plaques.
Your atfsctionate and faithful reprover and we
ed wsher, Louis d. PoMERoY.
ate "That the ultimate may be reached without tn
it Intermediate steps, is sufficiently illustrated in til
ia case of Rev. Sherman Kellogg, late of the Ere
he Church, Montpelier, who, for holding series
IRE meetings in connexion with the Baptsts and Meth
on odists of certain town, contrary to the wshs
an OF the Congregational minister of that town
Ia and in violation of the self-constitued authority
lty the Montpelier Association, was expelled from thu
er. Association,