The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-05-15

WI '"ou o't Hoty people uuto TIC lIOI'
ny God" Deut. xiv 81" Then Pete
opened his mouth, and said. Of truth
perceive that God is no Icspectcr of per
sons, Acts "a. "Thou shall, no, sui
fer a witch 10 live" Exodus xxii,ls
Love worketh no i'll 10 his ncighbor
therefore love is the fulfilling OF the law.
Romans xiii 10. "And he said unto them
60 We into all the world, and preach tn
gospel TO every creature" Mark, xvi IS
lfa!l the Old Testament teachings wer
inherently right, why did not Christ di
rec, his Apostles 10 preach lhem2 Broth
er Perkins says =" We are bold 10 sa,
that no inherent principle in one part o
the Bible is contradicled in another" -
Brother Cotlng says" cannot ADM
that single precep, OF the moral law la;
been ubrogalcd by the teachings of tn,
New Testament. Moses granted no al.
owance 10 adultery, nor TO an act, or word
or thought that might lend, or BE- acces.
sorry" TO it,"
| had supposed that the principles oil
| tho moral law bad existed from the crca.
ton OF man-lhnt God mad. OF one blood,
all the cations of The earth aud that He
did not authorize the parliaily prac,iced
by some Of the O,d Testament Legislators
| had supposed that those who preceded
Christ in prOmulgatiug The moral law,
were, 10 some event, enshrouded in NOR
al darkness, and therefore could not sec
clearly the whole bearing of their teach.
ngs-might destroy the heather Tor the
glory Of God; but that at:cr all j, did no,
alter the fact that they were in an error,
and that what they supposed was right,
might be inherently wrong. Perhaps
erred in using the word INHERENT | will
then say that, il the principle OF affix.
ing the penalty OF death to various ofI.nc.
es, was not contrary 10 what Christ ugh,,
| do no! understand the meaning of priuci.
pie. And if the principle involved in Ii.
censlng men 10 put away their wives, OK.
cept for the reason Christ named, was not
a"nulled by Christ. do not understand
the meaning of language. The \ poslles,
Paul and Peter, are brought on 10 the
stand as Witnesses 10 prove tina, all scrip.
ture is given BY the inspiration of the Hos
ly Ghost and that as consequence all
things we find written in the Old Tesla,
meh. are necessarily right, Paul says,
looe worketh no i'll TO his neighbor 81
Therefore, love is The fulfilling of the lar.
Peter says, of a truth l perceive tina, God
IS no respecter Of persons. Here Brother
Collng are your own witnesses, ,estifying
TO The principle that would no, allow Mr.
Mitchell 10 sell you the meat o. an OK tha,
died natural death just because you are
On alien 10 him in some things ;-tes:ify>
ing to the fact lta, the fulfilling OF the law
"orke'h no i'll 10 his neighbor. Suppose
some people in Rutland should accuse YOU
If wi'chclal, and you was condemned 10
lie for it; would you go back to the law
If Moses, and say it is all dgh,-,he law
vas dictated by tho Holy Ghost? Or
urpose you had been born in foreign
and, and when you first located in Rut
and had been both Il stranger anI an al
IN, and Deacon John Smith had los, some
all dozen sheep BY natural death, or OF
'e grub, and he had said 70 you, Mr. Cot
ng, have the mutton of six sheep-I
Ill give you one half Of il because YOU
re stranger, and the other hall will
III you, because you are an alien; nd
ing, The sheep died OF themselves, and
c, being holy people are forbidden to :
II this meat, but God hath authorised me :;
dispose OF it for your consumption l. u
hat would you have said to the Deacon, ,
I'd 10 the principle involved in this o,t! =.
ad you told him that Christ COMMANDED
en- 10 DO to others us they would wish !;
hers 10 do 10 them, and lha! in this act !,
could not have done to you as he would !
I'VE wished you 10 do 10 him; and he had q
'otcd in reply, Moses law Tor disposing n
such meat: also Paul and Fcter TO -,
owe 'ha, God inspired or commanded b
oses 10 enact tina, law ALSO argued 10
al Christ came to full bu, not to destroy NJ
al law; would you have swallowed the f.