The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-01

'hHitif4 NEt ~ W ~ tAp'hs ~ 49,
For this .upposrs thorough kno"I-
edge aud understanding oi the divine
Law, no, only IN IL general preceris,
bot In all i,s parts ard branches, Bat
such knowledge /. incompatible with
our prescu, lapscd imperfect state. This
want Of spiritual understanding is a
natural imred,mcni 10 obedience. tia,
is, an imped.msni cnirins'c To the will.
Consequently men in their presen, de.
PRAYED state have no, natural power
To Keep God, iaw. and 10 do everything
that he requires IN order to Iheir saliva
ton. bccau.o their understanding pow.
cr,. and knowledge are hot equal 10 The
lhins.'
Mr.. Roots in his reply defends the
language he had used. lie still insists
that tod does 10, .eqnirc natural i'm
possibilities of men. or things which
would he impossible II there were that
fcadiucss aud upri.l.inc-s Of heart that
there ought TO be ! and tia, it is II mat
ter of eat importance TO maintain and
cndca,ur Ia convince men OF this Men
ar" indeed often g'o,s.y ignorant res
pectinp God, aN! ;hc t',nys Of God .--
But then ! suppos, the understandings
OF men being thus darkened. and this
ignorancc that Is in them is to,arse cf
Tie btndiicss pt Mc'r kedris The du
~ Of every one under the perf.c, law
of God. he think, propor:iored to the
noNlcdse that every orc might and
would have, il his heart was perfectly
as it ough; to be-. As to the want of
spiritual understanding. he supposes
th, 10 be "a spiritual defect, not cxtrin-
sec 10 the will but consisting in, or n
rising from, the evil disposition or spir.
it man is Of And To preach the doc
,riuc maintained by the council, that
men have not the natural power to do
what God requires in order 10 their sal.
walton, he thinks wou'd be the readiest
way to blind the minds of men, that
neither the justice Of the divine law,
nor the grace Of The gospel, should ever
appear TO them in ,ruc light.
Another poin, of difference between
tie council and pastor was As 10 the
propricty Of nnrcgeuera.c persons en-
ternc into covenant With God. He is
charged with having called this lying
and that OF the worst kind, lying TO
God TO refu,c this. the council refer
10 Deut. xxx. II, where the lsraclires
are required 20 enter into covenant with
God. and to do it that very day, though
from the representations Of the fourth
verse, it is evidcn, ,ha. a great part Of
! them were unregenerale and we can
not suppose, say they. that a God Of
! truth would have commanded them TO
I lie, which greater part OF them mu ST
! do, If the unrcgcncratc could not enter
into covenant will, God without lying.
We don, find that God required Of
those Israelles in order to their enter
inc into covrnan, with him, to profess
they were saints indeed, the spiritual
children uf Abraham, neither does be
now Bn, they enter into covenant
with God IN order that they may be un.
der the best advantages for becoming
so To hinder persons that are con
cerncl for their sal, alton, and seriously y
disposed, and who are willing and de-
,irous to attend the appointed means Of
grace, from covcnanting with God, ant
30 pastaking of the privileges and nd
vantases thence arising. j., in genuine
construction, to shut the kingdom o
heaven against them, as 1t deprive:
them Of the best advantages for main
tanning it..
Mr.. Roots suggests in his ,Ieply, tha
he mi ght perhaps dissent from The rc,
. rcscn,aion made Of the sincerity Of al
unrcgcrcrate sinners resolutions au'
purposes TO serve and obey God; an
f continues 'Thc people of Israel wer'
required to enter into covenant will
; God, and profcsssed to do SO. when h'
had not given them 'an heart TO per
|, ceive and eyes to see,' dc. But it doe
not appear but that they .fdttered hin
;. with their mouth, and lied unto lin
| with their tongue every time they pre-
I tended 10 enter into covera ant when thcl
|. heart was not right with him. No
does it appear that they ought TO hav'
covenahted IN he manner they did
Bu, mean u @ enter into tie dispute
, The minui1.xat is. the manuscriI
n sermon, cen,s ens this article OF es
cepiion, Lears aa'e April 6, 100, ter
II years ago, and'more. was d>cour'
o inc Of being Chri,ts disciple indeed
: from John ill., 81, And somewhere
V the discourse, said, If you profess 10
!. Chri.t's disciples indeed, when yo
n know YOU are io, so indeed, you al
guilty of lying, TO, only TO men, but
"A God | can mud nothing i'll my not,
r nearer the article than this; and VIII
:. there is false, or faulty III this, YOU mu
Judge The manner IN which Mr.
al turns away from tie main point her
r no, caring to maintain what the counc
e. unders,ood him 10 hold, and what h
n, evidently did hold as TO the impropri
4. ~ OF receiving unregcneTate perso
I into lle church. seems TO Indicate III
d ON iha, poini, the current OF op'n'on
a. tia, section, ard probably among b
4. own people, WAS agains, him, and
- did no, e.leem i, wise, jus, al this tim
n. 10 provoke further opposition AGAR
Of himself by distinctly setting forth a.
ce defending his peculiar views. In ADJ
of ,ion 10 ,his. IT ought to be stated IN
:, A. Poo,s i.I .rnr.s,ed the oplnn