The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-06-15
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Sundry Matters.
Nc. EDrroE-I read an article in the
4th No. OF the Sentinel from our old Trend
d." headed "Calvin and servetus' =
Bat if ,le heading had have h"d the small /
pox, the rest Of the article wOald not have
caught it. What had Wesley, Methodist
Eyiscopaey, the Docirinal Facts. and Pres
byleriauism 10 do wi;h Cayiu's causing the
death OF Seue.us. heard 4 minister once
say, when he got in The brush preaching /;
caused him to humble himself aud feel his
dependence, then God always blessed him
aud he WAS enabled to shout outl But when
friend IL" gets his way hedged up, lie
not only looses his subject but he gets mad
and vents his spleen on som thing or some
body wholly 10 ei5n to the subject
That Calvin Gid send the olicers OF Inc
Roman Catholic inqusilion at Vienna The
private letters Of Servelus, l abRndanly
proved. Gaillaume says the objecl OF those
letters was to convict him OF heresy. |. is moi
very likely they were sent for his benefit,
when he had Threatened his death years
before, and caused his execution a short
time after There is out one side 10 this
conduct.
But you say ''there is no confidence 10
be placed in apy Of the authorities that
have producedn' Then there is no truth
in history. Neither is their any in Calvin;
for the principle testimony adduced against
hun, was from his own pen. You may lnd
the same language that quoted from Mr..
Wesley, in reference to CaNin'S not saying
one word about Slryetus' execution quoted
by Dyer (P. 288) from Cayn's own pen.
Re-. Servet P. SID Aad yet you must
call Mr.. Wesley liar and unworhy Of cred-
it. l don't wife this in defence Of Mr.,
Wesley, he needs no defence from me, when
such man as James Graham l.. /. d.
whose "religiouS views conceded with those
professed by the early Puritaus and the
Scottish coyenauters" styles MIR. Wesley as
one of the gratest and best OF mankind. =
And when such men as the celebrated Rob
ert Hall exclaimed Il would incur the gnilt
ofthat viruIent abuse which Tap!ady cast
upon him Wesley for points merely spec
uaion and of very little Importance tJr ten
thousand worlds" Caider's life Of EpIsco-
pins 2. All. That the readers OF the SEN
tinel may fully understand this matter,
will quote it at large from the DoclrlnaI
Tracts;
TRACT II.
/. Mr.. ToPLADY, a yound, bold man, late
]y published u pamphlet, an extract from
which was soon after printed, concluding
with these words
"The sum of all is This: Que in twenty,
suppose, of mankind are elected; nnolecn IN
twenty are reprobuted. The elect shall
be saved, do what they will; the rrprobate
shall be damned, do what ihey can"
2. A great ouicry has been raised on that
account, as though this was not fair stale
of the case; and it has been vehemently at-
frmed, that no such consequence follows
from the doctrine OF absolute presdestina-
ton.
calmly affirm it is fair state ofthe case;
this consequence does naturally and neces-
sarily follow from the doctrine of absolute
predeslination, as here stated and defended
by bold Mr.. Augustus Toplndy.
Indeed have not leisure to consider the
matter at large: can on make a few
structures, and leave the young man to be
farther corrected by one that Us fall his
match, Mr. Thomas divers.
8. "When love is predica.ed of God, it
implies, (l,) His everlasting will, purpose,
..tefsdr det, rnination to save his pcooe." Ir.
Iopluay'$ Tract, chap, /. | appeal to all
men, whether it is not a natural couae-
quence, even of this, that "ail these shall
be saved, Go what they will"
You may say, 20. but they will only do
what is good Be it so: yet the conse.
quence stands
'Election signifies that sovereign, uncon-
ditionaI, immuiable act OF GoI, whereby he
selected some to be eternally saved" In
rsatoJie uncond1joRal' From henre then it
undeniabIy follows, 'these shall be saved,
DO what they will"
Predestmaion, as relating 10 the elect, is
that atirrevcrshe act of the Divine will, where
by God determined to deliver certain num-
Der Of men from hell:'' Ergo. therefore,
certain number shall intaHioIy be saved
do what they will. Who can deny the
consequence?
"Not one Of the elect can perish, but tn "
must all necessarily be saved" (Chap. 3. J
Can any assert this, and yet deny that con
sequence, therefore all the elect shall be
saved, do what they will? unless you would
say, it is the proposition i,self rather than
consequence from it.
A. So much for the former part of the
question. Let us now consider the latter
''Hatred ascribed to God implies reso-
luton not to have mercy on such and such
men. So "Esau have hated;" that is, /
did from all eternity determine not to have
mercy. on him." (Chap. j. In other
Words
/ by my dire decree did seal
His hxe'd, unalteraoLe doom,
Consigned his unborn soul hell;
AMI damnd him from his mother womb,
Well, then, does it not follow, by una
yoidable consequence, that such and such
mea, poor hated Esau in particular, "shaIl
be damned, do what they CAM"
"Reproblton denotes Gods eternal pre-
terilion Of some men, and his predestination
of ,hem 10 destruction" And is it possible
for them, by any thing they can do, to pre-
vent that destruction? You say, NO 1t
follows, they "slall be damned, do what
they can"
stpredestination as II REGARDS the renTo