The true Democrat., 1857-02-24

 of the subject" And under this head, we have Canaan as possession of the Jews Does the subject, therefore demand that Ca naan should be considered as an everlasting possession of the Jews, in an unlimited sense? If so, the Aaronic Priesthood was to be equal iy unlimited, for it was unlimited just in tho same sense that an inheritance iE Canaan was unlimited. By what rule can it be shown that " e0erlosting' as applied to Canaan is unlimited and the same Hebrew word is limited in reier- ence to the Aaronic Priesthood? There can be no proof of it. The true position is, that the Aaronic Priesthood was to last just as long as the inheritance of Canaan. As kingdom of priests, the Jews were to inherit Canaan, until the organization of Christianity. lf therefore, the Aarouic Priesthood has been abrogated, so has the inheritance in Canaan.
 The question then is, has the Aaronic priest hood been abrogated?
 The apostle says, "the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change of the law" Read the 6, z, s, 9 and 10th chap ters of Hebrews. In these chlpters, it IS proved, that Christ having become high priest after the order of Melchisedec, the Aaronic Priest hood is abolished. The text we have quoted itself proves this. The priesthood. being chanSed, there Is change in the law of divine service. ms shows clearly, that the Hebrew word olam rendered Everlasting" was used to express a period rom the organization of udea- Ism, uhul the estaollShmeht of the new covenant or Christianity. And as the same word (olana) "everlastlng' IS used, m reference to the inher- etance in which this abrogated priesta ood was to dwell, it follows, that the inheritance is also abrogatel. Prove that Canaan is still the inner. itauce of the Jews, because God gave it to them for an everlasting possession, and by the same word, and rule of Interpretation, 1t Is proved that the Aaronic Priesthood is to be restored and this will nullify Christianity.
 Z. Canaan was given, as an everlasting pos. session. Ill the same sense, that circumcision was to be all everlasting covenant
 In Gen. r. 7-l4 we are taught, that cir cumcison was given to Abraham and his seed for an everlasting covenant in their genera tons," and that the male child that was no clrcumcised, should be "cut off from his people. , Circumcision ill the flesh was to exist, then, a. long as the Aaronlc Priesthood, and the inner ltance in Canaan. All these were to be, Gas the original word olana clearly teaches,) everlast ing Tn the same sense the same word is use( In reference to all of them. Abraham and al the Jews were circumcised by divine authority until the establishment of Christianity. Bu since then 1t has been abolished, as divine anC religious right. In other words, the ceremonial law having been abrogated, there is now, n, divne command for circumcision in the fesL Thi Is most i'm portant matter, and we wish the reader to examine closely the scripture and ar gumentS we present.
 Paul says of the first covenant, that 1t ha vanished away. Read all of the 8th chapte of Hebrew, and especially from the 8th to tn, 18th verse lie teaches in these verses that th prophecy found in J Jeramiah 31 31-as fulfilled Tn the new covenant of which Jesus Christ i the author and mediator And lin tLat he saitl new covenant, he hath made the first old = Now that which decaveth and waxeth old. i ready to vanish away.'' This shows clearly that the first covenant is abrogated, and the nev has taken its place. The Greek work (diQttee hee) rendered covenant, is also rendered testa ment in many places. It is 50 translated in 2c Cor 5. 6. The apostle teaches that God "hatI made Us (the apostles) able ministers of tn New Testament, no: of the letter, (that is tn law ot Moses pr first covenanD but of the spirit for the letter killeth, but the spirit gveth lile! Please read the whole chapter
 Now the 'New Testament" is the same i this place as covenant Is elsewhere And tn word "letter'' means the law of Moses, all, spirit" Ill this place and elsewhere, when con traSted with "letter,' means the gospel, or Ne, Testament We do not mean that the Ney Testament is the holy spirit, but being divin covenant given by the mlnistration of the spirit Is called spirit in contradistinction from letter Or just as in verse 15, 1t iS said Moses is read meaning the law he gave, so "sprit'' Is used t express the covenant given by the spirit; ant the " letter. Is called in the 7th verse .' the min lstraton of death written and engraven il sfoues." This can only refer to the law 0 Moses, and Tn the same verse it is said to b glorious but which glory was to be done ava, And n the 18th verse 1t is said that Moses pu val over hia face, that the children of Isrca could not steadfastly lock to the eud of tha winch fS aboAshet." Does not this clearly sho, that the law of Moses Is abolished? Nothin can be more obvious.
 Agoin, the apostle teaches. that the Jew were kept under the law, until faith or the gos pei, should be revealed, and that law was thei school-master, until Christ, but since Christ ha come and the gospel gven we are no longe under the law, or school master. See Gal o, ZZ-2o. lie teaches that Christ had redeem ed them from under the law. Gal g. l3 anC 4, ID. lie also says, that we are not unde the iAwS but grace. Roms. s, A. And if ther be any further proof necessary, to show, tha the law and all pertaining to it, is abrogated the following will: If therefore rerlectio! were by the Levitical priesthood (for under i the people received the law) what further nee, was there that another priest should rise afte the order ot Melchisedec, and not be called afte the oder of Aaron for the priesthood bein! changed, there is made of necessity a chang also of the law. Heb :, II. l2
 The above clearly shows that every thin belonging to the law of Moses has been a bol ished or fulfilled. And if the law which com mands circumcision, has been abrogated, it fol lows that circumcision itself has passed away and there is now no command to circumcise It would certainly be absurd to argue. that cir cufnclson in the flesh is still in force, after tn law requiring it, is abolished It is evident therefore, that this everlasting covenant ha passed away. And we have direct proof, tha circumcision, in the flesh, is abolished by tn express words of scripture. Paul says, "fo he Is not Jew, which is one outwardly, neithe Is that circumcision which is outward in tn flesh, but he Is Jew which s one inwardly and circumcision, is that of the heart" Rom 2, 28, g. This teaches Us, that circumcision il
 
 cison of the heart, in the spirit, has come in tn room of it. If the feshly circumcision wer typical, then it is fulfilled in it's antitvpe. cir cumcislon of the heart. One thing is absolute ly certain, that circumcision of the heart, ha taken the place of that in the flesh, and there fore, circumcision in the flesh is abolished Cir cumclsion of the heart is made without hands (Coi. 2 H. by faith in Christ.
 
 The Jews who have no circumcision but tha ot the flesh, are not circumcised in the sight 0 God at all, because the law Of Moses and cir cunclslon are abolished. Christians now consti tute the only circumcision on earth. So teache, Paul, in the most lucid manner He says, "wt are the circumcision which worship God in ths spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have n, oonfLeacs ln the t}esh." Phil. 3, 3 This fuiiy teaches that since the abrogation of the cerimo nial law, circumcision in the flesh, has beer abolished. With God, there is no circumcision except that belonging to christianity, in the heart. Hence Paul says to the Galatians, that If ye be circumcised Christ shall profit o, nothing, that il Jesus Christ neither circumcis