Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-07-22

must be in the Holy Bible" Well! CAIN, then,
did no wrong in killing ABEL! Show the rule or
precept he transgressed. The law of the ten
commandments, then, did not exact obedience until
delivered to MOSES! An eminent Minister OF
Christ, then, is mistaken, when he says the moral
lap is to be obeyed because it is right, and not be-
cause it is commanded. Is it not right, without
any s'rule or precept in the Holy Bible" that the
creature should worship his Creator-that the
child should obey the parent-and thai the MOTH
er should nourish and cherish her infant? And
heathcn mothers accordingly do it. And why!
Because God has given all of his creatures laws in
forms other than written Sin the Holy Bible."-
These are written in the light and law of nature
in His Providence-in reason properly exercised
and in conscience. These are as much the gift Of
God, and law also, as is his revelation Of the Bible.
Let me advise DR.. C. and others to reflect on
the extent, universally and spirituality Of the
moral lac and on the declaration Of our most or
thodox Divines, that ''In the gospel, taken strict
ly, there are no prseepts-that all precepts belong
to, and are Of the iw : so that there never was,
nor can be, an instance Of duty owing by the crea-
ture to God, not commanded in the moral hW, If
not directly and expressly, yet indirectly and by
consequence"
I must not be understood as intimating, that the
moral law was not known to Adam but where is
the express evidence that it was communicated ell
Their orally or in writing?
ITO require express precept or example, or to
adhere in all cases to the literal sense Of those
precepts which are given US, in things Of a moral
nature" says Rev. FULLER, an eminent Baptist
minister, "would greatly mislead US. If we will
do nothing without express precept or precedent,
we must build no places for Christian worship
form no societies for VISITING and relieving the Gf-
ficed poor-establish no ~schools-endow no hos
pitfalls, nor contribute anything towards them, nor
anything toward printing or circulating the Holy
Scriptures. Whether any person who fears God
would on this ground consider himself excused
from these duties, I cannot tell it is on no better
ground, however, that duties Of equal Importance
have been disregarded: especially those Of family
prayer and the sanetifcatiOn Of the Lords day."
As there Is not o Minister or wen.informed
Christian, as it is thought, in York, who is not ia
miliar with this matter, a word is sufficient. l
therefore only give some extracts from the work
of Rev. DR.. MILLER, on OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
lished by the Presbyterian Board Of Publication,
a work therefore of authority with DR.. CaESsHAw.
In meeting the objection, 'SThat we have no d.
rect warrant in the New Testament, in so many
words, for Infant Baptism-that we are no where
told in express terms, either that infants ought to
be baptized. or that they were, in fact baptized"
DR.. MILLER says, "This objection has been urged
a thousand times, with great confidence, and with
no inconsiderable effect on the minds of some Sc.
rious persons Of small kaopledge, and Of superficial
thought. But when thoroughly examined, it will,
I am persuaded, appear destitute Of all solid found
alton"
CDR. MILLER goes on to say: 'The whole
principle is unsound. The fact is, intsrsntial rea-
,onins may be, and is in many cases, quite as
strong as my other. Upon this principle (direct
and positive precept, or according to DR.. CREN-
sHAw's language, Ths presspts and examples in the
Holy B5lS') females ought never to partake of the
Lords Supper; for we have no positive precept,
and no explicit example in the New Testament to
warrant them in doing So"
"ApAM." says ARMES1us, ''had not power to be-
lieye in JESUS CHRIST. because he needed him not;
nor ,ras he bound so TO belieue, because the lap re
CURED it not: therefore, since ADAM BY his fall did
no. loose it, COP is bound to give every man pow
er to believe in JESUS CHRIST" Let no Christian
or unregenerate man adopt q principle, which may
lead him into most fatal errors.
A PRESBYTERIAN.