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ChTsss. The political abolition church
% wicksdly adapt the Bible 10 them
selves, and not themselves to the Bible
nor il this strange, that these sfcongrega.
tions,n should abandon the religion Ol
God, aud tbs Bible, and asaanns 10 insti.
susa new platforms u religion, ~ well .
politics.
From the arst, these thousand and one
sects, who hare left shs church Of Christ,
and espoused the cause Of propogaling
the sschismsn and ssisns. and inventing
religions Of their own instead, ssceded
from motives Of pure pride and selash.
ness. Processing Godliues, and purity,
they charge the dhurch with having lefs
them, and deny that they left the church.
The Apostolic church never abandoned
itself for the purpose Of correcting its swu
errors and eorrupsions, which might have
erept into ii. Read the First Epistls oil
John, ID, 18th, 18th. sLittle children
ID ia the last sime: And ~ ye have heard
shas antichriss shaii come, eyeu now tiers
are many ansichrists whereby We know
ii il tbs last time. They wsat out from
~ for If they had beea of as, they no
doubt would have continued With us.-
They went ont, that they might be made
manifest they were not sll Of as."
Thers 10 bat one church universal,
whatever may be the pretsnsions of sohis-
matics; error, and corruption have exist
ed in it, jet the church 10 the same from
the beginning, and forever; IL was cor
rupted even IN the Apostles time, but did
they leave the church in consequence ? 40;
bat they labored with tbs oaeadess In Il
manner that ensured repentance, and a
return to the bosom Of the coureh. No
rule was ever adopted By the church Of
Christ, BY which the Succession" of the
gospel ministry could be conferred, ex-
eept By the authorized ministry as direct
ed, and praoticed BY the Apostles, neith-
er Christ, or his Apostles, ever authorix-
ed Congregation" to confer the "holy
orders@ on any man.
First Moses was authorised By God. to
confer these holy orders on men who bv
the same authority were empowered to
confer The orders of the priesthood upon
others, and SO in regular succession dowu
to the advent of the Son Of God who was
made "high priest after the order of Mel.
saisideo forever after." This priesthood
sabideth continually" Hebrews 7th, Sd.
The Son of God thus commissioned bv
ais father, appointed Apostles, and the
Seventy" to go into the world and
preach the gospel, and commission others
md so in like manner through all sue
seeding ages; thus has the true and legal
succession" Of the ministry come down
% our time, through the English church.
After the new order of things had been
promulgated, and the Apostles, and the /
seventy had been appointed, the three OF
iers of the priesthood were established ; |
he order Of the Bishop, which means
'veFseer, and interchangehly With the |
Tord "Presbyter." Soon after the death |
# the frat Apostles, this title of Bishop
vas applied to tie order of the Apostles.
n the highest grade of the ministry,
oaving the original title Apostle, to des-
gnate those who we're eye witnesses of
>hrist's resurrection. Within ten years at
er the death Of St. John who died A. d.
90, the three orders Of the ministry were
designated Bishops, priests, and dea-
ons.
"The church rapidly spread in Asia,
Africa and Europe. st. Thomas travel
d as far east as India, st. Marx founded
be church at Alexandria, St. Peter car
led the gospel into Asia, and may have
isited Rome. St. Paul preached the
Ospei in Gresce, Rome and Span, and
! believed to hare planted the Cross in
ae island Of Great Britain. Wherever
10 gospel Was embraced, the word, the |
acraments and tbs three fold ministry
ith its commission, the church claimed !
lese ordinances to hare the seal Of the {
post.ss. With these divine credentials ,
was everywhere acknowledged, and sub !
lifted 20, Is ''the church Of the living 7
3D." the 'tplatform and ground of a
uth.o
After the conversion of Constantine in a
10 fourth century, the church receiving q
e aid and patronage of the State, rap s
ly declined in Goodness. n
Up to this time, each church had its a
N bishop, and all independent of each a
her. The churches In Asia, Britain, &
srica, Spain Gaul and Rome, each, 9
thout hayiBg Or claiming any superior d
! the one over the other. The Bishop p
Rome was not acknowledged Pope, un- ii
the seventh century and Europe west g
Austria, vas denominatad the Latin a.
uFch. d
The church Of EnglaBd was planted, as "a
believed, by the labors Of St. Paul. In o.
nmon with other churches it maintain d.
Its Independence OF the church of Rome N
e "a
Ahd the three fold ministry +; g.
shops, Priests and Deacons. It deriv- m
it's succession, not from the church Of
iHss, but from she apostles, through the al
hops of Araes aud Lyons, and the ID
iattc Bishops. p
The British church thus continued, an to
the Saxon Invasion. After that event Gu
Romish church, In 4. %, Ag6 sent An. go