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Th, r .HnWno. i,ks wevW written, some Li me prop08WOJ;WvlHO...Jf
"!'afra;:as will appeal' from the date, An unavoida
Wc, circumstance, prevented the wnjer trora- tnas
iug them public assoori as was contemplated. The
last S.ar has obUgmgly furnished-us with the com.
. inehcement of an mterestiftg and judicious ahswer
t 'to th" auc extract ; fn Which Iave animadvert
- bL, The author of the aoaw'ef isme. Unknown
fl am happy to find that . there is a remarkable
i coincidit.ce in the view, which we have taken of
j the subject under - discusVioni And inaeea-my
if.
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!
ii
remarks are in a great imeasure eupejraeuea, ana
might hive helen; suppressed ; butVthey verc
fsady for publication, ,itwas no deemed impro
'per to give them currencThey art respectfully
offered to the Editorsofthe Register and Pdjnerya.
And fo a partiSreason an insertion is also
requested in.theStar, provided the Editors'should
hot deejm it Inexpedtenti - , ...
y- '-rrv'r Ey ANDER.
'4 " S
REMARKS '
0 an Extract fi om the Herald q Go'fiel Liberty.
. ' ' 1 j The Herald of (Jnspel Liberty' is a smail
i j quarto newspaper, published at present if I mjs.
f take not,' in the city of Philadelphia.4 In pJim
! J inrmVettness ; of Style, t weakness ol stnti.
' r ment, and barrenness of information, I mil ven
r tureto assert, that hi& paper; has not a parallel in
the United States. -J )hi pretended ot.ject is to sub
terve the interests of Christianity, and no doubt
it will have th;s efTtct, wheriselfconfider.ee, vanity
and error are needed to tHe promotion and dtience
of that sacred cause. v ' i;'-;V.'v''it-t ,Jf . &
I kjpow of oo one'wbo has undertaken a iormal
refutation of the many errors' with which --the-Jlerald
orjL.dspetibVrty.is fraught. The gene-
taloptoion seemVto beT
v sure and .characterise the merits of the paper. . A
few Peeks' ajjtf- however, an extract troni u was
honored vthti'ix place in two Of the Raleigh papers ;
"first in- the Siar by request, and afterwards in the
Registeiv,? Ths extract to which I rtter, pui p. i ts
tp - be, an xpoiition of Romans, VIII, 29, 3l,
" For whom he did foreknbw, he also did pi edt
i . w -. - M . - - ' i : . f-
i. tiuatc to be tontorraed to the image oi -.u,
.1 V! I
i .-
if
that he'mieht be-'the first born among many Bre
thren Morebyer, whom he. did predestinate, them
he also called ;Smd whom Recalled, them he als
justified, and whom be justified them he also
glorified.'' . TKfe;qc'ofijthc ;-writer'iS to- show
tha' thcsetwo verses giye no support, or counte
nance to the i . CalvmistiCdoctrine of Piedestma"
tidn : and had his success been equal to his wishes;,
and to his' ignorant unmannerly ztal, opposition
fnm any quarter would doubtless have been use
lt-ss : Uut, unfortunate man ! instead of giving us
a fair exposition of the text, ha has only exposed
himself. "'v .' v-'a '
il m pervaded that'ai sensible 'Armenian, upon
perusing the piece would be ready t6 wish that
the expositor had either done more jusuce to his
subject, or that ; he had said nothing at ajl aboutit.
Eyjjsince' tiie efoi mation. 'nbt only the weak
anthe ignorant ahtong Armeniah writers, but
also the learned and Uie ingenious have 3een try
ing their skill in jprder to reconcile thjs passage:
of scripture with thtir favorite s6tem But their
tar'u.us and far fetched explanations, and unna
tural "glosses, discover at once their disingc
, nulty, and the difficulties under which 'they la
bor. : "ThesTwriterfc -have scarcely" agreed in any
thing but in determining" Id oppose the most na
tur d and obvious meaning of the words ' ."ut in
spite of all th"ir twistiiig and expounding, these
verses when suffered to pealor themselves, have
always preached and will continue-to preach pre
; destination until the sounding of the last Trumpet.
And il this,!were' the only place in the Bible in
which the hUrniliating subject was expressly. mn
tiortedwe might confidently - maintain, that the
toCtJfbfiMividual predestination to Eternal
;;Ofe,tand the "authority of the Apostle as an in
" sped writer1, must stand or fall together."
4 But let iis attend to the observations and rea
j soningsof our expositor as exhibited in the
r. tract--the - following is the ainount : : !
f .14-TJbesBiise'rses -when brought in to prove the ,
'. Calvinhtic doctrine of predestination, .p.rove too
nor mean the same thing. so the conclusion' drawn
from thesef premise's is good for nothing ; and the
whole reasoning of Our expositor on this part of
his subject is noia w nit betterv than the'fojlow
ing ;:';. ';:V W?te ' ' H )
V"rA church is a building, of stone 6r oad,;-,
i'j'4 & A' religious assembly is a churcht '
I f '. Therefore a religious assenibly is a building
of stone or "w ood." " .".v:..,'v t:'S-'-:''hH
r; Here it is evident that the word church ih the
malor and minor propositions means different
IthiherS, and of course the conclusion is a mere
Sophism, or rather mere nonsense arising from
the ambiguity of words.
But if all this will not satisfy our expositor and
his admirers, I will put the following argument
py way oi illustration into me mouui oi a ooci
nian ; and as soon as they are able to see the
fallacy of itr f which I hope will be no difficult
matter,) they will be able also to see the fallacy
of, the preceding reasoning vagauist the Calvin,
istic doctrine of predestination The argument
is a3 follows : " ' , . " '
' The Omniscient God has a perfect knowledge
of every individual that ever has or ever will exist
in the world, .;'.:;.. ' '
But Jesus Christ at the day' of judgment will
say to some individuals ' know you not vihtnoe
ye are'
Therefore Jesus Christ, is not the Omniscient
God.
"'But no Sociniah that I know of has been so
ignorant as to use the above-argument against the
Divinity of Christ ; I therefore think jt a pity ,ihat
any Armenian should be so lost to himself as to
make ust- of an argument precisely similar and
altogether as weak .in reasoning against" the Doc
trine of Predestinaupn. ' , .
In setting out, the author of the Extract says,
u that for many years the erses" uridei; coiikii'e
ration, xi. Iiave-beeii sullcrfid.to. menu that all who
ever will be saved, were foreknown, prttlestinated,
caled, justified, and glorified, irom, what they
call, all eternity.'' . ' .
This statement I imagine is not exactly Correct.
If there be any Crtlvjriists who hi H that the
without any reference to their foreseen graces or
good works as the meritorious ground of the divine
Choice and predetermiriation, Ephesiahs I,' 4, 5,
- According as he has chosen us irt him before
the foundation of the worId,not because we were
fifrVicutX thaf we should 'fc and
without blame bclbre him in love j having pre
destinated us uhlb the adoption of saints by Jesus
Christ himself according to the good pleasureof
his wilt." In these-verges ineAposiie eviuenuy
Classes himself with the saints", at Ephesus to
whom he addresses, the Epistle but in the 1 1th
8c 12th verses he classes himself frith Jewish con.
verts in general 4 who had trusted iw Christ,'
and who were also predestinated according to
the purpose of him who worketh all things after
the counsel of, his own will" And then addressing
himself, in particular to the Gernile Converts at
Ephesus, he says' in the 13th verse,44 In whom
ye also trusted after that ye had heard -the-word
bereft-
who can come well recommen
liberal .encouragement.
Stores county, SeptjSll. : ; ey
4lp
? v -IaeoEn; County, . V. i
1 ' ' v ; Origlnal Mtachinent. '- .' V
Rob'tBrysonJ V '
- ITappearing that'the defendant in thU J .
not Within the limit tS tV,ie
suite, IS tjmet' il
that publication be made three months-,in the ?
nerva thai ,an attachment has issued againsti; '
and that unless he appear at next court, -and t'
or replevy, judgment will be, taken Wainst Z
5 3m . JOHN N1SRPT
: : z-ivl:- c.
State of North Carolina;
." UEDELL COUNTY,
yiuguat Session, mt
of truth, the. gospel of your salvation; in whom
nlan aCtr that hrni' v vrrf vnalpl witK
.. . . . i . . . . . - . Knhprf Simr.riTi-.nT
tne noiy spirit oi promise" that is, alter- they t: .TT' I , "
had believed, their faith was confirmed by the T, '; Original Attachment.
un cm;i .i,. k, kr. ..r.m-.rA k ,, An Kobe rt Bry son. 1 ' . '
cient Prophets, apd by Christ himself before his! " aPPe"ng that the defendant in this easel
ascension into heaven.' - " " ri ,ll,)lu Jmiw ihete Uitb
Such appears to me to be the drift and obvioust""1"1110" month m the AHv
caning of the Apostle, in the verses cited by the J an aUamentHha issued against hun, ailt
i.uhi. m.v-.c appear a. next court ana plead o
replevy, judgmenLwill be taken against ii.m
5 4n , JOHN NlSBE l'. d
meanir
author of the extract. As to what he says re
sptdting the meaning of the expression 44 Image
o( the son of GocJ," and conformity io that image,
it is really so tak, so fanciful, so far-fetched, so
destitute" of foundation, and so much like the
graipihgs of a drowning man at a straw, that I
feel no disposition to make a single remark on it.
I shall therefore conclude with a quotation on this
ger.c ral tiubject from a pious writer, who, we are
informed, learned his Divinity on his knees with
big 'Bible in his hand.
h t his dct rifle of ' personaUlection to eternal life
when pioperly staled, lies op;n to no obeohT
which may not likewise with equal plausibility be
urged against the conduct of God, in placing one
nat:o!i in a more favorable condition than another
especially a to religious advantages, without the
Saints JBre c'Vrf, justified and glor'fi, d from all ! previous good or - ad behaviour of tilher ofjhtm,
eternity, I am tinatq.iaii.ted with "them the sen or any dmcernablc reason for the per f trance.
timent .at least meets with no countenance, that I .In both 'cases we may .say, unmerited Javor to one
koow of, from the Westminster --Confession of peison, or people, is no injustice to others , and
Faith. - the infinitely wise God hath many reasons for his
The Calvinistic doctrine, and in -my opinion, deterniinations which we cannot discern, and
the doctrine ol sh rel vviit, seems to be this : which lit deigns not to make knowi to "us."
God trom eternity did foreknow and predestinate. 1" fact the grand difficulty in the whole of the
to eternal life all Mich as sh;ill finally be saCed ;
and these in due seaHTi, by the mlnjniry of (ion's
wor'l nd spiit are tdled justified.' adop'ed, and
Divine conduct equady embarrasses every system'
of Christianity and every scheme of Deism, ex
cept men deny that God is the creator and .go..
Ilill
verses. 44 Paul'' says he, " was speaking of him.
self and Other pubiic charaUets, who were fire,
destinated; io do what no' ot lu r men were ever
called iinTo7"H s:;ys verse 23. 4 nd not on!)
the but ourselves i.ho,;whu h have the first fi ui: s
ot the spirit ' I Ici t hi means liifiHtlf and the
other Aposth s'--1 tlt'ny the as.-ei"in:i." l,a any
person open i.is li;-lt a' c! read froin the 18th to
the close cf "tW 23-f vt-r.st, h.kI be will find that
St-' Paul in what he sy.s has inntfa'tnce at all to
the other Apostles; b,t that he is fpekingaboiit
the riretrcvfiil effects ef. sin on '.his lower Creation,
verse 22,' For vv? 'know 'thai the w-'lude creutioii
groneth e nd tr'avaiJe'.ii it. pain together until now :
and not only they, un: is, not rviy every crea.
ture rational and irrational, urt-sns8nd travails
under
christian:
have the. first fr:its ;i win.- sipiiit. ' '
conscience en;l holy consolations rvtn wt ou:
selves groaii-witiiiri. ourselves .througli ihanyfold
conflicts and 'temptations waiting IV i ilu; adoption,
much, and therefore arejB' proof pTitoit"."doctrine;io .w.t,...the-redcrjnpt'ion..of our body u a, isv.w.it
sanclifioil, and kept by the power ol (w:d throuirh vernor of. the world. For wickedness and mise
faith unto salvaiiotii.. I' or n person to talk of his ry actually exist and abound ; the fact is undent,
being cull. d justified k glorifud from all eternity is r able- .the Almighty Ood could have prevented
in myopimori to a!k perfect non5tnseit involves ; this ; and we should haye thought that infinite
in it -nokohly w erroV, byf also ;-,n absurdity, in j love would have preserved the creation from all
asmuch as justific ation and gloiifica' ion prior to eyiln of every description, yet infinite wisdom saw
existence are impossible 4 But it is the easiest good to permit them amazingly to prevail I Till
thing imaginable todttinguish between' hejixed this tiifficLlty be completely solved, let none ob
intention of tioing any thing and the actual pet- js-'ct to truths, plainly revealed in scripture, on
formance of it j" and such as make the distinction ; account of shni!--ir -difficulties Our narrow ca
will have no occasion indlefeWirig'ttt'''UaT1'nistic ' pacities and scanty information do not 'qualify us
scheme to maintain so great an absurdity aathe ; to Judge, concerning what it becomes the infinite
eternal justification of the elect. God to detei mine and to do.
-Uut our expositor after at empting to set aside ; ' And as for the objections nude to the doctrines
the Calvinistic ex-planation proceeds to'give us what ' ot Election, Predestination, and final, j.erseveranct
htfxconceives.to be the tiue meaning of the two as being inconsistent with free agency, Mfecotfnta .
bleness, Commands, mvita-ioiis, calls to repen
taiict. faith and holiness, and diligence in the use
of means ; they urvvet-aalfy, and ali'igt ther arise
fiom misrepresentation and 'pdsppprcheimon of the
subject."
EV AND Eli.
R ideigh , Oct. 1 6, 181 1. ;. : " .
- , ' , ' ... stitet ; w e re lie will thautuuiiy rec
at tonal and irrational, urt-sns8ni. travails . . , - , . ,. Kv .,
v. P . , , - i r vjinusntc ol orders. in his l:nt. No att
the euects ol s;n but o.ueives also we V . ,. p-,
, , , -, u', be--wanting to give perfect salisiactK
ans whether at Home or elsewhere 44 vihu . - r , P 4 , , .
. ,.'.,-.-- . - r- ,i i- pledges ,himselt that his woik shall bi
he hrst frr.its 'jt win.- siJiiit. Eviz Peace ot -C - . . r ... .
as held by the CaJvinists-His reasoning on "the
f auN'-Ct when reduced to a syllogism, stands thus :
Gk Jiasipredesttnlted to eternal life all whom
. he did foreknow, ' '.' " "';
ButJiqd foreknew'levery individual thaCshquld
'ever exist m the :yot Id, - '''
:. Tlierefore" God has predestinated to eternal
Tifvtfy individual that ever has or ever will ex-r-
.jst in the worM, " .v .
p And thifrsjrys o'uiaiithor upoh'the - Calyinistic
ir V plan- too much is proved, VzUniversal salva
ing for iht: period when, our bodies shall , be re
dftemed . 'rom the "gr..y .s, made ir rorruptible,
immortal and glpr'lmsLiHl-publ:cly . dmitted into
the mansion's of the New Jerusalem."'
Let the canrtid 'enquirer "read ull the 23th verse
which stands immediately 'connected, with the;
verses undi.r discussion, and he will, find--that ?r.
Paul has no allnsion at all to the -ot her Apostles
as such" 'And we Utio'w-.that'afl things work to
getlitr for good, to them that l ive God. to Uiem
viz. real chi is'ians of every description who are
4cau4 according to his purpose. For-WBorh-he
Edmund R Pitt, ..'! r.::J:
TAILOR AND HAblT MAKER,
Riu tJEC i'l ULLY informs his lrYeiuls ratv;i
. ihu public,, that he has i emoved to tlifo hogse
;ijo.nmg .Mr. Cannon's Store, on l ayette'ville-
sli t el ; wnere ne will ttiankiully receive a con
cntion shall
tion, and he
be made up
in the bcsii neatest and most fashionable-manner.
A JOURNEYMAN will meet with employ,
and the highest u ages, by applying as aboveH
An Apprentice will lmewise be taken, if early
application oe maue
Raleigh, Oct. 11. v "
10-St.
tiua-
' Affd that 44 all the difference he can see between did foreknow, he also did predestinate,'-' &c.
Calvinism and jVniversalism' is n -the numbers,
one takes in a part the other alt upon the same lus argument from the context in R
'4.,-w',:, -' - over to the first chapter of the epistle
sians and quotes the 4tlt, 5th, 1 1th, and -12t.h verses,
. - ' . L - . - l- 1 a - ' - - s ' V
Bat : tl;e r.bble of the foregoin
ftiotliing moire Mhan what Logicians call a sophism
tr rta;nn,nar is
'jarisihfir from the ambicuitv of words .The' for&
knovvleilgi' of God as expresVed In the first term
',vvQT major proposition of the foregoing syllogism,
-ljas a -relation or father; meaning vtry different
f- : ' front hi. , foreknowledge" as' expressed ire the se
i 'xond term or minor 'proposition. God's foreknow
."f ledge as' expressed in jthi major proposition, has
fi.-,Telatib" to such individuals of the human
':"milK''a;eihalUa.asVn lact,. me, glorified in the
tCi iingdbnvbf llernnnibthyj1 II IV -Never,
heless the foufidation of God statideth sure.i hav.
and endeavors to prove that St. Paul also in speak
i.n.g there of tlection and predestinatron, has re
ference only to himself 'and; ihe cthert Apost,les,
and not to saints hi general. It is strange how
ever, (as a is a matter ot some moment) u;at at
Paul has no where told us exp.icitiy, that when he
speaks of election and predestination, he means
only himself and the" other; Apostles The-fact is,
there is no shadow of proof .that St Paul or any
other mspzred writer has in any passage of scrip
ture spoken exclusively of apostolic ele.cdon and
predestination.-, '.:.V. ",'' ' ' " ' ' """"
: As far as I know, the writer in th& Herald. of
Gospel : Liberty ls as singular as he is erroneous
irhjs sentiments on this subject. Armenian
"' of GQias expi'essedin Jhe minor prbsition, tewritgrs yieralriHmstakV-tr-hvxr
. r . I. . . : k 1 " . n n .1 r..A & . 1. A .
j 1 ; v.v1ng. this seaR the Lord knoweth ilitm 4hut ore HlsS
!!; i Wk x MS?1 5?hfrd
, kx&M(mjBU2ttifi& v. Whereas the itoreknowledge
; v for it3 ob'iect uni versal existence and relates to that
" , -aurigiute .oi ueuy.wnicn consiHuies iuru me uinni
- N
s crrTME -
OF THE
GAPE FEAR LOTTERY,
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3
SO.
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200
5UO-'
1200
2(W0
3u00
prizeof
1C00 dollars
500
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6
1000 "
1001'
,. 600
i300tl--3'20'D.
"-'.' '. 4!00 f
rr. ...
, 'J2l)il''
Dolls,- '23,000
-:50i'O - tick.ei3-tA dullarJ, "
Qidtj one and u IttijTJmmh to a prize. -
ST A HO NARY PRIZES.
; 1st drawu nvotber,
,' 1st alter ; '000 j
1 st do' ' . i' 2000
; 1st . do : . .31)00
.1st do ' -" 4' IDO ' 1 "
Dolls. 25,000
. -3
100 ".
00
. 300
100U v
Do1j7
tdi matt.cr very oinerenuy, and m myo.pinionv
more' plausibly ..'? But !it will . require far more
ingenuity, thaor. has yet Ieenf employed by ihero
'" :Siilject ti a-dteturUm f -15 per cwj.
. The drawing wilt commence in Raleigh on the
third Monday of November next, and will be ."fi
' 'i i : r . i ' ... i- . i , i l i. .
imneu utioie ine rise oi ine assemniy. tf"
i ne improvemenr- or me navigation nas com
menced, and. I flatter jrhyself that in twelve mont.hn
from this date it-will be the greatest iroprovement
evir made 'in North , Carolina. - .
AU prizes in the, first and second classes of this
fotteryjrwiU be received in payment for lick
thls'dassvv:-
ets in
II. BRANDON, Prt.
. C-rHt$ anlcrstandwfi; is infiuitc Lord thou kjtpwcst iq, the argument to, mate the Apostle' wor(J;J Fay;ettevile, SepV -f
-in,., 'i': ui, ' '.' - ;--- .v.f,... .. .r, ,--'v-r-f.i-:--f.-r...... v.. ..V.!-' r-,;'.--1".- -.t;. A.
State of North Carolipa.
IREDELL cOU-x l Y,
' . August Session 181J.
Kooert simon ton, y -
vs. . Original Attachment.
Robert Bryson, j v
It appearing that the defendant in this case Si
not within the limits of the state, it is ordered that
publication be made three mouths in the Amma,
that an attachment iias issued acrainst him, and
that unless he appear at next court, and plead dp
replevy j juugmeni will De taisen against bim.
5 3m JOHN NP lU-T,cl.t
State of North Carolina. ' ,
lREDELw COU.MV, "' ? '
August Session, 1811.
Mussendine Matthews
vs.' Qrigincl Attachment.
Robert Bryson, j
It appearing that the defendant in this case is
not within the limits of the statet il is ordered thai
publication be made three months in the Miiiem,
i hat an attachment has issued against him, ui
that unless he appear at next court and yluiot
i : i a. i !ii . . -. l '.
replevy, juuginent. win oe laKen against nini.
5 3m ' JOHN NlSREIi cV
State of North Carolina.
IREDELL cOUNTY. .
. - Augiut Sesshn, 1811.
Mussendine MatthewsV ' -.' ' 'J,
v. - Originaj Attachment.
Robert Bryson. J ,
- It appearing that the defendant m this case if
not within the limits of the state4t4Sderd
that publication be made three, months in theJW
nerva that an attachment has issued agaiost hi,
and that unless he appear at qext court antlpLi
or replevy, judgment will be taken against him.
5 3m -JtV'IN NlSHFlTdF'
State of North Carolina.
IREDELL COU ts ! Y,
August Session, 1811,
James Fleming, .r
vs. - - " Original J Attachment. , -
Robert Bryson, J"' - . ,. j
"It 'appearing that the defendant in 'his case ii
not within the limits of jihe slate, it is i rdr.cd iH
publication be made three mouths iiiuV. Mixcrwt,
hat an attachment-has issred against ta,"
that unless he appear at next court, cr.u yte&u
replevy,, judgment will be taken against niin.
5 3m ' ' JOHN NlSbbT.j
u. State of North Carolina,
i a f hp 1 1 .rot; N Y. ,
, - August Stisicn,
William Watts, 1
. vs. i Original Attachment.
Rbbeirt Brysom-i
" It appearing that the defendent in this
not wiiniu uic limits oi kic,h .-,
miblir ation he made three months in the
ili it jr fittarhfYi.nt hnt' itt.nf'.l atrainSt ll'llll,
that 'unless'-he aDoear at nextcourt and pk
replevy, judgment will be-taken against hiq
5 -!m JOHN NlSBEl
State of ;NorthCaroIiha.
' l-. - - August Session, 18M'
Vndrew Watts, ' - ' '
. j's-.' -' .'r Original Attachment' f .. ,
Robert llryson.J f . . . "L
i, . . . rt-iv., . j:.f..j,n n t!is case
it appearing tn uic ucicnum"
not vviwun tneiimusoi me sww, n
ouhlirntion ''"he made three months in'ilie
inat an auaciuneiiL net is-sucu -r- ,
bat nnlcni h anneair at next court ami r
replevy, judgment will be taken against l11
5 3m JOHN 1N13U
State of North Carolina.
T'HFn'F.T.L" COL'MV,.
John Stevenson, "I ' , , -
- v.: ' K.Originul-AdBchmvnt. -,-y.,;
Robert Brvson, I " ' .
f Jt appearmg that the oeKiim .-
tnot within the limits of thisj state, it
that publication be made bremot.
ri on utMrhmrnt has iSsuefiab -
Jhd that iimVis he aDoear at next coUrta"
1 lOTudgmem w."jHi3fET,5
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