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THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN..


' D e " f" o t e d to Truth ao( 1 Righteolislless .


VOL. I. . l\ 1ENDON, MASS., JULY 1, 1840. I No. 5. .


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rheodium of nvowing such , skepticism ; and


therefore yielde. l the poi lit.


We have another instance of the same kind,


SI. Panl, writiug to tile Galatinns, says ': " For


the Seripture foreseeing thut Gorl ' wou Id jus­tify


the, heathen through fhuh, preached he­.


for e the go~ pel unto Ahmhalll, saying- In


thee shall 1111 nations he blessed." Tlie npostle


d ~ nolllillllles the original. promise, the gospel;


which he SlI)' H was preached before to Abra ·


hum in uutielpariou of Chrisr, in whom, liS tho


seed of Ahrulnun uccording to , the flesh • .1111


, lhc lH'llthen nnr iuns were nt length to . he bless­ed


r. hrou;: h faith. The inference deduced by


Paul is uudouhtedty just ; uud the terms of


' t h~ promise to the filt! l ers do implicitly teneh,


that Christ is alike the Savior of the Jew and


Gcntile on th e SlJlne terms .


In like manner, it is often necessary for


cluist iuns of th c presentrlny to inquire whnt


th eir infirllihle directory implicitly teachcs. ­Many


ndulrerarlons of divine truth hnve been


mmle in the proc e~ s of hen ighted ag- es, both


wi lh rcgnrliln , Io .. trine ' nlld dnty. ' These cor-


, rllptions ha\' e hecollle Sill' red hy long enjoyed


credellce. Mo reover, tl, ey" have entrelJ(~ hed


Ihelllseh'es behind , he Zdler of the Scriptllre,


and are o nl~ n s ir ellllollsly IIdvol'ur ed hy selli . h


Icami" I);' D" glllns, Opilliolls illII I practices,


- which hllve no l" I'n lwllrrallt from di\' ille re\' C­latioll,


lire ri ft, and p" plllllr in Ihe world. The. ­li'ee


lind en lig hte ned ' e hrislilln , who enllell\' Or8


i"" prove ' nll Ihings, and hold 1; lst thnt wl'lich "


is gllllll ," will lest th l'se do; pnns, Opi'lIiollS, nrlll


p l'lwtice~, hl' Ihe ' illlitllihJe ~ tandal'lL He wi ll


sili Ollt the wheat, a llli g i\' e Ihe ellllff 10 11m


willds. In doiog this' he i ~ ' f'rl'qlJellrl)' ohliged


to inqllire whatlhe Bihl e implicitly lellt'hes , I\ S


W. lll as what ' it explicill! 1 " eclares. The I'llmo


is t rlle of lIew hypotheses , doclrilles, opiuioHl',


l) J eaSllre~ Bud Jlrncrice. s jO: pringill;.{ lip llI ' OU lit I


.... : . ttu ;- AII ~ · . J K:~ ~ ':' cj a i tl t ( 0 I'iii ii- I a r ef) il lan C 6~


wi th th e llic ta" , s o f rllv eal e, l rel i~ io ll; (\ 1111


tlla'ny of them cannot he e ilher prollcd or ,' e. '


futed hy 11!,. fl explicit tl'a chin;! s o r Ihe illfilllihl ~


' d ire" tory j hnt olll y hy its implicit te: whings.


I II the progress 01' cil" ili zal i~ 1I l] u~ stiolls lire


da ily cOlllillg lip ( with re. l'e.. t' 10, IllflaSlI1' I S


a lltl pracr ice,) like Ih esl': ' , Is this ' r igllt 01'


wr( lllg? Is it lI~ reea hl" to Chj- isria llity '? .-\ re


these IIIl~ a . nres rweess a, · y . I\ lIti pr" per ? lire


",,' ycnll s iSI" 1ll wi rh th e reh li led will of God ?


" ' hat ollhhr II 1111111 to .10 ill such 111111 such .. h · ­cll


llls rances ? H,)\ v oll ght such IIl1d such oh. ,


j ... rts to he lIeeo lllplished? . Ar ll such and such


dndrill ~ s rellily of e1i ;' i; Je ol'ig in ? \ YIIIII iu


this parr i"' lIlal' case is th e will nfGnd ?"


Now, I he lie\' e that a Cllilelid, ' hlllllhle, do .


e ile lI, iud, , fll, xinllS for lIorhing hill Irlllh ~ nd


ri gf, t, mllY hy puti ent eXllllli liat io ll oftill' S(~ rip.


Illre's, 1... 111' IJ lIlI tllllt he needs to know. HI'


willli," 1 it tllllght Ihere, eilher explicilly orim­plicill.,!,


Let h illl s et otlt ill good e~ l'I l1lSI- lInt


til gratil)' llny . · nrlhly llillhitinn, 1I0t ln Ohlllill


lilly worldly, nd,\' antllge, nol to plellse his


friellels, hi ~ secr, his parry, 1101' even his own


prejudices or tasle- hm sill gly 10 kllnw the


trllth , lind ,1o the will (' if Gi",, 1 ; nlld he will


as.~ lIr", lIy findlhe lighr he lIeeds. He will be


IIhle 10 disco\' er wIIIII is lInd whllt is not con ·


siSlellt wirh the " ha rne te r of God, the hOllor of


God, Ihe Inve of God, the hlw of God, U1Hllhe


j( O\' el'nlllellt of God. He wiil he IIhle to .11'- .


!~ idl. l whether any / lI't, measllre, plun, or 1' 1' 0.


ceeding, is cOllsistellt nt' illennsislellt with the


natllre~ spirit, clHlI'acter, design alld progrcss


ofChri8tialliry. , He will be a hle to dett~ l'Illine


what senlin, ellls, disposirions IIndllctinns, in


one hllll ; 1I11 heing 1l. Iv'ards llIlolh er, are 01' 111' 0


, -


not consiSlellt wirh thaI hrolh erly love which


God hilS made Ihe honll of hlllllllll happiness.


Gllided by the illlplieitl eachill~ 8 of his illfidJi.


hIe direclory, ( where the e! rplicit clo not direc't


hill,,) darkness \\ iii he Illllde light hefore him,


roll gh places SI: 100th, lind crooked thil1g8


,;( raight. / '


1Ilh e~ e \' jews , of the' IMhle, . eons irle red all


1' 111' 11 islJing" III' illlid lihi ll , Iireclnry Ill' l'eligio1l8


f~ i, b and p · r..... tie ..., 11m corr'e(~ r, it til liows that


1111l; reed, eOllfessinll or lilrlllnia of fili lh e1rawn


. illl hy hlllllall Illuills; hns hny absolute authori-'


t! l. All th" , POp"' 8, eOllllt'ils, lI'S"' lIlhlj" s, ­syuutls,


COIl\ · ellliulls. u, 1Sociutiulls alit! ~ iViIlu.


him, is lIt'll/ tII'd; demalllli,; g our allegiance. ­The


doctrine lind tlie duty lire explicit. . WI'


are explicitly directed what to believe, and


how to act. TIJis is the c/; se with nil the fun- .( . .


duiuental doctrines and duties ofreligilln,-


taking th!, Old nnd New Tesnuuents together.


Some are, indeed, ' more explieirly tnught 11. llln


others i hill all the essentials- Ihe truths, prin­ciples,


sentiments, ' · ' nl. 1l1 works, properly de­nominated


fundnmeurul, nre set ' forth with


great clearness and force of expression, 1


need not enlarge, there/ ore, 011 this point, "


~. T he Bible implicitly directs our religiolls


fililb nnd practice. It wOlllclJhe impossible


for a thousand volumes, ns large liS the Bible,


10 contain express, sJlet- ific directions for 0111'


religious'fhith und practice, ' Oil 1111 lite minor


poillts of doctrine and ' dUlY perpetually pre­sented


hy ever- varying ca~ rs nur] ci rcumstnn­ces


, Ir WIIS the refore necessarY to ' reruler


whnt WIIS explicilly IlIlIglol' ;; o comprehensive


uud : 1pplil'lIhle, ill spirit 1I1111 principle, that nil


hone~ t nllli ill'ellig~ nl miud IId~ llI relldi Iy, 1111,1


salely, illfel' the rest. 1 cco rd i. llg ly , 110 en~ e of


lilly ref>! - impo.. ta nee evel' nl'i; e s , fill' wldeh


' We ur e 1I0t prepnred hy 0111' illl idlihie , li1' l) cl" o­_..


y. If we hllve only stllflied it ca .. e( t ~ l l y; llnd


ou eye, 1 it> with fidelity, it will pl'O\' e a" l ~ qllille


10 ull onr necessili es. There lire, illd eed, mll­ny


'~ urioil s qlleries" ill 1llI'ologiclIl] ntlll lI, eln.


Jlhysielll ~ pe'; I1 I "' i o ll , whieh i. t , Ioes 1I0t II liS1,",, 1'


- hilt th ey a1' ll really of sllch triflillg , COIIse­qllf~


lIee, 1IIItl ' ifwe wem flllly illlill" II~, 1 con.


" ' e l'll i ll ~ t l '~ Ill, Ihey " o" hl ht:.. of 110 pn"' lical


religioll~ use ~ o liS. ' fu ull elllergt~,~ wir~ s ,. 11M­1llUIIllilll;


hCllvenly light alld direction, whelh-el'


of fililh 01' praclice ; 0111' , Ii .. ec t" .. y ., is 1',] 1I11 1.


Alld lI't, irhe IIl1derstood, thaI this di .. ee lol'Y is


110 less , iufilllihle, ill wllllt, it t" aehes implicitly,


thall ill , w lllIt it teaehl'S fxplicitl! I' The ollly


, d i ffi" rc l~ e 11;; rw(' ell ! he , two k inds of d ire elioll


" i ~ t t l .;\ T t"~ f~ · ili't/# ltcic!-- r"':.~~ 1 jrct'f- nl') re~~ t1 It ty- nn11


r t'fll~", iClII ill Cl1' ller ' to he 1ll1; lers, tood. Bllt , be­illg


Illld e.. stood, th .. y lire hoth ("( 1,," l1yillii, lli~


hie. Iprflceell to o~ r a Ii: w sJlecilllells of


implicit .. Iire, r · rinll. .


GOII, SlIid tn t\ loses,-" I arn Ihe G, HI o f


:\ hrallRlII, the God of Isaac. lllld th e G o, lof


Jucoh.'~ III th ese words He i'lIJ1lic itly lallg- ht


II", resll .... eelioll fl'lHllthe dead- tllllt .-\ hrahllll1,


Isaac allli Jaeob had - lint he cOIlle nnll- elltities ,


. hilt wilh him we .. e r elll h,; illgs, wh ose s Ollls


were alive, allli whosfluodi'l" would ill . llIe


time rise to inllllOrtality . \ Ve lIIi,!.'; hr lin t ha\- e


IllIdtl,!! discel'l! lII,; nt to percei\' " tl, is ' implicit


doctrille', had 1I0t Christ expliC'illy de,:! ared 10


tl; 1) skejllical Sadducees th e tid l menuing- of


the. original decln ralion. ~ IIY ~ He to those


cllviUl'rs-" Bnt as touching till" resllrr" ~ ti " u of


the cl': lId, have ye not read that which was'


spoken IInlO ynll by Go, l . snying, I 11111 th e


Gfld uf Alorahalll, nlld the God otIsaae, IlIIlI


the God of J a",, 1I? God is not the God of'the


, Ielul, hut oflhe li\ ' ing," It does nflt ' ! lp pem'


that the Saddncees took IIny exceptiou 10' Ihi8


inference; for they becallle sil tmt. Ou ' thp.


other hnnll, while the people were uSlonisi, ed


lit I; is, rloctrine, Ihe Phllrisee8 confessed IIlilt , he'


hud nnslVe ~ ed pertinelllly n", 1 conclusively.


Indeed, since the rHntter- hns heen Inid open 10


ns. we -/ lnn nil perceive, thut if Alirnha'",


Isnlle 1II111 Jllcoh had aClnally sunk illto anni­hilntion,


either the whole notion ofa COIllIIIII­niclltion


rron ; God to Muses mnst be exploded,


or else' lilere is n~ Ii. rce in Ihe IIsserlinn, " I


am the God Qf Ahrnhnm," & c. ' Vas he Ibe


Gfld of men who hlld ullerly celiSI'd to btl ?_


Had he ever btjen to Ihe Plllrilll'l'hs a God ? ­had,


he loved them? hncl he nnide rev elatiulI!!


IInll promises to. them, yet ' snffe l'l' , I , them 10


filii into a , h'enry uon - exisrence! Conl. l sueh


Ihings he reeoucilell logether? No. It WIIS


plain Ihat slIch n qod, revealing himself in


sneh a nl/ lllner, hall provi, led a worlhier 1Il- •


hel'ilallce for his chosell. It was , p la in, too,


that if Go, l ever IIddressecl Mos.. s in tlJt1 , IIIU.


, g nage allrihute, ltr~ hilll, he meant- to derillre '


Ihat Au~ nhnlll, Isanc ! Jlld Jacflh were still IllS


existing 8enants. AII~ I 11I' 1~ alls,~.' his WII" tl'e


case, !\ loses conld fi, lly "/ lI, fitle , in his vemeiry


mnl gllOdi, ess, The Sa, I" lIce...~ either hnd ' uo


di" llI~ silioll to ,1"' lIy tlllll GtI( l ha, 1 l'pflk en ir.


l\ lOStlsj or; if the.. y hud; t. lal'w not ClIc() uutel'


to it misunderetaud it iIlSOIl;~ respects, it must


itself be defective? Every civ. ilized n~ tion


estnblishes a standard of weights and meas­ures,


Ami now because every pair of steel­yards


or scales, ami every peck or half bushel


measure, and every yard- stick; in the land,


purporting to have heen ~, Ijusted to that


standard, is not exact, shall we' My the stand­ani


itself is ill funlt? The very reason ' why


those, who acknowledge that the Bible fur- "


nishes an infallible directory of religious lilith,


and pructiee, honestly differ on some l' 0illl3,


is, thut rhey themselves are fallihle, Render


lh~ ill all ( ll ra llihle, lind they will lmmedintely


agree, 1I0t only ~ ith the iufallihle standal'll, ­but


wit! " each othc~: Bnt what then, '" my,


would hethe lise of'such a directory? They


would have become perfect iu wisdom and


goodness and could 110 longer err. Whl~ t w(' IIIr1


suchbeings want of r illes and directi~ ns? ­Nothing.


Thej · would then stand in 1I01ll0re


nee, 1 of the Bible, than Sir Isnnc Newton djd


. of his mllitipli ~ ntion luhle, or ~ OI'd Bacon of


his nl" hnher. It is just hecallse mnll is 80frail


nnrlfallilile, that he lIee, ls lin infallible , Ih~ t' cto­joy


ot reli;! iolls fitil h :\ IId practice. An, 1 it is


lin incident of this llis fi'lIilty nnd fitllibiliiy by


nntllre, wlli eh o(' clIsions I, irn so rnllny lIlis­tllkes


concerning wbat Ihe Bihle tenches. L et


hinlobey Ihis Ilirectory nccol'din~ to hi ~ hest


light a", 1 nhility, alldit will finnlly deliver bim


fi'olll nil . IlIng ernns error. ' T h is mllst he II


work of tilllP. wll) ch reformatioll 1111.1 illl­prll\'


lllllelli ollly cnll n(,,, olllplish. ' Y et evell


1I0W Ihe Il'IIly p, nligi.. elletl 1;\ 111 hilly of nil tie ­lIolllimlliolls


. liffi'l' lIIore in II: lll1e. ,111111 fi. rll',


thall ill fiwI IIn: l Stlhslllllce. All I'llI'll luili eve


'~ lIollg- h nf c1i\' ille ttllth, nll l folltlw ~ Ir, se ly


- . IlIlOlll! II ' its tlil'e, · tinfls, to pllSlIl'e tl,," ir sllh'lIlioll,


Ihrflll1,! 11 the ;: rnce of God. The cOllfli,~ t


wllieh I'll!!"": II11ong Ihe belligerelltpllrrit's, il'


,~" it til' cllrri~. J . u. n _ h~ , hojO:; p' iu . he: n \\: fIfJ ha v~


~~- - - - ~~''''


llw l/ Io$ lpri. lll. nllll, it, oll lind ohslill: lI'y, nlld


the least reul holiucss of bellrt. The I'lII'e nl,, 1


the goolillre lIi< hullle~ 1 nlUl'skk nfcanlal illillll­ell


' clllllllpiolis wholll thpy '~ llllnot " lIl1ke ofl: ­Bllt


tl'llth nnd ri;; htentlsness will . tlititlllltely


ohtllin the ,\ · iewr\-,. Thp, illfilllible . lil'e(' lOr. v


fill'lJislle. 1 h) · tile Bih! e, being I"," er 1111.1 I! el-tel'


1I1" lerstootl, 1II0re IIl1d IlInl'e tlllll'nll!! hly III' ­plie.


I, will nt lell!! lh re ceive 11111 lI · tI ~ l . hnllln!! e


ofrll~ lIkind. S elfishness nlUl I'in, 1i, IIy anti


e rro r , will . Iie lilli'll ; hnt their doolll wus writ- ·


ten frum ' tlle fOllllllnlioli of tbe world , They


IIIl1st pllSSIIwily.


' VI' mny now. proceed to all importllnt in­quiry,


viz.:


flow does the llihle fill'llish an inlitllihlll di­recti;


ry of relil! illns fililh nilll pl'llctice? ' o r


rotlll'r, how ,11l" s it direct ' ns ? I auswer in


two \\'~ Iys,- f., rplicitly 1Il1l1 implicitly: p. xplicit­Iy


hy whnt it pinillly expresses-' i, lIpiieilly hy '


willi! it ner- ess'lrily implies. Let liS consider


the eXplicit 111111 implicit directiolls ofthe Bible


, lIIllle,' two distinct he/ llls: "


1. Explicit clirect iolls. Every, doctrine and


limy expressly declllr'ni ill the . Iivillllly ill­spired


Sl'riplllres, is un explicit , Iirection of011 I'


religiolls faith and praclice. We lire to be­lieve


and act according 10 such illfallible di­rection.


;' T hus it is wrillen, " I nil" G, id' nncl


there is none ell'e j" '; Henr, 0 Israel; the


Lor;! 0111' Go, 1 is one Lord: nnd thon sh;, lt


love the Lord thy God with nil Ihine henrt, ­81;


11 witb all Ihy sOIlI, lInll with lIlItl, y mi! lllt."


Here w ~ Ill'li explicitly directe/! to uelieve'lhllr


J ehovuh is one God, in d ist inc! ion from all


' other pretended gods- to believe in the divi'lle


unity; lind we lire ex. plicitly direded to love


this one GOlI, Ihlls believe. l in, with our whole


hellrt, 0111' IItlflllSt power of nffecrion and devo­tion.


Agnin it is written: " This is Illy ueJovel!


Son, in whom I nm well plenseCl ; hellr ye


him." Here is another ~ x p li c i t doctr, ine an, 1


dilly. ' Ve are explicitly directed to helieve


thnt Jesus Christ is , tbe Son of the one living


God, lind to hearken to him nccOl · , lingly......


A~ ail1' it is wrillen: " Repent, ( or the kingdom


of Gocl iH III halll!." Here the dllly.,. is to re­peni,


and the doctrine to he believe'l; which is


rencl~ red ns a conclusive renson why we sho~ lId


repeor, is, that the reigll of God- Ihe filiI' 111011­iftlsl~


ion ofour Oblil; llti~ Ull to love aud sc~


CHAPTER I.


SECTION 4.


The Bihle furu ishes an infallible d irec tory of


, religious faith anrl practice. •


" All scripture givell by inspiration of God is


- profitable for doc/ rille, for reproof, for correc-tion,


{ or instruction , i ll righteousness:" 2


Tim, 3: 16.


By reli~ ous faith and practice, I mean com­preltensi\'


ely all that mankilld as religions be­ings


neell tohelieve Ilnd do. ' I nse the word


dil'eetory, in tltis plz~ ce to signify II filII / Ietail of


' parlieu lllr directions. By lJn infallible direc ·


tury I ";" lIn, of (' ourse, olle exellipt floni er­ror,


. which gni, les in ev'~ ry respect r~ ltt. ­When


I sny the Bible fllrnishes such n' dire!: ­tory,


I rnl'lIn that, it Iloes so in those pllrlS


wltich are divillPly illspii · ed. The propositioll '


then il this:- The Bihle, in ilscJivinely illspir­ed


IlIIrls, j" stly l'onsll'llp. cl, fllrnishes a frill ,11' ­tnil


of partil'lIlar . l iret · rinns whnlly exempl


' Ii'olll el~ ror, reillth'e · tn all tltnt , mill, liS n 1Il0. ral


IIgent, ne", ls ~ n belie\' e lind pl" lletit'e • .


The trntlt of this pl'llpllsilinn lid lows nntll ·


rllily lind L1l'ce~ sarily that of the nne , lis.. nss", 1


ill the prec", linl{ sl',~ 1 iOIl. (,' 01' if tllll Hihle


eonl: lins II (' iI/ tip/ ere , re \' e l: ll illll nf tire t1i\ · iue


pJij" I" f'ii~ II ", of hllnwlI . Itlly;: tn, l. lf tile 1' 1-;; 111' 1'


stllte, it IlfI(~ S nllllnuhtp., lIy furnish an illiidlihie


directory of religiOl fs fi, ith aUII pfuctiee. The


' 1IlIer '" l1sl he liS true liS ' he former. Bnt let


lint Ihe illf., lIihility of the sllIndlll'll he snpposed .


to illlply tlte infitiJihililY of illl prnfessed , ullte · '


ren rs. Efen tlte hest and ll'O:'; t enliglttened


udherents of the Bible lire' fal( ible- Iww milch


lIIore then the " l'po~ rilical I; nd pcrverlell! ­This


explains wltnt lIIighl otherwise seem m. vs ·


teriolls, For how IIl1tnl'lll is it III confoun, l


the chal'ucter of tfle directory' Wilh that of


those who lJcknowledge its nlllhority ; and to


n. k- · ' how is ir, IlllIt an infilllihle dlrel'lory ' is


IIppeal ed 10 liS, the wllrrnnt Ii, r ~ o rllany di\' erse


IIn, l conflicting ereeds? \ Vhy are there 80


lIlany conlradictory opinions un,! prndicell,~


1111 cluiming to have heen . lra\\' 11 from the- Bi­ule?


Can that be inf(/ llibl~ wltich gives risp.


tn such varinn~ aud irrecondlable , Iifferenees?


Tltese qn esrions appear plansible, uut they


lire ~). tremely fallaciolls. In the first " lace,'


we IIlnst throw Ollt ' of th is IIccount aU the dif­ferellces


alld cOlllelHions nmong ' professed


adherents to the Bihle, suve those only whi~ h


have originated ill IWliest Inisruke. Wi, y so ?'


For tit is very plain reason::"' thnt there, is no


jllsticein ch! 1rgillg upon Ibe Bi~ le' the sinister


tricks and perversions' of hypocl'ites. There


is no good which cannot be perverted nnd


ahnsed by corrupt minds! Is the good' itself


tl\ erefore wil' No malleI' \ Vhat I! r, ifesllions ­uaol.


men may muke for the IJlII'pose of de.: eiv­ing


mankind• • Their making a cloak of re­ligion,


and seeming to he , zea lo us frie \ ltlR' of


the Bible, lIO more depreciates the intrinsic


merits of it, thlln a ' coullwrfeit' eR~ le, or ' dollllr,


depreciates the vlllue of the genuine coiu: ­No


\ V , when we have made 1I110\\' nnce Ii) r 1111


the differences and eontentions which ha~ e


, their origin ill sheer selfishness lJ! 1I1 fl'llllrl, not


mtlre thlln a tythe will remnin. Grant, then,


thltt tllrongh honest misllpprehensioll, the real


frielldsofthe Bihle differ in 0l; inionlllld pmc ·


. tice to the amollllt of one- telltl, of the lIppa ·


reut differencehetweenthern, which is grunt ·


ing too mlleb, what then? Does Ihis impellch


the infallibility of the standal'll? Must wo


concludethllt the sllInriard \ Vllr~ ants' all the er­rors


of jrp a, lherelltH? Or, that heclluse those


' w ho acknowledge ' th eir obligatiou to COlIform


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