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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 \ N .<; II r-^ .«**- f TL-UStTrntT! 1 1 r»W T P s THE CHURCH .^ r ^^ ANfi ■N HER BATTLEEfENTS: BT TnK REV. ROBERT TORRANCE, TsiTED PrE1SBVTE!11\5 CoXGRF.GATIO.X, GUELl'II, TORONTO. PRINTED BY J. CLELAND, YONGE STREET. • ^^ ^ ■<-.• T_- -_? « ♦« i'.sr i' i iiiiB' I ■|,» i 5st ffitastfes.a r ^^^^"^o^o TO THE United IJresbtttcvian €ongve3ation0 «»F ERAMOSA, GUELPH, AND ELORA, FOR WHOM IT WAS ORIGINALLY PREPARED, AT W!I>?E RKQfKST, AXD BV WHOSE LIBF.RALITY IT IS XoW PUBLISUEn, THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSE "Td At ulliy tiorm rhus thi; I >Vil3 Hocf i had I oxpc • wou 1 Is REjiPliCTFt'LLV PEDICATEO BY THE AUTHOR. neig { then 1 in tl j idol: j COUI i the I and i will t havi \ tod goal Jen )Aet woi con **iir^ on0 »»/, SERMON. LORA, RSE " Take away har battlements, for they arc not the Lord's."— Jer. v. 10. At the time to which these wordi) refer, gross* corruption and iiiimor- Jillty prevailed amf>ng; thi'i Jews, and, in consequence of tlus, thoir j>n- tjonal glory hsiJ dopurtcd, and they were about t«> be visited with si'^nial chastisements. Iniustioc was pr.ictiscd nnd insiru'crity abounded. Tlio Iicople were wayward in their evil coursv'S, and would not be eorrcototl : the |>oor and the great were alike implicniod in traasffres-^ion: lewdness \Vii3 wrought and spiritual adultery was committed by their children.— Uecause of those things their civil interests had ?iiiTered— their prosperity i had declined. Having lost tlieir exeellcncy as a Church, they could not ?oW runi.i.si{£n| | expect, according to the principles of their eonstitution, to retain tluir glory as a nation— having forsaken the worship of their covenant God, would he not remove the tear of them, and the dread t)f them, from the neighbouring people?— having dishonoured his name, would he not make them a by-word and a reproach » No more shall his urm be made bare in their behalf, seeing that they have so long grieved him with their idolatries and abominations. As they would not be reclaimed froni their courses of backsliding, by the gentle ndujoni lions, the stern reproofs, or the affectionate remonstrances of prophets, whom the Lord had raised up and sent to them, they will be delivered into the hands of an enemy that will have no mercy upon thern^ and be grievously punished because tliey have grievously provoked. A foe from the north has been commissioned to destroy. From a distant land does God call the ministers of his ven- geance. The Chaldean army is to prepare for the battle and the siege. Jerusalem shall be razed to its foundations. Princes and nobles, and all pleasant vessels, shall be carried away to Babylon. By these judgments would the Lord bo avenged on a nation that had insulted his majesty, corrupted his worship, and polluted hia courts— that had broken the co- I AUTHOR. i.»4 ' 1 > « I If . 1 I i,'i ^ mmmfimm -asffisr '■'r»*i**«KM.'4t« i V .■ 1 I i 'r tenant under whow provision* they wcte entered, when the nign and acl or circumcision were iidmini«lcrcd~ihal were lewd and depraved, frcm the rich to the poor, from tho peasant to the noblo. Strong may be tho pomtionofthcir metropolis, but it *hall not stand. Numerous may bo it» rortifiea.Mons, increasing the probabilities that it shall hold out against tho besieger?, but God has appointed them to overthrow jhcso fortifica- lions and he will help them in the work. The wall of defenee may be complete at every part, but God m.istera his forces round about it, and encourages them to the assault-" Go yo up upon her walls and des- troy . but make not a full end : take awuy her battlements Jar they are not the Lord's:* " * B:xternal dofcmces will not avail when the necessity exists for internal reformation. To trust in the former, ^vhon no respect is paid to the lat- ter, IS to adopt a course v/hich will certainly end in disappoiniment and vexation. Jerusalem's battlements shall not save the city so long as in- justice and oppression are in her streets, insolence towards God°amon« her inhabitants, rejection of his word and departure from bis worship.— Yet how prone are men to multiply defences of their own invention, and neglect tho true means of safely ! So had it been with the Jews :-hav- in? broken their national eovenant, and proved disloyal to their Kin?, thoy increased the fortifications of thoir city, that they may be able to vithstand the €>nemy he employs to punish them— their confidence being withdrawn from God is placed on the structures their own hands have reared. «o has it been with tho Church of Christ. In many cases she has cor- ruptcd the purify of New Testament doctrine, and made additions to her code and ritual, without the sanction of her Lawgivor. She has surren- dered the spirituality of her character, and ceased to maintain her dis- tinctness from the kingdoms of the world. She has displayed precisely the same feeling that was evinced by tho Israelites, when' they would have a king, that they might be like other nations. She has gone down to iilgypt for help ; she has stayed on horses and trusted in chariots, be- cause they were many, and in horsemen, because they were very stron^r and she has not looked to the Holy One of Israel, neither sought thj T.ord. She has been constructing outworks, when she should have been purifying her sanctuary. Disbelieving the promise that God would bo a wall of fire round about her. she has erected battlements according to hor own understanding.-inslead of an inward reformation she has been i ho ngn and t(^%\ depraved, frcm ong may Ik» tho mcroiw may bo jold out against these fortifica- defonco may be kI about it, and walls and dc9« ft 9, for they are Ists for internal paid to the lat- )poinimont and 7 so long as in- ds God among his Worship.— invention, and e Jcvi's : — hav- to their Kinjsr, my he able to 'ufidcncc boinff vn hands have ?9 shft has cor- rlditions to her he h;is surren* intahi her dis» ayed precisely n they would as gone down r» chariots, be- '0 very strong", ler sought tho uld have been od Would bo a according to k she has beea thr^uinj^ up nmparts of d*fence«. Admonition, entreaty, reproof, and threutoning, havo bc^n addressed to her-— -nnt by prophets raised np and Bcni since her complions he<>nn to multiply — but in the livinf^ word ^'f inspiration. And if sho will not hrarktm an.l rrr^pnnd — ccft?o from her prostitution—repent and reform— tho day nf Christ's paiienf o will qottm^ trt an end: — Instead of r«>nioTJStratinf» by !\I.^ sopvant-*, he will employ a foreign power as th'> rnd for hor oorrootlnn : — an enemy will reeoivo tho commission to " go up upon hor walk and drrtrcy, br.t rw.ika not a full cad" if she contintic to dirrcgard the eor.nscl wliiohrrfxy bo viewed as ai'- dresscd to her by Chri.-.t her Head, and which wc wonUl nr^ftnpon her In his name, wiih n frJenJ'.y concern and from fiicndlyui olives, " take away hor battlementf, for tlicy aro not tho Tjonrs.** I. Wo shall f.numeratn some of tho human haftlcmont.^ which havo been thrown up around tho Clinrcli. II. Apply to them th;-! divine in- jimction here given. III. Illnsiratc and enfcrco the reason h-TO aG.-i)Tnotl. I. Let us spccily somo of tho baltlcmrnts which men havo thrown np for the dcicnce of tho ChrlKiian Chureli. 1. Graduiion of rank h'n been int.rr:u:u:z,l nvwv^ reJic:wu!t Tctchcrx. Prido and ambition hcfj.-in early to manilVst thom?elves amon'^ tho sub- jects and ofiico-bcaronj of the Ivcdcemcr'j hin'^'hu!^ The same denir.; that was frit for seals of honour ar.d atuhori:/ bcsiidc the King, by ibo two disciples, and convoyed from th'"!m to Clirlsl !iy Jh.'r mnthor, ap- peared after tho Saviour was gloriu-.d, and v.t;;j pnt ehcohed by the an- swer he returned on that occasion --Kn'ar:>'.v.';r v;hith hi.5 Icon rec'on.l^d that it might, be applied to all similar ca*:;;'. Elders oi* Preabyters aro tho oiily exinrth rub"r.^ mentii.ned in the New Testamenr.«~-uU of tliom having an ofuclal equa'it.y, posj^cssin'j the sanso extent of power &\rA authority, and dii'tinguishod pimply into those uho rule, and those who labor in tho woi'd and doctiin?. Dut it fs natural to suppose, that those who possessed tho greatest talent, and highest social station, would command more attention and influence than those who possessed less — their judgment and opinion would be deferred to ; and this circumstance would be favorable to the ambitious, who aspired to bo exalted above tho brethren, and would prepare the way for gradation of rank. The moderator of the congregational presbytery or session was, in the early period, regarded as but " first among his equals," {primva inter pares,) but by degrees came to havo appropriated to him the title of bishop, or overseer, and next began to act upon his own authority. N- s-- I withrmt taking tho advice of his council in the congregation. Ministers in cities were c<.nsultftd by provincial churched, whoii any dimcuUic« aroBc ill the management of their nfliiits, and a commencement was thus innJo {„r the ijitroduclion and estahlishnicnt of diocoPan episcopacy, ac- cording to which a certain extent of territory, wiih its churches and their pastors, are under the eupcriniendencc of ow l>ishop, and subject to his authority. A complicated inueliiuory \v:is rrraJiiully introduced into iho congrooalions, distMrhln^^ the slnipUeliy <,f priiuilivc arvaiigcnu-nla. Sub- dcttcony, an uusoriptural oluaa of ollica-hoarcrs, were appuiuted ; Aco- lyth?, or citp4>earor», wcro chosen to >v ait u])on tho Liwhops, and help them when ci>gagvd inthc-irpocuHurduiics; and Readers, whose business it was to read the .s;'rIptuvo lesson to tlio con.^ae^^'Uion— a service that had formerly been done by a deacon or presbyter. Thus was there tho crea- tion of now offieers ninonf,' tho people. In tlio councils of the rrosbyters somo arose, who, like Diotrephcs, would have tho pro-cmineucc— -taking the title, and aasuniijuv the iinportanco of bishops. Anion:,' the bishops, - aj?aiu, sonic appeared who aeted tov/ards tl:ein as th(>y had done to their fellow presbyters, aspirir.ir to bo nictropolhans and itrunates, while soiijo struggle*! f«jr tho aseendanoy even nniong ihc^.-e. gruun.ling their cJaima on tho importance of tho city in v^hlch they were located— the nnmo of the apostle by whom thoir eliurch was iomi(b>(l— the number of diseipJea uuJer their teachinfj—the purity with whieh apostolic doctrino had been maintained, or tho number of b;;ll;:vcrs who had suiTercd martyrdom. Perscmal ambition may bavft been, in many inEtances, the feeling" whu>h incited to tbis distinction of offiee Mid i^raJaiic^ cf rank. But "it was alyo thought that the inrrodaction ofaio^o wo.dd be for the Cburch'a de- fence. Difrerence of raiik existed In socI<:ty-.con!d tho Cljureh suffer, if she were made to conform to society in ibis respect ? Gradation of rank existed also in the priesthood of tho bentbcn world—mi'fjbt it not be in- troduced with advantage among the teachers of Clirlstianity ? An hier- archy had existed in the Jewish Church—would it not bo to the prosperity of her interests, the elevation of her position, and her security against the many adverse powers with ivhieh she had to contend, if there was the introduction of the same into tho Clnistian republic 1 Moreover, would it not give greater efficiency to have ecclesiastical power con-' ccntratcd in the hands of a few, than diffused throughout the entiro eldership ? Did not the very simplicity of the Christian system dig. qualify it for making an impression tjpon tho genera} mind ? Introdnco I was '#^;: ,* I x* ion. Ministers any duncuhifix C'inent was thus episcopacy, at»- »ircUed artel their 1 subject to his oiiuceJ into thtt ^jonifiita. Sub- jpoiiited ; Aco- hops, and help , whose busim^ts lonice that had there iho crea- f the ProsbvUTS incucc— -taking u^^ the bishops, tl tlono to their Ics, while soino ig their claima ' — the niinio t>f K'V uf cliscipU'!! triiio had bcca lartyrdorn. c feeling' which . But it was G Church's df- liiirch sufTer^ if ubuioiiof rank I St not be in- ty ? An hier- > the prosperity icurity ngajnst d, il' there waa ! ? Moreover, il power con- out the entiio n system dig* 3 ? Introduco i grades of office, jipUndot and parade.—would not a firmer hold be taken of those who were already professors— would not the interoHt of thoRe that wcro withont bo oxcittd— would not an influcnco It infused whicli was not at prcjctit possessed 1 In this wanner would they be disposed t.> nrijue, and thus jtisiify themselves in departing from the simple scrip- ti^ral phttfonn, which had been appointed for the Redeemer's kingdom— tlio visible Church I 2. A favc-rsecutcd— the sw.>rd of tho magistrate being unsheathed ni-riiust tho Hi.bjeets of Christ, and stauied with their blood on account of tluir r4dis.r!an. Kmperor and magistrate and governor, instead of con- pidcrip'T tbeniPclves to be officc-beRrcrs in the Church, were its bitter U'Uors.ij'u s and aetiv*? opponents— they wore office-bearers in Paganism — Vi't persecutors of Christianity. Even Constantino tho Great, during v.-ho?»^ rti(:;n, and by whose act, the Church ceased to be persecuted, and beeam? ralroalsed bv tliQ etatc, did not claim an independent spiritual u'ub':.riiy. "Whatever explanation may be given of his conversion^ or ca.>-o asiitmcd of tho favour ho extended to Christians, yet when any d^».'ir»ual controversy arose, which ho was anxious to have settled, he f:»imn>.'Miod a coimcil of the bishop?, and submitted tho matter under dis- puU' to them for deliberation and decision. He took the opinion of the Cltjueh, and not that of crown advisers or legal functionaries. A conaideralde period elapsed after the death of Constantlne, before the bisiu'is of Rome became temporal princes, thus uniting both the civil uv;d the sacred in their own persons— an event of no small importance in the history of the Church— an event which prophecy had foretold— which has been followed by the most pernicious consequences to the na- tions of the world and to the kingdom of the Redeemer— an event, the undoing ofvv'hich will form an epoch in the history of the Church of the future, and be the precursor of the glorious appearance she shall present, when she shall be fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners, as its occurrence, resulting from corruptions thai hud f I ,.. l .ll.. 1 ^.1'! ' ! ' llHi..,!rjlF ' ft. 4^^ 'i^ "■ "*»^*" !» ** ^ Itet at a SynoJ hul.l in Constanlin'.i.l,., in t|,c year TT-I it vl„. ,,. i,„j .« J.Uv.,r «p .h« ..bje... of , heir pri a„ ,„p„..i.K,... wcro ,„il y , n-Bol,u.m prov..kcJ ,h„ li.I.,„„ .,f ,„o .■o,«or„ or It.,,.,,.' ,;,„,:,,, „„" .hoy av,,.lc.l .I.c,„.,oIvc. ,.f „.. ,e.-vi<.« „f ,),„ L„,„,,„,i, j„ „„,,, "^^^^ «?a,„.sttho emperor an.l l,is!„i,« „f ,hc G-,,, «,„,.- r i T ^rr '"7 r' ^-"^ •'- 'Ho i^'X..r:;;:;':,,r; ;:;:';: .h.« .ho bishop, vouM a,ai,.pl„c.. >}.J.u' ^^XZ'i^ruT,:^ U.,or„ „.o.,arcl., who,,, ,Uoy .vgnrjod a^havi,,,!:, ■,,';', ^ from a o„„.ro l,y ,I.« Lon.U,,,.. I. was n.„i„..,,„a .ut' Z:.': J^» W th« Church tha. „.a.o.ials coulj l,o f„„„J f., c,,,,,-,,,.,,,,,, , ,:,.,, 1 . v.r^,„e... Tho Pop..l«ea,„c.e,..pora> p.in... and a.; ^ll.b l^^; or .h,, ad„.„,,.„.,„,,n „f .ocular in.cres,.. I-V,,,, ,1.;, ,,„., „, , , , ruf 1 opory .. ,o be da..d. The bi.hops of Rome now a..,„.,.,i ,i... .,.;; "l .overe,ga.,. aa tbcy had fo,merly possessed ,hc po.v.r of ,h„ I / L.! . au.,.,a .0 Jhe prose,,, .boy have e>am,od ,o b'o r...*;, „ ' , •,•, . : .»„c,.a,«.olla3ccelesia,„ioal person,. The „„i,.„ of secular .ndl .red authorUy !...,,»„. I.,.. „„. .i„ec be«„ dU..,,,...,.. ahl.,.„ , t^tZ do so waa lately „.ade l,y Maz.i,.! a„d 1.U ^....i....,\J.^Z^ Oavazz. has been dcli»ori„g hU fa„,ou. oraiiona a-ai„n i, ,m i *- oe, ,hc Bishop of Ro.e eU „p„n . ,Hr„„e, LLt: , ,' If^^Tna .xore,a,„g .h, authority of . monarch. S.,rro»„.I.,.d by W^ cllL^ who are .cnpora. pri^ee,, and compose hi, privy co,.„en, h« dd^rlt' . 1 ; / ood of error and vhicli led to tlio lay just nici.iion, , it wns resolved Imrcli, Lilt thofo '^ fi corn pti<»u of Ii niomiTHoms of »|> &houIil nfaso 'ro .guilty .»f ,|i.s- ^^I)ivror.'» 'ri,h :ui CliMivii, and in th«jr fiuaml 'I'lil in c/Ji'otJnir cnilcMAorinf' to fsisfrnco of iho i to tlic ro(ino£it I-3— fores dtfifui h, and asserted to bo f'Xjioofod nu Iiorily «f tlio .Wi\ a most sue- *ii.'y to bo ftco iittl it was only 'n ; a tivil wo- ni-l:i\ the ihrono n? {lie orioiji of !L*J ihi' state of it> |{i '}.■». FroiH ns civil iUgni^ ecufar and sa- »:'^Ij i\A nttempt ; uiifl although iSiilI,lnnvcvcr, iho siato, and his Citrdinalji, ho doHUerates nclaiiiM'd the ri^lit to dopoiio the kinga of other nations, tnd aUolve their Mbjectifrom their oath of allegiance. Acoordinp to the Britirth conHiitution, tlie rei^jning «overoi|m is head of the Church, ostaliHshod by law in Great Britain and Ireland; and •omooftho high functionaries of atato have latoly aborted that that Church ia also C6labli«hcd throuf^hout tho Rritish colonics. Tho claim \n :\dvnnerd to the title, " Pcfcnder of tho Faith," and the importance at- tatihod to it is «hown by tho fact, that no coin is legal which does not hear the initials of this inscription. Given at first by Pope Leo X. to Htury VIII. of Eniyland, in approval of a hook, this monarch had written a;(;iini»t Luther and tho doctrines of the Reformation, it was rc- tainod by him after ho soparutod from the Church of Rome, and has been worn by his F.ueorssors upon the Enf^liifh thronw down to the present day. SijitutoH nii-rlit 1)0 quoted which were pa?*jtd during tho reigns of Henry VIII., r.dwiird VI. and Elizabeth, and which have n<4 yet been repealed — e*>nf. uiiv; npon the sovereign tho title of Sopromo Head on earth of the Chnreh of Kngtrmd, and investing with authority to repress, correct and reform errors, heresies, abuses which may bo lawfully reformed by any Tnivrim-r t»f spiritual nnthority and jurisdiction — idolatries, hypocri- f.it'.^, and Biipcrstitions. Archbishops, bif^hops, arelulcacou.«, and other ecclo:-iia3tic:»l persons, have no manner of coclcsiaLUical jurisdiction, but by and from the reigning tnonarch, and by the statute, 1st EUzubcth, this power has been annexed and united to tho imperial crown for ever ; al- t)i<>iiq;!i in the course of events, it has come to bo exercised by Parlia- ment. Nor docs tho Church raise a protesting voico against tho claim. On the contrary, her canons confirm what tho law has decreed. They declare that tho king's majesty possesses the same authority in ccclesias- tieal matters that Jewish kings and early Christian emperors possessed ; nor li any one admitted to the ministry who will not subscribe to tho sovereign's «uprcmacy in things spiritual as well as temporal. When the Jlishop of Exeter stated in the House of Lords, in 1845, that their an- cestors had never thought of transferring spiritual supremacy to any anrporation, and her teachers are paid out of the national chest. If at all possible, it woulc' be dilHeult to collect tho statistics of reven* Uv^s derived by the Church from tho state from tho time that the former was incorporated with the latter. Tho tithe system has been acted upon since tho fourth and fifth centuries of the Christian era. It was introdu- ced into England by Ethelwolf, in the year 855, who," having summon- ed the states of tho whole kingdom, solemnly conferred upon the clergy the tithes of all the produce of the lands ;" yet Burns, in his " Ecclesias- tical Law," as quoted by Noel, says, " About the year 794, Offa, king of Mcrcia, made a law, by which he gave unto tho Church the tithes of all his kingdom." The decree of Ethelwolf is to the eflect, that tho tenth part of the produce of all lands be appropriated to the honour of God, the blessed virgin, and all the saints, that temporal calamities may be averted, the pardon of sins obtained, and masses bo said for himself and nobles after their decease. It thus appears that the introduction of the system into England, like the origin of the title, " Defender of the Faith," is to be traced to Popery. Acts of Parliament were afterwards passed, confirming tho grants thus made, and when Henry VIII. declared himself m favour of the doctrines of the Reformation, and, in resentment against tho Pope, revolutionized the ecclesiastical affairs of tho country, Protestant pastors entered upon the rich livings which formerly belonged to the Roman Catholic Church. The system of state support was also introduced into Scotland. It prevails upon the continent of Europe — in some countries the Lutheran, in others the Greek, but in most the Roman Catholic Church being tho one that is supported by the state.* You have it also in Canada— sev- We refer to tho number cf the United rreshyterian Magazine for K N- ^ MStr 12 1 •raldenoimnations of Christians receiving out of the public funds •-• ' When the Lower Province was conquered from the French, the Romish clergy were allowed, by a Protestant government, whose sovereign was •worn to do nothing hurtful to the interests of Protestantism, to retain the endowments they had previously enjoyed. In 1791 an act of tho Imperial legislature was passed, authorising His Majesty Geor-re III to reserve one-seventh of all lands granted within tho Province for the sup. port and maintenance of a Protestant clergy. Five years afterwards Reserves began to be granted in tho Lower Province.t Up to the pre-' sent time the country has been saddled with this provision Parties have exclaimed against it. but no change has been effected. The injus'. tice and mvidiousness of the measure have been asserted, but interested parties have prevailed with tho government to accede to their requests I he mjurious effects of the system have been repeatedly and faithfully declared ; but the State is anxious to have such a useful pensic.ner as tho Church.f and the Church, alas! is willing to forget her spiritual oharao- ter as a kingdom not of this world, craving alliance with the powers that be, and prostituting herself to our civil legislators. December 1851, where wiil he found a table showing the "co^t of ro- hgion m different countries." In England iho nnn.r^.i 1,, ^47^097 g25 *^"t,Mnu uio annual sum amounts to rMloo'V^'^T^'^'^i^'^''^'^^' I^piscopalian. which received last Vcar £Um,5s^ 5d.; tho Kirk ,.( Scoth.nd received £8m l^s lid -tho Roman Catholic received X'l,(i(it5 m. 4d.-^that is for Upper Cana^ da; the Wesleyan M .thodi.t. £717 1.5s. 6d.; the United Synod!l whu^h must not be eontounded with the United Presbyterian-Sv^d f At present we can do little more than refer to the history of the Clergy Reserves. A good pamphlet upon this subject is a desiZra urn One was issued some time ago from the press of the Nojfh A our can which IS useful as a statement of facts, but it may be described as rS tndigestaque moles. luuia J This remark seems to be fully sapportcd by the proceedings of th.» Into session of our Provincial Parliament. We need mention no mora than the action taken upon a resolution introduced by George Browr' Esq., Member tor Kent, and which wo are certain has taken every vol ' ' untary by surprise. Mr. Brown proposed that 527,559 acres of land which have been unjustly included in tho Reserves, should be restore.! to the public, and h_^ hud only o.vr. supporter, namely. Mr. ?.Iact-envic the mi. ■air 'issr Jim MMMiUMirniilnni wriiii /■ public funds.*— •ench, the Romiah DSC sovereign was stantisni, to retain ("91 an act of tho sty George III. to 'vinoe for the sup- years afterwards, ♦■ Up to the pre- revision. Parties ctcd. The injue. :e(!, but interested to their requests. ^I.vaiul faithfully 1 pensioner as tho spiritual eharae- h the powers that the "cost of re. sum amounts to cccived last year t l.'^s. lid.;' tho for Upper Cana- United Synod — terian — received le history of the s a deaidoratum. ''(nfh American, acribed as ludit )eeedings of tha leution no moro George 13rown, aken every vol- acres of ]and» iild be restored i. .■iackcii>;nj. 13 n. Gotl'3 command in referencs to these battlements, •• Take them aw:iy.** Without entering upon the illustration of this topic, we would remark, 1. Thcrv^ should be their immediate' removal. 2. There should be thoir comjdeti' removal. 3. There should be their permanent removal. III. We shall illustrate and onforcc tho reason assigned for their ro- muva!, *' for they are not the Lord's." I. These baltlements have not been tinpoinicd by the Lord, Hcriptuvc, v.e think, v»ill sustain the truth of this remark in regard to gradation of rank among religious teachers. You do not read of an hierarchy in the pages of tho New Testament, and it is tho only statute book of the Church. No ofTieial precedence existed among the apos- il'jj — those extraordinary oflice-bcarers. We read of no higher func- tionary than ihe presbyter, or bishop, or elder, for these terms are sy- tionynujus, and frequently interchanged in the writings of inspired men. In the hih^tory given of apostolic and evangelistic labours, we read of tho appointment of no oflico-bearers in the churches that were planted, except elders and deacons. Epstles arc inscribed to elders and dea- cons, but no mention is made of any higher class; and while the epis- tles contained in the commencement of the Apocalypse, are addressed to tho "Angel" of the respective churches, he must bo viewed as the pre- siding elder in tho congregational presbytery, or session, rather than a« one who had an exclusive or paramount authority, standing as the proto- type of men in lawn sleeves and crminod robes. And in subsequent ages, when it may be expected that but few changes had been v/roughl upon the constitution of the Church, as left by the Apostles, we hear of no one receiving a higher title than that of "first among his equals," which may be understood of tho Moderator of Session according to Presbyterian form. And v,'o )nay well inquire, where is there any authority in Scripture „.h.irs««altot.tio«., social mi civiJi servams and masters chil- do so i,. th. Scv,ptures.nor are Mey "^ »'"'=" J^ .^ ^^ considered capacity 1 And it must ap,>oar tho ""'^ "" ;' " ' ^J 3,,,Uon ; for ,ha, lh» civil powers wore then engaged .n t he .0^.0 p would there no, have been the greater anx.ety to ™^"<= 'hem q with their duty, that the Church .ight have rest »;* ^^ " ^^ f^ X >he Lord and he edif.ed, that those in ^"'honty n^^M - -' ^^, guilt of persecution, and that the heralds ot the cross .nl.nt ,0 the name of faithful ambassadors lor Christ Jcr.us ? We may he met with the remark, that the Jewish kings had power m .,e! c lasUe" state, as well as in the civil polity of their country, and : rpriety in the connexion, this would not have been allowed, much l,v, appointed, and if it was not wrong then it cannot be so now. One important consideration should be stated here ^^^^-^^ Jewish ccottonry was not regal in its ^^^^^"^'^''"''•'^f'ZtuZ. „ont was strictly and literally a tkcocn.c. God was k.ng of th Israel OS. and when they desired to he made like the -"""f'f ^ '""/^f/, ,av „.. a king appointed who should take the coumtand of the, arm.es .,„d anend to" the adn.inistralion of their aflhirs. they departed from tho revealed code of spiritual and political laws which had been gtven thetn^ ~ They have not rejected thee, bu, they have rejected me that I should „„, rcl, over them. According to .11 the works wh.ch they have done "ince t e day that I brought them u, - of Egypt, even unto thts day. tlcrewith they have forsaken me and served other gods so do they a so „„to thee. Now. therefore, hearken unto their voice ; howbeu yet pro- test solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the kmg that Bhall reign over them"-l Sam. viii. 7-9. Now if the State had been Eoverned according to the original form, there would have been no mo- narch to hold the teins-monarchy was one of the battlements which the Jews would have for their defence and security, and showed their want et confidence in God. \} ^^:^' ^ Lot us look, however, nt llio liistorical fact, that monarclis did arise in lii-ael— thai they had an occlesiastical as well as a civil character, and that the prosperity which was vouohsalVd sc, long asjhcy were vpr\iiUi men, and fearing God, is evidence that the Divine blessing rosud iii»r.n their counsels and their nieasurcs. Now observe that a covenant of peculiarity had been mac! n)ore reason. 80 far as that economy is concerned, ior having a King reigning over ih^. Church, than there is for having a priesihood establi.slud. It v/as not binding except under the Jewish theocracy. It w;is typical of 15 im who is a priest for ever after the order of Mekhisedeck, I.ing of Salem, .ind ' priest of the Most High Cod ; and eineo Ije has appeared, and been ex- alted to the right hand of the Majesty in ihe heavens to bo a Prince and A Saviour, such a covenant can no longer have nn existence, the divine Tight of kings has ceased, and they have no longer any warrant for #stretching the sceptre of their govermnent over the kingdoin of the. Re- deemer. It follows, then, that before jmyargumont, drawn from the fact that there was a monarchy in Israel, can bo valid, In proving that thero fihould be a regal- supremacy in the CInisiian Church, it must le demon- ctrated that the covenant made with the family of David, is still in forco — that tho^nations which constitute Christendom are under a theccratic form of government—that earthly sovereigns nrc sprmi:!f f^orn the poed of David— that the sceplro has not departed from Judah, cor the law- giver froiTi between his feet—that Christ has not appeared in the flesh, nor been actually invested with mediatorial sovereignty. Moreover, wo maintain that iho diflercncc between the New Tcsta- lucni Ciiufeh and sha Mosaic Econo«j)r ig go great, thai lUero can he 1:0 atm mmm narcli» Jid arise in ivil cliaiaclcr, and Uicy were tiprigiu ■ssing i-csud iij>r.n sen macfo" with tho caiiRo Ciuist. v/Iio )rn tluU tribe ; and aviv], ;i9 the cove- ily of Anrdn; and ilf', 1 rovidcd ibc-y .'lionj they typified (*;» "fllie liojy r.z- :iil tlio N.'vv Tc;- is no i'ovonant oi" y, or with any in- inti'c duccd r.mong s rif* iijore reason, roi'^niiiff over tl)0 shed. Jt v.{:s not picnl of I5im who 'its ^'f Salem, ntul ;rcd, and iiecn ex- bo a I'fineo txr.d Btence, t)i(i divino tiny warrr.ni for igdoin of tho Rc- awn from the fact proving thai ihero t must to demon- d, is still in forco nder a thcccratic 11 r» ^''^1 the rocrt. " Who goeth i mtcth a vineyard i a flock and eateth unto you spiritual things V ipport, and in ac- hristian teachers. Jo petitions were ave a portion dis- support of the es- g upon the chris- ent forth on their they had planted, yet their doctrino of men, because i not revel in tho ps. Nor was an 1 in Christ began )d with a worldly nation drawn be- infiiithful as tho roni powers that nothing but hea- )mmand could be ?ceriainable miutl of tho reigning —may appear to he does not ap- n away." They I to engross it.— • God alone. By Ihom the heart is prevented from saying, with i.ll confidence and sinceri- ty— My safety Cometh from tho Lord. Can he approve of that which interferes with the place ho claims, and tho undivided couIkU nee ho de- mands T i u Again, they are all truly and pr..perly of heathen origin, and can ho approve of them coming from such a 9 it of itsj indepen- dence, employ it for his own political purposes, and be the acknowledged head of every religious interest, as he had made himself of every civil. Gould it prosper under one who was still supremo pontiff of heathenism, and who did not undergo the ordinance of Christian baptisn*. till a few days before his death I Tho union then formed has never been dissolved, and its injurious effects are traceable throughout its entire history. You sec that union in tho Papacy— yon see the injury it has done lo truth and religion— in tho confiscation of property—in the prohibition of gospel prcaching^in K \ N 20 tho i:iiprlsomr.cnl of tho i»aintfl, and ihcir condemnation to instnimcntt of toituro— to the Humes ami to tho scafToM, which history charges home upon the Papacy. Tried by tho Church inquisitorp, convicted of heresy, and rotusin;» to roeant what they know Xr> ho tho doctrino of Christ, rro-J tOHlunis were delivered over to tho civil magitiratu for Uie iiidietion gf I tho penalty adjudged— priests standing hy lo aco that it was carried into cHccl. This union was the most lurmidabte harrier to tho Reformation. | Tho Reformation was more than a stru,'rTain Packenham have been banished from Us wall,9 because ha circulated soma Copies of tho Scriptures during tho lalo revolution. And tha samo remark applieai to every country on the continent of Kuropo in Wiilch tlnj endeavour was mado to introducQ tho light of thu Reformation. With civil pains and penalties were the Reformc-ra met; an received them wcro Bpoi!td of their good?, and subjected it baniahnienl ordcatli. A eimi!af state cf ihingi now prevails. A prolcs'ant church cannot lo opened ia Rome. Great opposition bfisf.cen made to tha cructicti rf cno in Turin. In Tuscany, tho MadiaJ, husband r\nS wif.«,havc hceii sf.uicueed to tho gal- Iowa for readin'; the hihh, ar^d the Diiko has nrochiimed the penalty of deatli aguinst fill who da any ihiii<» agjinst roliglon— that fa— -Pcpcry. Austria has !ale!y cspclIeJ, upon a fe-A? diiyAnotic, and despite every re- monstrance, niJssionaTiea who had been laboring (or a tinio among hnr ■ populaiiort. Great danger is ineiirrcd hy aitcrnpting to circulate thj bible in Spain -Borrow was actually led out ta ha shot j and an cvan- gclica! preacher would not ba tolerated. Franca 13 far from ttijii,f friendly to the Christian religion. Wo coald go over every statc-cunneclcd church, and show that the Lord's cause, sa far frnm being benefited by the connexion, has really been injured, and thai in stato churches of tho present day, error is tolerated— spiritual tiarkncsa abounds— infidelity ii prevalent— and that if any ono would arisa to rovivo and reform, ho would be regarded with euspicioo, iiad compelled to letiro itQJn tbo dcQominatioQ. ■>:i- MMM ..jiih •■" l"i wm HMItMIMWUMM nto instmmcnti of ory chargoB home ;)nvic'tocI of heresy, ino of Christ, I*ro- i jr tiic iiiiliotion of I it was carried into ; > tho Reformation,! rovivirii^ iriuh and rity, and this was 'i i riot gain univer- uld nol havo been ^ ;eat day j und tha y of Christianity, .'ouiJ ij;)t now bo j>Tain Paokeuliarn id somo Copies of i« V(?n»ark applies ho eiidoavour wa» h civil paiii3 and LTived ihem wcro Icatii. A 6hni!ar mot to opened ia I cf oao in Turin. Ucuced to tiio gal- led the penalty t>f 'that fa— Popery. despite every re- tirno among hf.r to circulate tha i't ; and aw cvan- 3 far ffnm lo!u first place, nronnd yo.nr.c.lvnr.iti the knowled-e^estahlir.hyour- Helves in lli« cnliditened pen.nu-lon that ihoso hattlemetits are not the Lord's. Famili.MVi30 your.e'.vcs with the scriptrror, with the v.ew ot di.eovcrino; xvhethei- ihey contain ary v;arr.-mt for theni. Inquir(> into the ,roniuRofChvir,iiani:y,nnds.n if tV.ey ar. not condemned Ivu 1 h'^ Should he yonr fir^t ::tcp. and it !.:> on ia.p.rtant on.. Friends of the truth nre rallying r.rh^rorn.n.ipatioa from tli. ^^.Mea ehaln. of t .e mate, and the erv 5. henvd through our hordor.. - Go ye np to th. help <.f the Lord, to the h.lp of ih. Lord n'raln.t th. )..i.hty.'» But ha your he p ho that of hon:..l rncn, ^vho know tho .rorndthey o^e.pv -who are f^llv oonvlnced of the loaitimacy of their olnect-nnd who f.el that they aro fi^hlin^Mhc hnttlc of the Lord. For thh^ pnvpo.- st^^dy the s^nptareB. that yo^J may hav^ a distinct hl-n of tho nr^tnre and d.si-n of !;ll;-raion lo do .so, hy your loy- alty la Kin? Jc^M? ; ior every endeavour should he- innJe hy his nuh-eets to got removed out of hU Kin-dam that whh'li ii^ inconsistent wiih it. Cone^titittlon and advev^^o to itG eMenMon. V^hlb s=. much 5^; hesn- done ly iho enemies of the church wiihoiJt-wlr.Ie, so lOAvh injury is wroiight by false friends within-will you inrtiid snlj. cis if you saw it not, or look on as if yon hud no duty to pcrfofiu I When the emissaries of saian aro 80 busy, will the disciples .jf Christ refLUse to move ? Owiny to the con- nection thai has hceu formed, you rctp^irc to approach the Legislature of cur Province, nad ask them to demolish those batllements that have been thrown up in the interest of Meihodisjr., Prcsbytcrianism, Episcc^^acy, and Romanism, The State has thrown its patronage over those deno- minations, and yoii should urge the State to withdraw it, and confine it- *eif to its proper functions. Public lands havo been given in behoof of sections of tho Church, thus doing injustice to loyal subjects of the Pro- tincc. and iniiicting an injury upon the truth. Your endeavour should be, 50 get these lauds reclaimed and sot apart for purposes of which all MHMMHM ,.*Jl**l f 32 e»ft approva. Koclosiastical corporations havo loon formed—it fhould 1)0 your aim tr» huv« thcsa abolisiicJ ; und out legislators, in tlio ecssion that has been n-Jjounicu'— sovcriil ol tlioin iirofcssin-j thcniselvoa staunch voluntiirie«-*I.nv<; t'nintcd c^vcry p.i)p!ii::iiion tli;tt has Ijoon n»udo for a corporation, and cvt-ii gone iho lon^'th <»f i)as.:in.<» a till to tax a parish for tho buil(ljii<; f-t'a caihodia!. Tlio Ucctorics havo Locn thrown into Chancery, ihal ii jnay Lc dcciJod whcth< r they aro legal ; whoreas, the fpeedier course, and one whieh cou!d Hot hecn <'.hari:.;d with injustice, would havo been, to dceidcj the |)ouit u^orj the iT.n^r of iho. House uf Ue- prosenlatives. HesoJulioii?., Klron^!y W(>rde(], have hcen drawn up, it is true, by IVTr. IlinekH, nnd transniitted to tlio iJritisli (lovernmom, on the Bubjeet oi tlie Reaorvcs, but tho ministry have not pledj^od themselves to Hecularisu t]i(;m, even if portrjissioii bo frratited to dispnpc of thorn as the good of the Provinec may seom to di.ruanJ.» The tiiuu has not yet ar- rived when you may rest on your nnns, or cease from your labour. Ev- ery influence is bein^j used at hi>ino, to hinJcr tho diversion of tlio Ro- ferves Irom their prcaent tiso—witnes?, for example, tho letter of Arch- deacon Beihune, in the London Times. AJJre3;jes and memorials should be prepared, and that, too, speedily, that our le^iislators may understand that we are alive to the subject, and that wo may criujh in tlio bud at- tempts which may be made to saddle the country with a State Church. Let your measures bo adopted, iuul carried into execution with a prayerJ'ul spirit, and n;)t with a factious temper. Whatever yuu A'^ in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. / i. Ma direc- tion, and seek his blessing. With him upon your side, success may bo expected. We are persuaded that it is his will that these battlements should be overthrown, but have an eye to him in your attempts for their abolition. Let yom crovcrning motive be his glory and not your own— the advancement r f i.-r kingdom, and not the praise that you have come off victorious. •♦ Go ye up upon her wails and destroy, but make not a full end ; take away nERB.\TTLEMENT.S, FOR THEYAKE NOT THE LoRdV* • The Secretary of the Colonies has announced, in reply to a question from Sir W. Molesv/orth, that liberty will not be granted to the Cana. dian Parliament to deal with the (-lergy Reserves. No one acquainted with the high church prejudices of the Earl of Derby and Sir John Pak- ington, will be surprised at this. We are more convinced than ever, that the proper course would havo been to proceed by bill, for the H-niie Government was not so likely to lay their veto upon a bill, as to refuse the request ot a series of resolutions. It remains to be seen what stop ehall be taken by the Provincial Cabinet. r;v,'Mimimirs:xBfi;mKamaeSsit:xSSasasiaSSS^^tihf!Utfi^i. lIMIil -^ rormed-^it fhould or!), in tlio ficssiiiii cnisojvca staunch > boon ntatJc for a in to tax a parioh locn thrown into al ; wlkoroaa, tho fid wiih injustice, iIk'. ITonsG of K«- )t flravvu up, it 18 voriutu'iit, on the o.i] thom selves to of thom as the ij has not yet ar- our lahour. Ev- irsiori of t!io Ro- leuor of Arch- uicmoriuls should • 1 may understand ^.;h in tho biui at- Stato Cliuroh. ^xoeulion with a itevci yu'i do in Ask his di;cc» , success may bo u'se batthiincnla vttcrnpts for their not your own- it you have come , but make not a ^OT THE Lord's.'* # ply to a question ed to the Cana- I OHO acquainted d Sir John Pale- inced than ever, 11, for the Home bill, as to refuao t ScvH Wiiat stop ' ^tmrn mistiimmaem 1^H^^^^!^^^ L ■ L ^ !J'W«nl.L^J^'Jtf ■"?■ ?l»..!..;^^^f■vJ^l'f^l^itl»^iifea 'gl a3M WB^. \'