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PART' IK/ ■ ■(, ."-■ - A.«rTION8tO THE TOINCIPLES ASD POUTT OBJECTION'S TO^ METHomSI SQCIETV. , # I "i 1^1 RE-pnntiSHE© SOCIETY OF THE DIOCESE OF tOttONTO. FOi* THE CHURCH AT THE DIOCESAN PRESS, COBOURG. 1844. >■■ i.-v^*','. -X- . \ I -I I :J ¥ it ¥■1 V \ /" =^ :.. > ;» r5 ■ ■ -M ■ ■■i !i ' iPT :t ^■^ :t ttTTER TO A METltODIST. PART II. .j^^^^Srf*^*^*^'^^^^^^ '^iT Thi next point; concerning^hich you desire /proved the Bald ^^^^ ^^^ ,^,,,efore to be no tr^l ?«U t rylii s;me^hat tncongruoUB to strengthen my arjjurnent by^)^^;'"8 ; ^ • ""®^; «!, « rhurch as Via is directly contrary to j^rs,s"i^t^d^«^^ . be Christ's Church. v»hatevei\el8e It may be. ■-■•V 11 i^ ■ii" i XMpLmaMn'jj i m ill ^ ■^Nh. In the 1 3th chapter of St. Matthew. Christ (.peak. ng of under the appellation of "the kingdom of Jcavcn •) han h„|<,, „.at ^ Church wa- like ft ^ ,„ re wo,!., . f ' '•' "'^f '.. "''^" •* ^' «» "'e end of of '"tllr Z"r'T'? ^""''''' 'he .amc appellation ^ ritirt s "'""•" ""'" "^^" "«*" ««'' 'J- ^C8t when tlu7 were to be burned, but the ir/,eat w.. bo B«v.I. And the meaning Lf,^^^^^^^ and the burning Of th. tarrs, and The Having of Je , . '*" "^""'*- ^ '>« Son of man shall «end forth •s «ngels and ,hoy sl....ll gather out of His Kingdom all th ngs that offend, and tmkm .v.nc, ,„> .M^rm and shall cast then, into a furnace of fire;" " l^n ri,' the .^A/.««.shinc n,rth in the kingdom of ;heir^ " of ChS^/^C^; then, .i,,,, he express declarat^::;, !n tf r "^*'>^ P'"''' «n'J the «vr/.«/ are to remain wo d "«;?"',""'' ^'" ^'"'' ""'-' "the end<^Z , wodd when the angels of God wHl separate them. Andsuch we find the Church described to be in If t^e'churer^" •^"^^--t-samemC ot the Church; so were Ananias and Sapphira who were struck dead for f^ing to the Holy Ghost s^^r tin^t^:^^^^'""^^^^— S'W.^ '^^«r.A, which is at Corinth; to them (ch«p. ,. 2> And yet he reproves them for being t ^ -4 -.1 1 mmmm^^Km^ £^iSE ^istefsfi i^ i -.1 1 / i.«« 5 11 12 &c ) lie tcllH them that they are '•cariitl," — tl'«^ '*• ""' thc//.-^Bmlnotof(Ioa'».pirU; (vhHp.ii. there 3,) th«it ,,n.icution" amonn tht-i.., »i>a that tht-y were ''uufrca up at it," a,.d glorhd m it, (il.«p. v., r ) lie rJpruvcH then, b.cu.HC thcr .ucet «g ? Jthcr waH f« the «.«m, ana net tor the /«■//.., bc!Si^HMl.crc were dimlon. a.nun^ then, a.ul becaunc tTp-»-«nca the Lora% Supper by Kct,n.K.^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ! Vchai) xi 17, &c.) Vari..u. other pnrtn »t the iJT:Ltr:.i«luhe,uot.aiV,rthc..nc Xe ana cHpcclally the Kpislh-H to the hcvcu C hu.chcs Ta.L in Itecelution^, chap. ii. .nul iii.-»U Kou.R to how t a ChriKt'H aoHcription cH" His Church Was true Z Z^ ktlcr- tha it ^^nH to he conipoM-a ot W.M S :ll;^ with the ,../. Th. M;:tl-nHt n:tt;ofa^hurch,thatiscou.poHeao.>lyo^^^^^^^ LiW- the form, and seeking th'' r»/ K"''f" '*;' SClloil ana is aircctly con.nny to the bcr-^Ujures^ No such Church; as the -Mc.hoa..t ( hmch Lrli;catohe,iBtahetounainllulyScr.pture. It ^^T^f;;^.:;t:^;a^;;^ Church;' a. being contrary to ihe Scriptv^en, because Ukv umkc men.bership thereof consist m jo,nv>g a S/ ' A thing utterly unknown to the Scnp.ure«^ BapUs,n is-tl^ only rite of initiaticn. .nto thet h^ of God. This appears expressly by what St. 1 .lul has decWca in his Epistles :-^-rhere.s one Umi,, tn:Uo.e*a,...^•'Ci5p';•^ are uU baptized into one hodi,. (I \^-'^' '''> ^^ivhich body w TUB CliuBl;", (Col. 1. i».; . .^^ The "Book of. Discipline" says, (page 84.) I*^t „M«c be receiced ifUo the Church, untd tiny are rcco,>^^ Inded by a [class] leader, .itk u-h<.n they h..cjneUU least m months m trial, and have been baptized dnd MhaUon examination by the minister m clut^r before ^i' w ■M ■r\ '■■**, m J . I'' ■< ■'•■ ■it '' m 6 . Mo CAurrA, ffine »ati$fovt„ry asuuranret both uf the rorr^ctnr,, of thrir FailH, and thHr willioffne^s to observe ami keep the rules of the (^hiireh." If, tljin, aiiKin hnvo met with a tlnM-ltnatr nix monthii; If ho Imvf hoi^n baptized; if ho hnve HtooU • Mt •factory cxiitHiijntian; If ho bo willing to obicrve and koop iho ruhH of "the Church,"-ho may be , Jdm.ttcd ,nt., tho "McthodiHt K,,i«copnl Church!" nw Hy hapfim^ aa the ScrifHure directs? Not •t all. IIo han. been baptized already, and U not a member yet I Wl.nf. ihen. \n to bo done ? How it he to bo a member of thin "Methodist" Church?— Ihj putting hia name down in a ctnsit-bQok. ,. ^"fi."' " '""" 8"'"^ ndmittnnee into this "Mctho- Ui»l (^hure|i, by putting kin name doum in a class. book, ■o, If ho refuse to attend tho meeting of the class afterwards, he is to be excluded from the Church— he IS no longer to be a member! f Tho Hook of Discij line, (page 85,) says : 'Question 5. What shall we do with those mem- bers of our Church who wilfully and repeatedly neg- lect to meet their class ? -^ * "Answer 1. Let the elder, deacon, or one of the preachers^ visit them, whenever it is practicable, and explain to them the consequence if they continue to neglect, viz., Excj^usmN. ^"2. If they do not amend, let him who has the charge of the circuit, or station, bring their case before the society, or a select number, before whom they shall have been cited to appear; and if they be found guilty . of wdful neglect by a decision of a majority of the members, before whom their case is brought, let them be LAID ASIDE, and let the preachers show that they are excluded for a breach of our rules, and not for iwimoriif conduct." . •. Thus it appears that, though a member of the "Mcthodis^hurch" should attend their publiQwor^ 4 aeggF^yiiltPiiii it^mii' 'mmmm «A//) rpi^ulnrly nml punctuull>; though he ihouUl I.*' coiutunt lit lluir toiumuiilou tabk: though he »h«)uhl live n |)»ir«j lui.l uprinht life— y»-t 1^1 H'»tM iM nothing; he h«H foiiuuiti<.l tlio fnortnt Min of n..t niti-iuling n clttiin-mrotiiiK! I' niul lor tluit, ho in to l.i- I'ti'l o»iriviU'««H ..f the Church of lliH\ ! ! Wan Hiuh « doitiiiu! «h thin ever hcord btfore Y W'nn it «!vi r btlon luarU, that a man wail to be rpfuHPtl w/ra?//r»«V«f intu iIh' Cluirch of CJod (for nufli the " MotUodiHt Chiircli" profcn-.i-H to be) uiileRH Iw joined a chutit} or, that he was to bo Inid Midc—cxclwlid fr«>in h^r privilt'KcH and hc-r Iwpen, if he rofuHcd to attend a fUm-uit'flhHf.'' Wan such a thing art tliin, I nay, ever Heardof, until tiie MelhodliU made the diHcovery? Tell it not hvCinlh! What U this, but to Met tliese tIa«8-incetlnK»» ahore the public worsliip of (iod ? ahone \m HacrameiUs? aboce every other nieans of (kate ? uf)in:e a holy life? And, assuredly, such is the fact, as I have above shown; uince, unless he join a dim, and attend its meetiug», everything else a nuui does, or can do, avails him not an iota! I And yet, in the face of this startling fact, the "iJook of Discipline" tcllrus, (paRc 83,) that God's wtitlou Word "is the onfy rule, and the suffi- cient rule, both of «Mr futt/t und jiructke.'' Now, as the HiblCjis thus declared to be the "r»i/// rule" of the Methodist ;7rflr/: <■ >\ II i>f i^ ^ life Iff ... 1. . t li;/ you "joined cIms." Be aBsdred, that there is do promise of salvation, ou/ of the Church of God, to any human being; and he equally assured, that you do not , join the Church of God, by joining one of Wesley't classes. ». 1 object, in the third place, to the " Methodist Church," as being unscripturaly because it excludes infants from being members of the Church of God. Of this fact, there can be no doubt. Ihave sho^vn that Baptism does not confer membership in the "Methodist Church,"^ — ^^nothing but the entering one's name in a class-book, after sik months' trial, an examination, &c. Of course, infants cannot become members, because they cannot and do not join a class! 1 Methodist JStfjpftm (as it is called) is a mere idle ceremony--the giving of a name to the child, and nothing more. On this point, I very much (ear, Methodist^, parents have been kept in the dark. They have not been trusted with the dreadful secret, that their* infant offspring are not members of the Church of God !— Nor is this to be wondered at, for what parent would remain for twenty-four hours a member of a society, which cuts off his children from the blessings and pri- vileges which Christ has purchased, with His blood, for His Church?— and all, because the unconscious babes cannot join one of Wesley's classes! ! 4. The last objection, I shall mention, to the "Methodist Church," is their unscriptural doctrine^ that an inward cart gives them aright to exercise the ministry of the Lord Jesus. To this, I object, (1.) that there is not an instance in the whole Scriptures, where any man undertook to act as a minister of God, because he had an "inward .call" to do so. On the contrary, some of the most eminent servants of God* we know had no "inward ••■call.".-. -.mnyt^pmtrm^''- i i n JMoieSt the most diatinguisbcd prophet mentioQed la Scripture, had no "inward call;" because, when God called him to go to Pharaohf be refused to go.— > (Exodus, chap, iv.) j Samml had no " inward call ;' ' because, when God /called him to be a prophet in Israel, he was only three years old ; and, of course, was ignorant ot the nature of the prophetic office. (1 Sam. chap, iii.) David had no "inward call;" because he had no intimation of his high destiny until Samuel called him; and "from (hat day the Spirit of God came upon him." (1 Sam.xvi,) J^remtaA had no "inward call;" because, when Ood called him, he endeavoured to plead off, saying he was but "a child." (Jer. i.) Jonah had no " inward call ;" because be ran off when God called him to prophesy against Nineveh.— (Jonah i.) ^ The Twelve Apostles had no "inward call;'* be- dause they were entirely ignorant of the naturcand end of the office to which Christ called them. They were also ignorant of thetiature of the Gospel, and supposed Christ was About to establish & temporal kingdom; and this delusion, it would seem, they lay under, to the very last hour of Christ's abode upon earth! (Acts i.e.) St. Paul h&d no "inward call;" because he was persecuting the Church at the very time when Christ called him to be an Apostle. (Acts ix.) All these highly favoured servants of the Most High wei^ "called" to the sacred office, either by God's own mouth, or else by one of His authorized servants. When he condesc(^nded to call them by "word of ihouth," God invariably gave them the power of work> ing miracles, or of foretelling future events, so that mankind might certainly know that he had ca|led thein. The notion of an "inward caU" is unknown to the m m '•tan -Ml ■*'*■■ I"' I' cit- ■M'il: Id JScripturei. and js the invention of thos^, wbo^ not having been appointed to the sacred office by any law* /id authority, have resorted to this expedient to claim ^ to have one immediately from God himself/ We ot^ject (2.) to this doctrine as being urucriptu- ralf .bepause it is in opposition to the teaching of St. Paul. In the fifth chapter of the Hebrews, speaking of the ministerial office, he says, " No man taketh this, honour unto Jdmself^ but he that is called of Ood, as was Aaron.** How was Aaron called ? By an " inward" call P No. He was called by the mouth of Moses, an authorized minister of God : so that, to be called by an authorized minister, is to be "called of God." To this, perhaps, some Methodist preacher might answer, that, when St. Paul says, " Aaron was called of God," he meant that Aaron had an "inward call." To this, I reply, (1.) That we have precisely the same record of Aaron's "call" before us, which St. Paul had before him, which record is ar follows: God said to Moses, "And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother^ and his sons with him, from among ths children of Israel, that he may minister unto ms in ths Priests' office** (Exodus xxviii. 1.) God then commands Moses to make certain holy garments, and said, " Thou shall put them upon Aaron thy brother, arid his sons with him; and shall anoini thevt, and cojtsecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the Priests' office.** (Ex. xxvii. 4ivxl. 13.) And in reference to this conse- crating, &c., of Aaron, " Thus did Moses : according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he'* (Ex. il. 16.) thus was Aaron "called,"— "anointed," —" consecrated,"— "sanctified," — foi/ the priest's office by -Moses. There is not a word mentioned about an, "inward" call. - I reply, (2.) That Aaron could not have had an "inward" ctdl, because the institution of the Aaronic ry" •zmm^'smsm^^K^:^"- "'%&F'^w^mur> 13 been as yet revea ed to n'»°'""°' . ' ^^^ cdtnmand :.r£U^r^ MO- Sp^^^^^ ^^^;iirL^ 5-^Kn:;;^ Thieh had no. as jet •>«« "'^'^f ^.i'^f Tt. Pad ,i„„, therefore, I have given to the »o<« ^_^^ ii correet, that "hf"./^""" """ Sedof God," God-a authorized "> ■"•^.. '«,;^^ ,^1. .hut out. . and every pretence for an inwaro e» • ?"l' i /, ^ Th.t even if Aaron had bad an "in- l^A tiiehi to" proved to be impossible) ^warttUall, (^wnien a »»*\ . ^ ,,„.., u. „a8 outwardly Moses; «<>^J^\^„g ^ ^»in.vard calV avails were true-^omieir navuig « «i;n„ard calF they the Methodists nothing, until this mwam cau i ^j the jyiemoui ,„///gd bv the outward call of an not until then. ^ God'a iuttorfacrf ji^:r ttSt "g:^*-^.^- !». I k*. ^"y TpSe doetrine to the ^^'^'^'^ZS^ the very root of their ministry, and they are fo V l«a« of i Nevertheless, it is eminently a Scnpture Slrine: no doetrine stands out more prominend, ?CS,i; in theWord of God. I "»" .P" « f^' instanees of it, just to satisfy f « "«^*V suhjeet; and, first, with respect to this very ease o to ministerto me in the Priests' o«Bce. (Ex.™?-"-/ ■ ■■ ■ ■- b' CI I • 'Vl I. 1' ■\ ■ • %} - »■. "si J-l . ■ ■ "...'■■ M ■ ■ \ ' : - ' ■ .■ . ■ ■ V. ^J:* ■ ■■li "wr^SPittPi »• *^ » n. /"tV '?. M U ' God Bays to Mosch. "And Mou sholt put upon AaroH the holy gannents, &c., and mnctij^ hhn. that ho may muustor uj.to u.o in the Prlesis' offlcc"— ;^^ir,s " authorised" nrinisters, then it is God s act; it ,s He who join, them together, and marriage beeomos a "great n,ysten," a type of the union bctwtxen Christ and His Ch.irch. , (■.ph v )-- \Vhen an w^|««//iw/r^r/ n.imster teiel.rates a marriage. It may^ea/.-^/ marriage, shice it is permitted by tlij vlnwsof theland; but such a marriage is not God's act; Hedoes^not join the parties together; it is^not » type oC Christ s union with His Church, neither is it "a great mystery." Apin, "The Pharisees had heard that ./^m made and baptized nmre disciples than John; though Jesus himself baptized not, but his ..'.kv^.V (John iv. 1 , 2.) Ilx^re the act of the dimples iu.baptizing is the act of Christ, because U was pertormcd by Hh aphorized r|immers. And this is justfthe difference between a "'■' '"? baptism. Whert Christ's baptize, it is Cliiist who bap- lawj'ul and an unhmful "jau thori^ed" ministers hi '«^i5WP^*fc^ 'tl V tb ■',.■■ tizcB, and the infant -.8 then ♦'horn of water and the Spiril" and is admitted into the kingdom of God, when an "unauthorized" minister presumes to baptize, it is only his own bapti.s,n-^\ih u mere ceremony-.tlie form of giving a name to the child, and "ot ""K "'^'^ " no spiritual benem results from M to tl,e child, /nd surely, it ii a great comfort to know, thh amid the C^^^eetions of even, His .'^-'^'V-f-:-;,?;: baptism, though "by man," U not "of mai.; that to whomsoever Christ may hav^ committed the mmistry of His sacrament. Himself it is, that retuineth and sendeth forth its power. , . , , i If it were necessary, I/could add a hundred such instances from the lliblc/all going to show, that^it is there a prominent and oft-repeated doctrine, that tbe act of (iod's avtl,orizrd minister is thq^act^of God himself. And of one thing we may rest Sat ||fie.l, t!mt if evervGod should so deviate from the ordinary course - of His I'rovidence, as to give a man an 'Mnward call, . (as it is termed,) to the ministerial ofhce, lie wi provide the meam by which he is to enter it--lle will send him to one ot WW mthorlzcd ministera for ordhiation. , u ^^ , «/x* Buthere, perhaps, f*o">c one may ask, iJocs not every minister in tho rrotestant Episcopal Church professto have an 'inward call,' when he say, at his ordidStion, that he tnM.hc U mv,n,lly v^edhuOiS ■HoU Ghost to undertake the sUcrcd othce Y 1 snail answer this question in the words of a living writer : " Solemn and important as this inquiry is, .it will not justify the conclusion, that th6 Church here expects in the candidate a,direet, special, and evident call to the work of the ministry; for, if this were so— if there were this special revelation to the mind of the eandi- date the Church and its liishop would be bound to submit to it, and every such person could demand ordination, however apparent his disqualifications.--^ :,<;• •■ h ,■ } 1?5 m f I I" II: I: 111; I i- ji ii 16 Besides, as no sensible i)roof of the call could be given, the Uishop would be compelled to rely on the mere ^ord of the cBmlidiUc, nnd thus be exposed to every kind of dcicptlon froni those, who ignorantly mistake the working of their own imnginntions for the impulses of the Spirit of God. In the question proposed, the ChurcJj recognizes tijc tiuth, that all holy disposition* — every good thought nnd rclisiouH purpose — comes from th^.influcnce of (Jod's Spirit upon the mind.— ♦The fruits of the Spirit are ih all goodness, and righteousness, nnd truth.' This is the burden of Scriptuic, nnd it is interwoven ^«roZ(;haracterof the "Methodist Church." It was rather incongruous to undertake to show this, after I had proved it to be no Church at all, having neither a lawful ministry, nor lawful sacraments. 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