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ADDRESS OF THE REV. J. CLOWES. 273
"
amples of the blind Scribes and Pharisees of old before
their eyes, should neither go into the kingdom them
selves, nor suffer them who were entering to go in, thus
drawing down again the terrible reprehension of shed
ding the blood of the prophets, whilst they build their
tombs, and garnish their sepulchres, and say, If we had
been in the days ofour fathers, we would not have been
partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’*
" But you will say, perhaps, it is the height of folly
and credulity to suppose what, in its very nature, is
altogether so improbable and impossible. How ! Im
probable or impossible that the God of heaven should
discover holy truth to a chosen servant, and that the same
God should ordain this servant to instruct His people, by
making known to them those pure laws of truth, derived
from His Holy Word, which had been heretofore over
looked or perverted ! In what Christian creed have you
been taught to believe this ? or in what general council,
modern or ancient, was it ever established as an article of
faith, that Omniscience and Omnipotence would no more
interfere in the instruction of mankind ? that no further
aids would ever be supplied from heaven, to enlighten
and restore fallen creatures ? that evil and darkness might
increase upon earth, and reign unmolested, but that the
Father of Mercies would remain an indifferent spectator,
and would make no further exertions to regain His lost
empire of light and goodness ? that the Almighty did
indeed speak in times past unto the prophets, and in
latter days by His Son, but that henceforth He will be
altogether silent, and speak neither by prophet, apostle,
seer, teacher, or any other instrument, to make Himself
known, and to reveal again the heavenly truths of His
kingdom ? In what council, I say, was such an in
credible creed as this ever established, or even conceived ?
And yet such is the creed to which all must of necessity
subscribe, who reject the testimony of Baron Swedenborg
as improbable and impossible.
Matt. xxiii. 13, 29, 30.
N 2
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