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BY
REV. JOHN CLAUDIUS PITRAT,
a member of the university of france; author of "jesuitsunveiled," of "paul and julia," etc., andformerly a romish priest.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
CINCINNATI:
LONGLEY BROTHERS, PRINTERS
168 VINE ST., ABOVE FOURTH.
1857.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
JOHN CLAUDIUS PITRAT,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District ofOhio.
Dear Friend Gurley,—To you, who have fedme when I was starving, sheltered me when I wasa homeless exile, and befriended me when I wasforlorn, and my life was sought by my persecutors,this volume I inscribe, as a feeble token of mylasting gratitude and friendship.
J. C. Pitrat.
Two arguments can be brought forth to prove thatthe Partialist doctrines are not taught in the Scriptures:the one is drawn from the Scriptures themselves, andthe other is drawn from history.
The first argument, drawn from the Scriptures, isthis:
The Partialist doctrines are not taught in the Scriptures,if it can be proved by the Scriptures themselvesthat the Partialist doctrines are not contained therein.But it can be proved by the Scriptures themselves thatthe Partialist doctrines are not contained therein.Then the Partialist doctrines are not taught in theScriptures.
The second argument, drawn from history, is this:
The Partialist doctrines are not taught in the Scriptures,if it can be proved by history, that the origin ofthe Partialist doctrines is Pagan. But it can be provedby history that the origin of the Partialist doctrines isPagan. Then the Partialist doctrines are not taught inthe Scriptures.
These two arguments, as he who reflects can easilyperceive, not only corroborate each other, but theirrespective proving force is such, that, if considered separately,each one is sufficient to peremptorily prove thatthe Partialist doctrines are not taught in the Scriptures.The former, till now, we Universalists have exclusively[vi]used, and it has been efficacious in causing the scalesof early and strong prejudices to fall from the eyes ofthousands. However, it is unfortunately a fact, confirmedby daily experience, that the conclusions arrivedat through scriptural controversies are striking only tominds of a particular bent and culture. On the contrary,the conclusions arrived at through historical factspresent t