These strokes of character enable us to understand the man; and I shall now go into the consideration of some of the arguments he has deduced from passages in the Old Testament in support of his opinions; after premising, that the truth of the story of the manner of his conversion depends entirely upon his own assertion; and whether his credibility be absolutely unimpeachable, can be easily determined by an impartial consideration of the history of his conduct already mentioned.  I will only add upon this subject, that in telling the story of his conversion, he ought to have had a better memory; for in telling it once in xxvi. ch. of Acts, he says, in describing his miraculous vision, that “those that were with me, saw indeed the light, and were afraid, but heard not the words of him that spake to me;” and thus he directly contradicts the story of it recorded in Acts ix., where it is said, “that the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but seeing no one.”

In the 9th chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, v. 24, he thus proves; that the Old Testament prophecied of the conversion of the Gentiles, to the Gospel—­“Even us whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles, as he saith also in Hosea “I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.  And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, you are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.”—­Is not this to the purpose? yet, in applying this passage to the Gentiles, Paul has wilfully, (yes wilfully, for Paul was a learned man, and knew better) perverted the original from its proper reference, and has passed upon his simple converts., who did not know so much of the Jewish Scriptures, as he did, a prophecy relating entirely to the Jews, as referring to the Gentiles!!  By turning to Hosea, Reader, you will find this to be verily the case; here is the passage, “Then said God, call his name (Hosea’s son) Loammi, for ye (the Israelites) are not my people, and I will not be your God, yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured, nor numbered.  And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people, there shall it be said unto them, ye are the sons of the living God.”  Hosea chapter i

“Again v. 33.  “As it is written, Behold I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, and every one who believeth in him shall not be ashamed.”  Here Paul has pieced two passages together, which in the originals are disconnected.  For in the 8th chapter of Isaiah it is written, “Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.  And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence, to both the houses of Israel; for a gin, and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.”  And in the 28th chapter it is written, “therefore, thus saith the Lord God, behold I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation, he that believeth shall not be ashamed,” (or disappointed) Here “you see, reader, that he jams two distant passages together no ways related; and alters some words, and applies them to Jesus, with whom, it appears from the context of Isaiah, they have no concern.