his "sinking to the bottom like a stone." After this
deliverance of the new Israel by this new Moses, the new Moses
with the new Israel went on to the conquest of the heathen in the
wilderness, to the full establishment of the new theocracy, to the
entering of the promised land, and to the saints of the Most High
taking the kingdom. Accordingly, by the new Moses a tabernacle
was set up, and a priesthood in imitation of the divine original in
the Scriptures was established. And still in imitation of that divine
original in the Scriptures, Sunday was by Iaw made the sign of this
new and
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false theocracy, as the Sabbath was and is the sign of the original,
the true, and the divine Theocracy. And this was done the with this direct
intent; for we have it so stated in the words of Bishop Eusebius
himself, who was one of the chief ones in the doing of it. Here are
his words:
"All things whatsoever it was duty to do on the Sunday these
WE have transferred to the Sunday."
That the scheme and system of things thus established was
in their thought the very kingdom of God on earth, is also
plainly and positively stated by Bishop Eusebius thus: "Invested
as he is with a semblance of heavenly sovereignty, he [Constantine]
directs his gaze above and FRAMES HIS EARTHLY
GOVERNMENT according to THE PATTERN of that DIVINE
ORIGINAL, feeling strength in ITS CONFORMITY TO TH
