to enjoin, though very briefly, a regulation of all our our sentiments, as being the causes of our actions. (d) Art. 10.] In Part V. some things were said concerning the causes of frequency and intenseness in anger; but we could scarcely exemplify these from Scripture without repeating what is said in other places. How the presence of the object enlivens affections may appear from 1 John iv. 20. which is grounded on a principle common to all passions. Love of enemies has been mentioned, and will be spoken of more fully. Sympathy will also occur. And the scriptural use of simple terms for compound sentiments was fully exemplified under Hatred, Part I. Art. 18, &c. where Enmity was an instance. Cruden calls zeal a mixed passion. In the Book of Ecclesiastes we have xi. 10. Sorrow in the text and Anger in the margin; a feeling so expressed may be compounded of anger and sorrow. "Behold we put (e) Art. 19.] James iii. 3. bits in the horses mouths that they may obey us; "and we turn about their whole body". This is written with a different idea from our present one. It is an instance of a small thing moving a great one; to illustrate the important effects of the small member the tongue. Neither does Job's purpose, when he describes brute animals, coincide with ours. His purpose is to magnify the Creator; which he can best effect by contrasting the power of God with the weakness of man. Accordingly, he sets forth those powers of the Horse, &c. which are independent of Man; such as instinct, &c. (f) Art. 22.] Eph. vi. 9. in the text has "forbearing threatening": the marginal translation is, "moderating". I take the latter: EVTES has both senses. If the word "forbearing" be preferred, it should imply a comparison; between what is, and what ought to be it should mean, forbear such threatening as is customary, amongst the generality; who may, as the a world now is, in these parts, be called imperious and tyrannical masters. 66 "heart". 66 (g) Art. 25.] Against what is here stated it might be urged, that Solomon says, (Ecclesiastes xi. 10.) remove sorrow (margin anger") " from thy Solomon could not compare Christianity with the state immediately preceding it; but he might see enough of the effects of ill-governed Anger, as a Jew, and as a man, to wish that a good deal of what he did see might be removed. NOTES ON PART VII. (a) Art. 3.] See Macknight's Harmony. (b) Art. 4.] See Macknight's Harmony. (c) Art. 5.] See Macknight from Kimchi.-See also Parkhurst's Greek Lexicon, under Tɛɛwa. μωρε (d) Art. 5.] Some derive pape from Marah, which has the senses mentioned in this discourse. It also sometimes signifies Apostate. (e) Art. 18.] To Tovmp to the injurious person. Hammond. (f) Art. 23.] See my Lectures in Divinity, Book IV. Art. 37. Sect. 19. (g) Art. 26.] See Barclay's Apology for the Quakers, Prop. 15. And Bishop Burnet on the 37th Article of the Church of England. (h) Art. 27.] See Hammond on the passage. (2) Art. 28.] Luke xvi. 14.-See Bishop Hurd's Discourses Vol 2. Discourse xi. (k) Art. 30.] See Numbers xxxiii. 51–56. See also Deut. xx. 10, &c. mentioned in Bishop Law's Theory of Religion, p. 81. Note (n) See also Deut. xxix. 14, 15. (1) Art. 30.] See Cicero de Officiis Lib. i. 12.— And Hume's Essays, Part II. Essay 1. on Commerce. Vol. I. p. 287. Octavo. (m) Art. 37.] See Taylor on mond, &c.-Locke gives our sense. under Coals, and Burning.-See also brew Lexicon under Gehal. Romans; HamSee Concordance Parkhurst's He (n) Art. 44.] This passage is Matt. xviii. 15-17. -But I do not dwell upon it, as it is mentioned in the 33d Article of the Church of England. See my Lectures in Divinity, Sect. xi.-Also Sect. viii, of that Article. (0) Art. 45.] See my Lectures in Divinity, Book I. Chap. xix. I wish to be permitted to mention here, that Dr. Law, late Bishop of Carlisle, recommended it to a Student of the University of Cambridge, who was applying his mind to the subject now under consideration, to request a perusal of the Discourses which I had preached at St. Mary's Church on the Love of enemies. And was encouraging to my disquisitions on other occasions. My particular reason for desiring to mention such an anecdote is, that the same learned Prelate to wards the decline of life, found our opinions more dif ferent than they had once seemed to be. See my Lectures in Divinity, Book III. Chap. VI. Sect. vi. END OF THE NOTES. world now is, in these parts, be called imperious and tyrannical masters. 66 remove sorrow (margin 66 (g) Art. 25.] Against what is here stated it might be urged, that Solomon says, (Ecclesiastes xi. 10.) anger") " from thy "heart". Solomon could not compare Christianity with the state immediately preceding it; but he might see enough of the effects of ill-governed Anger, as a Jew, and as a man, to wish that a good deal of what he did see might be removed. NOTES ON PART VII. (a) Art. 3.] See Macknight's Harmony. (c) Art. 5.] See Macknight from Kimchi.-See also Parkhurst's Greek Lexicon, under Tɛɛwa. (d) Art. 5.] Some derive uops from Marah, which has the senses mentioned in this discourse. It also sometimes signifies Apostate. (e) Art. 18.] To nomp to the injurious person. Hammond. (f) Art. 23.] See my Lectures in Divinity, Book IV. Art. 37. Sect. 19. (g) Art. 26.] See Barclay's Apology for the Quakers, Prop. 15. And Bishop Burnet on the 37th Article of the Church of England. (h) Art. 27.] See Hammond on the passage. Errata to Malevolent Sentiments. CONTENTS. DISCOURSES. from bot. for hababitations read habitations. from bottom, for necessarly read necessarily. ditto, for unfeelnig read unfeeling. |