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‘If a man has great and good news to tell me, he will not do it angrily, and in much heat and discomposure of spirit. It is not therefore easy to conceive on what ground a scolding Minister can justify a conduct which only proves that he does not understand his errand.’ Cowper’s Letters. Paley has admirably illustrated the Epistle to the Romans, as characterized by an exquisite address of Christian love; mixing itself with the most unpalatable statements of truth, and conciliating a kind attention, as the most effectual avenue to conviction. See his Horae Paulinas. This, as an old writer observes—‘not only serves the affections, but also (if I may so term it) makes the oration sharper and more witty, to the end that it may altogether pierce the minds of the hearers, and so possess the whole heart itself.’ Hemmincre, ut supra, p. 54.