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2Tim. 2.24, 25. Circumliniatur modo poculum coelestis sapientiae melle, ut possint ab imprudentibus amara remedia sine offensione potari; dum illiciens prima dulcedo acerbitatem soporis asperi sub praetextu suavitatis occultat. Lactant. Cowper’s remarks and illustration are singularly terse—‘No man was ever yet scolded out of his sins. His heart, because it is corrupt, grows angry if it is not treated with some management and good manners. A surly mastiff will bear “perhaps to be stroked (though he will growl even under this operation); but if you touch him roughly he will bite.’ Letters, ut supra. See our Lord’s Ministry beautifully illustrated in detail. Bishop of Winchester’s Min. Char. ch. viii.