1817 Sept. 8

Not Paul Ch. Style Paul’s Nonsense

II. Cor. I. 17 to 20

Nonsense about Yea and Nay.

II. Cor. II. 14. to 16.

Nonsense about savour.

II. Cor. IV 10 to 12.

Antithetical nonsense about death and life.

v. 14. 15.

II. Cor. IV 13 to 18

Nonsense about the spirit of faith, and resurrection, and grace and thanksgiving and glory, and men’s outward man which perishes and their inward man which is renewed daily: and light affliction, and exceeding weight of glory: and looking at things which are not seen but are eternal.

II. Cor. V. 1 to 9.

Nonsense about Building Clothing, Nakedness groaning absence and presence: declaring how he and they walk by faith and not by sight: and that they groan, not that they would be unclothed, but that they would be clothed upon: and that mortality might be swallowed up of by life.

II. Cor. V. 11 to 13.

Nonsense about the terror of the Lord: also, about persuasion— manifestation, self—commendation glory —sanity, and insanity.

II. Cor. V. 16 to 21

Stark nonsense about knowledge, and new things, and old things, and reconciliation, and trespasses: declaring that he Paul knew Christ after the flesh, but will is reported not to know him no any longer: that all things are new things: that he is an ambassador for Christ: that Christ is himself converted into sin, to the end that Paul’s readers may be converted into the righteousness of God.

II Cor. VI. 8 to 10

Self—contradictory antithetical nonsense, about beingdeclaring himself to be a deceiver, yet true: unknown yet well known, &c.

II. Cor. VII. 8 to 10

Nonsense about joy and sorrow. Not very nonsensical)

Gal. IV.

Nonsense about Sons Heirs and Servants.

V

I Tim. III.

Nonsense about the mystery of godliness

N.B. II. Cor. VII & VIII occupied exclusively in importunate begging.