506 THE ANATHEMAS AGAINST THE SO.CALLED ANTINOMIANISM WEIGHED IN THE BALANCES, AND FOUND WANTING. . THE " reuerenil" scofer in lines of prirrt rrho, Iike the raging sea whieh foameth out its orvn slrame, has so publicly prrblislierl fri, irif v a"n,i-iirEia;:'i;,,. the.vanity to boast of trre_" najesti o7 nuh,;'a.d rhe pride t6 ii rr,";i J;- ui'nity of"rea,son." - And the spicirien lre giues us of iis divine ".,.rri morte or ..urun. ing is tlris, Le senrls forth a tracr bearing'the title-A portraiiiire -oi- A;Ji;;- miarrisrn*-when rhe arve-stluc( reader, rubbirrg the dim of t,i. dorl--ti.uo, naturally lo-oks for rhe picrure, or at aov rate a s'ket('h rhereot,iuce "y.. ern.y;. po.- trait"-is a likerress, buf alas, alas, he iooks in vai'! for th; ;;;;tai; bri;. lorth l)ut a mouse alter all, and that in the aborninati,rn of a lie, rvliich on the -;, second page is given to the title on the firsr: the Writer isnoruotiv, subtilly-saying,." To-atternpt a portrait of Antinomiani.*, ,uoul,iti",fr."i,l, ,t ntn.noleulures." 11'ha[.a pretty sort of face-painter this ! To lieil(l out a poL_ trailure of that rvhieh hai " no /eutures," 'r' divine" reascner! ..maiestic T1,,j-.j":i !".,"1y the great Italian painter Rafaelle,.(wlio rvas called,.tn, aiiin.'i) Q-l{l not attaur his repuration bysenrling outportraits rvithout any r,fgn,u1s5:'i lJuf thll spiritual arrijt professes to paint a likeness of thar rvhieh he goes .n to 9.Ly, has " no 'I fonn an'l no image of uhich you c,m catch a consistent coiception.', he seat aI his " easelt' rnust surely then be a verv uncornfonable one if lre cannot" cutch"the likenessof his " iitter"; especially afrer nearly thiri uears p.ractice upon hurnan nature, during all rvhicrr'time "he 'rnltn,nl1,6 has been ilur the" loaues") the holy art and mysiery of carchirrg sorrls-soles t.. ltrluu;;.i iiut Ine lacl rs, tte,ls glty a sharn painter after all : an A.mirriarr sign spoiler, and lrke the n'retclred tlaube rvho bespattered his canyass o'er, rvitiia nonrlescript sort.ol arrirnal, and fea'irrg lest lris spectatorshorrld nor rtno* what it rvas iirtende{l to represent, he rvrrte rrndern"ath it.-e noasn I Jnst so has !lris suirrtual brush-rnan done rvith rvhart lre calls his " unexagg.rnre,/', picture ot., .4,itinomiqnism,"_ Ic hus, as he der.lares, ,, uo features,io form,'no i,,raqe ,,f i.hith y.qu can cutch a consi'srent eunception, is a-mass of hideous,sh,tpeless."rneinberl,ess defurmitE;" and therefore lest the pinetratiuq re"arrer slroulJ riir t,,,i,."or"r,trto tle nonrlescript personage is, he gives it th'e ride af. " z:l portruiture oi a,n;innmzsui,sm !" Poor pen paiuter, he is like.. Hood's ,'puzzletl limnerrrvhosairrr, ln vain I sit anil strive to think, "l f'ti'iJ"'fi I'ill""i;,,,u,, ," t,i;'l':, ;;:l;Jl",l. No mental visions ciawu; ",,, A blank my cauvass still remains, such ie the casc wirh ,"t. i'.*::'";;i::liJ-I'TIJJ;ho rvitrrour eirrrer occurr or meutal visi,rrr autl "prinfullye-mpty"of profliabieideas,sirsh,rn:elf ablarrk,arrtl fns suluect ulrdra\vn. Yea, rvho for lr.k ofdrarring alrrirties ernllot eveu ,, sketch" the ccutrur of his aeriel rrrodcl, and therefore lre begins and ends his nrufitl*ss studv.b.v_only soilin.li his carrvass with (to use his oriu words) a ,, dori aosii, tu'o," of sorrre earrhy piqrrrent. And. thus by tbe. lirrgriige ,f.bufloonery I have entreavouretr to .. ansrver a fool, aecordirg to.his folly:" [rur rvill no\v turn arvay mine eyes frort behulding varrt[y, arf{f rn Ilke olredleDce to scripture injunctiuu ,. arrsrver not a fool aeiirdirrg to his folly." But.lest the epithet slroultl appear too strong, e're he is ., brared in a morrar." a specimen of the madne.s anrl irickedrresc of his folly shall lle'Eiverr. as follo,ve. " Anlinoati,ani,snt is that ubominable thing uhi,chis t'he enerng i7 eoa ond, ntan-. It poisons the ueryfountrdn of moruls, and2rectc a stund,rrd iy iorirript ;r;i;- - or,atelJ-printedb,'@.
TTID ANATIITJMAS AGAINST TIIE SO-CALLED ANTINOMIANSM WEIGIIIiD. 507 ifrunee to fulminate curses, It is o,f an utterlt! ileba*rl and, brutal inaginttirtl ! a mass of moral und, intellecti,tl putridily-: a pestilence ; an anti-euungelin.l enormity; rhe rcr1y aampi,re o! a church ; ai nboriion ; a nxonsler ; an anitnated ren, a blind ltut drulent eucrescence, secretl,y suckinp,the tiral, element with m.urdentus natignity ,: It is contenptuous, impertinent, air! d,ogmntic,il, Its recipi,ents are the ignorant, the conceited, and the uulgur, &.c.,, And rhrrs he qoes o.rt, as he savs, " prrrnittiug his pen to run rvitlrout rcstraint, because he believes tlf at nune can he requirerl ; ttor can he give any - adequare idea of the impiety and magnitude of this rnonstrous perrersion,', It wo.rrld pu-zzlea fhilodelphian larvyer to see that he has given ,, ang arlequa.te" idea of ryhat lre is atternpting to rleslribe ; abuse aud scarrrlal, the iakings and scrapinqs of lris (fit language orrly ftrr sorne renegatle chartist, or the ravinfis of.a Ronrish pciesr) filthy potsherd being the chief irrgredients in his rnenral rnixfure. But tlrere is ole idea of wlrich he gives plain and palpable evidence irrdecrl, and tlrat is, that the.enrnity of hislreir.t is,'nlv b,,un,itd by his inability to utter it. 1'he poisorr rrn
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