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and presenting itself to his utterance at every turn. "When 

 we observe this, we call it a cant word or a ca?it phrase. 

 It is a natural effect of habit ; and would appear more fre- 

 quently than it does, had not the rules of good writing taught 

 the ear to be offended with the iteration of the same sound, 

 and oftentimes caused us to reject, on that account, the word 

 which offered itself first to our recollection. With a writer 

 who, like St. Paul, either knew not these rules, or disregard- 

 ed them, such words wdll not be avoided. The truth is, an 

 example of this kind runs through several of his epistles, and 

 in the epistle before us abou7ids ; and that is in the word 

 riches, Tr^oCrof, used metaphorically as an augmentative ol 

 the idea to which it happens to be subjoined. Thus, "the 

 riches of his glory," "his riches in glory," ''riches of the 

 glory of his inheritance," ''riches of the glory of this myste- 

 ry," Rom. 9 : 23 ; Ephes. 3:16; Phil. 4:19; Ephes. 1:18; 

 Colos. 1 : 27 : "riches of his grace," twice in the Ephe- 

 sians, 1 : 7, and 2:7; " riches of the full assurance of un- 

 derstanding," Colos. 2:2; "riches of his goodness," Rom. 

 2:4; " riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God," Rom. 

 11:33; " riches of Christ," Ephes. 3 : 8. In a like sense, 

 the adjective, Rom. 10 : 12, "rich unto all that call upon 

 him ;" Ephes. 2:4, " 7'ich in mercy ;" 1 Tim. 6 : 18, "rich 

 in good works." Also the adverb, Colos. 3 : 16, "let the 

 w^ord of Christ dwell in you richly.'' This figurative use oi 

 the w^ord, though so familiar to St Paul, does not occur in 

 any part of the New Testament, except once in the epistle 

 of St. James, 2:5: " Hath not God chosen the poor of this 

 world rich in faith?" where it is manifestly suggested by 

 ihe antithesis. I propose the frequent, yet seemingly un- 

 affected use of this phrase, in the epistle before us, as one 

 internal mark of its genuineness. 



III. There is another singularity in St. Paul's style, 

 which, wherever it is found, may be deemed a badge of au' 

 thenticity ; because, if it were noticed, it would not, I think, 

 be imitated, hiasmuch as it almost always produces embar- 



