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1501 3, 10 | that way fashions the lives of men. In the same way, if 1502 3, 10 | opinion has taken possession of the mind, men think that 1503 3, 10 | present. It is a narrative of the past, a prophecy of 1504 3, 10 | of the past, a prophecy of the future, and a description 1505 3, 10 | future, and a description of the present. But all these 1506 3, 10 | by charity that affection of the mind which aims at the 1507 3, 10 | which aims at the enjoyment of God for His own sake, and 1508 3, 10 | sake, and the enjoyment of ones self and one's neighbour 1509 3, 10 | lust I mean that affection of the mind which aims at enjoying 1510 3, 10 | and reduced it to a kind of poverty, it easily slides 1511 3, 10 | proportion as the dominion of lust is pulled down, in 1512 3, 10 | same proportion is that of charity built up. ~ 1513 3, 11 | avails to the pulling down of the dominion of lust. And 1514 3, 11 | pulling down of the dominion of lust. And if its meaning 1515 3, 11 | for example, that saying of the apostle: "But, after 1516 3, 11 | thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of 1517 3, 11 | of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of 1518 3, 11 | of the righteous judgment of God; who will render to 1519 3, 11 | anguish, upon every soul of man that does evil, of the 1520 3, 11 | soul of man that does evil, of the Jew first, and also 1521 3, 11 | the Jew first, and also of the Gentile." But this is 1522 3, 11 | involved in the destruction of their lust. When, however, 1523 3, 11 | When, however, the dominion of lust is overturned in a 1524 3, 11 | for example, "the wrath of God" and "crucified." But 1525 3, 11 | enigmatical, which is the kind of expression properly called 1526 3, 11 | there is no doubt the whole of the language is figurative, 1527 3, 11 | to the end I have spoken of. ~ 1528 3, 12 | figurative, and the hidden kernel of meaning they contain is 1529 3, 12 | food for the nourishment of charity. Now, whoever uses 1530 3, 12 | freely than is the custom of those among whom he lives, 1531 3, 12 | to transgress the bounds of the custom of the good men 1532 3, 12 | the bounds of the custom of the good men about him, 1533 3, 12 | matters it is not the use of the objects, but the lust 1534 3, 12 | the objects, but the lust of the user, that is to blame. 1535 3, 12 | which is earned by a life of good works; and the man 1536 3, 12 | following in the footsteps of Christ, anoints His feet ( 1537 3, 12 | so that which in the case of other persons is often a 1538 3, 12 | God or a prophet, the sign of some great truth. Keeping 1539 3, 12 | thing when it is the result of abandoned manners, another 1540 3, 12 | when done in the course of his prophecy by the prophet 1541 3, 12 | daintiest food without any sin of epicurism or gluttony, while 1542 3, 12 | most disgusting eagerness of appetite. And any sane man 1543 3, 12 | eating fish after the manner of our Lord, to eating lentils 1544 3, 12 | lentils after the manner of Esau, or barley after the 1545 3, 12 | barley after the manner of oxen. For there are several 1546 3, 12 | that feed on commoner kinds of food, but it does not follow 1547 3, 12 | are. For in all matters of this kind it is not the 1548 3, 12 | kind it is not the nature of the things we use, but our 1549 3, 12 | using them, and our manner of seeking them, that make 1550 3, 12 | Now the saints of ancient times were, under 1551 3, 12 | times were, under the form of an earthly kingdom, foreshadowing 1552 3, 12 | foretelling the kingdom of heaven. And on account of 1553 3, 12 | of heaven. And on account of the necessity for a numerous 1554 3, 12 | numerous offspring, the custom of one man having several wives 1555 3, 12 | intercourse. In regard to matters of this sort, whatever the 1556 3, 12 | sort, whatever the holy men of those times did without 1557 3, 12 | through lust. And everything of this nature that is there 1558 3, 12 | ultimately upon the end of love towards God or our 1559 3, 12 | born not to wear tunics of that description: so we 1560 3, 12 | do not mix with our use of them; for lust not only 1561 3, 12 | wicked ends the customs of those among whom we live, 1562 3, 12 | transgressing the bounds of custom, betrays, in a disgraceful 1563 3, 12 | concealed under the cover of prevailing fashions. ~ 1564 3, 13 | accordance with the habits of those with whom we are either 1565 3, 13 | or undertake as a matter of duty, to spend this life, 1566 3, 14 | chap. 14. Error of those who think that there 1567 3, 14 | unacquainted with other modes of life than their own meet 1568 3, 14 | own meet with the record of such actions, unless they 1569 3, 14 | necessities and adornments of human life, appear sinful 1570 3, 14 | appear sinful to the people of other nations and other 1571 3, 14 | by this endless variety of customs, some who were half 1572 3, 14 | neither sunk in the deep sleep of folly, nor were able to 1573 3, 14 | to awake into the light of wisdom have thought that 1574 3, 14 | altered by any diversity of national customs. And this 1575 3, 14 | is referred to the love of God, destroys all vices; 1576 3, 14 | vices; when to the love of one's neighbour, puts an 1577 3, 14 | to defile the dwelling of God, that is, himself. And 1578 3, 15 | The tyranny of lust being thus overthrown, 1579 3, 15 | its supremely just laws of love to God for His own 1580 3, 15 | tends to establish the reign of love. Now, if when taken 1581 3, 15 | at once gives a meaning of this kind, the expression 1582 3, 16 | If the sentence is one of command, either forbidding 1583 3, 16 | vice, or enjoining an act of prudence or benevolence, 1584 3, 16 | vice, or to forbid an act of prudence or benevolence, 1585 3, 16 | Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man," says Christ, " 1586 3, 16 | eat the flesh of the Son of man," says Christ, "and 1587 3, 16 | share in the sufferings of our Lord, and that we should 1588 3, 16 | sweet and profitable memory of the fact that His flesh 1589 3, 16 | doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head," one would 1590 3, 16 | one would think a deed of malevolence was enjoined. 1591 3, 16 | one pointing to the doing of an injury, the other to 1592 3, 16 | the other to a display of superiority, let charity 1593 3, 16 | and interpret the coals of fire as the burning groans 1594 3, 16 | fire as the burning groans of penitence by which a man' 1595 3, 16 | that he has been the enemy of one who came to his assistance 1596 3, 16 | unnatural use which he now makes of his life, and through which 1597 3, 16 | sinner." The latter clause of this sentence seems to forbid 1598 3, 17 | attained, to a higher grade of spiritual life, thinks that 1599 3, 17 | if he has embraced a life of celibacy and made himself 1600 3, 17 | a eunuch for the kingdom of heaven's sake, he contends 1601 3, 17 | matter." Accordingly, another of our rules for understanding 1602 3, 17 | others to particular classes of persons, that the medicine 1603 3, 17 | not only upon the state of health as a whole, but also 1604 3, 17 | upon the special weakness of each member. For that which 1605 3, 18 | allowance for the condition of those times, is not a crime 1606 3, 18 | present time as a habit of life. For no one will do 1607 3, 18 | useful design, that mere of good hope may learn the 1608 3, 18 | condemnation, if the use of the former be accompanied 1609 3, 18 | with charity, and the use of the latter with lust. ~ 1610 3, 18 | who uses the fruitfulness of many wives for the sake 1611 3, 18 | many wives for the sake of an ulterior object, than 1612 3, 18 | man who enjoys the body of one wife for its own sake. 1613 3, 18 | suited to the circumstances of the times; in the latter 1614 3, 18 | apostle permitted as a matter of indulgence to have one wife 1615 3, 18 | to have one wife because of their incontinence, were 1616 3, 18 | who, though they had each of them numerous wives, yet 1617 3, 18 | drink only for the sake of bodily health, used marriage 1618 3, 18 | marriage only for the sake of offspring. And, accordingly, 1619 3, 18 | still alive at the advent of our Lord, when the time 1620 3, 18 | Lord, when the time not of casting stones away but 1621 3, 18 | casting stones away but of gathering them together 1622 3, 18 | eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. For there 1623 3, 18 | And assuredly those men of whom I speak knew that wantonness 1624 3, 18 | Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed 1625 3, 19 | themselves in a multitude of debaucheries, or even in 1626 3, 19 | necessary for the procreation of children, but with the shameless 1627 3, 19 | with the shameless license of a sort of slavish freedom 1628 3, 19 | shameless license of a sort of slavish freedom heap up 1629 3, 19 | freedom heap up the filth of a still more beastly excess, 1630 3, 19 | it possible that the men of ancient times used a number 1631 3, 19 | ancient times used a number of wives with temperance, looking 1632 3, 19 | necessary in the circumstances of the time, of propagating 1633 3, 19 | circumstances of the time, of propagating the race; and 1634 3, 19 | entangled in the meshes of lust, do not accomplish 1635 3, 19 | not accomplish in the case of a single wife, they think 1636 3, 19 | utterly impossible in the case of a number of wives. ~ 1637 3, 19 | in the case of a number of wives. ~ 1638 3, 19 | eager for the emptiest sort of distinction the more frequently 1639 3, 19 | blown about on the tongue of flattery, and so become 1640 3, 19 | become so light that a breath of rumour, whether it appear 1641 3, 19 | them into the whirlpool of vice or dash them on the 1642 3, 19 | or dash them on the rocks of crime. Let them, then, learn 1643 3, 19 | being caught by the bait of praise, or pierced by the 1644 3, 19 | or pierced by the stings of insult; but let them not 1645 3, 20 | chap. 20. Consistency of good men in all outward 1646 3, 20 | contrary, that the apostles of our faith were neither puffed 1647 3, 20 | And certainly neither sort of temptation was wanting to 1648 3, 20 | cried up by the loud praises of believers, and cried down 1649 3, 20 | by the slanderous reports of their persecutors. But the 1650 3, 20 | the same way the saints of old used their wives with 1651 3, 20 | reference to the necessities of their own times, and were 1652 3, 20 | been under the influence of any such passion, they could 1653 3, 21 | this injury at the hands of his impious and unnatural 1654 3, 21 | not caught in the meshes of carnal jealousy, seeing 1655 3, 21 | own injuries but the sins of his son that moved him. 1656 3, 21 | that he might have a place of repentance after he was 1657 3, 21 | son's death, not because of his own loss, but because 1658 3, 21 | prior to this, in the case of another son who had been 1659 3, 21 | son who had been guilty of no crime, though he was 1660 3, 21 | carried away by the heat of passion and by temporal 1661 3, 21 | taken unlawful possession of one woman, whose husband 1662 3, 21 | to death, he was accused of his crime by a prophet, 1663 3, 21 | set before him the parable of the poor man who had but 1664 3, 21 | came to him spared to take of his own flock, but set his 1665 3, 21 | ewe-lamb; about the killing of the woman's husband, that 1666 3, 21 | that is, about the murder of the poor man himself who 1667 3, 21 | parable, so that the sentence of condemnation is pronounced 1668 3, 21 | temperance he possessed a number of wives when he was forced 1669 3, 21 | for his guest. In the case of his son Solomon, however, 1670 3, 21 | silent, but accuses him of being a lover of strange 1671 3, 21 | accuses him of being a lover of strange women; for in the 1672 3, 21 | women; for in the beginning of his reign he was inflamed 1673 3, 22 | Rule regarding passages of Scripture in which approval 1674 3, 22 | which approval is expressed of actions which are now condemned 1675 3, 22 | nevertheless even in the case of those which the reader has 1676 3, 22 | which, though the authors of them are praised, are repugnant 1677 3, 22 | repugnant to the habits of the good men who since our 1678 3, 22 | advent are the custodians of the divine commands, let 1679 3, 22 | transfer the act to his habits of life. For many things which 1680 3, 23 | regarding the narrative of sins of great men~ 1681 3, 23 | regarding the narrative of sins of great men~ 1682 3, 23 | And when he reads of the sins of great men, although 1683 3, 23 | when he reads of the sins of great men, although he may 1684 3, 23 | trace out in them a figure of things to come, let him 1685 3, 23 | when he sees in the case of men so eminent both the 1686 3, 23 | wept over. For the sins of these men were recorded 1687 3, 23 | always tremble at that saying of the apostle: "Wherefore 1688 3, 23 | For there is hardly a page of Scripture on which it is 1689 3, 24 | chap. 24. The character of the expressions used is 1690 3, 24 | easy, by an application of the laws of things which 1691 3, 24 | application of the laws of things which we discussed 1692 3, 24 | strengthened by the exercise of piety. Now we find out whether 1693 3, 25 | as when He said, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees," 1694 3, 25 | said, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees," I and in 1695 3, 25 | when He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, 1696 3, 25 | and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was 1697 3, 25 | in a bad, as in the case of the leaven mentioned above. 1698 3, 25 | mentioned above. Another example of the same is that a lion 1699 3, 25 | where it is said, "The lion of the tribe of Judah has prevailed;" 1700 3, 25 | The lion of the tribe of Judah has prevailed;" and 1701 3, 25 | for example, "In the hand of the Lord there is a cup, 1702 3, 25 | wine is red: it is full of mixture." Now it is uncertain 1703 3, 25 | whether this denotes the wrath of God, but not to the last 1704 3, 25 | not to the last extremity of punishment, that is, "to 1705 3, 25 | whether it denotes the grace of the Scriptures passing away 1706 3, 25 | following is an example of the same object being taken, 1707 3, 25 | Spirit, as for example, "Out of his belly shall flow rivers 1708 3, 25 | belly shall flow rivers of living water;" and many 1709 3, 25 | signification, but each one of them denotes not two only 1710 3, 26 | there is no better way of understanding the words 1711 3, 26 | addressed to God, "Take hold of shield and buckler and stand 1712 3, 26 | to indicate a protection of any kind, we must take it 1713 3, 26 | signifying nothing but the favour of God. For we hear also of 1714 3, 26 | of God. For we hear also of the shield of faith, "wherewith," 1715 3, 26 | hear also of the shield of faith, "wherewith," says 1716 3, 26 | quench all the fiery darts of the wicked." Nor ought we, 1717 3, 26 | regard to spiritual armour of this kind to assign faith 1718 3, 26 | we read in another place of the breastplate of faith: " 1719 3, 26 | place of the breastplate of faith: "putting on," says 1720 3, 26 | apostle, "the breastplate of faith and love." ~ 1721 3, 27 | One passage susceptible of various interpretations~ 1722 3, 27 | put upon the same words of Scripture, even though the 1723 3, 27 | shown from other passages of Scripture that any of the 1724 3, 27 | passages of Scripture that any of the interpretations put 1725 3, 27 | to get at the intention of the author through whom 1726 3, 27 | supported by the testimony of some other passage of Scripture. 1727 3, 27 | testimony of some other passage of Scripture. For the author 1728 3, 27 | understood in several senses, all of which are sanctioned by 1729 3, 27 | the concurring testimony of other passages equally divine? ~ 1730 3, 28 | passage by other passages of Scripture than by reason~ 1731 3, 28 | however, a meaning is evolved of such a kind that what is 1732 3, 28 | it clear by the evidence of reason. But this is a dangerous 1733 3, 28 | safer to walk by the light of Holy Scripture; so that 1734 3, 28 | settle it by the application of testimonies sought out in 1735 3, 28 | sought out in every portion of the same Scripture. ~ 1736 3, 29 | chap. 29. The knowledge of tropes is necessary~ 1737 3, 29 | to know that the authors of our Scriptures use all those 1738 3, 29 | Scriptures use all those forms of expression which grammarians 1739 3, 29 | have learnt these figures of speech from other writings, 1740 3, 29 | assisted by their knowledge of them in understanding Scripture. 1741 3, 29 | namely, where I treated of the necessary knowledge 1742 3, 29 | the necessary knowledge of languages. For the written 1743 3, 29 | grammata") are the signs of sounds made by the articulate 1744 3, 29 | with which we speak. Now of some of these figures of 1745 3, 29 | which we speak. Now of some of these figures of speech 1746 3, 29 | of some of these figures of speech we find in Scripture 1747 3, 29 | examples (which we have of them all), but the very 1748 3, 29 | to be learnt as a matter of liberal education are found 1749 3, 29 | even in the ordinary speech of men who have learnt no grammar, 1750 3, 29 | And this is the figure of speech called metaphor. 1751 3, 29 | metaphor. Who does not speak of a fish-pond in which there 1752 3, 29 | this way; for the speech of the vulgar makes use of 1753 3, 29 | of the vulgar makes use of them all, even of those 1754 3, 29 | makes use of them all, even of those more curious figures 1755 3, 29 | which mean the very opposite of what they say, as for example, 1756 3, 29 | we indicate by the tone of voice the meaning we desire 1757 3, 29 | But it is not by the tone of voice that we make an antiphrasis 1758 3, 29 | to indicate the opposite of what the words convey; but 1759 3, 29 | are used in the opposite of their etymological sense, 1760 3, 29 | called lucus from its want of light; or it is customary 1761 3, 29 | customary to use a certain form of expression, although it 1762 3, 29 | puts yes for no by a law of contraries, as when we ask 1763 3, 29 | plain we mean the opposite of what we say, as in the expression, " 1764 3, 29 | the expression, "Beware of him, for he is a good man." 1765 3, 29 | the nature or the names of these figures of speech? 1766 3, 29 | the names of these figures of speech? And yet the knowledge 1767 3, 29 | speech? And yet the knowledge of these is necessary for clearing 1768 3, 29 | clearing up the difficulties of Scripture; because when 1769 3, 30 | chap. 30. The rules of Tichonius the Donatist examined~ 1770 3, 30 | and herein showed himself of a most inconsistent disposition, 1771 3, 30 | which he called the Book of Rules, because in it he 1772 3, 30 | keys to open the secrets of Scripture. And of these 1773 3, 30 | secrets of Scripture. And of these rules, the first relates 1774 3, 30 | to the twofold division of the Lord's body, the third 1775 3, 30 | penetrating the secrets of the sacred writings; but 1776 3, 30 | embraced in this number of seven, that the author himself 1777 3, 30 | passages without using any of his rules; finding, indeed, 1778 3, 30 | difficulty in the passage of the kind to which his rules 1779 3, 30 | Apocalypse by the seven angels of the churches to whom John 1780 3, 30 | no use whatever is made of the rules. This is enough 1781 3, 30 | which present obscurities of such a kind as require none 1782 3, 30 | such a kind as require none of these seven rules for their 1783 3, 30 | commences this very book: "Of all the things that occur 1784 3, 30 | as to write a little book of rules, and, as it were, 1785 3, 30 | windows in, the secret places of the law. For there are certain 1786 3, 30 | key to the secret recesses of the whole law, and render 1787 3, 30 | render visible the treasures of truth that are to many invisible. 1788 3, 30 | invisible. And if this system of rules be received as I communicate 1789 3, 30 | through the vast forest of prophecy shall, if he follow 1790 3, 30 | these rules as pathways of light, be preserved from 1791 3, 30 | which hold the key to some of the secrets of the law," 1792 3, 30 | key to some of the secrets of the law," or even "which 1793 3, 30 | key to the great secrets of the law," and not what he 1794 3, 30 | say, "the secret recesses of the whole law;" and if he 1795 3, 30 | the studious (for it is of very great assistance in 1796 3, 30 | caution, not only on account of the errors into which the 1797 3, 30 | but chiefly on account of the heresies which he advances 1798 3, 31 | chap. 31. The first rule of Tichonius~ 1799 3, 31 | when there is but one seed of Abraham, and that is Christ), 1800 3, 31 | made in the person spoken of. For a single person is 1801 3, 31 | jewels;" and yet it is, of course, a matter for interpretation 1802 3, 31 | for interpretation which of these two refers to the 1803 3, 32 | chap. 32. The second rule of Tichonius~ 1804 3, 32 | about the twofold division of the body of the Lord; but 1805 3, 32 | twofold division of the body of the Lord; but this indeed 1806 3, 32 | for that is really no part of the body of Christ which 1807 3, 32 | really no part of the body of Christ which will not be 1808 3, 32 | true and the mixed body of the Lord, or the true and 1809 3, 32 | name; because, not to speak of eternity, hypocrites cannot 1810 3, 32 | come to address or speak of a different set of persons, 1811 3, 32 | speak of a different set of persons, seems to be addressing 1812 3, 32 | be addressing or speaking of the same persons as before, 1813 3, 32 | one body in consequence of their being for the time 1814 3, 32 | in a common participation of the sacraments. An example 1815 3, 32 | the sacraments. An example of this is that passage in 1816 3, 32 | that passage in the Song of Solomon, "I am black, but 1817 3, 32 | but comely, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of 1818 3, 32 | of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon." For it is not 1819 3, 32 | was* black as the tents of Cedar, but am *now* comely 1820 3, 32 | comely as the curtains of Solomon. The Church declares 1821 3, 32 | the one net. For the tents of Cedar pertain to Ishmael, 1822 3, 32 | not be heir with the son of the free woman." And in 1823 3, 32 | same way, when God says of the good part of the Church, " 1824 3, 32 | God says of the good part of the Church, "I will bring 1825 3, 32 | these words refer to a set of persons altogether different 1826 3, 32 | no change in the subject of the sentence. They will 1827 3, 32 | he in one body; for one of them is that wicked servant 1828 3, 32 | them is that wicked servant of whom we are told in the 1829 3, 33 | chap. 33. The third rule of Tichonius~ 1830 3, 33 | which is the name I made use of when writing a book on this 1831 3, 33 | subject. It may be also named, of grace and the law. This, 1832 3, 33 | applied to the solution of other questions. It was 1833 3, 33 | questions. It was the want of clear views on this question 1834 3, 33 | heresy. And the efforts of Tichonius to clear up this 1835 3, 33 | us by God as the reward of faith, but that faith itself 1836 3, 33 | keeping in mind the saying of the apostle: "Peace be to 1837 3, 33 | defending against it the grace of God which is through our 1838 3, 33 | according to the saying of the apostle, "There must 1839 3, 33 | faith itself is the gift of Him who "has dealt to every 1840 3, 33 | to every man the measure of faith." Whence it is said 1841 3, 33 | is given, in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe 1842 3, 33 | then, can doubt that each of these is the gift of God, 1843 3, 33 | each of these is the gift of God, when he learns from 1844 3, 33 | and believes, that each of them is given? There are 1845 3, 33 | But I am not now treating of this doctrine. I have, however, 1846 3, 34 | chap. 34. The fourth rule of Tichonius~ 1847 3, 34 | The fourth rule of Tichonius is about species 1848 3, 34 | part, by genus the whole of which that which he calls 1849 3, 34 | every single city is a part of the great society of nations: 1850 3, 34 | part of the great society of nations: the city he calls 1851 3, 34 | here applying that subtilty of distinction which is in 1852 3, 34 | and a species. The rule is of course the same, if anything 1853 3, 34 | course the same, if anything of the kind referred to is 1854 3, 34 | about Jerusalem, or some of the cities of the Gentiles, 1855 3, 34 | Jerusalem, or some of the cities of the Gentiles, such as Tyre 1856 3, 34 | significance oversteps the limits of the city, and which are 1857 3, 34 | whole world, but only a part of it, things are said which 1858 3, 34 | which pass over the limits of that particular country, 1859 3, 34 | more fitly to the whole of which this is a part; or, 1860 3, 34 | author terms it, to the genus of which this is a species. 1861 3, 34 | thing occurs in the case of men: things are said of 1862 3, 34 | of men: things are said of Solomon, for example, the 1863 3, 34 | for example, the scope of which reaches far beyond 1864 3, 34 | to Christ and His Church, of which Solomon is a part. ~ 1865 3, 34 | for things are often said of such a kind as evidently 1866 3, 34 | Ezekiel says: "When the house of Israel dwelt in their own 1867 3, 34 | before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore 1868 3, 34 | this applies to that house of Israel of which the apostle 1869 3, 34 | to that house of Israel of which the apostle says " 1870 3, 34 | flesh;" because the people of Israel after the flesh did 1871 3, 34 | have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall 1872 3, 34 | heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will 1873 3, 34 | away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give 1874 3, 34 | I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my 1875 3, 34 | that this is a prophecy of the New Testament, to which 1876 3, 34 | pertain not only the remnant of that one nation of which 1877 3, 34 | remnant of that one nation of which it is elsewhere said, " 1878 3, 34 | For though the number of the children of Israel be 1879 3, 34 | the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of 1880 3, 34 | of Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of 1881 3, 34 | of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall be saved," but 1882 3, 34 | there is here a promise of that washing of regeneration 1883 3, 34 | promise of that washing of regeneration which, as we 1884 3, 34 | can doubt. And that saying of the apostle, when he is 1885 3, 34 | is commending the grace of the New Testament and its 1886 3, 34 | ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables 1887 3, 34 | living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables 1888 3, 34 | stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart," has an evident 1889 3, 34 | away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give 1890 3, 34 | I will give you an heart of flesh." Now the heart of 1891 3, 34 | of flesh." Now the heart of flesh from which the apostle' 1892 3, 34 | expression, "the fleshy tables of the heart," is drawn, the 1893 3, 34 | heart by the possession of sentient life; and by sentient 1894 3, 34 | spiritual Israel is made up, not of one nation, but of all the 1895 3, 34 | not of one nation, but of all the nations which were 1896 3, 34 | the carnal Israel which is of one nation, by newness of 1897 3, 34 | of one nation, by newness of grace, not by nobility of 1898 3, 34 | of grace, not by nobility of descent, in feeling, not 1899 3, 34 | the prophet, in his depth of meaning, while speaking 1900 3, 34 | meaning, while speaking of the carnal Israel, passes 1901 3, 34 | the transition, to speak of the spiritual, and although 1902 3, 34 | and although now speaking of the latter, seems to be 1903 3, 34 | seems to be still speaking of the former; not that he 1904 3, 34 | us the clear apprehension of Scripture, as if we were 1905 3, 34 | or wrinkle, gathered out of all nations, and destined 1906 3, 34 | Christ, is itself the land of the blessed, the land of 1907 3, 34 | of the blessed, the land of the living; and we are to 1908 3, 34 | sure and immutable purpose of God; for what the fathers 1909 3, 34 | was to them, on account of the unchangeableness of 1910 3, 34 | of the unchangeableness of the promise and purpose, 1911 3, 34 | writing to Timothy, speaks of the grace which is given 1912 3, 34 | manifest by the appearing of our Saviour." He speaks 1913 3, 34 | our Saviour." He speaks of the grace as given at a 1914 3, 34 | arrangement and purpose of God, which was to take place 1915 3, 34 | time, and he himself speaks of it as now made manifest. 1916 3, 34 | words may refer to the land of the age to come, when there 1917 3, 34 | itself is theirs, no part of which will belong to the 1918 3, 35 | chap. 35. The fifth rule of Tichonius~ 1919 3, 35 | down is one he designates of times, a rule by which we 1920 3, 35 | or conjecture quantities of time which are not expressly 1921 3, 35 | ways: either to the figure of speech called synecdoche, 1922 3, 35 | time when, in the presence of only three of His disciples, 1923 3, 35 | the presence of only three of His disciples, our Lord 1924 3, 35 | after six days." Now both of these statements about the 1925 3, 35 | statements about the number of days cannot be true, unless 1926 3, 35 | counted the latter part of the day on which Christ 1927 3, 35 | prediction and the first part of the day on which he showed 1928 3, 35 | between these two. This figure of speech, which puts the part 1929 3, 35 | question about the resurrection of Christ. For unless to the 1930 3, 35 | unless to the latter part of the day on which He suffered 1931 3, 35 | and to the latter part of the night in which He arose 1932 3, 35 | He would be in the heart of the earth. ~ 1933 3, 35 | or ten, or twelve, or any of the other numbers which 1934 3, 35 | which the diligent reader of Scripture soon comes to 1935 3, 35 | comes to know. Now numbers of this sort are often put 1936 3, 35 | to signify the whole body of the saints. Hence it appears 1937 3, 35 | that their significance is of much wider application, 1938 3, 36 | chap. 36. The sixth rule of Tichonius~ 1939 3, 36 | discovered in difficult parts of Scripture. For certain occurrences 1940 3, 36 | to be following the order of time, or the continuity 1941 3, 36 | time, or the continuity of events, when it really goes 1942 3, 36 | applying the rule here spoken of. For example, in the book 1943 3, 36 | For example, in the book of Genesis we read, "And the 1944 3, 36 | whom He had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord 1945 3, 36 | narrative goes back, by way of recapitulation, to tell 1946 3, 36 | garden was planted: that out of the ground God made to grow 1947 3, 36 | there follows "The tree of life also was in the midst 1948 3, 36 | life also was in the midst of the garden, and the tree 1949 3, 36 | the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil." 1950 3, 36 | and the tree of knowledge of good and evil." Next the 1951 3, 36 | four heads, the sources of four streams; and all this 1952 3, 36 | reference to the arrangements of the garden. And when this 1953 3, 36 | finished, there is a repetition of the fact which had been 1954 3, 36 | which in the strict order of events came after all this: " 1955 3, 36 | put him into the garden of Eden." For it was after 1956 3, 36 | now appears from the order of the narrative itself: it 1957 3, 36 | again, when the generations of the sons of Noah are recounted, 1958 3, 36 | generations of the sons of Noah are recounted, it is 1959 3, 36 | said: "These are the sons of Ham, after their families, 1960 3, 36 | And, again, when the sons of Shem are enumerated: "These 1961 3, 36 | enumerated: "These are the sons of Shem, after their families, 1962 3, 36 | These are the families of the sons of Noah, after 1963 3, 36 | the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, 1964 3, 36 | And the whole earth was of one language and of one 1965 3, 36 | was of one language and of one speech." Now the addition 1966 3, 36 | speech." Now the addition of this sentence, "And the 1967 3, 36 | And the whole earth was of one language and of one 1968 3, 36 | was of one language and of one speech," seems to indicate 1969 3, 36 | common. And so it is by way of recapitulation it is added, " 1970 3, 36 | And the whole earth was of one language and of one 1971 3, 36 | was of one language and of one speech," the narrative 1972 3, 36 | divided into a multitude of tongues. And, accordingly, 1973 3, 36 | accordingly, we are forthwith told of the building of the tower, 1974 3, 36 | forthwith told of the building of the tower, and of this punishment 1975 3, 36 | building of the tower, and of this punishment being there 1976 3, 36 | upon them as the judgment of God upon their arrogance; 1977 3, 36 | same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire from 1978 3, 36 | in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that 1979 3, 36 | In that day," the time of the revelation of the Lord 1980 3, 36 | the time of the revelation of the Lord will be thought 1981 3, 36 | assisted by that other passage of Scripture which even in 1982 3, 36 | Scripture which even in the time of the apostles proclaimed: " 1983 3, 36 | brought to a close by a day of judgment, belongs that very 1984 3, 36 | belongs that very revelation of the Lord here spoken of. ~ 1985 3, 36 | of the Lord here spoken of. ~ 1986 3, 37 | chap. 37. The seventh rule of Tichonius~ 1987 3, 37 | The seventh rule of Tichonius and the last, 1988 3, 37 | body. For he is the head of the wicked, who are in a 1989 3, 37 | him into the punishment of everlasting fire, just as 1990 3, 37 | just as Christ is the head of the Church, which is His 1991 3, 37 | first rule, which is called of the Lord and His body, directs 1992 3, 37 | us, when Scripture speaks of one and the same person, 1993 3, 37 | to understand which part of the statement applies to 1994 3, 37 | body is made up not only of those who are manifestly 1995 3, 37 | those who are manifestly out of the way, but of those also 1996 3, 37 | manifestly out of the way, but of those also who, though they 1997 3, 37 | from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning! " and the other 1998 3, 37 | and the other statements of the context which, under 1999 3, 37 | which, under the figure of the king of Babylon, are 2000 3, 37 | under the figure of the king of Babylon, are made about