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Title: The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Angus, Joseph, 1816-1902 Hoyt, F. S. (Francis Southack), 1822-1912 Madden, Frederic W. (Frederic William)
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. Fagan
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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e bride is probably no more than an expres-sion of the love and complacency of Jehovah towards his chosen. The two following rules, in addition to the one just givenas to the scope of the parable, will be sufficient to guard usin the interpretation both of the parables and allegories of Scripture. 414. (2.) Even of doctrines consistent with the design ofSecond rule ^e Parahle or type, no conclusion must be gatheredpre- from any part of either of them, which is inconsistent tation. i_ with the clearer revelations of Divine truth. The high priest, under the law, offered first for-his own sin, and theifor the sins of the people. It does not, therefore, follow that Christpartook of our sinful nature; the contrary ;s the fact; for in him wasno sin. So of the paschal lamb; it was «, type of our Lord ; it sha-dowed forth his death and person, but not the efficacy of his death, no)at all adequately the holiness of his nature. If it be attempted to prove from the fact that the rich man in the
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38 ALLEGORIES—OTHER RULES. 319 parable prayed to Abraham, that therefore we are to pray to gV; rifledsaints, we reject the interpretation as inconsistent with :he express state-ments of Scripture; or if, from the parable of the faithful servant, orthe piodigal son, it be gathered (as by the ancient Pelagians) that Godpardons us without sacrifice or intercession, on the ground simply ofour repentance or our prayers, we reject the interpretation as inconsist-ent with the whole tenor of th( Bible (John viii. 24: Heb. x) Norcan we gather from Luke xv 7, -hat the Pharisees were just men whoneeded no repentance, or from verse 29, that the elder brother hadnever transgressed his fathers command; nor from Luke xvi. 1, thatdishonesty is in any good sense true wisdom. David was, in his kinglycharacter, a type of our Lord; and also in his family descent, but notin his sins. . 415. (3.) It is important that neither types nor parables bemade the first or sole source of Scripture doctrine. _ _ .

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