The Science of Correspondences Elucidated

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. The Lord's Word Magnified Above All His Name--Comparisons BeTween The Literal And Spiritual Senses Of The Word Of God; Illustrations Of--The Use Of Correspondence In Explaining DiffiCult Passages Of Scripture--Its Use In Explaining The Miracles And Parables--Correspondence Of The Sun, Moon And Stars--The Israelitish Journey From Egypt To Canaan--Explanation Of Various Scripture Phrases--Ezekiel's Vision Of Holy WatersTwo Miracles Illustrated By The Law Of Correspondence, Viz.: "Death In The Pot," And The Restoration Of Sight To The Man Born Blind, By Washing In The Pool Of Siloam--The Tribute Money Found In The Fish's Mouth--Religion And Science ConNected--conclusion. rpHE Psalmist in addressing the Divine Being, says: "Thou hast A-magnified thy Word above all thy name" (cxxxviii. 2). Now the Lord's Word is truly magnified, because it treats of infinitely higher subjects than what appears to the natural sight in the sense of the letter. In its literal form and clothing it may appear to the superficial reader to be loose and disconnected; in this appearance it is compared to sand: but the spiritual truths which are stored up within, are called "treasures hid in the sand." (Deut. xxxiii. 19.) With respect to the truth it contains generally and as a whole, which forms the base or foundation upon which every Christian rests his hope, it is called a rock; but in allusion to its spiritual truth with the delights thereof, as applicable to all the states of human life, it is the honey within the rock. To every true Christian who contemplates the Word with a holy reverence, the Lord gives "to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock." (Deut. xxxii. 13.) The Word with respect to its beauty and fertility, even in the letter, is compare...