...ought. The Moderator. And therefore cannot distinguish truth from error. " Thy word," says David, " is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." * But I will not impose much on you. I will only ask you to take the Popish Creed, commonly called...

...a pillar is made in the mind ; but it is expressed without any of the words that denote comparison. Rules to be observed in the use of metaphors. 1. Metaphors,...on profusely ; and should always be such as accord with the strain of our sentiment. The latter part of the following passage, from a late historian,...

...young friends, I want you to carry it ahout with you in your heart, saying, with the sacred writer, " Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path." Then you need fear no danger, because it says, " My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not :''...

...Lord is round about his people." 2. A Metaphor is a Simile without the words denoting comparison. " Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path." 3. An Allegory is a continuance of Metaphors. " Thou has brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast...

...is the word of God. Candlesticks are used in Scripture in the same sense as lamps. And David says, " Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." Therefore 1 humbly believe that I have fairly and conclusively proved that the two witnesses are the...

...of the bridegroom to receive the bride unto himself. This I shall prove by the cxix. Psalm, 105, " Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path." Also, Prov. vi. 23, " For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light ; and reproofs of instruction...

...is the word of God. Candlesticks are used in Scripture in the same sense as lamps. And David says, ' Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.' Therefore 1 humbly believe that I have fairly and conclusively proved that the two witnesses are the...

...God is carried ; and they enlighten the people respecting the commands of God, as the prophet says, Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths. This light is kindled by the priests and Levites f." And yet he mentions in other passages bishops,...

..."the inheritance of the saints in light." The saints are childi-en of light. The Bible is a light: "Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path." The gospel is light: " Send out thy light and thy truth." The Lord Jesus Christ is a Light: "I am the...

...chuspair 'an ionad aoiu eile, a nochdto express the resemblance the one bears to the other ; as, " Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.' 3. An Allegory is a continuation of one or more metaphors, so connected in sense, as to form a kind...