part of divine revelation is complete in
itself. It is only when we view them in their connection with each
other, as parts of one great whole, that we discern in them an
all-pervading unity and harmony of spirit.

From the unity of revelation some inferences may be drawn of a very
practical character, especially in reference to the interpretation of
the Old Testament.

9. _Each particular communication from God to man must be, in its place
and measure, perfect._ For it proceeded from the infinite mind of God,
who understood at the beginning the whole plan of redemption, and who,
when he made the first revelation concerning it, knew all that was
afterwards to follow, and said and did, in the most perfect way, what
was proper to be said and done at the time. The revelations of the Holy
Spirit, therefore, admit of a stupendous _development_, but no
rectification or improvement. The very earliest of them contain the
germs of all that is to follow without any admixture of falsehood. There
is a holding back of the full light reserved for future ages, but no
mist of error--nothing which, fairly interpreted, will ever need to be
retracted. For this reason the very earliest of God's communications to
men retain for us, who live in these latter days, their pristine
freshness and power. Take, for example, the great primitive prophecy: "I
will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her
seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Gen.
3:15. We can find no words more pertinent to describe the mighty
conflict now going on between the kingdom of God and that of Satan. What
are they but a condensation into one sentence of the history of
redemption--a flash of light from the third heavens, which discloses at
a glance man's destiny from Eden to the trump of the archangel? And so
is it also with the later prophecies concerning Christ and his kingdom.
What is true of the revelations of the Old Testament holds good of all
its _institutions_. In their place, and with reference to the end which
they proposed to accomplish, they were all perfect; were the best that
could be given under existing circumstances. At the foundation of all
our reasonings concerning the appointments of the Old Testament must lie
the axiom: "As for God his way is perfect."

10. _The later revelations must he taken as the true exponents of the
earlier._ This is but saying that the Holy Spirit is the true and proper
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