each doctrine and precept of
revelation the place and prominence assigned to it in the Bible.
Especially will he be careful that no obscure or doubtful passage of
Scripture be allowed to contradict the plain teachings of inspiration.

The practical study of the Bible, that is, the study of it as
"profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness," resolves itself in a great
measure into the comparison of Scripture with Scripture,
especially the comparison of _doctrinal parallelisms_. All that
the Bible teaches from Genesis to Revelation concerning God's
being and attributes, his providential government over man, the
person and offices of Christ and the way of salvation through
him, and the final destiny of the righteous and the wicked,
should be diligently compared, that from the whole we may gather
a full and well-proportioned system of faith and practice as it
is contained in the pages of inspiration. So far as we fail to
do this our view of divine truth is defective and
disproportioned. The solemn warning in respect to the last book
of revelation applies with equal force to revelation as a whole:
"If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him
the plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall
take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall
take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy
city, and from the things that are written in this book." Rev.
22:18, 19.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

SCRIPTURAL TYPES.

1. The _material world_ is full of _analogies_ adapted to the
illustration of spiritual things. No teacher ever drew from this
inexhaustible storehouse such a rich variety of examples as our Saviour.
His disciples are the salt of the earth, the light of the world, and a
city set on a hill. From the ravens which God feeds and the lilies which
God clothes, he teaches the unreasonableness of worldly anxiety. The
kingdom of heaven is like seed sown in different soils, like a field of
wheat and tares growing together, and like seed that springs up and
grows the sower knows not how. Again it is like a net cast into the sea,
like a grain of mustard seed, and like leaven hid in three measures of
meal. When the Saviour opens his lips the whole world of nature stands
ready to furnish him with arguments and illustrations; as well it may,
sinc