The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . ecorresponding Psalms, as cxxxii. 11. To (a) or (5), belong Psa. viii2-6, applicable first to man as the chief of Gods creatures, and thenceto our Lord, who is in this respect identified with us, or (it may beeaid), our antitype: Psa. xci. 11, 12, applicable first to all who sa;yof the Lord He is my refuge (ver. 1), and peculiarly, therefore, toChrist: and various Psalms, which, originally descriptive of the afflic-tions of individual believers, have their fullest accomplishment in ourLord, Psa. Ixix. 9, 21, 25; cix. 8; xl
The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . ecorresponding Psalms, as cxxxii. 11. To (a) or (5), belong Psa. viii2-6, applicable first to man as the chief of Gods creatures, and thenceto our Lord, who is in this respect identified with us, or (it may beeaid), our antitype: Psa. xci. 11, 12, applicable first to all who sa;yof the Lord He is my refuge (ver. 1), and peculiarly, therefore, toChrist: and various Psalms, which, originally descriptive of the afflic-tions of individual believers, have their fullest accomplishment in ourLord, Psa. Ixix. 9, 21, 25; cix. 8; xli. 9; cxviii. 19, 20, 25, 26. c Such are the predictions in Isa. xl. 3-5, where the coming of ourLord in the flesh, and the final extension of his truth, are blended; inMai. iii. 1-3, where we have the same double reference, and in Joel Compare the New Testament quotations. Of the same charac-ter are the predictions of the destruction of Jerusalem, as given inMatt, xxiv., xxv., where are represented also seme of the awful trans-actions cf the las: 45 21 SCRIPTURE DIFFICULTIES. 387 evidence and consolation; while many of the Psalms,a andmost of the predictions of our Lord, taken from the prophets,apply exclusively to Him. Sec. 2.—Scripture Difficulties. •In divinity many things must be left abrupt and concluded withthis :—Oh the depth !.... For the inditer of Scripture did know fourthings which no man attains to know,—the mysteries of the kingdomof glory, the perfection of the laws of nature, the secrets of the heartof man, and the future succession of all ages.—Bacon. 501. The Bible was written for our learning, and by inspiration of God, and yet it is confessed that its geri?turesgeneral clearness is obscured by things hard to be inspired D , . and mtend- understood. Christians are often harassed by ed for our . learning objections deduced from them, and unbelievers andyetdif . . ricult. make them an excuse for rejecting the authority ofrevelatio
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