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Curiosities of the Bible (What is made metaphorical)

12. What is made metaphorical of wisdom, prosperity, and consolation? 13. What is used metaphorically in connection with Divine judgment?

C. 14 Find a word which is used metaphorically of immortal life, eternal glory, and heavenly purity. 15. One word represents man's soul, God's favor, and spiritual life. Name it. 16. What word is used metaphorically of protecting, and forgiving? 17. Name a word which is used metaphorically to express death, ruin, strength, enlargement, love, affliction, and sin. 18. What word is used metaphorically for a king, an empire, and the faithful people of God? 19. What word is there that equally represents in metaphor false doctrine and the destruction of the wicked?

D. 20. Name a species of animals to which wicked men are compared. Justify the metaphor in five particulars from Scripture. 21. Name nine words taken from water, which are all used metaphorically. 091 22. Name a word which is used metaphorically in connection with sorrow, death, secresy, sin, and hell. 23. Name three ays in which the word door is used metaphorically, and justify them. to 24. What word is applied metaphorically to Jerusalem and its temple. bas E. 25. Give two texts where a word is used metaphorically for reward. 26. What external application is used to indicate spiritual eulightenment?