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Key to Scripture Metaphors: Christian

Matt. xxiii. 37. 39. ISLES. Isa. xlix. 1. 40. INCENSE. Used of prayer, Ps. cxli. 2; and of the merits of Christ, Rev. viii. 3. 41. JEWELS. Mal. iii. 17. 42. Kiss. Used in connection with love, Cant. i. 2; reverence

Exod. xviii. 7, and 1 Sam. x. 1; submission, Ps. ii. 12;

and deceit, Matt. xxvi. 49. 43. KINGS. Rev. i. 5, 6, compared with Rev. xxii. 5. L. 44. LEAVES. Used of prosperity, Ps. i. 3; eternal life, Rev.

xxii. 2; mortality, Isa. lxiv. 6; timidity, Lev. xxvi. 36. 45. LILY. Used of Christ, Cant. ii. 1; of believers, Hos. v. 14.

LAMB. Used of Christ, John i. 29; of believers, Isa. xl. 11. 43 LION. Used for Christ, Rev. v. 5; for believers, Prov.

xxviii. 1; for Satan,

1 Peter v. 8; for wicked men, 2 Tim.

iv. 17, Ezek. xxii. 25. 47. LEAVEN. Used of sin, Matt. xvi. 6, 1 Cor. v. 6, 7; of grace, Matt. xiii. 33. 48. LIGHT. Of God's word, Ps. cxix. 105; of happiness, Isa.

lviii. 8, of a good king, 2 Sam. xxi. 49 LEPROSY. Like sin; (1) defiling, Lev. xiii. 44, 45; (2)

spreading, Lev. xiii. 22, 1 Cor. v. 6; (3) separating, Numb.

v. 2, Rev. xxi. 27; (4) sometimes incurable,

2 Kings v. 7, with Jer. xiii. 23. 50 LEANNESS. Put for temporal calamity, Isa. x. 16; for spiritual weakness, Isa. xxiv. 16, Ps. civ. 15. 51. MILK. Isa. lv. 1; MARROW, Ps. lxiii. 5; MEAT, John iv. 32-34; MANNA, REV. ii. 17. 52. MORNING. Put for swiftness in Ps. cxxxix. 9; for divine truth, in Isa. viii. 20 (margin); and for the resurrection, in Ps. xlix. 14. 53. MEMBERS, in Eph. v. 30; MAN, in Eph. iv. 13; MER

CHANTMAN, Matt. xiii. 45. 54. MIRE. Used for sin, 2 Peter ii. 22; and for contempt, 2 Sam. xxii. 43. 55. NIGHT. Put for death, in John ix. 4; for time of ignorance, in Rom. xiii. 12; and for affliction, in Isa. xxi. 12. 56. NOON. Amos viii. 9. 57. NEST. Hab. ii. 9 58. NURSE. Used of Christian kings, in Isa. xlix. 23; and of

Christian ministers, in 1 Thess. ii. 7. 59. OINTMENT. Descriptive of Christ's name, in Cant. i. 3;

and of brotherly unity, in Ps. cxxxiii. 2. 60. ORPHANS. Lam. v. 3; John xiv. 18 (marg.); and OUT-

CASTS, in Jer. xxx. 17. 61. OAK. In Isa. vi. 13; Amos ii. 9.

P. 62. PILLARS. Gal. ii. 9, and Jer. i. 18. 63. PALACE. Applied to the temple of Jerusalem, 1 Chron xxix. 1; and to the church of God, in Ps. lxxviii. 69 ; xlviii. 13. 64. PRISON. Of sin, Isa. xli. 7; and of the grave, liii. 8. 65. PRINCE. Isa. ix. 6. 66. PIT. Snare, Ps. vii. 15; sorrow, Ps. xl. 2; grave, Isa xxxviii. 17. 67. POISON. Rom. iii. 13; James iii. 8.

Q, R. 68. QUENCH. Love, Cant. viii. 7; life, Isa. xliii. 17; 2 Sam xiv. 7; xxi. 17; temptation, Eph. vi. 16; Holy Spirit, 1 Thes. v. 19; Divine wrath, Isa. i. 31; 2 Kings xxii. 17. 69. RAZOR. See Ps. lii. 2; Isa. vii. 20. 70. REED. Used for instability, Luke, vii. 24; despondency, Isa. xlii. 3; and disappointing hope, Isa. xxxvi. 6; 2 Kings xviii. 21. 71. REAPING. See John iv. 36-38 ; Matt. iii. 39. 72. RACE. 1 Cor. ix. 24; Heb. xii. 1 S. 73. SALT. Matt. v. 13. STEWARDS, 1 Pet. iv. 10. SHOWERS, Mic. v. 7. SHEEP, John x. 27. SOLDIERS. 2 Tim. ii. 3. STONES, 1 Pet. ii. 5. STRANGERS, 1 Pet. ii. 11. 74. SHADOW. Used in connection with death, Ps. xxiii. 4, divine care, Ps. xci. 1: and the law of Moses, IHeb. x. 1. 75. TRAPS. Josh. xxiii.

THIEVES. John x. 8. 76. TOWER. Ps. lxi. 3.

T, V. 13. THORNS. 2 Sam. xxiii. 6. 77. TENT. Used of the heavens, Isa. xl. 22; and of the church, Isa. liv. 2. TEMPLE. Used of the heavens, Ps. xi. 4; and of the church, Eph. ii. 21. 78. VIRGINS. Matt. xxv. 1, etc. VESSELS. 2 Tim. ii. 20. 79. VIPERS. Matt. iii. 7. 80. VAPOR. James iv. 13, 14.

W, Y. 81. WATER. John vii. 38, 39. WIND. John iii. 8. 82. WOLVES. Matt. vii. 15.

WAVES. Jude 13. WELLS WITHOUT WATER. 2 Pet. ii. 17. 83. YOKE. Describes the service of Christ, Matt. xi. 29 ; cruel oppression, 1 Kings xii. 4; spiritual bondage, Acts xv. 10.