The Oedipus Judaicus / [Sir William Drummond].

  • William Drummond of Logiealmond
Date:
1811
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Credit: The Oedipus Judaicus / [Sir William Drummond]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    her breasts,--was not Solomon's mistress, but the Church, the spiritual spouse of Christ. But since the Christians clo admit alle« gory—since they even contend that the Old Testament abounds with figurative and symbolical language, descriptive of the advent of the Messiah; why will they so strenuously insist upon the strict interpre- tation of the text in other examples ? Be their decision what it may, the theist is bound to vindicate the majesty of the Deity. Cicero has said, that it is easier to tell what God is not, than what he is. Now every theist is surely prepared to say, that the Deity is neither unjust, nor cruel, nor liable, in any manner, to the frailties of » human nature. Is it possible for the literal
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