346 Chap.4. t4Cömmentarie 'open genic, the Churchof the new Teftament : in a tropologicall fenfe,a Rate well ordered : in an anagogicall fenfe,the eftateof eternal' life. Thefe fentes they vfe to applie to moll places of theScripture, fpecially to the hiftorie. But I fay to the contra- rie,that there is but one full and intire fenteof eucry place of 5 fcripture, and that is allo the literal' fenfe, fowetimes exprefTed inproper, and fametimes inborrowed or figuratiue fpeaches. Tomake many fentes offcripture,is to ouerturne all knfe, and tomake nothing certen. As for the three fpirituall fenfes(fo called) they are not fentes, but applications or vfes of fcrip. to ture. It may be fard, that thehiftoric ofAbrahams familiehere propounded , bath befide his proper and literal' fenfe, a fpiri- tual or myf$icali fenfe. I anfwer,theyare not two fenfes,but two parts done full & intire fenfe. For not oneiy thebare hinorie, but alfo that which is therby fignified,is the ful fenfe of theh.G. 15 Againe, here we Ice the fcripture is not onely penned in proper tearrnes, but alto in fundrie diuine figures andalleÿo- ries. TheFong ofSalomon is an Allegoric borrowed from the fellowfhippe ofman and wife, to signifie the communionbe-!, tweeneChrift &his Church:&fois the4S.pfalme.The booke Daniel, and theReuelation, is anallegorical' hiflorie. The Parables of the old andnewTeftaments, arefigures or allego- ries. When Dauid faith, Pfal, 45. d.. 2.,ide onupon the word of% truth,meek es,and iuflice , he defcribes a Princes charriot by al- legorie. The Guide is the word , thehontes that draw it, are 15 three, Truth, meekenes, iullice. And thus the thró`ise of God is defcribed by likeallegoric. Pfal. 89.v. 14. the foundationof the throne, are righteoufncs,andequitie: themanne bearers to goe before the throne, are mercre and truth. It maybe demanded, when cloth the fcripture fpeake pro- 3° petty, and when by figure ?- AH/.' Ifthe proper fignification of thewords be againft common reafon, or againft the analogie of faith, or agaínft good manners , they arenot then to be ta- ken properly, but by figure. The words of Chrift, Toh. r 5, r./ am thetrue vine,&?myfather id an htibandman. Ifthey be taken IS properly, they are abfurd in common reafon : therefore the wordsare figuratiue, and the fenfe is this: I am44 the true vine, andmyfather at an hatbandman. The wordes of Chrift,?"ake, ente, th.4 it my body, r. Corinth. r z. vert: 24. taken properly, are againft the articles of faith , He afended into beano, and flaw the right handof God..And they are againft thcfixt _
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