Chapter XVIII Jethro, Xviii. 1–27
Gentiles in new aspect. Church may learn from secular wisdom, 259.—Little is said of Zipporah: Jethro’s pleasure, 260.—A Gentile priest recognised. Religious festivity, 261.—Jethro’s advice: its importance, 262.—Divine help does not supersede human gift, 263.
The Typical Bearings of the History
Narrative is also allegory. Danger of arbitrary fancies. Example from Bunyan. Scriptural teaching, 264.—Some resemblances are planned: others are reappearances of same principle, 265.—So that these are evidential analogies, like Butler’s, 266.—Others appear forced. “I called My Son out of Egypt” refers to Israel, 267.—But the condescending phrase promised more, and the subsequent coincidence is significant, 268. Truths cannot all be proved like Euclid’s, 269.