Hence several things contained in the law of Moses are repealed or
forbidden by Christ; still more are quietly dropped and left behind;
while other portions are developed, expanded, and exalted.
All these things, and a multitude of other things, have to be taken into
account, if we would form a correct and proper estimate of the Bible.
All these, and quite a multitude of other matters, should be borne in
mind when we are considering in what terms to speak of the Book, and in
what way to qualify our commendations of its contents. I do not believe
it possible to praise the Bible too highly; but nothing is easier than
to praise it unwisely, untruly. You cannot love or prize the Bible too
much; but you may err as to what constitutes its worth. You cannot
over-estimate its beneficent power; but you may make mistakes as to the
parts or properties of the book in which its strength lies. A child can
hardly value gold or silver too highly, but he makes a great mistake
when he fancies their great excellency to consist in the brightness of
their colors. And so with regard to the Bible. Its best friends and its
ablest eulogists can never think or speak of it beyond its real worth;
but they may fancy its worth to consist in qualities of secondary
importance, or in a kind or form of perfection which it does not
possess.
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