Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever… I. THAT IT IS A VAIN AND FOOLISH CURIOSITY TO INQUIRE INTO THINGS THAT WE CANNOT COMPREHEND, AND WITH RESPECT TO WHICH WE HAVE NO LIGHT TO DIRECT US, EITHER FROM REASON OR REVELATION. II. THAT THERE ARE, PROPERLY SPEAKING, NO MYSTERIES IN RELIGION. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God, and only things revealed, things that are intelligible, belong to us. III. THAT THE GREAT END OF REVELATION IS PRACTICE, THE PRACTICE OF SUBSTANTIAL VIRTUE; that we may do all the works of this law. From whence it necessarily follows — IV. THAT NO DOCTRINES WHICH IN THE LEAST ENCOURAGE IMMORALITY CAN BE PARTS OF A DIVINE REVELATION. V. That the importance of the several doctrines of revelation is to be judged of by this rule, namely, THEIR TENDENCY TO PROMOTE AND ESTABLISH A BECOMING REGARD TO PURITY AND TRUE GOODNESS. (James Foster.) Parallel Verses KJV: The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. |
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