Patrick Fairbairn on revelation and the divine image

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... It is at bottom, a recognising and acting on the great truth, that man was made in the image of God, and that only by laying hold of what remains of this image, and sanctifying it for higher uses, can the Spirit of God effectually disclose divine things, and win for them a place in the soul; the rays of the eternal sun must reach it, not by direct effulgence, but “through the luminous atmosphere of created minds.” Then, think how well this plan accords with, and secures that fullness and variety which is necessary to Scripture as the book, which from its very design, was to provide the seed-corn of spiritual thought and instruction for all times — a book for the sanctification of humanity, and the developing in the soul of a higher life than that of nature. ...

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