ways literal, except when they are
affirmed to be the same as some other symbol which represents the same
object, as in Rev. 17:9.

22. LAWS OF SYMBOLS.

I. "The Symbol and that which it represents resemble each other in the
station they fill, the relation they sustain, and the agencies they exert
in their respective spheres."--_Lord._

II. The Symbol and that which it represents are of the _same_, or they are
of _different_ species, kinds, or rank, according to the _nature_ and
_use_ of the symbol.

III. "When the Symbol is of such nature, or is used in such a relation
that it can properly symbolise something _different_ from itself, the
representative and that which it represents, while the counterpart of each
other, are of _different_ species, kinds, or rank."--_Lord._

_Example._--Dan. 7:3, beasts; v. 17, governments.

IV. "Symbols that are of such a nature, station or relation, that there is
nothing of an analogous kind that they can represent, symbolize agents,
objects, acts, or events of _their own_ kind."--_Ib._ _Example._--Dan. 7:9.

V. "When the Symbol and that which it symbolizes differ from each other,
the correspondence between the representative and that which it
represents, still extends to their chief parts; and the elements or parts
of the symbols denote corresponding parts in that which is
symbolized."--_Ib._

VI. "The Names of Symbols are their literal and proper names, not
metaphorical titles."--_Ib._

VII. "A single agent, in many instances, symbolizes a body and succession
of agents."--_Ib._

VIII. Symbols of the same kind, and used in the same relations, always
represent one class of objects; and when the office of a symbol has been
once shown, the same symbol, similarly used, always fills a like office.
They are never used arbitrarily.

IX. While like symbols represent like objects, the same agents are often
indicated by different symbols.

Thus, a church may be symbolized by a city and a woman; and government, by
a beast and a mountain, &c.

23. INSPIRED EXPLANATIONS OF SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS:--

Ancient of Days--The Most High.--Dan. 7:9, 22.
Candlesticks--Churches.--Rev. 1:20.
Carpenters--Destroyers of governments.--Zech. 1:21.
Days--Years.--Num. 14:34. Ezek. 4:4-6.
Horns, of a wild beast--Kings or kingdoms succeeding to a divided
empire.--Dan. 8:22 and 7:24.
Heads, of a wild beast--Kings or forms of government.--Rev. 17:9, 10.