Download or read book Remains of Alexander Knox, Esq., Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Alexander Knox and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Remains of Alexander Knox, Esq., Vol. 2 of 2 Our Saviour explains, elsewhere, in what sense he uses the metaphor of salt. "Salt is good," says he; "but if it has lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill." These words imply, that salt was some times, used simply by itself, for manure, and some times, as an ingredient, with other substances. "It is neither fit for the land," implies the former use of it; "nor yet for the dunghill," the latter: for to say, it was not fit for the land, was equivalent to saying it was not proper to be used by itself for manure; to say, it was not fit for the dunghill, as clearly meant, that it was useless, even as a co-ingredient. Thus, then, on our Lord's own authority, we must conceive his words, "Ye are the salt of the earth," to mean, that those of whom he spoke were to act upon mankind, as a powerful manure acts upon the arable glebe; that is, that, through their influence, the human soil, which had hitherto been sterile of all virtue, should produce the fruits of evangelic righteousness;and thereby serve the wise and benevolent purpose of its divine creator. But it is remarkable, that our Lord represents the agents of his great design, by another no less significant emblem, - "Ye," says he, are the light of the world." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.