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:—