The second mood is suited to the discovery or proof of the distinctions

that exist between things.  Its construction is as follows:

No B is C ... 'The Mystery' is not revealed in the Old Testament.

All A is B ... 'Gentiles in heavenly places' is part of 'the Mystery'.

No A is C ... 'Gentiles in heavenly places' is not revealed in the Old

Here we must imagine two concentric circles B and A with one separate

circle C standing apart.

The third mood is suited to the discovery or proof of instances and

exceptions.  Its construction is as follows:

All B is C ... The doctrine of redemption belongs to the whole Bible.

Some A is B ... Some of the teaching of the Mystery is the doctrine of

Some A is C ... Some of the teaching of the Mystery will be found in

the Bible.

It will be seen that this form of argument is adapted to exceptions.

As a revelation, the Mystery does not form a part of all Scripture, but

belongs to the prison ministry of Paul.  There is need, however, to

distinguish between the doctrinal basis which it shares in common with other

callings, and that dispensational superstructure that constitutes its

distinctive feature.

The fourth mood is suited to the discovery of the exclusion of

different species of a genus.  Its construction is as follows:

No B is C ... No covenants are found in the Mystery.

Some A is B ... Some Scriptural blessings are new covenant blessings.

Some A is not C ... Some Scriptural blessings are not found in the

These four forms constitute the four moods of the first figure of the

syllogism, and, as all propositions may be reduced to one or other of these

forms, we shall not pursue the matter further.  'If an argument can be

analysed into these forms, and you admit its propositions, you are bound in

consistency to admit the conclusion' (Minto).

The axiom of the syllogism has been expressed in many ways; perhaps the

easiest is the following: 'What is said of a whole, is said of every one of

its parts'.  If you admit that a leaf is in a book, and that the same book is

in your pocket, you admit that the leaf must be in your pocket also.