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(2)
Antithetic or Opposite.
"A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother"
(Prov. 10: 1).
(3)
Synthetic or Constructive.
"The law of the Lord . . . . .
The testimony of the Lord . . . . .
The statutes of the Lord . . . . .
The commandment of the Lord . . . . .
The fear of the Lord . . . . .
The judgments of the Lord . . . . ." (Psa. 19: 7-9).
2: COMPLEX.
(1)
Alternate.
A |
"The Egyptians are men,
B
| And not God:
A |
And their horses are flesh,
B
| And not Spirit" (Isa. 31: 3).
(2)
Repeated Alternation.
A1 | "If any man love the world,
B1 | The love of the Father is not in him.
A2 | For all that is in the world . . . . .
B2 | Is not of the Father,
A2 | But is of the world" (I John 2: 15, 16).
(3)
Extended Alternation.
A | "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,
B | Where moth and rust doth corrupt,
C | And where thieves break through and steal.
A | But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
B | Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,
C | And where thieves do not break through and steal" (Matt. 6: 19, 20).
(4)
Introverted Parallelism.
A |
POWER.--Christ is the power of God.
B
| WISDOM.--And the wisdom of God.
B
| WISDOM.--The foolishness of God is wiser than men.
A |
POWER.--The weakness of God is stronger than men" (I Cor. 1: 24, 25).
Here we must leave this interesting subject, and in our next article take up the figure
of Correspondence, which is based on parallelism of theme rather than of lines or words
or propositions.