The Types of Genesis briefly considered as revealiny the Development
of Human Nature. By Andrew Jukes. Second edition. (Longmans.)— Mr. Jukes appears to have arrived at the conclusion that the whole Bible has a mystic meaning, each portion of it being intended to symbolize a peculiar phase of Christian development ; and in the volume before us he proceeds to unfold, at considerable length,this hidden signifi- cation in the case of the first book of the Pentateuch. The object of the book of Genesis is to show the different forms of life which, either by nature or by grace, can grow out of the root of old Adam. These forms appear to be seven in number, and each of them is typified by one of the principal persons mentioned in the Book of Genesis. Thus, Adam represents human nature as it is in itself ; Cain and Abel are respectively the natural and spiritual offshoots of the root of old Adam ; Noah is the type of the spiritual man regenerated by baptism ; and Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, represent the four great forma of life, which are known and enjoyed after regeneration has been fully reached—Abraham being the life of faith, Isaac the life of sonship, Jacob the life of service, and Joseph the life of suffering. "These seven," says Mr. Jukes, "are the various shades of the true light of life, as it appears when refracted through the body, soul, and spirit, the triangular prism of human nature ; from the red of Adam on the one hand, up to that regal purple, in which he may be said to shine who completes and is over all the rest." We are glad to have Mr. Jukes's assurance that he is quite prepared to be called fanciful, and does not mind it at all.
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