INTERPRETER. "The man whose picture this is, is one of a thousand;
he can beget children, 1 Cor. 4:15, travail in birth with children,
Gal. 4:19, and nurse them himself when they are born. And whereas
thou seest him with his eyes lifted up to heaven, the best of books
in his hand, and the law of truth written on his lips; it is to show
thee that his work is to know and to unfold dark things to sinners;
even as also thou seest him stand as if he pleaded with men. And
whereas thou seest the world as cast behind him, and that a crown
hangs over his head; that is to show thee that, slighting and
despising the things that are present for the love that he hath to
his Master's service, he is sure, in the world that comes next, to
have glory for his reward.
"Now," said the Interpreter, "I have showed thee this picture first,
because the man whose picture this is, is the only man whom the Lord
of the place whither thou art going hath authorized to be thy guide
in all difficult places thou mayest meet with in the way; wherefore,
take good heed to what I have showed thee, and bear well in thy mind
what thou hast seen, lest in thy journey thau meet with some that
pretend to lead thee right, but their way goes down to death."