of creation; the figurae sacramentales are indicated in the command, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation”; and finally, the theories are implied when Scripture speaks of the fruits and the trees that carry seeds within themselves.8 It is apparent that this amounts to nothing less than a transfer of the theory of rationes seminales to Scripture.9 Certainly Scripture is closed objectively. But its meaning is advancing in a steady growth through history; and this growth is not yet closed. As the physical