The Book Of The Prophet Isaiah Classic Reprint

Author : Albert Barnes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333984274
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical, on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Albert Barnes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical, on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Vol. 1 IT is with unaffected diffidence that this work is offered to the patronage of the Christian public. It has been prepared amidst the toils and responsibilities of a most laborious pastoral charge, and at such intervals as could be secured without seeming to infringe on the direct and immediate duties demanded in my station. Those hours have been, with scarcely an exception, the early morning hours 3 and whatever may be the manner 'in which this book may, be received by the public, whether it shall or shall not contribute in any degree to advance the knowledge of the truth, and the love of the Sacred Scriptures, its preparation, by requiring me to com. Mence each day with the direct contemplation of an interesting por tion of inspired truth, has for four years constituted one of the most delightful parts of 'my work. It is the production of many a labo rious, but many a pleasant hour and while I desire to render thanks to the Giver of life and health, that he has granted me strength to engage in these studies, I shall ever look back with gratitude to the deeply interesting moments in which I have been endeavouring to illustrate the Visions of Isaiah. Wheni commenced the work, i designed nothing farther than an enlargement of Lowth on Isaiah. It occurred to me that it might be useful to retain his Notes as a basis, with some additional illustra tions. But this plan was soon abandoned; and no other use has been made of Lowth than that which is common with other writers. Valuable as are his Notes, and beautiful as is his version, yet it was soon perceived, or thought to be perceived, that greater usefulness might be secured by enlarging the plan, and making a work entirely new. Very valuable helps have been furnished, since the time of Lowth, for the illustration of the Hebrew prophets; and it was deemed desirable to avail myself of them all, so far as it was in my power. Most of those helps will be found enumerated in the list of works on Isaiah, at the close of the Introduction, 8. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.