The Practical Commentary On The New Testament

Author : W. Dalton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333447335
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book An Explanatory and Practical Commentary on the New Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Vol. 1 written by W. Dalton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Explanatory and Practical Commentary on the New Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Vol. 1: Intended Chiefly as a Help to Family Devotion; Containing the Gospels and Acts It has not appeared expedient to mark the alterations made in this revision - suffice it to say, that the first edition has been selected as the basis of all my editorial labors. In the first vo lume, the largest portion of the original matter has been pre served - occasionally short paragraphs have been omitted, and new matter introduced - in some instances, the lectures have been subdivided, and a fuller exposition given to each part. In revising the second volume, I found it necessary to make still greater alterations. The author appears to have thought it im possible to give anything like a satisfactory view of the inspired epistles in the short compass of these lectures, and, therefore, often merged the explanatory part in the practical. This gave an unfinished aspect to the second volume. The editor's labours had, therefore, to tend rather towards a continuation than a re vision. The union of plain exposition with deep, practical appli cation of truth, so happily pervading the first volume, was once more to be attempted. To remedy the deficiency just mentioned, the first necessary step was to take a smaller portion of the sacred word for each lecture, and thus, without lengthening the exposition to an un due extent, a greater scope was given for explanatory com ments. In many instances this was easily effected but in the Epistles to the Romans and to the Hebrews, and a large portion of the book of Revelation, I found it necessary to remodel the whole, and to write the exposition de novo, retaining as much of the original matter as could be made available'in so extensive a change. An amount of responsibility thus devolved on me, which I had little expected, when I undertook the work. How far I have been able to carry out the original features of this commentary, or expound a large portion of the sacred vo lume with simplicity, faithfulness and conciseness, it is not for me to' decide. The deep responsibility of commenting on the words of the living God, has often weighed me down - the feel ing of creature-incompetency has never in any period of my life been more painfully experienced. But I have done what I could. I feel thankful to my heavenly Father who has often heard my prayer, and given me help in this arduous work, and to his gracious benediction I commend my poor labours, under the deep persuasion that we write in vain and read in vain. 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.