History of the Holy Bible, From the Creation of the World, Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from History of the Holy Bible, From the Creation of the World, Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ There is a peculiar elegance as well as propriety in the title annexed to the sacred writings, - being emphatically designated the bible, or the book, thereby intimating its superiority to all other books, and the sublimity and importance of the subjects on which it treats. The remarks of too many Biblical commentators superabound with critical observations, while they are barren of useful and spiritual reflections, and are rather calculated to amuse curiosity than to promote piety. The greater part of writers, likewise, who have furnished us with an historical account of the Bible, have so perplexed the plain narrative with their own strange conjectures, that the latter have confused the former, and thus conjoined, they are by no means calculated to edify the serious reader. The God of truth, willing to acquaint our sinful world with his mind and will, hath provided his Spirit to enlighten our understanding, and his written Word to bring those things which were transacted in bygone ages, and in places far remote, to our immediate view, in order to display his omnipotence, wisdom, and grace, and thus excite the veneration and gratitude of wondering: man. The writers of the Old and New Testaments agreeing in one and the same truth, their testimony is so much the more enforcing, as implying so many several acts of one and the same spirit, producing in different individuals one and the same effect, even the mystery of our salvation by Jesus Christ. For, though the different writers follow their own peculiar method and order in the several parts they were inspired to write, yet there appears a perfect agreement upon the whole; as is evident from the clearest demonstration of the learned in all ages, who have bestowed much labour and extraordinary industry in comparing their testimonies. The Old Testament is itself a system of all kinds of knowledge, civil and religious, moral and philosophical, and generally useful for the conduct of human life, - it being the chief repository from which the philosophers and legislators of all ages have drawn the choicest of their observations. The excellency of sacred history will more evidently appear, if we compare it with the accounts of the best and most ancient heathen writers, both philosophers and historians. How futile and trifling are the researches and discoveries of the former, and the accounts of the latter, when compared with the glorious display of divine wisdom, the triumphs of divine grace, and the earnest of eternal glory contained in sacred writ? 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.
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