Author : Adam Clarke
Release : 2018-01-23
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Vol. 1 by : Adam Clarke

Download or read book The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Vol. 1 written by Adam Clarke. This book was released on 2018-01-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Vol. 1: The Text in the Authorized Translation: With a Commentary and Critical Notes; The Gospel and Acts In performing the duty committed to him, the editor has found himself, in nearly all cases, so entirely in sympathy, as well as in intellectual accord, with the original work, that he has seldom been tempted to either amend or suppress any of its utterances. Though he was afres thinker. In the true senses Of that phrase, and strictly loyal to the truth, yet the author of this great commentary was evidently a firm and warmly attached believer in all the great doctrines of the Gospel as a supernaturally derived system Of religious truth. He accepted the Bible as the word of God, itself the revelation Of Jesus Christ, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; and he brought to its study, in which he recognised the indispensable need of the illumination and instruction of the Holy Spirit, all the aids of true learning, as well as the arbitrament of sanctified reason. Confessing the value of patristic learning, and the qualified authority of ancient ecclesiastical judgments, and deferring in due degree to the con census of the orthodoxy Of the ages, he still claimed for the written word, the Bible as it has come down to us, that which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the word of life, as in itself the sole sufiicient guide in all matters of faith and duty. And, properly to apprehend the truth contained in those writings, all the powers of the duly enlightened under standing must be used. Criticism, and not authority, must therefore determine every question Of the canon, of inspiration, and of exegesis; and whatever cannot endure the searching light of a spiritually-rational criticism has no authority in the school of biblical interpretation. In this spirit this great work was originally written; and to preserve that spirit has been a ruling purpose in its revisal. And with humble reliance upon the presence and the illumination of the Spirit, by whom the word was given, with those who may peruse these pages, and cov eting for them a share of the light and comfort that have accompanied the labour of its preparation, the work is now devoutly committed to that Divine Power who always attends even the feeblest efiorts made in his name and for the furtherance of his kingdom and glory. 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.