Six Sermons on the Study of the Holy Scriptures, Their Nature, Interpretation, and Some of Their Most Important Doctrines

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Excerpt from Six Sermons on the Study of the Holy Scriptures, Their Nature, Interpretation, and Some of Their Most Important Doctrines: Preached Before the University of Cambridge in the Years 1827-8: To Which Are Annexed Two Dissertations: The First on the Reasonableness of the Orthodox Views of Christianity, as Opposed to the Rationalism of Germany, The Second on the Interpretation of Prophecy Generally, With an Original Exposition of the Book of Rev In presenting my reasons to the public for having undertaken and published this work, I may remark, in the first place, that it has long been my opinion, (which I persuade myself has been formed upon observation and some experience, ) that the Study of the Scriptures, and hence a deep and accurate acquaintance with Theology, is in this country in a state far beneath what it ought to be, and that we have, therefore, occasionally witnessed among our Divines a want of simplicity, cordiality, and efficiency, in the discharge of their clerical duties, and of forbearance towards one another, to a considerable extent, and, in society, a lamentable disregard to the national Church, a relaxation in morality, an increase in dissent, and a prurient and insatiable desire for novel and speculative doctrines, in a degree no less extensive. There has, indeed, of late years, been considerable effort made for the purpose of meeting and remedying these evils, and, it must be confessed, the improvement effected has in every case corresponded with the efforts made. 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.