Excerpt from A Plain Commentary on the Four Holy Gospels, Vol. 1 of 2: Intended Chiefly for Devotional Reading; St. Matthew St. Mark This suits well [with the foregoing sum of the Baptist's preaching, and is in effect the same with it. Repent, ' is, Prepare the way' of the lord, make His paths straight.' Repentance levels the heart to god makes it a plain for christ to walk in; casts down the Mountains of Pride; and raises the soul from base, low, earthly ways and affections smooths the rugged passions, and straightens the crooked deceit of the heart; makes it sincere and straight, both towards god and Man. And this is our business, - to be dealing with our hearts, leveling, smooth ing, straightening them for our lord; that He may take delight to dwell and walk in them, and refresh them with His presence. And certainly, the more holy dili gence is used in suiting the heart to His holy will, the more of His sweet presence shall we enjoy. SO far, pious Leighton. 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.