Excerpt from Exposition, Doctrinal and Philological of Christ's Sermon on the Mount, Vol. 1: According to the Gospel of Matthew; Intended Likewise as a Help Towards the Formation of a Pure Biblical System of Faith and Morals My main endeavour has been to explain Scrip ture out Of itself, and one text by another; and hence much pains has been bestowed in the col lection Of parallel passages, the import Of which may not at once, perhaps, meet the eye, but, upon a deeper study, will scarcely be mistaken. From this method Of interpretation, in which the im port Of every point in the circumference is sought to be determined from the Whole remainder Of it, and at the same time from the centre - we de rive the groundwork Of a Biblical system Of faith and morals, so much a desideratum in the pre sent day and, accordingly, I have thought fit to entitle this Monography a contribution towards that Object. The ideas, Kingdom of God, Son of God, Marriage, Love (f enemies, Seeing God, God the Father (yo men, &c. Have received a full eluci dation: and hence the work is calculated not merely for the student Of Exegesis, but also for the student Of Doctrinal Theology and Ethics. My great Wish is, that it may serve to lead divines to a careful study Of the Holy Scripture, and afford some insight into the boundless stores Of instructive matter which it contains. It so happens that the subjects which the Sermon on the Mount gives occasion to handle, are, for the most part, just those that possess the greatest and most direct importance for the practical clergy man. 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.