Excerpt from Reasons for My Hope Hope is the anticipation of some desired object - the expectation of some real or supposed future good. It is the union of expectation and desire. Those troubles that we fear, are not objects of hope, neither are those good things which we have no expectation of ever receiving. It is true that the Greek word elpis not only signifies hope, and the Object of hope, but also in later times, any thought on the future, expectation, hoping, and also fear, but though the Apostles may sometimes use the word thus, yet this is not at all the usual sense. Hope, properly speaking, exists only where there is expectation and desire. 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.