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Excerpt from Lectures Exegetical and Practical on the Epistle of James: With a New Translation of the Epistle and Notes on the Greek Text The expository lectures, which occupy the larger part of the volume, were, in substance, delivered from the pulpit in ordinary course of Sabbath ministration. They have since, however, been rewritten, and in the course of transcriptionconsiderable changes have been made. Some subjects have been treated at greater length than when the discourses were preached whilst of others the illustration has been shortened, the original fulness appearing less suitable for a book than for a spoken address. The introductions, which in most cases simply repeated in a brief form the main points brought out in the previous lecture, have been omitted; and, to secure continuity of exposition, the practical inferences and applica tions, which usually constituted the conclusions, have also been left out, - the practical character of the whole Epistle seeming to render the retaining of these less needful or de sirable than had it been largely doctrinal. The basis of the lectures is a careful exegesis, - a'h endeavour to ascertain the exact shades of thought which the Divine Spirit intended by the words He gave to the apostle. I By all who believe not merely that the Word of God 'is in the Bible, but that the Bible is the Word of God, close attention to the precise force of words and phrases will not be deemed misspent labour. At the same time, the author's aim has been not to write a mere commentary on words, but to bring the apostle, with his human sympathies and his divine inspiration, clearly and fully before the reader, as a friend and counsellor, whose statements and appeals have weight and interest for us as well as for the men of his own time. 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.