Présentation de l'éditeur
A uthor, which he has cherished and prosecuted flaring Severn! years past, to present, in a single volume, for popular use, an Exposition of The A cts. Be has been aware of a very general desire, among Bible readers, to study this oooi with the aid of a manual commentary that should embody the most valuable results of investigation. And he has had some reason to believe that notwithstanding the important aids lately furnished, there remained something to do for the elucidation of the history on the plan which he has here pursued. The method adopted by the Author in the other Historical Books, ia much more advantageous in tilis namely, to arrange the materials under appropriate headings throughout, so as to call attention, all along, to the points and periods of the history, and then to group together all these headings in a Synoptical view. Thus theie is presented to the eye at once a comprehensive Outline, by the aid of whicfk the separate epochs and progressive stages of the History may be viewed in theiv proper relations. For lack of this aid, many cutsory readers have not yet understood that the History in this book extends through a period of thirty-two, or thrte yeart equal in extent to the time covered by the Gospel History, and embracing the second third part of. the century, as tdo Gospel history embraces the first third. Nor is it likely to be seen, without some, such tabular view, how the History in The A cts covers the times and ciicumstancea in which the Epistles of Paul were written. For this reason the author has believed an important end would be gained by incorporating, at the time and place where they belong, (so nearly as can be ascertained,) the briefest notices of the several Epistles of Paul. Indeed this has seemed necessary for a proper comprehension of the whole. These Letters are indeed among the A cts of the A poitles, and light is
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