The Collected Writings of Edward Irving, Vol. 2 of 5 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Collected Writings of Edward Irving, Vol. 2 of 5 (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Irving and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Collected Writings of Edward Irving, Vol. 2 of 5 Hese verses are to the narrative which follows, of pre cisely the same import as the date is to a letter or any official document, ascertaining the precise time, place, and cir cumstances, under which the wonderful events that follow began their course; and, therefore, instead of being slightly passed over as an uninteresting enumeration of names with which the mind refuses to be burdened, they should be used by'the expounder Of the record, for that very purpose for which they were set down by the writer, as affording a clue by which to ascertain the veracity of the narrator, and the certainty of the things narrated. Therefore, though it may not be so agreeable to many ears to discourse of historical fact and evidence, as of orthodoxy, doctrine, and religious experience, yet, seeing the thing must sometimes be done for the conviction of the gain sayer and the knowledge of all, I hesitate not to treat of that of which the evangelist has written of the circumstances of place and time; and the evidence thence to be derived of the character of the narrator and the things narrated. 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.