"ECCE AGNUS DEI!" OR, CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT MYSTERY. “Ζητειτε δε πρωτον την βασιλείαν του Θεού και την OTHE LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. 1868. 141. i. 63. DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF THE LATE PRINCE-CONSORT, “ALBERT THE GOOD:" A Prince, THE MEMORY OF WHOSE SOCIAL AND CHRISTIAN VIRTUES, PUBLIC ACTS OF PHILANTHROPY, GENEROUS LOVE OF HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY, AND ANXIETY FOR THE PROGRESS OF DIVINE TRUTH, IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF HER BEREAVED MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA'S LOYAL AND LOVING SUBJECTS. PREFACE. As a Bible Student, the Author has from his early years experienced, in common perhaps with many others of his class, the unsatisfactory character of "Bible Commentaries," hardly ever being able to find in any of them a conclusive answer to a serious difficulty. May not this be accounted for by the writers having commenced their labours with mistaken views of the Being and Character of the Almighty, and moulded the Scriptures to suit such views, unconscious that they were looking through a perverted medium? All Commentaries written upon this principle, no matter how voluminous, nor what pains, time, and learning may have been expended upon them (and some are marvels in this respect), are comparatively useless and often misleading. Contrasted with these, a "Key" to the principles by which the Bible is to be understood, coupled with some illustrations from familiar portions of the Divine Word, might seem to be acceptable at the present juncture, if only one could be found willing, to some extent able, and withal bold enough, to undertake the work. The author has made the attempt at and on behalf of all least in the love of truth, |