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A Harmony of the Gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke (Calvin's New Testament Commentaries Series, Volume 1)

by John Calvin

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Excerpt from Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists, Vol. 1: Matthew, Mark, and Luke In. The chief moral requisite for* such a work Calvin is excelled by none.' He is an honest interpreter. No con sideration would have induced him to wrest the words of Scripture from their plain meaning. Those who may ques tion his conclusions cannot trace them to an unworthy motive. Timid theologians will be occasionally startled by his exposi tions. Though they may not absolutely impeach the sound ness of his doctrine, they will tremble for the fate of some favourite theory or ingenious argument. With such minds he has no sympathy. He examines the Scriptures with the humility of one who inquires at the oracle of God, (2 Sam. Xvi. And proclaims the reply with the faith of one who knows that the word of the Lord is tried, (ps. Xviii. 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.… (more)
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Excerpt from Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists, Vol. 1: Matthew, Mark, and Luke In. The chief moral requisite for* such a work Calvin is excelled by none.' He is an honest interpreter. No con sideration would have induced him to wrest the words of Scripture from their plain meaning. Those who may ques tion his conclusions cannot trace them to an unworthy motive. Timid theologians will be occasionally startled by his exposi tions. Though they may not absolutely impeach the sound ness of his doctrine, they will tremble for the fate of some favourite theory or ingenious argument. With such minds he has no sympathy. He examines the Scriptures with the humility of one who inquires at the oracle of God, (2 Sam. Xvi. And proclaims the reply with the faith of one who knows that the word of the Lord is tried, (ps. Xviii. 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.

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