Download or read book A Commentary Upon the Old and New Testaments, With the Apocrypha, Vol. 5 of 7 written by Symon Patrick and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Commentary Upon the Old and New Testaments, With the Apocrypha, Vol. 5 of 7: From Genesis to Canticles; The Prophets; The Apocrypha; The New Testament But to all this we may answer in general, I. That it is a piece of natural justice due to an au thor, that is not living nor capable of explaining his own sentiments, to understand his expressions in the most favourable sense, and not to impute a bad meaning to him, as long as one is not for ccd to it by the plain evidence of his own words: Now we have shewn in the comment, that there are none of these passages which have been excepted against, but what may be understood in a good and consistent sense. 2. With respect to the additions which are complained of, it is common, we know, both in sacred and profane history, for one writer to supply what hath been omitted by another. 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.