Excerpt from The Minor Prophets: With a Commentary Explanatory and Practical and Introductions to the Several Books To this end, it is our purpose to use those more thoughtful writers Of all times, who have professedly, or, as far as we know, incidentally developed the meaning of portions or texts of the sacred volume, men who understood Holy Scripture through that same Spirit by Whom it was written, to whom prayer, meditation, and a sanctified life laid Open its meaning. For He Who first gave to man the words of eternal life still hides their meaning from those who are wise and prudent in their own eyes, and giveth wisdom to the simple. Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. The reading Of the Scriptures is the Opening of Heaven. 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.