Excerpt from Family Expositions: On the Epistles of St. John and St. Jude, and Those of St. Paul to Timothy I feel anxious that the reader should not mistake the character of these expositions. They do not at all pretend to be critical and exact. They are abridged notes of those explanations, and simple practical remarks on the sacred text, which I gave in morning worship, and which appeared at the time likely to be useful to my own family. They were written down by my children, with out any view to publication, for their own benefit. The manuscripts were lent among their friends, and it was only after many requests that the author, giving them such slight revision as his many occupations allowed, has agreed to their publication. If the Lord shall bless them to the good of those who read them, or of families where they may be used, it will manifestly be another example that he can employ weak instruments in His service and let the praise be to Him alone. Should this be the case, the author may be encouraged to publish more of these expositions, similar notes having been taken on all the books of the New Testament, from the Epistle to the Philippians to the close of Revelation. 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.