- Technical note: This book makes heavy use of SMALL CAPS
formatting. You may need to experiment with fonts and browsers
until you see the words "small caps" formatted in SMALL CAPS.
- This is a commentary on the first 39 chapters of the Biblical
book of Isaiah. It was written to help ministers with their
sermon preparation. Many of the thoughts presented are condensed
from published sermons. The book is a collection of man's
opinions on the inspired Word of God. The Transcriber does not
necessarily agree with every opinion expressed. Among the
disagreements are suggestions that the Church replaces Israel,
or is "the true Israel," or that human effort has any effect on
God's pacing of future events. Some of the opinions expressed
are unapologetically anti-Roman Catholic or culturally
insensitive. The book is a product of its time and place (late
nineteenth century greater London). The U.S. conflict between
North and South is still within memory and neither the great
European wars to come, nor England's loss of her colonial
possessions in India and Africa, nor the establishment of the
State of Israel is even foreshadowed.
- The page numbers in the first part of the book ("front-matter")
and the last part of the book ("back-matter") were modified from
unadorned Arabic numbers to make them unique. In this e-book,
front-matter pages are identified by lower-cased Roman numbers
and back-matter pages include the letter "A" (for "Appendix")
and either an "L" or an "R" to identify the left or right
column. The Appendix presents two translations of the whole book
of Isaiah and two additional translations of the fifty-second
and fifth-third chapters.
- In the original, the outlines are generally in order by
scripture reference and information in the page headers helps
one find an outline related to any desired passage. Due to the
length of the e-book, and the supplemental outlines added toward
the end, the Transcriber has inserted a listing of outlines in
sequential order by scripture reference after the Index of
Subjects, Index of Authors, and table of Times, Seasons, and
Occasions, and prior to the Introduction.
- The footnotes in the text are identified by sequential
lower-case Greek letters: ɑ, Β, etc. The Transcriber has changed
them to superscript bracketed numbers to comply with current
use. In the main portion of the book, the "footnotes" were set
in smaller type at the end of the respective outlines. In the
Appendix, footnotes were set at the bottom of each page. The
text and each footnote are hyperlinked both directions.
- Certain long outlines (The Virgin's Son, The Burden of Dumah)
and the Appendix were set almost entirely in footnote type to
save page count.
- The detailed list of Transcriber's changes is at the foot of the
document.
THE PREACHER'S
COMPLETE HOMILETIC
COMMENTARY
ON THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
WITH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES,
INDEXES, ETC., BY VARIOUS AUTHORS
THE OLD TESTAMENT
_Volumes 1-21_
THE NEW TESTAMENT
_Volumes 22-32_