A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments, Vol. I: Genesis–Deuteronomy

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“Can we find such a one as this is?—lit., Can we find a man like this man? a man in whom the Spirit of God is.” (Page 244)

“interpret it as denoting ‘the heavens with all they contain, and the earth with all that belongs to it” (Page 2)

“Mosaic Authorship.—The preceding observations have led to the conclusion that insuperable difficulties encompass every hypothesis that fixes the origin of the Pentateuch at any date posterior to the time of Moses. The range of the present enquiry is consequently confined to a definite period; and in proceeding to show that the Pentateuch was actually in existence before the settlement of Israel in the promised land, it may be expedient to consider whether any and what weight is due to the objection that the art of writing was then so little known and practised as to render the idea of authorship scarcely credible.” (Page xix)

“The repetition of the name ‘Lord’ or ‘Jehovah’ three times, expressed the great mystery of the Godhead—three persons, and yet one God. The expressions in the separate clauses correspond to the respective offices of the Father, to ‘bless and keep us;’ of the Son, to be ‘gracious to us;’ and of the Holy Ghost, to ‘give us peace.’” (Page 527)

“is mentioned in Genesis. An attentive consideration, however” (Page 129)