Principles for the Proper Understanding of the Mosaic Writings Stated and Applied: Together With an Incidental Argument for the Truth of the Resurrection of Our Lord (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The Lecturer to be a Clergyman in the University of Cambridge, of the degree of Master of Arts, and under the age of forty years.' He is to be elected annually on Christmas-day, or within seven days after, by the vice-chancellor for the time being, and by the Master of Trinity College, and the Master of St. John's College, or any two of them.' In case the Master of Trinity, or the Master of St. John's, be the vice-chancellor, the Greek Professor is to be the third Trustee.

The duty of the said Lecturer is, by the Will, to preach twenty Sermons in the whole year,' at Saint Mary Great Church in Cambridge but the number having been found inconvenient, application was made to the Court of Chancery for leave to reduce it, and eight Sermons only are now required. These are to be printed at the Preacher's expense, within twelve months after the delivery of the last Sermon and the present volume is the second that has appeared under the new regulations.

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Excerpt from Principles for the Proper Understanding of the Mosaic Writings Stated and Applied: Together With an Incidental Argument for the Truth of the Resurrection of Our Lord

The first seven of the following Lectures are upon questions arising out of the Mosaic writings. They are treated upon their own merits, though with a reference to a popular "History of the Jews" which appeared no long time ago, and of which I thought the views on these points erroneous.

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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.