Author: Leonard Woods Jr.

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-02

Total Pages: 722

ISBN-13: 9780267608256

Excerpt from The Literary and Theological Review, 1835, Vol. 2 Among those interiour grounds of dependence for the success of the Gospel, Learning must be named as the first and most conspicuous. When the church emerged from the ignorance and corruption of the dark ages, and caught a glimpse of the light and glory of the Gospel in contrast with the reigning and universal superstition, im osture and wickedness, the minds of men were roused, an the transi tion gave to eve species of knowledge a captivating power; and in re ation to the first and main object, conversion and salvation of men, assigned to human learn ing a mistaken oflice and an undue importance, which the invention of printing encouraged, and various causes have helped to perpetuate. 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.