Memoir of the Controversy - Respecting the Three Heavenly Witnesses, 1 John V. 7., Including Critical Notices of the Principal Writers on Both Sides of the Discussion #245915

The sentence which has been placed on the title, from the Hora Biblicce of the venerable Charles Butler, is by no means intended to apply to the following pages. The au thor is too sensible of their imperfections to lay claim to the merit of presenting a full and complete history of the controversy of which they treat. He has neither possessed the leisure, nor the means, to enable him to accomplish so desirable a work. If, however, his efforts should induce some more favored individual; such a person as Crito Cantabrigi ensis, whose acuteness and learning, calmness of temper, and powers of argument, show that he possesses every requisite qualification for such an undertaking, he will feel himself amply rewarded, though the work of the pioneer should be forgotten in the splendid triumph of the successful general.