Lectures on Hebrews - CCS by Joseph A Seiss and published by Classics Publishing.
Various circumstances conduced to impress the writer with the belief, that the analytic exhibition from the pulpit of the contents of entire books or epistles of the holy canon, together with occasional selections of themes and texts from different portions of the Bible, would afford advantages for both preacher and people not otherwise to be enjoyed. With the view of testing this opinion, he entered upon the design of preaching a course of Lectures on Paul’s Epistle to the Hebrews. The result has been to confirm his original belief.
The frequently expressed wishes of many who heard, and of others who read these lectures, to have them in a more permanent form, have induced him, in the hope that they may be of service to the church at large, to give them to the world. The reader will find very few, and those very slight alterations in the style and form in which they were originally delivered to the congregation.
The object of the author has been, to illustrate the design and the practical bearings of the Apostle’s argument, as fully as the circumstances would permit, and so clearly that all may understand. On some occasions it has been thought indispensable to the preservation of that beautiful unity which runs through the whole epistle, to differ from the views of distinguished authors. Where such has been the case, only the conclusions have been introduced, whilst the more intricate and philological inquiries which led to them have been left out of sight.
And may the Holy Trinity, own and bless this humble attempt to augment the triumphs of the Gospel. And unto the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, shall be ascribed all the praise forever and ever. Amen.
