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Excerpt from A Commentary, Doctrinal and Practical, on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans
Man at the time of the martyrdom of Stephen, and it is probable that he was born about the time of the beginning of the Christian era. Though born in Tarsus, he seems to have been brought up at Jeru salem, receiving his education at the feet of Gamaliel, that most eminent doctor of the law. He was devout and zealous, and in his state of unbelief became a persecutor of the infant church. After his commission as an Apostle of Christ he became at least equally zealous in preaching that gospel he once despised; and he did more in establishing the church of Christ than any other apostle, if not more than all of them together. His epistles have been of inestimable value to the church in all succeeding ages. He was the only one among the twelve who systematized Christian theology; so that he is credited by some of the enemies of Christianity with being the real author of that system of religion. He him self speaks of the abundance of the revelations which he received, and he seems to have had a more clear and comprehensive understanding of the Christian system than any of his cotemporaries. He was able to more fully divest himself of the prejudices of his Jewish education than any other of the apostles. This may have been partially the result of his special. 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.
