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  EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON MATTHEW - PREFACE
  by J.C. Ryle
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IN sending forth the first volume of a new Expository work upon the
Gospels, I feel it necessary, in order to prevent misapprehension, to
offer some explanation of the charactor and design of the work.

The \"EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS,\" which are now before the reader, are not a
learned critical commentary. I do not profess to expound every verse of
the Gospels, to grapple with every difficulty, to attempt the solution
of every hard text, and to examine every disputed reading or
translation.

The \"EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS\" are not a continuous and homiletic
exposition, containing practical remarks on every verse, like the
commentaries of Brentius and Gaulter.

The plan I have adopted in drawing up the \"Expository Thoughts\" is as
follows: I have divided the sacred text into sections or passages,
averaging about twelve verses in each. I have then supplied a continuous
series of short, plain \"Expositions\" of each of these passages. In
each Exposition I have generally begun by stating as briefly as possible
the main scope and purpose of the passage under consideration. I have
then selected two, three, or four prominent points in the passage,
singled them out from the rest, dwelt exclusively on them, and
endeavoured to enforce them plainly and vigorously on the reader\\

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