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Originally Posted by Daniel Ritchie  Chris
I also enjoyed the book Concerning Scandal was it and the commentary on the Ten Commandments not written as a books, while Isaiah 53 were sermons published posthumously? Generally speaking, I don't like Puritan sermons...far too many points...too difficult to read.  |
Well, too each his own.
Concerning Scandal was actually formally written out by Durham, as was the Commentary on Revelation. The Ten Cs were lectures to the congregation and taken from notes; either his wifes or some other in the congregation. Same with the Isaiah 53 though there the notes may have been someone else; don't recall, and I really worked harder than I recall on any project to recover an outline from them. I think I did, but being MSS notes by a hearer there are certainly going to be imperfections. All said though, the Isaiah 53 I think represents a maturer approach than earlier efforts and probably is my best production from an technical standpoint. As you noted all his works are posthumously published; he lived to see off the last drafts of
Concerning Scandal to the printer I think. It is what is usually mentioned as his contribution to Scottish Presbyterian theology. A very important work; certainly saved me from going down a separatistic path that I could very easily have done prior to obtaining it (one of my first purchases of antiquarian titles from David Lachman, Fall or late 1983 I think). But now I'm