Excerpt from A Commentary on the Whole Epistle to the Hebrews, Vol. 3: Being the Substance of Thirty Years' Wednesday's Lectures at Blackfriars, London The conclusion of the whole is set down by an approbation of their faith, 'they obtained a good report, ' and an illustration thereof in this phrase, 'received not the promise as if he had said, by faith they held out, though they received not the promise. 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.