Excerpt from Commentaries: Suited to Occasions of Ordination The candidate or candidates] is or are] possessed of the motives, to the commentary now presented. For some few years after its being prepared, it was read during the examination but subsequent reflec tiout uggested, that if read in retirement, with medi tation and prayer, the intended effect would be thus the most likely to be accomplished. With this View, it was printed in a periodical Magazine, as were also the two other commentaries in this book; and some copies were struck off, to be given to succeeding candidates. The copies are reduced to two: which imposes on me the necessity of delivering, to each candidate, a copy to be read and to be returned by him. 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.