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Project Gutenberg's The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it?, by Edward Burbidge This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it? Author: Edward Burbidge Release Date: March 6, 2008 [EBook #24759] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; WHAT IS IT? *** Produced by Colin Bell, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; WHAT IS IT? BY EDWARD BURBIDGE, M.A. RECTOR OF BACKWELL, SOMERSET. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRACT COMMITTEE. LONDON: SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE; NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING CROSS; 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE; AND 48, PICCADILLY. PREFACE. There is nothing new in the following pages; except it be that they call popular attention to facts which have been commonly recognised only by scholars. But I am aware that their contents will appear novel to many; and to remove this idea some extracts are here given from the Commentaries in general use. 1. Bishop Wordsworth on S. Matt. xiii. 3; "This chapter may be described as containing a Divine Treatise on the Church Militant here on earth." 2. Dean Alford on S. Matt. xiii. 52; "The seven Parables compose in their inner depth of connexion, a great united whole, beginning with the first sowing of the Church, and ending with the consummation." 3. The Speaker's Commentary on S. Matt. iii. 2; "It--the Kingdom of Heaven--signifies the promised Kingdom of the Messiah. Hence the expectation of the Messiah is spoken of as a _waiting for the Kingdom of God_. Our Lord, adopts the expression and frequently employs it to denote His Spiritual Kingdom the Church." 4. Bishop Walsham How (S. P. C. K. Commentary) on S. Matt. iii. 2; "It--the Kingdom of Heaven--is generally used to signify the Kingdom of Christ on earth, the Kingdom of the Gospel, the Church of Christ." I desire also to remove by anticipation a fear that some may feel, lest, in regarding the Gospel as being the good news o
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