BY THE SAME AUTHOR. A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF JOB. With a Translation. Demy 8vo. 15s. SALVATOR MUNDI: or, Is Christ the Saviour of all Men? Ninth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. THE LARGER HOPE: A Sequel to "Salvator Mundi." 16mo. 1s. THE GENESIS OF EVIL, and other Sermons. Mainly Expository. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. MIRACLES: An Argument and a Challenge. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. **For Notices of the Press, see end of this volume. LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & Co. AN EXPOSITION AND A STUDY BY SAMUEL COX, D.D. AUTHOR OF "a commentary ON JOB," "SALVATOR MUNDI," ETC. "I have not flattered him, but took him to life as well as I could, sitting so far off, and having no better light."-LORD BACON. LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE. PREFACE. In preparing for this " Study" I carefully reperused all that had been written on its theme by the great scholars and thinkers for whom the imposing but enigmatical figure of the Chaldean Prophet has possessed a singular fascination, from Bishop Butler down to Cardinal Newman. Whatever I felt to be most helpful and suggestive, and I found my most valuable aids in the sermons of Butler, F. D. Maurice, and F. W. Robertson,-I have woven, with due acknowledgment, into my own work. And hence I would fain hope that this little book will be found useful to those who wish to acquaint themselves with the best that has been thought and written on a confessedly difficult problem. Of my own solution of that problem I must leave my readers to judge for themselves. But I may be permitted to say that the substance of this volume has already appeared in the pages of The Expositor |