Excerpt from An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers, Vol. 1 Baruch is placed with the Canonical books after Lamentations. Of the rest, he says that they are placed apart, as not held in the same repute as the other Scriptures; but this is only because there are dark sayings in them, which seem to differ from 'lths o n Scripture. He has no wish that they shoul be despised or little set by. Patience and study would show that the two were agreed. 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.