INTRODUCTION
The four Gospels give us Christ upon
earth; the Acts the establishing the church in connection with Peter and with
Paul, either in connection with the Jews, or lifting it up above them; the
Epistles, partly addressed to particular churches in apostolic care, partly
unfoldings of doctrine for the edification of saints, with the notice of the
decay and departure from the truth of the church as formed on earth; and then
the connection, through this decay and corruption, of the earthly church
system, with the government and kingdom which were coming in. This last is the
Apocalypse.