Note 3 — Chapter II
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It may be noticed here, that the expression “preaching the Gospel” is used in these passages of Holy Scripture in a very wide sense. It is not limited to the preaching of the great doctrine of the Atonement, but it refers to the general purpose for which Christ came; which was, to gather all the world into His Kingdom of grace and salvation. See Bishop How’s Commentary on the Gospels, under S. Luke viii. 1. (Publ. by S. P. C. K.)