New Testament

The full title of the book is The Church of Old in its Unity, Gifts and Ministry. It's an exposition of 1 Corinthians 12, 13, and 14. Govett says that these chapters from the pen of the apostle are "eminently worth of study, and much light will be found to flow from them to those who read them under the teaching of the blessed Spirit of God.... As a whole, these three chapters present the churches of God of old in their gifts, unity, love, worship, and ministry. Viewed as single chapters: chapter 12 offers to us THE BODY AND THE SPIRIT; or the Holy Spirit gifting and sustaining the many members of Christ in their places and mutual...

Our times are those of crisis, and of peril in doctrine, as well as in practice. There are many who are systematically setting aside the teaching of the Gospels, with the all-sufficient cry: "That's Jewish!" In so doing, they are ceasing to be disciples of Christ, for the teaching of the Lord Jesus as a whole is only to be found in the Gospels. In regard to the New Testament, they are falling into the very error of interpretation which was so justly rebuked, when applied to the prophets. See what more Govett has to say on this subject through the pages of this book. Robert Govett (1813-1901) was a British theologian and pastor who...

This volume covers the entire Revelation, but deals with it in sections.  It is a series of select studies, and therefore is not a verse by verse, line by line commentary.  In consequence, many details are not touched.  Yet all details have been considered, for as one figure omitted or misread will falsify a calculation, so will one detail vary an interpretation.  But the special purposes for which this book is designed did not admit of every detail being treated.

An exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5 -7, by Robert Govett. Robert Govett  (1813-1901) was a British theologian and pastor who became well known because of his brilliant deductive and analytical capabilities. He was a fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. His teachings and writings have been preserved in a large number of books and tracts. C. H. Spurgeon said of him: "Mr. Govett wrote a hundred years before his time, and the day will come when his works will be treasured as sifted gold."