Matthew, from Horae Homileticae

Charles Simeon spent four decades crafting what would become one of the most influential preaching resources in English-speaking Christianity. This volume contains his homiletical commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, offering not polished sermons but something arguably more valuable: the working outlines, analytical frameworks, and interpretive insights of a man who shaped evangelical preaching for generations. Simeon was no mere scholar closeted with texts; he preached to the same Cambridge congregation for over fifty years, and these outlines bear the marks of that pastoral urgency. Here you'll find his method for dissecting Scripture, his approaches to different passages, his way of drawing doctrinal profit from every verse. The title 'Horae Homileticae' translates to 'Homiletical Hours' - time spent in the study, ready to be handed to any preacher who comes after. For those preparing to preach, studying church history, or seeking to understand how an earlier generation approached biblical exposition, this remains an astonishing resource. It is not a commentary in the modern critical sense, but something rarer: a window into how a master preacher thought through Matthew's Gospel, ready for you to think alongside him.