When J.J. Bonar had these sermons published in 1872 he wrote,

"How far a volume, with nothing in it but the pith of Genevan Doctrine, - with nothing but the unrevised Bible and the worn-out Truth, - the obsolete Gospel and the Common Salvation, - will be appreciated or borne with in this day of contemptuous revolt from all that used to be most firmly held by the Churches, it is not easy to predict; or rather, it is too easy.

Dr. Cunningham, for the splendor that surrounds his name, may get recognition; but with his Sacrificial Theology, and Forensic Justification, and Regenerative Grace, and Definite Election, it would be vain to expect that he will find a cordial welcome. It is the palatable in creed, and the brilliant in speculation, which all men are now going after as in the madness of idolatry."

An intensely practical and theologically precise collection.