THE LIBRARY

of

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY
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TWO LECTURES

ADDRESSED TO THE STUDENTS OF

THE PASTORS COLLEGE, METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE,

TOGETHER WITH

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BY

C. H, SPURGEON,

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PASSMORE & ALABASTER, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS,

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PREFACE.

WHEN I issued the first volume of " Lectures to my Students r
it was my intention to prepare another series as soon as time per
mitted, and I meant to include two addresses upon Commenting in
the proposed selection. It struck me, however, that a better thing
was possible. The two lectures might introduce the topic of exposi
tion, and then a catalogue of Commentaries might help the student
to carry the advice into practice. The making of that catalogue
would, of course, be no small labour ; but, once accomplished, it
might be of service to many, and effect more in the direction
aimed at than the most earnest exhortations. I therefore resolved
to attempt the work, and here is the result.

It would be easy to point out the deficiencies of the modern
pulpit, and hold up one s own ideal of what preaching ought to
be, but this has been so often attempted by others with such slender
results that we decline the task. A judicious critic would probably
complain that many sermons are deficient in solid instruction,
Biblical exposition, and Scriptural argument ; they are flashy,
rather than fleshy ; clever, rather than solid ; entertaining, rather
than impressive. He would point to rhetorical discourses in which
doctrine is barely discernible, and brilliant harangues from which
no food for the soul could ever be extracted. Having done this, he
would probably propose that homilies should flow out of texts, and
should consist of a clear explanation, and an earnest enforcement
of the truths which the texts distinctly teach. Expository preach
ing he would advocate as the great need of the day, its best pro
tection against rising errors, and its surest means of spiritual
edification. To such observations most of us would offer no oppo
sition ; we should confess them to be full of wisdom, and worthy
of being pondered. We should not unite in any indiscriminate
censuring of hortatory addresses, or topical sermons, nor should
we agree with the demand that every discourse should be limited
to the range of its text, nor even that it should have a text at
all ; but we should heartily subscribe to the declaration, that more
expository preaching is greatly needed, and that all preachers
would be the better if they were more able expounders of the
inspired Word.

To render such a result more probable, every inducement to
search the Holy Scriptures should be placed in the way of our
ministers, and to the younger brethren some guidance should be

IV PREFACE.

proffered as to tlie works most likely to aid them in their studies.
Many are persuaded that they should expound the Word, but
being unversed in the original tongues they can only fall back
upon the help of their English Concordances, and are left floun
dering about, when a sound comment would direct their thoughts.
True, the Holy Spirit will instruct the seeker, but he works by
means. The Ethiopian eunuch might have received divine illumi
nation, and doubtless did receive it, but still, when asked whether
he understood the Scripture which he read, he replied, " How can I
imless some man shall guide me ? " The guiding man is needed
still. Divines who have studied the Scriptures have left us great
stores of holy thought which we do well to use. Their expositions
can never be a substitute for our own meditations, but as water
poured down a dry pump often sets it to work to bring up water of
its own, so suggestive reading sets the mind in motion on its own
account. Here, however, is the difficulty. Students do not find
it easy to choose which works to buy, and their slender stores are
often wasted on books of a comparatively worthless kind. If I
can save a poor man from spending his money for that which is
not bread, or, by directing a brother to a good book, may enable
him to dig deeper into the mines of truth, I shall be well repaid.
For this purpose I have toiled, and read much, and passed under
review some three or four thousand volumes. From these I have
compiled my catalogue, rejecting many, yet making a very varied
selection. Though I have carefully used such judgment as I
possess, I have doubtless made many errors ; I shall certainly find
very few who will agree with all my criticisms, and some persons
may be angry at my remarks. I have, however, done my best,
and, with as much impartiality as I can command, I have nothing
extenuated nor set down aught in malice. He who finds fault
will do well to execute the work in better style ; only let him re
member that he will have my heifer to plough with, and therefore
ought in all reason to excel me.

I have used a degree of pleasantry in my remarks on the Com
mentaries, for a catalogue is a dry affair, and, as much for my own
sake as for that of my readers, I have indulged the mirthful vein
here and there. For this I hope I shall escape censure, even if I
do not win commendation.

The preface to the Catalogue will be tlpnd on pages 33 and 34,
which the reader is requested to peruse before attempting to use
the list.

To God I commend this labour, which has been undertaken and
carried out with no motive but that of honouring his name, and
edifying his Church by stimulating the study of his Word. May
he, for his Son s sake, grant my heart s desire.

THE preparation of the present work was suggested by the author s
connection with the Pastors College, and the Library of that
Institution has in a high degree assisted in its execution, therefore
the reader must permit the College to be noticed in these pages in
the same manner as in the former volume of this series. To make
it known, and to win for it willing friends is confessedly one object
of these publications, which may indeed be viewed as merely tlie
giving forth to a wider area the instruction carried on within the
College w r alls.

The Institution is intended to aid useful preachers in obtaining
a better education. It takes no man to make him a minister, but
requires that its pupils should, as a rule, have exercised their gifts
for at least two years and have won souls to Jesus. These we receive,
however poor or baclaMard they may be, and our endeavours are
all turned towards the one aim that they should be instructed in
the things of God, furnished for their work, and practised in the
gift of utterance. Much prayer is made by the Church that this
end may be accomplished, nor has the prayer been in vain, for some
330 men are now declaring the gospel of Jesus who were trained
in this manner. Besides the students for the regular ministry,
several hundreds of street preachers, city missionaries, teachers,
and workers of all kinds have passed through our evening clasps,

VI THE PASTOKS COLLEGE.

and a band of 250 such men are now with us, pursuing their callings
by day and studying in the evening. We ask for much prayer
from all our brethren, that the supply of the Spirit may sanctify
the teaching, and anoint every worker for the service of the Lord.

As it would be quite unwarrantable for us to interfere with the
arrangements of other bodies of Christians, who have their own
methods of training their ministers, and as it is obvious that we
could not find spheres for men in denominations with which we
have no ecclesiastical connection, we confine our college to
Baptists ; and in order not to be harassed with endless contro
versies, we invite those only who hold those views of divine truth
which are popularly known as Calvinistic, not that we care for
names and phrases, but as we wish to be understood, we use a term
which conveys our meaning as nearly as any descriptive word can
do. Believing the grand doctrines of grace to be the natural
accompaniments of the fundamental evangelical truth of redemp
tion by the blood of Jesus, we hold and teach them not only in
our ministry to the masses, but in the more select instruction of
the class room. Latitudinarianism with its infidelity, and unsec-
tarianism with its intolerance, are neither of them friends of ours :
we delight in the man who believes, and therefore speaks. Our
Lord has given us no permission to be liberal with what is none
of ours. We are to give an account of every truth with which we
are put in trust.

Our means for conducting this work are with the most High
God, possessor of heaven and earth. We have no list of subscri
bers or roll of endowments. Our trust is in Him whom we desire
to serve. He has supported the work for many years, by moving his
stewards to send us help, and we are sure that he will continue to
do so as long as he desires us to pursue this labour of love. We need,
at least, 100 every week of the year. Since our service is gratui
tous in every sense, we the more freely appeal to those who agree
with vis in believing that to aid an earnest young minister to equip
himself for his life-work is a worthy effort. No money yields so
large a return, no work is so important, just now none is so
absolutely needful.

NIGHTINGALE LANE,

CLAPHAM, SURREY,

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.

PAGE.

A Chat about Commentaries - 1

LECTURE II.

On Commenting - - 21

Remarks upon the Catalogue of Commentaries 33

Catalogue of Commentaries on the Whole Bible - - 35

on the Old Testament ... 44

on the separate Books of

the Old Testament - 45

On the New Testament - 141

on the separate Books of

the New Testament - 147

THE present volume is the second of a series of works useful
to Students and Ministers prepared by Mr. SPURGEON ; and
published at 2s. 6d. The first volume is " Lectures to my
Students : a Selection from Addresses delivered to the Students-
of the Pastors College, Metropolitan Tabernacle. Passmore
and Alabaster, Paternoster Buildings.

Mr. SPURGEON has other works of a similar character in
contemplation, which will be issued, if the Lord will. It is
hoped that THE COLLEGE SERIES may render efficient service to-
preachers of the gospel. Friends who appreciate the books
will greatly oblige by making them known to others. The same
motive which prompted the author to write, leads him to desire-
a large circle of readers.

LECTURE L
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IN order to be able to expound the Scriptures, and as an aid to your
pulpit studies, you will need to be familiar with the commentators :
a glorious army, let me tell you, whose acquaintance will be your
delight and profit. Of course, you are not such wiseacres as
to think or say that you can expound Scripture without assistance
from the works of divines and learned men who have laboured before
you in the field of exposition. If you are of that opinion, pray
remain so, for you are not worth the trouble of conversion, and like
a little coterie who think with you, would resent the attempt as- an
insult to your infallibility. It seems odd, that certain men who
talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves, should
think so little of what he has revealed to others. My chat this,
afternoon is not for these great originals, but for you who are con
tent to learn of holy men, taught of God, and mighty in the
Scriptures. It has been the fashion of late years to speak against
the use of commentaries. If there were any fear that the expo
sitions of Matthew Henry, Gill, Scott, and others, would be exalted
into Christian Targums, we would join the chorus of objectors, but
the existence or approach of such a danger we do not suspect. The
temptations of our times lie rather in empty pretensions to novelty
of sentiment, than in a slavish following of accepted guides. A
respectable acquaintance with the opinions of the giants of the
past, might have saved many an erratic thinker from wild inter
pretations and outrageous inferences. Usually, we have found the
despisers of commentaries to be men who have no sort of acquaint
ance with them; in their case, it is the opposite of familiarity
which has bred contempt. It is true there are a number of expo
sitions of the whole Bible which are hardly worth shelfroom ; they
aim at too much and . fail altogether ; the authors have spread a
little learning over a vast surface, and have badly attempted for the

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entire Scriptures what they might have accomplished for one book
with tolerable success ; but who will deny the pre-eminent value
of such expositions as those of Calvin, Ness, Henry, Trapp, Poole,
and Bengel, which are as deep as they are broad? and yet
further, who can pretend to biblical learning who has not made
himself familiar with the great writers who spent a life in
explaining some one sacred book ? Caryl on Job will not exhaust
the patience of a student who loves every letter of the Word; even
Collinges, with his nine hundred and nine pages upon one chapter
of the Song, w ill not be too full for the preacher s use ; nor will
Manton s long metre edition of the hundred and nineteenth
Psalm be too profuse. No stranger could imagine the vast amount
of real learning to be found in old commentaries like the follow
ing: Durham on Solomon s Song, Wilcocks on Psalms and
Proverbs, Jermin on Ecclesiastes and Proverbs, Greenhill on
Ezekiel, Burroughs on Hosea, Ainsworth on the Pentateuch,
King on Jonah, Hutcheson on John, Peter Martyr on Romans,
&c., and in Willett, Sibbes, Bayne, Elton, Byfield, Daille", Adams,
Taylor, Barlow, Goodwin, and others on the various epistles.
Without attempting to give in detail the names of all, I intend in
a familiar talk to mention the more notable, who wrote upon the
whole Bible, or on either Testament, and I especially direct your
attention to the titles, which in Puritan writers generally give in
brief the run of the work.

First among the mighty for general usefulness we are bound to
mention the man whose name is a household word, MATTHEW
HENRY.* He is most pious and pithy, sound and sensible,
suggestive and sober, terse and trustworthy. You will find him
to be glittering with metaphors, rich in analogies, overflowing with
illustrations, superabundant in reflections. He delights in apposition
and alliteration; he is usually plain, quaint, and full of pith; he
sees right through a text directly; apparently he is not critical, but
he quietly gives the result of an accurate critical knowledge of the
original fully up to the best critics of his time. He is not versed in
the manners and customs of the East, for the Holy Land was not
so accessible as in our day; but he is deeply spiritual, heavenly,
and profitable; finding good matter in every text, and from all
deducing most practical and judicious lessons. His is a kind of

* An Exposition of all the Books of the Old and New Testaments. By MATTHEW
HU.NRY, late minister of the gospel in Chester. (Many editions ; to be met with at
very low prices.)

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commentary to be placed where I saw it, in the old meeting-house
at Chester chained in the vestry for anybody and everybody to
read. It is the poor man s commentary, the old Christian s com
panion, suitable to everybody, instructive to all. His own account
of how he was led to write his exposition, affords us an ex
ample of delighting in the law of the Lord. " If any desire to
know how so mean and obscure a person as I am, who in learning,
judgment, felicity of expression, and all advantages for such a
service, am less than the least of all my Master s servants, came to
venture upon so great a work, I can give no other account of
it but this. It has long been my practice, what little time I had
to spare in my study from my constant preparations for the pulpit,
to spend it in drawing up expositions upon some parts of the New
Testament, not so much for my own use, as purely for my own
entertainment, because I know not how to employ my thoughts
and time more to my satisfaction. Traldt sua queinque voluptas;
every man that studies hath some beloved study, which is his de
light above any other; and this is mine. It is that learning which
it was my happiness from a child to be trained up in by my ever
honoured father, whose memory must always be very dear and
precious to me. He often minded me, that a good textuary is a
good divine; and that I should read other books with this in my
eye, that I might be the better able to understand and apply the
Scripture." You are aware, perhaps, that the latter part of the
New Testament was completed by other hands, the good man
having gone the way of all flesh. The writers were Messrs.
Evans, Brown, Mayo, Bays, Rosewell, Harriss, Atkinson, Smith,
Tong, "Wright, Merrell, Hill, Keynolds, and Billingsley all
Dissenting ministers. They have executed their work exceedingly
well, have worked in much of the matter which Henry had collected,
and have done their best to follow his methods, but their combined
production is far inferior to Matthew Henry himself, and any
reader will soon detect the difference. Every minister ought to
read Matthew Henry entirely and carefully through once at least.
I should recommend you to get through it in the next twelve
months after you leave college. Begin at the beginning, and
resolve that you will traverse the goodly land from Dan to
Beersheba. You will acquire a vast store of sermons if you read
with your note-book close at hand; and as for thoughts, they will
swarm around you like twittering swallows around an old gable
towards the close of autumn. If you publicly expound the chapter
you have just been reading, your people will wonder at the novelty

4 A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES.

of your remarks and the depth of your thoughts, and then you
may tell them what a treasure Henry is. Mr. Jay s sermons bear
indubitable evidence of his having studied Matthew Henry almost
daily. Many of the quaint things in Jay s sermons are either
directly traceable to Matthew Henry or to his familiarity with that
writer. I have thought that the style of Jay was founded upon
Matthew Henry : Matthew Henry is Jay writing, Jay is Matthew
Henry preaching. What more could I say in commendation
either of the preacher or the author ?

It would not be possible for me too earnestly to press upon you
the importance of reading the expositions of that prince among
men, JOHN CALVIN!* I am afraid that scant purses may debar
you from their purchase, but if it be possible procure them, and
meanwhile, since they are in the College library, use them diligently.
I have often felt inclined to cry out with Father Simon, a Roman
Catholic, " Calvin possessed a sublime genius," and with Scaliger,
" Oh ! how well has Calvin reached the meaning of the prophets
no one better." You will find forty-two or more goodly volumes
worth their Aveight in gold. Of all commentators I believe John
Calvin to be the most candid. In his expositions he is not always
what moderns would call Calvinistic; that is to say, where
Scripture maintains the doctrine of predestination and grace he
flinches in no degree, but inasmuch as some Scriptures bear the
impress of human free action and responsibility, he does not shun
to expound their meaning in all fairness and integrity. He was no
trimmer and primer of texts. He gave their meaning as far as
he knew it. His honest intention was to translate the Hebrew and
the Greek originals as accurately as he possibly could, and then to
give the meaning which would naturally be conveyed by such
Greek and Hebrew words: he laboured, in fact, to declare, not his
own mind upon the Spirit s words, but the mind of the Spirit as
couched in those words. Dr. King very truly says of him, " No
writer ever dealt more fairly and honestly by the Word of God.
He is scrupulously careful to let it speak for itself, and to guard
against every tendency of his own mind to put upon it a question
able meaning for the sake of establishing some doctrine which he

* The Works of John Calvin, in 51 volumes. Messrs. Clark, of Edinburgh, announce
that they possess the copyright of the works of Calvin originally published by the
Calvin Translation Society, and issue them on the following terms : Complete sets in
51 volumes, 9 9s. The " Letters," edited by DR. BONNET, 2 vols., 10s. Gd., additional.
Complete sets of Commentaries, 45 vols., 7 17s. 6d. The "Institutes," 3 vols., 24s.

A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. 5

feels to be important, or some theory which he is anxious to uphold.
This is one of his prime excellences. He will not maintain any
doctrine, however orthodox and essential, by a text of Scripture
which to him appears of doubtful application, or of inadequate
force. For instance, firmly as he believed the doctrine of the
Trinity, he refuses to derive an argument in its favour from the
plural form of the name of God in the first chapter of Genesis. It
were easy to multiply examples of this kind, which, whether we
agree in his conclusion or not, ?annot fail to produce the conviction
that he is at least an honest commentator, and will not make any
passage of Scripture speak more or less than, according to his
view, its divine Author intended it to speak."

The edition of John Calvin s works which was issued by the
Calvin Translation Society, is greatly enriched by the remarks of
the editors, consisting not merely of notes on the Latin of Calvin,
and the French translation, or on the text of the original Scriptures,
but also of weighty opinions of eminent critics, illustrative manners
and customs, and observations of travellers. By the w r ay, gentle
men, what a pity it is that people do not, as a rule, read the
notes in the old Puritan books ! If you purchase old copies of such
writers as Brooks, you will find that the notes in the margin are
almost as rich as the books themselves. They are dust of gold, of
the same metal as the ingots in the centre of the page. But to
return to Calvin. If you needed any confirmatory evidence as to
the value of his writings, I might summon a cloud of witnesses,
but it will suffice to quote one or two. Here is the opinion of
one who is looked upon as his great enemy, namely, Arminius :
" Next to the perusal of the Scriptures, which I earnestly incul
cate, I exhort my pupils to peruse CALVIN S commentaries, which
I extol in loftier terms than Helmich* himself ; for I affirm that
lie excels beyond comparison in the interpretation of Scripture, and
that his commentaries ought to be more highly valued than all that is
handed down to us by the Library of the Fathers ; so that I acknow
ledge him to have possessed above most others, or rather above all
other men, what may be called an eminent gift of prophecy."

Quaint Robert Robinson said of him, " There is no abridging
this sententious commentator, and the more I read him, the more
does he become a favourite expositor with me." Holy Baxter
wrote, " I know no man since the apostles days, whom I value and
honour more than Calvin, and whose judgment in all things, one
with another, I more esteem and come nearer to."

* Werner Helmich, a Dutch Protestant divine, A.D. 1551 1608.

G A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES.

If you are well enough versed in Latin, you will find in POOLE S
SYNOPSIS,* a marvellous collection of all the wisdom and folly of
the critics. It is a large cyclopaedia worthy of the days when
theologians could be cyclopean, and had not shrunk from folios to
octavos. Query a query for which I will not demand an answer
has one of you ever beaten the dust from the venerable copy of
Poole which loads our library shelves ? Yet as Poole spent no less
than ten years in compiling it, it should be worthy of your fre
quent notice ten years, let me add, spent in Amsterdam in exile
for the truth s sake from his native land.

His work was based upon an earlier compilation entitled Critici
Sacri, containing the concentrated light of a constellation of learned
men who have never been excelled in any age or country.

MATTHEW POOLE also wrote ANNOTATIONS f upon the Word of
God, in English, which are mentioned by Matthew Henry as
having passed through many impressions in his day, and he not
only highly praises them, but declares that he has in his own work
all along been brief upon that which Mr. Poole has more largely
discussed, and has industriously declined what is to be found there.
The three volumes, tolerably cheap, and easily to be got at, are
necessaries for your libraries. On the whole, if I must have only
one commentary, and had read Matthew Henry as I have, I do
not know but what I should choose Poole. He is a very prudent
and judicious commentator ; and one of the few who could honestly
say, " We have not willingly balked any obvious difficulty, and
have designed a just satisfaction to all our readers ; and if any
knot remains yet untied, we have told our readers what hath been
most probably said for their satisfaction in the untying of it."
Poole is not so pithy and witty by far as Matthew Henry, but he is
perhaps more accurate, less a commentator, and more an expositor.
You meet with no ostentation of learning in Matthew Poole, and
that for the simple reason that he was so profoundly learned as to
be able to give results without a display of his intellectual crockery.
A pedant who is for ever quoting Ambrose and Jerome, Piscator
and CEcolampadius, in order to show what a copious reader he has
been, is usually a dealer in small wares, and quotes only what others

* Synopsis Criticorum aliorumque S. Scripturas Interpretum. Opera, Matthaji
Poli. Londinensis, MDCLXIX.

j- Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Wherein the sacred text is inserted, and
various readings annexed, together with the parallel Scriptures. The more difficult
terms in each verse explained; seeming contradictions reconciled; question-? and
doubts resolved ; and the whole .text opened. By the late Rev. and learned divine,
Mr. MATTHEW POOLE. 1700.

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have quoted before him, but he who can give you the result and
outcome of very extensive reading without sounding a trumpet
before him is the really learned man. Mind you do not confound
the Annotations with the Synopsis ; the English work is not a
translation of the Latin one, but an entirely distinct performance.
Strange to say, like the other great Matthew he did not live to
complete his work beyond Isaiah Iviii. ; other hands united to finish
the design.

"Would it be possible to eulogise too much the incomparably
sententious and suggestive folios of JOHN TRAPP?* Since Mr.
Dickinson has rendered them accessible,! I trust most of you have
bought them. Trapp will be most valuable to men of discernment, to
thoughtful men, to men who only want a start in a line of thought,
and are then able to run alone. Trapp excels in witty stories on
the one hand, and learned allusions on the other. You will not
thoroughly enjoy him unless you can turn to the original, and yet
a mere dunce at classics will prize him. His writings remind me
of himself: he was a pastor, hence his holy practical remarks;
he was the head of a public school, and everywhere we see his
profound scholarship; he was for some time amid the guns and
drums of a parliamentary garrison, and he gossips and tells queer
anecdotes like a man used to soldier-life ; yet withal, he comments
as if he had been nothing else but a commentator all his days.
Some of his remarks are far-fetched, and like the far-fetched rari
ties of Solomon s Tarshish, there is much gold and silver, but there
are also apes and peacocks. His criticisms would some of them be
the cause of amusement in these days of greater scholarship ; but
for all that, he who shall excel Trapp had need rise very early in
the morning. Trapp is my especial companion and treasure ; I can
read him when I am too weary for anything else. Trapp is salt,
pepper, mustard, vinegar, and all the other condiments. Put him

* Annotations upon the Old and New Testament, in five distinct volumes. Whereof
the first is upon the five Books of Moses, and upon the following Books, of Joshua,
Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles. The second is upon Ezra, Nehemiuh,
E-ither, Job, and Psalms. The third is upon Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Solomon s Song,
and the four major prophets, with a treatise called, " The righteous Man s Recom
pense." The fourth is upon the twelve minor prophets, the fifth and last is upon the
whole New Testament, with a Decade of Divine Discourses, or Common-places, there
unto annexed. By JOHN TRAPP, M.A., pastor and preacher of the word of God at
\Yeston-upon-Avon, in Gloucestershire. 1GG2.

f The reprint by Mr. R. D. Dickinson is edited by Rev. W. WEBSTER, and Rev.
HUGH MARTIN, with a Memoir of the Author, by Rev. A. B. GROSABT, 5 vols., super
royal 8vo., cloth ; 3 2s. 6d. to Subscribers.

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on the table when you study, and when you have your dish
ready, use him by way of spicing the whole thing. Yes, gentlemen,
read Trapp certainly, and if you catch the infection of his con
secrated humour, so much the better for your hearers.

A very distinguished place is due to DR. GILL.* Beyond all
controversy, Gill was one of the most able Hebraists of his day, and
in other matters no mean proficient. When an opponent in con
troversy had ventured to call him " a botcher in divinity," the good
doctor, being compelled to become a fool in glorying, gave such a
list of his attainments as must have covered his accuser with
confusion. His great work on the Holy Scriptures is greatly
prized at the present day by the best authorities, which is conclu
sive evidence of its value, since the set of the current of theo
logical thought is quite contrary to that of Dr. Gill. No one in
these days is likely to be censured for his Arminianism, but most
modern divines affect to sneer at anything a little too highly Cal-
vinistic : however, amid the decadence of his own rigid system, and
the disrepute of even more moderate Calvinism, Gill s laurels as
an expositor are still green. His ultraism is discarded, but his
learning is respected : the world and the church take leave to ques
tion his dogmatism, but they both bow before his erudition. Probably
no man since Gill s days has at all equalled him in the matter of
Rabbinical learning. Say what you will about that lore, it has its
value : of course, a man has to rake among perfect dunghills and
dustheaps,but there are a few jewels which the world could not afford
to miss. Gill was a master cinder-sifter among the Targums, the
Talmuds, the Mishna, and the Gemara. Richly did he deserve the

* An Exposition of the Old Testament, in which are recorded the origin of man
kind, of the several nations of the world, and of the Jewish nation in particular ; the
lives of the patriarchs of Israel; the journey of that people from Egypt to the land of
Canaan, and their settlement in that land: their laws, moral, ceremonial, and judicial;
their government and state under judges and kings ; their several captivities, and
their sacred books of devotion : in the exposition of which, it is attempted to give an
account of their several books and the writers of them ; a summary of each chapter,
and the genuine sense of each verse, and, throughout the whole, the original text and
the versions of it, are inspected and compared; interpretation of the best note, both
Jewish and Christian, consulted ; difficult places at large explained, seeming contra
dictions reconciled, and various passages illustrated and confirmed by testimonies
of writers as well Gentile as Jewish. By JOHN GILL, D.D.

An Exposition of the New Testament, in which the sense of the sacred text is taken;
doctrinal and practical truths are set in a plain and easy light, difficult passages ex
plained ; seeming contradictions reconciled ; and whatever is material in the various
readings and several Oriental versions is observed. The whole illustrated with notes
taken from the most ancient Jewish writings. By JOHN GILL, D.D.

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degree of which he said, " I never bought it, nor thought it, nor
sought it."

He was always at work ; it is difficult to say when he slept, for he
wrote 10,000 folio pages of theology. The portrait of him which
belongs to this church, and hangs in my private vestry, and from
which all the published portraits have been engraved, represents him
after an interview with an Arminian gentleman, turning up his
nose in a most expressive manner, as if he could not endure even
the smell of free-will. In some such a vein he wrote his commen
tary. He hunts Arminianism throughout the whole of it. He is
far from being so interesting and readable as Matthew Henry.
He delivered his comments to his people from Sabbath to Sabbath,
hence their peculiar mannerism. His frequent method of animad
version is, " This text does not mean this," nobody ever thought it
did ; " It does not mean that," only two or three heretics ever
imagined it did ; and again it does not mean a third thing, or a
fourth, or a fifth, or a sixth absurdity ; but at last he thinks
it does mean so-and-so, and tells you so in a methodical, sermon-
like manner. This is an easy method, gentlemen, of filling up
the time, if you are ever short of heads for a sermon. Show
your people firstly, secondly, and thirdly, what the text does not
mean, and then afterwards you can go back and show them what
it does mean. It may be thought, however, that one such a teacher
is enough, and that what was tolerated from a learned doctor would
be scouted in a student fresh from college. For good, sound,
massive, sober sense in commenting, who can excel Gill? Very
seldom does he allow himself to be run away with by imagination,
except now and then when he tries to open up a parable, and finds
a meaning in every circumstance and minute detail ; or when he
falls upon a text which is not congenial with his creed, and
hacks and hews terribly to bring the word of God into a more
systematic shape. Gill is the Coryphaeus of hyper-Calvinism,
but if his followers never went beyond their master, they would
not go very far astray.

I have placed next to Gill in my library ADAM CLARKE,* but
as I have no desire to have my rest broken by wars among the
authors, I have placed Doddridge between them. If the spirits of

* The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. The text carefully
printed from the most correct copies of the present Authorised Translation, including
the Marginal Readings and Parallel Texts. With a Commentary and Critical Notes ;
designed as a help to a better understanding of the Sacred Writings. By ADAM
CLARKE, LL.D., F.S.A., &c. A new edition with the Author s final corrections.
London: Printed for Thomas Tcgg, &c. (7 volumes.)

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the two worthies could descend to the earth in the same mood in
which they departed, no one house would be able to hold them.
Adam Clarice is the great annotator of our Wcsleyan friends ;
and they have no reason to be ashamed of him, for he takes
rank among the chief of expositors. His mind was evidently
fascinated by the singularities of learning, and hence his com
mentary is rather too much of an old curiosity shop, but it is filled
with valuable rarities, such as none but a great man could have
collected. Like Gill, he is one-sided, only in the opposite direction
to our friend the Baptist. The use of the two authors may help
to preserve the balance of your judgments. If you consider Clarke
wanting in unction, do not read him for savour but for criticism,
and then you \vill not be disappointed.

The author thought that lengthy reflections were rather for the
preacher than the commentator, and hence it was not a part of his
plan to write such observations as those which endear Matthew
Henry to the million. If you have a copy of Adam Clarke, and
exercise discretion in reading it, you will derive immense advantage
from it, for frequently by a sort of side-light he brings out the
meaning of the text in an astonishingly novel manner. I do riot
wonder that Adam Clarke still stands, notwithstanding his pecu
liarities, a prince among commentators. I do not find him so
helpful as Gill, but still from his side of the question, with which
I have personally no sympathy, he is an important writer, and
deserves to be studied by every reader of the Scriptures. He very
judiciously says of Dr. Gill, " He was a very learned and good man,
but has often lost sight of his better judgment in spiritualising the
text ;" this is the very verdict which we pass upon himself, only
altering the last sentence a word or t\vo ; " He has often lost sight
of his better judgment in following learned singularities;" the
monkey, instead of the serpent, tempting Eve, is a notable instance.

As I am paying no sort of attention to chronological order,
I shall now wander back to old MASTER MAYEII,* a rare and

* A Commentary upon the whole Old Testament," added to that of the same-
author upon the whole " New Testament," published many years before, to mako a
complete work upon the whole Bible. Wherein the divers Translations and Exposi
tions, Literall and Mystical/, of all the most famous Commentators, both Ancient and
Modern, are propounded, examined, and judged of, for the more full satisfaction of the
.studious reader in all things, and many most genuine notions inserted for edifica
tion in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. A work, the like unto which hath never
yet been published by any man, yet very necessary, not only for students in divinity,
but also far every Christian that loveth the knowledge of divine things, or humane,
whereof this comment is also full, &c. By JOHN MAYER, Doctor of Divinity.
London. MDCLIII.

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valuable author. I have been in London a long time now, but I
have only of late been able to complete my set. The first volume
especially is rare in the extreme. The six volumes, folio, are a
most judicious and able digest of former commentators, enriched
with the author s own notes, forming altogether one of the fullest
and best of learned English commentaries; not meant for popular
use, but invaluable to the student. lie is a link between the
modern school, at the head of which I put Poole and Henry, and
the older school who mostly wrote in Latin, and were tinctured
with the conceits of those schoolmen who gathered like flies around
the corpse of Aristotle. He appears to have written before
Diodati and Trapp, but lacked opportunity to publish. I fear he
will be forgotten, as there is but little prospect of the republication
of so diffuse, and perhaps heavy, an author. He is a very Alp of
learning, but cold and lacking in spirituality, hence his lack of
popularity.

In 1653, ARTHUR JACKSON,* Preacher of God s Word in
Wood Street, London, issued four volumes upon the Old Testa
ment, which appear to have been the result of his pulpit ex
positions to his people. Valuable his works would be if there were
no better, but they are not comparable to others already and after
wards mentioned. You can do without him, but he is a reputable
author. Far more useful is NESS S HISTORY AND MYSTERY of the
Old and New Testament, f a grand repository of quaint remarks
upon the historical books of Scripture. You will find it contained
in four thin folio volumes, and you will have a treasure if you
procure it.

Need I commend Bisnor HALL S CONTEMPLATIONS | to your

* A help for the understanding of the Holy Scripture. Intended chiefly for the
assistance and information of those thai use constantly every day to read some part of
the Bible, and would gladly always understand what they read if they had some man
to help them. Jlie first part. Containing certain short notes of exposition upon the
five books of Moses, &c. By ARTHUR JACKSON, preacher of God s Word in Wood Street,
London. Anno Dom. MDCDLIII.

t A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament, logically dis
cussed, and theologically improved. In three distinct volumes. The first beginning
at the Creation of the World, and ending at Afoses. The second continuing the
History from Joshua till the Birth of Christ. The third from the Birth of Christ, to
the Death of the last and longest living Apostle, John the Divine. The like under
taking (in such a manner and method) being never attempted before. By Mr.
CHRISTOPHER NESS, minister of the gospel in London. 1 GOO. 3 vols., thin folio.

J Contemplations on the historical passages of the Old and New Testament. By
the right Rev. JOSEPH HALL, D.D., Bishop of Norwich. Numerous editions ; the one
before us has " a memoir of the author, by JAMES HAMILTON, M.B.S.," and wag
published by Mr. Nelson of Edinburgh.

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affectionate attention? What wit! What sound sense! What
concealed teaming ! His style is as pithy and witty as that of
Thomas Fuller, and it has a sacred unction about it to which
Fuller has no pretension.

HAAK S ANNOTATIONS* come to us as the offspring of the
famous Synod of Dort, and the WESTMINSTER ANNOTATIONS!
as the production of a still more venerable assembly ; but if, with
my hat off, bowing profoundly to those august conclaves of master
minds, I may venture to say so, I would observe that they furnish
another instance that committees seldom equal the labours of
individuals. The notes are too short and fragmentary to be of any
great value. The volumes are a heavy investment.

Among entire commentators of modern date, a high place is
usually awarded to THOMAS ScOTT,J and I shall not dispute his
right to it. He is the expositor of evangelical Episcopalians, even
as Adam Clarke is the prophet of the Wesleyans, but to me he has
seldom given a thought, and I have almost discontinued consulting
him. The very first money I ever received for pulpit services in
London was invested in Thomas Scott, and I neither regretted the
investment nor became exhilarated thereby. His work has always
been popular, is very judicious, thoroughly sound and gracious;
but for suggestiveness and pith is not comparable to Matthew
Henry. I know I am talking heresy, but I cannot help saying
that for a minister s use, Scott is mere milk and water good and
trustworthy, but not solid enough in matter for full-grown men.

* The Dutch Annotations upon the whole Bible ; or, all the Holy Canonical Scrip
tures of the Old and New Testament, together with, and according to, their own
translation of all the text : a3 both the one and the other were ordered and appointed
by the Synod of Dort, 1618, and published by authority, 1637. Now faithfully
communicated to the use of Great Britain, in English, &c. By THEODORE HAAK, Esq.
London, 1657. 2 volumes folio.

f Annotations upon all the Books of the Old and New Testaments. This third,
above the first and second, edition so enlarged, as they make an entire commentary
on the sacred Scriptures, the like never before published in English. Wherein the
text is explained, doubts resolved, Scriptures paralleled, and various readings observed.
By the labour of certain learned divines, thereunto appointed, and therein employed,
as is expressed in the preface. London, 1C57.

+ The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the
authorised version, with explanatory notes, practical observations, and copious mar
ginal references. By THOMAS SCOTT, rector of Ashton Sandford, Bucks. A new
edition, with the author s last corrections and improvements, with ten maps. London:
L. B. Seeley and Son. 1827.

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In the family, Scott will hold his place, but in the study you
want condensed thought, and this you must look for elsewhere.

To all young men of light purses let me recommend THE TRACT
SOCIETY S COMMENTARY,* in six volumes, which contains the
marrow of Henry and Scott, with notes from a hundred other
authors. It is well executed, and for poor men a great Godsend.
I believe the Society has some special arrangement for poor
students, that they may have these volumes at the cheapest rate.

Gentlemen, if you want something full of marrow and fatness,
cheering to your own hearts by way of comment, and likely to
help you in giving to your hearers rich expositions, buy DR.
HAWKER S POOR MAN S COMMENTARY, f Dr. Hawker was the
very least of commentators in the matter of criticism ; he had no
critical capacity, and no ability whatever as an interpreter of the
letter; but he sees Jesus, and that is a sacred gift which is most
precious whether the owner be a critic or no. It is to be confessed
that he occasionally sees Jesus where Jesus is not legitimately to
be seen. He allows his reason to be mastered by his affections,
which, vice as it is, is not the worst fault in the world. There is
always such a savour of the Lord Jesus Christ in Dr. Hawker
that you cannot read him without profit. He has the peculiar
idea that Christ is in every Psalm, and this often leads him totally
astray, because he attributes expressions to the SdViour which
really shock the holy mind to imagine our Lord s using. However,
not as a substantial dish, but as a condiment, place the Plymouth
vicar s work on the table. His writing is all sugar, and you will
know how to use it, not devouring it in lumps, but using it to
flavour other things.

"ALBERT BARNES," say you, "what do you think of Albert
Barnes?" Albert Barnes is a learned and able divine, but his
productions are unequal in value, the gospels are of comparatively
little worth, but his other comments are extremely useful for
Sunday-school teachers aiid persons with a narrow range of reading,

* The Holy Bible ; the text according to the authorised version ; and a Commen
tary from Henry and Scott, with numerous Observations and Notes from other
Authors ; also, the Marginal References, Maps of the Countries mentioned in
Scripture, and various useful Tables. London: The Religious Tract Society.
(6 volumes.)

f The Poor Man s Commentary on the Bible. By ROBERT HAWKER, D.D., Vicar of
Charles, Plymouth, 1822. (3 vols. folio, or 10 vols. 8vo.)

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endowed with enough good sense to discriminate between good and
evil. If a controversial eye had been turned upon Barnes s Notes
years ago, and his inaccuracies shown up by some unsparing hand,
he would never have had the popularity which at one time set
rival publishers advertising him in every direction. His Old
Testament volumes are to be greatly commended as learned and
laborious, and the epistles are useful as a valuable collection of the
various opinions of learned men. Placed by the side of the great
masters, Barnes is a lesser light, but taking his work for what it
is and professes to be, no minister can afford to be without it, and
this is no small praise for works which were only intended for
Sunday-school teachers.*

TJpon the New Testament DODDRIDGE S ExposiTORf is worthy
of a far more extensive reading than is nowadays accorded to it.
It is all in the form of a paraphrase, with the text in italics ; a
mode of treatment far from satisfactory as a rule, but exceedingly
well carried out in this instance. The notes are very good, and
reveal the thorough scholar. Our authorised version is placed in
the margin, and a new translation in the paraphrase. The four
evangelists are thrown into a harmony, a plan which has its
advantages but is not without its evils. The practical improve
ments at the end of each chapter generally consist of pressing
exhortations and devout meditations, suggested by the matter
under discussion. It is sadly indicative of the Socinianism of the
age in which this good man lived, that he feels called upon to
apologise for the evangelical strain in which he has written. He
appears to have barely finished this work in shorthand at the time
of his death, and the later books were transcribed under the care
of Job Orton. No Life Insurance Society should accept the
proposals of a commentator on the whole of either Testament, for

* There are several English editions of Barnes s Notes ; the one before us is thus
advertised : "The Rev: ALBERT BARNES S NOTES (Explanatory and Practical), designed
for the Heads of Families, Students, Bible Classes, and Sunday Schools. Edited, and
carefully revised, by the Rev. John Gumming, D.D., Minister of the Scotch Church,
Crown Court." The Notes on the Entire New Testament, in 11 vols., on the Book of
Isaiah, in 3 vols., on the Book of Job, in 2 vols., on the Book of Daniel, in 2 vols., or
in 11 double vols. The "Notes on the Book of Psalms" are now being issued in 3
vols. by Messrs. Gall and Inglis.

f The Family Expositor ; or a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testament ;
with Critical Notes, and a Practical Improvement of each Section. By P. DODDRIDGE,
D.D. To which is prefixed a Life of the Author, By Andrew Kippis, D.D., F.R.S.,
iiad S.A. London : Longman, Orme, and Co., 1840. (4 vols. 8vo.)

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it seems to be the rule that such students of the Word should be
taken up to their reward before their task is quite completed.

Then, of course, gentlemen, you will economise rigidly until you
have accumulated funds to purchase KITTO S PICTORIAL BIBLE.
You mean to take that goodly freight on board before you launch
upon the sea of married life. As you cannot visit the Holy Land,
it is well for you that there is a work like the Pictorial Bible, in
which the notes of the most observant travellers are arranged under
the texts which they illustrate. For the geography, zoology,
botany, and manners and customs of Palestine, this will be your
counsellor and guide. Add to this noble comment, which is sold
at a surprisingly low price, the eight volumes of KITTO S DAILY
READINGS.* They are not exactly a commentary, but what
marvellous expositions you have there ! You have reading more
interesting than any novel that was ever written, and as instructive
as the heaviest theology. The matter is quite attractive and
fascinating, and yet so weighty, that the man who shall study those
eight volumes thoroughly, will not fail to read his Bible intelli
gently and with growing interest.

THE GNOMON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY JOHN ALBERT
BENGEL,J- is the scholar s delight. He selected the title as modest
and appropriate, intending it in the sense of a pointer or indicator,
like the sun-dial; his aim being to point out or indicate the full
force and meaning of the words and sentences of the New Testa
ment. He endeavours to let the text itself cast its shadow on his
page, believing with Luther that "the science of theology is
nothing else but grammar exercised on the words of the Holy
Spirit." The editor of the translation published by Messrs. Clarke,
says in his preface, " It is quite superfluous to write in praise of
the Gnomon of Bengel. Ever since the year in which it was first
published, A.D. 1742, up to the present time, it has been growing
in estimation, and has been more and more widely circulated
among the scholars of all countries. Though modern criticism has
furnished many valuable additions to our materials for New

Daily Bible Illustrations, being Original Readings for a Year, on subjects from
Sacred History, Biography, Antiquities, and Theology. Especially designed for the
family circle. By JOHN KITTO, D.D., F.S.A. 8 volumes, small 8vo. (A New Anno
tated edition has just been brought out by Messrs. Oliphant of Edinburgh.)

f Gnomon of the New Testament, by JOHN ALBERT BENGEL. Now first translated
into English, with original notes explanatory and illustrative. Revised and edited by
Rev. Andrew II. Fausset, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin. Edinburgh: T. & T,
Clarke, 38, George-street, 18G3. (Five vols. demy 8vo. ; Subscription, 31s. Gd.)

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Testament exegesis, yet, in some respects, Bengel stands out still
facile princeps among all who have- laboured, or who as yet
labour in that important field. He is unrivalled in felicitous
brevity, combined with what seldom accompanies that excellence,
namely, perspicuity. Terse, weighty, and suggestive, he often, as a
modern writer observes, condenses more matter into a line, than

can be extracted from pages of other writers. " "In the

passages which form the subject of controversy between Calvinists
and Arminians, Bengel takes the view adopted by the latter, and
in this respect I do not concur with him. But whilst he thus gives
an undue prominence, as it would seem to me, to the responsibility
and freedom of man in these passages, yet, in the general tenor of
his work, there breathe such a holy reverence for God s sovereignty,
and such spiritual unction, that the most extreme Calvinist would,
for the most part, be unable to discover to what section of opinions
he attached himself, and as to the controverted passages would
feel inclined to say, Quum tails sis, utinam noster esses. "

Men with a dislike for thinking had better not purchase the five
precious volumes, for they will be of little use to them ; but men
who love brain-work will find fine exercise in spelling out the deep
meaning of Bengal s excessively terse sentences. His principles of
interpretation stated in his "Essay on the Right Way of Handling
Divine Subjects," are such as will make the lover of God s word
feel safe in his hands: " Put nothing into the Scriptures, but draw
every thing from them, and suffer nothing to remain hidden, that is
really in them." " Though each inspired writer has his own manner
and style, one and the same Spirit breathes through all, one grand
idea pervades all." " Every divine communication carries (like the
diamond) its own light with it, thus showing whence it comes ; no
touchstone is required to discriminate it." " The true commentator
will fasten his primary attention on the letter (literal meaning),
but never forget that the Spirit must equally accompany him; at
the same time we must never devise a more spiritual meaning for
Scripture passages than the Holy Spirit intended." " The historical
matters of Scripture, both narrative and prophecy, constitute as it
were the bones of its system, whereas the spiritual matters are as-
its muscles, blood-vessels, and nerves. As the bones are necessary
to the human system, so Scripture must have its historical matters.
The expositor who nullifies the historical ground-work of Scripture
for the sake of finding only spiritual truths everywhere, brings
death on all correct interpretations. Those expositions are the
safest which keep closest to the text."

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His idea of the true mode of dying touched me much when I
first saw it. He declared that he would make no spiritual parade
of his last hours, but if possible continue at his usual works, and
depart this life as a person in the midst of business leaves the room
to attend to a knock at the door. Accordingly he was occupied
with the correction of his proof-sheets as at other times, and the
last messenger summoned him to his rest while his hands were full.
This reveals a calm, well-balanced mind, and unveils many of those
singular characteristics which enabled him to become the laborious

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recensor of the various MSS., and the pioneer of true Biblical
criticism.

THE CRITICAL, ENGLISH TESTAMENT.* a A Critical New
Testament, so compiled as to enable a reader, unacquainted with
Greek, to ascertain the exact English force and meaning of the
language of the New Testament, and to appreciate the latest
results of modern criticism." Such is the professed aim of this
commentary, and the compilers have very fairly carried out their
intentions. The whole of Bengel s Gnomon is bodily transferred
into the work, and as one hundred and twenty years have elapsed
since the first issue of that book, it may be supposed that much
has since been added to the wealth of Scripture exposition ; the
substance of this has been incorporated in brackets, so as to bring
it down to the present advanced state of knowledge. We strongly
advise the purchase of this book, as it is multum in parvo, and will
well repay an attentive perusal. Tischendorf and Alford have
contributed largely, with other German and English critics, to make
this one of the most lucid and concise commentaries on the text
and teachings of the New Testament.

ALFORD S GREEK TESTAMENT,! " for the use of Theological
Students and Ministers," is an invaluable aid to the critical study
of the text of the New Testament. You will find in it the ripened
results of a matured scholarship, the harvesting of a judgment,
generally highly impartial, always worthy of respect, which has
gleaned from the most important fields of Biblical research, both

* THE CRITICAL ENGLISH TESTAMENT. Being an adaption of Bengal s Gnomon,
with numerous Notes, showing Precise Results of Modern Criticism and Exegesis.
Edited by Rev. W. L. Blackley, M.A., and Rev. James Hawes, M.A. Published
by Messrs. Isbister and Co, Ludgate Hill, London. (Three vols. 18s.)

t The Greek Testament: -with a Critically Revised Text; a Digest of various
Readings ; Marginal References to Verbal and Idiomatic Usage ; Prolegomena ; and
a Critical and Exegetical Commentary. For the use of Theological Students and
Ministers. By HENRY ALFORD, D.D., Uean of Canterbury. In four volumes.
London : Rivingtons, Waterloo Place ; and Deighton, Bell, and Co., Cambridge. 1861.

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modern and ancient, at home and abroad. You will not look here
for any spirituality of thought or tenderness of feeling ; you will
find the learned Dean does not forget to do full justice to his own
views, and is quite able to express himself vigorously against his
opponents ; but for what it professes to be, it is an exceedingly
able and successful work. The later issues are by far the most
desirable, as the author has considerably revised the work in the
fourth edition.

What I have said of his Greek Testament applies equally to
ALFORD S NEW TESTAMENT FOR ENGLISH READERS,* which is
also a standard work.

I must confess also a very tender side towards BLOOMFIELD S
GREEK TESTAMENT,! and I am singular enough to prefer it in
some respects to Alford ; at least, I have got more out of it on
some passages, and I think it does not deserve to be regarded as
superseded.

The Commentary by PATRICK, LOWTH, ARNALD, WHITBY,
and LowMAN.J is said by Darling to be of standard authority,
but you may do without it with less loss than in the case of
several others I have mentioned. The authors were men of great
learning, their association in one commentary is remarkable, and
their joint production has a place in all complete libraries.

DR. WORDSWORTH S HOLY BIBLE, WITH NOTES AND INTRO
DUCTIONS,! is a valuable addition to our stores, but it is rendered
much more bulky and expensive than it needed to be by the printing
of the text at large. It gives many precious hints, and much of
the choicest thought of mediaeval writers, besides suggesting
catch-words and showing connections between various passages.

* The New Testament for English Readers ; containing the Authorized Version,
with a revised English Text ; Marginal References ; and a Critical and Explanatory
Commentary; By HEXRY ALFORD, D.D., late Dean of Canterbury. New edition. 4
vols. 8vo. 54/6. London, Oxford, and Cambridge. Rivingtons, and G. Bell and
Sons, 1872.

f The Greek Testament, with English Notes, Critical, Philological, and Explana
tory; partly selected and arranged from the best Commentators, ancient and modern,
but chiefly original. Fourth edition, revised. 2 vols. 8vo. London. 1841.

J A Critical Commentary and Paraphrase on the Old and New Testament, and the
Apocrypha. By PATRICK, LOWTH, ARXAID, \YHITBY, and LOWMAN. A new edition,
&c., in 4 vols. William Tegg and Co.

|| The Holy Bible ; with Notes and Introductions [Old Testament only]. C vcl=.
imp. 8vo. 6. The New Testament in the original Greek; with Notes, Introductions,
and Indexes. By CHR. WORDSWORTH, D.D., Bishop of Lincoln. 2 vols. imp. 8vo.
3. London, Oxford, and Cambridge. Rivingtons. 1872, etc.

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although it is occasionally marred by the characteristic weaknesses
of the Bishop, and has here and there foolishnesses at which one
cannot but smile, it is a great work, such as only an eminent
scholar could have produced.

I am not so enamoured of the German writers as certain of my
brethren appear to be, for they are generally cold and hard, and
unspiritual. As Dr. Graham says, "there are about twenty or
thirty names in the literary world who have gained a conspicuous
place in theological circles ; and in German commentaries these are
perpetually introduced. In some of them the bulk of the work is
made up of these authoritative names, and quotations from their
works. This gives their writings the appearance of prodigious
learning and research. Every page is bristling with hard words
and strange languages, and the eye of the common reader is terrified
at the very appearance, as the peaceful citizen is at the pointed
cannon of a fortress." I do, however, greatly prize the series
lately produced under the presidency of DR. LAXGE.* These
volumes are not all of equal value, but, as a whole, they are a
grand addition to our stores. The American translators have
added considerably to the German work, and in some cases these
additions are more valuable than the original matter. For homi-
letical purposes these volumes are so many hills of gold, but, alas,
there is dross also, for Baptismal Regeneration and other grave
errors occur.

THE SPEAKER S COMMENTARY f is issued (August, 1875) as far
as the Lamentations. It is costly, too costly for your pockets, and
I am therefore somewhat the less sorry to add that it is not what
I hoped it would be. Of course it is a great work, and contains
much which tends to illustrate the text ; but if you had it you
would not turn to it for spiritual food, or for fruitful suggestion,
or if you did so, you would be disappointed. The object of the

* A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical, with
special reference to Ministers and Students, by JOHN PETER LAKGE, D.D., in connection
with a number of eminent European divines. Translated from the German, and
edited, with additions, by PHILLIP SCHAFF, D.D., in connection with American
scholars of various Evangelical denominations. Imperial 8vo. Edinburgh, T. & T.
Clark. 18G8, etc. [18 volumes, price 21s. each, or to subscribers 15s.]

f The Holy Bible, according to tho Authorized Version (A.D. 1011), with anEnpla-
natory and Critical Commentary, and a Revision of the Translation by Bishops and
other Clergy of the Anglican Church. Edited by F. C. COOK, M.A., Canon of Exeter,
Preacher at Lincoln s Inn, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. Medium 8vo.
London, John Murray. 1871, etc. [5 volumes published, Genesis to Lamentations.
Vol. I in 2 parts, 30g. Vols. II and III, 3Gs. Vol. IV, 24s. Vol. V, 20s.]

20 A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES.

work is to help the general reader to know what the Scriptures
really say and mean, and to remove, some of the difficulties. It
keeps to its design and in a measure accomplishes it.

I must also add to the list A COMMENTARY. CRITICAL, EX
PERIMENTAL, AND PRACTICAL, ON THE OLD AND NEW TESTA
MENTS.* Of this I have a very high opinion. It is the joint
work of Dr. Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, and Dr. David Brown. It
is to some extent a compilation and condensation of other men s
thoughts, but it is sufficiently original to claim a place in every
minister s library : indeed it contains sogreat a variety of information
that if a man had no other exposition he would find himself at
no great loss if he possessed this and used it diligently.

Several other works I omit, not because they are worthless, or
unknown to me, but because for scant purses the best will be best.
I must not omit upon the New Testament the goodly volume of
BuRKiTT.f If you can get him cheap, buy him. He is the cele
brated " Rector" whom Keach " rectified" in the matter of infant
baptism. Burkitt is somewhat pithy, and for a modern rather rich
and racy, but he is far from deep, and is frequently common-place.
I liked him well enough till I had read abler works and grown
older. Some books grow upon us as we read and re-read them,
but Burkitt does not. Yet so far from depreciating the good man,
I should be sorry to have missed his acquaintance, and would
bespeak for him your attentive perusal.

The best commentators, after all, are those who have written
upon only one book. Few men can comment eminently well upon
the whole Bible, there are sure to be some weak points in colossal
works ; prolixity in so vast an undertaking is natural, and dulness
follows at its heels but a life devoted to one of the inspired
volumes of our priceless Bible must surely yield a noble result.
If I find myself able to do so, at some future time I will introduce
vou to a selection of the great one-book writers. For the present
this much must suffice.

* A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New
Testaments. By the Rev. ROBERT JAMIESON, D.D., St. Paul s, Glasgow ; Rev. A. R.
FAUSSET, A.M., St. Cuthbert s, York ; and the Rev. DAVID BROWN, D.D., Professor
of Theology, Aberdeen. 6 vols. medium 8vo. 3 12s.; or separately at 14s. each
vol. London, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. "W. Collins, Sons, & Co. 1871.

f Expository Notes, with Practical Observations, on the New Testament of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, wherein, &c. Endeavoured by WILLIAM BURKITT, M.A.
Lat c Vicar and Lecturer of Dedham, in Essex. (Numerous editions, folio and quarto.)

LECTURE II.
Shi

HAVING introduced you to the commentators, I must now press
upon you one of the most practical uses of them, namely, your
own public commenting upon the Scriptures read during divine
service. Preaching in the olden time consisted very much more
of exposition than it does now. I suppose that the sermons of the
primitive Christians were for the most part expositions of lengthy
passages of the Old Testament; and when copies of the gospels, and
the epistles of Paul, had become accessible to the churches, the chief
work of the preacher would be to press home the apostolical
teachings by delivering an address, the back-bone of which would
be a complete passage of Scripture : there would probably be but
faint traces of divisions, heads and points, such as we employ in
modem discoursing, but the teacher would follow the run of the
passage which was open before him, commenting as he read. I
suppose this to have been the case, because some of the early
Christian modes of worship were founded very much upon that of
the synagogue. I say some of the modes, since I suppose that as
the Lord Jesus left his disciples free from rubrics and liturgies,
each church worshipped according to the working of the free
Spirit among them ; one with the open meeting of the Corinthians,
and another with a presiding minister, and a third with a mixture
of the two methods. In the synagogue, it was the rule of the
llabbis that never less than twenty-two verses of the law should
be read at one time, and the preaching consisted of notes upon a
passage of that length. Such a rule would be a mere superstition,
if we were slavishly bound by it, but I could almost wish that the
custom were re-established, for the present plan of preaching from
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upon the word is very unsatisfactory. We cannot expect to deliver
much of the teaching of Holy Scripture by picking out verse by
verse, and holding these up at random. The process resembles that
of showing a house by exhibiting separate bricks. It would be an
astounding absurdity if our friends used our private letters in this
fashion, and interpreted them by short sentences disconnected and
taken away from the context. Such expositors would make us out
to say in every letter all we ever thought of, and a great many things
besides far enough from our minds; while the real intent of our
epistles would probably escape attention. Nowadays since ex
pository preaching is not so common as it ought to be, there is the
more necessity for our commenting during the time of our reading
the Scriptures. Since topical preaching, hortatory preaching,
experimental preaching, and so on all exceedingly useful in their
way have almost pushed proper expository preaching out of place,
there is the more need that we should, when we read passages of
Holy Writ, habitually give running comments upon them.

I support my opinion with this reason, that the public reading
of the abstruser parts of Scripture is of exceedingly little use to the
majority of the people listening. I can recollect hearing in my
younger days long passages out of Daniel, which might have been
exceedingly instructive to me if I had obtained the remotest con
ception of what they meant. Take again, parts of the prophecy of
Ezekiel, and ask yourselves what profit can arise from their perusal
by the illiterate, "unless some man shall guide them"? What
more edification can come from a chapter in English which is not
understood than from the same passage in Hebrew or Greek?
The same argument which enforces translation demands exposition.
If but a few explanatory words are thrown in by a judicious
reader, it is wonderful how luminous obscure portions may be
made. Two or three sentences will often reveal the drift of a
whole chapter; the key of a great difficulty may be presented to the
hearer in half-a-score words, and thus the public reading may be
made abundantly profitable. I once saw a school of blind children
among the charming ruins of York Abbey, and could not help
pitying their incapacity to enjoy so much beauty : how willingly
would I have opened their eyes! Are ignorant people wandering
among the glories of Scripture much less to be pitied ? Who will
refuse them the light ?

Abundant evidence has come before me that brief comments
upon Scripture in our ordinary services are most acceptable and
instructive to our people. I have often heard from working men,

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and their wives, and from merchants and their families, that my
own expositions have been most helpful to them. They testify
that when they read the Bible at home in the family, the exposi
tion makes it doubly precious to them ; and the chapter which they
had miprofitably read in course at family prayers, when they peruse
it the next time, recollecting what their minister has said upon
it, becomes a real delight to them. The mass of our hearers, in
London at least, do not, to any appreciable extent, read com
mentaries or any other books which throw a light upon the
Scriptures. They have neither the money nor the time to do so,
and if they are to be instructed in the Word of God in things
which they cannot find out by mere experience, and are not likely
to have explained to them by their associates, they must get that
instruction from us, or nowhere else ; nor do I see how we are
to give them such spiritual assistance except through the regular
practice of exposition.

Besides, if you are in the habit of commenting, it will give you
an opportunity of saying many things which are not of sufficient
importance to become the "theme of a ivhole sermon, and therefore
would probably remain unnoticed, to the great loss of the Lord s
people and others. It is astounding what a range of truth, doc
trinal, practical, and experimental, Holy Scripture brings before
us ; and equally worthy of admiration is the forcible manner in
which that truth is advanced. Hints given in the way in which
the word of God offers them are always wise and opportune ; as,
for instance, the rebukes which the word administers might have
seemed too severe had they been made by the pastor, unsustained
by the word and unsuggested by it, but arising out of the chapter
they cannot be resented. You can both censure sins and encourage
virtues by dilating upon the histories which you read in the
inspired records, whereas you might never have touched upon them
had not the chapter read brought the matter before you. If you
want to make full proof of your ministry, and to leave no single point
of revelation untouched, your easiest mode will be to comment upon
Scripture habitually. Without this much of the word will be
utterly unknown to many of your people. It is a very sad fact
that they do not read so much as they should at home ; the ungodly,
in England, scarcely read the Bible at all; and if only that part
which we preach upon be expounded to them, how little ot the
Bible can they ever know ! If you will mark your Bibles with
lines under the texts from which you have spoken, as I have always
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that in twelve or fourteen years very little of the book has been
gone through ; a very large proportion of it remains unmarked*
like a field unploughed. Try, then, by exposition to give your
people a fair view of the entire compass of revelation ; take them
as it were to the top of Nebo, and show them the whole land from
Dan to Beersheba, and prove to them that everywhere it floweth
with milk and honey.

Earnestly do I advocate commenting. It is unfashionable in
England, though somewhat more usual beyond the Tweed. The
practice was hardly followed up anywhere in England a few years
ago, and it is very uncommon still. It may be pressed upon
you for one other reason, namely, that in order to execute it well,
the commenting minister will at first have to study twice as much
as the mere preacher, because he will be called upon to prepare
both his sermons and his expositions. As a rule, I spend much
more time over the exposition than over the discourse. Once
start a sermon with a great idea, and from that moment the
discourse forms itself without much labour to the preacher, for
truth naturally consolidates and crystallises itself around the main
subject like sweet crystals around a string hung up in syrup ; but
as for the exposition, you must keep to the text, you must face the
difficult points, and must search into the mind of the Spirit rather
than your own. You will soon reveal your ignorance as an ex
positor if you do not study; therefore diligent reading will be forced
upon you. Anything which compels the preacher to search the
grand old Book is of immense service to him. If any are jealous
lest the labour should injure their constitutions, let them remember
that mental work up to a certain point is most refreshing, and
where the Bible is the theme toil is delight. It is only when
mental labour passes beyond the bounds of common sense that
the mind becomes enfeebled by it, and this is not usually reached
except by injudicious persons, or men engaged on topics which
are unref reshing and disagreeable ; but our subject is a recreative
one, and to young men like ourselves the vigorous use of our
faculties is a most healthy exercise. Classics and mathematics
may exhaust us, but not the volume of our Father s grace, the
charter of our joys, the treasure of our wealth.

A man to comment well should be able to read the Bible in the
original. Every minister should aim at a tolerable proficiency both
in the Hebrew and the Greek. These two languages will give him
a library at a small expense, an inexhaustible thesaurus, a mine
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not so prodigious that brethren of moderate abilities should so
frequently shrink from the attempt. A minister ought to attain
enough of these tongues to be at least able to make out a passage
by the aid of a lexicon, so as to be sure that he is not mis
representing the Spirit of God in his discoursings, but is, as nearly
as he can judge, giving forth what the Lord intended to reveal
by the language employed. Such knowledge would prevent his
founding doctrines upon expressions in our version when nothing
at all analagous is to be found in the inspired original. This has
been done by preachers time out of mind, and they have shouted
over an inference drawn from a shall, or an if gathered out of the
translation, with as much assurance of infallibility and sense of
importance as if the same language had occurred in the words
which the Holy Ghost used. At such times, we have been re
minded of the story told by the late beloved Henry Craik, in his
book on the Hebrew language. At one time, the Latin Vulgate
was so constantly spoken of as the very word of God, that a Roman
Catholic theologian thus commented upon Genesis i. 10 : " The
gathering together of the waters called he seas." The Latin term

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for seas is Maria. On this ground, the writer asks, " What is the
gathering together of waters but the accumulation of all the graces
into one place, that is, into the Virgin Mary (Maria) ? But there
is this distinction, that Maria (the seas} has the (i) short, because
that which the seas contain is only of a transitory nature, while the
gifts and graces of the blessed Virgin (Maria) shall endure for
ever." Such superlative nonsense may be indulged in if we
forget that translations cannot be verbally inspired, and that to
the original is the last appeal.

Fail not to be expert in the use of your Concordance. Every
day I live I thank God more and more for that poor half-crazy
Alexander Cruden. Of course you have read his life, which is
prefixed to the concordance ; it exhibits him as a man of diseased
mind, once or twice the inmate of a lunatic asylum, but yet for all
that successfully devoting his energies to producing a work of
absolutely priceless value, which never has been improved upon,
and probably never will be ; a volume which must ever yield the
greatest possible assistance to a Christian minister, being as neces
sary to him as a plane to the carpenter, or a plough to the husband
man. Be sure you buy a genuine unabridged Crnden, and none
of the modern substitutes ; good as they may be at the price, they
are a delusion and a snare to ministers, and should never be toler
ated in the manse library. To consider cheapness in purchasing

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u concordance is folly. You need only one : have none but the
best. At the head of each notable word, Cruden gives you its
meaning, and very often all its particular shades of meaning, so
that he even helps you in sermonising. When you have read his
headings, by following out the concordance, you will observe con
nections in which the word occurs, which most advantageously and
correctly fix its meaning. Thus will the word of God be its own
key. A good textuary is a good theologian; be then well skilled
in using Cruden.

I make but small account of most reference Bibles; they would
be very useful if they were good for anything ; but it is extremely
easy to bring out a reference Bible which has verbal and apparent
references, and nothing more. You will often turn to a reference,
and will have to say, " Well, it is a reference, certainly, in a way,
for it contains the same word, but there is no reference in the
sense that the one text will explain the other." The useful re
ference cuts the diamond with a diamond, comparing spiritual
things with spiritual; it is a thought-reference, and not a word-
reference. If you meet with a really valuable reference Bible, it
will be to you what I once heard a countryman call " a reverence
Bible," for- it will lead you to prize more and more the sacred
volume. The best reference Bible is a thoroughly good concord
ance. Get the best, keep it always on the table, use it hourly,
and you will have found your best companion.

Need I after my previous lectures commend to you the judicious
reading of commentaries ! These are called " dead men s brains"
by certain knowing people, who claim to give us nothing in their
sermons but Avhat they pretend the Lord reveals direct to themselves.
Yet these men are by no means original, and often their supposed
inspiration is but borrowed wit. They get a peep at Gill on the sly.
The remarks which they give forth as the Spirit s mind are very
inferior in all respects to what they affect to despise, namely, the
mind of good and learned men. A batch of poems was sent me
some time ago for The Sword and the Trowel, which were written
by a person claiming to be under the immediate influence of the
Holy Spirit. He informed me that he was passive, and that what
was enclosed was written under the direct physical and mental
influence of the Spirit upon his mind and hand. My bookshelves
can show many poems as much superior to these pretended inspir
ations as angels are to blue-bottles ; the miserable doggrel bore on
its face the evidence of imposture. So when I listen to the sense
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that they alone are ministers of the Spirit, I am ashamed of their
pretensions and of them. No, my dear friends, you may take it
as a rule that the Spirit of God does not usually do for us what
we can do for ourselves, and that if religious knowledge is printed
in a book, and we can read it, there is no necessity for the Holy
Ghost to make a fresh revelation of it to us in order to screen our
laziness. Read, then, the admirable commentaries which I have
already introduced to you. Yet be sure you use your own minds
too, or the expounding will lack interest. Here I call to mind two
wells in the courtyard of the Doge s palace at Venice, upon which
I looked with much interest. One is filled artificially by water
brought in barges from a distance, and few care for its insipid
contents ; the other is a refreshing natural well, cool and delicious,
and the people contend for every drop of it. Freshness, natural
ness, life, will always attract, whereas mere borrowed learning is
flat and insipid. Mr. Cecil says his plan was, when he laid a
hold of a Scripture, to pray over it, and get his own thoughts on
it, and then, after he had so done, to take up the ablest divines
who wrote upon the subject, and see what their thoughts were.
If you do not think and think much, you will become slaves and
mere copyists. The exercise of your own mind is most healthful
to ^ ou, and by perseverance, with divine help, you may expect to
get at the meaning of every understandable passage. So to rely
upon your own abilities as to be unwilling to learn from others is
clearly folly ; so to study others .as not to judge for yourself is
imbecility.

What should be the manned of your public commenting*? One rule
should be always to point out very carefully wherever a word bears
a special sense ; for rest assured in Holy Scripture the same word
does not always mean the same thing. The Bible is a book meant
for human beings, and therefore it is written in human language ;
and in human language the same word may signify two or three
things. For instance, " a pear fell from the tree ; " "a man fell
into drunken habits." There the meaning of the second word, "fell,"
is evidently different from the firgt, since it is not literal, but
metaphorical. Again, "the cabman mounted the box;" "the
child was pleased with his Christmas box ;" " his lordship is stay
ing at his shooting box." In each case there is the same word, but
who does not see that there is a ffrcat difference of meanin^? So

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it is in the word of God. You must explain the difference be
tween a word used in a peculiar sense, and the ordinary meaning
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mistakes. If people will say that the same word in Scripture
always means the same thing, as I have heard some assert publicly,
they will make nonsense of the word of God, and fall into error
through their own irrational maxims. To set up canons of inter
pretation for the Book of God which would be absurd if applied to
other writings is egregious folly: it has a show of accuracy, but
inevitably leads to confusion.

The obvious literal meaning of a Scripture is not always the
true one, and ignorant persons are apt enough to fall into the
most singular misconceptions a judicious remark from the pulpit
will be of signal service. Many persons have accustomed them
selves to misunderstand certain texts; they have heard wrong
interpretations in their youth, and will never know better unless the
correct meaning be indicated to them.

We must make sure in our public expositions that obscure and
involved sentences are explained. To overleap difficulties, and only
expound what is already clear, is to make commenting ridiculous.
When we speak of obscure sentences, we mean such as are mostly
to be found in the prophets, and are rendered dark through the
translation, or the Orientalism of their structure, or through
their intrinsic weight of meaning. Involved sentences most abound
in the writings of Paul, whose luxuriant mind was not to be
restrained to any one line of argument. He begins a sentence,
and does not finish it perhaps until eight verses further on, and
all the interstices between the commencement and the end of
the sentence are packed full of compressed truth, which it is
not always easy to separate from the general argument. Hints
consisting of but two or three words will let your hearers know
where the reasoning breaks off, and where it is taken up again. In
many poetical parts of the Old Testament the speakers change; as
in Solomon s Song, which is mostly a dialogue. Here perfect non
sense is often made by reading the passage as if it were all spoken
by the same person. In Isaiah the strain often varies most suddenly,
and while one verse is addressed to the Jews, the next may be
spoken to the Messiah or to the Gentiles. Is it not always well
to notify this to the congregation? If the chapters and verses had
been divided with a little common sense, this might be of less
importance, but as our version is so clumsily chopped into frag
ments, the preacher must insert the proper paragraphs and divi
sions as he reads aloud. In fine, your business is to make the
word plain. In Lombardy I observed great heaps of huge stones in
the fields, which had been gathered out from the soil by diligent

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hands to make room for the crops; your duty is to " gather out the
stones," and leave the fruitful field of Scripture for your people
to till. There are Orientalisms, metaphors, peculiar expressions,
idioms, and other verbal memorabilia which arise from the Bible
having been written in the East ; all these you will do well to
explain. To this end be diligent students of Oriental life. Let
the geography of Palestine, its natural history, its fauna and its
flora, be as familiar to you as those of your own native village.
Then as you read you will interpret the word, and your flock will
be fed thereby.*

The chief part of your commenting, however, should consist in
applying the truth to the hearts of your hearers, for he who merely
comprehends the meaning of the letter without understanding how
it bears upon the hearts and consciences of men, is like a man
who causes the bellows of an or<ran to be blown, and then fails to

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place his fingers on the keys ; it is of little service to supply men
with information unless we urge upon them the practical inferences
therefrom. Look, my brethren, straight down into the secret
chambers of the human soul, and let fall the divine teaching
through the window, and thus light will be carried to the heart
and conscience. Make remarks suitable to the occasion, and appli
cable to the cases of those present. Show how a truth which
was first heard in the days of David is still forcible and pertinent
in these modern times, and you will thus endear the Scriptures to
the minds of your people, who prize your remarks much more than
you imagine. Clean the grand old pictures of the divine masters;
hang them up in new frames ; fix them on the walls of your
people s memories, and their well-instructed hearts shall bless you.
Is a caution needed amongst intelligent men ? Yes, it must be
given. Be sure to avoid prosiness. Avoid it everywhere, but espe
cially in this. Do not be long in your notes. If you are supremely
gifted do not be long ; people do not appreciate too much of a good
thing ; and if your comments are only second-rate, why, then be
shorter still, for men soon weary of inferior talking. Very little
time in the service can be afforded for reading the lessons ; do not
rob the prayer and the sermon for the sake of commenting. This
robbing Peter to pay Paul is senseless. Do not repeat common
place things which must have occurred even to a Sunday-school

* For suggestions as to interpretation the student is referred to the Bible Hand-
hook by Dr. Joseph Angus. From page 150 of that work and onwards the most
valuable hints will be met with. Much that we would otherwise have inserted in
this volume is admirably stated by our learned friend.

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child. Do not remind your hearers of what they could not
possibly have forgotten. Give them something weighty if not
new, so that an intelligent listener may feel when the service is
over that he has learned at least a little.

Again, avoid all pedantry. As a general rule, it may be observed
that those gentlemen who know the least Greek are the most sure
to air their rags of learning in the pulpit ; they miss no chance of
saying, " The Greek is so-and-so." It makes a man an inch and
a-half taller by a foolometer, if he everlastingly lets fall bits
of Greek and Hebrew, and even tells the people the tense of the
verb and the case of the noun, as I have known some do. Those
who have no learning usually make a point of displaying the pegs
on which learning ought to hang. Brethren, the w r hole process of
interpretation is to be carried on in your study; you are not to
show your congregation the process, but to give them the result;
like a good cook who would never think of bringing up dishes, and
pans, and rolling pin, and spice box into the dining hall, but with
out ostentation sends up the feast.

Never strain passages ivlien you are expounding. Be thoroughly
honest with the word : even if the Scriptures were the writing of mere
men, conscience would demand fairness of you ; but when it is the
Lord s own word, be careful not to pervert it even in the smallest
degree. Let it be said of you, as I have heard a venerable hearer of
Mr. Simeon say of him, " Sir, he was veiy Calvinistic when the text
was so, and people thought him an Arminian when the text was
that way, for he always stuck to its plain sense." A very sound
neighbour of ours once said, by way of depreciating the grand old
reformer, "John Calvin \vas not half a Calvinist," and the remark
was correct as to his expositions, for in them, as we have seen, he
always gave his Lord s mind and not his own. In the church
of St. Zeno, in Verona, J saw ancient frescoes which had been
plastered over, and then covered with other designs ; I fear many
do this with Scripture, daubing the text with their own glosses,
and laying on their own conceits. There are enough of these
plasterers abroad, let us leave the evil trade to them and follow an
honest calling. Remember Cowper s lines

"A critic on the sacred text should be
Candid and learn d, dispassionate and free ;
Free from the wayward bias bigots feel,
From fancy s influence and intemperate zeal ;
For of all arts sagacious dupes invent,
To cheat themselves and gain the world s assent,
The worst is Scripture warped from its intent."

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Use your judgment more than your fancy. Flowers are well
enough, but hungry souls prefer bread. To allegorize with Origen
may make men stare at you, but your work is to fill men s mouths
with truth, not to open them with wonder.

Do not be carried away with new meanings. Plymouth Brethren
delight to fish up some hitherto undiscovered tadpole of inter
pretation, and cry it round the town as a rare dainty ; let us be
content with more ordinary and more wholesome fishery. No one
text is to be exalted above the plain analogy of faith ; and no
solitary expression is to shape our theology for us. Other men
and wiser men have expounded before us, and anything undis
covered by them it were well to put to test and trial before we
boast too loudly of the treasure-trove.

Do not needlessly amend our authorized version. It is faulty in
many places, but still it is a grand work taking it for all in all,
and it is unwise to be making every old lady distrust the only
Bible she can get at, or what is more likely, mistrust you for falling
out with her cherished treasure. Correct where correction must
be for truth s sake, but never for the A^ainglorious display of your
critical ability. When reading short psalms, or connected passages
of the other books, do not split up the author s utterances by inter
jecting your notes. Read the paragraph through, and then go over
it again with your explanations ; breaking it up as you may think
fit at the second reading. No one would dream of dividing a
stanza of a poet with an explanatory remark ; it would be treason to
common sense to do so : sound judgment will forbid your thus marring
the word of God. Better far never to comment than to cut and
carve the utterances of inspiration, and obscure their meaning by
impertinently thrusting in untimely remarks of your own. Upon
many passages comments would be gross folly: never think of
painting the lily or gilding refined gold ; leave the sublime
sentences alone in their glory. I speak as unto wise men ; prove
your wisdom in this thing also.

If I were bound to deliver a sermon upon the subject in hand,
I could not desire a better text than Nehemiah viii. 8 : "So
they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave
the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." Here
is a hint for the reader as to his reading. Let it always be
distinct. Aim to be good readers, and be the more anxious about
it because few men are so, and all preachers ought to be so. It is
as good as a sermon to hear our best men read the Scriptures ;
they bring out the meaning by their correct emphasis and tone.

32 ON COMMENTING.

Never fall into the idea that the mere utterance of the words
before you is all that is required of you in reading ; good reading is
a high, but rare attainment. Even if you do not comment, yet
read the chapter previously, and become familiar with it ; it is
inexcusable for a man to betray the fact that he is out of his
latitude in the reading, traversing untrodden ground, floundering
and picking his way across country, like a huntsman who has lost
his beai ings. Never open the Bible in the pulpit to read the
chapter for the first time, but go to the familiar page after many
rehearsals. You will be doubly useful if in addition to this you
"give the sense." You will then, by God s blessing, be the pastor
of an intelligent, Bible-loving people. You will hear in your
meeting-house that delightful rustle of Bible leaves which is so
dear to the lover of the Word ; your people will open their Bibles,
looking for a feast. The Word will become increasingly precious
to yourself, your knowledge will enlarge, and your aptness to
teach will become every day more apparent. Try it, my brethren,
for even if you should see cause to discontinue it, a,t least no harm
will come of the attempt.

In all that I have said I have given you another reason for
seeking the aid of the Holy Spirit. If you do not understand a
book by a departed writer you are unable to ask him his meaning,
but the Spirit, who inspired Holy Scripture, lives for ever, and he
delights to open up the Word to those who seek his instruction.
He is always accessible : " he dwelleth with you and shall be in
you." Go to him for yourselves and cry, " Open thou mine eyes
that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law "; and, this
being granted you, entreat him to send forth his light and power
with the Word when you expound it, that your hearers also may
be led into all truth. Commentaries, expositions, interpretations,
are all mere scaffolding ; the Holy Ghost himself must edify you
and help you to build up the church of the living God

33

0f

THIS Catalogue is compiled for the use of ministers of average
attainments, and the brief reviews are written from that stand
point. Other useful lists have been published, specially those by
Darling, Orme, and Hartwell Home, but these are not easily
procurable, and are not quite what is needed ; and therefore as
the furnishing of the Pastors College Library necessitated a
Catalogue, and afforded an opportunity for purchasing books, the
present work has been produced. Few can conceive the amount of
toil which this compilation has involved, both to myself and my
industrious amanuensis, Mr. J. L. Keys. In almost every case the
books have been actually examined by myself, and my opinion,
whatever it may be worth, is an original one. A complete list of
all comments has not been attempted. Numbers of volumes have
been left out because they were not easily procurable, or were
judged to be worthless, although some of both these classes have
been admitted as specimens, or as warnings.

The titles have been abbreviated to gain space, but it is believed
that in every case they are full enough for recognition. The
prices, which relate to second-hand books, have been placed as-
proximate valuations, and have either been taken from actual
invoices, and catalogues, or have been kindly filled in by the aid
of various booksellers, to whom we tender our thanks for th&
kindly interest they have taken in this work. Prices vary according
to the condition of the book, the binding, the ever-changing
demand, and the bookseller s mode of trade. The abbreviation S
stands for second-hand. That mark is not inserted where the date
is remote, and where the price can only refer to second-hand copies,
since there are no others.

The reader will please observe that the books most heartily
recommended are printed in the largest type with the remarks in.
italics. Good, but more ordinary, works are in medium type, and
the least desirable are in the smallest letter. Thus we hope the
eye will be caught at once by volumes best worthy of attention,

4

34 REMARKS UPON THE CATALOGUE OF COMMENTARIES.

Latin authors are not inserted, because few can procure them,
and fewer still can read them with case. We are not, however,
ignorant of their value. Hosts of family Bibles, discourses, and
paraphrases are omitted, because they would have wasted our limited
space, and we could only have admitted them by raising the price
of our book, which we resolved not to do, lest it should be out of
the reach of men of slender incomes. The first volume of this
series* has had so excellent a circulation that we are able to issue
this second one, although we know from the nature of the work
that its sale will, in all probability, never cover the cost of pro
duction. We give the labour to our brethren freely, only wishing
that we could with it confer upon our poorer friends the means
of purchasing the choicest of the comments here mentioned.

It is to be specially noted, that in no case do we endorse all that
any author has written in his commentary. We could not read the
works through, it would have needed a Methuselah to do that;
nor have we thought it needful to omit a book because it contains
a measure of error, provided it is useful in its own way ; for this
catalogue is for thoughtful, discerning men, and not for children.
We have not, however, knowingly mentioned works whose main
drift is sceptical, or Socinian, except with a purpose ; and where
we have admitted comments by writers of doubtful doctrine, because
of their superior scholarship and the correctness of their criticisms,
we have given hints which will be enough for the wise. It is some
times very useful to know what our opponents have to say.

The writers on the Prophetical Books have completely mastered
us, and after almost completing a full list we could not in our con
science believe that a tithe of them would yield anything to the
student but bewilderment, and therefore we reduced the number
to small dimensions. We reverence the teaching of the prophets,
and the Apocalypse, but for many of the professed expounders of
those inspired books we entertain another feeling.

May God bless this laborious endeavour to aid his ministers in
searching the Scriptures. If Biblical studies shall be in any
measure promoted, we shall be more than repaid.

* Lectures to my Students: a Selection from Addresses delivered to the Students
of the Pastors College, Metropolitan Tabernacle. By C. H. Spurgeon, President.
London : Passmore and Alabaster, 4, Paternoster Buildings. Price 2s. 6d.

CATALOGUE

OF

COMMENTARIES ON THE WHOLE BIBLE.

1 ALLEN (JOHN). A Spiritual Exposition of the Old and New Testaments ; or,

The Christian s Gospel Treasure. Three vols. 8vo. 1816. 4/6.
Spiritual reflections after the High Calvinistic School. Some preachers cannot
see Christ where he is, but Allen finds him where he is not. There is in these reflec
tions much godly savour, but very little exposition.

2 ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES, Westminster. Annotations. Two vols.

Folio. Land., 1657. io/- to i6/-

Contain valuable remarks, but are somewhat out of date. The work is
probably less esteemed than it should be. (See page 12).

3 EARTH (Dr. C. G., of Cahv, Wurtcmberg). Practical

Commentary on the Books of Holy Scripture, arranged

in Chronological Order ; being a Bible Manual for the

use of Students of the Word of God. Translated from

the German. Imp. Svo., I2/-. Lond., Nisbet & Co. S. J\-

Helpful in showing the historical position of the books, and in

assisting to illustrate them by the circumstances under which they

were written. We have referred to it with benefit.

4 BENSON (JOSEPH, 1748 1821. An eminent Methodist Preacher).

Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical. Six vols. Imp. Svo.
10/6 each. Lond., Wesleyan Conference Office. S. 37/6.
Adopted by the Wesleyan Conference as a standard work, and
characterized by that body as marked by " solid learning, soundness of
theological opinion, and an edifying attention to experimental and
practical religion." Necessary to Methodist Students.

OG WHOLE BIBLE.

5 BIBLICAL MUSEUM. QAMES COMPER GRAY). Old

Testament portion to be issued in 8 vols., at 4/6 each.
New Testament already out, 5 vols., 4/6 each. Loud.,
Elliot Stock.

We can only speak of the New Testament ; it is surpassingly
useful, sententious and sensible. Buy the work at once.

6 BONAR (HORATIUS, D.D.) Light and Truth : or, Bible

Thoughts and Themes. Vol. I., Old Testament.

Vol. II., Gospels. Vol. III., Acts and Larger Epistles.

Vol. IV, Lesser Epistles. Vol. V, Revelation of

St. John. Crown Svo. 53. each, Lond., Nisbet.
One volume is rather short space in ivJiicJi to bring out tJie
" light and truth " of the Old Testament. If Dr. Bonar required
four volumes for the Neiv, ive wish he had felt the same need
for the Old. The passages selected are popularly expounded,
but the thought is not deep. The volumes will be more prized by
the ordinary reader than by the minister.

7 BOOTHROYD (BENJAMIN, D.D., 1 7681836.^ learned Indepen

dent Minister and eminent Hebrew scholar.} Family Bible.

Improved Version. Notes, and reflections on each chapter ;

introduction on the authenticity rnd inspiration of the sacred

books, and a complete view of the Mosaic laws, &c. Three

vols. Royal 4to, 1824, i6/-, or one vol., thick 8vo v 1853, 7/-

Good, but may be dispensed with, now that the East has been more

fully explored.

8 BROWN (JOHN, 1722 1787). Self-Interpreting Bible. 6/- to is/
Useful in its day, and still popular. Notes on New Testament

an undisguised plagiarism from Guyse. Not a Student s book.

9 BURDER (SAMUEL, A.M.) The Scripture Expositor; a New-

Commentary, Critical and Practical. Four vols., 4to. 1811. so/
Well selected notes. Those upon Eastern manners, geography, &c.,
are collected very judiciously.

10 CALVIN (JOHN, 1509 1564). In the works of Calvin r

published by the Calvin Translation Society, are the
Commentaries, in 45 volumes. Messrs. T. & T. Clark,
of Edinburgh, now issue sets of 45 vols., at j 173. 6d. ;
or six vols. for One Guinea, excepting Psalms, vol. 5, and
Habakkuk. Separate volumes, 6s. each. Old copies of
Calvin s comments are to be met with at second-hand
book stores. We have entered most of them in their
proper places, but cannot afford space for separate
mention of the volumes of the C. T. Society.
Of priceless value. (See pages 4 and 5 of this work).

WHOLE BIBLE. 37

1 1 CHALMERS (THOMAS, D.D., LL.D., 17801847). Daily

Scripture Readings (3 vols.) and Sabbath Scripture
Readings (2 vols.) being vols. I. to V. of the " Post
humous Works " of Dr. Chalmers, edited by Rev. W.
Hanna, D.D. Land., Hamilton, Adams & Co. ; Edinb.,
Edmonston & Douglas, in whose catalogue they are
priced as follows : D. S. Readings, 3 vols., crown 8vo.,
i us. 6d. ; cheap edition, 2 vols, los, S. S- Readings,
2 vols., i is. ; cheap edition, 2 vols., los.

Those acquainted zvif/i the ivritings of Chalmers will know what
to expect from his pen zvJien guided by fervent devotion.

12 CLARKE (ADAM, LL.D., 1760 1832). A New Edition,

with the Author s final corrections. Six vols., Imp. 8vo.
Loud., 1844. W. Tegg s edition, new, 3 35. S. 38/-
Also printed on large paper, 6 vols., 4to.

Despite some feiu oddities, this is one of the most learned of
English expositions. (See page 9.)

13 CLARKE (SAMUEL. Died 1701). The Old and New Testament,

with Annotations and Parallel Scriptures. Folio. Lond., 1690.

7/-

Notes very brief, but judicious. Author one of the ejected ministers,
an exceedingly learned man. This work was highly commended by
Owen, Baxter, Howe, and others, but is now superseded,

14 CLASS AND THE DESK, The By J. COMPER GRAY,

of Halifax ; and C. STOKES CAREY, of London. Four
vols. Crown 8vo, 123. Lond., J. Sangster & Co.

Condensed thought. Suited for Teachers and Local Preachers.

15 COBBIN, (INGRAM). Evangelical Synopsis. The Holy Bible,

with Notes Explanatory and Practical, selected from the
writings of the most esteemed divines and Biblical critics. Three
vols. Imp. 4to. Lond., George Berger. S. 24/- or less.

An admirable collection of notes. Men with small means will find
it a miniature library. We have heard brethren who have had no com
mentary but Cobbin s speak of the work with much enthusiasm.

6 COBBIN (INGRAM). A condensed Commentary on the Bible.
Second edition. Imp. 8vo. Lond., 1839. izj-

An excellent makeshift for a poor man.

17 COKE (THOMAS, LL.D. Wesleyan Methodist Minister. Died 1814.) A Com
mentary on the Old and New Testament. 6 vols. 4to. Lond., 1803. 17/6.

A Wesleyan comment. Too big : ought to have been put in half the space.
Moreover, it is next door to a fraud, for it is " in the main a reprint of the work of
Dr. Dodd," without that author s name. Ah, Dr. Coke, this is a burning shame !

38 WHOLE BIBLE.

1 8 COMMENTARY, WHOLLY BIBLICAL, The : An Exposition

in the very words of Scripture. 3 vols., 4to., 2 i6s. od.
Lond., S. Bagster and Sons. S. 26/-

It is very handy to have explanatory passages thus presented to the
eye. In general the work is excellently done ; but ministers with scanty
purses can make a Biblical exposition for themselves.

19 COMPREHENSIVE BIBLE, The. (Edited by W. Greenfield,

M.R.A.S.). The Old and New Testaments, with the various
readings and marginal notes, parallel passages systematically
arranged, numerous philological and explanatory notes, &c.,
&c. Medium 4to., pica type, i 155. in cloth ; crown 4to.,
small pica type, i is., cloth. Lond., S. Bagster & Sons.

Generally used as a Pulpit Bible. Said to contain 4,000 notes and
500,000 parallel passages, being all those of Blayney, Scott, Clarke,
and others. The tables, notes, introductions, &c., are of standard value.

20 DIODATI (JOHN, 1576 1649). Annotations plainly expounding

the most difficult places. Third edition. Folio. Lond. 1651.
[Quarto editions exist, but the folio is best. 4/6.]

Bicker steth says : " The spiritual and evangelical remarks are of much
value." Diodati s notes are short and worth consulting.

21 DODD (WILLIAM, D.D.) A Commentary on the Books of the Old and New

Testament; in which are inserted the notes and collections of John Locke,
Esq. ; Daniel Waterland, D.D. ; the Earl of Clarendon, and other learned
persons; with practical improvements, &c. 3 vols. Folio. Lond., 1770. i8/-

An almost forgotten production of the unhappy Dodd. It is founded on the
manuscript collections of Cudworth, Waterland, Clarendon, and others. Not very
likely to quicken piety, or inspire spiritual thought ; yet, as Adam Clarke thought
very highly of it, and Dr. Coke appropriated it, it must have some value.

22 D OYLY AND MANT. Notes, taken principally from the

Church of England writers. Published by the S.P.C.K.
Prepared by the Rev. Geo. D Oyly, D.D., and the Rev.
R. Mant, D.D. 3 vols. Royal 8vo., with the text, S. 15 -; or
in i vol., without the text, 6/- 1845, & c -

Of moderate value. More fitted for the family than the study.
A compilation most appreciated among Episcopalians.

23 DUTCH ANNOTATIONS upon the whole Bible, as ordered by

the Synod of Dort, 1618, and published in English, by
Theodore Haak, Esq. 2 vols. Folio. Lond., 1657. is/
Similar to the Westminster Assembly s Annotations. (See page 12).

?4 FAUSSET (A.R., A.M. See JAMIESON, and page 20.)

25 FOURFOLD UNION COMMENTARY, The. Con-
taning, I. Parallel Texts, in full. II. Commentary of
Mattrrov Henry, &c. III. Scott s Commentary con
densed. l\. Commentary by Jamieson, Fausset, and
Brown. To wlich is added the Biblical Cyclopaedia, by

WHOLE BIBLE. 39

Dr. John Eadie, a Biblical Atlas, &c. Two handsome
volumes. Royal 4to. 3 35. net. Lond., Wesley. 1872.

A Christian man wishing for the cream of expository zuriters
could not make a better purchase. Ministers, as a rule, should not
buy condensations, but get the works themselves.

26 ERASER (DONALD, D.D.) Synoptical Lectures on the

Books of Holy Scripture. First Series Genesis to
Canticles. Second Series Isaiah to Acts. Post Svo.
6/- each. Lond., Nisbet and Co.

Dr. Fraser has observed, like many others of ns, the mischief
which results from cutting the Bible into fragments, and using it
piecemeal. In these volumes he discourses of the Bible at large,
indicates the scope of each book, and furnishes a brief digest of its
contents. He has compressed rigorously. The design was in itself
most laudable, and it has been well carried out.

27 GILL (JOHN, D.D. 16971771). An Exposition of the

Old and New Testament. 9 Vols. Folio. Lond., 1763.
S. $. 9 Vols., 4to., 1 8 10. S. 4 153. 6 Vols., Royal 8vo.,
1852. 3 33.

Invaluable in its own line of things. (For full title and ex
tended remarks see pages 8 and 9.)

28 HAAK (THEODORE). See under " Dutch Annotations."

29 HALL (JOSEPH, D.D. Bishop of Norwich. 1574 1656).

Contemplations. Several editions ; the one published
by T. Nelson, Edinb., 1844, has a memoir of the good
Bishop by the late Dr. James Hamilton. S. 4/-

The work can be readily procured ; but if its price were raised
in proportion to its real value, it would become one of the most
costly books extant. (See page n.)

30 HALL (JOSEPH) A Plain and Familiar Explication, by way of

Paraphrase, of all the Hard Texts of the whole Divine Scrip
tures. Small Folio, 1633. S. 5/- Also forming Vols. III. and IV.
of the Svo. edition of Hall s works in 12 vols. Oxford, 1837.

Not so pithy as the Contemplations ; nor, indeed, could it be expected
to be so. It is not necessary to the Student, but might be useful.

31 HAWEIS (THOMAS. 17341820). The Evangelical Expositor. 2 vols.

Folio. 1765-6. I2/-

Partakes of the author s character ; for of him it has been said, that he was
rather useful than eminent." The work is mainly an abridgment of Henry.

32 HAWKER (ROBERT, D.D. 17531827). The Poor Man s

Commentary. 9 vols. Svo., and 3 vols. 4to. 1843. S. jo/-
Full of devotion and sweetness. (Seepage 13.)

40 WHOLE BIBLE.

33 HENRY (MATTHEW. 16621714). Exposition. The

following are recent editions. The prices refer to new
copies. Blackie s, 3 vols., Royal 4to., 3 IDS. ; Cassell s,
3 vols., demy 4to., 2 123. 6d. ; Griffin s, 3 vols., Super-
royal 8vo., 2 los. ; Nisbet s, 9 vols., Imp. 8vo., 3 33-
S. from 2O/- to 3O/- according to condition.
(For title and remarks see pages 3, 4, 5.)

34 HOLDEN (GEORGE, M. A.) Christian Expositor. 2vols.,8vo. 1837. 4/-
Notes highly spoken of ; we consider them the most ordinary of platitudes.

35 JAMIESON (REV. DR., Glasgow}. FAUSSET (REV.

A.R. York], and BROWN(REV.DR.D.,^mzW). THE
LIBRARY COMMENTARY, Critical, Experimental,
and Practical. 6 vols. Medium 8vo., 3 I2s.; or i4/-each
vol. Collins & Co., Edinb.

A really standard work. We consult it continually, and with
groiving interest. Mr. Fausscfs portion strikes us as being of
the highest order. (See page 20.)

The following are different forms or abridgments of the same
work, each of which we can highly recommend :

36 JAMIESON. The Complete Commentary. 2 vols., Royal

4to., with maps, 2 IDS. Much the same as the Fourfold
Commentary. Edinb., W. Collins. (See No. 25.)

37 The Student s Commentary. 4 vols., foolscap Svo.

3/6 per vol. W. Collins.

38 The Portable Commentary. 2 vols., post Svo. 7/6

each. W. Collins, Sons, & Co.

39 KITTO (JOHN, D.D., F.S.A., 18041850). The Pictorial

Bible. 4 vols., Imp. Svo., i los. 1855. Lond. and
Edinb., Chambers. S. 2O/-

A work of art as well as learning. (See page 15.)

40 KITTO. The Illustrated Commentary of the Old and New

Testaments. A reproduction of the Notes, &c., of the
Pictorial Bible. 5 vols., Svo. 1840. S. 10/6

The omission of the text renders the work cheaper.

41 OTTO S Daily Bible Illustrations : being Original Readings

for a Year, on subjects relating to Sacred History, Bio
graphy, Geography, Antiquities, and Theology. New
edition, edited and revised by J. L. Porter, D.D. 8 vols.,
2 8s. Edinb., Oliphant & Co. S. 2O/-

May always be obtained, both neiu and second-hand. (See page 15.)

WHOLE BIBLE. 41

42 LANGE (J. P., D.D.) Translations of the Commentaries

of Dr. Lange, and his Collaborateurs. Edited by Dr.
Scliaff. T. & T. Clark.

There are now ready eight volumes on the OLD
TESTAMENT, viz., Genesis, I vol. ; Joshua, Judges, and
Ruth, i vol.; Kings, i vol. ; Job, I vol. ; Psalms, i vol. ;
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon, i vol ;
Jeremiah and Lamentations, i vol. ; Minor Prophets,
i vol. The other Books of the Old Testament are in
active preparation.

NEW TESTAMENT, complete in 10 vols.

The volumes greatly differ in excellence, yet none could be spared.
We have nothing equal to tlicin as a series. (See page 19.)

43 LEES (FRED. R., Ph.D.) and BURNS (DAWSON, M.A.). The

Temperance Bible Commentary. Demy Svo., 6/- Loud.,
S. W. Partridge & Co. 1872.

Readers will probably estimate the value of this work according to
their views upon Total Abstinence. This question appears to be one
which renders both advocates and opponents too warm either to give
or accept a cool, impartial verdict ; we shall not therefore offer one.

44 LEIGH (SiR EDWARD. 1602-3 1( ^7 1 )- Annotations from Job

to Canticles. Folio. Land., 1657. 3/6.

Annotations upon all the New Testament. Philological and
Theological. Folio. Loud., 1650. 3/6. Frequently associated
with Richardson on the Oid Testament. (See No. 71.)
Good, brief notes. Antique, but still prized.

Critica Sacra. In two parts : I. Observations on all the
primitive Hebrew words of the Old Testament. II. Philological
and Theological Observations on all the Greek words of the
New Testament. Folio. Loud., 1662. 3/6.

Home says this is " a very valuable help to the understanding of
the original languages." Parkhurst valued it.

45 MANT. (See D Oyly).

46 MAYER (JOHN, D.D.) Commentary. 6 vols. folio, and i vol.

4to. Land., 1653. [The seventh volume, containing the
Catholic Epistles and Revelation, was published in 4to. only]
6 6s. (For full title and remarks see pages 10 and n.)

Laborious writing and heavy reading.

47 MILLINGTON (THOMAS S.) The Testimony of the Heathen to

the Truths of Holy Writ. Compiled almost exclusively from
Greek and Latin Authors of the Classical Ages of Antiquity.
4to. Loud., Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday. 1863. S. 8/-
It was a capital idea to lay the heathen under contribution. The
author is at home in the Classics, and has performed his work well.

42 WHOLE BIBLE.

48 NESS (CHRISTOPHER. 1621 1705). History and Mystery.

4 vols., Folio. Lond., 1690 96. S. 4 to 5.
Quaint, pithy, suggestive. Full of remarks such as are to be
foiind in Thomas Fuller and BisJiop Hall. (See page n.)

49 NEW BIBLE COMMENTARY, The. [Sometimes spoken of

as " The Speaker s Commentary"] In progress. Lond.,
Murray. 1871, etc. (For full title see page 19.)
The proverb concerning too many cooks applies also to Commentators.
The work is good, but it might have been better.

50 PATRICK & LOWTH. A Critical Commentary. Cor

rected by the Rev. J. R. Pitman. 6 vols., Royal 4to.
1822. [There are other editions, but some of them do not
contain the whole of the Commentary ; the above is one
of the best. Good edition in smaller type, 4 vols., Imp.
., 3 33. Lond., W. Tegg.] S. 24!- (Seepage 18.)

51 POOLE (MATTHEW. 1624 1679). Annotations. Our copy

is dated 1853. Lond., Nisbet & Co. S. 2i/- Old folios, I4/-
See title and remarks on pages 6 and 7.

52 PURVER (ANTHONY. 1702 1777). A New and Literal Translation, with

Notes. 2 vols., Folio. Lond., 1764. io/-

A Quaker Translation. Often ungrammatical and unintelligible. Not without its
good points, but much more curious than useful.

53 RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY S COMMENTARY. From

Henry and Scott, with numerous observations from other
writers. With the text and maps, 6 vols., Super-royal 8vo.,
2 6s. Without the text, 6vcls., i2mo., ;i 43. S. 9/-
The Society kindly allows Students to purchase this work at a reduced
rate. The abridgements are carefully executed.

54 SCOTT (THOMAS. 17471821). The Holy Bible. A

New Edition. 6 vols., 4to. 2 10. Lond., Nisbet & Co.

S. 2O/- (For title and remarks see page 12.)
y. M. Ncale says of Scoffs practical observations, " They are
such as some men would not take tlie trouble of even thinking, many
ivould not be at the pains of speaking, and one should have
imagined, were not the fact as it is such as no man would have
condescended to ivrite down." This judgment is far too severe, and
reveals the High Churchman : it raises Scott in our esteem.

55 SIMEON (CHARLES, M.A. 1759 1836). Horoe Homnetioe ;

or, Discourses digested into one continued series, and forming
a Comment upon every book of the Old and New Testament ;
21 vols. 8vo. Seventh edition. Lond., H. G. Bohn. 1845.
S. 2 i os. [Being the entire works of Charles Simeon,
with Copious Indexes, prepared by T. Hartwell Home.]
Not Commentaries, but we could not exclude them. They have
been called " a valley of dry bones" : be a prophet and they will live.

WHOLE BIBLE. 43

56 SPEAKER S COMMENTARY,The. (See New Bible Commentary).

57 SUTCLIFFE (JOSEPH, M.A. Wesley an Minister]. A Com

mentary; containing Copious Notes. Imp. 8vo., 12/6. Lond.,

66, Paternoster Row, E.G. S. y/-

To comprise the whole Bible in one volume necessitated notes few
and brief. StttcUjfe, though an Arminian, is in general so good that we
wish we had more of him ; his style is vivacious and forcible.

58 TEMPERANCE BIBLE COMMENTARY, (The). (See Lees R.)

59 TRAPP (JOHN. 1611 1669). Commentary. 5 vols.,

Folio. 1654, etc. There are also 4to. editions of parts
of the Commentary. Reprinted by Mr. R. D. Dickinson,
Farringdon Street, E.C., in 5 vols., Super-royal 8vo., price
2 i8s. 6d. (published at ^3 153.) ; or, i2/6each vol. nett.
Oh, rare John Trapp! (See pages 7 and 8.)

60 WALL (WILLIAM, D.D. 16461720). Critical Notes on the Old and New

Testament. 3 vols., 8vo. Lond., 1730-34. S. 3/6.

Dr. Wall was the great champion of infant baptism against the learned Gale. His
notes are good, but out of date.

6 1 WELLS (EDWARD, D.D., Died 1724). Help for the more

easy and clear understanding of the Holy Scriptures. 6 vols.,
4to. Oxford, 1724, etc. i8/-

Seldom to be met with complete, but this need not be regretted, for
though somewhat useful, it is not of primary importance.

62 WESLEY (JOHN, A.M. 17031791). Notes on Old and New

Testament. 4 vols., 4to. Lond., 1764. S. 2o/- [Editions of the
New Test., with Wesley s Notes, are published at the Wesleyan
Conference Office. iSmo., 2/- ; 8vo., 4/-]

The Notes on the New Testament are esteemed, but Dr. Clark says
that those on the Old are meagre and unsatisfactory. He is quite right.

63 WILSON (THOMAS, D.D. 16631755. Bishop of Sodor and Man). The

Holy Bible, with Notes and various renderings. By the Rev. C. Crutwell.

3 vols., 4to. Lond., 1785.

The good Bishop s notes are brief hints, only intended for the explanation or practical
improvement of certain passages ; their value to Biblical Students is inconsiderable.
Crutwell s various readings are numerous. We gave no less than ^3 35. for the copy
by which we have been able to form this estimate ; but for our own use we should be
sorry to give half-a-guinea for it.

64 "WORDSWORTH (CHRISTOPHER, D.D. Bishop of Lin

coln). See page 18.

65 YOUNG (ROBERT, LL.D.) Commentary on the Bible, as Literally and

Idiomatically Translated. Crown Svo. Lond., Fullarton & Co. S. 3/6.
Too small to be of any use. You cannot put the sea into a tea cup.

44 OLD TESTAMENT.

OLD TESTAMENT, OR CONSIDERABLE PORTIONS
THEREOF.

66 AINSWORTH (HENRY, Died 1622). Annotations upon

the Five Bookes of Moses, the Booke of Psalmes, and
the Song of Songs : wherein the Hebrew words and
sentences are compared with the Greeke and Chaldee
versions. Folio. Lond., 1627 and 1639. //-
" A inswortk was a celebrated scholar and an excellent divine.
His uncommon skill in Hebrew learning, and his excellent Com
mentaries on the Scriptures are held in high reputation to this
day" Brook s Lives of the Puritans.

67 HENGSTENBERG (E. W. D.D.), Christology of the Old Testa

ment : a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. 4 vols.,
2 25. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1858. S. 2o/-
This great work deals with a most vital theme in a masterly manner ;
it has always been held in high esteem. We confess, however, that we
can only read it as a task, for the dry scholastic style repels us, and it
seems to us that in answering a number of sceptical doctors, whose
opinions are ridiculous, the author has made much ado about nothing.

63 HORSLEY (SAMUEL, LL.D., F.R.S., and F.A.S. Bishop of St.
Asaph. 1733 1806). Biblical Criticism on the first fourteen
Historical Books of the Old Testament ; also on the first nine
Prophetical Books. Second edition. 2 vols., 8vo. Lor.ri.,
1844. S. 7/6.

These criticisms will be of more interest to the scholar than of value
to the minister. Horsky was far too ready to invent new readings; yet
he was a master in his own line. He writes very dogmatically and with
a violent bias toward a theory of interpretation which, with all its
excellencies, cannot be everywhere maintained. Numbers of other
writers have followed in his track, but none with equal footsteps.

69 JACKSON (ARTHUR, M.A. 15931666). A Help for the

Understanding of the Holy Scriptures (Genesis to Isaiah).
4 vols. 4to. 1643, etc. io/ to so/
Rather tame, but will well repay quiet reading. His works are now
somewhat rare. (Seepage n.)

70 ORTON (Jos, D.D. 17171783). Exposition of the Old

Testament, with Devotional and Practical Reflections, Published
from the Author s Manuscripts, by Robert Gentleman. 6 vols.
8vo. Shrewsbury, 1788. Reprinted, 1822. S. 6/-
A sort of paraphrase, after the manner of Doddridges Family Exposi
tor, which it was intended to accompany. Not a very able production.

71 RICHARDSON JOHN, Bishop of Ardagh. Z?/Vrf 1654). Choice

Observations and Explanations upon the Old Testament, con
taining in them many remarkable matters, additional to the
large Annotations made by some of the Assembly of Divines..
Folio, 1655. S. 2/6.

Of secondary importance, and very short ; yet good. Frequently
bound up with Leigh (No. 44).

PENTATEUCH. 45

PENTATEUCH AND OTHER HISTORICAL BOOKS OF
THE OLD TESTAMENT.

72 AINSWORTH (HENRY), Annotations on the Pentateuch

(See also No. 66). 4to. 1616. 2/6.

Thoroughly learned. Though old, not out of date.

73 ALEXANDER ^WILLIAM). The Pentateuch, with Notes. S. 1/6.
A book of no importance.

74 BABINGTON (GERVASE, Bishop of Worcester. Died 1610). In Eabington s

IFcir/cs, folio, 1622, there are " Certaine plain, brief, and comfortable notes"
upon the five bcoks of Moses. Whole works 2O/.

Our copy is in the old Black Letter. It contains little to repay the student for toil
ing through the old-fashioned expressions.

75 BARRETT (R. A. F., M.A.). A Synopsis of Criticisms upon

those passages of the Old Testament in which modern commen
tators have differed from the Authorized Version. 2 vols. in
2 parts each, and vol. Ill- part i, large 8vo., 1847. [Only
extends from Genesis to Esther.] S. 10/6.

The object of this work is to lay before the reader the principal
alterations which modern critics have proposed in the Authorized
Version, together with the reasons for or against such emendations.
Many of the notes are in Latin. Of small use to the average minister.

76 BATE (JULIUS, M.A. 1711 1771). New Literal Translation of the

Pentateuch and Historical Books to end of 2 Kings. "With Notes. 4to.

Land., 1773. 4/-

Paper spoiled. We greatly grudge the four shillings which we gave for it.

77 BIBLE TEACHINGS; or, Remarks on Genesis, Exodus, and

Leviticus. With Recommendatory Preface by Rev. VV. B.
Mackenzie. 8vo. Loud., 1855. S. 2/6.

This book was written by the Three Misses Bird, of Taplow. The
Remarks are very plain and practical, and a spirit of earnest piety and
fervent prayer pervades them throughout.

78 BLUNT (HENRY, A.M. Died 1843). Family Exposition of

Pentateuch. 1844. 3 vols., lamo. 6/- each. Hatchards.
S. 3 vols. 5/-

See remarks under each separate volume.

79 BRIGHTWELL (T.) Notes selected from the exegetical parts

of Rosenmuller s Scholia, and of Dathe s Notes to his Latin
version ; also from Schrank, Michaclis, Le Clerc, Ainsworth,
Poole, and other authors. Svo. Lond., 1840. S. 1/6.

This writer worked very industriously at the almost impossible task
of condensing the twenty-eight volumes of Rosenmiiller s Notes. Besides
the remarks from authors mentioned in the text, there are observations
from the manuscripts of Joseph Kinghorn, of Norwich. It is not a
didactic or spiritual work, but almost entirely explanatory and illustrative.

4G PENTATEUCH.

So CHRIST IN THE LAW ; or the Gospel foreshadowed in the Pentateuch.

Compiled by a Priest of the Church of England. CHRIST IN THE

PROPHETS. Joshua to Kings. 2 vols., Foolscap Svo. 3/6 each. Land.

Masters, 1872 and 1873.

Of the High Church order, and praised by the Saturday Review. What worse

need be said ? Yet will we add that the savour of Christ in these books saves them

from uncrualified condemnation.

8 1 DELGADO (ISAAC. Jewish Teacher). New Translation. 4to. Land., 1789. 2/-
The author modestly says, that his work is highly useful. This is another instance

of paternal partiality, and of "great cry and little wool."

82 ETHERIDGE (J. W., M.A.). The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben

Uzziel on the Pentateuch, with the Fragments of the Jerusalem Targum.

Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Svo. Land., Longmans, 1865-

S. 7/6.

Comparatively few of our readers will set much store by the Targums of Onkelos
and Jonathan Ben Uzziel; but those who desire to read them will find here a good
literal version.

83 GEDDES (ALEXANDER, LL.D. A Roman Catholic divine. 1737 1802.)

Translation from corrected texts with various Readings and Notes. [Genesis
to Ruth only published.] 3 vols , 4to., 1792 1800. I2/-

The author was a Hebraist of considerable repute, but treated the inspired word far
too flippantly. His style of criticism is essentially sceptical.

84 GERLACH (OTTO VON. 18011849). Pentateuch. Translated

by the Rev. Henry Downing. Demy 8vo., 10/6. Edinb.,

T. & T. Clark.

Very different from other German authors. Plain, clear, and instructive.
Not choked up with metaphysical bewilderments and long lists of
sceptical authors whose names defile the pages which bear them.

85 HAVERNICK (Dr. II. A. Ch.) Historico-Critical Introduction to the Penta

teuch. Translated by A. Thomson, A.M. Edinb., Clark. 1850. S. 10/6.
Almost entirely occupied with a discussion upon the genuineness of the Pentateuch.
A check to the rationalistic and infidel spirit. Those who have never taken the
poison do not need the antidote.

86 HENGSTENBERG (E.W., D.D.) Genuineness of the Pentateuch.

Translated by J. E. Ryland. 2 vols., Svo. Edinb., 1847. S. 8/-
This great author contends ably for the Pentateuch, but the perusal
of his book reminds us of the king who

"Fought all his battles o er again,
And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain."

87 Egypt and the Books of Moses ; or, the Books of Moses
Illustrated by the Monuments of Egypt. Svo. 7/6. Edinb.,
1845. T- & T - Clark.

Dr. Hengstenberg, as Professor at Berlin, had access to the rich
collection of Egyptian antiquities in the Museum, and he has made
noble use of his advantages.

88 HOWARD (The Hon. E. J., D.D.. Dean of Lichfield.} I. Genesis according

to the LXX. Translated into English, with Notes on the Passages in
which it differs from our Authorized Version. Cr. Svo. 8/6. 2. Exodus
and Leviticus, 10/6. 3. Numbers and Deuteronomy, 10/6. Camb.,
Macmillan, 1857, etc. S. 3/6 each.
Of no particular use to preachers ; but the Guardian says, "It is an excellent

introduction to the comparative study of God s word, in those three languages with

which an ordinary English student is mainly concerned."

PENTATEUCH. 47

89 JAMIESON ([., LL.D.) The Pentateuch, with Notes, &c. [Anon.] Folio,

Land., 1748. S. 6/-

Published anonymously. Mainly a compilation, in which more industry was shown
in the cellection than discretion in the selection.

90 KALISCH (M.M., Ph.D.) Historical and Critical Commentary

on the Old Testament ; with a New Translation. Svo. Vol. I.

Genesis, iS/-; or, adapted for the general reader, i2/- Vol. II.

Exodus, i5/-, i2/- Vol. III. Leviticus, part r, i5/-, 8/-

Vol. IV. Leviticus, part 2, i5/-, 8/. Land., Longmans. 1858.
Contains a large amount of historical illustration, shedding new light
upon the letter of the Word. The author has used the fresh informa
tion which has come to us from the Euphrates and the Nile. At the
same time he sows scepticisms broadcast, and we cannot recommend him.

91 KEIL (CARL FRIEDRICH, D.D., Ph.D.) Pentateuch. 3 vols.,

Svo. 31/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1864.

A work for the learned. It has received the highest commendations
from competent scholars. But it is somewhat dull and formal.

92 KELLY (WILLIAM). Introductory Lectures. Cr. 8vo., 4, 6. Land., W. H.

Broom.
By a leading writer of the exclusive Plymouth school. Not to our mind.

93 KIDDER (RICHARD, D.D., Bp. of Bath and IVetls.Died 1703). Five Books

of Moses. 2 vols., Svo. Land., 1694. 4/.
Of no importance : a chip in the porridge : mild as a modern bishop.

94 KINGSLEY (CHARLES, M.A., Canon of Westminster. Died

1875). The Gospel of the Pentateuch. [18 sermons]. Foolscap

Svo. 3/6. Lond., Macmillan.

A small volume of Kingshy s usual sort. Not over-freighted with
what is usually known as the Gospel; but plain and practical, with
common-sense remarks for common people.

95 LAW (HENRY, M.A., Dean of Gloucester). " Christ is All."

The Gospel of the Old Testament. Several editions ; a
recent one is published by the Religious Tract Society,
in 4 vols., Cr. Svo. 2 /-each.

Deservedly popular. Simple, instructive, full of Christ. Law
abounds in gospel.

96 MACDONALD (DONALD, M.A.) Introduction, and an enquiry

into the genuineness, authority and design of the Mosaic
writings. 2 vols., demy 8vo. 2i/- Edinb., Clark. 1861.
" A full review of the evidence, external and internal, for the genuine
ness, authenticity, and Divine character of the Pentateuch. Its special
attention is devoted to the connection between the Pentateuch and the
great scheme of revelation, of which it forms the basis." Guardian.

97 MORISON QAMES, 1762 1809). Introductory Key to the first four Books of

Moses ; being an attempt to show that the great design of the things
recorded therein was the sufferings of Christ and the following glory. Svo.
Perth, 1810. S. 3/-
I lain, forcible, and instructive remarks, realizing the title an Introductory Key.

48 PENTATEUCH.

98 PARKER (SAMUEL, son of Bp. Samuel Parker}. Bibliotheca Biblica ; a

Commentary gathered out of the writings of fathers and ecclesiastical
historians, &c. [Anonymous.] 5 vols., 4to. Oxf., 1720, etc. [Genesis
to Deuteronomy only completed.] 35/-

Darling %xys, that this is " a commentary of profound learning and research;" but
it Seems to us to be mainly filled with that archaic learning which is now out of date.

99 PIERCE (SAMUEL EYLES). Discourses on the several Revelations of the

Lord Jesus, from the Fall, to Moses, &c. 8vo. Lond., 1815. S. 3/-
Dr. Hawker says, that "these Discourses carry with them testimonies of being
written under Divine teaching." Sweet, but not very expository.

100 PYLE (THOMAS, M.A. 16741756). Paraphrase, with Notes. 4 vols., Svo.

171728. S. 3/- [Genesis to Esther only.]
A pile of paper, valuable to housemaids for lighting fires.

101 ROBERTSON QAMES, A.M.) Clavis Pentateuchi. Analysis of the Hebrew

words in the Pentateuch, with Notes. Reprinted, edited by Kinghorn, at
Norwich, 1824. Svo. S. 9, -

Almost entirely in Latin, and therefore useful only to those who can readily read
that language. The work was in good repute in its day.

102 SAURIN QAMES. 1677 1730). Dissertations on the most memorable

events of the Bible. [Vol. I., The Books of Moses, was all ever published
in English. Folio. Land., 1723]. S. 5/-
More eloquent than accurate. Florid rather than solid.

103 SHEPHEARD (H., M.A.) Traditions of Eden ; or, Proofs of the

Historical Truth of the Pentateuch, from existing facts, and
from the Customs and Monuments of all Nations. Demy Svo.
io, - Lond., Nisbet & Co.

A very interesting and curious work. Good lectures might be gathered
from it for week-night instruction. Not a Commentary.

104 STANLEY (ARTHUR PENRHYN, D.D., Dean of Westminster ].

Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church. Parti. Abraham
to Samuel. Part II. Samuel to the Captivity. 2 vols., Svo
32; - Lond., 1870. S. i8/-

A fascinating book, which no one can read without being the better
able to realize the scenes of Scripture history. The author s broad
views are known and deplored : that he has equal breadth of learning
we cheerfully admit.

105 THISTLEWAITE (\V., M.A.) Expository Sermons. 4 vols., I2mo. Land.,

1837-8. S. 2/6.
Sermons as good as these are plentiful as blackberries. Why were they printed ?

106 TOWNSEND (GEORGE, D.D., Canon of Durham}. The Pentateuch and the

Book of Job, arranged in Chronological Order, with Prayers and Notes.
2 vols., Svo. Lond., 1849. io/-

A singular combination of family prayers, essays and notes, by an able but singular
writer.

107 WRIGHT (ABRAHAM). A Practical Commentary, wherein the

Text of every Chapter is Practically expounded, in a way not
usually trod by Commentators. Folio. 1662. 10/6 to 2o/-
An extremely rare book. The style and matter are after the manner
of Christopher Ness. Wright does not comment upon every verse, but
after indicating the run of the chapter gives little sermons upon the
more salient points. He is very quaint and pithy.

GENESIS. -49

GENESIS.

108 ALFORD (HENRY, Dean of Canterbury. 18101871).

The Book of Genesis and part of the Book of Exodus
[Ch. I. XXV.] : a revised version, with Commentary.
Demy 8vo. I2/- Loud., W. Isbister & Co. 1872.
The works of this eminent scholar are too ivell known and
appreciated to need even a word from us.

109 BLUNT (HENRY, M.A.) Genesis [Vol. I. of a Family Exposi

tion of the Pentateuch. i2mo. Land., Hatchards. 1841]. S. 1/6.
Simple Expositions for family reading. Good, but not brilliant.

1 10 BURROUGHS (W. K., M.A.) Lectures on Genesis. Svo. Z><5., 1848.
Useful to grocers and buttermen. Worth nothing to students.

1 1 1 BUSH (GEORGE. Prof, of Heb. and Orient. Lit., New York).

Notes on Genesis. 2 vols., small Svo. New York, 1852.
Reprinted in London in i vol., Svo. S. 5/-

Bush hns in the most barefaced manner taken copious verbatim extracts
from Andrew Fuller, without acknowledgment, and he has also plagiarized
Lawson on Joseph by wholesale, without even mentioning his name.
For such a scholar to be guilty of wholesale plunder is inexcusable.
It is one of the worst cases of robbery we have ever met with, and
deserves a fir stronger denunciation than our gentle pen and slender
space will permit.

112 CALVIN (JOHN). Genesis, translated by Tho. Tymme.

Black letter. 410. Land., 1578. 9/-
Participates in the general excellencies of Calvin s works.

113 CANDLISH (ROBERT S., D.D.) Lectures. New edition.

2 vols., Svo. 10/6. Edinb., Adam Black. 1842.
We venture to characterize this as THE work upon Genesis, so
far as lectures can make up an exposition ; we have greatly profited
by its perusal. It sJwuld be in every Biblical library.

114 CLOSE (FRANCIS, D.D., A.M., Dean of Carlisle}. Historical Discourses.

I2ino. Loud., 1828. S. 2/6.

A course of smoothly-flowing, respectable, quiet, evangelical sermons. Nobody
could be so wicked as to call them sensational.

115 COGHLAN (C. L.) Genesis and St. Matthew. 2 vols., Svo. 1832. 3/6.
Consists entirely of parallel and illustrative passages of Scripture printed in full;

it is superseded by the Commentary Wholly Biblical.

116 GUMMING QOHN, D.D., F.R.S.E.) Scripture Readings on

Genesis. Small Svo. Lond., J. F. Shaw. 1853. S. 2/-
Dr. Gumming s works are not very original, but his style is flowing,
his teachings are always evangelical, and he puts other men s thoughts
into pleasing language.

o

50 GENESIS.

117 DAWSON (ABRAHAM). New Translation of Genesis [I. XVII.], with

Notes. 410. Land., 1763. 2/6.
Tainted with infidelity. A writer of the Geddes school.

ti8 DIMOCK (HSNRY). Notes. 4to. Gloucester, 1804. 2/- to 4, -

Chiefly taken up with the various readings of Hebrew MSS. The young student
will not value it. The same author has written on Exodus and the Prophets.

119 FRANKS (JAMES, A.M.) Sacred Literature; or, Remarks on Genesis. 8vo.

Halifax, 1802. S. 2/- to 4/-

This writer collected notes from various authors. As the sources from which he
drew his extracts are within reach, we can select for ourselves.

120 FULLER (ANDREW, 1754 1815). Expository Discourses

on Genesis. One small vol., 1/6. (Also in Fuller s
Works?)

Weighty, judicious, and full of Gospel truth. One of the very
best series of discourses extant upon Genesis, as Bush also thought.

121 GIBBENS (NICHOLAS). Questions and Disputations concerning Holy Scrip

ture. Genesis. 4to. 1602. 3, -

In his own fashion this antique writer tries to answer curious questions which are
suggested by Genesis. His day is over.

122 GREENFIELD (WILLIAM, M.R.A.S. Editor of the Comprehen

sive Bible). Genesis in English and Hebrew, with an Inter
linear Translation, Notes, and Grammatical Introduction. 8vo.
Land., 1862. S. 3/-

This work will not only enable the Student to get at the literal
meaning of the text, but may be used as an introduction to the Hebrew
language. The plan is most admirable, and we earnestly commend it
to the attention of those uninstructed in the sacred tongue.

123 GROVES (HENRY CHARLES, M.A.) Commentary on Genesis,

for readers of the English version. Small 8vo. Lend, and Camb.,

Macmillan & Co. 1861. S. 2/- to 6/-

Physical science, the discoveries of travellers, and the results of
criticism, so far as they bear upon Genesis, are here brought within the
reach of the general reader.

124 HARWOOD (T.) Annotations. Svo. Land., 1789. 1/6.

The author professed to offer his work with great diffidence, and he had just cause
to do so : he had better have burned his manuscript.

125 HAWKER (JOHN, M.A.) Bible Thoughts in Quiet Hours.

Genesis. Small Cr. Svo. 3/- Land., Yapp. 1873.
Deeply spiritual reflections, not without learning and critical power.
The preacher will find here many hints for sermons.

126 HEAD (F. A.) The World and its Creator. Cr. Svo. Land., 1847. 2/.
One of the many good books which from lack of vigour are only "born to die."

127 HUGHES (GEORGE, B.D., Puritan, 1603 1667). Analy

tical Exposition of Genesis, and of XXIII. chapters of

Exodus. Folio. 1672. 10/6 to i5/-

The deductions which Hughes draws from the text are of the
nature of homiletical hints, and for this reason he will be a treasure
to the minister. He belongs to the noble army of Puritans.

GENESIS. 51

128 JACOBUS (MELANCTHON W., Professor of Biblical

Literature, Alleghany, U. S.). Notes. 2 vols. sm. 8vo.

New York, 1866. S. 8/-

A very valuable work, in "which Colenso is boldly met and
answered. It contains much Gospel teaching, and aids the preacher
greatly. Not easily to be obtained. It ought to be reprinted.

129 JERVIS-WHITE-JERVIS (JOHN) Genesis : a New Translation

collated with the Samaritan, Septuagint, and Syriac, with Notes,

8vo. i2/- Lend., Bagsters. 1852. S. 5/-

Brings out very vividly the oriental character of Genesis, and although
we cannot reconcile ourselves to Abh-rauhaum, Is hauk, and Y aakobh,
and find it hard to believe in Saurauh and Hanghaur, we have been
glad of the light which the East and its languages have here afforded.

I 3 JUKES (ANDREW). Types of Genesis. 8vo. 7/6. Land., Long
mans. 1858. S. 3/6.

In many places far too forced, and therefore to be read with caution ;
but in its own spiritualizing way very masterly. Jukes dives deep.

131 LANGE S COMMENTARY edited by Dr. Schaff. Vol.1.

Commentary on Genesis. Imp. 8vo., 2i/-; or to sub
scribers, is/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1868.
TJie best of the series, and in all respects beyond price.

132 MACKINTOSH] (C. H.). Notes on Genesis. By C. H. M.

I2mo. Second Edition. 2/6. Lond., G. Morrish. 1858.
Precious and edifying reflections marred by peculiarities.

133 MACGREGOR (Sm C., BART., M.A.) Notes for Students in

Divinity. Parti. [Chap, i.-xi.] 8vo. Lond., Parker. 1853. S. 3/-
Contains a great deal of learning, of small use to the preacher.
Many curious and knotty points which arise in the first eleven chapters
of Genesis are discussed with considerable ability.

134 MURPHY (}&MTLsG.,UL. D.,ProfessorofHebreiv,Belfast).

Commentary on Genesis, with a New Translation. 8vo.
10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1863. S. 5/6.
"A work of massive scholarship, abounding in rich and noble
thought, and remarkably fresh and suggestive" Evangelical Mag.

135 OSBURN (WILLIAM). Israel in Egypt ; or, the Books of Genesis

and Exodus illustrated by existing Monuments. Small Svo. 5/-
Lond., Seeleys. 1856. S. 2/-

Not a Commentary ; but a volume full of interest, which should be
studied by all who would understand this portion of history.

136 PAUL (WILLIAM, A.M.) Analysis and Critical Interpretation of the Hebrew

Text, preceded by a Hebrew Grammar. Svo. Edinb. and Lond.,
W. Blackwood & Sons. 1852. S. 8/-

Designed to promote the study of Hebrew. Not a comment, but rather a gram
matical exercise. Useful to students of the sacred tongue.

52 GENESIS- EARLY CHAPTERS, AND PATRIARCHS.

137 PRESTON (THEODORE, M. A.) Phraseological Notes on the Hebrew Text

8vo. Loud., 1853. S. 4, -

In tended to explain and illustrate the most remarkable peculiarities and anomalies
of matter, style, and phrase in the Book of Genesis. It may interest Hebraists, but
can little aid the preacher.

138 SIBTHORPE (RICHARD WALDO, B.D.) Genesis, with Brief Observations-

Imp. 8vo. Land., 1835. S. 2/6.
Mere platitudes. Paper spoiled.

139 TURNER (SAMUEL H., D.D., Prof. Columbia Coll., New York}.

A companion to Genesis. 8vo. New York, 1851. 8.4/6.
In Home s Introduction we read: "Though not designed to be a
Commentary, this valuable work furnishes the Biblical student with
abundant aid for the exact and literal interpretation of the Book of
Genesis."

140 WARNER (RICHARD). Exposition. I2mo. Land., Longmans. 1840. S. 2 -
Common- place remarks; intended to be used at family worship. Likely to send

the servants to sleep.

141 WHATELEY (WILLIAM). Prototypes; or, the Primarie Precedent

Presidents out of the Booke of Genesis. Shewing the Good

and Bad Things they Did and Had. Practically adapted to

our Information and Reformation. Folio. Lond., 1640. 5/6.

A queer old book. The oddity of the title is borne out by the

singularity of the matter. It does not expound each verse ; but certain

incidents are dwelt upon.

142 W1LLET (ANDREW. 1562 1621). Hexapla. A sixfold

Exposition of Genesis. Folio. 1605. 5/- to S/-
This work is called by its author a Hc.xnpla, because he treats his
subject under six heads, giving "a sixfold use of every chapter, showing,
i. The method, or argument. 2. The divers readings. 3. The expla
nation of difficult questions and doubtful places. 4. The places of
doctrine. 5. Places of confutation. 6. Moral observations." Willet
is tedious reading ; his method hampers him. In all his Commentaries
he lumbers along in his six-wheeled wagon.

143 WRIGHT (C. H. H.) Book of Genesis in Hebrew, with various Readings,

Notes, etc- 8vo. 5/- Land., Williams & Norgate. 8.3/6.

Intended to assist the student who has mastered the elements of Hebrew Grammar
to acquire a better knowledge of that language. Rather a class-book than a Com
mentary.

GENESIS EARLY CHAPTERS, AND PATRIARCHS.

144 BON AR (HORATIUS.D.D.) Earth s Morning; or, Thoughts

on Genesis. I2mo. 5/- Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1875.
A n exposition of the first six chapters only. The author endea
vours " to investigate the meaning of each verse and word ; thaf,
having done so, the exact revelation of God in tJiesc may be brought
out, and the spiritual truth evolved." He Jias in a great measure
attained his object. What more could be said in his f raise ?

GENESIS -EARLY CHAPTERS, AND PATRIARCHS. 53

145 BUNYAN (JOHN). Ten first chapters of Genesis, and part of the eleventh.

[In Utinyan s Works.] Complete works, S. 3O/-
Allegorical and spiritual. Bunyan s characteristics are very prominently manifest.

146 EDERSHEIM (ALFRED, D.D.) World before the Flood, and

History of the Patriarchs. Small sq. 8vo. 2/6. Loud., Religious

Tract Society. 1875.

The author has mainly aimed at giving instruction to the Sunday
School Teacher, and the Bible Class Student. He may be read with
profit by students of a higher grade. The work is not a Commentary,
but is full of instruction.

147 HENRY (PHILIP, M.A. 1631 1696). Exposition of the first

eleven chapters of Genesis. i8mo. Loud., 1839. S. i/-
Interesting as the exposition of Mattheiv Henry s father, taken down
from his lips at family prayer by Matthew, his son. This probably
suggested the famous Commentary.

148 HURDIS QAMES). Select Critical Remarks upon the English version of the

first ten chapters of Genesis. Svo. Load., 1793. 2/-
" Judicious observations"; but it is so easy to \>e judicious. Unimportant.

149 LUTHER (MARTIN). On the first five chapters of Genesis,

translated by Dr. Henry Cole. Svo. Edinb., 1858. S. 5/6.
Cole made a choice selection. Luther left four volumes upon Genesis
in Latin. How these Reformers worked !

150 MACDONALD (D.) Creation and the Fall. The first three

chapters of Genesis. Svo. Edinb., T. & T. Clark, iz/-
" We do not hesitate to designate this volume as the most complete
examination of the literature and the exegesis of the Creation and the
Fall which has appeared in England." Journal of Sacred Literature.

151 NEEDLER (BENJAMIN). Expository Notes, with Observations, towards the

opening of the five first chapters of Genesis. Small Svo. Lond.,i6$$. 3/-
Necdler was one of the eminent divines who took part in the famous Morning
Exercises. The little work is a curiosity, but nothing more.

152 ROSSE (ALEXANDER). Exposition of the fourteen first chapters of Genesis.

Svo. Land., 1626. 4/6.

A very scarce catechism by that Scotch divine who is mentioned in Hudibras in
the lines

" There was an ancient sound philosopher
That had read Alexander Ross over."

153 WHITE (JOHN, M.A. A Puritan Divine, called " The Patriarch

of Dorchester." Died 1648.) The Three First Chapters of

Genesis. Folio. 1656. if- to 10/6.

A folio upon three chapters ! There were giants in those days.
Manton says, "To speak of the worth of the author is needless, his
praise being already in all the churches," and he adds that he had been
greatly refreshed by the perusal of this book.

154 WILLIAMS (ISAAC, B.D.) Beginning of Genesis, with

Notes. Sm. Svo. 7/6. Loud., Rivingtons. 1861.
A very remarkable work by a high churchman, opening up in a
masterly manner the mystical teachings of the early chapters of
Genesis. To be read cum grano salis.

54 GENESIS EARLY CHAPTERS, AND PATRIARCHS.

[The following works are placed in chronological order.]

155 BONNET (L.) The Exile from Eden; Meditations on the Third

Chapter of Genesis, translated from the French, by Rev. W.

Hare. Small Svo. Lond., 1839. S. 5/-

After the French manner. In nine meditations the salient points in
the all-important story of the Fall are touched upon. One of the best
separate treatises upon the subject.

156 OLMSTEAD (J., American.} Noah and his Times. 2/- Edinb., Collins.
One of the dreariest works ever written. We have often wondered why it was

reprinted, or even printed at all. It is as dry as Noah in the ark.

157 BLUNT (HENRY, A.M.) Twelve Lectures on the History of

Abraham. i2mo. 5/6. Eight Lectures on the History of
Jacob. 4/6. Lond., Hatchards. 1842. S. 1/6 each.
Like the rest of this author s lectures. Good, plain addresses.

158 SHUTE (JosiAS, B.D. "Above three-and-thirty years Rector

of St. Mary, IVoolnoth") Sarah and Hagar ; or, Genesis xvi.

opened in Twenty Sermons. Folio. 1649. 5/-
In shape, the editor tells us, " this book is somewhat slender, like the
encouragements of learning." He informs us that the author was " one
of the five famous brother-preachers, somewhat like the five fingers on
the right hand of fellowship ; " and that Chrysostom did so much lie in
his bosom that he became like him in his flowing style and golden
eloquence. He writes like a learned man, and treats the Scriptures as if
" each book were a course, each chapter a Benjamin s mess, and every
verse a morsel of the food of angels."

159 BOUCHIER (BARTON, M. A.) History of Isaac. i2mo. Lond,

Houlston. S. 2/-
A charming book, in Bouchiers gracious style.

160 ROLLINSON (FRANCIS, B.D.) Twelve Prophetical Legacies ; or, Twelve

Sermons upon Jacob s Last Will, recorded in the 45th chapt. of Genesis.
4to., Lond., 1612. Scarce. Hardly to be priced. Say 5, -
Old-fashioned learning, and singular remarks ; its rarity is no great calamity.

161 GUMMING (JOHN, D.D., F.R.S.E.) The Last of the Patriarchs;

or, Lessons from Life of Joseph. Sm. Svo. 1856. S. 2/-
Fitted for popular reading : ministers need more thought.

162 GIBSON (T.) Lectures on Joseph. Svo. Lond., 1848. i/-
Very respectable sermons, bringing out the gospel of Joseph s history.

163 LAWSON (GEORGE, D.D., 17491820). Lectures on

Joseph. 2 vols., I2mo. Edinb., 1807 & 1812. 4/-
Dr. Lawson had a fertile mind, and a heart alive both to the
human and divine side of truth. He writes ivith pleasing sim
plicity of style. One of the Jiighest compliments to this book is
found in the fact that a distinguished American scholar issued much
of it as his own.

EXODUS. 55

164 SMITH (TriORNLEY). History of Joseph viewed in con

nection with the Antiquities of Egypt, and the times in

which he lived. Cr. 8vo. 4/- Edinb., W. Oliphant. 1875.

" Written under the full light of the most recent archceological

discoveries, modern scholarship, and theological science, it is THE

book on the subject. Now we have it, we cannot dispense with

it. Homilist.

165 WARDLAW (RALPH, D.D.) Life of Joseph and the Last Years

of Jacob. 121110. 1845. S. 2/3.
Wardlaw, though rather wordy, is always instructive.

EXODUS.

166 BIRKS (T. R., M.A.) The Exodus of Israel; its Difficulties

explained and its Truth confirmed. 8vo. 1863. S. 3/6.
A reply to Dr. Colcnsrfs famous assault upon the Pentateuch. The
great abilities of the author are known to all.

167 BLUNT (HENRY, M.A.) Exodus and Leviticus. Vol. 2 of

A Family Exposition of the Pentateuch. i2mo. 6/ - Lend.,
Hatchards. 1842. S. i/-
Prontable for household and private reading : not very striking.

1 68 BUSH (GEORGE). Notes on Exodus. 2 vols., sm. 8vo. New

York, 1856, etc. S. 5/6.
Of considerable value. We do not know that it is a plagiarism.

169 COTTAGE READINGS on the Book of Exodus. [Anon.]

Sm. cr. 8vo- 5/- Lond., Nisbet & Co. S. 2/-

Not at all a student s book ; yet many preachers might learn from it
how to put things plainly. There is a similar volume on Genesis.

170 GUMMING (JOHN, D.D.) Sabbath Morning Readings on

Exodus. Sm. 8vo. Land., J. F. Shaw. 1853. S. 2/-
Dr. Cumming s style is a model, but his matter seldom verges upon
originality. He always gives you the gospel when he is not prophesying.

i/i EXELL (JOSEPH S.) Homiletic Commentary on Exodus.
[Being Part i of THE PREACHER S COMMENTARY, publishing
by Dickinson in monthly parts. 1875. i/- each.]
It excels, so far as we have seen.

172 HUGHES (GEORGE). See No. 127.

173 JACKSON (THOMAS, D.D., Dean of Peterborough. 1579 1640). Para

phrase on the eleven first chapters of Exodus, with Annotations, &c.

Works, 8vo., IX., 384. Folio, III., 191. 3 vols. folio 3S/- ; 12 vols.

8vo. 5o/-

George Herbert set great store by Dr. Jackson s writings, for he said, " I bless God
for the confirmation Dr. Jackson has given me in the Christian religion, against the
Atheist, Jew, and Socinian, and in the Protestant against Rome." It would hardly
repay a student to purchase three folio volumes to obtain the small portion allotted to
his Paraphrase. So far as commenting is concerned it is not important.

56 EXODUS LIVES OF MOSES.

174 MACKINTOSH] C.H.) Notes. By C. PI. M. 12 mo. 2/6.

Land., G. Morrish. 1858.
Not free from Plymouth errors, yet remarkably suggestive.

17^ MILLINGTON (THOMAS S.) Signs and Woiiders in the
Land of Ham. A Description of the Ten Plagues of
Egypt. Post 8vo. 7/6. Loud., Murray. 1873.
It has been an intellectual treat to read this interesting work.

On the same subject there is an old work by James Bryant,

1794 ; but Millington is enough.

176 MURPHY JAMES G., LL.D.) Commentary on Exodus.

New Translation. Svo. Edinb., Clark. 1866. 9/-
The result of laborious study by a scholar of ripe learning.

177 WILLET (ANDREW). Hexapla; or, Sixfold Commentarie upon

Exodus. Folio. Land., 1608. 6/- to io/-
See No. 142. Full, exhaustive, and exhausting.

LIVES OF MOSES.

178 HAMILTON GAMES, D.D., F.L.S. 18141867). Moses,

the Man of God. Sm. cr. Svo. 5/- Loud., Nisbet.
Beautiful as a poem, like everything which fell from Dr. Hamil
ton s pen. It would be impossible to study it without profit.

179 OOSTERZEE (J. J. VAN, D.D.) The Life of Moses. Edinb.,

T. & T. Clark. [In preparation].

180 SMITH (TliORNLEY). History of Moses; viewed in

connection with Egyptian Antiquities, and the times in
which he lived. Cr. Svo. 3/6. Lond., Hamilton. 1 862.
Of the same class as Kittds Daily Readings : -well executed.

181 SPONG QAMES). Moses. The Hero of the Desert. Cr. Svo. 3/6. LonJ.,

Partridge & Co.
A book for the public. Not for students.

JOUENEYINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.

182 BUDDICOM (R. P., M .A., F.A.S.) The Christian Exodus,

ii- Series of Discourses. 2 vols., Svo. Lond., 1826. S. 3/-
Able discourses, using the Exodus spiritually and wisely.

183 CARDALL (WILLIAM, M.A.) Israel s Journeys, illustrative of the Divine

Pilgrimage. Svo. Lond., Hatchards. 1848. S. 2/6.
Twenty evangelical lectures manifesting respectable ability.

JOURNEYINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. 57

184 FORSTER (CHARLES, B.D.) "Israel in the Wilderness"; or,

Gleanings from the Scenes of the Wanderings. Svo. Lend.,

Richard Bentley. 1865. S. 2/-

If the author s renderings of the desert inscriptions are indeed cor
rect, this is a wonderful book. That, however, is a question for the
learned, and they have pronounced against him.

185 JOURNEYINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, and their Settle

ment in the Promised Land. (ANON.) l8mo. 1/6. Land., Religious
Tract Society. 1832.

Useful to the young, but the engravings are of almost Pre-Adamite antiquity, and
nearly as ugly as the profoundest master of the ridiculous could have made them.

186 KRUMMACHER (GOTTFRIED DANIEL. 17741837). Israel s

Wanderings. 2 vols., Sm. Svo. Lond., Nisbet. 1837. S. 7/6.
Written by the uncle of the author of Elijah the Tishbite. A good,
thought-breeding work.

187 OSBURN (W.) See under Genesis, No. 135.

188 SEATON (W.) Church in the Wilderness. 2 vols 121110.

S.2/- 2ndedition, Lond., 1821. Enlarged. 2vols.,8vo. S-4/-
Of the thoroughly evangelical school, fraught <.vith much experi
mental truth and sound doctrine soberly discussed.

189 WAGNER (GEORGE). The Wanderings of the Children

of Israel. Cr. Svo. 6/- Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1862.
A book which we have read with great pleasure and profit , and
very heartily recommend.

THE DECALOGUE.

[This list does not include comments contained in Bodies of
Divinity, &c., but those forming separate volumes. In many
theological works there are lengthy portions set apart for the
Commandments.]

190 ANDREWES (LANCELOT, Bp.of Worcester. 1555 1626).
The Patterne of Catcchisticall Doctrine at large ; or a
Learned and Pious Exposition of the X Commandments.
Folio. 1675. 7/6 to lo/-

This is a book indeed; it is a joy to read it, for it flasJies ivitJt
thought and illustration, and sparkles with ingenious remarks.
Profound learning did not lead the Bishop into the depths of dul-
ness, as it has done many another divitie ; lie manifests the Jiapfy
quaintness of Latimer side by side %vith great scholarship. He was
highly esteemed by his contemporaries ; but we can hardly believe
that his death

" Left the dim face of our dull hemisphere
All one great eye all drown d in one great tear."

Yet so we are informed at the foot of his effigies.

58 THE DECALOGUE.

191 BARKER (PETER). A Learned and Familiar Exposition. 4 to.

1624. 5/-

Old-fashioned, remarkably quaint, and even coarse in places. Barker s
work abounds in Scriptural illustrations, but it is almost forgotten.

192 DALE (R. W., M.A., of Birmingham.) The Ten Command

ments. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Land., Hodder and Stoughton. 1873.

Written in a clear, bold, and trenchant style. We could not sub
scribe to all the author s views, but we admire his practical remarks,
and their outspoken manner.

193 DOD QOHN) & CLEAVER (ROBERT). Familiar Exposition.

Eighteenth edition. 4to. Land., 1632. S. 2/6.
This work was published by John Dod and Robert Cleaver, with an
intimation that the name of the author was purposely suppressed. Our
edition, dated 1632, is the eighteenth, so that the work enjoyed a rare
popularity in its own time. It has been frequently reprinted since.
The book has been long held in high esteem.

194 DOWNAME, OR DOWNHAM (GEORGE, D.D., Bishop of Deny. Died

1634). Abstract of the Duties Commanded and Sinnes Forbidden in the

Law of God. Svo. Land., 1635. 1/6.

A sort of catalogue of sins, arranged in a tabular form under the Ten Command
ments. These are the heads and divisions of a larger treatise, which does not appear
to have been published. These mighty men could afford to leave in the oblivion of
manuscript works which would cost modern weaklings half a life-time to write.

195 DURHAM (JAMES. 1622 1658.) Exposition, with a

resolution of several momentous questions, and cases of
conscience. 4to. Lond., 1675. 8 vo., 1735, 2/6 to 4/-
Whatever DurJiam has written is very precious. He has the
pen of a ready writer, and indites good matter.

196 ELTON (EDWARD, B.D.) God s Holy Minde, Touching Matters Morall ;

which himself uttered in Ten Commandments. 410. Land., 1648. 3/6.
This work discusses the Decalogue in question and answer, in a somewhat dull
manner ; but touches many cases of conscience, and deals wisely with them. Belief
in witchcraft comes out very strongly in some passages.

197 FISHER (EDWARD, A.M. Born about 1600.) A plain, pithy,

and spiritual Exposition of the Ten Commandments. \Marrow
of Modern Divinity. Numerous editions.] i2mo. 2/-
This exposition is part of the work which occasioned the famous
Marrow Controversy. One fails to see anything calculated to stir up
such a strife. Fisher might have said that the lines had fallen to him
in troubled waters.

198 HOOPER QOHN. Bishop and Martyr. 14951554). A

Declaration of the Ten Holy Commandments of Almighty
God. 1548, 1550, etc. [Reprinted in Hooper s Works.}
After the manner of the English Reformers. The style is harsh to
the modern ear, and the matter too much occupied with the contro
versies raging in the author s times to be very interesting now.

THE DECALOGUE THE TABERNACLE. 59

199 HOPKINS (EZEKIEL, D.D. Bp.ofLondon-Dcrry. 16331690).

An Exposition of the Ten Commandments. 4to. 1692. [Re
printed in Hopkins Works^\

Hopkins in this exposition searches the heart thoroughly, and makes
very practical application of the Commandments to the situations and
circumstances of daily life. His homely eloquence will always make his
works valuable.

200 KNEWSTUB (JOHN). Lectures on Exodus XX. 4to. 1584. 7/6.
More valuable for its antiquity than for anything else.

201 McCAUL (JOSEPH B., Chaplain to the Bp. of Rochester). The

Ten Commandments ; the Christian s Rule of Daily Life. 8vo.
Lond., Saunders, Otley & Co. 1861. S. 3/-

The author says, "There is nothing deep in the following pages
except their subject ": a modest estimate.

202 NEWTON (RICHARD, D.D.) The King s Highway. Post

Svo. 2/6. Loncl., Nelson. Also i6mo. 1/6. Nisbet.
Though intended for cJiildr en, ministers will find it useful, for
it teems ^cvith illustration, and brings up little points of conduct wortJi
touching upon. Dr. Newton is the prince of preachers to children.

203 TUDOR (RICHARD, B.A.) Decalogue viewed as the Christian s

Law. Cr. Svo. 10/6. Loud., Macmillan. 1860. S. 6/-
The author attempts to give the Christian sense of the Decalogue in
its application to present needs and questions. With much moderation
he discusses many of the disputed points of the day, such as the
legislative enforcement of the Sabbath, marriage with a deceased wife s
sister, &c. He usually takes the view which is natural to a clergyman ;
but he says some capital things.

204 WEEMSE (JOHN. Died about 1636). The Morail Laws. [In

Vol. I. of Weemse s Works; 2 vols., 4to. Lond., 1632, &c.] 3/-

Solid, sober, weighty. Orme says of Weemse : " He was well

acquainted with the original Scriptures, with Jewish manners and

antiquities, and with the best mode of interpreting the Bible. The

style is quaint, but always intelligible." (See No. 225.)

205 WHATELEY (WILLIAM. Puritan. 15831639). A Pithie,

Short, and Methodicall Opening of the Ten Commandments.
i2mo. Lond., 1622. (Not often in the market.)
Exceedingly scarce, but as rich as it is rare.

THE TABERNACLE.

[Of works on this subject it is not possible to give more than
a selection.]

206 BROWN (W.) The Tabernacle and its Services in relation to
Christ and the Church. Svo. 3/6. .#///., Oliphant& Co. 1874.
An instructive interpretation of the types of the Tabernacle.

CO THE TABERNACLE LEVITICUS.

207 GARRATT (S.) Scripture Symbolism. Sm. 8vo. 1848. S. 1/6.
Most unexceptionable in doctrine and style. It deals mainly with the

sacred vessels.

208 KITTO (JOHN, D.D.) Tabernacle and its Furniture. 410. 1849.
Artistic illustrations with a little letter-press. Soltau well supplies the

place of this rare work.

cog MUDGE (WILLIAM). The Tabernacle in the Wilderness, ismo.

Lond., Simpkin & Marshall.. 1861. S. 2/6.

The writer, a thoroughly evangelical second-advent clergyman, makes
some very admirable remarks in these Lectures, which were delivered in
his parish church. Our copy is in the third edition. We are not sur
prised to find the work thus popular.

210 SOLTAU (H. W.) The Holy Vessels and Furniture of the

Tabernacle of Israel. [With Ten Chromo -Lithographic Illus
trations.] Imp. oblong Svo. i6/- Lond., Yapp & Hawkins,
and S. W. Partridge & Co.

A series of sumptuous pictures, executed in the best style of art,
impressing the mind far more vividly than any letter-press could do.

2 1 1 SOLTAU (H. W.) The Tabernacle, the Priestly Garments,

and the Priesthood. Svo. 4/6. Lond., Morgan & Scott.
Richly suggestive. Exceedingly ^vcll worked out in details ; but
not so cvire-dra^cvn as to prevent tJiougJit on the reader s part.

212 WHITE (FRANK H.) Christ in the Tabernacle, with some

Remarks on the Offerings. Illustrated by Twelve Chromo-
Lithographs. Cr. 8vo., 5/- Lond., S. W. Partridge. 1873.
Written for the private Christian. Full of instruction and devotion.

LEVITICUS.

213 BONAR, (ANDREW A.) Leviticus. With Notes. Svo. 8/6.

Lond., Nisbet & Co. iS6i.

Very precious. Mr. A ndrevv Bonar Jias a keen eye for a typical
analogy, but he always keeps tJie rein upon his imagination, and is
therefore safe to folloiv. He is a master in Israel.

214 BUSH (GEORGE). Notes on Leviticus. Sm. Svo. New

York, 1857. 3/-

The author read extensively to produce this volume. . In his later
years he became a Swedenborgian, but there is no trace of that
leaning in this or his other comments. He inserts the notes of the
Pictorial Bible, but Jiandsomely acknoivledges them.

215 GUMMING (JoHN, D.D.) Sabbath Morning Readings on

Leviticus. Sm. Svo. Lond., J. F. Shaw. 1854. z/-
For popular reading. The author wrote too much to be profound.

LEVITICUS. 61

216 GUMMING (JOHN, D.D.) The Great Sacrifice; or, the Gospel

according to Leviticus, z/-
A companion to the volume last mentioned.

217 JAMF.S (HORATIO, M.A.) Sermons on the Levitical Types. Sm. 8vo.

Lend., 1847. 1/6.

Very attenuated. These sermons, like the lean kine, have eaten up the fat kine of
the types and are never the fatter.

218 JUKES (ANDREW). The Law of the Offerings [Leviticus,

chap. I-VH]. Cr. Svo. 3/- Lend., Nisbet & Co. 1854.
A very condensed, instructive, refreshing book. It will open up
new trains of thought to those unversed in the teaching of the types.

219 MACKINTOSH] (C. H.) Notes on Leviticus. By C. H. M.

i2mo. 2/6. Loud., G. Morrish. 1860.

We do not endorse the Plymouthism which pervades these notes,
but they are frequently suggestive. Should be read cautiously.

220 MATHER (SAMUEL. 16261671). The Figures or Types of

the Old Testament. Second edition. 4to. 7/6. Loud., 1705.
Though this is a work upon all the types, it contains so much
instructive matter upon the Levitical sacrifices that we cannot forbear
mentioning it here. It is one of the old standard books of our fathers.

221 KEACH (BENJAMIN, Baptist Pastor. 1640 1704). Tropologia.

Folio and Roy. Svo. 8/- to i8/-

This is a vast cyclopaedia of types and metaphors of all sorts, and was
once very popular. It is a capital book, though too often the figures not
only run on all-fours but on as many legs as a centipede. It is not
strictly upon Leviticus, but we felt bound to insert it in this place.

222 MICHAELIS (SIR JOHN DAVID. 17171791). The Laws of Moses.

Translated by Alexander Smith, D.D. 4 vols., Svo. 2O/- Loud., 1814.
However much of learning there may be here, we are not prepared to recommend
a work which treats so sacred a subject with levity and coarseness.

223 NEWTON (BENJAMIN WILLS). Thoughts on Parts of Leviticus.

i2mo. Lond., Houlston. 1857. S. z/-

This touches only the first six chapters ; but it treats of the offerings
in a manner deeply spiritual and helpful. This writer has some pecu
liarities of style and thought ; but in matter and spirit he is far removed
from the Darby school.

224 SEISS (JOSEPH A., D.D.) The Gospel in Leviticus. Svo.

6/- Edinb., Thomas C. Jack. 1860.

Twenty-one very admirable lectures, founded upon Bush and Sonar,
but containing much original matter. The work deserves attention.

225 WEEMSE (JOHN). Exposition of the Laws of Moses, Moral, Ceremonial,

Judicial, &c. 2 vols., 410. Lond., 1632. 2/6 or 3/-

This contains many useful and curious things, together with fancies and rabbinical
trifles. Weemse may generally be bought very cheap, and we should think his work
is very little read or cared for. (See Omits opinion, No. 204.)

62 NUMBERS DEUTERONOMY.

226 WILLET (ANDREW). Hexapla ; Leviticus. Folio. 1631. 5/6.
Plodding along with his six-fold load, Willet gives us a comparison of
ten versions, " handles well nigh two thousand theological questions,"
and quotes "above forty authors, old and new." He sums up all pre
ceding commentaries, both Protestant and Romish.

NUMBERS.

[Seaton, Wagner, and other writers whom we have placed under Exodus
are equally upon Numbers, and should be referred to.]

227 ATTERSOLL (WILLIAM). A Commentarie upon Numbers.

Folio. Land., 1618. io/- to i4/-

A stupendous work, well fitted to make a headstone for the author s
grave. It is so huge that it might have been the work of a lifetime, and
yet the same writer has also given us Philemon. Think of 1271 folio
pages on Numbers !

228 BLUNT (HENRY, M.A.) Numbers and Deuteronomy. [Vol. 3

of Pentateuch.] i2mo., 6/- Lond., Hatchards. 1843. S. 1/6.
Intended for families, but not without value to the preacher.

229 BUSH (GEORGE). Notes on Numbers. Thick small Svo.

New York, 1858. 4/-

A Ithongli Bush is indebted to many authors, he is by no means a
mere collector; his remarks repay you for consultation, and we hope
that in this case they are his oivn.

230 GUMMING (JOHN, D.D.) Readings on Numbers. Svo. Lond.,

J. F. Shaw. 1855. S. 1/9.
Good, as usual.

231 MACKINTOSH] (C. H.) Notes on Numbers. By C. H. M.

Lond., G. Morrish. 1862. 2/-

Like the other notes of C. H. M., they need filtering. Good as they
are, their Darbyism gives them an unpleasant and unhealthy savour.

DEUTERONOMY.

[As so few expositions have been written upon Deuteronomy alone,
the reader will do well to use the Commentaries upon the Pentateuch
and the whole Old Testament]

232 CALVIN (JOHN). Sermons upon Deuteronomie. Trans
lated out of French by A. Golding. Folio. 1583. I5/-
This is not the same as that which is contained in the " Calvin
Translation Society s Commentaries 1 Everything that Calvin
wrote by way of exposition is priceless; even those who differ
from him in tJieology admit this.

JOSHUA. 63

233 GUMMING (JOHN, D.D.) Readings in Deuteronomy. Sm.

8vo. Lond., J. F. Shaw. 1856. S. 2/3.
Pretty, popular, profitable.

JOSHUA.

234 BLACKWOOD (STEVENSON A.) Heavenly Places. Addresses.

Sm. cr. 8vo. 2/- and 2/6. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1873.
Mr. Blackwood has illustrated passages from the first five chapters
only. He has a beautifully quiet way of saying very sweet things.
This little book will be useful if it shows the young preacher how to
expound Scripture with unction and power.

235 BUSH (GEORGE). Notes. Sm. Svo. NeivYork. 1852. 3/-
Bush is a careful illustrator of the Word, and apt at giving the

practical lesson. His works are well compiled.

236 CALVIN (JOHN). Commentarie upon Joshue. Translated

by W. F. 4to. Lond.,1^^. 9/-

We have said enough ripon Calvin in general. His expositions
are more equal in excellence than those of other men ; other men rise
and fall, but he is almost uniformly good.

237 CHRIST IN THE PROPHETS. Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings. [Anon.]

Foolscap Svo. 3/6. Land., Masters. 1873.
See Christ in the Law, No. 80. Needs well sifting. There is much rubbish.

238 GUMMING QOHN, D.D.) Readings on Joshua and Judges.

Sm. Svo. Loud., J. F. Shaw. 1857. 2/-
Dr. Gumming keeps up to his average of value.

239 GROSER (W. H.) Joshua and his Successors : an Introduction

to Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and Samuel I., with Notes. Parts
I. and II. Svo. ?.j- each. Lond., S. S. Union. 1874.
A very useful condensed book for teachers.

240 KEIL (KARL FRIEDRICH, D.D., Ph.D.) Joshua, Judges, and

Ruth, i vol. Svo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1865. S. 5/-
" Let our biblical students not only master the facts and logic, but
catch the spirit of these commentaries, and we can have no fear for the
issue of that conflict with Rationalism and Popery united, by which
Protestantism in this country seems to be threatened." Wesleyan
Methodist Magazine.

241 KELLY (WILLIAM). Lectures Introductory to the Study of the earlier

Historical Books [Joshua to II Samuel]. Svo. 3/6. Lond., Broom. 1874.
After the manner of Plymouth commenting in general ; quite sufficiently taken
up with spiritualizing and nice points : but yet, read with half a ton of salt, a book
likely to arouse thought, and suggest topics.

04 JOSHUA JUDGES.

242 LANGE S COMMENTARY. Joshua (by F. R. Fay) ;

Judges, Ruth (by P. Cassel, D.D.) Edited by Dr. Schaff.
One vol. Imp. Svo. 2i/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872.
This is a standard work. No minister s library is furnished
without the whole set. Joshua however is inferior to Judges.

243 MARCHANT (F. G.) Commentary on Joshua. [Part III. of

Preacher s Commentary, i/.] Lond., Dickinson. 1875.
While writing this we have only one number before us, but it promises
well, and we feel sure its quality will be sustained, for we know the
author s industrious habits.

244 THE GOSPEL IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. [Anon.] Cr. Svo. 1/6.

Lond., Partridge & Co. 1867.
Pious remarks, such as anyone would make.

245 SEATON (W.) The Church in Canaan; or, heirs in possession

receiving the promises. Vol. I. i2ino. Lond., 1823. 2/-
A sequel to No. 188.

246 SMITH (THORNLEY). The History of Joshua, viewed in

connection with the Topography of Canaan, and the
Customs of the Times in which he lived. Cr. 8vo. 4/6.
Edinb., W. Oliphant & Co. 1870.

Although not a commentary, it %vill answer the same purpose ;
for almost every event is fully illustrated. A capital work.

JUDGES.

[See also under Joshua^

247 BUSH (GEORGE). Notes on Judges. Sm. Svo. New

York, 1852. S. 3/6.
Like other works of this autJior of considerable value.

248 DODS (MARCUS, M.A., D.D.) Israel s Iron Age : Sketches from the Period

of the Judges. Crown Svo. 5/- Lond., Hodder & Stoughton. 1874.
Dr. Dods considers that to find in Samson and other judges types of our Lord
Jesus is mere fancy, and he interprets upon " a rational principle " which renders
his book dry and unspiritual ; at the same time his sketches are not without value.

249 HENGSTENBERG (E. W.) Time of the Judges. (See No. 86.)

250 KITTO (JOHN, D.D.) "The Judges," in Daily Bible Illus

trations. (See No. 41.)
Exceedingly meritorious. Refer to it frequently.

251 MARTYR (PETER. 1500 1562). Most Fruitful and Learned Commentari?

upon the Book of Judges. Black Letter. Folio. 1560. Rare. i8/-
This would seem to be a profound work. Rogers says of Peter Martyr : " Few
private men can understand his works, and few ministers who understand them can
obtain them ; nor if they can will they find in them much that will benefit their
simple hearers." This has not been our experience with Peter Martyr s works ; on
the contrary, we have read them with interest.

JUDGES. 65

252 NOBLE (SAMUEL). Sermons on the singular histories recorded in the first

eleven chapters. 8vo. 3/6. Land., }. S. Hodson. 1856. S. 1/6.
Swedenborgian mysticism. Exposition in a trance.

253 ROGERS (RICHARD. Puritan) The whole Book of

Judges. [103 Sermons.] Folio. Loud., 1615. i2/-toi5/-
This for the Puritan period is THE work upon Judges. It is
thoroughly plain and eminently practical.

254 WISEMAN (LUKE H., M.A. Died 1875). Men of

Faith ; or, Sketches from the Book of Judges. Cr. 8vo.

3/6. Lond., Hodder & Stoughton. 1874.
Mr. Wiseman in this work tells "of Gideon and Barak, of
Samson and of Jephthah ", and he does it in a powerful style. He
was one of the best preachers in the Weslcyan body. A man of
fulness, and judiciousness ; in fact, a wise man.

255 BRUCE (JOHN, D.D.) The Life of Gideon. Fcap. 8vo. 5/-

dinb., Edmonston & Douglas. 1870.

The author deserves attention, both for matter and style. Note Hugh
Millers high opinion of his "Biography of Samson:" (No. 259).
Gideon is a better work, but both are over-estimated.

256 ELWIN (FOUNTAIN). Sermons on the character of Gideon. I2mo. Lond.,

Hatchards. 1844. S. 2/-
Seven sermons, containing nothing remarkable.

257 HOWARD (LADY). Gideon the Mighty Man of Valour. [Anon], Lend ,

Hatchards. 1841. S. 1/6.
Of small use to the preacher.

258 ROGERS (GEORGE ALBERT, MA.) The Valour of Faith ;

or, the Gospel in the Life of Gideon. 1 2mo. 2/6. Lond.,
Wertheim, Macintosh & Hunt. 1859.

A thoroughly lively little book. Each of the eight chapters is
full of thottght.

259 BRUCE (JOHN, D.D.) The Biography of Samson. i8mo. 2/-

Edinb., Edmonston & Douglas. 1870.

Hugh Miller said : " There is a poetic richness in the style, which at
one time reminds us of Chalmers, and at another of Jeremy 2aylor, but
which in reality is Dr. BrucJs own, that does not seem poor or bald
beside even the blank verse of the great master of English song." We
think this eulogy is greatly overdone.

260 QUARLES (FRANCIS. 1592 1644). The Historic of Samson,

4to. Lond., 1631. 5/-

This queer, quaint, odd volume of rhymes is far from despicable.
Kitto frequently quotes Quarles upon Samson, and says of him that he
was a poet of no mean order. We are glad to have his testimony to
confirm our own opinion. Refined tastes will be offended, but those
who wish for quaint thought will be gratified. The book is very rare.

6

66 RUTH.

RUTH.

[See also under

261 BERNARD (RICHARD. Puritan. Died 1641). Ruth s Re

compense. 4to. 1628. 3/6.

Mr. Grosart is enthusiastic in his praise of this work, and says " that
it abounds with apophthegms and compressed thoughts." We defer to
so high an authority, but we are not much fascinated by the book.

262 FULLER (THOMAS, D.D. 1608 1661). A Comment on

Ruth, with two Sermons. 8vo. 1650.

Not one of Fuller s best ; but still quaint and pithy, and lit up with
flashes of his irrepressible wit. The above works of Bernard and
Fuller have been reprinted in Nicholas Series of Commentaries, in one
volume. Cr. 4to. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1865.

Mr. Tegg, Pancras Lane, London, has also published a reprint of
Fuller s Comment on Ruth, and Notes upon Jonah. Cr. 8vo. 4/6.

263 BRADEN (WILLIAM). The Beautiful Gleaner. Cr. Svo. 2/6.

Lond., James Clark & Co. 1874.

Mr. Braden is an able preacher. His sermons upon Ruth are popu
lar and practical, though not very remarkable.

264 LAVATER (LEWIS. A Swiss Protestant Divine. 15271586.) Ruth ex

pounded, in 28 Sermons. Translated from the Latin by E. Pagett. Svo.

Lond., 1586.

Lavater was a Reformer of high repute, son-in-law of Bullinger. He wrote a
curious work on spectres, and made a catalogue of comets, thus shewing himself to
be both philosopher and divine. His book is seldom met with.

265 LAWSON (GEORGE, D.D.) Lectures on the Book of

Ruth. I2mo. Edinb., 1805. 3/-

By a man of great genius. Simple, fresh, and gracious. NotJiiug
critical or profound may be looked for, but wise and sound
teaching may be gleaned in these pages.

266 MACARTNEY (H. B.) Observations on Ruth. I2mo. Lond., 1842. 9-,!.
A nice little book, little in all ways.

267 MACGOWAN (JOHN. 1726 1780.) Discourses on Ruth, and

other important subjects. Svo. Lond., 1781. 2/6.
Macgowan, the author of the Dialogue of Devils, is well known for
originality and force. In this case his sermons are full of Gospel truth,
but the texts are too much accommodated and spiritualized. The dis
courses are good reading.

268 OXENDEN (A. Bp. of Montreal). Story of Ruth. i8mo. I/- Hatchards.
A very tiny affair, of no great moment to the expositor.

269 PHILPOT (B., A.M.) Six Lectures. Square Fcap. 2/6. Lond., Nisbet & Co.
A very small book, containing good, simple lectures not an exposition.

RUTH I. AND II. SAMUEL. 67

270 PRICE (AUBREY C, B.A.) Six Lectures on the Book of Ruth.

izmo. 2/6. Land., Hatchards. 1869.

Sermons of remarkable power, both of doctrine and diction. Not so
expository as practical. Mr. Price is an earnest and large-hearted
clergyman of the thoroughly evangelical school.

271 TOPSELL (EDWARD). The Reward of Religion. Lectures

upon Ruth. 8vo. Land., 1613. 7/6 to I o/-
A\ very choice old work. A ttersol in Ids rhyming preface says
of it

" Go little Booke, display thy golden title,
(And yet not little though thou little bee) ;
Little for price and yet in price not little,
Thine was the Paine, the gaine is ours I see :
(Although our gaine thou deem st no paine to thee).
If then, O reader, little paine thou take,
Thou greatest gaine with smallest paine shall make."

272 TYNG (STEPHEN, D.D., of New York}. The Rich Kinsman; or, the History

of Ruth. Small 8vo. Loud., 1856. S. 1/6.
Written for young people, and suitable for their reading, though none too lively.

273 WRIGHT (C. H. H., M.A.) Ruth, in Hebrew; with gramma

tical and critical Commentary. 8vo. 7/6. Land,, Williams &

Norgate. 1864.

For Hebraists only. The author has selected the book of Ruth as a
study for beginners in the Hebrew tongue, because of the simplicity of
the language.

I. & II. SAMUEL.

[Expositions upon these books being few, the student should consult
works on Scripture characters, and also comments on the Old Testament
as a whole.]

274 KEIL (C. R, D.D.) and DELITZSCH (F., D.D.) The Books

of Samuel. Translated from the German by the Rev. James
Martin, B.A. Svo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872.
Like most of Clark s series, Keifs works are valuable helps towards

obtaining the meaning of the text; but for spiritual r elections and

fruitful hints we must look elsewhere.

275 LINDSAY (HENRY, M.A.) Lectures on the Historical Books [i and 2

Samuel only]. 2 vols. I2mo. Loud., 1828. 2/6.
Practical sermons on a few of the more prominent events.

276 WILLET (ANDREW). An Harmonic upon the First

Booke of Samuel, and an Harmonic upon the Seconde
Booke of Samuel. Folio. 1614. 10/6 to I2/- [There is
also a 4to. edition upon I Samuel. 1607.]
Tlie zvork continues the Hcxapla to which we have referred in
Nos. 142 and 777. // is unusually brief for the age of its compo
sition^ and full of variety. Under every verse, and often clause of

68 I. AND II. SAMUEL SAMUEL, SAUL, DAVID.

a verse, the learned author proposes a question, and proceeds to
answer it. These are such as the following : " What a daughter
of Belial is ? " " Whether any may be said to sin with the will of
God? " " What doors of the house of JeJiovah Samuel opened? "
" What is to be thought of Elfs state before God? "

277 GUILD (WILLIAM, D.D. 15861657). The Throne of David.

An Exposition of the 2nd Samuel, wherein is set down the

Pattern of a Pious and Prudent Prince. Ox/., 1659. ii/-

The MSS. of this rare book was sent to Dr. John Owen by the widow

of the author, with a letter of her own, informing him that her dying

husband desired it to be so forwarded. Dr. Owen says, that he found

the treatise "written with perspicuity and clearness, handling a subject

cf great and delightful variety, with a choice mixture of spiritual, moral,

and political observations, tempered by a good and sound judgment

unto common capacities." We do not presume to criticize where Owen

commends, but we should not have originated such a commendation.

SAMUEL, SAUL, DAVID.

278 KITTO. Daily Bible Illustrations, "Samuel, Saul, and

David." (See No. 41.)
Should always be consulted.

279 PLUMPTRE (HELEN). The History of Samuel. i8mo,

1/6. Lond., Nisbet and Co. 1842.

A children s book, and childlike men will be thankful for tJie
many very useful hints which it throws out. We have got more
out of it than we have found in huge and learned tomes.

280 STEEL (ROBERT). Samuel the Prophet. 8vo. 4/6. Lond.,

Nelson & Sons. 1861. S. 2/-

The author has done his work ^cvell, and has shown an evident
desire to excite others to a greater knowledge of the subject than he
could impart. Hence he gives a list of the writers upon Samuel,
and such accounts of them as were within his reach. Young readers
will find this book a great help to them.

281 MILLER (J. A.) Saul, The First King of Israel. Fcap,

8vo. 1/6. Lond., Snow & Co. 1866.

Eminently thoughtful, usefiil, practical sermons. We do not see
how SauF-s life-failure could be more profitably set forth.

282 BLAIKIE (WILLIAM G, A.M.) David, King of Israel ;

the Divine Plan and Lessons of his Life. 8vo. 5/- Lond.,
Nisbet & Co. 1861.

Dr. Blaikie is a good writer. This Life of David has supplied
a great lack.

SAMUEL, SAUL, DAVID 69

283 CHANDLER (SAMUEL, D.D., F.R.S., and F.A.S. 16931766).

A Critical History of the Life of David. 2 vols., 8vo. Lond.,
1766. S. S/- i vol., 8vo. J. H. & J. Parker. 1853. S. 5/-

This is a masterpiece as a critical history, and the best of Chandler s
productions. Many of the Psalms are explained with commendable
learning, but the spiritual element is absent.

284 DELANY (PATRICK, D.D., Dean of Dwun. 16861768). An Historical

Account of the Life and Reign of David. [Anon.] 2 vols., 8vo. Land.,

1745- 4/-

Delany was a friend of Swift, no great recommendation for a commentator. He
defends David in a way which David would have sternly repudiated. Chandler is far
preferable to Delany, but both are devoid of the evangelical spirit.

285 KINGSLEY (CHARLES, M.A.) David. Four Sermons. Fcap.

8vo. 2/6. Loud., Macmillan & Co.

In his usual free and easy manner Kingsley speaks of David s strength
and his weakness, his anger and his deserts. The character of this
writer is supposed to be well understood, but we question if many have
formed a true estimate of him. For commenting purposes these sermons
are of small value ; they are plain, practical discourses.

286 KRUMMACHER (F. W., D.D.) David, the King of Israel. Cr.

8vo., 7/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark.
Anything by Krummacher is worthy of patient reading.

287 LAWSON (GEORGE, D.D. 1749 1820.) Discourses on

the History of David. I2mo. Berwick, 1833. 8.3/6.
Here the life of David is piously turned to practical use.
Delany and Chandler are but bones, and Lawson the marrow.

288 MARBECK QOHN). The whole History of King David. 4to. 1579.

This is in English metre, and was written by the famous organist of the Royal
Chapel in Windsor, in the reign of Henry VIII. He narrowly escaped martyrdom.
His work entitled " Booke of Common Praier noted," is the groundwork of the plain-
song used in our Cathedrals from the Reformation to the present day. MarbecKs
History of David is very rare. We cannot therefore set a price.

289 [ROGERS (Mrs.)] The Shepherd King. By the Authoress of

" The Folded Lamb." i2mo. 3/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1856. S.i/6.
This authoress writes well for the young, and her book will be useful
to those who teach them.

290 SMITH (GEORGE, LL.D. and F.A.S.) The Life and Reign of

David. Cr. 8vo., 7/6. Lond., Longmans. 1867. S. 3/6.

David s life is here concisely written, with such of the Psalms inter
woven as can be referred to special periods. It cannot be read without
ministering instruction.

291 TAYLOR (WILLIAM M., D.D. Of the Broadway Taber

nacle, New York}. David : his Life, and its Lessons.
Cr.Svo. 8/6. Lond., Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1875.

A grand work which should be in every library.

70 SAMUEL, SAUL, DAVID I. AND II. KINGS.

292 THOMPSON (HENRY, M. A.) Davidica. Twelve Sermons on the Life and

Character of David. 8vo. Z<w</., 1827. 1/6.

Discourses of the kind which are usually published by subscription; rather pre
tentious, but with nothing in them. The process of subscribing to print sermons is
one suggested by kindness, but seldom directed by reason.

293 VINCE (CHARLES, Baptist Minister, of Birmingham. Died

1875). Lights and Shadows in the Life of King David.
Cr. 8vo. 5/- Lond., Elliot Stock. 1871.
Sermons of the highest order upon a few incidents in David s
life. They are models of chaste, subdued, but poiverful preaching.

I. and II. KINGS.

294 GENESTE (MAXIMILIAN, M.A.) The Parallel Histories of Judah

and Israel. 2 vols., Roy. Svo. \ us. 6d. Lond., S. Bagster

& Sons. 1843. S. 6/- to 8/-

The explanatory notes are mostly from other authors. The work has a
very noble appearance, and maybe useful as showing the run of Biblical
history; but Barttts Bible Manual (No. 3) would answer every purpose.

295 JUKES (ANDREW). The Mystery of the Kingdom, traced through

the Books of Kings. Parti. 1/6. Lond., Longmans. 1858.
This author is more mystical than we could wish, but never writes
without being instructive.

296 KEIL (K. F.) and BERTHEAU (E.) Commentary on the

Books of Kings. By K. F. Keil. Translated by James
Murphy, LL.D. Supplemented by a Commentary on the
Books of Chronicles. By Ernst Bertheau, Professor in Goettin-
gen. Translated by James Martin, B.A. 2 vols. 10/6 each.
Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1857. S. io/-

Distinguished by careful investigation of the meaning of the text.
This is a most important help to the expositor. The student will not,
however, find much in the way of reflections and doctrines.

297 KEIL and DELITZSCH. The Books of the Kings. By C. F.

Keil. Translated by James Martin, B.A. i vol. 10/6. Edinb.,
T. & T. Clark. 1865.

This appears to be another form of the work mentioned above. At
least there can be no necessity for purchasing both. This is the better.

298 KITTO. Daily Bible Illustrations, "Solomon and the

Kings." (See No. 41.)
Full of deeply interesting matter.

299 LANGE S COMMENTARIES. Edited by Dr. Schaff.

Kings. By Dr. Bahr. ivol,, Imp. Svo. 2 1/-, or to subscribers
IS/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872.

It must have cost great effort to make the Jiomiletical part of this
volume as good as it is. It is a treasury to tJic preacher, and is all
the more precious because we have next to nothing upon the books of
the Kings. (See No. 42).

SOLOMON S TEMPLE ELIJAH, ELISHA, &c. 71

SOLOMON S TEMPLE.

300 BUNYAN QOHN). Solomon s Temple Spiritualized. Land.,

1688. [In Banyan s Works, Offer s edition, III., 460.]
A marvellous display of allegorizing genius : full of Gospel truth.
Bunyan hammers away at each type, but no one may call it tinkering.

301 EDERSHEIM (A., D.D.) The Temple : its Ministry and

Services. Imp. i6mo. 5/- Relig. Tract. Soc. 1874.
This zvill supply the student with all that he needs upon the
subject in hand.

302 LEE (SAMUEL, M.A. 1625 1691.) Orbis miraculum ; or, the

Temple of Solomon pourtrayed by Scripture light. [Anon.]

Folio. 1659. i2/- to i4/-

Of course, as will be inferred from its date, this work is of the antique
order, but it is profoundly learned, and goes into architectural and
ritualistic details, explaining them spiritually with much sweetness and
suggestiveness.

ELIJAH, ELISHA, &c.

303 ANDERSON (JAMES, S. M., M.A.) Discourses on Elijah, &c. Svo. Lend.,

1835- 2/-

Ordinary sermons by a " Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen." Rhetorical and
grandiose, but not expository.

304 BAYNE (PETER), The Days of Jezebel. An Historical Drama.

i2mo. 6/- Lend.) Strachan & Co. 1872.

A fine poetic drama, worthy of quotation by preachers; but hardly in
the line of works contemplated by this Catalogue.

305 EDERSHEIM (ALFRED, D.D.) Elisha the Prophet, a Type of

Christ. Cr. Svo. 3/6. Land., W. Hunt & Co. 1873.
This author is always interesting, shewing close acquaintance with
Jewish customs, and knowing how to utilize his information.

306 HOWAT (H. T.) Elijah, the Desert Prophet. Cr. Svo. 5/- Edinb. t

Johnstone & Hunter. 1868.
Very picturesque and poetical. A work to be read for enjoyment.

307 ZRUMMACHER (F. W., D.D.) Elijah the Tishbitc.

Translated from the German. [Numerous editions ; one
has lately been issued by the Religious Tract Society.
Cr. Svo. 3/-] S. 1/6.
Too zvell known and approved to need any commendation from us.

308 MACDTJFF (J. R., D.D.) The Prophet of Fire. Post Svo.

6/6. Lond., James Nisbet & Co. 1863.

Dr. Macduff writes popularly, yet he is by no means weak or
sJialloiv. He is to the young minister all the more useful, because
he has worked out the problem of making sound thought intelligible
to the multitude.

72 ELIJAH, ELISHA, &c.

309 M[ACINTOSH] (C. H.) Reflections on the Life and Times of Elijah. By

C. H. M. i/- Land., G. Morrish.
Strongly Plymouthistic. A small affair.

310 BLUNT (HENRY, M.A.) Lectures upon the History of Elisha.

i2mo. 5/6. Lend., Hatchards. 1839. S. 2/-

We like Blunt better upon Elisha than upon any other portion of
Scripture. He says that, had he known of Krummacher s having written
upon the subject, he should not have attempted it himself. A wise
observation. What shall he do that cometh after a King, or after a
Krummacher ?

311 DOTHIE (W. P., M.A.) The History of the Prophet Elisha.

Cr. 8vo. 2/6. Loud., H odder & Stoughton. 1872.
Sketchy. Not very deep, but interesting.

312 GLYN (GEORGE L., Bart.) Life of Elisha, in eleven plain dis

courses. 8vo. Lond., Wertheim & Macintosh. 1857. S. i/-
Evangelical and simple. Ministers do not need it.

313 KRUMMACHER (F. W., D.D.) Elisha. Translated

from the German. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1838. S. 1/6.
Of this we may say as we did of the same authors ElijaJi, it
needs no commending from us.

314 BULLOCK (CHARLES). The Syrian Leper. Fcap. 8vo. 2/6.

Lond., Wertheim & Macintosh. 1862. S. 1/3.
Telling in style, and earnestly evangelical. These chapters are good
specimens of popular expounding.

315 MAGDUFF (J. R., D.D.) The Healing Waters ; or, The

Story of Naaman. An Old Testament Chapter on Provi
dence and Grace. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1873.
/// Dr. Macduff s best manner: the story of Naaman is admirably
handled, and made to teach the gospel with much freshness.

316 ROGERS (DANIEL, B.D. Puritan. 15731652). Naa

man the Syrian, his disease and cure ; discovering lively

to the reader the spiritual leprosie of sinne and selfe-love;

together with the remedies, viz., selfe-denial and faith.

Folio. Lond., 1642. 7/- to lo/-

A huge volume of 898 folio pages, almost large enough to have
loaded one of Naamaiis mules. It is a work which exJiausts tlie
subject and turns it to earnest evangelical uses.

317 WOODWARD (HENRY, A.M.) The Shunamite. 8vo. 10/6. Lond. and

Camb., Macmillan & Co. 1863. S. 3/-

We scarcely remember a more flagrant case of high-sounding verbiage. Here is
the author s way of describing a hen which has hatched ducklings. "That much
tried bird, whose hard allotment it has been to hatch and rear a brood of aliens, and
who seems as if melancholy had marked her for her own, when her charge, with
unanimous consent, hurry to some tempting pool of water, and violate her feelings and
shock her instincts, by casting themselves upon that hostile element."

CHRONICLES EZRA, NEHEMIAH, AND ESTHER. 73

I. and II. CHRONICLES.

318 BERTHEAU (E.) See Keil and Bertheau, No. 296.

319 KEIL (K. F.) The Book of the Chronicles. Translated from

the German. By Andrew Harper, B.D. Svo. 10/6. Edinb.,

T. & T. Clark. 1872.

Without indicating either the spiritual lesson or the moral of the his
tory, Keil simply explains the facts, and in so doing aids the reader to
realize them. We confess we should like something more.

EZRA, NEHEMIAH, and ESTHER.

320 KEIL (K. F.) Commentary on Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.

Translated by Sophia Taylor. Svo. 10/6. Edinb., T. &. T.

Clark. F. T. L. 1873.

Just the kind of book in which KeiTs method of commenting appears
to the best advantage. He gives much needful information, and thus
supplements more didactic works. We cannot read Keil with pleasure,
for we want spiritual meat, but yet it is most desirable for us to know
what the text really means.

321 PILKINGTON QAMES, B.D. Bishop of Durham. 15201575).

A Godlie Exposition upon certeine chapters of Neheiniah.

1585. Reprinted in the Parker Society s edition of Pilktngton s

Works. 8vo. Camb., 1842.

Very old fashioned and singular, somewhat in the style of Latimer and
perhaps a little coarser. Pilkington s downright onslaughts upon the vices
and follies of his times are fine instances of personal, faithful preaching;
they are, however, so minutely descriptive of the manners which then
prevailed that they are the less useful now. The style is cramped, and
even grotesque in places, yet Pilkington is a grand old author. He has
only written upon five chapters.

322 RANDALL (J. MONTAGUE, A.K.C.) Nehemiah, the Tirshatha:

his Life and Lessons. Post Svo. 3/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1874.
The substance of thirteen Sunday evening addresses to a village con
gregation, " dictated by the author, who is nearly blind, on the following
Monday." These familiar and almost chatty discourses are full of
gospel teaching, and while they give a fair idea of Nehemiah and his
times, they are also enlivened by anecdote, and made exceedingly
interesting. Students will net learn much from these sermons, but they
may see how rustic preaching should be done.

323 SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF NEHEMIAH; or, Chapters

for Christian Workers. [Anon.] Fcap. Svo. i/. Loud.,
66, Paternoster Row, E.G.

The heads of these chapters would serve exceedingly well for the key
notes of a series of sermons.

74 EZRA, NEHEMIAH, AND ESTHER.

324 STOWELL (HUGH, M.A.) A Model for Men of Business; or,

- Lectures on the Character of Nehemiah. 8vo. Land.,
Hatchards. 1855. S. 3/-

The author does not attempt a full exposition, but aims at furnishing
a plain, practical handbook for men of business and others whose time
is limited. He gives fourteen good, sensible lectures on the Book.

325 WOODWARD (HENRY, M.A.) Thoughts on the Character and History of

Nehemiah. 121110. Lond., 1849.
Words, and only words.

ESTHER.

326 COOPER (THOMAS). The Churches Deliverance ; containing Meditations

and short Notes upon the Booke of Hester. 4to. Lond., 1609. 5/- to 7/-
We have not been able to meet with this work.

327 DAVIDSON (ALEXANDER D.,D.D.) Lectures on Esther. Cr.Svo.

5/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1859.

Helpful lectures. The Book of Esther is here used for instruction in
doctrine and practice. The work is not so much for the study as for
the family.

328 HUGHES (JOHN). Esther and her People. Ten Sermons.

181110. 1842. S. 1/3.

Good evangelical discourses, but nothing very special.

329 LAWSON (GEORGE, D.D.) Discourses on Esther. I2mo.

Edinb., 1804. S. 3/6.

Intended for the general reader. The discourses are as spiritual
and -unaffected as their excellent author. Dr. John Brown, in
commending all the Lawson books, says that "he has rendered
subjects, apparently barren, full of instruction

330 McCRIE (THOMAS). Lectures on Esther. i2mo. 1838.

S. 1/6.

Dr. Davidson says of Dr. McCrie: " There is an ancient fable
of a king who zvas gifted with the power of turning everything he
touched into gold; and this eminent divine and historian possessed
remarkably the gift of rendering every subject he handled so precious,
as at least to discourage any one from attempting to follow in his
track. In his Lectures upon the book of EstJier, he has certainly
left little for any to say who may come after him"

331 MORGAN (R. C.) The Book of Esther typical of the Kingdom. Sm. 8vo.

1855. S. 1/6.

An allegorical interpretation, which commences with these words: "The true
scene of this beautiful book opens in heaven." Is heaven under the dominion of
Ahasuerus ? Who then is Vashti ?

THE POETICAL BOOKS JOB. 75

THE POETICAL BOOKS.

332 DURELL (D., D.D.) Critical Remarks on the Books of Job, Prov., Psalms,

Eccles., and Canticles. 410. Ox/., 1772. 4/- to 6/-

A critic who is for ever mending the text, who contends for the modern origin of
Job, thinks the Canticles to be a love song, and considers the imprecatory Psalms to
be ebullitions of passion, is not one whom our readers need consult.

333 IIOLDEN (LAWRENCE). Paraphrase on the Books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs,

and Ecclesiastes, with Notes. 4 vols., 8vo. 1763. 5/-

An atrocious instance of bombastic verbosity. Job ii. 2 is thus expanded:
" Heaven and earth s great Lord and guardian, the instant Satan appeared observed,
and thus demanded of him : from what quarter proceedest thou ? or in \vhat district,
and to what purpose hast thou lately employed thy perverted, and subtle, wicked
abilities and arts ? To whom the destroyer answers : my last station, or rather, un
settled, wandering motion, has been upon earth ; various districts whereof I have made
short visits to, being sometimes with the inhabitants of one region or climate, some
times with those of another. " Paraphrases generally mean the text padded out with
superfluous words, and this is an emphatic instance.

334 KITTO. Daily Bible Illustrations, " Job and the Poetical

Books." (See No. 41.)
Worthy of attentive reading.

335 LEIGH (EDWARD). See under Whole Bible, No. 44.

336 WILCOCKS (THOMAS, A.M. Puritan. 15491908). The

Works of that Reverend and Learned Divine, Mr. Thomas
Wilcocks, Minister of God s Word : containing an Exposition
upon the whole booke of David s Psalmes, Solomon s Proverbs,
the Canticles, and part of the eighth chapter of St. Paul s Epistle
to the Romans. Folio. Loud., 1589, 1620 and 1624. 9/-

tO I2/-

Very old. The notes are brief, but furnish many hints for sermons.

JOB.

337 ABBOT (GEORGE. Died 1648). The whole Book of Job Paraphrased, or

made Easie for any to Understand. 4to. Loud., 164 ). 3/6.

This is not by Archbishop Abbot, neither is the work of any value. This Abvot
was a Member of Parliament, and his paraphrase is better tliaii we could have
expected from an M.P. ; but still it is a heavy performance.

338 AMERICAN BIBLE UNION. The Book of Job. A Trans

lation from the Original Hebrew ; on, the Basis of the Common
and Earlier English Versions. By Thomas J. Conant, D.D.,
Professor of Sacred Literature in Rochester Theological Seminary.
4to. New York, 1867. Land., Triibner. S. 3/6.
An excellent translation. The design did not allow of more than
slender notes, but those notes are good.

339 BARNES (ALBERT. 17981870). Notes on Job. Rout-

ledges edition, edited by Dr. Gumming. 2 vols., Svo. 5/

Blackies edition. 2 vols., post Svo. 7/-

Excecdingly good. One of the best of this authors generally
vahiable productions. The student should purchase this ^<.vork at
once, as it is absolutely necessary to his library.

76 JOB.

340 BELLAMY (D.) Paraphrase, with observations. 4to. Land., 1748. 4/-
A collection of notes from other authors. Original works are far better.

341 BEZA (THEODORE. 1519 1605.) Job expounded. 8vo.

i59 II-

Beza was the great friend and assistant of Calvin. As a commentator
he lacked the profound insight and comprehensive grasp of Calvin, but as
a critical scholar he is said to have been his equal if not his superior.
This work on Job is rare.

342 BLACKMORE (SiR R.) Paraphrase on the Book of Job, the Songs of Moses,

Deborah, and David, four select Psalms, some Chapters of Isaiah, and the
3rd Chapter of Habakkuk. Folio. 1700. 3/-

Grandiose poetry. Pope speaks of the power of Blockmark t numbers " to soothe
the soul in slumbers." The worthy knight is not the worst of the poetical expositors,
but he is bad enough. Miserable paraphrasers are ye all, ye brethren of jingling
rhyme and doubtful measure.

343 CALVIN (JOHN). Sermons on the Booke of Job. Trans

lated out of French. ByA.Golding. Folio. Lond., 1584.
Not the same as the Commentary, but equally rich.

344 CAREY (CATERET PRIAULX, M.A.) Book of Job translated,

explained by Notes, and illustrated by extracts from works on
Antiquities, Science, &c. Roy. 8 vo. 1858. 5 /- to 7/6.
Purely critical and exegetical. The author has grappled manfully

with all difficulties, and has stored up a mass of precious materials with

which to illuminate a book dark from its antiquity.

345 CARYL (JOSEPH. 1602 1673). Exposition, with Prac

tical Observations. 12 vols., 4to. 1648 1666. 55/-

Also in 2 vols., folio. 1676. 5%

Caryl must have inherited the patience of Job to have completed
his stupendous task. It ivould be a mistake to suppose that Jie is at
all prolix or redundant; lie is only full. In the course of his
expounding he has illustrated a very large portion of the whole
Bible with great clearness and power. He is deeply devotional and
spiritual. He gives us much, but none too much. His work can
scarcely be superseded or surpassed.

346 An Abridgment of Caryl s Exposition.
8vo. Edinb., 1836. 1/6.

We do not believe in abridgments of a book whic/i is good
tJirougJiout. Think of twelve large volumes condensed into one small
one ! A n ox in a gallipot is nothing to it.

347 CHAPPELOW (LEONARD, B.D.) A Commentary, in which is inserted the

Hebrew Text and English Translation. 2 vols., 4to. 6/- Camb., 1752.
Chappelow is great upon Arabic etymologies, but he is dreadfully verbose, and
really says nothing of any consequence. Chappelow and several other authors follow
Schultens in the belief that the Hebrew can only be read by the light of the Arabic ;
they even imagine that the Book of Job was originally composed in Arabic by Job
himself and then translated by someone else into the Hebrew tongue. This opened
a fine field for parading their learning.

JOB. 77

348 COLEMAN (J. NOBLE). The Book of Job ; from the Hebrew.

With Notes. 410. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1869. S. 4/-
We do not value this so much as the same author s " Psalms," but it is
serviceable in its own way.

349 CONANT (T. J.) See American Bible Union. (No. 338.)

350 DAVIDSON (A. B., M.A. Hebrew Tutor, New Coll., Edinb.)

A Commentary Grammatical and Exegetical ; with a Transla
tion. Vol. I. 8vo. 7/6. Land., Williams & Norgate. 1862.
Strict grammatical treatment of Scripture is always commendable,
and in this case the results are highly valued by advanced scholars.

351 DELITZSCH (FRANZ). Biblical Commentary on Job. 2 vols.,

8vo. 21 1- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1866. S. i2/-
" Unquestionably the most valuable work on this inexhaustibly interest
ing Scripture that has reached us from Germany." Nonconformist.

35 2 DURHAM (JAMES. 16221658). Exposition of Job.

I2mo. 1659. Also Glasgow, 1759. Say 4/-
This is a small book, and we have been unable to procure it.
Orme only mentions it upon the authority of Watt s BibliotJicca.
It is certain to be good, for Durham is always admirable.

353 EVANS (ALFRED BOWEN). Lectures on the Book of Job. 8vo.

Lond., Bosworth & Harrison. 1856. S. 2/-

Discourses from fourteen single verses from different parts of the
patient patriarch s history. They are quite out of the usual run of
Church of England preaching, and are full of thought and originality.
They would have been all the better for a little gospel, for even if his
text does not look that way, we do expect a Christian minister to have
something to say about his Master.

354 FENTON (THOMAS, M.A.) Annotations on Job and the Psalms,

collected from several Commentators, and methodized and im
proved. 8vo. Lond., 1732. 3/-
All that will be found here is taken from others, but well selected.

355 FRY (JOHN). New Translation and Exposition, with

Notes, 8vo. Lond., 1827. 4/6.

Written in a devout, enquiring spirit, with due respect to learned
writers, but not with a slavish following of their fancies. Frys
work is somewhat of the same character as Good s (No. 358). We
greatly esteem this exposition for its own sake, and also for the
evangelical tone wJdch pervades it.

356 GARDEN (CHARLES, D.D.) An Improved Metrical Version, with preliminary

dissertation and notes. 8vo. Ox/., 1 796. 3/-

This author has not attempted a Commentary, but he has consulted a vast array of
authors, and from them gathered a large number of notes. His work is of very
moderate value.

357 GARNETT (JOHN. Bishop of Clogher). A Dissertation on the Book of Job,

&c. 4to. Lond., 1749. 2/6.
Rubbish. This Bishop ascribes the authorship of Job to Ezekiel !

78 JOB.

358 GOOD (JOHN MASON, M.D., F.R.S. 17641827). The Book

of Job literally translated. WithNotes,&c. 8vo. Loud. .1^,12. 5/-
A very valuable contribution to sacred literature. Dr. Good s learn
ing was, however, more extensive than accurate, and it would be dangerous
to accept his translations without examination.

359 GREGORY THE GREAT. On the Book of Job. [The

MAGNA MORALIA.] Translated, with Notes and Indices.

Library of the Fathers. 4 vols. ^2 153., or to subscribers

2 2S. Lend., James Parker & Co.

The Fathers are of course beyond criticism, and contain priceless
gems here and there ; but they spiritualize at such a rate, and also utter
so many crudities and platitudes, that if they were modern writers they
would not be so greatly valued as they are. Antiquity lends enchantment.

360 HEATH (THOMAS). Essay toward a New English Version of the Book of

Job. With a Commentary. 4to. Lend., 1756. 2/6.

All that is good in this book is marred by its utterly untenable conjectures. It
treats Job with slender reverence. Do not lumber your shelves with it.

361 HODGES (WALTER, D.D.) Elihu: an Enquiry into the Scope and Design

of the Book of Job. 410. Land., 1750. I2mo., third edition, 1756. 2/-
Based upon the absurd supposition that Elihu was the Son of God himself, and
Job a type of the. Saviour. Poor Job s book has been the subject of trials as numerous
as those of its hero, and Hodges has given the finishing stroke. The course of dreaming
can no further go. Hodge the village Methodist could never have raved at the rate
of Dr. Hodge, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford.

362 HENGSTENBERG (E. W.) See under Ecclesiastes.

363 HULBERT (CHARLES AUGUSTUS, M.A., Perpetual Curate

of HartJnvaitc, Yorks.) The Gospel Revealed to Job.

Thirty Lectures, with Notes. 8vo. Lend., Longmans.

1853. S. 3/6.

An unusually good book ; exceedingly comprehensive and helpful
in many ways. The author aimed at usefulness and has succeeded
wonderfully. We wonder that Jus work has not been better knoivn.

364 HUTCHESON (GEORGE). An Exposition upon Job,

being the sum of 316 Lectures. Folio. I2/- to I4/-

Lond., 1669.

Whenever the stiident sees a Commentary by Hntcheson let him
buy it, for life know of no autlior who is more thoroughly helpful to
the minister of the Word. He distils the text, and gives his
readers the quintessence, ready for use.

365 11UTCHINSON(R. E., M.D., M.R.C.S.E., Surgeon-Major Bengal Army).

Thoughts onthe Book of Job. Lond., S. Bagster& Sons. [In the press. 1875.]

366 KITTO (JOHN, D.D.) " Job and the Poetical Books." In

Daily Bible Illustrations. (See No. 41.)
Exceedingly instructive. Most charming- reading:

JOB. 79

367 LANGE S COMMENTARY. The Book of Job. A

Commentary by Otto Zockler, D.D., Professor of Theo
logy at Greifswald. Translated from the German, with
Additions by Prof. L. J. Evans, D.D., Lane Theological
Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio. Imp. Svo. 2i/-, or to sub
scribers is/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1874.
Contains a large collection of available material, and, if within
a minister s means, should be a foundation book in his library. We
are very far from endorsing all Zockler s remarks, but the volume
is an important one.

368 LEE (SAMUEL, D.D. 17131853). The Book of Job translated ;

with Introduction and Commentary. Svo. Land., 1837. 7/6.
Barnes says, " This work is not what might have been expected from the
learning and reputation of Prof. Lee. It abounds with Arabic learning,
which is scattered with ostentatious profuseness through the volume, but
which often contributes little to the elucidation of the text. It is designed
for the critical scholar rather than the general reader."

369 NOYES (G. R., D.D.) A New Translation, with Notes. i2mo.

Boston, U.S. [N.D.] S. 3/-

We have been informed that Dr. Noyes belongs to the Unitarian body,
but we fail to see any trace of Arian or Socinian views in this volume.
We do not agree with all that he says, but he strikes us as being an
honest, able, and accurate translator and commentator, worthy to stand
in the foremost rank.

370 PETERS (CHARLES, A.M. Died 1777). A Critical Dissertation on the Book

of Job. Wherein the Account given in that book by the author of The

Divine Legation of Rloses Demonstrated, &*<:., is particularly considered ;

and a Future State shewn to have been the Popular Belief of the Ancient

Hebrews. 4to. Lond., 1751. 2/6.

Of a controversial character ; mainly written against Warburton and Lc Clcrc, and
as those authors are now almost forgotten, answers to them have lost their interest.
Peters was an eminently learned man, and well versed in argument ; but his work is
of very small use for homiletical purposes.

371 QUARLES (FRANCIS). Job Militant, with Meditations, Divine

and Moral. 4to. 1624. 5/-
A Poem in Quarks usual inflated, but withal instructive, manner.

372 ROBINSON (T., D.D.) A Homiletic Commentary on Job.

[In progress. 1875. Being Part IV. of the Preacher s Com
mentary, i/-] Lond., Dickinson.

This we hope will be of use to preachers, but we have hardly enough
before us to judge of it.

373 SCOTT (THOMAS). The Book of Job in English Verse, with Remarks. 4to.

Land., 1771. Reprinted, 8vo., 1733. S. 2/3.
Here we have Job in rhyme

"There lived an Arab of distinguish d fame,
In Idumean Uz ; and Job his name.
Of spotless manners, with a soul sincere,
Evil his hate, and God alone his fear."

This will hardly do. To translate Job in metre needed a Pope or a Drydcn, and
Thomas Scott was neither : he has, however, done his best, the best could have done
no more. This is not Thomas Scott the great Expositor, but a Dissenting Minister at
Ipswich.

80 JOB.

374 SENAULT (J. F.) A Paraphrase. 4to. Land., 1648. 3/6.

Senault was a famous preacher of the Oratory in Paris, who, from the character of
his works, would seem to have been almost a Protestant. His writings were highly
esteemed in their day, and translated into English .

375 SMITH (ELIZABETH). The Book of Job translated from the

Hebrew, with Annotations. 8vo. Lond., 1810. 1/6.
"A good English version of Job, produced chiefly by the aid of
Parkhursfs Lexicon." Orme.

376 STATHER (LiEUT.-COL., W. C.) The Book of Job, in English Verse;

with Notes. I2mo. Loud., E. Marlborough & Co. 1859. S. i/-
We do not like Job in rhyme. We know of no rhyming version of any part of
Scripture, except the Psalms, which can be called a success. Certainly this is not one.
The author s notes deserve consideration.

377 STOCK (JOSEPH, D.D. Bishop of Killalla). The Book of Job, Metrically

arranged, and newly translated, with Notes. 4to. 1805. 4/-
The work of six weeks ! Well may Mageesay that it is full of "precipitances,
mistakes, and mutilations." This was a bishop and a Doctor of Divinity ! It takes
a great man to perpetrate a very great folly. A metrical translation of Job with Notes
in six weeks ! In that time stocks bloom to perfection. Perhaps that fact operated
on our author. Let this blundering haste serve as a warning to young divines.

378 UMBREIT (FRIEDRICH, W. K. Prof, of Theol. in Heidelberg.

1795 1860). A New Version of the Book of Job; with
Notes. Translated by the Rev. John Hamilton Gray, M.A.
2 vols., I2mo. 8/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark.

Useful philologically ; but Barnes would supply far more in that
direction, and spiritual exposition besides.

379 VAN HAGEN (MRS. HENRY). Evenings in the Land of Uz; a

Comment on Job. Second Edition. i2mo. 1843. 1/6.
Isaac Taylor commends this volume as one v/hich " disclaiming all
purpose of critical exposition, aims only under the guidance of Christian
feeling and experience to follow and to unfold the spiritual intention of
this rich portion of Holy Scripture." Such an introduction must have
helped to sell the work and carry it speedily to the second edition.

380 WAGNER (GEORGE). Sermons on the Book of Job. Cr. 8vo,

Land., Nisbet & Co. 1863. S. 3/-

Wagner s sermons are simple and plain, devout and instructive. We
have here nothing very fresh, but everything is sound and good.

381 WEMYSS (THOMAS). Job and his Times. New Version, with

Notes. Svo. Land., 1839. 2/6.

Barnes says : " This is designed to be a popular work. It is not so
much of the nature of a Commentary as a collection of fragments and
brief essays on various topics referred to in the Book of Job. It is
chiefly valuable for its illustration of the religion of the time of Job, the
arts and sciences, the manners and customs, &c." It lacks lucid
arrangement, and furnishes comparatively little illustration of the diffi
culties of the text

PSALMS. 81

PSALMS.

382 ABBOT (GEORGE). Brief Notes. Being a pithie and clear

opening of the Scope and Meaning of the Text, to the capacitie
of the Weakest. 4to. Land., 1651. 5/-

An experimental exposition by a Member of Parliament under the
Commonwealth. Though not of the first order, many of his remarks
are good. Abbot was nephew to the Archbishop of the same name.

383 ALEXANDER (JOSEPH ADDISON, D.D., Professor of

Theology, Princeton, U.S.) The Psalms Translated and
Explained. 8vo. 8/6. Edinb. , Andrew Elliot. 1864. 8.5/6.
Occupies a first place among expositions. It is a clear and judi
cious explanation of the text, and cannot be dispensed with.

384 ALEXANDER (WILLIAM HENRY). The Book of Praises. The Psalms,

with Notes. Sm. 8vo. Land., Jackson, Walford & Hodder. 1867. S. 2/6.

The Notes are mostly from other authors, and are selected with discretion. They

do not appear to have been designed by their collector for use beyond his own family

circle, and they were published after his death by his friends. We question the wis-

dem of the publication.

385 AUGUSTINE. Expositions. Translated, with Notes. 6 vols.,

8vo. Ox/., 1847. [l n The Library of the Fathers, published
by Messrs. J. Parker & Co., Oxf. and Lond. ] -$ 153., or to
subscribers 2 i6s. 6d.

As a Father he is beyond ordinary criticism, or we would venture to
say that he is too frequently mystical, and confounds plain texts. No
theological library is complete without this work, for there arc grand
thoughts in it like huge nuggets of Australian gold.

386 BAKER (RICHARD, D.D.) The Psalms Evangelized. Svo. 1811. 2/6.
Veiy pious ; but if the work should ever disappear from literature its absence will.

not leave a very great gap. Bishop Horns and Dr. Hcrwker between them more than
cover the space.

387 BARNES (ALBERT). Notes. 3 vols., post Svo. 13/6.

Lond., Edinb., and Glasgow, Blackie & Sons. 1868.
Thoroughly good. Using these notes constantly, we are more and
more struck with their value. For the general run of preachers.
this is probably the best commentary extant.

388 BELLARMINE (ROBERT. Cardinal 15421621.) A Com

mentary. Translated from the Latin, by the Ven. John O Sul-
livan, D.D. Sm. 410. Land., James Duffy. 1866. S. 4/-
Popish, but marvellously good for a Cardinal. He is frequently as-
evangelical as a Reformer. He follows the Vulgate text in this comment..

389 BELLET (J. G.) Short Meditations on the Psalms, chiefly in their Prophetic

character. 2/- Lond., W. H. Broom. 1871.

Mere fragments, in a style which we do not admire, which seems to be peculiar ta
certain brethren. Only the initiated can understand what such writers mean

7

82 PSALMS.

390 BINNIE (WILLIAM, D.D.) The Psalms : Their History,

Teachings, and Use. 8vo. 7/6. Land., T. Nelson. 1870.
A highly valuable work. It is not an exposition, but can
readily be used as such, for it possesses a good index to the
passages treated of. Dr. Binnie reviezvs with great skill and
intense devotion the various sacred poems contained in the Book of
Psalms, and gives the general run and character of each one. His
work is unlike any other, and supplies a great desideratum.

391 BONAR (ANDREW A.) Christ and his Church in the

Book of Psalms. Demy 8vo. 10/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1859.

Of the highest order of merit. The author does not strain the
text, but gives its real meaning. His remarks are ahvays weighty,
spiritual, and suggestive ; we only wish there were more of them.
He has cultivated brevity.

392 BOUCHIER (BARTON, A.M.) Manna in the Heart ; or, Daily

Comments on the Psalms, for the Use of Families. 2 vols.,
Sm. 8vo. Lond., J. F. Shaw. 1856. S. 5/-

Among the best books ever written for family reading. Evangelical,
devotional, and expository. Preachers will find good thought here.

393 BURTON (JOHN). The Book of Psalms in English Verse. Cr. Svo. 6/-

Lond., John Shaw & Co. 1871.

(.The Psalms rhymed in a New Testament spirit : they are better in prose.

394 BUSH (G.) A Commentary on the Book of Psalms. With a

new literal version. Svo. New York, 1838.
Does not appear to have been reprinted in England.

395 BYTHNER (VICTOR. Died 1670). The Lyre of David ;

or, an Analysis of the Psalms, Critical and Practical ; to
which is added a Hebrew and Chaldee Grammar. To
which are added by the Translator a Praxis of the first
eight Psalms. Translated by the Rev. Thomas Dee,
A.B. 8vo. 1836. S. 7/6.

We agree with the statement found in the Preface of this ivork :
41 Nearly two centuries have passed away, since Bythner, uncertain
cf its reception, first committed his Lyra to public light ; during
which time, instead of sinking, it has advanced in estimation; being
admitted by all the learned to be the very best work on the Psalms
in Hebrew. The number of Hebrew radical words is i86j ; of
these, 1184. occur in the Psalms ; it follows then, that a thorough
knowledge of the Psalms very nearly amounts to a thorough know
ledge of the language, and that Bythner s Lyra, in being the best
work on the Psalms, must be the best work on Hebrew in general"
Our readers vvill scarcely need us to add that Bythner s work is only
iiseful to those who study the Hebrew.

PSALMS. 83

396 CALVIN (JOHN). The Psalms of David and others, with

Commentaries. Translated by Arthur Golding. 2 vols.,
4to. Load., 1571.

397 A Commentary on the Psalms. Translated.
3 vols., 8vo. Oxf., 1840. S. 7/-

Calvin is a tree whose " leaf also shall not wither" ; whatever he
has ivritten lives on, and is never out of date, because he expounded
the word without bias or partiality.

398 CARTER (CHARLES. Missionary to Ceylon}. The Psalms, newly

translated from the Hebrew. i2mo. 2/6. Lond., J. Snow. 1869.
The emendations are carefully made by the translator, who has been
for many years engaged upon the Singalese version. A helpful book.

399 CAYLEY (C.B., B.A.) The Psalms in Metre. [With Notes].

izmo. 6/- Lond., Longmans. 1860.

We do not think much of the metrical rendering, which often jars on
the ear. There are a few good notes at the end.

400 CHAMPNEY (H. N., ESQ.) A Textual Commentary on the Psalms.

Sq. i6mo. 3/- Land., S. Bagster & Sons. 1852. S. i/-
Merely a collection of parallel texts. Make one for yourself.

401 CHANDLER (SAMUEL, D.D.) See No. 283.

402 CLAY (WILLIAM KEATINGE, B.D.) Expository Notes on the

Prayer Book Version of the Psalms. Sm. 8vo. Lond., John
W. Parker. 1839. S. 2/6.

Commendable in its way, but not important. Most of its matter is to
be found elsewhere.

403 GOLEM AN (JOHN NOBLE, M.A.) Psalterium Messianicum

Davidis Regis et Prophetae. A Revision of the Authorized
Version, with Notes, original and selected ; vindicating the
prophetic manifestations of Messiah in the Psalms, &c. Imp.
8vo. i2/- Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1865. S. s/-
Useful for its quotations from the Fathers and ancient writers. The

large type swells out a small quantity of material to a needless size, and

so puts purchasers to an unnecessary expense.

404 CON ANT (THOMAS J.) The Psalms. The Common Version,
revised for the American Bible Union. 4to. 1871. Lond.,

Trubner & Co. S. 4/-
A trustworthy translation with a few notes.

405 CONGLETON (LORD). The Psalms. A New Version, with Notes. Thick

I2mo. Land., James E. Hawkins. 1875.

The translation is mainly that of Rogers (No. 464), and the Notes refer the
Psalms to historic and prophetic subjects. We see no use whatever in this production.

406 COWLES (HENRY, D.D.) The Psalms ; with Notes. 8vo.

New York, 1872. Worth about 5/-

Always repays for consulting, though it does not contain much
that is new, original, or profound. It might be reprinted in
England, with the probability of a large sale.

84 PSALMS.

407 CRESSWELL (DANIEL, D.D., F.R.S.) Psalms of David, ac

cording to the Book of Common Prayer ; with Notes. Sm. 8vo.
Lotid., Rivingtons. 1843. S. zj-

The explanatory notes are neither prolix rior commonplace, but
show much clear insight. They are deservedly held in esteem.

408 CRITICAL TRANSLATION (A) of the Psalms, in Metre,

Cr. 8vo. 5/6. Land., S. Bagster & Sons.

The author has laboured hard to arrive at the correct meaning of the
Hebrew, and to versify it. The work is very carefully done, but few
preachers can afford to spend their money on a book of this kind.

409 DALLAS (A. R. C, M.A.) The Book of Psalms arranged in Daily Portions

for Devotional Reading. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Land., Nisbet & Co. 1860. S. 1/6,
A new arrangement : the old one is good enough for us.

410 DARBY (J.N.) Practical Reflections. Cr. 8vo. Lond., R. A. Allen. 1870.
Too mystical for ordinary minds. If the author would write in plain English his

readers would probably discover that there is nothing very valuable in his remarks.

411 DE BURGH (WILLIAM, A.M.) Commentary; Critical, Devo

tional, and Prophetical. 2 vols., 8vo. z8/- Dublin, Hodges,
Smith & Co. 1860. S. 12/6.

A second-advent interpreter ; and one of the best of his class. Highly
esteemed by those who are enthusiastic upon prophetical subjects.

412 DEtJTZSCH (FRANZ). Commentary on the Psalms. 3 vols,

10/6 each. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1871. S. $/- each.

Thoroughly learned, but wants unction. Not adapted for common
readers, but scholars will prize it greatly.

The Princeton Review says of it : "We commend this commentary as
a valuable aid to preachers and exegetes in elucidating the Psalms."

413 DICKSON (DAVID. Prof essor of Divinity in the University

of Edinb. 1583 1662). A brief explanation of thePsalms,
3 vols., 8vo. Land., 1655. Reprinted in 2 vols., I2mo,
Glasg., 1834. 3/- to 61-

A rich volume, dropping fatness. Invaluable to the preacher.
Having read and re-read it, -we can speak of its holy savour and
suggcstiveness. We commend it with much fervour.

414 DIMOCK (H.) Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Book of Psalms, &c,

4to. 1791- 3/

The notes mainly concern the various readings, and exhibit considerable learning;;
but we do not think much of a homiletical kind can be got out of them.

415 DUNWELL (F. H., B.A.) Parochial Lectures on the Psalms,

from the Fathers of the Primitive Church. 8vo. Lond.)
J. H. Parker. 1855. 3/6.
This author spiritualizes far too much. His metaphors are overdone.

416 EDWARDS QOSEPH, M.A.) Devotional Exposition. 8vo. Lend., 1850. i/d-
A paraphrase of no great value. Even Masters of Arts may fail.

PSALMS. 85

417 EDWARDS (T.) New Translation, with Notes, &c. 8vo. Lond., 1755.
The writer was an able man, but his book is of small worth.

418 EWART (J., A.M.) Lectures on the Psalms. 3 vols., 8vo. Land., 1826. 5/-
The author was a Presbyterian Minister of the time of the Pretender, and we

suspect that he was a high and dry Moderate. His comments were given at the
public reading of the Scriptures, and although destitute of spirituality and Gospel
clearness, they are not without a measure of originality.

419 EXTON (RICHARD BRUDENELL). Sixty Lectures on the Psalms, as appointed

to be read in the Services of the Church of England. 8vo. Loud., 1847. 3/-
Very poor and prosy. We pity the hearer who sat out these sixty lectures.

420 FENTON (THOMAS, M.A.) Annotations on Job and Psalms,

from several Commentators. 8vo. Lond., 1732. 3/-
The Annotations are choice, but will be found in easily accessible works.

42 1 FENWICK (GEORGE, B.D.) Thoughts on the Hebrew Titles of

the Psalms, &c. 8vo. Lo/id., 1749. 6/-

422 ,, The Psalter in its original form . . . with Arguments
and Notes. [Anon.] Svo. Loud., 1789. 3/-

These two works are praiseworthy in design, but they are too fanciful.

423 FORBES (GRANVILLE) The Voice of God in the Psalms. Cr. Svo. 6/6.

Land., Macmillan. S. 3/6.

Sermons by a Northamptonshire Rector of the Broad School. They do not strike
us as being anything very wonderful; certainly " The Voice of God " is not remark
ably audible in them.

424 "FOUR FRIENDS." The Psalms of David Chronologically arranged, with

Notes. By Four Friends. Cr. Svo. 8/6. Land., Macmillan. 1867.
Here the Psalms are thrust out of their usual order, and treated after the manner
of the Broad School of thought. We do not attach any great value to this production.
With some persons perversity passes for profundity, and if a man differs from every
body else they are persuaded that he must be an original genius : the "four friends "
will stand high in the esteem of such critics. We neither believe in their chronology,
their theology, nor their philology.

425 FRENCH (WILLIAM, D.D.) and SKINNER (GEORGE, M.A.)

Translation, with Notes. Svo. Lend., Parker. 1842. 2/6.
A version held in high esteem. Notes very short.

426 FRY (JOHN, B.A.) A Translation and Exposition of the Psalms ;

on the principles adopted in the posthumous work of Bishop
Horsley ; viz., that those sacred oracles have for the most part
an immediate reference to Christ and to his first and second
advents. Svo. Lond., Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1842. 5/-
Fry follows Bishop Horsley and looks much to the second advent.
The work is not fair either as a translation, or as an exposition. It is
useful in its own direction, as showing how a peculiar theory has been
supported by an able man ; but it must not be implicitly relied upon.

427 FYSH (FREDERIC, M.A.) A Lyrical, Literal Version [with Notes].

2 vols., i2mo. Lond., Seeleys. 1851. 2/6.
A valuable literal version. Notes scant, but scholarly.

86 PSALMS.

428 GEDDES (ALEXANDER, LL.D. A Reman Catholic divine. 17371802).

New Translation, with Various Readings and Notes. 8vo. Land., 1807. 3/-
This is said to be "a careful rendering, aiming at the primary meaning of the
psalmists." Dr. Henderson speaks of Geddes as flagrantly disfiguring his Biblical
labours with profanity. He was a singular mixture of Romanist and free-thinker.

429 GOOD (JOHN MASON, M.D., F.R.S.) Historical Outline

of the Book of Psalms. Edited by the Rev. John Mason
Neale, B.A. Land., W. H. Dalton. 1842. 3/-
This is not a commentary, but may be regarded as an introduc
tion to the work next mentioned, by the same author. Historical
light is frequently the very best which can be cast iipon a passage,
and Dr. Good has known how to apply it. He may sometimes be
thought fanciful, but he is never really speculative, and he almost
always says something worth noting:

43 GOOD (J. M.) The Book of Psalms ; a New Translation,
with Notes. Edited by the Rev. E. Henderson, D.D.
8vo. Lond., Seeleys. 1854. 4/-

Dr. Good zvas a medical gentleman with a large practice, and yet he
managed to produce this learned volume. " I save every quarter of
an hour for it" said he, "for my heart is in it" He was a man
of great attainments and genuine piety. The progress made in
Hebrew philology and exegesis since his day has been great; but his
work has not been altogetlier superseded. It is of a high class, from
a literary point of view, but must not be blindly followed.

431 GREEN (WILLIAM, M.A.) A Translation, with Notes. 8vo. 1762. 3/-
A translation with meagre notes.

432 HAMMOND (HENRY, D.D. 1605 1660). Paraphrase and

Annotations. Folio. 1659. 7/6. 2vols. 8vo. Oxf.,iB^o. S. 6/-

Much esteemed, and deservedly so. Hammond s weighty tome is

somewhat dry, and many of his remarks are rather those of a linguist

than of a divine, but he touches on many matters which others omit, and

is, upon the whole, an expositor of singular merit.

433 HAPSTONE (DALMAN, M.A.) The Psalms in appropriate Metres ; a strictly

literal Translation, with Notes. 8vo. 7/6. Edinb., Oliphant. 1867.
We prefer our own version, and do not think many of Mr, Haf stone s stanzas suc
cessful as attempts at poetry.

434 HENGSTENBERG (E. W., D.D.) Commentary. 3 vols., 8vo.

i 133. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1845-8. S. is/-
A masterly work ; but about as dry as Gideon s unwetted fleece.

435 HILLER (O. PRESCOTT. Minister oftheNeiv Jerusalem Church, Cross Street,

London!) Notes on the Psalms [I. LXXVII.] Explanatory of their
Spiritual Sense. 8vo. Lond., James Spiers. 1869. S. 4/-
Swedenborgian, and frequently absurd. The author owfounds rather than pounds.

43 6 HORNE (GEORGE, D.D. Bishop of Norwich. 1730

1792). Commentary. [Numerous editions: among
others a Glasgow edition, 3 vols., I2mo., with Introductory

PSALMS. 87

Essay by Edward Irving, M.A., which is one of Irving s
best efforts. Tegg s edition, i vol., 8vo. 6/-] S. 3/-
// has been said that this author had no qualification for a com
mentator except piety. This is not true, for he had natural poetry
in his soul; and even if it were true, his ivork would go far to
shoiu hoiv abundantly piety compensates for other deficiencies. He
is among the best of our English writers on this part of Scripture,
and certainly one of the most popular.

437 HORSLEY (SAMUEL. Bishop of Norwich}. The Book of Psalms.

With Notes Explanatory and Critical. 8vo. Load., 1833. 4/-
Vigorous writing, with a propensity to indulge in new readings, and
a persistent twist in one direction. The notes show the hand of a
master, and have exerted much influence in directing thoughtful minds
to the subject of the Second Advent, as foreshadowed in the Old
Testament, but they must be used with extreme caution.

438 JEBB (JOHN). Literal Translation ; with Dissertations on the

word Selah, and on the Authorship, Order, Titles, and Poetry
of the Psalms. 2 vols., 8vo. Lond., Longmans. 1846. 4/-
Jebb takes for his motto in translating, that saying of Hooker : "I
hold it for an infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that where
a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly
the worst." His notes are scant, but his dissertations in the second
volume are most admirable.

439 JENNINGS (A. C., B.A.) and LOWE (W. H., M.A.) The

Psalms, with Introductions and Critical Notes. Books III.
and IV. [Psalms LXXIII. to CVL] Cr. Svo. 6/- Lond.,
Macmillan & Co. 1874.

Learned, but more occupied with mere verbal criticisms than with any
useful suggestions which could be turned to account by a preacher.

440 JONES (JOSEPH, M.A.) The Psalms; with Reflections. I2mo. Lond., 1846.

I/- to 2/-

Pious, but poor.

441 KAY (WILLIAM, D.D.) The Psalms translated from the

Hebrew. With Notes, chiefly Exegetical. Svo. 12/6.

Lond., Rivingtons. 1871.

A refreshing book; the notes being out of the ordinary run, and
casting much light on many passages. To thoroughly appreciate
this author one should be a Hebrew scholar.

442 KEBLE (JOHN, M.A. Author of "The Christian Year." 1792

1869). The Psalter, in English Verse. Fcap. Svo. 6/- Lond.,
Parker & Co. 1869.
A poet s version of a grand series of poems.

443 LANGE S COMMENTARY. Edited by Dr. P. Schaff. Imp.

Svo. 2i/- Subscribers 1 5/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872.
Comparatively feeble. Not up to the usual standard of this admirable
series. Still, it is among the best of modern commentaries.

88 PSALMS.

444 LTNTON (HENRY, M.A.) The Psalms of David and Solomon explained.

Fcap., 8vo. 3/- Land., Bagsters. 1871.
A small affair in all ways.

445 LUTHER (MARTIN). A Manual of the Book of Psalms ; or the

subject-contents of all the Psalms. Translated by Rev. Henry
Cole. 8vo. Land., 1823. [Also a volume of " 27ie Christians
family Library" i2mo. Lend., Seeleys.] 2/-
Fragmentary, a mere table of contents, but truly Lutheran.

446 MANT (RICHARD, D.D. Bishop of Don* n. 17761849).

The Book of Psalms in an English Metrical Version,

with Notes. Svo. Oxf., 1824. 3/-

A bold version, with important notes. In this instance we con
fess that there may be real poetry in a metrical version, and though
the flame does not in each composition burn with equal brilliance,
yet in some verses it is the true poetic fire. Mant is no mean writer.

447 MARSH (EDWARD GARRARD, M.A.) The Book of Psalms translated into

English verse, with Notes. Svo. Land., 1832. 2/6.

Contains nothing of any consequence to an expositor, though the verse is consider
ably above the average of such productions.

448 MERRICK (JAMES, M.A. 17201769). The Psalms Paraphrased in

English verse. I2mo. Reading, 1766. 1/6.

Annotations on the Psalms. 4to. Reading, 1778. 3/-

These two works are scarce. They are rather more suited for the admirers of
poetry than for ministers of the Word. It is said that some of the notes are by
Archbishop Seeker, and that Lowth also aided in the exposition ; but the combined
result is of no great value to the preacher.

449 MORISON (JOHN, D.D.) Exposition of the Book of

Psalms, explanatory, critical, and devotional. 2 vols.,
Svo. 1829. 3 vols., Svo. 1832. 8/- to io/-
T he first volume is the best. There is nothing very original, but
it is an instructive exposition, and onght to be better known.

450 MUDGE (ZACHARY. Prebendary of Exeter. Died 1760). An Essay towards

a New English Version. 4to. Lend., 1744. 3/-

Elegant in taste rather than sound in scholarship. Mudge was highly esteemed by
Dr. Johnson, and he was no doubt a very worthy man ; but his exposition can be dis
pensed with.

451 MURPHY (JAMES G., LL.D.) A Critical and Exegetical

Comment. Svo. i5/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1875.
This may be called a volume of compressed thought. The author
has aimed at neither being too long nor too short. He has succeeded
in producing a very useful and usable work, with many points of
unusual value. Dr. Murphy is well known as an accomplished
Hebraist and a lucid expositor. We have already noticed his works
on Genesis (134) and Exodus (176).

452 NEALE QOHN MASON, D.D.) and (LITTLEDALE, R. R,

LL.D.) A Commentary, from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers.

4 vols., post Svo. 10/6 each. Land., Masters & Co. 1860-74.

Unique, and to very high churchmen most precious. We admire the

PSALMS. 89

learning and research ; but the conceits, the twistings, and allegorical
interpretations surpass conception. As a collection of medieval mysti
cisms it is unrivalled.

453 NICHOLSON (WILLIAM. Bishop of Gloucester. Died 1671).

David s Harp Strung and Tuned ; or, An Easie Analysis of the
Whole Book of Psalms. Folio. Lend., 1662. zi/-

" Wholly practical and explanatory. In his explications the author
steers between the two extremes of literal and spiritual interpretation.
Dr. Adam Clark has inserted Bishop Nicholsons Analysis in his com
mentary on the Psalms, omitting his prayers." Home. This book
fetches a high price when complete, and we cannot advise a poor man
to lay out so much money upon it, good as it is.

454 NOYES (G. R., D.D.) A New Translation, with Notes, ismo.

Boston, U. S., 1831 and 1846. 2/6 to 4/-

Dr. Noyes was the Hebrew Professor in Harvard University. His
Introduction is full of information; the new translation is useful, and
the notes are brief and pertinent.

455 OXENDEN (AsHTON, D.D. Bishop of Montreal]. A Simple Exposition.

2 vols., cr. 8vo. 3/6 each. Land., Hatchards.
For reading at family prayers. Alas, poor families! Ye have need of patience.

456 PEROWNE (J. J. STEWART, B.D., Canon Res. of Llan-

daff). The Book of Psalms ; a New Translation, with
Introductions and Notes. Svo. Vol. I. iS/- Vol. II. i6/-
[Abridged edition for Schools and Private Students. Cr.
Svo. 10/6.] Land., George Bell & Sons. 1864-68.
A masterpiece of extraordinary * learning and critical skill,
although not altogether zvhat we would desire. The "Saturday
Review " said : " Mr. Perowne is probably as capable as any one in
England of doing all that Hebrew scholarship can do toivards a
better knoivledge of the Psalms. The learning which he has brought
together gives a value of its own to his book, and makes it an im
portant contribution to a department of Biblical scholarship in
which we are at present rather poorly furnished"

457 PIERCE (SAMUEL EYLES). The Book of Psalms. 2 vols., Svo.

1817. Very scarce. 2^j-

This author is held in high esteem for the " sound and savoury "
character of his works. On the Psalms he writes to comfort and
edification. The work is regarded as superexcellent by our extra-
calvinistic friends, but we do not think it quite worth the fancy price
which is now asked.

458 PHILLIPS (GEORGE, B.D.) The Psalms in Hebrew; with

Commentary. 2 vols., Svo. ai/- Land., J. W. Parker, and
Williams & Norgate. 1846. S. ;/-

This Commentary will be valued by Hebrew scholars ; but it is be
yond the general attainments of those for whom this Index is compiled.

90 PSALMS.

459 PLAIN COMMENTARY (A) on the Book of Psalms

(P. B. Version), chiefly grounded on the Fathers. 2 vols.,

Fcap. 8vo. 10/6. Oxf. & Land. Parker. 1859. S. 4/6.

Of the High Church school, and ratlier strained in places, but

abounding in sweet spiritual thoughts. We have read it with

pleasure and profit, though with some caution.

460 PLUMER (WILLIAM S., DD., LL.D.) Studies in the Book of

Psalms. Imp. 8vo. a8/- Edinb., A. & C. Black. 1867. S. i8/-
A huge volume, compiled from such works as were accessible to the
author in the United States. Full of instructive comment, but not very
original, or remarkably learned.

461 PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION (A) of the Book of Psalms ; by the Author

of the Family Commentary on the New Testament. [? Mrs. Thomson.]
2 vols. 8vo. York, 1826. 2/- to 3/-
For families. Consisting of remarks which would occur to any motherly person.

462 PRIDHAM (ARTHUR). Notes and Reflections on the Book of

Psalms. Cr. 8vo. 8/6. Lond., James Nisbet & Co. 1869. S. 4/-
Spiritual reflections of an excellent kind, but not very striking.

463 REMARKS upon the Psalms as Prophetic of the Messiah. 8vo. Lond.,i%^. 2/-
Mere outlines : of no consequence.

464 ROGERS (J., M.A.) The Book of Psalms in Hebrew, metrically arranged ;

with Selections from the various Readings of Kennicott and De Rossi, and
from the Ancient Versions. 2 vols., I2mo. Oxf., 1833. 2/6 to 4/.
For the Hebrew scholar only.

465 ROSENMULLER (ERNEST F. C. 17681835). Annotations

on the Messianic Psalms. Translated. 12 mo. 7/6. Edinb.,

T. & T. Clark. 1841.

It may be altogether our own fault, but we cannot make any use of
this volume. No doubt these scholastic notes have a value ; but com
mentaries upon inspired Scripture written in the same style as one might
write upon Ovid or Horace are not to our taste. Gesenius praises this
work for its criticisms. We wish there had been a little religion in it, but
perhaps if there had been it would have been the religion of neology.

466 RYLAND (R. H., M.A.) The Psalms restored to Messiah.

Sm. 8vo. 6/. Lond., Nisbet. 1853. S. 2/6.

Written with an admirable design. Good, but not very able. The
subject still demands the pen of a master.

467 SHERIFFE (Mrs.) Practical Reflections. 2 vols., I2mo. Land., 1820. 2/-
\Ve hope they benefited the printer ; they will not help the reader much.

468 SPURGEON (CHARLES HADDON). The Treasury of David:

containing an Original Exposition of the Book of Psalms; a
Collection of Illustrative Extracts from the whole range of
literature ; a Series of Homiletical Hints upon almost every
verse ; and Lists of Writers upon each Psalm. [In progress.]
Vol. I. containing Psalms I. XXVI. ; Vol. II. Pss. XXVIL

PSALMS. 91

LIT. ; Vol. III. Pss. LIIL LXXVIIL; Vol. IV. Pss.
LXXIX. CIII. 8/- each. Land., Passmore & Alabaster.
1870, etc.

To be completed in six volumes, if God permit. Reviewers have
handled this book with remarkable kindness, and the public have
endorsed their judgment by largely purchasing the volumes already
issued. It would not become us to say more.

469 STREET (STEPHEN, M.A.) A New Literal Version; with a Preface and

Notes. 2 vols., 8vo. Lond., 1790. 3/.

One hardly desires a rigidly literal translation of a poetic book, for the beauty and
spirit are lost. The notes are purely critical and are superseded by later works

470 THOLUCK (AUGUSTUS F., D.D., Ph.D.) A Translation and

Commentary. Translated from the German by J. Isidor Mom-
bert. 8vo. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1856. S. 5/6.

Tholuck is one of the most spiritual of German interpreters. Though
we cannot say that this is equal to some others of his works, yet he is a
great writer, and always deserves attention.

471 THRUPP (JOSEPH FRANCIS, M.A.) An Introduction to the

Study and Use of the Psalms. 2 vols., 8vo. 21 /- Lond. and
Camb., Macmillan & Co. 1860. S. i2/-

Though not the best, it is still a learned and helpful work of its class.

472 TUCKER (WILLIAM HILL, M.A.) The Psalms [P. B. Version],

with Notes, showing their Prophetic and Christian Character.
Post 8vo. 6/- Lond., 1840. S. 2/6

The writer refers all the Psalms to Christ, and writes many weighty
things, but we cannot place him in the front rank among expositors.

473 WAKE (W. R.) A Literal Version of the Psalms into Modern Language,

according to the Liturgy translation. 2 vols., Cr. 8vo. Bath., 1793. 3-
Think of a translation of a translation. The author was Wake, but not awake, or
he would never have wasted so much good paper.

474 WALFORD (WILLIAM. Late Classical and Hebrew Tulor at

Homertoji). A New Translation, with Notes, Explanatory and
Critical. 8vo. Lond., 1837. 2/3 to 3/-
Contains some useful notes, good, but not specially remarkable.

475 WEISS (BENJ. Missionary to the Jews, Algiers}. A New Translation, Ex

position, and Chronological Arrangement of the Book of Psalms, with
Critical Notes. 8vo. Edinb., W. Oliphant & Co. 1852. S. 2/6
The Psalms are arranged in a new order, and are very hard to find. The author-
is dogmatic to the last degree. Our estimate of his work is not so high as his own.

476 WILCOCKS (THOMAS, A. M. Puritan. 15491608). A very

godly and learned exposition upon the whole Book of Psalms.
\Works. Folio.] See No. 336.

Short spiritual remarks, followed by many doctrinal inferences, calcu
lated to suggest topics to preachers.

92 PSALMS.

477 WILSON (W., D.D.) The Psalms ; with an Exposition,

Typical and Prophetical, of the Christian Dispensation.

2. vols. Svo. i6/- Land., Nisbet. 1 860. S. 5/-
We have consulted Wilson with advantage and often quoted from
him in the " Treasury of David" He is a clear, gospel Expositor,
and has written much that is weighty and precious.

478 WOODFORD (SAMUEL). A Paraphrase. 4to. Land., 1667. 3/-
Poor rhymes ; though the preface says of the author

"At length the skilful way you found,
With a true ear judg d the melodious sound,
And with a nimble hand run descant on the Hebrew ground."
It would seem from this that the poem scrambles on all-fours, and we think it does.

479 WRIGHT (ABRAHAM). A Practical Commentary, wherein the

Text of every Psalme is Practically expounded, according to
the Doctrine of the Catholick Church, in a way not usually trod
by Commentators ; and wholly applyed to the Life and Salva
tion of Christians. Very thin folio. 1661.
Wright selects the more remarkable verses, and comments upon them

in a deeply spiritual, quaint, and suggestive manner. His work is

extremely rare.

480 ZILLWOOD (J. O.) The Psalms, arranged in Parallelisms, with Notes, chiefly

from Bishops Home and Horsley. 2 vols., Svo. Land., 1855. 3/-
The student had better get Home and Horsley for himself, and he will have no need
of this.

CONSIDERABLE PORTIONS OF THE PSALMS.

481 BAKER (SIR RICHARD. 15681645). Meditations and

Disquisitions on the First, and Seven Penitential Psalms,

viz., the 6, 32, 38, 51,102, 130, & 143. 4to. Lond., 1640. 5/-
Meditations and Disquisitions on the Seven Consolitarie

Psalms, viz., the 23, 27, 30, 34, 84, 103, and Il6. 4to.

Lond., 1640. 5/-

O rare Sir Richard Baker ! Knight of tJtc flowing pen. His
" Meditations and Disquisitions " are altogetJier marrow and fat
ness. We have often tried to quote from him and have found our
selves so embarrassed with riches that we have been inclined to copy
the whole book. Why it has not been reprinted, and made to pass
through fifty editions, we cannot tell. Poor man, he became a surety
and smarted, dying in poverty in the Fleet. Were there any
CJiristians alive in those days?

482 BARKER (FREDERICK, M.A.) Thirty-six Psalms ; with Commentary and

Prayer, for use in families. Cr. Svo. Jackson, 1854. 1/6.

What platitudes people will write for the use of families. Families will best use
these commentaries and prayers by lining their cake tins with them.

PSALMS. 03

483 BERTRAM (R. A.) The Imprecatory Psalms. Six Lectures.

i2mo. Lond. y Elliot Stock. 1867. S. 1/6.

Contains some very sensible remarks upon a subject which no doubt
bewilders certain of the weaker sort.

484 BOWMAN (HETTY). Studies in the Psalms. I2mo. Land., The Book

Society, and John Snow & Co. 1869.

Outlines of teaching upon a few Psalms. The authoress begs that these " Studies "
may not in any sense be considered as a commentary : we do not so consider them.

485 BOYS (JOHN, D.D. Dean of Canterbury. 1571 1625).

Workes. Folio, 1629. An Exposition of the Proper
Psalms used in our English Liturgy. (See under New
Testament?) 1 2/-

One of the richest of writers. From his golden pen flows con
densed wisdom. Many of his sentences are worthy to be quoted as
gems of the Christian classics.

486 COPE (SIR ANTHONY. Chamberlain to Queen Catherine Parr). Meditations

on Twenty Select Psalms. Reprinted from the edition of 1547. Small
square 8vo. Land., John Ollivier. 1848. 2/6.
More curious than valuable. The style is scholastic and pointless.

487 DIDHAM (R. CUNNINGHAM, M.A.) I. XXXVI. New Translation:

made by means of Arabic Lexicons, Syriac New Testament Words, the

Ancient Versions, Bishop Lowth s Parallelisms, and Parallel Places, whereby

the Scriptural Messianic Canon that our Lord Christ is the Key to the

Psalm is upheld, &c. 8vo. I5/- Lond., Williams & Norgate. 1870. 8.1/9.

Principally consists of denunciations of other writers. As the price has descended

from I5/- to 1/9 for new copies, the verdict of the public is pretty definite.

488 LUTHER (MARTIN). A Commentary on Psalms I. XI. ; and

on Psalm LI., in Vol. 3 ; on Psalms XII. XXII. and on
Psalm II. in Vol. 4, of Select Works of Luther. Translated by
Rev. H. Cole. [4 vols. 8vo. <?</., 1824. i8/-]

A Commentary on the Psalms, commonly called the Psalms
of Degrees [CXX. CXXXIV]. 8vo. Lewes t 1823. Also a
black letter 410., 1577, and other editions of this work.
Luther needs no trumpeter.

489 PITMAN (J. R., M.A.) A Course of Sermons on some of the Chief Subjects

in the Book of Psalms ; abridged from eminent divines of the Established
Church. 8vo. Land., Longmans. 1846. 3/-

We have seldom obtained much from these sermons. A far better selection might
have been made ; at the same time, some of the discourses are admirable.

490 ROLLOCK (ROBERT. 1555 1598). An Exposition upon

some select Psalms. 121110. 1600.

RollocKs works are rare. He wrote in Latin, and his language is made
more dull than need be by the translator. All his writings are masterly.

491 STRIGELLIUS (VICTORINUS. 15241569). Part of the

Harmony of King David s Harp. Translated by R. Robinson.
[In four parts.] 4to. 1582 to 1596.

This volume the expositor is not at all likely to see, and there is, there
fore, the less need for us to speak of it. Strigelliits was the friend of
Luther and Melancthon, and a man of sound sense and vast learning.

94 PSALMS.

492 WILLIAMS (ISAAC, B.D.) The Psalms interpreted of
Christ. [Vol. I., Psalms I. XXVI.] Thick i2mo.
Land., Rivingtons. 1864. S. 3/-

This writer is of the High CJiurch school, but he is very spiritual
and deep, and we seldom turn to him without profit.

THE PENITENTIAL PSALMS.

[The Penitential Psalms are seven in number. Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51,
102, 130, and 143. For 102 some substitute 25.]

493 BAKER (SIR R.) See No. 481.

494 DONNE (JOHN. 1573 1631). Sermons on the Peni

tential Psalms. In Vols. II. and III. of his Works. [6 vols.,
8vo.,^2. 1839.]
A right royal writer, zvhose every line is a pearl.

495 FISHER (JOHN. 1459 1535). Fruytful saynges of Dauid. Black Letter.

4to., 1509; Svo., 1555- Reprinted in I2mo., 1714. 5/-
Dry and tedious: in the stiff antique style.

496 HAYWARD (SiR JOHN, LL.D. Died 1627). David s Tears.

[On VI., XXXIL, and CXXX. only.] 4to., 1623; i 2 mo.,

1649. 3/- to 5/-
After the Puritanic method : full of point and pith.

497 OXENDEN (CHARLES). Sermons on the Seven Penitential Psalms, preached

during Lent. I2mo. 1838. 1/6.

To listen to these sermons must have afforded a suitable Lenten penance to those
who went to church to hear them. There their use began and ended.

498 SYMSON (ARCHIBALD). A Sacred Septenarie ; or, a

Godly and Fruitfull Exposition on the Seven Psalmes of
Repentance. 4to. 1638. 5/- to 7/-
A marrowy author, fidl of instruction.

SEPARATE PSALMS.

[The following works are arranged according to the order of the
Psalms, to assist reference. We have not attempted to include all
writers in this list].

499 Psalm I. SMITH (SAMUEL. 1583 1665). David s Blessed Man.

Ninth edition, i8mo. 1635. J /6 to 3/- Reprinted in Nichol s
Commentaries, with Pierson (No. 527); and Gouge (No. 560).
Very popular in its day, and worthily so.

SEPARATE PSALMS. 95

500 I. STONHAM (MATTHEW). A Treatise on the First Psalme.

4to. 1610.

Somewhat dry, scholastic and out of date ; but still an interesting
and instructive piece of old divinity.

501 II., XLV., CX. HARPUR (GEORGE, B.A.) Christ in the Psalms.

A Series of Discourses. Cr. 8vo. 6/- Lond., Wertheim & Co.
1862. S, 2/-

Discourses of a high order as to ability, but the historico-prophetic
interpretations here given do not commend themselves to us.

502 II. PITCAIRN (DAVID). Zion s King. Cr. 8vo. 7/6. Lond.,

J. H. Jackson. 1851. S. 2/6.

This author does not err on the side of conciseness. His book is
a meritorious effort, but we have found it somewhat heavy reading.

503 IV., XLIL, LI., LXIII. HORTON (THOMAS, D.D.

Died 1673). Choice and Practical Expositions. Folio.
1675. 5/-to7/- _

A marvellous homiletical exposition. Hortoiis discourses are
very full of divisions, but then he always has plenty of solid matter
to divide. Ministers will find teeming suggestions Jiere.

504 XV. CARTWRIGHT (CHRISTOPHER). Commentary. 410.

1658. 7 /6._
A learned and weighty work ; not readily met with.

1505 XV. DOWNAME (GEORGE, D.D.) Lectures. 410. 1604. 6/6.
Lectures by one of the race of giant divines.

506 XV. TURNBULL (RICHARD). Four Sermons on Psalm XV.

4to. 1606. Forming last part of volume on James and Jude.
9/- to i4/-
By a popular and edifying preacher of the olden times

507 XVI. DALE (THOMAS, M.A. Canon of St. Pant s.) The Golden Psalm.

I2mo. 1847. S. 2/- to 3/-
Good, simple discourses ; the headings might suggest a course of sermons.

508 XVI. FRAME QAMES). Christ in Gethsemane. Cr. Svo.

1858. S. 2/-

A sterling, well-intentioned and well-executed comment. The text has
to be a little twisted to suit the theory of the interpreter, but we do not
suppose that Mr. Frame is conscious of it. He is one of the best of
modern discoursers upon the Psalms.

$09 XVIII. BROWN (JOHN, D.D.) The Sufferings and

Glories of the Messiah. Svo. Edinb., 1853.
Like all Dr. Brown s productions, this is a work of the JiigJiest
order. Clear, full, and, in the best manner, exegetical.

96 SEPARATE PSALMS.

510 XIX. REEVE (J. W.) Lectures on the Nineteenth

Psalm. Cr. 8vo. 5/- 1863. S. 2/3.

By one of the ablest preachers among the Evangelical Episco
palians. Scriptural, thoughtful, and original.

511 XIX. RICHARDSON (J. WILBERFORCE). Illustrations of the

Nineteenth Psalm. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Lond., John Snow & Co.
1870. S. 2/-
Sound in doctrine, but verbose and common-place.

512 XX., verses i 6. BOWND (NICHOLAS, D.D.) Medicines for

the Plague [Twenty-one Sermons]. 4to. 1604. 5/6.
Racy, quaint, extremely rare.

513 XXII. FRAME (JAMES). The Song of the Cross. Cr. 8vo. $/-

Lond., S. W. Partridge_& Co. 1872. S. 2/6.
This is valuable, as Mr. Frame s books generally are.

514 XXII. STEVENSON QOHN, D.D., Hon. Canon of Canterbury}.

Christ on the Cross : an Exposition of the Twenty-second Psalm.

Post 8vo. 5/- Land., Bagsters. S. 1/6.

The bast of Dr. Stevenson s books. Exceedingly precious in its un
veiling of the Redeemer s sorrows. We have derived personal spiritual
benefit from the perusal of this gracious exposition, and are unable
to judge it critically.

515 XXIII. STEVENSON QOHN, D.D., Hon. Canon of Canterbury],

The Lord our Shepherd : An Exposition of the Twenty-third
Psalm. Post 8vo. 3/6. Lond., Bagsters.
Too wire-drawn, but it is golden wire.

516 XXIIL BAKER (SIR R.) See No. 481.

517 XXIIL DALE (THOMAS, M.A.) The Good Shepherd and the

Chosen Flock. i2mo. 1847. S. 2/6.
Somewhat ordinary evangelical discourses.

$18 XXIII., LXIL, LXXIIL LXXVIL HOOPER (JOHN, Bishop and Martyr).
Certain Comfortable Expositions. [In Parker Society s edition of Hooper s
Works.]
The cramped style and antiquated matter repel the reader.

519 XXIIL MILLER (ANDREW). Meditations on Twenty-third and

Eighty-fourth Psalms. i2mo. Lend., G. Morrish.
Discursive, but devout ; more useful to the heart than the head.

520 XXIIL PATON QAMES, B.A.) The Children s Psalm : Twelve

Meditations and Twelve Spiritual Songs. i2mo. Lond. T
Passmore & Alabaster. 1870. S. 1/6.

Worthy of much commendation. It is unfortunate that the title leads
the reader to expect a book for children, whereas the author intended to
edify the children of God of an older growth.

SEPARATE PSALMS. 97

521 XXIIL SEDGWICK (OBADIAH, B.D.) The Shepherd of Israel.

4to. 1658. 7/6. to 10/6.

Sedgiuick was one of the most eminent preachers of the time of the
Commonwealth. His commenting is solid and lively.

522 XXIIL SMITH (SAMUEL). The Chiefe Shepheard ; or An Ex

position on y e XXIII Psalme. i8mo. 1625.

All the writings of Samuel Smith are good, but not so full of memorable
sentences and pithy sayings as certain others of their date.

523 XXIIL STOUGHTON (JOHN, D.D.) The Song of Christ s

Flock. i2mo. 5/- Lond.^ 1860. S. 3/-

Devout practical meditations, but we don t see how a flock can sing.

524 XXIIL THORNTON Q., of Billericay). The Shepherd of Israel. I2mo.

1826.

We need no longer wonder how spiders make such long threads with such little
material, for here is an equally amazing instance of spinning. Plentiful quotations of
Scripture, and venerable anecdotes are here used as substitutes for thought, not as aids
to it.

525 XXV. HALKET (LADY ANNE. 16221699.) Meditations.

8vo. Edinb., 1778. 1/6.

This lady was eminent for medicine as well as theology ; she left
twenty-one volumes: this and another book of meditations appear to be
all that have been reprinted.

526 XXV. MOSSOM (ROBERT, Bishop of Londonderry. Died

1679). The Preacher s Tripartite, contains Divine Medi
tations upon Psalm XXV. Folio. 1657. 3/6 to 5/-

Thoronghly devotional, eminently consolatory, and deeply experi
mental. Mossom is a fruitful writer.

527 XXVII.,LXXXIV., LXXXV., LXXXVIL PIERSON (THOMAS,

M.A. 1570 1633). Excellent Encouragements against Afflic
tions. 410. 1647. 5/- [Reprinted in Nichol s Commentaries,
with Smith, No. 499 ; and Gouge, No. 560].

Pierson was not the richest or most overflowing of the old divines,
but yet one who stood in the front rank.

528 XXXII. BINGHAM (CHARLES H., B.A.) Lectures. Post 8vo. 1836. 2/-
Tame sermons. Faultlessly feeble. Good, but no good.

529 XXXIL LEIGHTON (ROBERT, Archbishop of Glasgow.

1611 1684).

In some editions of L eight on s collected works will be found choice
meditations on this Psalm, and also on Psalms IV. and CXXX.
Everything that fell from his pen is worth its weight in diamonds.

8

98 SEPARATE PSALMS.

530 XXXII. TAYLOR (THOMAS, D.D.) David s Learning, or Way

to True Happiness. 4to. 1617. 7/- Also in his Works.

Folio. 1660.

On account of Taylor s great knowledge of the Scriptures, he was
commonly called " the illuminated Doctor." Fuller calls him "a grave
divine, a painful preacher, and a profitable writer." He is one of the
richest in matter of all the Puritans.

531 XXXII. REEVE (J. W., M.A.) Lectures. Cr. 8vo. 3/6.

Loud., Nisbet. 1859. S. z/-

Orthodox, spiritual, and suggestive lectures, by an evangelical clergy
man.

532 XXXII. WILLARD (SAMUEL). The Truly Blessed Man.

8vo. Boston, N.E. 31/6. Rare.

One of the first books printed in the United States. An old-fashioned
exposition. The price is caused by its rarity rather than its value.

533 XL. FRAME QAMES). Christ and his Work. Cr. 8vo. 6/-

Lond., Snow & Co. 1869. S. 2/6.

Well done. Though differing from the author at times, we are grateful
for such real help.

534 XLIL MACDUFF (J. R., D.D.) The Hart and the Water-

brooks. Sm. cr. 8vo. Lond., Nisbet. 1860. S. 2/-
See remarks on other books by this copious writer. (Nos. 308,315, &c.)

535 XLIL, XLIIL MARCH (H.) Sabbaths at Home. 8vo.

1823. 1/6.

Profitable reading, rendered all the more pleasing by the introduction
of very choice poetry. Not important to the expositor.

536 XLIL SIBBES (RICHARD, D.D.) The Soul s Conflict

and Victor} - over itself by Faith. I2mo. 1635, etc.
1/6 to 3/- Works, Vol. I., Nichol s edition.
Mainly upon verses 5 and n. Sibbes never wastes the student s
time; he scatters pearls and diamonds with both hands.

537 XLV. BENNETT (THOMAS). Sermons on the Forty-fifth

Psalm. Sm. 8vo. Edinb., 1781.

Twenty-four sermons after the manner of Ralph Erskine, in which
Jesus is all in all. What more need be said in their praise ?

538 XLV. PENNEFATHER (WILLIAM, M.A.) The Bridegroom

King. A Meditation on the Forty- fifth Psalm. i8mo. 1/6.

Lond., J. F. Shaw & Co.

Rather a meditation than an exposition. A fitting book for a sick bed.
The little chapters might lie, like wafers made with honey, upon the
praiseful tongue of the suffering believer. The beloved writer has now
gone to see the King in his beauty, of whom he had those glimpses
here which enabled him to pen this tiny volume.

SEPARATE PSALMS. 99

539 XLV. TROUGHTON(W.) The Mystery of the Marriage Song. I2mo. 1656.
An old work with nothing new or striking in it. Remarkably tame and meagre

for a work of that exuberant period. Let it alone.

540 XLV. PITCAIRN (DAVID). The Anointed Saviour, ismo.

1846.

Contains an exposition of part of Psalm XLV., as applied to Messiah s
first and second advents. Good, yet it reads rather wearily to us.

541 LL ALEXANDER (THOMAS, M.A.) The Penitent s Prayer.

Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1861. S. 1/9.
Our friend the late Dr, Alexander of Chelsea handled this Psalm well.

542 LL DE COETLOGON (CHARLES EDWARD, A.M. Died 1820). The

Portraiture of the Christian Penitent. 2 vols., I2mo. 1775. S. 2/6 to 4/-
Very proper. We see nothing in the book but platitudes decorously expressed.

543 LL BIDDULPH (THOMAS T., A.M., 17631838). Lectures

on Psalm LI. 8vo., 1830; i2mo., 1835. S. 1/6 to 2/6.
Lectures far above the average of such lucubrations, making up a very
fair exposition.

544 LL BULL (JoHN, M.A.) Sermons on the Fifty-first Psalm. 8vo. 1824. 1/6.
Another specimen of sermons published by subscription. The poor curate was no

doubt the better for the profits, and nobody was any the worse. Clipston church was
not set on fire by the flaming eloquence of the preacher, nor was the country disturbed
Ijy any fanatical excitement produced by his excessive zeal.

545 LL HIERON (SAMUEL. 1572 1617). David s Penitentiall

Psalme opened. 4to. 1617. 5/6.

Hieron was a conforming Puritan. His works were once exceedingly
popular and they are still esteemed.

546 LI.HILDERSHAM (ARTHUR. Puritan. 15631631).

One Hundred and Fifty-two Lectures upon Psalm LI.

Folio. 1635 and 1642. 6/- to io/-

HUdersham was one of the most tried of the Nonconf arming
ministers, and at tJie same time one of the most able. He is copious
find discursive, ive had almost said long-winded. Both Willet and
Preston speak of him in the highest terms.

547 LI. MORGAN QAMES, D.D.) The Penitent. i2mo.

Belfast, M Comb ; Lond., Hamilton. 1855.
The excellent doctor first wrote this exposition for his ozvn
spiritual benefit, then preached it for tlie edification of his flock, and
lastly published it for the good of us all. this is a worthy pedigree
for a book, and the book itself is worthy of the pedigree.

548 LL PAGE (SAMUEL, DD. Died 1630). David s Broken

Heart. 4to. 1637 and 1646. 5/-

Every page is like a bank note for value. Here are homiletical
materials in abundance.

100 SEPARATE PSALMS.

549 LI. SMITH (SAMUEL). David s Repentance. i8mo. i6th

Edition. 1655. (See JVbs. 499 and 522).

It will be seen from the numerous editions that this work was well
received in its author s lifetime. He tells us that he spent the spare
hours of a long sickness in publishing this short exposition, and thus the
world is all the healthier for his illness.

550 LXVIIL, CX. DIXON (RICHARD, A.M., F.R.S.) A New

Interpretation of the Sixty-eighth Psalm : with an Exposition of
the Hundred and Tenth Psalm. 4to. Ox/., 1811. ^|-

This author, in a most interesting manner, traces out the analogy
between this Psalm and the Song of Deborah. Those who like choice
pieces of writing upon the literature of Scripture will be gratified by the
perusal of this exposition.

551 LXXIII. PARRY (EDWARD. Bishop of Killaloe). David

Restored ; or an Antidote against the Prosperity of the Wicked
and the Afflictions of the Just. 8vo. 1660. 4/6 to 8/-

Not super- excellent, nor free from blemishes, but containing much of
sterling value.

552 LXXXIL HALL (THOMAS, B.D. 16101665). The Beauty

of Magistracy. An Exposition of Psalm LXXXIL 4to. i66cx
[In Vol. IV. of Swinnock s Works, Nichol s edition.]

This exposition has always nestled in the bosom of SwinnocKs*
works. We agree with Dr. Jenkyris criticism " The style is terse
and clear, though grave and theological, and the matter is solid and
judicious."

553 LXXXIV. HEMINGE (NICHOLAS. 15131600). The Faith of the-

Church Militant. 8vo. 1581.

A Danish divine of high repute in his own day. Some of his works were-
turned into English; but the translations, like the originals, are now left in undeserved.
oblivion.

554 XC. SMITH (SAMUEL). Moses, his Prayer. i8mo. 1656.
See our notes on Nos. 499, 522, and 549.

555 XCIX., CL, CIL EDERSHEIM (ALFRED, D.D.) The Golden-

Diary of Heart Converse with Jesus. 1873. Contains Exposi
tions of Psalms XCIX., CL, CIL

Sweet and spiritual ; worth purchasing.

556 CIII STEVENSON QOHN, D.D. Hon. Canon of Canterbury).

Gratitude. An Exposition of the Hundred and Third Psalm.
Post Svo. 3/6. Lend., S. Bagster & Sons.

Somewhat diffuse, but at the same time too good to be criticized.

SEPARATE PSALMS. 101

557 CVIL HYPERIUS (ANDREW GERARD. 15111564). A

Special Treatise of God s Providence and Comfort against all
kinds of Crosses and Calamities, to be drawn from the same ;
with an Exposition of the One Hundred and Seventh Psalme.
From the Latin. Black Letter. 8vo. 1602. 157- Scarce.

This author has written in Latin upon many subjects, but his works
are now little known. He was a learned Lutheran.

558 CVIL ROMAINE (WILLIAM, M.A. 17141795). A Practical

Comment on Psalm CVIL 8vo. Fifth edition. 1767. 1/6
to 4/- Also in Works, IV.

Romaine s doctrine and style of writing are well known. He could
not be accused of overlaying the truth with much learning. The
thought is gracious, sound, and practical, but the style is just a little dull.

.559 CX. REYNOLDS (EDWARD, D.D. Bishop of Norwich.

1599 1676). Explication of the One Hundred and

Tenth Psalm. 4to., 1632 and 1635 ; I2mo., 1837. 2/-

to 3/6. Also in Works.

Surpassingly clear and elaborate. Reynolds was a man of vast

learning and thorouglily evangelical spirit.

.560 CXVL GOUGE (WILLIAM, D.D. Puritan. 15751653). The
Saints Sacrifice. 4to. 1632. Scarce. 3/6. Reprinted in Nichol s
Commentaries, with Smith, No. 499; and Pierson, No. 527.

Gouge s method of cutting up his exposition into sections and dis-
cussing everything in propositions, is very tedious to the reader, but we
judge it to be advantageous to the preacher. At any rate Gouge has
often given us a hint. He was a man of great learning.

561 CXIX. BRIDGES (CHARLES, M.A.) Exposition.

Twenty-second edition. Cr. 8vo. Lond., 1857.
Worth its weight in gold. A Ibeit that the work is neither learned
nor very original we prize it for its surpassing grace and unction.

562 CXIX. COWPER (WILLIAM. Bp. of Galloway. 1566-1619).

A Holy Alphabet for Sion s Scholars. A Commentary upon
CXIX Psalm. Folio. Lond., 1613; andinWJwb-. Folio. 1629.

Dr. M^Crle gives a high character to all CowpeSs works, and says
that a vein of practical piety runs through them, while the style is
remarkable for ease and fluency. This remark applies emphatically to
the "Holy Alphabet." We have found it very delightful reading.

563 CXIX. GREENHAM (RICHARD. Puritan. 15311591). An

Exposition of the 119 Psalme. Works. Folio. Lond., 1612.

We regret that this comment is not published separately, and is
only to be procured by purchasing the rest of Greenhants works. The
style, however, is antique and cramped, and Manton and Bridges are
iuite enouh.

102 SEPARATE PSALMS.

564 CXIX. MANTON (THOMAS, D.D. 16201677). One

hundred and ninety Sermons on the One Hundred and
Nineteenth Psalm. Folio, Lond., 1725 ; 3 vols., 8vo.,
Lend., 1842 ; 3 vols (with Life), 1845. 7/-
Fully rip to Mantoiis highest mark, and he is well known to have

been one of the chief of the Pttritan brotherhood. The ^vork is long,.

but that results only from the abundance of matter.

565 CXIX. SANDERSON (R. B., ESQ., B.A.) Lord s Day Literature: or,

Illustrations of the Book of Psalms from the Hundred and Nineteenth
Psalm consecutively. I2mo. Land., 1842.

We cannot call this an exposition, its title far more accurately describes it. The
author takes occasion from the text to plead for those points of doctrine and practice
into which he had been led by the Spirit of God. He was an eminently conscientious
man, a bold believer, and a Baptist.

566 CXX. CXXXIV. ARMFIELD (H. T., M.A. Vice-Principal,

Theol. Coll., Vicar of the Close, and Minor Canon of Sarum).
The Gradual Psalms : a Treatise on the Fifteen Songs of
Degrees, with Commentary, based on Ancient Hebrew, Chaldee,
and Christian Authorities. 8vo. Lond., J. T. Hayes. 1874.

A wonderfully interesting book from a literary point of view ; perhaps
more singular than profitable ; but in many respects a publication which
we should have been sorry to have missed. The homiletical student
will not be able to make much use of it.

567 CXX. CXXXIV. COX (SAMUEL). The Pilgrim Psalms;

an Exposition of the Songs of Degrees. 8vo. Lond.,

Daldy, Isbister & Co. 1874.

This will be greatly vahied by intelligent readers. A noble series
of sermons would be pretty sure to grow out of its attentive perusal.
Mr. S. Cox is a great expositor.

568 CXX. CXXXIV. LUTHER (MARTIN). See No. 488.

569 CXX. CXXXIV. M MICHAEL(N., D.D.) The Pilgrim

Psalms. Cr. 8vo. Edinb., Oliphant. 1860. S. 3/-
A capital work, full of sound doctrine perfumed with devotion.

570 CXX. CXXXIV. NISBET (ROBERT, D.D.) The Songs of

the Temple Pilgrims. Lond., Nisbet. 1863.

Dr. Nisbet regards the " Songs of Degrees as affording so complete
an exhibition of the phases of religious sentiment, as to make these
short poems a transcript of the feelings of the whole Church ; a miniature
Bible for the use of all." He has expounded in this spirit, with well-
chosen language, and produced a very valuable and instructive book.

571 CXXII. WILLET (ANDREW). In Wittefs Harmonic and Exposition of Ihe

Books of Samuel there is " a brief exposition of the 122 Psalm."

Willet ought to have known better than to twist a psalm to the honour and glory of
James I. As a learned man he says good things, and as a courtier foolish, things.

SEPARATE PSALMS SOLOMON. 103

572 CXXX. HUTCHESON (GEORGE). Forty-five Sermons

Psalm CXXX. 8vo. Edinb., 1691. Scarce. 5/-
We have already advised the purchase of anything and every
thing by Hutcheson. Be sure not to confound this with HutcJiinson.

573 CXXX. LEIGHTON (ROBERT). See No, 529.

574 CXXX. OWEN (JOHN, D.D.) A Practical Exposition

on the One Hundred and Thirtieth Psalm. Lond. 4to.

1669 and 1680. R. Tract Society s edition. i8mo. 2/-
One of the best known and most esteemed of John Owen s works.
It is unnecessary to say that he is the prince of divines. To master
his works is to be a profound theologian. Owen is said to be prolix,
but it would be truer to say that he is condensed. His style is
heavy because he gives notes of what he might have said, and passes
on without fully developing the great thoughts of his capacious mind.
He requires hard study, and none of iis ought to grudge it.

575 CXXX. SIBBES (RICHARD, D.D.) The Saints Comforts.

i8mo. 1638. Works, Vol. VI. Nichol s Edition. 3/6 per vol.

Notes on five verses only. Published without the author s sanction, it

is incomplete, but very full as far as it goes, and considering its brevity.

576 CXXX. WINSLOW (OCTAVIUS, D.D.) Soul-Depths and Soul-

Heights; an Exposition of Psalm CXXX. Cr. 8vo. Lond.,
J. F. Shaw. 1874.
Not very deep nor very high, but pleasant spiritual reading.

BOOKS OF SOLOMON.

577 KEIL and DELITZSCH S Commentaries. Salomonic Writings.

3 vols. [In preparation], 10/6 each. Edinb., T. & T. Clark.

578 LANGE S Commentaries. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and

Song of Solomon. By Dr. Otto Zockler. Imp. 8vo.

2 1/-, or to subscribers if/- Edinb. , T. & T. Clark. 1870.

We cannot say that we admire Zockler s interpretation of the

Song of Solomon. The vohime contains much that we do not like,

but its value is considerable. It is a pity that the value of the

volumes in this series varies so much.

579 NOYES (G. R., D.D.) A Translation of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes,

and Canticles, with Notes, &c. i2mo. Boston, U.S. 1846.
Of Noyes upon Ecclesiastes, Dr. Hamilton says : " This interpreta
tion is clear and straightforward, but the American Professor gives to
the book an air of theological tenuity and mere worldly wisdom which
carries neither our conviction nor our sympathy." Noyes is a good
literary expositor, but his theological views render him a very poverty-
stricken commentator from a spiritual point of view.

104: PROVERBS.

PROVERBS.

580 ALLEN (ROBERT. Puritan"). Concordances of the Proverbs and Ecclesiaste?

4to. 1612. 2/6.

An ordinary concordance will answer the purpose far better; but the wonderfully
Vv ise, half-crazy Cruden had not compiled his invaluable work in Allerfs days.

581 ARNOT (WILLIAM, D.D. Died 1%?$}. Laws from Heaven

for Life on Earth. 2 vols., cr. 8vo. S. 7/6. 1858. Also
I vol., cr. Svo. 7/6. Edinb., Nelson. 1869. S. 5/-
We wish Dr. A rnot had gone steadily through the whole book,
for his mind was of an order peculiarly adapted for such a task.
Those passages which he dilates upon are set in a clear and beautiful
light. For a happy blending of illustrative faculty, practical sound
sense, and spirituality, Dr. A rnot was almost unrivalled.

582 BRIDGES (CHARLES, M.A.) An Exposition. 2 vols.,

I2mo. Lond., Seeleys. 1850. S. 6/.

The best work on the Proverbs. The Scriptural method of expo
sition so well carried out by Bridges renders all his writings very
suggestive to ministers. While explaining the passage in Jiand, he
sets other portions of the word in nevv lights.

583 BROOKS (J. W., M.A.) A New Arrangement of the Proverbs of Solomon.

I2mo. Lond., Seeleys. 1860. i/-

We do not see the use of the arrangement ; but those who want the Proverbs
classified have the work done for them here.

584 CASE (R. J.) A Commentary. I2mo. Lond., 1822. S. 6d.

The Proverbs themselves are plainer than this author s exposition of them.

585 DAY (WILLIAM. Formerly Missionary to the South Seas]. A Poetical Com

mentary. Svo. I4/- Lond., Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1862; S. 3/-
The author says, he has " a taste for building rhymes," and he has here gratified it.
That is all we can say for his book.

586 DELITZSCH (FRANZ, D.D.) Biblical Commentary. Translated

from the German, by. M. G. Easton, D.D. Vol. I. [In pro
gress.] Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1875.

587 DOD QOHN. Puritan. Died 1645). A Plaine and Familial

Exposition of Proverbs, Chapters IX. to XVII. 4to. Lond.,
1608-9. [The comment on Chapters XIII. and XIV. appears
to have been the work of Robert Cleaver. In our copy, con
taining Chapters XXVIII. XXX., the names of both Dod and
C/rtzzware given, and the last chapter was " penned by a Godly
and learned man, now with God."]

Both Dod and Cleaver were popular as preachers, and their joint
works were widely circulated. This book can rarely be met with entire.

588 FRENCH (W., D.D.) and (SKINNER, G., M.A.) A New

Translation, with Explanatory Notes. Svo. Lond., 183 1 . S. 1/3.
These translators endeavour to produce faithful renderings of the text,
giving to each word the same sense in all places. They are calm,
dispassionate, judicious, and able.

PROVERBS. 105

589 HODGSON (BERNARD, LL.D.) The Proverbs of .Solomon, with Notes. 4to.

Ox/., 1788. 2/6.

Darling says : " A good translation;, the notes are chiefly philological." We set
no store by this mass of letter-press, and we question whether any one else does.

590 HOLDEN (GEORGE, M.A.) An attempt towards an improved Translation,

with Notes, &c. Svo. Liverpool, 1819. 4/6.

Home says of this work : "It is one of the most valuable helps to the critical
understanding of this book." It is certainly one of the best of Holders productions.
\Ve may be wrong, but we could not conscientiously subscribe to Home s opinion.

591 JACOX (FRANCIS). Scripture Proverbs, illustrated, annotated,

and applied. Thick cr. Svo. 10/6. Lond., Hodder & Stoughton.
1874. S. 6/-

This work illustrates many of the proverbs scattered throughout the
Scriptures, and some of those collected by Solomon. Mr. Jacox seems
to have read everything good and bad, and hence he pours forth a
medley of fact and fiction more entertaining than edifying. He reminds
us of the elder Disraeli and his " Curiosities of Literature."

592 JERMIN (MICHAEL, D.D. Died 1659). Paraphrastical Medi

tations upon the Book of Proverbs. Folio. 1638. 9/6.
Very antique, and full of Latin quotations. Jcrmin does not err in
excessive spirituality, but the reverse. Those who can put up with his
style will be repaid by his quaint learning.

593 LANGE. (See No. 578.)

594 LAWSON (GEORGE, D.D. 1749 1820). Exposition of the

Book of Proverbs. 2 vols., i2mo. Edinb. 1821. 6/- to 7/-
A thoroughly sound and useful commentary. Lawson wrote popu
larly and vigorously.

595 MILLER (JOHN. Princeton, N. J. ) A Commentary, with a New Translation,

and with some of the Original Expositions Re-examined. Demy Svo. 7/-

Dickinson & Higham. 1875.

This author s interpretations are new, and in our judgment very far removed from
accuracy. Certainly the old interpretations are better in many ways. His theory that
the Proverbs are spiritual and not secular will not hold water. lie needs reading with
very great discrimination: if read at all. "Too great innovation" is the author s own
suspicion of his work, and we quite r.gree with him, only we go beyond mere suspicion.

596 MUFFET (PETER). A Commentary on the whole Book of

Proverbs. Svo. 1596. [Reprinted, with Cotton s Commen
taries on Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon, in one of the
volumes of Nichol s series. Cr. 410. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1868.]
Homely, but not very striking. Air. Nichol s choice of commentators
for reprinting was not a wise one.

597 NEWRf AN (WILLIAM., D.D. Formerly President of Stepney Theol. Institution}.

An improved version. i8mo. Lond., 1839. i/-
Merely the corrected text. A very small affair.

598 NICHOLLS (BENJAMIN ELLIOTT, M.A.) The Book of Proverbs,

explained and illustrated from Holy Scripture. I2mo. Lond.)

Rivingtons. 1858. 1/3.

Contains very sensible suggestions for the interpretation of proverbs,
and gives instances of explanations by geography, natural history, &c.
It is a somewhat helpful work.

106 PROVERBS,

599 NOYES. (See No. ^19-)

600 STUART (MOSES). A Commentary on the Book of Proverbs.

8vo. New York, 1852. 4/- to $/-

We have not met with any English reprint of this useful volume.
Dr. Stuart purposely adapted his work to beginners in Hebrew study.
He has set himself to prepare a commentary of explanation only,
believing that a hortatory and practical comment every minister ought
to be able to make for himself. Stuart s introductory matter is highly
instructive, though no reader should blindly accept it all.

601 TAYLOR (FRANCIS, B.D.) Observations upon the three

first chapters of Proverbs. 4to. Lond., 1645.

An Exposition [as above] upon The 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Chapters, &c. 4to. 1657. iS/- to 2$/-
Two volumes (in one) of rich, old-fashioned Puritan divinity.

602 THOMAS (DAVID, D.D.) The Practical Philosopher. Thick 8vo.

12/6 nett (published at 17/6). Lend., Dickinson. 1873.
Dr. Thomas of the " Homilist " is a well-known writer, and a man
capable of great things. This work does not equal his " Genius of the
Gospel." It contains a large amount of practical comment, written in a
rather grandiose style. We can hardly fancy men of business reading
this book from day to day as the author proposes.

603 WARDLAW (RALPH, D.D.) Lectures. 3 vols., cr. Svo.

3/6 each. Edinb., Fullarton. 1 86 1. S. 6/6.
Wardlaw is diffuse, and his vieivs ^lpon "wisdom " are peculiar ;
but he always repays the reader, and neither Bridges nor A rnot have
rendered him obsolete, for he works a different vein, and expounds
in a manner peculiar to himself.

604 WILCOCKS (THOMAS, Puritan. 15491608). A Short yet

Sound Commentarie. \Works. See No. 336],
Wilcocks briefly sums up the teaching of the verses, and so aids in
suggesting topics ; in other respects he is rather wearying.

ECCLESIASTES.

605 ANNOTATIONS on the Book of Ecclesiastes. [12010.] Land. Printed by

J. Str eater. 1669.
By no means remarkable, except for extreme rarity.

606 BEZA (THEODORE). Ecclesiastes. Solomon s Sermon to the

People, with an Exposition. Small Svo. Camb., [1594]. 7/6.
Sure to be weighty and instructive. It is exceedingly rare.

607 BRIDGES (CHARLES, M.A.) Exposition of Ecclesiastes.

Sq. Svo. 61- Lond., Seeley & Co. 1 860. S. 3/-
After the manner of other works by this devout author, who is
always worth consulting, though he gives us nothing very neiv.

ECCLESIASTES. 107

608 BROUGIITON (HUGH. 15491612). A Comment upon Ecclesiastes,

framed for the Instruction of Prince Henry. 410. 1605.

Broiighton was a far-famed and rather pretentious Hebraist whom Dr. Gill quoted
as an authority. His work is nearly obsolete, but its loss is not a severe one.

609 BUCHANAN (ROBERT, D.D.) Ecclesiastes ; its Mean

ing and its Lessons, explained and illustrated. Sq. 8vo.

7/6. Land., Glasg., & Edinb., Blackie & Sons. 1 859. S. 3/6.

Dr. Buchanan has endeavoured in every instance to give tJie true

meaning of the text. His explanations were composed for the pulpit

and delivered there. The ^vork is most important, but strikes ^ts as

lacking in liveliness of style.

610 CHOHELETH, or "The Royal Preacher, a Poem." First published in the

year 1768. 410. 3/- Reprinted, 8vo., 1830. 1/6.

This is the work of which Mr. Wesley wrote : "Monday, Feb. 8, 1768. I met
with a surprising poem, intituled Choheleth, or the Preacher: it is a paraphrase in
tolerable verse on the Book of Ecclesiastes. I really think the author of it (a Turkey
merchant) understands both the difficult expressions and the connection of the whole,
better than any other, either ancient or modern, writer whom I have seen." We defer
to Mr. Wesley s opinion, but it would not have occurred to us to commend so warmly.

6n GOLEM AN (JOHN NOBLE, M. A.) Ecclesiastes. A New Trans
lation, with Notes. Imp. 8vo. 5/- Land., Nisbet. 1867. S. 2/6.
A scholarly translation with important observations.

612 COTTON (JOHN. 15851652). A briefe exposition, with

practical observations. Small 8vo. Lond., 1654. [Reprinted
in Nichol s series of Commentaries. See Muffet, No. 596.]
By a great linguist and sound divine. Ecclesiastes is not a book to
be expounded verse by verse ; but Cotton does it as well as anyone.

613 COX (SAMUEL). The Quest of the Chief Good : Expository

Lectures. Sq. Svo. 7/6. Lond., Isbister. 1868. S. 3/6.
We should find it hard to subscribe to Mr. Cox s views of Ecclesiastes,
for, to begin with, we cannot admit that its author was not Solomon, but
some unnamed Rabbi : nevertheless, "The Quest of the Chief Good"
is full of valuable matter, and abundantly repays perusal.

614 DALE (THOMAS PELHAM, M.A.) Ecclesiastes. With a running Commentary

and Paraphrase. Svo. J/6. Land., Rivingtons. 1873.

This author makes all that he can out of the errors of the Septuagint, which he
seems to value almost as much as the correct text itself. The new translation is a
sort of stilted paraphrase, which in a remarkable manner darkens the meaning of the
wise man s words. Mr. Dale says he is a man of one book, and we are glad to hear it:
for we should be sorry for another book to suffer at his hands.

615 DESVOEUX (A. V.) A Philosophical and Critical Essay on Ecclesiastes.

4to. Land., 1760. 2/6.

A curious and elaborate production. Neither in criticism, nor in theology, is the
author always sound, and his notes are a very ill-arranged mass of singular learning.

616 GINSBURG (CHRISTIAN D.) Coheleth, or Ecclesiastes ; trans

lated, with a Commentary. Svo. Land., Longmans. 1857. S. i2/-
The author does not believe that Solomon wrote the book, and his
view of its design is not the usual, nor, as we think, the right one. His
outline of the literature of the book is very complete.

108 ECCLESIASTES.

617 GRANGER (THOMAS). A Familiar Exposition, wherein the

World s Vanity and the true Felicitie are plainly deciphered.
4to. Lend., 1621. 5/- to 7/6.

Very antique, containing many obsolete and coarse phrases; but
pithy and quaint.

618 GREENAWAY (STEPHEN). New Translation. 8vo. Leicester, 1781. 3/6.
Confused, eccentric, and happily very rare.

619 HAMILTON JAMES, D.D. (1814-1867). Royal Preacher:

Lectures on Ecclesiastes. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Also 121110.,
1851; i6mo., 1854. Loud., Nisbet. S. 1/6 to 2/6.
We have had a great treat in reading tJiis prose poem. It is a
TcJiann ing production.

620 HENGSTENBERG (E. W., D.D.) Commentary on

Ecclesiastes. To which are appended : Treatises on the

Song of Solomon ; on the Book of Job ; on the Prophet

Isaiah, &c. 8vo. 9/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1860. S.4/6.

Scholarly of course, and also more "vivacious than is usual with

flengstenberg.

621 HODGSON (BERNARD, LL.D ) New Translation. 410. Or/:, 1791. 4/-
Notes neither long, numerous, nor valuable.

22 HOLDEN (GEORGE, M.A.) An Attempt to illustrate the Book

of Ecclesiastes. Svo. Lond., 1822. 3/6.

Bridges says that Holden " stands foremost for accuracy of critical
exegesis," and Ginsburg considers his Commentary to be the best in our
language. We may therefore be wrong in setting so little store by it as
>ve do, but we are not convinced.

6?3 JERMIN (MICHAEL, D.D.) Ecclesiastes. Folio. 1639. 6/6.
The school to which Jermin belonged delighted to display their
learning, of which they had no small share ; they excelled in wise
sayings, but not in unction. The fruit is ripe, but lacks flavour.

624 KEIL & DELITZSCH. (See Books of Solomon. No. 577.)

625 LANGE. (See Books of Solomon. No. 578.)

626 LLOYD (J., M.A.) An Analysis of Ecclesiastes : with reference

to the Hebrew Grammar of Gesenius, and with Notes ; to which
is added the Book of Ecclesiastes, in Hebrew and English, in
parallel columns. 410. 7/6. Loud., Bagsters. 1874.
This will be esteemed by men who have some knowledge of the
Hebrew. The repeated references to Gesenius would render the book
tedious to the ordinary reader, but they make it all the more valuable
to one who aspires to be a Hebraist.

627 [LUTHER]. An Exposition of Salomon s Booke, called Eccle

siastes, or the Preacher. 8vo. Printed by J. Day. Ztf;?^., 1573.
Even the British Museum authorities have been unable to find this
octavo for us, though it is mentioned in their catalogue.

ECCLESIASTES. 109

628 MAGDONALD (JAMES M., D.D. Princeton, N. J.)

Ecclesiastes. Thick I2mo. New York. 1856. S. 4/6.
Thoroughly cxcgetical, with excellent "scopes of argument" fol
lowing each division: to be purchased if it can be met zvit/t.

629 MORGAN (A. A.) Ecclesiastes metrically Paraphrased, with

Illustrations. 4to. 2i/- Loud., Bosworth. 1856.
This is an article deluxe, and is rather for the drawing-room than for
the study. A graphic pencil, first-class typography, and a carefully
written metrical translation make up an elegant work. of art.

630 MYLNE (G. W.) Ecclesiastes ; or, Lessons for the Christian s

Daily Walk. i6mo. Lond., 1859. 1/6.

The author in this little publication does not comment upon the
whole Book ; but the passages he touches are ably explained.

631 NISBET (ALEXANDER. Died about 1658). An Exposition, with

Practical Observations. 4to. Edinb., 1694. 4/6 to 10/6.
One of those solid works which learned Scotch divines of the seven
teenth century have left us in considerable numbers. In our judgment
it is as heavy as it is weighty.

632 NOYES. (See No. 579).

633 PEMBLE (WILLIAM, M.A 1591 1623). Salomon s Recanta

tion and Repentance ; or, the Book of Ecclesiastes briefly and
fully explained. Thin 4to. Land., 1628. 3/6.
Anthony d Wood calls Pemble " a famous preacher, a skilful linguist,
a good orator, and an ornament to society." Moreover, he was a learned
Calvinistic divine. This "Recantation" is a minor production. The
style is scholastic, with arrangements of the subjects such as render it
hard to read. We confess we are disappointed with it.

634 PRESTON (THEODORE, M.A.) A translation of the Commentary

of Mendelssohn from the Rabbinic Hebrew; also a newly-
arranged English Version. 8vo. Lond., 1845. 5/-
A book more prized by linguists than by preachers. We might with
propriety have named this Mendelssohn s Commentary, for so it is.

635 PROBY (\V. H. B., M.A.) Ecclesiastes for English Readers. Thin 8vo.

4/6. Land., Rivingtons. 1874. S. 2/3.

About 45 pages, and these are quite enough. What has come to a man s brain
vhen he prophecies that Antichrist will take away the daily sacrifice, that is, "forbid
the cucharistic bread and wine," and then adds: "To this awful time there is probably
a mystical reference in the words of our present book (XII. 6), While the silver cord
is not loosed, or the golden bowl broken, or the pitcher broken at the fountain, or the
wheel broken at the cistern. For silver and gold signify respectively, in the symbolic
language of Scripture, loz g and truth : thus the loosening of the silver cord will mean
the love of many waxing cold, and the breaking of the golden bowl will mean the
failure of truth from the earth ; and we understand, then, that in the last awful time
there will be no longer any speaking of the truth in love. And as the wells of salva
tion in Isaiah XII. 3, are the sacraments and other means of grace, so the breaking
of the pitcher and the wheel may signify the cessation of those ministries by which
the sacraments and other means of grace are dispensed."

110 ECCLESIASTES.

636 REYNOLDS (EDWARD, D.D. Bishop of Norwich. 15991676).

Annotations. Works. Vol. IV. 8vo. Lond., 1826. Reprinted,
by Dr. Washburn. 8vo. Lond., 1811. 2/6.

See Westminster Assembly s Annotations (No. 2), for which Reynolds
wrote this : he is always good.

637 SERRANUS, or, DE SERRES (JOHN. 1540-1598). A Godlie and

Leamed Commentary upon Ecclesiastes, newly turned into English, by
John Stockwood, Schoolmaster of Tunbridge. 8vo. Lond., 1585. 7/6.
Serranus was a Protestant pastor at Nismes, of such moderate opinions, and sifch
objectionable modes of stating them, that he was about equally abhorred by Romanists
and Protestants. He is said to have been very inaccurate in his learning.

STUART (MOSES). A Commentary on Ecclesiastes.

I2mo. 6/- New York., 1851. S. 3/-
Full and minute, with most instructive introductions. It is
unnecessary to say that Moses Stuart is a great aiithority, though
mot all we could wish as to spirituality.

639 TYLER (THOMAS, M.A.) Ecclesiastes ; a Contribution to its Interpretation.

8vo. 7/6. Lond., Williams & Norgate. 1875.

This writer is no doubt a profound thinker, but we do not set much store by the
result of his thinkings. He maintains that the writer of Ecclesiastes was a Jew who
ihad travelled abroad, and heard the Stoic philosophers and their opponents at
Athens. He seems to think that his point is proved, but it is the merest surmise
possible. The work is not at all to our taste.

-640 WARDLAW (RALPH, D.D.) Lectures on Ecclesiastes.

2vols., 8vo. 1821. 2vols., I2mo. 1838. Oliphant & Co. s

edition, in I vol., 8/6. 1871. S. 4/6.

Wardlaw is always good, though not very brilliant. He may be
relied upon, when not critical, and he generally excites thought.

641 WEISS (BENJAMIN). New Translation and Exposition, with

Critical Notes. i2mo. 4/- Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1856. S. 1/6.
It is pleasing to find a converted Jew engaged upon this Book. Mr.
Weiss says many good things, but frequently his interpretations and
remarks are more singular than wise.

642 YCARD (FR. Dean of Achonry). Paraphrase. 8vo. Lond., 1701. 1/6.
The dean supposes the Royal Preacher to have been interrupted by an impudent

sensualist, and so he gets rid of the difficulty of certain passages by putting them into
the scoffer s mouth. The theory is not to be tolerated for a moment.

643 YOUNG (LOYAL, D.D.) Commentary, with introductory

Notices by McGill and Jacobus. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1865.

This American comment is higJily spoken of by eminent judges,

and appears to have been careftilly executed. It is able and solid,

and at the same time enlivened with originality of thought, vivacity

of expression, and practical pungency.

644 SMITH (JOHN, M.D., M.R.C.P.L.) King Solomon s Portraiture

of Old Age, wherein is contained A Sacred Anatomy both of
Soul and Body, with an account of all these Mystical and

SONG OF SOLOMON. Ill

Enigmatical Symptomes, expressed in the six former verses of
the 1 2th Chap, of Ecclesiastes, made plain and easie to a mean
Capacitie. Svo. Land., 1666. 2/6 to 5/-

A curious book by a Physician, who brings his anatomical knowledge
to bear upon the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes, and tries to show that
Solomon understood the circulation of the blood, &c. Matthew Poole
introduced the substance of this treatise into his Synopsis, and in that
huge compilation he speaks eulogistically of the author, with whom he
resided. We mention it because of its singularity.

SONG OF SOLOMON.

645 AINSWORTH. (See under Pentateuch, No. 72).

646 AVRILLON (JOHN BAPTIST ELIAS. 16521729). The Year

of Affections ; or, Sentiments on the love of God, drawn from
the Canticles, for every day of the year. Fcap. Svo. 6/6.
Lend, and Oxf., Parker & Co. 1847. S. 4/-

One of the series of Romish authors, issued by Dr. Pusey. It is a
deeply spiritual work, after the manner of the mystics. It might have
been written by Madame Guyon. Despite its occasional Popery and
sacramentarianism, it contains much choice devotional matter.

647 BEZA (THEODORE). Sermons upon the three first chap

ters of Canticles, translated out of the French, by John
Harmar. 4to. Oxf., 1587.

TJiese thirty-one sermons are a well of instruction, very precious
and refreshing. The tmabbreviated title indicates a controversial
use of the Song, and we were therefore prepared to lament the
invasion of the dove s nest of the Canticles by the eagle of debate;
but we were agreeably disappointed, for we found much less of
argument, and much more of the Well-Beloved, than we looked for.

648 BEVERLEY (T.) An Exposition of the Divinely prophetick Song of Songs,

which is" Solomon s ; beginning with the reign of David, and ending in the
glorious Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. 410. 1687. 5/-

This maundering author finds in Canticles the history of the church from David to
our Lord, and rhymes no end of rubbish thereon. Truly there is no end to the
foolishness of expositors. We suppose there must be a public for which they cater,
and a very foolish public it must be.

49 BRIGHTMAN (THOMAS). A Commentary on the Canticles, wherein the
Text is Analised, the Native Signification of the Words Declared, the
Allegories Explained, and the Order of Times whereunto they relate
Observed. 410. Lend., 1644. [See under Daniel and Revelation.]

Brightman was a writer of high renown among the prophetic students of the
seventeenth century. With singular strength of the visionary faculties he sees in the
Canticles " the whole condition of the church from the time of David, till time shall
be no more." Expounding on this theory needs an acrobatic imagination.

112 SONG OF SOLOMON.

650 BURROWES (GEORGE. Prof. Lafayette Coil. U.S.)

Commentary. Cr. Svo. Philadelphia, 1853. 3/6.
Mr. Moody Stuart says : " The excellent work of Dr. Burr owes
is specially fitted to remove the prejudices of men of taste against the
Song- of Solomon, as the medium of spiritual communion bet-ween
the soul and Christ. We welcome it as a valuable contribution to
us from our transatlantic brethren?

651 BUSH (JOSEPH, M.A.) The Canticles of the Song of Solomon.

A Metrical Paraphrase, with Explanatory Notes and Practical
Comments. Post Svo. Lend., Hatchards. 1867. S. 1/6.
A good compilation, with a helpful translation. For popular use.

652 CLAPHAM (ENOCH). Salomon ; his Songs expounded. 4to. Land., 1603.
Clapham was a voluminous author of very remarkable attainments. Rewrote also

on the first fourteen chapters of Genesis. This work is rare as angels visits.

653 COLLINGES (JOHN, D.D. 16231690). The Inter

courses of Divine Love betwixt Christ and his Church,
metaphorically expressed by Solomon in Canticles I. and
II. 2 vols., 4to. Lond., 1676. io/- to I4/-
Nine hundred and nine quarto pages upon one chapter is more
than enough. The materials are gathered from many sources
and make up a mass of wealth. On the second chapter there are
five hundred and thirty pages. It would try the constitutions of
many modern divines to read what these Puritans found it a
pleasure to write. When shall we see their like ?

654 COTTON (JoiiN, B.D. 15851652). A Brief Exposition, describing the

estate of the Church in all ages thereof, both Jewish and Christian, and
modestly pointing at the gloriousness of the restored estate thereof. Svo.
Land., 1642. [Reprinted in Nichol s Series. See Mujfct, No. 596.]
Cotton explains the sacred love-song historically, and misses much of its sweetness

by so doing. We should never care to read his exposition while Durham, and Gill,

and Moody Stuart are to be had.

655 DAVIDSON (WILLIAM, ESQ.) A Brief outline of an Examina

tion of the Song of Solomon. Svo. Lond., 1817. 2/- to 3/6.
A precious work by one whose heart is warm with the good matter.
He sees in the Song the history of the Church of Christ.

656 DOVE (JOHN, D.D.) The Conversion of Solomon, a Direction to holiness of

Life ; handled by way of Commentarie upon the whole Booke of Canticles.
Profitable for young men which are not yet mortified, for old men which are
decrepit and have one foote in the grave, and for all sorts of men which have
an intent to renounce the vanities of this world, and to follow Jesus Christ.
4to. Land., 1613. 6/- to 8/-

A quaint old work. The student will do better with the moderns. Moreover, this
Dove is rare, and seldom lights on poor men s shelves.

657 DURHAM (JAMES. 1622 1658). Clavis Cantici ; or,

an Exposition of the Song of Solomon. 4to. Lond.,

1668 and 1723. Also I2mo., Aberdeen. 1840. 2/6 to 6/-

Durliam is always good t and he is at his best upon the Canticles.

SONG OF SOLOMON. 113

He gives ns the essence of the good matter. For practical ttse this
work is perhaps more valuable than any other Key to the Song.

658 FENNER (DUDLEY). The Song of Solomon, in Verse, with an Exposition.

Middlfburgh. 8vo. 1587. 4to.

Moody Stuart says : "This is a faithful and excellent translation, accompanied by
an admirable exposition. There is no poetry in it, but the renderings are often good,
and the comment valuable." We have not met with it.

659 FLEMING (ROBERT. Died 1716). The Mirrour of Divine Love unvail d,

in a Poetical Paraphrase of the Song of Solomon. Sm. 8vo. 1691. 3/6.
The poetry is after the same manner as that of Quarles, and though not without
merit, it is too antiquated to be admired in the present day. This is the Fleming who
interpreted the Apocalyptic vials, and was fortunate enough to hit upon the date of the
French revolution and other events connected with the decline of the Papal power.
His prophetic work has been reprinted, but not this limping poetry.

660 FRANCIS (ANN. Died 1800). A Poetical Translation; with Notes, His

torical, Critical, and Explanatory. 4to. Land., 1781. 1/6 to 2/6.
Framed on a fanciful theory. Verses flowing and feeble. Insignificant.

66 1 FRY (JOHN, A.B.) New Translation, with Notes, and an attempt

to interpret the sacred allegories. 8vo. Lond., 1811. 2/- to 3/-

Fry s work may be called the supplement and complement of Dr.

Good s. He divides the Songs into idyls, and gives notes in the same

manner as Good; but he also plunges into the spiritual meaning of the

blessed Song, and so far is to be preferred.

662 GIFFORD (MR.) A Dissertation on the Song of Solomon. 8vo. Lond. ,1751.
Worthless rhymes. This man dares to say that the Song is a pastoral, composed

by Solomon for the amusement of his lighter hours, before God had given him the
divine wisdom for which he was afterwards so eminent.

663 GILL (JOHN, D.D.) An Exposition of the Book of

Solomon s Song. Folio. Lond., 1728. 5/- Not contained
in the author s Exposition of the Old and New Testa
ment. An 8vo. edition was published by Collingridge,
Lond., 1854. S. 3/6.

The best thing Gill ever did. He could not exhaust his theme,
but he went as far as he could towards so doing. He is occasionally
fanciful, but his work is precious. Those who despise it have never
read it, or are incapable of elevated spiritual feelings.

664 GINSBURG (CHRISTIAN D.) A Translation, with a Commentary,

Historical and Critical. 8vo. io/- Lond., Longmans. 1857. 5/- to 6/-
Written upon an untenable theory, viz., that the Song is intended "to record an
example of virtue in a young woman, who encountered and conquered the greatest
temptations, and was eventually rewarded." This grovelling interpretation needed the
aid of great liberties with the text, and a few interpolations, and the author has not
hesitated to use them. However learned the book may be, this vicious theory
neutralizes all.

665 GOOD (JOHN MASON, M.D., F.R.S.) Song of Songs; or, Sacred Idyls

translated; with Notes, Critical and Explanatory. 8vo. Lond., 1803. 4/-
By a man of great learning. It is not at all spiritual, or even expository, in the
theological sense, but treats the Canticles as an Oriental drama, explaining its scenery
and metaphors from a literary point of view.

114 SONG OF SOLOMON.

666 GREEN (WILLIAM, M.A.) Song of Solomon. In "The Poetical Parts of

the Old Testament translated, with Notes." 4to. 1781.

Critical only. Orme says, " the translations are in general very accurate and elegant
specimens of biblical interpretation."

667 GUILD (WILLIAM, D.D. 15861657). Love s Intercourse

between the Lamb and his Bride. 8vo. Land., 1658. 5/- to y/-
A rare old work : but we prefer Durham. The author was one of
the better sort of the Scotch Episcopalians.

668 GYFFARD (GEORGE). Fifteen Sermons upon the Song of

Solomon. 8vo. 1598 to 1612.

We have several times met with this writer s name coupled with that
of Brightman as in his day regarded as a very learned writer, but we
cannot procure his work. Possibly some reader of this Catalogue may
yet present us with it. We beg to assure him of the gratitude which we
already feel, in the form of " a lively sense of favours to come."

669 HARMER (THOMAS. 17151788). Outlines of a New Com

mentary on Solomon s Song, drawn by the help of instructions
from the East. 8vo. Land., 1768. 1/6 to 2/6.
" This book is not well arranged, but is otherwise one of the most

ingenious, modest, and interesting of all the treatises on the outward

sense of the Song." Moody Stuart.

670 HENGSTENBERG. (See under Ecclesiastes, No. 620.)

671 HODGSON (BERNARD, LL.D.) Solomon s Song translated from

the Hebrew. 4to. Ox/., 1786. 2/6.

Moody Stuart says that this is " a good translation," and therefore
we suppose it is so, but we do not admire it. It does not even refer to
the mystical sense, and it mars the poetry of the Song. Dr. Hodgson
renders ch. vi. ver. 9: "My pigeon, my undefiled is but one." This is
an alteration, but certainly not an emendation. The name of the bride s
mother he discovers to have been Talmadni. Wonderful !

672 HOMES (NATHANIEL. Died 1678). A Commentary on the

Canticles. Works. Folio. 1652. 6/- to io/-
This goes to the very marrow of spiritual teaching, and uses every
word and syllable in a deeply experimental manner with great unction
and power. Homes, however, spiritualizes too much, and is both too
luscious in expression and too prolix for these degenerate days.

673 HOUGHTON (WM.) Translation. 8vo. 2/6. Loud., Triibner. 1865.
Useless. The Song is viewed as a secular poem on chaste love.

674 IBN EZRA (ABRAHAM). Commentary on the Canticles, after the first

recension. Edited from two MSS., with a Translation, by H. J. Matthews,
B.A. I2mo. Land., Triibner & Co. 1874.

The original Hebrew of the Song, with a Jewish comment, which conveys but little
instruction. In this small book the student will have a specimen of Jewish exposition.

675 IRONS (JOSEPH, of Camberwell. 1786 1852). Nymphas.

A Paraphrastic Exposition. i6mo. Lond., 1844. S. 1/6.
Outside of his own circle we fear that this work by the late

SONG OF SOLOMON. 115

Joseph Irons is little known. It is a paraphrase in blank verse,
rendered in a very spiritual manner. We confess that we look upon
the little book with admiring eyes, though we know that the critics
will sneer both at us and it.

676 KEIL & DELITZSCH. (SeeBooksofSolomon ) No.tf7.)

677 KRUMMACHER (F. W., D.D.) Solomon and the Shulamite.

Sermons on the Book of Canticles. i6mo. Lond.,i$T,%. S..I/-
Touches only upon a few portions. Short and sweet.

678 LANGE. (See Books of Solomon, No. 578.)

679 LITTLEDALE (R. F.) A Commentary. From Ancient and

Mediaeval Sources, izmo. 7/- Loud., J. Masters. 1869. 8.4/6.
Littlcdale is a close follower of yohn Mason Neale, and here repro
duces the beauties and the deformities of mediaeval spiritualizing.
Great judgment will be needed to extract the good and true from the
mass of semi-popish comment here heaped together. If discretion
be used, jewels of silver and jewels of gold may be extracted.

680 MACPHERSON (PETER, A.M.) The Song of Songs shown to be constructed

on Architectural Principles. Post 8vo. Edinb., 1856. 4/-

" His supposition that this song consists of verses written round an archway, is so
entirely gratuitous, that it is only misguiding and deceptive." A. Moody Stuart.

68 1 METRICAL MEDITATIONS on the Canticles. [Anon.]

i6mo. Land., Wertheim. 1856. S. i/-

Exceedingly well rendered : noteworthy both from a literary and
religious point of view. The author seizes the meaning of the Song,
and repeats it in well-chosen words.

682 MILLER (ANDREW). Meditations, izmo. 1/6. Land., Morrish.
First published in the Plymouthite magazine, "Things New and Old."

Devotional, and glowing with the light of fellowship with Jesus.

683 MOORE (DANIEL, M.A.) Christ and his Church. A

Course of Lent Lectures on the Song of Solomon. Sm.
cr. 8vo. 3/6. Lond., H. S. King & Co. 1875.
These lectures treat iipon the first chapter only, but they do so in
an admirable manner. Moore has evangelized Littlcdale.

684 [NEALE QOHN MASON, D.D.)] Sermons on the Canticles,

preached in a Religious House. By a Priest of the Church of
England. i2mo. Lond., Masters. 1857. S. 2/6.
By that highest of high churchmen, Dr. Neale. These sermons smell
of Popery, yet the savour of our Lord s good ointment cannot be hid.
Our Protestantism is not of so questionable a character that we are
afraid to do justice to Papists and Anglicans, and therefore we do not
hesitate to say that many a devout thought has come to us while reading
these " sermons by a Priest of the Church of England."

116 SONG OF SOLOMON.

685 NEWTON (ADELAIDE L.) The Song of Solomon compared with

other parts of Scripture. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1871.

[The earlier editions were published anonymously.]
Miss Newton s book is very dear to spiritual minds ; it is full of that
quiet power which comes from the Spirit of God through deep experience
and precious fellowship with the Well-Beloved.

686 NOYES. (See No. 579.)

This author sees in the Canticles nothing but a collection of amatory
songs, written without express moral or religious design. Blind !

687 PERCY (THOMAS, D.D. Bishop of Dromore. 1729 1811). New Transla

tion : with a Commentary and Annotations. [Anon.] 8vo. Lond., \lb\. 6/-
His theory of the sacred Song is dead, and not worthy of a monument in our pages-
We trust that not a relic will remain. Percy did very well with his ballads, but he had
better have let the Song of Songs alone.

688 POWER (PHILIP BENNET, M.A.) Failure and Discipline :

Thoughts on Canticles V. i6mo. 1/6 Loud., Wertheim.
Upon the fifth chapter only. Mr. Power always writes attractively,
His book is " linked sweetness," but not " long drawn out."

689 REFLECTIONS ON CANTICLES ; or, the Song of Solomon,

with Illustrations from Modem Travellers and Naturalists.
[Anon.] i2mo. Lond., S. W. Partridge & Co. 1870. S. 1/3.
Has much sweetness, and a fair measure of freshness.

690 ROBOTHAM QOHN). Exposition. 410. Lond., 1652. 6/-to8/-
Very solid; but not to be compared with Durham, No. 657. It is

just a little dull and commonplace.

691 ROMAINE (WILLIAM, M.A.) Discourses upon Solomon s Song,

8vo. Lond., 1789. 2/6.

Twelve excellent sermons from verses taken out of the Song. They
do not summarize the book, nor form a commentary, but are simply a
selection of spiritual discourses by one of the most eminent Calvinistic
divines of the last century.

692 SIBBES (RICHARD, D.D. 15771635). Bowels Opened ;

or, a Discovery of the Neere and Deere Love, Union and
Communion betwixt Christ and the Church. Sermons
on Canticles IV., V., and VI. 4to. 1639, etc. 6/- to 9/-
[ Works II. Nichol s edition.]
Sibbes never writes ill. His repute is such that ive need only

mention him. His title is most unfortunate, but in all else his

" discovery " is worthy of our commendation.

693 SKINNER QOHN. Bishop of Aberdeen. 17211806). Essay towards a literal

or true radical Exposition. Works II. 2 vols., 8vo. Aberdeen, 1809. 4/-
Not very important. The Bishop closes his exposition with the following prayer
for those who do not believe in the mystical sense : " God forgive the fools and open
their eyes." Pretty strong for a Bishop !

SONG OF SOLOMON, 117

694 STUART (A. MOODY, M.A.) Exposition, with Critical

Notes. 8vo. 12 /- Land., Nisbet 1860. S. 6/-
Although this admirable author expounds the Song ^t.pon a theory
ivJiich we do not quite endorse, we do not know where to find a book
of equal value in all respects. He has poetry in his soul, and,
beyond that, a heart like that of Rutherford, fired with love to the
Altogether Lovely One. We thank him for this noble volume.

695 THE BRIDE OF CHRIST; or, Explanatory Notes on the Song of Solomon.

[Anon.] i8mo. Land., Seeleys. 1861. S. 6d.
A little book for general use ; not for students.

696 THE THREEFOLD MYSTERY : Hints on the Song of Songs, viewed as

a Prophecy of the Double United Church of Jew and Gentile. By the
author of "The Gathered Lily." I2mo. 3/6. Land., Partridge & Co. 1869.
It seems to us to be a wild fancy that all ecclesiastical history is condensed into
the Canticles ; hence we do not value this book.

697 THRUPP (JOHN FRANCIS). New Translation, with

Commentary. Cr. 8vo. 7/6. Lond., Macmillan. 1862.
We are Jiighly pleased with this work. It defends the usual
Christian interpretation by the conclusions of sober criticism, and
shows that the spiritual sense is confirmed by the investigations of
modern scholarship. In the introduction the author deals heavy
blozvs at the sceptical school, and at those who, like Ginsburg, con
tent themselves with imputing a merely moral meaning to tlte blessed
Canticle of love.

698 WEISS (BENJAMIN). The Song of Songs unveiled : a New Translation and

Exposition. Cr. 8vo. W. Oliphant & Co. 1859. S. 1/6 to 2/6.
This author believes that the Song sets forth the history of Israel and her relation to
the Covenant Angel from Horeb to Calvary. Beyond a few Eastern illustrations, nothing
of value is contributed to existing materials. The work is thoroughly evangelical.

699 WILCOCKS (THOMAS). Exposition. Works. Folio. 1624. i2/-
Short, and somewhat in the manner of a paraphrase. This venerable

author gives a doctrinal summary of each verse, and from this we have
frequently been directed to a subject of discourse.

700 WILLIAMS (THOMAS). A New Translation, with a Commentary

and Notes. 8vo. Lond., 1801. Second edition, 1828. S. 2/-
This volume is little known, but its value is above the average of
Canticles literature. We have read many of the remarks with pleasure,
but most of them are to be found in the standard commentaries.

701 WOODFORD (SAMUEL, D.D.) Paraphrase in Verse. 8vo. 1679. 1/6 to 3/-
Better than many poetical paraphrases, but still below the mark of true poetry.

702 WRIGHT (M.) The Beauty of the Word in the Song of Solo

mon. Cr. 8vo. 6/- Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1872.
A purely spiritual commentary, casting no light upon the text, but
drawing much from it. More devotional than expository. The figures
of the allegory are pressed as far as they should be, perhaps further.

118 WORKS ON PROPHECY.

WORKS ON PROPHECY.

[Volumes upon this subject are so extremely numerous and so varied
in their opinions that we confine ourselves to the few which follow. The
reader is also referred to works upon the Apocalypse.]

703 DAVISON (JOHN, B.D. 1777 1834). Discourses on

Prophecy ; its Structure, Use, and Inspiration. [ Warbur-
tonian Lectures^ Svo. Oxf., 1845. S. 5/6.
Elliott calls this " Davison s noble Work on Prophecy" This is
one of tJie Warburtonian lectures, and we would here note that those
lectures are all upon prophecy, and are many of them by first-class
men, and therefore wortliy of study. Of course they greatly vary
in value according to the ability of the lectiirers.

704 FABER (GEORGE STANLEY, B.D. 1773 1854). Calendar of

Prophecy, or a Dissertation on the Prophecies which treat of

the Seven Times, and especially of the latter Three Times and

a Half. 3 vols., Svo. Land., 1828. 7/6. i2mo. editions, 3/6.

Faber is one of the great rabbis of prophecy. He was a man of

almost boundless learning and industry. His characteristics are said

to have been " strong masculine sense, extensive classical erudition,.

and a hearty love of hypothesis. " This last quality, no doubt, led him to-

expound prophecy, and also disqualified him for doing it well.

705 FAIRBAIRN (PATRICK, D.D.) Prophecy: its Distinctive

Nature, Special Functions, and Proper Interpretation.
Svo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1856. S. 5/6.
A standard work by one who is at home with the subject.

706 FLEMING (ROBERT. 16301694). The Fulfilling of the Scrip*

ture. Fifth edition. Folio. Lo?id., 1726,5/6; 2 vols., 8vo.,
1801, 3/6 ; 2 vols., I2mo., 1845, 3/-

This we mention because it is generally placed under this head, but
it is not an exposition of prophecy at all. It is an elaborate treatise
upon the fact that the Scriptures are fulfilled, and the word of the
Lord is true. As such it deserves the high encomiums so freely
showered upon it by the eminent divines of Fleming s own time, and
it abundantly justifies the issue of so many editions.

707 HENGSTENBERG (E. W.) The Messianic Prophecies of

Isaiah and the other Prophets.

These remarks are contained in Hengstenberg s Cliristology,
which is a standard work on the subject. (See No. 67.)

708 KEITH (ALEXANDER, D.D.) Evidence of the Truth of

the Christian Religion, derived from the literal Fulfilment
of Prophecy ; as illustrated by the History of the Jews,
and by the Discoveries of recent Travellers. Thirty-
sixth edition. Thick Svo. 1848. S. 4/- to 6/-
Horne says, (l The multiplied editions which have been required

THE PROPHETS. 119

within a very few years sufficiently attest the high estimation in
whicJi Mr. Keith s ivork is deservedly held ;" and we may add that
the improvements and additions have increased its value, and tJiat
fresti editions have shown that it is still appreciated.

709 NEWTON (THOMAS, D.D., Bp. of Bristol. 17041782).
Dissertations on the Prophecies which have been fulfilled,
and are fulfilling. Numerous editions. 2 and 3 vols., Svo.
Also, i vol., 8vo., 7/6. Lond., W. Tegg.

A standard work of a laborious and learned author; rather
laborious reading. The Bishop must not be trusted upon the New
Testament prophecy. Theologically his standing is very dubious.

THE PROPHETS.

710 KITTO (JOHN, D.D.) "Isaiah and the Prophets." In

Daily Bible Illustrations. (See No. 41).
Should be consulted wherever the readings touch upon a passage.

711 LOWTH (BISHOP) and others. A Literal Translation of the

Prophets from Isaiah to Malachi, with Notes by Lowth, Blay.
ney, Newcome, &c. 5 vols. Svo. Lond., 1836. io/- to i5/_
Concerning each of the five volumes we refer the reader to our
notices under the separate books.

712 LOWTH (WILLIAM, B.D., 16611732,^/7^;- of Bp. LowtK).

Commentary on the Prophets. 4 vols. 4to. Lond., 1714.
This is Lowth s part of Patrick (No. 50). He was more spiritual than
those with whom he became associated, which is not saying much.

713 NOYES (GEORGE R., D.D. ). A New Translation of the Hebrew

Prophets. 3 vols., i2mo. New York, 1849.

We are bound to commend this author s learning, taste, and candour,
even though we differ widely from him. The reader must not look for
savour or spiritual quickening, but use the work as a literary help only.

714 WILLIAMS (ROWLAND, D.D.) The Hebrew Prophets during the Assyrian

and Babylonian Empires. Translated afresh from the Original, with Illustra
tions. 2 vols., Svo. 22/6. Land., Williams & Norgate. 1866 71.
The author does not admit that there are references to the Messiah in the Prophets.
Whatever he may have written, this fatal error deprives it of value. A man writing
in that fashion should have been a rabbi in the synagogue, and not a minister among
professed Christians.

ISAIAH.

7 1 5 ALEXANDER (JOSEPH ADDISON). Prophecies of Isaiah,

earlier and later. T.Clark. 2 vols. I7/- 1874. S. I2/-

Dr. Hodge says of the author : "I regard Dr. Joseph Addison

120 ISAIAH.

Alexander as incomparably the greatest man I ever knew as
incomparably the greatest man our CJiurch has ever produced . He
wastes 110 space, but gives the essence of exposition.

716 ALEXANDER (JOSEPH ADDISON). Isaiah Translated

and Explained. An Abridgment of the preceding.

2 vols. I2mo. New York, 1858. S. 6/-
7 his abridgment of the larger work is by no means a small
affair. For all ordinary purposes it is voluminous enough. We
cannot too strongly recommend it.

717 BARNES (ALBERT). Notes on Isaiah. Edited by Dr.

Gumming. 3 vols. Sm. 8vo. 7/6. Routledge, 1850.
Cobbin s Edition, 2 vols., 1852. S. 4/6.
A good popular exposition, though not the most learned.

7 1 8 BIRKS (T. R., M.A.) Commentary on Isaiah, and a revised Trans

lation. 8vo. i2/- Lond., Rivingtons. 1871. S. 6/-
Written for the Speaker s Commentary, and, though not inserted
therein, it strikes us as being far superior to that work. It is a great
treasure to the student of this much neglected prophet.

719 CALVIN QOHN). Commentarie on Isaiah. Translated by C.

Cotton. Folio. Land., 1609. g/-
The translation of the Calvin Translation Society will be better.

720 CHEYNE (T. K., M.A.) The Book of Isaiah chronologically arranged. An

Amended Version. Cr. 8vo. 7/6. Land., Macmillan & Co. 1870.

We do not as a rule believe in these re-arrangements ; the book of Isaiah is best as

we have it. The tone of the interpretation in this instance is not such as we can

delight in; what the evangelical teacher has a right to expect is totally absent. The

work is of the Broad School; the notes are, however, learned and somewhat suggestive.

721 ,, ,, Notes and Criticisms on the Hebrew Text of Isaiah.
Cr. Svo. 2/6. Lond., Macmillan & Co.

The Westminster Review} speaks of it as "a piece of scholarly work, very carefully
and considerately done." It may be so.

722 COWLES (HENRY, D.D.) Isaiah, with Notes. i2mo.

New York, D. Appleton & Co. 1869. S. 6/6.
Cowles writes more popularly than Alexander, and, though he is
not soprofound an authority, we have read him with pleasure.

723 DAY (WILLIAM). An Exposition of the Book of Isaiah. Folio. 1654. 12/6 to I4/-
Day does not throw much light upon the text : he says he wrote for his children,

and certainly he is childish enough.

724 DELITZSCH (FRANZ.) Biblical Commentary on Isaiah. 2 vols.

vo. 2 1/- JEdinb., T. & T. Clark. 1862.

"The author has long been honourably distinguished among the
scholars of Germany. He occupies, indeed, a position always peculiar
to himself ; for, whilst his attainments in Hebrew philology and Talmu-
dical lore are of the highest order;, he unites with these a genuine
appreciation of evangelical truth and godliness." So says the Literary
Churchman. For our own part, we are not enraptured with Delitzsch.

ISAIAH. 12]

725 EWALD (H.) The Prophet Isaiah. Chapters I. -XXXIII. From the

German. By Octavius Glover. Cr. 8vo. 6/- Land,, Bell & Sons. 1869.
Decidedly sceptical ; but yet it may be useful as leading the reader to appreciate
the poetic beauty of the book. Question if the good to be gained equals the risk
incurred. Our verdict is to the contrary.

726 FRASER (ALEXANDER). Paraphrase with Notes. Svo. Edinb., 1800. 2/-
Of very small value.

727 GALLOWAY (WILLIAM BROWN, M.A.) Isaiah s Testimony

for Jesus. A Series of Discourses. Svo. i4/- Lond., G.
Bell & Sons. 1864. S. 2/- to 4; -

A congregation which would listen to such lectures as these must be
a very select one indeed. The writer goes most thoroughly and
learnedly into his subject.

728 HENDERSON (EBENEZER, D.D.) Isaiah, translated from the

Hebrew; with a Commentary. Svo. 1840. Second and best
edition. 1857. S. 8/6. Scarce (pub. at i6/-).

The author has given no doctrinal or practical observations, as
he conceived that others had furnished these in abundance ; he has
confined himself to eliciting the real meaning of the words, and has
thereby rendered great service to all expositors who have wit enough to
make use of his critical assistance. To the less instructed reader, Dr.
Henderson s work will appear to be dull and savourless ; but to those
who only need to have the language translated, and are able to supply
reflections for themselves, it will be of much service.

729 GOVETT (R. JUNIOR, M.A.) Isaiah Unfulfilled. Exposition,

with new Version and Critical Notes. Svo. Lond., 1841. S. 5/-
Scholarly and conscientious. The prophecy is interpreted literally.

730 JENOUR (ALFRED, M.A.). The Book of Isaiah, translated, with

Notes and Practical Remarks. 2 vols., Svo. Lond., 1830. 3;-
This appears to us to be a faithful translation ; the commentary and
practical reflections are instructive and gracious.

731 KEITH (ALEXANDER, A.M.). Isaiah as it is; or, Judah and

Jerusalem the subjects of Isaiah s prophesying. Cr. Svo.
Edinb. , 1850. 3/-

The student will consult with benefit this valuable contribution to
the explanation of a most important, but neglected book.

732 KELLY (WILLIAM). Lectures on Isaiah. 2/6. Lond., G. Morrish. 1871.
This eminent divine of the Brethren school sometimes expounds ably, but with a

twist towards the peculiar dogmas of his party.

733 LOWTH (ROBERT, D.D., F.R.S., Bp. ef London. 1710-1787).

Isaiah, Translation with Notes. Svo. Numerous editions,

S. a/- ; a modern one, Svo., 4/6. Lond., W. Tegg. See No. 711.

Smith s Dictionary^ remarks that Bp. LowtKs incessant correction of

the Hebrew text is constantly to be mistrusted. This seriously

diminishes LowtKs value, but this is a grand work notwithstanding.

122 ISAIAH.

734 LYTH (JOHN, D.D.) Homiletical Treasury. i2mo. i/- Land., Elliot

Stock. 1868.

This should have been to the preacher a book of the utmost value, for it consists
wholly of outlines and hints for sermons, but these are frequently poor and common
place. The design is superlatively practical, and had the execution been better we
should have rejoiced in it.

735 MACCULLOCH (ROBERT, D.D.) Lectures on Isaiah. 4 vols.

8vo. Lond. 1791 1805. i2/-toi8/-

In these days we need condensation. This author would have been
far more valued if he had compressed his matter into one volume. He
is good, but verbose. Some authors toil not, but they spin ; Macculloch
both toils and spins.

736 MACLACHLAN (MRS., of Madachlan}. Notes on the unfulfilled Prophecies

of Isaiah. [Anon.] 8vo. 8/6. Land., Nisbet. 1868.

This authoress treats Isaiah as a Jewish book only, and refers all the prophecies to
that nation. We do not agree with her fundamental principle.

737 MANCHESTER (GEORGE MONTAGUE, DUKE OF). Short Notes on Isaiah,

chap. V. XII. Svo. 1852. 2/-

We confess that we cannot enjoy the very singular style of the Duke s prelections,
but there are some who set great store by them. We wonder why.

738 NO YES (G. R.) See No. 713.

739 STOCK (JOSEPH, M.A., Bishop of KillaUa). Isaiah in Hebrew and English.

With Notes. 4to. 1803. 4/-

The notes are few, but are said by the British Critic to be "uncommonly valuable
for their depth and acuteness." We should not have thought so. Stock alters the
renderings of Lowth, but seldom improves them. We judge him to be over estimated.

740 SMITH (R. PAYNE, D.D., Dean of Canterbury}. The Authen

ticity and Messianic Interpretation of the Prophecies of Isaiah
Vindicated, in Sermons before the University of Oxford. Svo.
10/6. Oxf. and Lond., J. H. & J. Parker. 1862. 8.5/6
A work which would be invaluable in a discussion with Jews. It

meets their objections, and also those advanced by neologians, and by

the writers of Essays and Reviews.

741 VERNEY (LADY). Practical Thoughts on the First Forty

Chapters of Isaiah. Svo. Land., Nisbet. 1858. 8.2/6.
Some sensible spiritual hints will be found in these remarks. As an
exposition it is one of the least.

742 WHISH (J. C., M.A.) A Paraphrase of the Book of Isaiah, with

Notes. i2mo. 3/6. Land., Seeley & Co. 1862. S. 1/3.
Somewhat helpful. The paraphrasing is not prolix, and it does, as
a rule, aid the reader in getting at the literal sense. With the spiritual
teaching Mr. Whisk has not intermeddled.

743 WHITE (SAMUEL, M.A.) Commentary on Isaiah, wherein the

literal sense is briefly explained. 4to. Lond., 1709. 2/6.
This author keeps to the literal sense and is very severe upon
spiritualizers, of whose vagaries he gives specimens. In aiming at one
excellence he misses others, and fails to see Christ where he certainly
is, thus rendering his remarks less valuable to the Christian mind.

PARTS OF ISAIAH. 123

PARTS OF ISAIAH.

[There are many works upon separate chapters of this book, but it
does not fall in with our plan to go so much into detail as to enumerate
them all. We thought it would be useful to our readers if we mentioned
a few.~l

744 MACDUFF (J. R., D.D.) "Comfort ye, Comfort ye:" God s

words of comfort addressed to his Church in the last twenty-
seven chapters of Isaiah. Cr. 8vo. 5/- Lond., Nisbet. 1872.
Dr. Macduff translates into popular language the teachings of great

expositors, and does it to perfection. For an hour s pleasant and holy

reading commend us to Dr. Macduff.

745 CALVERT (THOMAS). Mel Cceli, Medulla Evangelii ;

or, The Prophet Isaiah s Crucifix. An Exposition of the
Fifty-third Chapter of Isaiah. 4to. 1867. 5 /- to 7/6.
Precious and practical. Just what the title would lead us to
expect marrow and fatness ; honey from the Rock, Christ Jesus.

746 DURHAM (JAMES). Christ Crucified; or, the Marrow

of the Gospel, holdcn forth in Seventy-two Sermons on
Isaiah liii. Editions, folio, 4to., and Svo. 3/- to 5/-
This is marrow indeed. We need say no more : Durham is a
prince among spiritual expositors.

747 MACDONOGH (T. M.) Messiah as revealed in Is. liii. Founded

upon Manton (748). 12 mo. Lond., 1858. 1/6.
This is a serving up of the next work in the form of lectures. We
do not admire abridgments, and especially those which make altera
tions and additions ; still it is likely that many have read MacdonogKs
Manton who might never have fallen in with Manton s Manton.

748 MANTON (THOMAS, D.D.) A Practical Exposition on

the whole Fifty-third Chapter of Isaiah. Svo. Lond.,

1703. Also in Works, Vol. III. Nichol s Puritan Series.

Manton needs no praise from us. Whatever he does is done in

a style worthy of a chief among theologians. He is, however,

seldom too brief, and his own bulk hinders his being read. Preachers

of long sermons should take a hint from this.

749 MARGOLIOUTH (MOSES, B.A.) Six Lectures on Isaiah liii,

&c. Svo. Land., Hatchards. 1846. 2/-
Well worth a careful reading.

750 STEWART QAMES HALDANE, M.A.) Lectures upon Isaiah LV.

I2mo. Loud., Hatchards. 1846. 1/6.
Nine sweet evangelical discourses, in a lively, impressive style.

124 JEREMIAH AND LAMENTATIONS.

JEREMIAH AND LAMENTATIONS.

[We would call special attention to the volume of the Speaker s
Commentary upon this Book. It is by Dr. Payne Smith, Dean of
Canterbury, and deserves much praise.]

751 BLAYNEY (BENJAMIN, D.D. Died 1801). Jeremiah and

Lamentations. New Translation, with Notes. Svo. Lond.,
1836. 2/6. (See No. 1 1 1.}

Blayney^ belonged to a past school of clever men, too apt to suggest
new readings, and more able to appreciate literary beauties than
spiritual teachings. He was a zealous follower of Lowth, but he lacked
the fine taste and poetic genius of his master.

752 HENDERSON (E., D.D.) Jeremiah and Lamentations. Svo.

Lond., 1851. 8/6.
A work of the same character as No. 728.

753 HULL (JOHN, D.D.) Exposition upon part of Lamen

tations. 4to. Lond., 1618. 7/6.
Full of quaintnesses. Marrowy throughout.

754 KEIL (K. F. 1754 1818). Commentary on Jeremiah and

Lamentations. 2 vols., Svo. 2i/. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1874.
We have already indicated the direction in which Keil is serviceable.
For exact interpretation he is esteemed, but he is too cold and formal
ever to be a favourite.

755 LANGE S COMMENTARY. Jeremiah and Lamenta

tions. By Dr. C. W. Nagelsbach. i vol., Imp. Svo.

2 1/- Edinb., T. Clark. 1871.

" Whoever becomes possessed of this great work will have, in a
comprehensive form, the results of all ancient and modern exegesis,
with an apparatus criticus of surprising copiousness British
Quarterly Review.

756 LOWTH (WILLIAM, M.A.) A Commentary on Jeremiah and

Lamentations. 4to. Loud., 1718. 1/6. (See Nos. 50 and 712).

This forms a part of what is known as Bp. Patrick s Commentary.

Onne says that Lowth is " one of the most judicious commentators on

the prophets, and he never prophesies himself." We wish we could say

this of all writers on prophetic subjects.

757 SMITH (THORNLEY). The Prophet of Sorrow; or, Life and

Times of Jeremiah. Cr. Svo. 4/6. Edinb., Oliphant. 1875.
Not a commentary ; but as it casts light on the character and times
of the prophet it deserves a place here.

758 SWIFT (DANIEL). Zion s sufferings: an Exposition of Lamen*

tations V. i2mo. Lond., 1654. 4/-
Strong, rough, coarse. Excessively rare.

EZEKIEL, 125

759 UDALL (JOHN) A Commentarie upon the Lamentations of

Jeremy. [Anon.] 4to. Lond., 1599. 4/- or 5/.
In this extremely rare work the author has laboured after brevity, and
has given the abridgment of many discourses ; hence, to those who can
procure it, it is all the more useful.

EZEKIEL.

760 ALLEINE (WILLIAM). The nine last chapters of Ezekiel un

folded. 8vo. 1679. 5/6
Very rare ; will interest interpreters of prophecy.

761 COWLES (HENRY, D.D.) Ezekiel and Daniel; with

Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical. Thick cr. 8vo.

New York, D. Appleton & Co. 1867. S. 6/6.
In his own way this author is one of the most instructive of
American writers; he is clear and definite, and leaves his meaning
impressed upon the mind. His scholarsldp is respectable,

162 FAIRBAIRN (PATRICK, D.D.) Ezekiel. Exposition; with

New Translation. 8vo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1851.

This exposition has passed tJirough three editions, and has gained

for its author a high place among elncidators of difficult parts of

Scripture. Dr. Fairbairn has a cool judgment and a warm heart;

he has cast much light upon Ezekiel s wheels, and has evidently felt

the touch of the live coal, which is better still.

763 GREENHILL (WILLIAM, M.A. 1591-1677). Exposition

of Ezekiel. 5 vols. 4to. 1645 1667. Reprinted in a
thick imp. 8vo. volume, 1827, and now issued in Nichol s
Commentaries. 10/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1863.
We ahvays get something out of Greenhill whenever we refer to
him. He had not, of course, the critical skill of the present day,
but his spiritual insight was keen. He rather commented on a
passage than expounded it.

764 GUTHRIE (THOMAS, D.D.) The Gospel in Ezekiel. Cr. 8vo.

3/6. Lond., Daldy & Isbister. 1864.

Very little of Ezekiel, and a great many of those flowers of eloquence
which rendered Dr. Guthrie so famous. We can hardly regard it as
an exposition. It only dwells upon the latter part of the 36th chapter.

765 HENDERSON (EBENEZER, D.D.) Ezekiel. With Com

mentary. 8vo. Lond., Hamilton. 1855. 5/~
Valuable condensed notes.

126 EZEKIEL DANIEL.

766 HENGSTENBERG (E.W., D.D.) The Prophecies of Ezekiel

elucidated. Demy 8vo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1869.

We have frequently characterised this author s writings. They are

clear, cold, and dry, like a fine moonlight night in the middle of winter.

A man needs a peculiar mind to enjoy Hengstenberg; but all educated

students can profit by him.

767 KEIL (K. F.) Ezekiel [2 vols., in preparation]. Edinb. T. Clark.

768 LANGE. Commentaries on Ezekiel and other Books of

Old Testament. [In preparation.] Edinb., T. &T. Clark.

769 NEWCOME (WILLIAM, D.D., Abp. of Armagh. 17291800).

Improved version, metrical arrangement, and explanation. 410.
Dublin, 1728. 8vo. Lond., 1836, &c. (See Lowth and others,
No. 711).

Dr. Fairbairn says : " The notes are of a very brief description,
chiefly explanatory of the meanings given in the translation ; and both
the translation and the notes proceed to a large extent on the vicious
principle, very prevalent at the time, of getting rid of difficulties in the
sense by proposed emendations of the text." Yet Newcome showed
both learning and diligence in this improved version.

DANIEL.

770 AMNER (R.) Essay towards interpretation. 8vo. Land., 1776.

Written on the absurd hypothesis that the prophecies were all fulfilled before the
death of Antiochus Epiphanes.

771 AUBERLEN (CARL AUGUST, Ph.D.) The Prophecies of Daniel

and the Revelation, by C. A. A. Translated by Adolphe Saphir.

8vo. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1856. 5/-

Not a textual commentary, but a treatise upon the mysterious pro
phecies. Auberlen s spirit is reverential and his views are evangelical,
or we should not have found Mr. Saphir translating it. He acknow
ledges his indebtedness to Roos, No. 799. We must leave the inter
pretations to be judged by those who are learned in such subjects.

772 BARNES (ALBERT). Notes. Blackie s edition. 2 vols.,

post 8vo. 7/- S. 3/6.

Dr. Wardlaw said of this work: "/ have examined the Notes
of the Rev. Albert Barnes on a considerable variety of testing
passages ; and, so far as my examination has gone, I feel confident
in pronouncing them to be characterized, in no ordinary deg rec, by
discriminative judgment, sound theology, unostentatious learning,
practical wisdom, and evangelical piety"

773 BIRKS (T. R., M.A.) Exposition of the first two Visions of

Daniel. Fcap. 8vo. 6/- Land., Seeleys. 1845. S. 2/6.

DANIEL. 127

774 BIRKS (T. R., M.A.) The Two Later Visions of Daniel

historically explained. Fcap. 8vo. 6/- Lond., Seeley. 1846.
We must leave judgment upon this work and the preceding one to
those skilled in prophetic interpretation.

775 BRIGHTMAN (THOMAS. Puritan. 15571607). A most comfortable

Exposition of the last and most difficult part of the Prophecie of Daniel,
from the 26th verse of the nth Chapter to the end of the I2th Chapter,
wherein the restoring of the Jewes and their calling to the faith of Christ
after the utter overthrow of their three last enemies is set forth in lively
colours. 4to. Land., 1644.

This exposition and the author s commentary on Canticles are appended to his work
on Revelation, and do not appear to have been published separately. In his title-page
Brightman is called a bright and worthy man, and in the preface we are told that "he
shined every way and was a Brightman indeed." His work is rather a curiosity than
a treasure.

776 BROUGHTON (HUGH. 15491612). Daniel s Chaldee Visions. Works.

Folio. Land., 1662.

This author was pedantic and eccentric, but yet a man of real learning. His works
have almost disappeared. In his own day some considered him a sage and others a
quack. He was a little of both.

777 CALVIN (JOHN). Commentaries upon Daniel. 4to.

Lond., John Day. 1570. io/-
A ho in Calvin s complete works.

778 COLEMAN (THOMAS). Decision, exemplified in Daniel. 8vo. Land., 1858.
This is by the author of " Memorials of Independent Churches." It is intended

for children and is suitable for them.

779 COWLES (HENRY, D.D.) See wider Ezckicl, No. 761.

780 DANIEL : Statesman and Prophet. [Anon]. 8vo. 3/6. Lond.,

Religious Tract Society. [N.D.]

A valuable popular addition to the literature of the book of Daniel.
Objections to its authenticity ajid inspiration are met, and the assaults
of infidels are made to bring out the evidences of Divine authority with
all the greater clearness. We are delighted with the volume, which is
beautifully got up. Every student and minister should have a copy.

781 DARBY (JOHN NELSON). Studies. I/- Lond., W. H. Broom.
The name of the writer sufficiently indicates the character of the book.

782 DESPREZ (PHILIP S., B.D.) Daniel; or, the Apocalypse of the Old Testa

ment. 8vo. 5/- Lond., Williams & Norgate. 1865.

This work is of the Essays and Reviews school. The author cannot see the. Messiah
in Daniel. It is worse than useless.

783 ELLIOTT (E. B.) See under Revelation.

784 FRERE (JAMES HATLEY, Esq.) A Combined View of the Prophecies of

Daniel, Ezra, and St. John. 8vo. Lond., 1826. S. 2/6.
This has been esteemed by many in its day, but we do not recommend its purchase.

785 GAUSSEN (S. R. Louis). Daniel, explained for Young

Persons. 2 vols. Svo. 9/- Lond., J. & C. Mozley. 1874.

This is a ivork for children only. We hope it will not set our

Sunday School teachers explaining to their little ones the image and

its toes, the he-goat, and all the other marvels. If they do attempt

it we wish them as well through their task as Professor Gausscn.

128 DANIEL.

786 HARRISON (BENJAMIN, M.A., Archdeacon of Maid-

stone). Prophetic Outlines of the Christian Church and

the Antichristian Power, as traced in the Visions of Daniel

and St. John. [ Warburtonian Lectures] 8vo. 1849. 3/-

We like the manner of this book. The author has been content

throughout to trace the true outline of interpretation without entering

on a detailed examination of counter theories ; and he has done this

in the spirit of Bishop Ridley, who said upon a kindred subject,

" Sir, in these matters I am so fearful, that I dare not speak further

than the very text doth, as it were, lead me by the hand! 1

787 HENGSTENBERG (E. W.) Dissertations on the Genuineness

of Daniel and the Integrity of Zachariah. 8vo. i2/- Edinb.,
T. & T. Clark. 1848. S. 5/6.

Much valuable matter is brought out by the discussion ; but few of
us have time to go into it, or any need to do so ; for we are fully
persuaded of the integrity of all the prophets, and of their books too.

788 HUIT (EPHRAIM. Puritan*). The whole Prophecie of Daniel

Explained. 4to. Land., 1643. 5/6.

Huifs short doctrinal summaries of the verses will bring useful sub
jects before the preacher s mind ; otherwise Huit is not very remarkable,

789 IRVING (EDWARD, M.A. 1792 1834). Babylon and Infidelity

foredoomed of God ; A Discourse on Daniel and the Apo
calypse. 2 vols., i2mo. Glasg., 1826; also one vol. 8vo. 3/6.
More of rolling sound than anything else.

790 KEIL (K. F.) Commentary on the Book of Daniel. 8vo.

10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872.

" We have just had occasion to make ourselves acquainted with
Keil s book on Daniel, and we can speak of it in very high terms.
If is marked by great erudition, rare accuracy, and much spiritual
thoughtfulness? Evangelical Magazine.

791 KELLY (WILLAM). Notes. i2mo. 1/6. Lond., Morrish. 1870.
It needs minds of a peculiar organization to enjoy Plymouth writings.

They abound in peculiar phraseology, which only the initiated can
understand. We are sorry to see such a mind as Mr. Kelly s so
narrowed to party bounds.

792 KNOX (J.) Reflections on Daniel. Small 8vo. 1849.
This book is unknown to us.

793 MANCHESTER (GEORGE MONTAGUE, DUKE OF). The Times of Daniel,

Chronological and Prophetical. 8vo. Lond., 1845. 3/~

This work has received the most enthusiastic praise from German writers, who
dwell with pleasure upon his being "erudite and illustrious." The duke s writing is
certainly sui generis. He is by no means a favourite author with us.

794 MILES (CHARLES POPHAM, B.A.) Lectures, with Notes.

[Chap. I VII]. 2 vols. i2mo. Land., Nisbet. 1840-41. 3/6.
Commendable sermons and good notes.

DANIEL. 129

795 MORE (HENRY, D.D., F.R.S. 16141687). A Plain and Continued

Exposition of the several Prophecies of Daniel. 4to. Land., 1681. 2/6.
If a man had no more than More on Daniel he would certainly long for more, and
need a work more spiritual and more suggestive.

796 NEWTON (SiR ISAAC, F.R.S. 16421727). Observations on

Daniel and the Apocalypse. 410. Lend., 1733; 8vo., 1831.
2/- or 3 /-

The author s name will always keep this book in repute. The spiritual
student will not glean much from it. Sir Isaac s fame does not rest on
his expositions. The following extract we cannot forbear inserting in
this place : " The folly of interpreters has been, to foretell times and
things by this prophecy [the Apocalypse], as if God designed to make
them prophets. By this rashness they have not only exposed themselves,
but brought the prophecy also into contempt. The design of God was
much otherwise. He gave this and the prophecies of the Old Testa
ment, not to gratify men s curiosities by enabling them to foreknow
things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the
event ; and his own providence, not the interpreter s wisdom, be then
manifested thereby to the world."

797 PARKER (THOMAS. Puritan. Died 1677). Daniel expounded. 410. Land.

1646.

This learned book is enough to perplex and distract any ordinary mortal, but pro
bably Dr. Gumming and brethren of his school would revel in it. We had sooner
read a table of logarithms.

798 PUSEY (EDWARD BOUVERIE, D.D. Regius Professor of

Hebrew). Daniel the Prophet. Nine Lectures. 8vo.

10/6. Lond., J. Parker & Co. 1869.

To Dr. Pusey s work on Daniel all subsequent writers must be
deeply indebted, however muck tJiey may differ from him in other
departments of theological study.

799 ROOS (MAGNUS FREDERICK. 1727 1803). Exposition

of such of the Prophecies of Daniel as receive their

accomplishment under the New Testament. Translated

by E. Henderson. 8vo. Edinb., 1811. 1/6 and 2/-

Dr, Henderson gently chides those who are not sufficiently intent

upon prophetical interpretation. There vvould be fewer of such

delinquents if expositors were more reasonable. Roos, hoivever, is

dull to a dreadful degree : we should say that nobody ever read him

through, except his translator. He is very devout, and this is the

saving point about his book. We cannot tell whether the views of

Roos are correct or not, for we cannot keep awake while reading

him. As far as we have gone ive have seen some reason to question.

800 RULE (WILLIAM HARRIS, D.D.). Historical Exposition

of Daniel. Cr. 8vo. Lond., Seeley & Co. 1869. 3/-
A notably interesting exposition, bringing historical facts and
memorials to bear upon the prophecy. It is not merely readable, but
attractive.

10

130 DANIEL MINOR PROPHETS.

801 STRONG (LEONARD). Lectures. 121110. a/- Lend., Yapp. 1871.
Notes of instructive lectures.

802 STUART (MOSES). A Commentary on the Book of Daniel.

8vo. Boston, U. S. 1850. S. 9/6.

Stuart gives quite an independent interpretation, and fails to see the
Pope and his Cardinals in Daniel, for which we like him all the better.
We do not accept his conclusions, but he is always worthy of respect.

803 TREGELLES (S. PRIDE AUX, LL.D.) Remarks on the Prophetic

Visions of Daniel. Cr. Svo. 5/- Land., Bagsters. 1852.
Tregelles is deservedly regarded as a great authority upon prophetical
subjects.

804 WELLS (EDWARD, D.D.) Daniel explained. 4to. Land., 1716. 1/6.
This is a different work to that mentioned in No. 61. It is of no great value.

805 WILLET (ANDREW). Hexapla in Danielem. Folio. 1610. 8/6.
Dr. Williams says that this is a work of much information, as it con
tains the "opinions of many authors on each point of difficulty." He adds
that in none of his expositions does Willet " discover more skill and
judgment than in the present work."

806 WILSON (JOSEPH, A.M.) Horse Propheticse ; or Dissertation on

the Book of Daniel. Svo. Onndle, 1824. 2/-
We consider this to be of more than average worth.

807 WINTLE (THOMAS, B.D. 17371814). Daniel, an Improved Version,

with Notes. 4to. Ox/., 1792; 8vo., Loud., 1836. 2/- (See No. 711.)
Learned notes, mainly philological, with a translation on the plan of Lmvth.

808 WODROW (ROBERT). Destiny of Israel, as unfolded in the Eighth and

succeeding Chapters of Daniel. I2mo. Blackie & Son. 1844. 1/6.
This devout author follows the system of Sir Isaac A T ewton and Bishop Neivton.
His calculations as to the year 1843 were disproved by history.

809 WOOD (WILLIAM, A.M.) Lectures on the first Seven Chapters of Daniel.

I2mo. Loud., Cleaver. 1847. /6-
Plain sermons of no great expository value.

MINOR PEOPHETS.

810 BARLEE (EDWARD). Explanatory Version of the Minor Pro

phets. i2mo. Lond., Pickering. 1839. 1/6.

One of the best paraphrases we have ever met with.

811 COWLES (HENRY, D.D.) The Minor Prophets, with Notes.

Cr. Svo. New York, D. Appleton & Co. 1867. S. 7/-
" This work is designed for both pastor and people. It embodies
the results of much research, and elucidates the text of sacred Scripture
with admirable force and simplicity." Afcv York Christian Intelligencer.

MINOR PROPHETS. .

131

812 DAN.-liUS, or DANEAU (LAMBERT. Eminent French Protestant Divine.

15301596). A fruitfull Commentarie upon the Twelve Small Prophets.
Translated by John Stockwood, Minister at Tunbridgc. 4to. Lotid., 1594.
A translation of a work famous in its day, but of small service now.

813 HENDERSON (EBENEZER, D.D.) The Twelve Minor Prophets.

Large 8vo. Lond., Hamilton & Co. 1845. Scarce. S. io/-
A learned critical work, not spiritually or doctrinally suggestive, but
simply explanatory of the text. This author denounces the theory
of a double sense in prophecy; we, none the less, believe it to be a fact.

814 HUTCHESON (GEORGE). Briefe Exposition of the

12 Small Prophets. 3 vols., sm. 8vo. Lond., 1655 ;
i vol., folio, 1657. 7/6 to io/-
Get it, Hutcheson is ahvays rich. He resembles Dickson.

815 KEIL (K. F.) Commentary on the Minor Prophets. 2 vols.,

8vo. 21 /- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1871.
" Dr. Keil is at his best in this Commentary ; and to all who
have ventured on this obscure region we can promise an intelligent
guide and a serviceable light in this work. We ourselves, under
his guidance, have resumed the study of these beautiful and in
structive Scriptures with renewed vigour and growing delight."
Nonconfonn ist.

816 KELLY (WILLIAM). Lectures. Cr. 8vo. 4/6. Lond., Broom. 1871.
Air. Kelly finds in the Minor Prophets a great many things which we cannot see a

trace of for instance, he here discovers that we shall lose India. It is a pity that a
man of such excellence should allow a very superior mind to be so warped.

817 LANGE. Commentary on the Minor Prophets. Edited

by Dr. Schaff. Imp. 8vo. 2i/- Edinb., T. T. Clark. 1874.
The commentaries on the different prophets are by various
authors; hence their value differs. As a ivhole the volume is
excellent, but not so good as Keil.

818 NEWCO ME (WILLIAM, D.D. Abp. of Armagh. 17291800;.

Improved Version, Metrical Arrangement, and Explanation.
With all the Principal Notes of Horsley on Hosea, and Blayney
on Zechariah. 8vo. Lond., 1836. 2/6. (Ser No. 711.)
A celebrated critical work of a past age, but not expository. Ncwcoine
was too fond of new readings to be safely followed.

819 PUSEY (E. B., D.D.) The Minor Prophets. With a

Commentary. 4to., sewed, $/- each part. Part I., Hosea
to Joel ; II., Joel to Amos, vi. 6 ; III., Amos, vi. 6 to
Micah, i. 12; IV., Micah, i. 13 to Nahum; V. [in the press~],
Habakkuk to Haggai. Lond.,]. Parker. 1860 1871.
All authorities speak of this work with great respect and so

would we ; but it is evident that Dr. Pusey is far too much

swayed by patristic and mediaeval commentators.

132 MINOR PROPHETS HOSEA.

820 RANDALL QAMES, M.A.) Sermons on the Books of Joel,

Jonah, N ahum, Micah, and Habakkuk. 8vo. Lend., 1843. 2 /6.
Superior sermons ; but what are they among so many prophets ?

821 STOKES (DAVID, D.D.) Paraphrase. 8vo. Lond., 1659. 4 /.
Of no importance.

HOSEA.

822 BTLRROUGHES (JEREMIAH. Puritan. 15991646).

Exposition of the Prophesie of Hosea. 4 vols. 4to.
Land., 1643 1651. [The original work does not include
Chapter XIV., upon which there is an Exposition by
Sibbes, and another by Bp. Reynolds. The reprint, by
James Sherman, contains the Exposition completed by
Hall and Reynolds. Nichol s Series of Commentaries,
i vol., imp. 8vo. 10/6. Nisbet, 1863.

Masterly. A vast treasure-house of experimental exposition.
With the exception of Adams, we prefer it to any other of the
expositions reprinted under the editorship of Mr. Sherman.

823 HORSLEY (SAMUEL, Bishop of St. Asaph). Hosea. Translated

from the Hebrew; with Notes. 4to. Lend., 1804. S. 3/-
And in Vol. 2 of Biblical Criticism.

Horsley occasionally succeeds in elucidating obscurities, but frequently
his treatment of the text reminds one of the old army surgeons who cut
and hacked their patients without mercy. This translation is still valued,
but is to be followed with discretion.

824 DOWNAME (JOHN, B.D. Died 1644). Lectures upon

the Four First Chapters of Hosea. 4to. Lend., 1608. 3/6.
An exposition of the richest kind. Get it by all means, if you
can.

825 DRAKE (WILLIAM, M.A.) Notes, critical and explanatory, on the Prophecies

of Jonah and Hosea. 8vo. Camb., Macmillan & Co. 1853.
For Hebraists only.

826 NEALE QAMES, M.A.) Hosea. Translation, Commentary, and

Notes. Royal 8vo. Lond., 1850. S. 1/6 to 2/6.
We do not think many ministers will value it for homiletical purposes.

827 POCOCK (EDWARD, D.D. 1604 1691). Commentary on Hosea.

In Vol. 2 of his Works; 2 vols. folio. Lond., 1740. 12/6.
Orme says Pocock was " one of the finest Oriental scholars, and cer
tainly the first Arabic scholar of his age." His book is a treasury filled
with the products of laborious research.

HOSEA JOEL. 133

828 WOLFENDALE (J.) Homiletical Commentary on Hosea. [In

progress: being Part 5 of the Preacher s Commentary.] i/-

Lond., R. D. Dickinson. [1875.]

On an excellent plan, and moderately well executed. With .Bttr-
roitghes and others to quarry from, and so good a method to work by,
Mr. Wolfendale ought to have produced a better book ; but even as it
is he deserves a measure of commendation.

829 SMITH (SAMUEL). An Exposition upon the Sixth Chapter

of the Prophesie of Hosea. 410. Lond., 1616. 5/~
In Smiths usual quiet, rich, expository manner.

830 MARGOLIOUTH (MOSES, B.A.) Genuine Repentance, and

its Effects. Exposition of Hosea XIV. 8vo. Land., 1854. 3;-
Respectable discourses.

831 REYNOLDS (EDWARD, D.D., Bp. of Norwich. 1599

1676). An Explication of the Fourteenth Chapter of
Hosea, in Seven Sermons. 4to. 1649. 2/- Reprinted
by the Religious Tract Society. i8mo. 1/6. See also
under BurrougJies, No. 822.

Reynolds ivas one of tJie greatest theological writers in an age of
great divines. He worthily takes place ivith Bnrronghes.

832 SIBBES (RICHARD, D.D.) The Returning Backslider, or

a Commentary upon Hosea XIV. 4to. 1639, etc. 2/-
Also in Vol II. of his Works; Nichol s edition.
Manton says of Sibbes, that he had a peculiar gift in unfolding
the great mysteries of the Gospel in a sweet and mellifluous manner,
and therefore lie was by his hearers usually termed the Sweet
Dropper, "sweet and heavenly distillations usually dropping from
him wit/i such a native elegance as is not easily to be imitated .
This commentary on Hosea is a fair specimen of his style.

JOEL.

833 CHANDLER (SAMUEL, D.D.) A Paraphrase and Critical Com

mentary on Joel. 4to. Lond,, 1735. 2 /6-

Chandler makes very few remarks of a spiritual kind, but explains the
letter of the word with considerable skill. In writing upon Joel he does
not appear to the same advantage as in his " Life of David." He does
not effect much in clearing up the " things hard to be understood " in
the prophet, and he is of the old broad school.

834 HUGHES (JOSEPH, B.A.) The Prophecy of Joel. The Hebrew Text

metrically arranged, with a New Translation and Critical Notes. Fc.-qv
8vo. 2/6. Land., Bagsters.
A purely literary treatise, useful to Hebraists only.

134 JOEL AMOS.

835 POCOCK (EDWARD, D.D.) A Commentary on Joel. Works, \ti\.I.

Folio. Oxf., 1691. [The same volume contains his commen
taries on Micah and Malachi.]

Full of antique learning. Holds a high place among the older
comments, but will never again be popular.

836 ROWLEY (ADAM CLARKE, M.A.) Joel. Metrical Translation.

Sq. 8vo. Land., Hamilton. 1867. S. 1/6.

The translation has been carefully executed. The notes are illustra
tive and literary only ; they do not profess to open up the moral and
spiritual teaching of the prophet. Could Adam Clarke rise from the
dead, he would rejoice to find his grandson following in his footsteps.

837 TOPSELL (EDWARD). Times Lamentations; or, An

Exposition on the Prophet Joel. 4to. Lend., 1599. 9/~
Among the old English commentaries Topsell is the writer on
Joel. He has the usual force, homeliness, piety, and fulness of the
Puritan period.

838 UDALL QOHN). The true remedie against Famine and Warres.

Fiue Sermons vpon the first Chapter of the prophesie of Joel.

Lend. i2mo. 1586. i5/-

We gave so high a price for this small black letter volume that we
should like to make it profitable to our brethren, and therefore we com
mend to the more starchy of them the following extract, which will also
serve to show how the old preachers lashed with vigour the fashions of
the times. Udall says : " For the feeding of our monstrous humour of
vanity, how many thousands of quarters of the finest wheat, which God
ordained for the food of man, are yearly converted into that most devilish
device of starch. A sin so abominable that it doth cry so loudly in the
Lord s ears for vengeance, as his justice must needs proceed against us
for it, without speedy repentance."

AMOS.

839 BENEFIELD (SEBASTIAN, D.D. 15591630). A Commentary

upon the first Chapter of the Prophecie of Amos. Delivered
in twenty-one Sermons. 4to. Lond., 1629. Upon the second
chapter, in twenty-one Sermons, 1620. Upon the third chapter,
in seventeen Sermons, 1629. [Sometimes to be met with in
one volume.] 9/-, or with Hall (No. 840), 2 vols., i8/- to 2o/-
Dr. Bentfield was Lady Margaret Professor in Oxford, a Puritan and
thorough Calvinist. His volume was, in its time, the standard Com
mentary on Amos. It is somewhat prolix and plentifully sprinkled with
Latin; it only discusses three chapters in 953 pages.

840 HALL (THOMAS, B.D., Puritan, Born 1610). An Exposition ;

by way of Supplement, on the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth,
and ninth Chapters of Amos. 410. Lond., 1661.

AMOS OBADIAH JONAH. 135

Hall took up Amos where Benefield left off. He says he studied
brevity, and perhaps he succeeded, for he does not quite fill 600 pages
with six chapters. The two quartos make up a complete work, of an
antique type, not suitable to modern tastes, nor up to the mark of present
criticism, but still instructive. What Puritan is not?

841 RYAN (VINCENT WILLIAM, M.A.) Lectures on Amos. 121110.

Land., Seeleys. 1850. 2/-

A commendable series of Lectures ; the more valuable because so
few moderns have ventured to touch the subject.

OBADIAH.

842 MARBURY (EDWARD, A.M. Died about 1655). Obadiah.

4to. Lond., 1649. 4/6- Reprinted, with his Commentary
upon Habakkuk, in Nichol s Series. Cr. 4to. 7/6. Lond.,
Nisbet. 1865.

Far more lively than Rainolds. His spirituality of mind pre
vents his learning becoming dull. He says in the preface, " all my
desire is to do all the good I can" and he zvrites in that spirit.

843 PILKINGTON QAMES, B.D., Bp. of Durham. 15201575).

In the "Works of Bishop Pilkington," reprinted by the Parker
Society, there are Commentaries on Haggai, Obadiah, and
Nehemiah. S. 3. -

Full of the minor as well as the major controversies of the Reforma
tion period, and therefore the less interesting to us. In its own day it
was the master- work on the two prophets, Haggai and Obadiah.

844 RAINOLDS (JOHN, D.D. 15491607). The Prophecie of

Obadiah opened and applyed. 4to. 1613. 3/- to 4/6. Re
printed, with his work on Haggai, and King on Jonah, in one
volume of Nichol s Series. Cr. 410. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1864.
Full of classical stories and learned allusions ; but more useful when
first written than now. The author was one of the most learned men
the world ever produced, but he is not likely to be a favourite with
modern readers.

JONAH.

[This unloveable Prophet has found more Commentators than any
other partly we suppose because the angles of his character excite
greater interest, but mainly because we have some knowledge of his life,
and therefore are able to realise his personality. He has received quite
as much attention as he deserves in proportion to other Prophets.]

845 ABBOTT (GEORGE, Abp. of Canterbury. 15621633).
An Exposition upon the Prophet Jonah. 4to. 1613. 5/-
New edition, published at I2/-, offered for 3/-, by Ogle
& Murray, Edinb.

136 JONAH.

Abbott iv as a renowned Ca hints tic divine, and one of the trans
lators of the present version of the Bible. No set of vvorks on
Jonah would be complete without this learned, laborious, and com
prehensive exposition. It is, of course, very antique in style ; but,
like " old wine," it is none the ivorsefor its age.

846 BENJOIN (GEORGE). Jonah. Translation, with Notes. 4to. Camb., 1796.
Plenty of paper. Home says this Trork "is literally good for nothing."

847 CALVIN (JOHN). Lectures upon the Prophet Jonas.

Translated by N. Baxter. 4to. Lond., 1578. 9/-
This of course is f tiller than the Commentary, and, as the work
of a revered master, is beyond our criticism.

848 CUNNINGHAM (J. W., A.M.) Six Lectures on the Book of

Jonah. Fcap. boards. 3/- Lond., Hatchards. 1833.
Good simple Lectures.

849 DESPREZ (P. S., D.D.) The Book of Jonah. Illustrated by

Discoveries at Nineveh. i2mo. 1857. 1/6.

To make Layard illustrate Jonah was a good idea, and it has been
well carried out by this author.

850 DRAKE (WILLIAM, M.A.) Notes on Jonah and Hosea. 8vo.

9/- Camb., Macmillan & Co. 1853. S. 1/6.
Entirely critical. Only useful to Hebrew scholars.

851 EDWARDS (HENRY). Exposition of the Book of Jonah, izmo.

Long Stttton, Swain. 1837. 2/-
Fourteen plain, earnest, practical sermons.

852 EPHRAEM SYRUS. (Died about 379). A Metrical Homily on the Mission

of Jonah. Translated from the original Syriac, by Henry Burgess, LL.D.
Cr. Svo. 10/6. Land., Sampson Low & Co. 1853. 1/6 neiv.
A literary curiosity nothing more.

853 EXELL (JOSEPH S.) Practical Readings on the Book of

Jonah. Cr. Svo. 3/6. Lond., Elliot Stock. 1874.
Mr. Excll, in a very unpretending but able way, brings to ligJit
the practical lessons of JoiiaJi. Paxton Hood calls these readings
" admirable," and we concur in the verdict.

854 FAIRBAIRN (PATRICK, D.D.) Jonah: Life, Character,

and Mission. I2mo. Edinb., Johnstone. 1849. S. 2/-
Thc life and times of the prophet are set in a clear light ; and the
nature and design of his mission fully explained. The work is well
done, and is by far the ablest English treatise on this prophet.

855 FULLER (THOMAS, D.D.) Notes upon Jonah. [In

"A Collection of Sermons." Sm. 8vo. Lond., 1656.]

Mr. Tegg has reprinted Fuller s Comment on Ruth, and

Notes upon Jonah, in one small Svo. vol. 4/6. 1 868. S. 2/6.

Full of wisdom, and fuller of wit ; in fact, too full of the soul

of the latter, for they are far too short.

JONAH. 137

856 GAUSSEN (S. R. Louis, Theol. Prof., Geneva). Jonah, the Prophet. Lessons

on his Life. iSrno. 1/6 and 2/- Land., Religious Tract Society. [N. D.]
Addresses to a Sunday School at Geneva.

857 HARDING (THOMAS). Expository Lectures. I2mo. Lond., 1856. S. i/-
What intelligent man in this kingdom could learn anything from these lectures ?

The worthy man writes only such self-evident truisms as must have occurred to
anybody and everybody who has read his Bible.

858 HOOPER (JOHN. Bishop and Martyr). An oversyghte and deliberation

uppon the holy prophet Jonas : made and uttered before the Kingcs
Majesty and his most honorable Councell, by Jhon Hoper, in Lent last past.
Comprehended in seuen Sermons. i6mo. Land., 1550. Reprinted by
the Parker Society. 8vo. Camb., 1843. S. 3/-

It would not repay the student to buy Hooper s works for this short piece. The
language is antique, and the thought not of the newest.

859 JONES (THOMAS, of Creatoti). Jonah s Portrait, izmo. 1827. 2/-
" Jonah s Portrait" was very popular fifty years ago, and deservedly

so, for Mr. Jones sketches it with considerable power. We should
fancy that Jonah s portrait, as he sat under his withered gourd, was not
a thing of beauty, or a joy for ever.

860 KING (JOHN, Bp. of London. 1559 1621). Lectures upon

Jonas. 4to. Ox/., 1600, etc. S. 3/- to 5/- Reprinted in
Nichol s Series of Commentaries. (See Rainolds, No. 844).
Quaint and rich, with a little occasional quiet mirth. It was the book

of its time. Some will think it out of date, others will, like Grosart,

prize the work of " the Bishop with the royal name."

861

A - j --

ii MACPHERSON (A.) Lectures. i8mp. Edinb., 1849. y/-
Far superior to the general run of lectures.

862 MARTIN (HUGH). The Prophet Jonah. Cr. Svo. 6/-

Lond., W. Isbister & Co. 1866.

A first-class exposition of Jonah. No one ivho has it ivill need
any other. It is not a small treatise, as most of the Jonah books
are ; but it contains 460 pages, all rich with good matter. It is
out of print, and ought to be rcpublishcd. What are publishers at
to let such a book slip out of the market ?

863 MUIR (A. S.) Lessons from Jonah. Cr. Svo. Lond., 1857. 1/6.
A lively, popular, and earnest book, in a specially florid style. The

author talks a great deal about " the Son of Amittai ; " why not say
Jonah ? We are tempted to pull the finery to pieces ; but we stay our
hand, for there is really something good in these " lessons."

864 PEDDIE (JAMES, D.D. 17591845). A Practical Expo-

sition of the Book of Jonah. I2mo. Edinb., 1842. 2/-
" The pungent remarks peculiar to the Ralph Erskine school
make the Jonah of Dr. Peddie a favourite %vherever it is knoivn"

865 PRESTON (MATTHEW MORRIS, M.A.) Lectures. Svo. Land., 1840. i/-
Ordinary sermons. Better nes can be bought for a penny.

J 38 JONAH MICAH HABAKKUK HAGGAI.

866 QUARLES (FRANCIS). A Feast for Wormes. A Poein on the

History of Jonah. 410. Lond., 1620.
Quaint and rather bombastic verse, but full of meaning.

867 RALEIGH (ALEXANDER, D.D.) The Story of Jonah.

Cr. 8vo. 61- Edinb., A. & C. Black. 1875.
Dr. Raleigh calls your attention to every touch of the strange
picture -which hangs before us in the life of Jonah. Although we
do not always endorse the Doctor s remarks, ive can b2it marvel at
the beauty and power of his descriptions and reflections.

868 TWEEDIE (W. K.) Man by Nature and Grace; or, Lessons

from Jonah. i2mo. Edinb., Johnstone & Hunter. 1850. S. 1/6.
A good practical work, expounding the book of Jonah for Christian
edification.

869 SIMPSON QAMES). Discourses from Jonah I. 8vo. Edinb., 1816. 2/6.
Very little in the sermons, but their titles are singularly happy, and in themselves

enough to afford subjects of discourse to preachers.

MICAH,

[Since there is so very little upon this book the student should refer
to works on the Minor Prophets as a whole. There are some exces
sively rare authors and also works in Latin ; but these do not fall
within our range.]

870 POCOCK (EDWARD, D.D.) See No. ^-

HABAKKUK.

871 MARBURY (EDWARD, A.M.) Commentarie. 4to. Land.,

1650. 3/6 to 5/- For Reprint, Sec No. 842.
Here Marbury holds the field alone among old English authors,
and Jie does so worthily. There is about him a vigorous, earnest
freshness <.vhich makes his pages gloiv.

HAGGAI.

872 GRYN^LUS (JOHN JAMES, D.D. 15401617). Haggeus, the Prophet;

a most plentiful Commentary, gathered out of the Publique Lectures of

Dr. J. J. Grynatus. I2mo. Loud., 1586.

Grynaus was a voluminous author, and commented on most of the books of
Scripture, but only this work has been turned into English, and it is now seldom
met with.

HAGGAI ZECHARIAH. 139

873 MOORE (T. V., D.D, of Richmond, Va., C/.S.) Haggai,

Zechariah, and Malachi. A New Translation, with Notes.
8vo. Nnv York, 1856; Land,, 1858. 5 /- to 6/6.
A capital book. J\Iost useful to ministers.

874 PILKINGTON (Bishop}. See under Obadiah, No. 843.

875 RAINOLDS (JOHN, D.D.) Haggai ; Interpreted and Applyed.

4to. 1613 and 1649. For Reprint, See No. 844.

Rainolds was the tutor of Hooker, and had a main hand in our

authorised version of the Bible. Bishop Hall says, : the memory, the

reading of that man were near a miracle." We ought to be enraptured

with a Commentary from such a divine, but we confess that we are not.

ZECHARIAH.

876 BLAYNEY (BENJAMIN, D.D.) Zechariah. A New Translation,

with Notes. 410. Oxf., 1797. 3/6.

This learned author writes after the manner of Lowth, but has neither
Lowtfis taste nor poetic vein. His notes will not suggest sermons, but
will be philologically useful if cautiously read.

877 HENGSTENBERG (E. W.)

In his " Christology " (for which See No. 67) He/igstenberg has given
a thorough and elaborate exposition of the greater part of Zechariah
and Malachi. He is too grammatical and dry to be generally interesting.

878 KIMCHI (DAVID. A celebrated Spanish Rabbi. Died about

1240). Commentary on Zechariah. Translated from the
Hebrew by Rev. A. M Caul, A.M. 8vo. Lond., 1837. 1/6.
This enables the English reader to see how the Jews themselves
understood the Prophets, and this is worth knowing.

879 MOORE (T. V.) See under Haggai, No. 873.

880 PARK (I. R., M.D.) An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish

Rabbi on the Messiah s coming ; with an entirely new Exposi
tion of Zechariah. 8vo. Lond., 1832. 2/-

The words "entirely new exposition " put us on our guard, and did not
entice us to read. The caution was needful. This author explains the
prophecy spiritually, and asserts that " the spiritual is the most literal
interpretation." We more than doubt it.

88 1 PEMBLE (WILLIAM, M.A. Puritan. 15911623). A Short

and Sweet Exposition upon the First Nine Chapters of Zechariah.

In his Works. Folio. Oxf., 1659, and Lond., 1635. 3/6 to 5, -

Richard Capel says : " Amongst the hardest bookes of Scripture the

Prophets may have place, and amongst the Prophets, Zechary is a deepe,

wherein an elephant may swimme, and therefore I cannot but commend

the wisdom of that man of God (the author of this booke), who bestowed

his learning and his paines to open the mysteries of this Prophecie. Death

140 ZECHARIAH MALACHI.

ended his dayes ere he could quite finish his Avorke, and great weakness
hindered an intended supplement." Pemble was a learned Calvinistic
divine, and his writings are highly esteemed, but not very captivating.

882 STONARD (JoH.v, D.D. 1769 1849). Commentary on Zechariah, with

a Corrected Translation, and Critical Notes. Svo. Land., 1824. 4/-
An earnest attempt to expound this prophecy ; we do not think the author has
succeeded, but he has written some good things.

883 WARDLAW (RALPH, D.D.) Lectures on Zechariah.

[Posthumous Works, Vol. III.] Cr. Svo. 3/6. Edinb.,
A. Fullerton & Co. 1862. S. 2/6.

Written in the Doctor s old age ; but ive prefer it, in some
respects, to other volumes of his lectures. We ahvays consult it.

MALACHI,

884 MOORE (T. V., D.D.) See under Haggai, No. 873.

885 POCOCK (EDWARD, D.D.) See under JoeJ, No. 835.

886 SCLATER (WILLIAM, D.D.) Brief and Plain Commentary

upon Malachy. 4to. Land., 1650. 5/- or 6/-

Not equal to the general standard of Puritan comments. The editor
of the work rightly says, " the method is, for the chapters themselves,
analytical; for the practical observations, synthetical." We are quaintly
told that he would start the hare with any man ; that is to say, he would
suggest thought and leave others to pursue its track.

887 STOCK (RICHARD, M.A. 15681626). A Commentary upon

Malachy. Whereunto is added an Exercitation upon the same
Prophecy by Samuel Torshell. Folio. Lend., 1641. [Re
printed, together with Bernard and Fuller on Ruth. Cr. 410.
7/6. Lend., Nisbet. 1865.] See No. 262.

Contains a stock of knowledge, and more than a sufficient stock of
quotations from the fathers. Torshfll printed the book fifteen years
after Stock s death, and finding it to be written for a popular audience
on^ he added an examination of the original and a few notes in a more
learned style, to make a complete commentary. The two authors have
thus composed the work upon Malachi.

888 WATSON (THOMAS. Puritan}. Notes on Malachy III. Svo.

1682.

This would be a great find if we could only come at it, for Watson is
one of the clearest and liveliest of Puritan authors. We fear we shall
never see this commentary, for we have tried to obtain it, and tried in vain.

May God bless this effort to assist his ministers in the study
of the Old Testament.

141

COMMENTARIES ON THE NEW TESTAMENT.

[See also under Whole Bible Nos. i 65. In many cases the New
Testament may be had separately.]

889 ALFORD (HENRY, D.D., Dean of Canterbury). The

Greek Testament ; with a Critically Revised Text, &c.
4 vols., 8vo. 5 2s. Lond., 1856 61. (See page 17 of
this work). Rivingtons, and G. Bell & Sons.

890 The New Testament for English Readers.
4 parts. 8vo. 2 145. 6d. Rivingtons, and G. Bell
and Sons. 1872. (See page 1 8).

891 ,, The New Testament Authorized Version
Revised. Long Primer, Cr. 8vo., 6/- ; Brevier, Fcap. 8vo.,
3/6 ; Nonp. Sm. 8vo., 1/6. Rivingtons, and Isbister & Co.

892 How to Study the New Testament. Part I,
Gospels and Acts ; Part 2, Epistles (first section) ; Part 3,
Epistles (second section) and Revelation. Sm. 8vo.
3/6 each. Land., W. Isbister & Co. 1868.

All critics speak of Afford with respect, though they consider that
something better than his Greek Testament is still needed. He is,
for the present at any rate, indispensable to the student of the
original. With some faults, he has surpassing excellencies. We
specially commend 892 to the careful reading of young ministers.

893 ASH (EDWARD, M.D.) Notes and Comments on the New Testament.

3 vols. Sm. 8vo. Land., 1849 50.
Remarks such as any plain, thoughtful reader would make offhand.

894 BARNES (ALBERT). Notes on the New Testament.

Blackie s edition. II vols., Post 8vo. i 143. 6d.
Routledge s edition, 10 vols , i.

Everybody has this work, and therefore can judge for himself,
or we would both commend and criticize. (See page 13).

895 BAXTER (RICHARD. 1615 1691). Paraphrase on the New

Testament, with Notes. 410., 1685. 8vo., 1810. 4/- or 5/-
The notes are in Baxter s intensely practical and personal style, and
show the hortatory use of Scripture ; but they are not very explanatory.

896 BENGEL (JOHN ALBERT. 16871752). Gnomon- of the

New Testament, translated into English. With Original
Notes. 5 vols., Demy 8vo. Subscription price, 31/6.
Cheap issue, the 5 vols. bound in 3, 24/-, to subscribers.
Edml., T. & T. Clark. (See also No. 909.)
See our remarks upon pages /j and 16.

142 NEW TESTAMENT.

897 BEZA (THEODORE). Newe Testament, Translated out of

Greeke, by Theod. Beza. Sm. fol. Lond., 1596. 25/-
The compact marginal notes are still most useful. J he possessor
of this old black letter Testament may think himself happy.

898 BIBLICAL MUSEUM (The). A complete Commen

tary on an Original Plan. By James Comper Gray.

5 vols., Cr. Svo. 4/6 each. Lend., Elliot Stock. 1871-3.

Most helpful in suggesting divisions, and furnishing anecdotes.

Multum in parvo. Our opinion of it is very high. It is not

critical, but popular. The author has used abbreviations in order

to crowd in as much matter as possible. (See No. 5.)

899 BLOOMFIELD (S. T., D.D.) The Greek Testament, with

English Notes ; chiefly original. 2 vols., Svo. Lond.,
1841. 8/6 to I4/-

900 Additional Annotations on the New
Testament. Svo. Lond., 1850. 2/6.

We frequently get more from Bloom field than from Alford,
though he is not so fashionable. His notes are full of teaching.

901 Recensio Synoptica Annotationis Sacrae ;
being a Critical Digest of the most important Annota
tions on the New Testament. 8 vols., Svo. Lond., 1826.
I5/- to 2 1/- [A considerable part of this work was in
cluded in recent editions of the editor s Greek New
Testament]

"It would be impossible to convey to our readers an adequate idea
of the mass of information whicJi the learned author has brougJit
to bear upon the numerous passages vvhich he has undertaken to
illustrate, and we can safely say, that the enquirer will find very
few of which Mr. Bloomfield has not given a complete and satis
factory exposition" Quarterly Theological Review.

902 BOWYER (Wn.i.iAM, F.S.A. 16991777). Critical Conjectures and Obser

vations on the New Testament. From various authors. 410. Lond.,
1812. 2/6.

According to Onne, the best that can be said for these conjectures is, that they are
ingenious ; but who wants conjectures at all?

903 BOYS (JOHN, D.D., Dean of Canterbury. 1571 1625).

Exposition of the Dominicall Epistles and Gospels used
in our English Liturgie throughout the whole yeere.
Folio. Lond., 1638. I4/-

Racy, rich, and running over. We marvel tJiat it has not been
reprinted. English cJiurcJimcn ought not to leave such a book in
its present scarcity, for it is specially adapted for their use. Boys
is all essence. What a difference between the John Boys of idjS
and the Thomas Boys of 1827 ! Note well the name.

NEW TESTAMENT. 143

904 BOYS (THOMAS, M.A.) The New Testament, with a plain exposition for

the use of families. 4to. Lend., 1827. 5/-

Ordinary readers might be benefited by the practical observations and evangelical
applications and exhortations ; but students do not require this Boys exposition.

905 BURKITT (WILLIAM. 1650 1703). Expository Notes.

Numerous editions, folio, 4to., and Svo. Mr. Tegg publishes
it in 2 vols., Svo. i5/- S. 5/- to 8/- (Sff page 20).

We liked Burkitt better when we were younger. He is, however, a
homely and spiritual writer, and his work is good reading for the many.

906 CHALMERS (THOMAS, D.D., LL.D.) Sabbath Scripture

Readings. Posthumous Works, vol. IV. (See No. 1 1).

The readings are not upon every portion of Scripture, neither
can they be mewed as a full exposition of any part thereof. Tliey
are precious fragments of immortal thought.

907 CHRYSOSTOM. Homilies on Matthew, 3 vols., 36, -; John,

2 vols., 24/6; Acts, 2 vols., 2 1/-; Romans, i vol.; i and 2
Corinthians, 3 vols., 28/6 ; Commentaries on Galatians and
Homilies on Ephesians, i vol. ; Philippians, Colossians, and
Thessalonians, i vol. ; Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, i vol.,
i2/- Svo. Library of the Fathers. Lond., J. Parker & Co.
The price of the volumes to subscribers is considerably less.
Secondhand volumes about 5/- each.

Enough of solid truth and brilliant utterance will be found here to
justify this father s title of " Golden Mouth "; but still all is not gold
which fell from his lips, and to modern readers Chrysostem is not so
instructive as he was to his own age.

908 CHURTON (EDWARD, M.A.), and JONES(WiLLiAM BASIL, M.A.)

The New Testament With a Plain Explanatory Comment.
2 vols., Cr. Svo. 21 f- Lond., Murray. 1869. S. 13/6.
Meant for private or family reading; with brief notes and well-
executed engravings. An elegant work.

909 CRITICAL ENGLISH TESTAMENT, (The). An

Adaptation of Bengal s Gnomon, with Notes, showing
the Results of Modern Criticism and Exegesis. 3 vols.,
Cr. Svo. 6/- each. L ond., I sbister. 1869. S. 9/-toii/-
" The editors of this valuable ivork have put before the English
reader the results of the labours of more than twenty eminent com
mentators. He who uses the book will find that he is reading
Bcngcl s suggestive Gnomon] modifying it by the critical investi
gations of Tischendorf and Alford, and comparing it with the
exegctical works of De Wette, Meyer, Olshausen, and others, and
adding to it also profound remarks and glwving sayings from
Trench and Stier." Evangelical Magazine.

We have heard this, opinion questioned ; but with all discounts
the book is a good one.

HI NEW TESTAMENT.

910 GUMMING (JOHN, D.U.) Sabbath Evening Readings. Issued

as follows: The Four Gospels, in 4 vols., 2o/-; Acts, 7/-;

Romans, 4/6 ; Corinthians, 5/- ; Galatians, Ephesians, and

Philippians. 6/-; James, Peter, and Jude, 6/-; Revelation, 7/6.

Land., Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. 1853, &c. S. 2/- each.
Dr. Gumming is always evangelical, and his style is very attractive.
These works are rather for popular reading than for students ; but they
are good as a whole, and their spirit is excellent. The doctor has
written too fast, and borrowed too much ; but he interests and edifies.

911 DALLAS (ALEXANDER, A.M.) The Cottager s Guide to the New Testament.

6 vols. I2mo. Land., Nisbet. 1839 45. 7/6.

Six volumes for cottagers ! How could they ever buy them? If bought, how could
they refrain from sleeping while trying to read them? The "Guide" could be of no
possible use to a sensible man, except as an opiate.

912 DALTON (W., A.M.) Commentary. Edited by Rev. W. Dalton, A.M.

2 vols. 8vo. Land., Seeleys. 1848. 5/6.

Not of use to preachers. Prepared for family reading, and mainly taken from
IL nry and Scott. There are quite enough of these compilations.

913 DAVIDSON (DAVID). Critical Notes. 2 vols., i8mo. Edinb., 1834. 3/-
Two small thick volumes : really a pocket commentary. Although the notes are

good, the student had better spend his money on larger and better books.

914 DODDRIDGE (PHILIP, D.D. 117021751). Family Expositor;

With Critical Notes. Many editions. 6 vols., 410. ; 5 vols.

8vo. ; 4 vols. 8vo.; and i vol., imp. 8vo., 10/6. Lond., Tegg.
"The late Dr. Barrington, Bishop of Durham, in addressing his
clergy on the choice of books, characterises this masterly work in the
following terms : I know no expositor who unites so many advantages
as Doddridge ; whether you regard the fidelity of his version, the fulness
and perspicuity of his composition, the utility of his general and historical
information, the impartiality of his doctrinal comments, or, lastly, the
piety and pastoral earnestness of his moral and religious applications. "
Later interpreters have somewhat diminished the value of this work.

915 ERASMUS (DESIDERIUS. 1467 1536). Paraphrase. Black

Letter, 2 vols. Folio. Land., 1548 and 1551.
This paraphrase was appointed by public authority to be placed in all
churches in England, and the clergy were also ordered to read it. The
volumes are very rare, and expensive because of their rarity.

916 GELL (ROBERT, D.D. Died 1665). Cell s Remains ; or, Select Scriptures

explained. I or 2 vols. P olio. Lond., 1676. 7/6 to IO/-

A queer collection of remarks, criticisms, and fancies, in a huge volume. Baxter
called Cell one of the sect-makers." He was, no doubt, a singular man, an
Arminian, and one who had great respect for "the Learned Societie of Astrologers."

917 GILPIN (WILLTAM, A.M. 17241804). Exposition of the New Testament.

4to. 1790. Fourth edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 1811. 3/6.
Half paraphrase, half very free translation. Notes meagre. Useful to buttermen.

918 GIRDLESTONE (CHARLES, M.A.) New Testament. Lectures

for Families. 2 vols. 8vo. Land., 1835. 5/-
Profitable household reading.

NEW TESTAMENT. 145

919 GUYSE (JOHN, D.D. 16801671). The Practical Expositor. 3 vols., 4to.,

1739 52 ; 6 vols., 8vo., 1775, &c. 8/6 to I5/-

The day of paraphrases is past. Dr. Guyse was ponderous in style, and we question
if at this date he is ever read. Doddridge s Expositor is far better.

920 HAMMOND (HENRY, D.D.) Paraphrase and Annotations.

Folio. Lend., 1675. Works, vol. III. Also in 4 vols., 8vo.
Ox/., 1845. Q/- to i2/-

Though Hammond gives a great deal of dry criticism, and is Arminian,
churchy, and peculiar, we greatly value his addition to our stores of
biblical information. Use the sieve and reject the chaff.

921 IIEYLYN (JOHN, D.D.) Theological Lectures at Wesminster Abbey ; with

an Interpretation of the New Testament. 2vols.,4to. Z0W., 1749 6l. 4/-
Five volumes with absolutely nothing in them beyond a spinning out of the text.

922 KNATCHBULL (Sm NORTON, Bart. /?//! 684). Annotations

upon some Difficult Texts. 8vo. Camb., 1693. zj-
Much valued in its day ; but far outdone by more recent critics.

923 LANGE (J. P., D.D.) Translations of the Commentaries of

Dr. Lange and his Collaborateurs. 10 vols., imp. 8vo.
2 1/-, or to subscribers, I5/- each. Edinb., T. & T. Clark.
See under separate books.

924 LEIGH (Sm EDWARD). See No. 44.

925 LINDSAY (JOHN). New Testament; with Notes. [Selected from

Grotius, Hammond, &c.] 2 vols. folio. Lond., 1736. 4/6.
A condensation of other writers very well done.

926 McCLELLAN (JOHN BROWN, M.A.) New Testament. A New

Translation, Analyses, Copious References, and Illustrations
from Original Authorities, Harmony of the Gospels, Notes, and
Dissertations. In 2 vols., 8vo. Vol. I. The Gospels, with the
Harmony. 3o/- Land., Macmillan & Co. 1875. S. i2/-
This work is what it professes to be, and we need say no more. It
is, however, a very expensive luxury at the publishing price.

927 MAYER (JOHN, D.D.) New Testament. 2 vols., Folio.

1631. i6/- (See pages 10 and n.)

928 MEYER (Dr. H. A. \V. Oberconsistorialrath, Hannover). Commentary on

the New Testament. Messrs. T. & T. Clark are issuing a Translation of
Meyer s Commentary. They have issued Romans, 2 vols.; Galatians,
I vol. ; John s Gospel, I vol. Average price to non-subscribers, 10/6 per
vol. ; subscription price, 2 1/- for 4 vols. S. 5/- each.

A very learned Commentary, of which Bp. Ellicott speaks in the highest terms.
Meyer must be placed in the first class of scholars, though somewhat lower down in
the class than his admirers have held. Apart from scholarship we do not commend
him. Alford-w&s certainly no very rigid adherent of orthodoxy, yet he says of Meyer
that he is not to be trusted where there is any room for the introduction of rationalistic
opinions. Whatever credit may be due to him for accurate interpretation, this is a
terribly serious drawback. It is well to be warned.

929 NEWCOME (WILLIAM, D.D., Abp. of Armagh. 17291800). Attempt

towards revising our English Translation and Illustrating the Sense by
Notes. 2 vols., royal 8vo. Dubl., 1796. io/- to I3/-

Ncwcome was a critical scholar whose works enjoyed a high repute. Unhappily,

11

146 NEW TESTAMENT.

the Unitarians brought out an "Improved Version," professedly based upon Newcomers
and this led the public to question Newcomers orthodoxy, but there was little reason
for doing so. Few of our readers will care for this cold literal interpretation.

930 PENN (GRANVILLE, F.S.A.) The Book of the New Covenant; being a

Critical Revision of the English Version. 8vo. Land., 1836. 3/6.

93 1 ii ii Annotations on the Book of the New Covenant. 8vo. 1837.

93 2 > i> Supplemental Annotations. Land., 1838.

These books are too learned for much to be learned from them ; perhaps if they
had been more learned still they would have been useful.

933 PLATTS QOHN). Self-Interpreting Testament. 4 vols.,8vo. Land., 1827. 7/6.
A sort of Biblical Commentary. A concordance will answer the purpose.

934 QUESNELL (PASQUIER. 1634 1719). New Testament. 4vols.,

8vo. Lond., 1719 1725. [The Gospels have been reprinted.
3 vols., i2mo. Glasg., 1830. S. 7/6.]

A sweet and simple French writer who says many good things of a
very harmless character.

935 SUMNER QOHN BIRD, Archbishop of Canterbury). Practical Exposition of the

Gospels, Acts, Epistles of Paul, James, Peter, John, and Jucle. 9 vols.,

8vo. 1833 to 1851. 1/6 to 2/6 per vol.

Sumner s Expositions are very mild and can generally be bought very cheap. The
public are pretty good judges, and the price indicates the value. The qualities which
procure an archbishopric are not such as qualify a man to be an eminent expositor.

936 TOWNSEND (GEORGE, M. A.) New Testament. Arranged in

Chronological Order. Notes. 2 vols., 8 vo. Zw/;/., 1838. 8.5/6.
This harmony has always been in repute ; but we confess we like the
New Testament best as we find it.

937 TROLLOPE (WILLIAM, M.A.) Analecta Theologica. 2 vols.,

8vo. Lond., 183035. 5/-

A condensation of the opinions of eminent expositors, very well
executed, and useful except so far as superseded by more modern works.

938 WALL (WILLIAM, D.D. 16451727-8). Brief Notes. 8vo. Lond.,\>]ip. 1/6.
Explains some difficulties, but is far surpassed by other annotators.

939 WESLEY QOHN). See No. 62.

940 WHEDON (D. D., D.D. Meth. Epis. Ck., America]. Popular Commentary.

To be completed in 5 vols., cr. 8vo. 5/- each. Hodder & Stoughton.
Dr. Whedon lacks common sense, and is no expositor. He is furiously anti-
calvinistic, and as weak as he is furious.

941 WHITBY (DANIEL, D.D. 16381726). See No. 50.
This is a part of Patrick, Lowth, &c.

942 WILSON (WILLIAM, B.D. 17621800). Explanation of the

New Testament by the early opinions of Jews and Christians
concerning Christ. Svo. Camb., 1838. 3/-

Follows a deeply interesting line of investigation. It is not a com
mentary, but is too good to be omitted.

943 WORSLEY (JOHN). Translation, with Notes. Svo. Land., 1770. 2/-
Translation second rate, criticism none, notes very short.

THE FOUR GOSPELS. 1-17

THE FOUR GOSPELS.

944 ADAM (THOMAS. 1701 1784. Of Wintringhani). Exposition

of the Gospels. 2 vols., Svo. Lond., 1837. 4/6.
Short and sweet ; but Adam is not the first man as an expositor.

945 AQUINAS (THOMAS. 1224 1274). Catena Aurea. Com
mentary, collected out of the Fathers. 6 vols., Svo. 2 2s,
Lond. and Ox/., Parker. 1870.

The Fathers are over-estimated, by a sort of traditionary repute, for
we question if they are much read. This collection of extracts we
always look into with curiosity, and sometimes we find a pearl.

946 BONAR (HORATIUS, D.D.) Light and Truth. (See No. 6.)

947 BOUCHIER (BARTON, A.M.) Manna in the House. Vol. I., Matthew and

Mark; Vol. II., Luke; Vol. III., John. Thick I2mo. Loiul.,]. F. Shaw.
I853-4- 5/-

Mr. Bouchier writes sweetly, and his books aid the devotions of many families.
Ministers may read them with profit ; but they are not exactly intended for them.

948 BROWN (JOHN, D.D., of Edinburgh). Discourses and

Sayings of our Lord. Three large 8vo. vols. 31/6.
Edinb., Oliphant & Co. 1852. S. i8/-
Of the noblest order of exposition. Procure it.

949 BURGON (J. W., D.D.) Plain Commentary for devotional

reading. 5 vols., fcap. Svo. 2i/- Lond., Parker. 1870. S. i2/-
Ryle says : " This is an excellent, suggestive, and devout work ; but
I cannot agree with the author when he touches upon such subjects as
the Church, the sacraments, and the ministry."

950 CAMPBELL (GEORGE, D.D., F.R.S. Edinb. 17191796). The

Gospels translated, with Notes. 4 vols., Svo. Aberd., 1814. 4/-
Clear and cold. Orme says it is " one of the best specimens of a
translation of the Scriptures in any language." The preliminary disser
tations are valuable ; the notes are purely critical.

951 CHOICE NOTES on Matthew, drawn from Old and New

Sources. [Also on Mark, Luke, and John.] Cr. Svo. 4/6 each.

Lond., Macmillan & Co. 1868 69.

These are taken from the grander treasuries of Prebendary Ford
(No. 955). We have mentioned them because those who could not
afford to buy Ford s books might be able to get these.

952 CLARKE (SAMUEL, D.D. 1673 1729). Paraphrase, with Notes. 2 vols.,

Svo. Lond., 1741 ; Oxf., 1816. 2/-
We do not care for paraphrases. Clarke was a learned man, but an unsafe guide.

953 DENTON (W., M.A.) The Gospels for the Sundays and other

Holy Days of the Christian year. 3 vols., Svo. i5/-, i4/-,
and i3/- each respectively. Lond., G. Bell & Co. 1860 63.
Curates will find this just the thing they need for sermonizing.

148 THE FOUR GOSPELS.

954 [ELSLEY.] Annotations on the Gospels and Acts. 3 vols.,

Svo. Lend., 1827. S. 2/6 to 4/.
Wholly critical and philological.

955 FORD (JAMES, M.A.) The Gospels, illustrated from

Ancient and Modern Authors. 4 vols., Svo. Matthew,
1 1/- ; Mark, io/- ; Luke, I2/ ; John, I2/- Lond., Masters.
185672. S. 7 1- each.

Those who wish to see what the Fathers said upon the Gospels,
and to read the choicest sayings of the early Anglican bishops, can
not do better than consult Ford, who has made a very rich collec
tion. Some of the extracts do not materially illustrate the text, but
they are all zuort/i reading.

956 FORSTER (JOHN, M.A.) The Gospel Narrative, with a Con

tinuous Exposition. Imp. Svo. Loud., J. W. Parker. 1845. S. 37-
A paraphrase upon a good system, carefully executed, and instructive.
Thoroughly Anglican.

957 GILBY (WILLIAM S., M.A.) Spirit of the Gospel. Svo. Lond., 1818. 2/-
Interesting remarks on certain texts. All can be found in other writers.

958 HALL (CHARLES H.) Notes, for the use of Bible Classes.

2 vols., Svo. New York and Lond., 1857. S. 8/-

This book is as full of reverence to Bishops and other Episcopal
arrangements as if it had been "appointed to be read in Churches."
American Episcopalians can evidently be very thorough. Notes poor.

959 JACOBUS (MELANCTHON W., Pennsylvania]. Notes.

3 vols., cr. Svo. 2/6 each. Edinb., W. Oliphant. 1868 69.
Jacobus is sound and plain, and is therefore a safe guide to-

Sunday-School teachers and others zv/io need to see the results of
learning ^vitho^^t the display of it.

960 JUKES (ANDREW). Characteristic Differences of the

Gospels considered, as revealing various relations of the
Lord Jesus. Cr. Svo. 2/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1853. S. 1/6.
Remarks prompting thought ; containing in a small compass a
mass of instruction.

961 LANGE (J. P.) See No. 92$.

The Gospels are among the best of tlie series.

962 LYTTLETON (LORD GEORGE). Gospels and Acts, with Notes. Sm. 8vo-

Lond., Rivingtons. 1856. S. 3/-
Such remarks as most teachers could make for themselves.

963 NORRIS QOHN, Canon of Bristol). Key to the Gospel Narra

tive. Sm. Svo. 2/6. Lond., Rivingtons. 1871. S. 1/6.
" Canon Norris writes primarily to help younger students in studying
the Gospels. But the unpretending volume is one which all students-
may peruse with advantage. It is an admirable manual for those who-
take Bible Classes through the Gospels." So says the London Quarterly*

THE FOUR GOSPELS. 149

964 OLSHAUSEN (HERMANN, D.D.) Commentary on the Gospels

and Acts. 4 vols., demy 8vo. 2 23. Cheap edition, 4 vols.,
or. Svo. 24/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 18481860.
Olshausen is mentioned by Alford as so rich in original material, that
he has often cited him in his " New Testament for English Readers."
He is one of the most devout of the Germans, and a great scholar ; but
we are not enamoured of him.

965 OXENDEN (ASHTON, Bishop}. Short Lectures on the Sunday Gospels.

2 vols., I2mo. 2/6 each. Land., Hatchards. 1869, &c. S. $-
Why Oxenden s books sell we do not know. We would not care to have them
for a gift. "Milk for babes " watered beyond measure.

966 PEARCE (ZACHARY, D.D., Bishop of Rochester. 16901774). Commentary.

Gospels, Acts, and I Corinthians. 2 vols., royal 410. Land,, 1777. 5/6.
A huge mass of learning, said by great divines to be invaluable. To most men
Jhese volumes will simply be a heap of lumber.

967 RIDDLE (J. E., M.A.) Commentary. Royal 8vo. 1843. S. 3/-

Choice extracts selected by the author of the well-known Latin Dictionary.
Ministers should make such collections for themselves rather than purchase them.

968 RIPLEY (HENRY J. Prof. Newton Theol Instit. U.S.] The

Gospels, with Notes. 2 vols., post Svo. Boston, U.S., 1837. S. 2/-
Adapted for Sunday-School use. Simple, brief, and practical.

969 RYLE (J. C, B.A.) Expository Thoughts. For Family

and Private Use. Matthew, 6/- ; Mark, 5/- ; Luke
(2 vols.), 12/6 ; John, (3 vols.), 2O/- Svo. Lond., W.
Hunt & Co. [N. D.]

We prise these volumes. TJiey are diffuse, but not more so than
family reading requires. Mr. Ryle has evidently studied all pre
vious writers upon the Gospels, and has given forth an individual
utterance of considerable value.

970 STABBACK (THOMAS, A.B.) Gospels and Acts, with Annotations. 2 vols.,

Svo. Falmouth, 1809. 3/6.
Very useful in its da) , but quite out of date.

971 STIER (RUDOLPH, D.D.) The Words of the Lord Jesus.

8 vols. in 4. Svo. 42/- T. & T. Clark. 1869.

972 The Words of the Risen Saviour, and
Commentary on the Epistle of St. James. Svo. 10/6.
Edinb., Clark. 1859.

No one can be expected to receive all that Stier has to say, but he
must be dull indeed who cannot learn much from him. Read with
are he is a great instructor.

973 STOCK (EUGENE). Lessons on the Life of our Lord.
For the Use of Sunday School Teachers. Svo. 4/6.
Lond., Ch. of England S. S. Institute. 1875.
For real use a thoroughly commendable book. Teachers and
preachers have here more matter given them on the lesson than they,
are likely to use. Admirable!

150 THE FOUR GOSPELS.

974 TOWNSON (THOMAS, Archdeacon of Richmond. 1715 1792).

Discourses on the Gospels. 2 vols., 8vo. 1810. 1/6 to 5/-
Bishop Lowth welcomed this as "a capital performance." It is only
so from Lowth s point of view.

975 TRAPP (JOSEPH, D.D. 16791747). Notes. 8vo. 1748. 1/6.

This Trapp, grandson of the famous commentator, is the author of a wretched
pamphlet upon "the nature, folly, sin, and danger of being righteous overmuch." He
opposed IVhitfield and Wesley with more violence than sense. His work is utterly
worthless, and we only mention it to warn the reader against confounding it with the
productions of the real old Trapp.

976 TRENCH (R. CHENEVIX, D.D., Abp. of Dublin}. Studies

on the Gospels. 8vo. 8/6. Lond., Macmillan & Co. 1874.
Masterly studies on important topics. Students ivill do well to-
read also Trench s " Sermon on the Mount" We do not ahvays
agree witJi this author, but we always learn from him.

977 WARREN (ISRAEL, D.D.) Sunday-School Commentary. 8vo. 7/6. 1872-.
An American work imported by Hodder and Stoughton. Notes slender.

978 WATSON (RICHARD). Exposition of Matthew and Mark.

Demy 8vo., 6/-; izmo., 3/6. Lond., 66, Paternoster Row.
Arminian views crop up at every opportunity. The notes are meant
to elucidate difficulties in the text, and frequently do so.

979 WESTCOTT (BROOKE Foss, M.A.) Introduction to the

Study of the Gospels. Cr. Svo. 10/6. Lond., Macmillan

& Co. 1860. S. 6/-

Worthy of high commendation. The author knows the German
writers, but is not defiled by their scepticism. He is a man of deep-
thought, but displays no pride of intellect. A man had need be a
thorough student to value this Introduction : it is not an introduc
tion to the Gospels, or to the reading of them, but to their study.

980 WIESELER (KARL). Chronological Synopsis of the Gospels. Svo. I3/-

Lond., Bell & Daldy. 1864. S. 4/-

This important work formed the basis both of the Synopsis Evangelica of Tischen-
dorf, and of the Historical Lectures on the Life of our Lord by Bishop Ellicott. It is
much to be regretted that so many novel interpretations and baseless hypotheses
should have marred the book ; but, notwithstanding all drawbacks, it must be a
masterly work to have received the heartiest commendation of the greatest scholars of
the day. Only the more advanced student will care for this Synopsis.

981 WILLIAMS (ISAAC, B.D.) Devotional Commentary. 8 vols.,.

cr. Svo. 5/- each, viz: Thoughts on the Study of the Gospels.

Harmony of the Evangelists. The Nativity. Second Year of

the Ministry. Third Year of the Ministry. The Holy Week.

The Passion. The Resurrection. Loud., Rivingtons. 1873.
Anglican popery for quartz, and sparkling grains of precious gospel
largely interspersed as gold. We cannot imagine any spiritual man,
reading these works without benefit, if he knows how to discriminate.

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HARMONIES OF THE GOSPELS.

[As these are somewhat aside from our plan, we mention but few.
That they are very numerous may be gathered from the following list
given in Smith s Dictionary. Osiander, 1537 ; Jansen, 1549; Stephanus,
1553; Calvin, 1553; Cluver, 1628; Calov, 1680; Chemnitz, 1593
(continued by Leyser and Gerhard, 1704); Calixt, 1624; Cartwright,
1627; Lightfoot, 1654; Cradock, 1668; Lancy, 1689; Le Clerc, 1699;
Tomard, 1707; Burmann, 1712; Whiston, 1702; Rus, 1727-8 30;
Bengel, 1736; Hauber, 1737; Biisching, 1766; Doddridge, 1739 40;
Pilkington, 1747; Macknight, 1756; Berthing, 1767; Griesbach,
1776, 97, 1809, 22; Newcome, 1778; Priestly, 1777, in Greek, and
1780, in English; Michaelis, 1788, in his Introduction; White, 1799;
Planck, 1809; Keller, 1802; Mutschelle, 1806; De Wette and Liicke,
1818; Hess, 1822; Sebastiani, 1806; Matthaei, 1826; Kaiser, 1828;
Roediger, 1829; Clausen, 1829; Greswell, 1830; Chapman, 1836;
Carpenter, 1838; Reichel, 1840; Gehringer, 1842; Robinson, 1845,
in Greek, 1846, in English; Stroud, 1853; Anger, 1851 ; Tischendorf,
1851.]

982 CALVIN (JOHN). A Harmony of Matthew, Mark, and

Luke. Translated by Rev. W. Pringle. 3 vols., 8vo.

[Calvin Trans. Soc.] V#.,T.&T. Clark. 1845. S.io/6.
There are older translations of tJiis noble vvork, but they are less
suitable to modern taste than Mr. Pringle s. Calvin only harmo
nized three of the evangelists, but he did his work in his usual
superb manner.

983 CLARKE (GEORGE W.) Harmony, with Notes, etc. Cr.

8vo. New York, 1870. Worth 3/-

This A merican autJior is greatly indebted to other works. He
has produced a very handy book for teacJiers of youth.

984 DODDRIDGE (PHILIP, D.D.) See No. 914.

985 DUNN (SAMUEL). Gospels Harmonized, with Notes : forming

a complete Commentary on the Evangelists. Chiefly by Adam

Clarke. Thick 8vo. Lond., 1838. 3/6.

Samuel Dunn has taken Adam Clarke as his basis, and then built
thereon with stones from Lightfoot, Macknight, Doddridge, Greswell, and
others. It is, of course, a Wesleyan harmony, and the reader is not long
before he discovers that fact ; but the names of those concerned are a
sufficient guarantee that it is by no means a despicable production.

986 GREENLEAF (SIMON, LL.D., Dane Professor of Law in Har

vard University). Examination of the Testimony of the
Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence administered in Courts
of Justice. With an account of the Trial of Jesus. Thick 8vo.
Lond., 1847. S/~

152 HARMONIES OF THE GOSPELS.

The author is an American lawyer, very learned in his profession.
He has issued a treatise upon the laws of evidence, which is a standard
work among his brethren. It was a happy thought on his part to apply
the laws of evidence to the narratives of the evangelists. To thoughtful
men of all sorts, but to lawyers especially, this book is commended.

987 GRESWELL (EDWARD, B.D.) Dissertations upon the

Principles and Arrangement of an Harmony of the

Gospels. 4 vols., 8vo. Oxf., 1837. 6/- to I5/-

" The learned writer has greatly distinguished himself as the

most laborious of modern harmonists. His work is the most copious

that has appeared, at least since the days of Chemnitz s folios"

So says Dr. S. Davidson. To us it seems to be prolix and tedious.

988 LIGHTFOOT (JOHN, D.D. 16021675). Harmony, Chro

nicle, and Order of the New Testament. Folio. 1654. 2/6.
Lightfoot was a member of the Assembly of Divines, profoundly
skilled in scriptural and Talmudical lore. He never completed this
harmony, for his plan was too comprehensive to be finished in a lifetime.

989 MACKNIGHT QAMES, D.D. 17211800). Harmony of the Gospels,

\vithParaphraseandNotes. Fifth edition. 2 vols., 8vo. Land., 1819. 3/6.
This author has enjoyed considerable repute and is still prized by many, but we
can never bring our soul to like him, he always seems to us to be so graceless.

990 MIMPRISS (ROBERT). The Treasury Harmony of the Four

Evangelists. Thick demy 4to., i6/- Also cr. 8vo., two vols.
in one, 6/- S. 3/6. Loud., Partridge & Co.
Condensed and compressed. Wonderfully useful.

991 NEWCOME (WILLIAM, Archbishop of Armagh). English Harmony, with

Notes. 8vo. Land., S. Bagster. 1827. 4/-

Merely the text arranged and a few rather ordinary notes. We do not see what a
man can get out of it. But, hush ! It is by an archbishop !

992 ROBINSON (EDWARD, D.D., Prof. Bib. Lit., New York}.

Harmony on the Authorized Version. Following the
Harmony in Greek, by Dr. E. Robinson. With Notes.
8vo. Lond., Religious Tract Society. S. J/6.
Robinson s Harmony is a work which has met with great accept
ance, and the Tract Society did well to bring out this work for
those unacquainted with Greek. The Notes are mainly those of
Robinson ; but Wiescler, Greswell, and others have also been laid
under contribution by the Editor, who has executed his work well.

993 STROUD (WILLIAM, M.D.) Greek Harmony, with Synop

sis and Diatessaron. 4to. I5/- Loud., Bagsters. 1853.
S. 5/6.
One of the best of the Harmonies.

994 WILLIAMS (ISAAC). See No. 981.

Merely the text arranged, without note or comment

LIVES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 153

LIVES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

[Here also we can only mention a few leading works.]
See under Gospels, especially Nos. 971, 972, 973, and 981.

995 ANDREWS (SAMUEL). The Life of our Lord upon the

Earth, in its Historical, Chronological, and Geographical
Relations. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Lond., Strahan & Co. 1863.
A good book for a student to read through before taking up
larger ivorks. It is a standard work.

996 BEECHER (HENRY WARD). Life of Jesus, the Christ. Earlier

scenes. Thick 8vo. 7/6. Lond., Nelson. 1872.
Here the great genius of Beecher glows and burns ; but we are dis
appointed with his book as a biography of our Lord.

997 BENNETT GAMES, D.D.) Lectures on the History of Jesus

Christ. Second edition. 2 vols., 8vo. Lond., 1828. 6/6.
Lively popular lectures, full of matter, well expressed, and possessing
sterling excellence.

998 ELLICOTT (C. J., D.D., Bp. of Gloucester and Bristol}. His

torical Lectures. 8vo. i2/- Lond., Longmans. 1869.
This great author stands in the highest place of honour ; but having
no sympathy with what he calls " the popular theology/ he should be
read with considerable caution.

999 FARRAR (F. W., D.D, F.R.S.) Life of Christ. 2 vols,

demy 8vo. 24/- Lond., Cassell, Fetter & Galpin. 1874.
THE work upon the subject. Fresh and full. TJie price is very
high, and yet the sale has been enormous.

1000 FLEETWOOD (JOHN, D.D.) Life of our Lord Jesus Christ. Also the Lives

of the Apostles and Evangelists. Imp. 8vo. Lond., Mackenzie. S. 6/-
This has had a great run, and is to be found in farm houses and cottages. Why
we cannot tell, except that the sellers of parts and numbers are fine hands at pushing
the trade, and plates and pictures have caught the simple purchasers.

1001 KITTO (JOHN, D.D.) "Life and Death of our Lord."

Daily Bible Illustrations. (See No. 41.)
Abounds in instructive matter.

1002 LANGE (J. P., D.D.) Life of our Lord Jesus Christ.

With Additional Notes, by Rev. Marcus Dods, D.D.
4 vols, demy 8vo. 28/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1864.
We constantly read Lange, and though frequently differing from
him, we are more and more grateful for so much thoughtful teaching.

154 MIRACLES OF OUR LORD.

1003 NEANDER (J. A. W.) The Life of Jesus Christ in its Historical

Development. Translated by Professors McClintock and
Blumenthal. Sm. 8vo. 3/6. Lond., Bohn. 1853.
Good as an answer to Strauss, but unsatisfactory from the standpoint
of evangelical theology.

1004 PRESSENSE (EDMOND DE, D.D.) Jesus Christ: his Times,

Life, and Work. Cr. 8vo. g/- Lond., Hodder & Stoughton.

1875. The above work "abridged by the author, and adapted

for general readers." Cr. 8vo. 5/-

There have been many discussions upon the orthodoxy of this work,
but it is a noble production, and is written in an adoring spirit. The
accomplished author has made a valuable contribution to the cause of
truth. Yet we are inclined to agree with the writer who said, " to
write a life of Christ is to paint the sun with charcoal." The life of a
Christian is the best picture of the life of Christ.

1005 YOUNG (JOHN, LL.D.) The Christ of History. Enlarged

edition. Cr. 8vo. 6/- Lond., Daldy, Isbister & Co. 1869.
" A work, of great excellence, eloquence, and logical compactness."
British Quarterly Review.

MIRACLES OF OUR LORD.

[Here, also, we cannot attempt a complete list.]

1006 COLLYER (WILLIAM BENGO, D.D., F.A.S.) Lectures on Scripture

Miracles. 8vo. Lond., 1812. 2/6.

While reading we seem to hear the rustling of a silk gown. The lectures are by
no means to be despised, but they are far too fine for our taste.

1007 GUMMING QOHN, D.D.) Lectures on our Lord s Miracles,

as earnests of the age to come. i2mo. Lond., 1851. S. 2/-
Below the Doctor s usual mark, which is none too high.

1008 HOWSON (J. S., D.D., Dean of Chester). Meditations on the

Miracles. Fcap. 8vo. 3/- Lond., R. Tract Society. [1871.]
Short, simple, but deeply spiritual and suggestive.

1009 KNIGHT (JAMES, A.M.) Discourses on the principal Miracles. 8vo.

Lond., 1831. 4/6.
Mediocre discourses much appreciated by the clergy who borrow their sermons.

1010 MACDONALD (GEORGE, LL.D.) The Miracles of out Lord.

Cr. 8vo. s/- Lond., W. Isbister & Co. 1870.
Contains many fresh, childlike, and, we had almost said, dreamy
thoughts. It suggests side-walks of meditation.

ion MAGUIRE (ROBERT, M.A.) The Miracles of Christ. Sq. i2mo.

Lond., Weeks & Co. 1863. S. 1/6.

We have been agreeably disappointed in this book. The bad paper
offends the eye, but the page bears many living, stirring thoughts. If
the author preaches in this fashion we do not wonder at his popularity.

PARABLES OF OUR LORD. 155

1012 STEINMEYER (F. L., D.D., Prof. TheoL, Berlin). The Miracles of our

Lord in relation to Modern Criticism. Translated from the German by
L. A. Wheatley. 8vo. 7/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1875.
No doubt a very scholarly book, and useful to those whose heads have been mud
dled by other Germans, but we are weary of Teutonic answers to Teutonic scepticisms.
We suppose it was needful to hunt down the rationalists, for fanners hunt down rats,
but the game does not pay for the trouble.

1013 TRENCH (R. C., D.D., Abp. of Dublin}. Notes on the

Miracles of our Lord. Svo. I2/- Lond., Macmillan. 1870.
Brimming with instruction. Not always to our taste in doctrine;
but on the wJiole a ^vork of highest merit.

PARABLES OP OUR LORD.

[A Selection from a long list, for which see No. 1024].

1014 ANDERSON (CHARLES, M.A.) New Readings of Old Parables. Cr. Svo.

4/6. Land., 1876.

We paid four precious shillings for this book, and find seventy pages of rubbish
and fifty more of advertisements. Our readers will, we hope, profit by our experience.

1015 ARNOT (WILLIAM, D.D. Died 1875). The Parables

of our Lord. Cr. Svo. 7/6. Lond., T. Nelson. 1865.
We do not consider this to be up to our lamented friend s usual
high mark of excellence, but it is of great vahie.

1016 BOURDILLON (FRANCIS, M.A.) The Parables explained and applied.

Cr. Svo. 3/6. Land., Religious Tract Society. [N.D.]
Sufficiently common and commonplace. Platitudes sleepily worded.

1017 COLLYER (WILLIAM BENGO, D.D.) Lectures on Scripture Parables. Svo.

Lond., 1815. a/- (See No. 1006).

1018 GUMMING QOHN, D.D.) Foreshadows; or, Lectures on our

Lord s Parables. Cr. Svo. Lond., 1852. 2/- (See No. 1007).
The Doctor evidently prints his sermons without much revision.
They are pleasing, popular, and (of course) rather prophetic.

1019 GRESWELL (E., B.D.) Exposition of the Parables, &c.

5 vols. in 6, Svo. Oxf., 1834. 27/-

A vast heap of learning and language. The work, though padded out,
stilted in style, and often fanciful, is a mine for other writers.

1020 GUTHRIE (THOMAS, D.D.) The Parables read in the Light

of the Present Day. Cr. Svo. 3/6. Lond., Strahan. 1874,
Twelve Parables treated in Dr. Gut/trie s lively, sparkling manner
Flowers in abundance.

102 1 KEACH (BENJ.) Exposition. Folio. Lond., 1701. S. io/-;

also 4 vols., Svo. S. io/-; and i vol., imp. Svo. 1856. io/-
Although our honoured predecessor makes metaphors run on as many
legs as a centipede, he has been useful to thousands. His work is old-
fashioned, but it is not to be sneered at.

156 PARABLES OF OUR LORD. MATTHEW.

1022 KNIGHT (JAMES, A.M.) Discourses on the Principal Parables. 8vo.

Land., 1829. 4/6. (See No. 1009).

1023 LISCO (FREDERICK GUSTAV). Parables Explained. Fcap.

8vo. 5/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1840. S. 2/6.
Largely composed of citations from Luther and Calvin. The remarks
will assist in elucidating the design of the parables.

1024 TRENCH (R. C, D.D.) Notes on the Parables. Eleventh

edition. 8vo. I2/- Loud., Macmillan & Co. 1870.
We do not like Trench s theology in many places, but he is a
capital writer. The student will find a very complete list of exposi
tions on the Parables in the appendix at the close of Trench s work.

i.-!025 UPJOHN (W.) Discourses on the Parables. 3 vols., sm. 8vo. 1824.
Earnestly Calvinistic sermons, full of old-fashioned Gospel. Not very original.

MATTHEW.

[See also works on the Four Gospels.]

11026 ABBOTT (LYMAN, U.S.A.) New Testament. Vol. I. Matthew

and Mark. Sq. 8vo., $/- Lend., Hodder. 1875.
Intended for workers, and likely to be useful to them.

7027 ADAMSON (H. T., B.D.) Matthew expounded. Thick 8vo. I2/- Land.,

Sampson Low. 1871.

This book reads to us like utter nonsense. We question if anyone except the
author will ever be able to make head or tail of it, and he had better be quick about
it, or he will forget what he meant.

1028 ALEXANDER (JOSEPH ADDISON, D.D.) Matthew
Explained. Post8vo. 5/- Land., Nisbet. 1870. 8.3/6.
Dr. Alexander s last work. He died before it was quite finished.
It is complete to Chapter XVI. Its value is great.

^029 BEAUSOBRE (ISAAC DE, 16591738), and L ENFANT
(JAQUES, 1661 1728). A New Version, with a Commentary.
8vo. Camb., 1790; Land., 1823, &c. 1/6 to 3/-
The brief notes are purely literal or illustrative, and are remarkably
pertinent. The mass of the volume is taken up with an introduction
to the New Testament.

1030 BENHAM (W.) Matthew, with Notes. Cr. 8vo. Lond.,

National Society. [1861]. S. i/-

With this in his hand a teacher would be much aided in conducting
his class. It is written by a teacher for teachers. The remarks are not
very profound, nor always such as we should endorse, but they are well
fitted for their purpose.

MATTHEW. 157

1031 BLACKWOOD (CHRISTOPHER). An Exposition upon the Ten

First Chapters of Matthew. 4to. 1 649. g/-

This learned divine became a Baptist through studying the arguments
against believers baptism. This proves his candour. His comment is
somewhat out of date, but it is still good.

1032 CLARKE (GEORGE W.) Notes. Cr. 8vo. New York, 1870.
Good notes for teachers. Well compiled. A fit companion to No. 983.

1033 DICKSON (DAVID). A Brief Exposition of Matthew.

8vo. 1651. 7/6.

A perfect gem. The work is, to men of our school, more suggestive
of sermons than almost any other we have met with.

1034 GODWIN (JOHN H.) New Translation, with Brief Notes.

Cr. 8vo. 5/- Loud., Bagsters. 1863.

Dr. Godwin is a painstaking elucidator of the word, and his plan is
an excellent one. Students in college will value him.

1035 GOODWIN (HARVEY, D.D., Bp. of Carlisle). Commentary.

Cr. 8vo. i2/- Lond., G. Bell & Sons. 1857. S. 4/- to 5/6.
An important work, which may be consulted with advantage.

1036 KELLY (WILLIAM). Lectures on the Gospel of Matthew. 6/- Loud.,

G. Morrish. 1868.
We cannot accept the forced and fanciful interpretations here given.

1037 MARLORATUS [MARLORAT] (AUGUSTINE. 15601562).

Exposition. Translated by Thomas Tymme. Folio. Lend., 1570.
Marlorate was an eminent French reformer, preacher, and martyr.
His commentaries contain the cream of the older writers, and are in
much esteem, but are very rare. He wrote on the whole New Testa
ment, but we have in English only the Gospels and Jude.

1038 MORISON (JAMES, D.D.; Matthew s Memoirs of Jesus

Christ 8vo. I4/- Lond., Hamilton. 1870.
We differ greatly in doctrinal views from Dr. M orison, but we
set a great price upon his Matthew and Mark, which deserve the
utmost praise.

1039 OVERTON (CHARLES). Expository Preacher. Course of Lectures on

Matthew. 2 vols., 8vo. Lond., Nisbet. 1850. S. 6/6. Scarce.
Solid, sound, soporific sermons ; intended for lay helpers to read, with the prayers
ippended. They will not make the hearers lie awake at nights, or cause them
palpitations of heart through excess of original and striking thought.

1040 PARKER (JOSEPH, D.D.) Homiletic Analysis. Matthew.

8vo. 7/6. Lond., 1870. 3/6.

Dr. Parker is an able though somewhat . But stop, he is a near

neighbour of ours.

1041 PENROSE (JOHN). Lectures on Matthew. I2mo. Lond., 1832. 1/6.
The author says of his work, "no novelty of any kind, no originality either of

thought or research will be found in it." Why, then, did he print it ?

158 MATTHEW. MARK.

10-42 THOMAS (DAVID, D.D.) . Genius of the Gospel. Homi-
letical Commentary. 8vo. Land., Dickinson. 1873. 8/6.
We hardly know a more suggestive book.

1043 WARD (RICHARD). Theologicall Questions, Dograaticall Obser
vations, and Evangelicall Essays vpon the Gospel according to
Matthew. Wherein about two thousand six hundred and fifty
profitable Questions are discussed ; and five hundred and eighty
points of Doctrine noted, &c., &c. Folio. Loud., 1640. i2/-
A huge mass of comment, in which are thousands of good things
mostly set forth by way of question and answer. Few could ever read
it through ; but to a wise minister it would be a mine of wealth.

MARK.

1044 ALEXANDER (JOSEPH ADDISON, D.D.) Mark Ex
plained. Post 8vo. 5/- Lond., Nisbet. 1866. S. 3/6.

Alexander expounds Mark as an independent record, and does
not constantly tell its to "see Matthew and Liike." Hence the book
is complete in itself, and the author s learning and care have made it
invaluable.

1045 B. (G.) Practical Commentary on Mark, in Simple and Familiar

Language, izmo. 3/- Lond., Nisbet. 1863.
The different paragraphs are treated under most suggestive headings,
which are the most useful parts of the book. Infant baptism is far too
prominent ; but the little work is likely to be very helpful.

1046 GODWIN (JOHN H.) Mark. A New Translation, with Notes

and Doctrinal Lessons. Cr. 8vo. 4/6. Lond., Hodder &
Stoughton. 1869. S. 2/-

We like the brief doctrinal lessons, which are rather a new feature.
They will serve admirably well as sermon-hints. The notes and trans
lation are really good.

1047 GOODWIN (HARVEY, D.D., Bp. of Carlisle). Commentary.

Cr. 8vo. 7/6. Lond., G. Bell & Sons. 1860.

Contains much very helpful comment. Produced in connection with
the Cambridge Working Men s College.

1048 MORISON (JAMES, D.D.) A Commentary. Large

8vo. I4/- Lond., Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1873.
A deeply learned work; we know of none more tJiorough.
Differing as we do from this authors theology, we nevertheless set
a high price iipon this production.

1049 PETTER (GEORGE). Commentary on Mark. 2 vols., folio.

Lond., 1661. ^5 123. 6d.

Mr. J. C. Ryle says of this work : " For laborious investigation of the
meaning of every word, for patient discussion of every question bearing

MARK. LUKE. 159

on the text, for fulness of matter, for real thoughtfulness, and for con
tinued practical application, there is no work on St. Mark which, in my
opinion, bears comparison with Fetter s. Like Goliath s sword, there is
nothing like it." We have found far less fresh thought in it than we
expected, and think it rather tedious reading.

LUKE.

[See also on the Gospels. Oosterzee in Lange is excellent.]

1050 FOOTE (JAMES, M.A.) Lectures on Luke. 2 vols. 8vo.

Third edition. Edinb., Ogle & Murray, and Oliver &
Boyd ; Lond., Hamilton, Adams & Co- 1858. S. 9/-
We frequently consult this work, and never without finding in it
things new and old. To preachers who will riot steal the lectures,
but rise them suggestively, they will be extremely serviceable.

1051 GODET (F., Professor of TJicology, Neuchatet). Commen

tary on Luke. Translated by E. W. Shelders, B.A., and
M. D. Cusin. 2 vols., 8vo. 2i/- Edinb., Clark. 1875.
Dr. Meyer says : " To an immense erudition, to a living piety,
Godet unites a prof ound feeling of reality ; there is here a vivifying
breath, an ardent love for the Saviour, which helps the disciple to
comprehend the work, the acts, the words of his Divine Master?

1052 GOODWIN (HARVEY, D.D.) Commentary on Luke. Cr. 8vo.

9/- Lond., G. Bell & Sons. 1865.

This writer endeavours to give the results of learning in such a manner
that working men may understand them. He says many good things.

1053 MAJOR (J. R., M.A.) Luke, with English Notes. 8vo. Lond., 1826. 3/-
Notes compiled with a view to the divinity examinations at Cambridge, containing

a considerable amount of information.

1054 THOMSON QAMES, D.D.) Exposition of Luke, in a

Series of Lectures. 3 vols., 8vo. Edinb., A. & C. Black ;
Lond., Longmans. 1849. 6/- to 8/-

Eminently instructive. Clear good sense, freshness, and earnest
ness are well combined. We have had great pleasure in examining
these lectures.

1055 VAN DOREN (W. H., of Chicago]. Suggestive Com

mentary on the New Testament, on an original plan
[Luke, 2 vols., cr. 8vo., 8/- nett] Lond., Dickinson. 1871.
Well named " suggestive "/ it is all suggestions. It teems and
swarms with homiletical hints.

160 JOHN.

JOHN.

1056 ANDERSON (ROBERT. 1792 1843). Practical Exposition

of John. 2 vols., i2mo. Lond., 1841. 4/-
By an evangelical clergyman : sound, but not very original.

1057 AUGUSTINE. Commentary on John. 2 vols. of Works of

Augt4stine, now in course of issue by T. & T. Clark. Edinb.

1058 Homilies on the Gospel and First Epistle of
John. 2 vols. of the Library of the Fathers, 3o/- ; or to sub
scribers, 22/6. Land, and Oxf., Jas. Parker & Co.

To the wise a mine of treasure. Augustine is often fanciful ; but even
his fancies show a master-mind. Much that passes for new is stolen
from this prince of theologians.

1059 BEITH (ALEXANDER, D.D.) Expository Discourses. Cr. 8vo.

Lond., Nisbet. 1857. 3/6.

Discourses which must have been very profitable to the hearers.
Students will do better with works which are more condensed.

1060 BESSER (RUDOLPH, D.D.) Biblical Studies on John. Trans

lated from the German by M. G. Huxtable. 2 vols. cr. 8vo.
i2/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 186162.

" The character of this commentary is practical and devotional.
There are often very exquisite devotional passages, and a vein of earnest
piety runs through the whole work." Literary Churchman.

1 06 1 BROWN (GEORGE J., M.A.) Lectures, forming a Continuous

Commentary. 2 vols., Svo. Lond., Rivingtons. 1863. S. 5/6.
The plan of this work will prevent its being widely used ; but its
execution strikes us as being uncommonly able. It is a gathering up of
other men s materials and an amalgamation of them. It is intensely
Episcopalian, even to Baptismal Regeneration, yet it brings a good deal
of light to bear on the Gospel of John, and, if to be met with at a very
low figure, it is not to be passed by.

1062 DRUMMOND (D. T. K., B.A.) Exposition of the Last Nine

Chapters of John. i2mo. Seeleys. 1850. z/-
Good, but not very striking.

1063 DUN WELL (FRANCIS HENRY, B.A.) Commentary on the Authorised

Version of John, compared with the Sinaitic, Vatican, and Alexandrian
Manuscripts, and also with Dean Alford s revised translation. Svo. I5/-
Lond., J. T. Hayes. 1872. S. io/-

The notes from various authors are good, and the various readings are useful ; but
we fail to see any very special value in the volume. The interpretation of the Third
of John is eminently unsatisfactory ; Mr. Dun-well teaches Baptismal Regeneration.

1064 FAWCETT (JOHN, A.M. 17691851). Exposition of John.

3 vols., 8vo., 2 1/- Lond., Hatchards. 1860. S. 8/-
Good, evangelical sermons.

JOHN. PARTS OF JOHN. Ifil

1065 HENGSTENBERG (E. W., D.D.) Commentary on John.

2 vols., 8vo. 2 1/- Edinb., Clark. 1868. S. 8/6.
Like others of this author s works : solid, but dry.

1066 HUTCHESON (GEORGE). Exposition of John. Folio.

Loud., 1657. Reprinted, roy. 8vo. Loud., Ward. 1841.
4/- to 6/.

Excellent; beyond all praise. It is a f nil-stored treasury of
sennd theology, holy thought, and marroivy doctrine.

1067 MEYER (H. A. W., D.D.) See No. 928.

1068 O CONOR (W. A.) Commentary. Cr. 8vo. 10/6. Land., Longmans. 1872.
In this translation the first verse runs thus : "In origin the Word was, and the

Word was the Deity, and the Word was Deity." Who likes this, or understands it?
The notes do not charm us.

1069 SHEPHERD (R., D.D.) Notes on the Gospel and Epistles of John. 410.

Lond., 1796. Imp. 8vo. Land., Murray. 1841. S. 3/6.

Though the author opposed Socinianism, we cannot but regard his views as an
introduction to that heresy. The spirit of the book is vicious.

1070 THOLUCK (AUGUSTUS R, D.D., Ph.D.) Commentary.

8vo. 9/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1860. 8.4/6.
More spiritual than is iisual with German theologians, and quite
as scholarly as the best of them.

1071 TITTMANN (K. C., Theol. Prof. 17441820). Commentary.

2 vols., cr. Svo. 8/- Bib. Cab. Edinb., T. Clark. 1844. 8.4/6.
Home, in speaking of this work in the German, without endorsing all
Tittmanits opinions, declares it to be the most valuable commentary on
John extant in so small a form. Our judgment is less commendatory.

1072 TRAIIERON (BARTHOLOMKW. Died 1716.) An Exposition of a Parte

of S. Johannes Gospel made in sondrie readinges in the English Congre
gation. I2mo. 1558. Very rare, y>j-
A little quaint old book. Not intrinsically worth the price, nor a tenth of it.

1073 VAN DOREN (W. H., D.D.) Suggestive Commentary

on John, Vol. I., containing chap. I. IX. Cr. Svo. 5/-
nett. Vol II. in the press. Lond., Dickinson. 1872.
If men ^vho read this volume do not preach the better for so doing,

it is not Mr. Van Daren s fault ; they must be Van Dolts by nature,

though tJiey may ignore tlie family name.

PARTS OF JOHN.

[A selection of authors is all we can give.]

1074 HILDERSHAM (ARTHUR). Lectures on John IV.

Folio. Lond., 1628 and 1656. 4/- to 6/-
A mass of godly teaching ; but rather heavy reading.

1075 TURNER (SAMUEL, H., D.D.) Essay on our Lord s Discourse at Caper

naum, recorded in John VI. Cr. Svo. New York, 1851. S. 2/-
Written with the immediate view of combating the errors of Dr., afterwards
Cardinal, Wiseman, who appeals to this chapter for proofs of " the real presence."

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162 ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

1076 PATTERSON QOHN B., of FalkirK). Lectures on John XIV,

XV, and XVI. Cr. 8vo. Edinb., T. Clark. 1859. S. 2/-
Solid discourses, containing much thought happily expressed. Yet
withal somewhat laborious reading.

1077 ALEXANDER (THOMAS, D.D.) Great High Priest

within the Vail. John XVII. i8mo. Lond., 1857. J /3-
Sound theology and honest exposition. Multum in parvo.

1078 BROWN (JOHN, D.D.) Exposition of John XVII. 8vo.
Lond., Hamilton, 1850. S. 5/-

Dr. Brcnvn is always deep, full, and overflowing.

1079 BURGESS (ANTHONY). One Hundred and Forty-five

Sermons on John XVII. Folio. Land., 1656. 7/6.
A standard work by a great Puritan. Somewhat prolix.

1080 LANDELS (WILLIAM, D.D.) The Saviour s Parting Prayer for

his Disciples. i2mo. 3/6. Lond., Elliot Stock. 1872.
Sermons of a high order : style admirable, but rather diffuse. To be
estimated rather from a homiletical than an expository point of view.

1081 NEWTON (GEORGE. 16021681). John XVII.

Unfolded. Folio. Lond., 1660. Reprinted in Nichol s
Commentaries. Cr. 4to. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1867. S. 4/.
If not one of the chief of the Puritans, Newton was but little
behind the front rank in ability. Joseph A Heine was his assistant
minister at Taunton. His writings are plain and profitable.

1082 PIERCE (SAMUEL EYLES). Exposition of the Lord s

Prayer, in John XVII. 8vo. 1812. 4/6.
Ahvays sweet as honey to those of strong Calvinistic views.

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

[See also under Gospels ^\

1083 ALEXANDER (JOSEPH ADDISON, D.D.) The Acts

Explained. 2 vols., 8vo. IS/- Lond., Nisbet. 1869.
/;/ all respects a work of the highest merit.

1084 ALFORD (HENRY, D.D.) Homilies on the former part

of the Acts of the Apostles. Ch. I. X. 8vo. 8/-
Lond., Rivingtons. 1858. S. 2/6.

Not so good as his critical notes ; but such an author always
deserves attention.

1085 ARNOT (WILLIAM, D.D.) The Church in the House.

Post 8vo. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1873.

Intended to be read in families on Sabbath afternoons ; but all
who are acquainted zvith Dr. Arnot will knozu that even his
simplest expositions are rich and full. He hath dust of gold.

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 1G3

1086 BAUMGARTEN (M., Ph.D.) Apostolic History. 3 vols., 8vo.

27/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1854. S. 10/6.

"An exposition at once profoundly scientific and sublimely Christian,
one of the most pressing wants of our times." Eclectic Review. Afford
calls it excellent, though somewhat fanciful.

1087 BENNETT QAMES, D.D.) Lectures on the Acts. 8vo. Lond.,

1847. 2/6 to 4/-

A good specimen of plain and popular pulpit exposition. Dr. Bennett
fights very earnestly for the Congregation alist view of Baptism, for
which we do not blame him ; for common humanity leads us to admire
a man who struggles for a weak cause.

1088 BENSON (GEORGE, D.D. 16991763). History of the first planting of

the Christian Religion. 3 vols., 4to. Land., 1756. 4/- to 6/6.
Dull, but displaying considerable research. Benson was an Arian.

1089 BONAR (H., D.D.) Light and Truth. Vol.III. (SceNo.6.)

1090 BOUCHIER (BARTON, A.M.) Manna in the House; or,

Daily Expositions of the Acts. i2mo. Lond., 1858. S 1/6 to 2/6.

Superior family reading. Bouchier did not write for students, but
for households, yet even the more advanced may learn from him.

1091 BREWSTER (JOHN, M.A.) Lectures on the Acts. 8vo. 1830. 3/6.

A sip of Howson or Ifackett is worth a barrel of these weak and watery prelections.

1092 CALVIN (JOHN). Commentaries upon the Acts. Trans

lated by C. Featherstone. 4to. Lond., 1585. 6/-

This forms the basis of the Calvin Translation Society s edition.

1093 COOK (F. C., M.A., Canon of Chester). The Acts, with a

Commentary. 8vo. 12/6. Lond., Longmans. 1866. S. 2/6.
Contains many useful notes, instructive to fairly educated readers.

1094 CRADOCK (Samuel, B.D.) The Apostolical History, containing the Acts,

Labours, Travels, Sermons, &c., of the Apostles. Folio. Lond., 1762. 5/-

Tillotson, Reynolds, Doddridge, and others highly commend the works of this
Puritan writer. The style in which the "Apostolical History" is got up is most
uninviting ; the book is nearly all italics. Many modern works far excel it.

1095 DENTON (W., M.A.) Commentary on the Acts. 2 vols.,

8vo. [Vol. I. only issued. i8/-] Lond., G. Bell. 1874.

A complete list of all authors upon the Acts will be found in this
very learned and exhaustive work. We do not ahvays agree with
the author, but he has done his work thoroughly well.

1096 DICK (JOHN, D.D. 1764 1833). Lectures on the Acts.

Sm. 8vo. Glasg., 1848. 4/-

Interesting lectures upon selected portions of the Acts. This work
has been reprinted in America, whence we obtained a copy of the
second edition ; this shows that it has been highly esteemed.

161 ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

1097 DU VEIL (C. M., D.D. A learned converted J ew . Died about

1700). Explanation of the Acts. 8vo. Lond., 1685. Reprinted
by Hansard Knotty s Society. 8vo. 1851. 4/- to 6/-
Claude s prefatory letter highly commends this work. The author
defends the immersion of believers with earnestness.

1098 FAWCETT (JOHN, M,A.) Exposition of the Acts.

3 vols., Svo. 2 1/- Land., Hatchards. 1860. S. 5/-
A fate series of expository discourses. Sometimes we differ.

1099 FORD (J., M.A.) The Acts, illustrated from Ancient and

Modern Authors. Svo. i2/- Land.. Masters. 1856. (SeeNo.^^

1 100 GLOAG (PATON J., D.D.) Commentary on the Acts.

2 vols., demy Svo, 2i/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1870.
Dr. Hackett says of Dr. Gloag s work: "I have examined it witli
special care. For my purposes I have found it unsurpassed by any
similar work in the English language. It shows a thorougJi
mastery of the material, p]iilology, history, and literature pertaining
to this range of study, and a skill in the use of this knoivlcdge,
which places it in the first class of modern expositions."

noi GUALTHERUS (RODULPHUS. 15291586). A Hundred
Threescore and Fifteen Homelyes or Sermons vppon the Actes
of the Apostles, made by Radulphe Gualthere, of Tigurine, and
Translated out of Latine [by John Bridges, Vicare of Herne].
Folio. J3 lack Letter. Lond., 1572. 3o/-
Full of Protestantism. The author judged that, as Luke who wrote

the Act was a physician, his book was meant to be medicine to the Church.

1 102 HACKETT (HORATIO B., D.D.) Commentary on the

Original Text of the Acts. [Several American editions.

Reprinted in 2 vols., in The Bunyan Library .] 7/- to io/-
Hackett occupies the first position among commentators upon the
Acts. The Bunyan Library edition omits some of Jiis most
valuable critical observations.

1103 HODGSON (ROBERT, D.D., Dean of Carlisle). Lectures upon the first

Seventeen Chapters of the Acts. Svo. Land., 1845. 1/6.
Deficient in Gospel clearness, and in every other respect, except ardent churchism.

1104 HUMPHRY (WILLIAM GILSON, B.D.) Commentary on the Acts. Second

edition. Svo. Lond., J. W. Parker & Son. 1854. 3/-

Exegelical remarks upon the Greek text. Very good from a philological point of
view, but professedly of an elementary character.

1105 KELLY (W.) Lectures Introductory to the Study of the Acts, Catholic

Epistles, and Revelation. Cr. Svo. 5/~ Lond., Broom. 1870. S. 3/-
By a man " who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind " by Darbyism.

1106 LANGE (J. P.) Commentary: from the German of Lechler

and Gerock. 2 vols., Svo. 2i/- Edinb., Clark. 1864. S. 10/6.
Also i vol., imp. Svo. 2i/- (Seepage 19.)

Adds nothing to our knowledge of the Acts; but the homiletical
hints are useful.

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 165

1107 LIGHTFOOT (JOHN, D.D. 16021675). Commentary. Edited by

J. R. Pitman, A.M. 8vo. 1823. [Vol. VIII. of Lightfoot s Works.]
Few r.ow-a-days will care for this author, whose learning Tan mostly in Talmudical
channels. He was profound, but not always discreet.

1108 MACBRIDE QOHN DAVID, D.D.) Lectures on the Acts and Epistles.

8vo. Ox/., 1858. 2/6.

This author simply gives a continuous narrative. He has also written on the
Gospels. We mention him that the student may not purchase his work as a Commentary.

1109 MASKEW (T. R., B.A.) Annotations on the Acts. With College and

Senate-House Examination Papers. I2mo. Cainb., 1847. 1/6.
A handbook to the Acts, viewing it simply as a Greek book ; prepared for the
use of students passing through the university.

ii 10 MIMPRISS (R.) The Acts and Epistles, according to Gres-

well s Arrangement. Svo. 1837. 2/-
A handy book for teachers.

ii ii NEANDER (J. A. W.) History of the Planting and Training

of the Christian Church by the Apostles. Translated by

J. E. Ryland. 2 vols., cr. Svo. 3/6 each. Loud., Bohiis

Library, Bell & Sons. 1851. 8.4/6. Also in Cabinet Library.

The work rather of an historian than of a commentator. Bold,

devout, learned, and, on the whole, sound. The result of wide research,

and deep learning.

1 1 12 XORRIS (J. P., M.A.) Key to the Acts. Sm. Svo. 2/6.

Lond., Rivingtons. 1871.

A well-executed sketch of the Acts of the Apostles, giving the student
a clear idea of the run of the book. Like the same author s " Key to
the Gospels " (No. 963), it would be most useful in Bible classes.

1113 OLSHAUSEN (H., D.D.) See No. 964.

Denton says that " this is a brief, hasty, and not well-digested supple
ment to Olshauserfs volumes on the Gospels." He thinks all the
German writers to be much overrated, and we are much of his mind.

1114 PYLE (T., M.A. 16741756). Paraphrase. 2 vols., Svo. 1795. 2/-
This pile of printed paper may safely be left on the bookseller s shelves.

1115 STIER (RUDOLPH, D.D.) The Words of the Apostles.

Svo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1869.
Devout, scholarly, full of thongJit. To be used discreetly.

1116 STOCK (EUGENE). Lessons on the Acts. For Sunday

School Teachers and other Religious Instructors. Svo.

2/6. Loud., Ch. of England S. School Institute. 1874.
For half-a-croivn the teacher may here obtain one of the most
use fid books known to us. Though produced for members of the
Church of England, we recommend it heartily to ministers and
others who are preparing addresses to the young.

1117 THOMAS (DAVID, D.D.) Homiletic Commentary on the

Acts. Svo. Lend., Dickinson. 1870. 6.6,

Many of the homiletic outlines strike us as "much ado about
nothing "; still, if a man should read this work and get no help from it,,
it would be his own fault.

166 LIVES OF THE APOSTLES, &c.

1118 THOMSON (JAMES, D.D.) Exposition of the Acts. 8vo. Lond., A. Hall

Virtue, & Co. 1854. S. 2\6.
We fail to see much here of service to a preacher.

1119 TROLLOPE (W., M.A.) Commentary on the Acts, with Examination

Questions, for the B. A. Degree. I2mo. Camb., 1854. 2/6.
Well adapted to accomplish the design indicated in the title.

1 120 VATJGHAN (CHARLES J., D.D.) Lectures. 3 vols.

Fcap. 8vo. 4/6 each. Lond., Macmillan. 1864, etc.
Not only does Dr. Vaughan expound his texts in the ablest
manner, but he introduces passages of Scripture so aptly that he
suggests discourses. Bating his Churchianity, w.e cannot too
highly commend him.

LIVES OF THE APOSTLES, &c.

1 12 1 KITTO (JOHN, D.D.) "The Apostles and the Early

Church." Daily Bible Illustrations. (See No. 41.)

1 122 BAUR (FERDINAND CHRISTIAN, D.D.) Paul, his Life and Works. From

the German. 2 vols., Svo. 2i/- Lond., William & Norgates. 1873 75.
Of the very Broad Church school. Not at all to our mind.

1123 BEVAN (JOSEPH GURNEY). Life of Paul. Svo. Lond., 1807. 2/-

For the Society of Friends. Contains nothing which adds to our information upon
the life of Paul. It may have been useful in its day, but it is superseded.

1124 BINNEY (THOMAS, D.D.) Paul: his Life and Ministry.

Cr. Svo. 5/- Lond., Nisbet. 1870.

Mr. Binney says, "This work is strictly an outline of the life of St.
Paul, and it is nothing more." It is a capital preparation for reading
Lewin and Conybeare and Howson.

1125 BLUNT (HENRY, A.M.) Lectures upon the History of St.

Paul. 2 vols., i2mo. Sixth edition. Lond., 1835. 2/6.
Printed in such large and widely-leaded type that a very little matter
goes a long way. Very good, but not striking.

1126 CONYBEARE (W. J., M.A.) and HOWSON Q. S., D.D.,

Dean of Chester] . Life and Epistles of St. Paul. Library
edition. 2 vols., 4to. 48/- Intermediate edition, 2 vols.,
sq. cr. Svo. 2 1/- Student s edition, condensed, I vol..
cr. Svo. 9/- Lond., Macmillan & Co.

Far superior to any other zvork on the subject. It stands like
some oertopping Alp, a marvel among Scriptural biographies. We
have not space to mention Howson s minor works connected with
Paul, but they are all good.

1127 EADIE (JOHN, D.D., LL.D.) Paul, the Preacher. An

Exposition of his Discourses and Speeches, as recorded
in the Acts. Cr. Svo. Lond., Griffin. 1859. S. 3/6.
Designed to give ordinary readers a juster and fuller conception
of the doctrine and life-work of the apostle. An able work.

LIVES OF THE APOSTLES, &c. 167

1128 LEWIN (THOMAS, M.A., F.S.A., Barrister-at-Law). Life

and Epistles of St. Paul. Second edition, much enlarged.

2 vols., demy 4to. 42/- Land., G. Bell & Sons. 1875.

[Second-hand copies of first edition. 1851. 6/- to 9/-]
Dr. Gloag in his Commentary on the Acts says: " Two works
are especially instructive, and deserve careful perusal. The Life
and Epistles of St. Paul, by Lew in, and the classical work on the
same subject by Conybeare and Howson. In the former the
historical connections of the Acts are chiefly stated, and in the latter
its geographical relations."

1129 LYTTLETON (GEORGE, LORD). Observations on the Conversion and

. Apostleship of St. Paul. In a letter to Gilbert West, Esq. 8vo. Land.,
1747. [Numerous editions. The Tract Society s edition. Fcap. 8vo. 3/ l
Gilbert West and his friend Lord Lyttleton, both men of acknowledged talents, hr d
imbibed the principles of infidelity from a superficial view of the Scriptures. Fu ly
persuaded that the Bible was an imposture, they were determined to expose the cheat.
Mr. West chose the Resurrection of Christ, and Lord Lyttldon the Conversion of
St. Paul, for the subject of hostile criticism. Both sat down to their respective tasks,
full of prejudice, and a contempt for Christianity. The result of their separate
attempts was that they were both converted by their endeavours to overthrow the
truth of Christianity ! They came together, not as they expected, to exult over an
imposture exposed to ridicule, but to lament their folly, and to congratulate each other
on their joint conviction, that the Bible was the word of God. Their able enquiries
have furnished two most valuable treatises in favour of revelation ; one, entitled
"Observations on the Conversion of St. Paul," and the other, "Observations on the
Resurrection of Christ."

1130 MACDUFF (J. R., D.D.) St. Paul in Rome. Cr. 8vo. 4/6.

Lend., Nisbet. 1871. S. 2/6.

Sermons preached in Rome, into which are ably introduced eloquent
mention of the existing traditions and remains which associate the
Apostle with that great city.

1131 BISCOE (RICHARD, M.A., Preb. of St. Paul s. Died 1748).

History of the Acts of the Apostles. Confirmed from other
Authors, and considered as full evidence of the Truth of
Christianity. Svo. Ox/., 1840. 4/-

1132 PALEY (WILLIAM, D.D. 1743 1805). Horae Paulinas.

Numerous editions. The Religious Tract Society publishes the
Horae Paulinse, with Notes, and Horse Apostolicse, by Rev. T.
Birks. 1 2 mo. 3/-

1133 TATE (JAMES, Canon of St. Paul s}. The Horse Paulinse

carried out and illustrated. Svo. Loud., \ 840.
Though not commentaries, fhe three works just mentioned are sources
of information not to be neglected by the student of the Acts.

1134 RIVINGTON (FRANCIS). Life and Writings of St. Paul. Cr.

Svo. 5/- Land., Sampson Low & Co. 1874. S. 2/-
Nobody possessing Conybeare and Howson will need this work, though
in the absence of better this would have been serviceable.

1135 SMITH (THORNLEY). Saul of Tarsus. 2 /- and 2/6. Lond.,].

Blackwood & Co. S. 1/3.
Thornley Smith always deserves attentive reading.

168 THE APOSTOLICAL EPISTLES.

1 1 36 BLUNT (HENRY, A.M.) Lectures upon the History of St. Peter.

i2mo. Lond., 1830. i/- (For remarks, see No. 1125).

1137 GREEN (SAMUEL G., D.D., President of Rawdon College}.

The Apostle Peter: his Life and Lessons. I2mo. 3/-
Lond., S. School Union. 1873.

Contains a large amount of needful information, condensed and
well arranged. Dr. Green is the writer on Peter s biography.

1138 KRUMMACHER (F. W., D.D.) St. John the Evangelist.

i2mo. Bib. Cabinet. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. S. 3/-
The author s name is a sufficient guarantee. He has also written on
Cornelius and Stephen.

1139 GOULBURN (EDWARD MEYRICK, D.D., Dean of Norwich}.

Acts of the Deacons : Lectures on Acts VI. IX. Sm. 8vo. 6/-

Lond., Rivingtons. 1869. S. 2/9.
An interesting topic well handled.

THE APOSTOLICAL EPISTLES.

1140 BENSON (GEORGE, D.D. 1699 1763). Paraphrase and

Notes on i & 2 Thessalonians, i & 2 Timothy, Philemon, Titus,

and the Seven Catholic Epistles. 2 vols., 4to. 1734. 6/- to 8/-

Benson has closely followed Locke s method, though scarcely with

equal footsteps, and has paraphrased those Epistles which Locke did not

live to complete. In the consecutive reading of an Epistle Locke and

Benson are great assistants, but as Benson was an Arian he must be read

with great caution. (See No. 1148).

1141 DENTON (W.) Commentaries on the Epistles for Sundays

and Holy Days. 2 vols., 8vo. $6/- Lond., G. Bell & Co.
186971. S. 2i/-
Will be a treasure to Churchmen. Denton is a good author.

1142 DICKSON (DAVID). Exposition of all the Epistles.

Folio. Lond. 1659. I2/- to I5/-

Dickson is a writer after our ovvn heart. For preachers he is a
great ally. There is nothing brilliant or profound ; bitt everything
zs clear and well arranged, and the unction runs down like the oil
from Aaron s head. In this volume the observations are brief.

1143 ELLICOTT (CHARLES J., D.D., Bp. of Gloucester and

Bristol}. Commentary on St. Paul s Epistles. 5 vols.,

8vo. Galatians, 8/6 ; Ephesians, 8/6 ; Pastoral Epistles,

IO/6 ; Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon, 10/6 ;

Thessalonians, 7/6. Lond., Longmans. 1861 64. 5.31/6.

Dr. Eadie says, " Ellicott is distinguished by close and unifornt

adherence to grammatical canon, without much expansion into

exegesis" Dr. Riddle thinks Ellicott to be in many respects without

an English rival. For scJwlars only.

THE APOSTOLICAL EPISTLES. 169

1144 FERGUSON QAMES). Exposition of the Epistles to the

Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thes-
salonians. 8vo. Edinb., 1659 74. 8/- to 10/6. Re
printed, I vol., large 8vo. Lond., 1841. 3/- to 5/6.
He who possesses this work is rich. The author handles his

matter in the same manner as Hutcheson and Dickson, and he is

of their class a grand, gracious, savoury divine.

1145 GLOAG (PATON J., D.D.) Introduction to the Pauline

Epistles. 8vo. I2/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1874.
Not an exposition, but an exceedingly valuable introduction,
illustrating the design, date, and circumstances of the inspired
letters.

1146 JOWETT (BENJAMIN, M.A., Regius Professor, Oxford). Epistles to the

Thessalonians, Galatians, and Romans [Greek and English] ; with Critical
Notes. 2 vols., 8vo. Land., Murray. 1859. S. 2 2s. to 2 IDS.
Professor Jowett s most unseemly attack on Paul, as an apostle, as a thinker, as a

writer, and as a man, only proves his own incapacity for forming a just judgment

either of the apostle or of himself.

1147 KELLY (WILLIAM). Lectures Introductory to the Study of Paul s Epistles,

Demy 8vo. 5/- Loud., G. Morrish. 1869. S. 3/-
Of the same character as Mr. Kelly s other works. (See No. 1220).

1148 LOCKE (JOHN, M.A. 1632 1704). Paraphrase and Notes

on the Epistles to the Galatians, Corinthians, Romans, and
Ephesians. 4to. Lond.^ 1733. Also 8vo. editions. 2/6.
Anything from such a man is worthy of attention, and this piece, as a
protest against rending texts from their connection, is most judicious.
The paraphrase, though open to criticism, is executed with great candour,
and really illuminates the text. (See Benson, No. 1140).

1149 LYTH (JOHN, D.D.) The Homiletical Treasuiy. Romans to Philippians.

Cr. 8vo. 5/- Land., Elliot Stock. 1869.

The plan of this book is surpassingly useful, but Dr. Lyth does not carry it out to-
our satisfaction. It is easy to divide an egg by letting it drop on the floor, and in this
fashion this author divides texts.

1150 MACKNIGHT (J., D.D. 17211800). Translation with Commentary and

Notes. 6 vols., 8vo., 1816 ; also 4 vols., 8vo., and I vol., royal 8vo. IO/-
To be read with great caution. We do not admire this author.

1151 MARSTON (CHARLES DALLAS, M.A.) Expositions on the

Epistles. 121110. 3/6. Lend., J. F. Shaw & Co. 1868. 8.1/9.
Expositions of each Epistle as a whole. An admirable method of
instruction. To do this in a popular style is as praiseworthy as it is
difficult. Mr. Marston has succeeded.

1152 PAGET (ALFRED T., M.A.) On the Unity and Order of the

Epistles of St. Paul. 8vo. Loud., Rivingtons. 1851. i/-
Suggests a rich vein for the student s own working. Few, we fear r
will carry it out, but these will prize the Epistles more than others.

1153 PEILE (T. W., D.D.) Annotations on the Apostolical Epistles, for the use

of Students of the Greek Text. 4 vols., 8vo. Land., 1848 52.
Anticalvinistic in doctrine, and in style involved, obscure, and terribly paren
thetical. The purchase of the volumes would be a heavy investment.

170 THE APOSTOLICAL EPISTLES. ROMANS.

1154 PRICHARD (C. K, M.A.) Commentary. Ephesians, Philip-

plans, and Colossians. Land., Rivingtons. 1865. S. 1/6.
Not too diffuse : among the notes are some admirable hints which
may be worked out. The book is a small one for so large a subject.

1155 SLADE (JAMES, M.A.) Annotations on the Epistles. For the use of

Candidates for Holy Orders. 2 vols., 8vo. Lond., 1836. 5/-
This is practically a continuation of Elsiey s work (No. 954), which closed with the
Acts. Notes dry and sapless, but from a literary point of view respectable.

ROMANS.

[Our space does not permit us to repeat the names of authors men
tioned under Acts and Apostolical Epistles, but we urge the student
carefully to refer thereto.]

1156 ADAM (THOMAS). Paraphrase on Romans I. to XL Svo. 1774; 121110.

1805. 1/6 to 2/-

A poor paraphrase ; very correct and evangelical, but thin as Adam s ale. We
are disappointed, for the " Private Thoughts" of the same author are highly esteemed.

1157 ANDERSON (ROBERT, of Brighton. 17921843). Exposition

of Romans, izmo. Lond., 1837. 2/6.

After the manner of Charles Bridges. Full of holy unction and
devout meditation.

1158 BROWN (JOHN, of Wamphray). Exposition of Romans. 4to.

Edinb., 1766. io/- to I2/-
By a Calvinist of the old school. Heavy, perhaps ; but precious.

1159 BROWN (JOHN, D.D., Edinb.} Analytical Expositions

of Romans. Large Svo. i/j./- Edinb., W. Oliphant & Co.
1857. S. ;/-to9/-

Dr. Brown s work must be placed among the first of the first-
class. He is a great expositor.

1 1 60 CALVIN (JOHN). Commentary on Romans. Trans

lated by Christopher Roodell. /j.to., Black Letter. 1583.
9/- Also sm. Svo., with Life, by Beza. 1834. 2/9.

1161 CHALLIS GAMES, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S.) Translation ot

Romans, with Notes. Svo. 4/- Lond., G. Bell & Sons. 1871.
The translation is made in the current language of the day. The
notes are mainly critical.

1162 CHALMERS (T., D.D.) Lectures on Romans. 4 vols., Svo.

1827. 4 vols., i2mo. Edinb., Edmonston & Co. 1854. S. 8/6.
Our preferences as to expositions lie in another direction ; but we
cannot be insensible to the grandeur and childlike simplicity which
were combined in Chalmers.

1163 EDWARDS (TIMOTHY, A.M.) Paraphrase, with Annotations, on Romans

and Galatians. 410. Land., 1752. 2/6.

Watt calls this a judiciously compiled work from the best comments. We judge
it to be poor as poverty itself.

ROMANS. 171

1164 EWBANK (W. W.) Commentary, with Translation and Notes.

2 vols., post 8vo. Lond., J. W. Parker. 1850. S. 3/-
A sound evangelical comment, very good and gracious. In condensed
thought this work is not rich : it is adapted for general reading.

1165 FORD (J., M.A.). Romans. Illustrated from Ch. of England

Divines. 8vo. i2/- Masters, 1862. S. 7/- (See No. 955).

1166 FORBES (JOHN, LL.D.) Analytical Commentary, tracing

the Train of Thought by the Aid of Parallelism, with
Notes, &c. Svo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1868.
We think Dr. Forbes carries the idea of parallelism furtJier than
it should go. It can only be applied strictly to poetical books, which
Romans is not. He tries to bring out the other side of the truths
taugJil in Hodge, Edivards, and Calvin; but we confess our
preference of those authors to himself. The work will greatly
edify those ivhom it does not confuse.

1167 FRY (JOHN, B.A.) Lectures. Svo. Lond., 1816. 2/-
Having no theory to serve in this instance, fry writes to edification.

n68 GODWIN (JOHN H., Hon. Prof., New Coll., Lond.} New Trans
lation, with Notes. 8vo. 6/6. Lond., Hodder & Stoughton. 1873.
Such a book as students need while studying the Greek text in college.

1169 HALDANE (R. 1764 1842). Exposition: with

Remarks on the Commentaries of Macknight and others.

Svo. 12/6. Edinb., W. Oliphant & Co. 1874. S. 9/-

Dr. Chalmers styled this " a well-built commentary," and strongly

recommended it to students of theology. In his "Sabbath Readings"

he writes : "I am reading Haldanes Exposition of the Epistle

to the Romans] and find it solid and congenial food."

1170 HINTON (J. HOWARD.) Exposition. Svo. 6/- Lond., 1863. S. 1/6.
Not believing in the constant parallelism of the Epistles, we care very little for

this treatise, much as we esteem the author.

1171 HODGE (CHARLES). Commentary. 8vo. Philadelphia,

1835, etc. Reprinted by Rel. Tract Society, I2mo. 3/-
Hodgcs method and matter make him doubly useful in com
menting. He is singularly clear, and a great promoter of thought.

1172 KELLY (WILLIAM). Notes. I2mo. 2/6. Lond., G. Morrish. 1873.
Many of the remarks are admirable, but the theories supported are untenable.

1173 KNIGHT (ROBERT). Commentary. Svo. Lond., 1854. 2/6.

Not at all to our mind. The author often seems to us rather to becloud the text
than to explain it.

1174 LANGE (J. P., D.D.) and FAY (F. R.) Commentary

on Romans. (Seepage 19, and No. 923).

1175 MARTYR (PETER. 1500 1562). A most learned and fruit

ful Commentary on Romans. Folio. 1568. 3o/-
Being in black letter, and very long, few will ever read it ; but it con
tains much that will repay the laborious book-worm.

172 ROMANS.

1176 OLSHAUSEN (H., D.D.) Commentary on Romans. 8vo. 10/6.

Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1850.

Nobody seems very enthusiastic as to Olshausen, but some authors
have borrowed from his pages more than they have confessed. Personally
we do not care for him, but many prize and all respect him.

1177 PARR (ELNATHAN, B.D.) A Short View of the Epistle

to the Romans. [Chap. I. ; II., i, 2 ; and VIII. to XVI.]
This Exposition forms nearly the whole of " The Workes "
of Parr. Fourth edition. Small folio. 1651. io/- The
quartos do not contain the Exposition of Chap. I. and II.
The style is faulty, but the matter is rich and full of suggestions.

We regret that the work is not complete, and is seldom to be met

with except in fragments.

1178 PLUMER (WILLIAM S., D.D., LL.D.) Commentary, with

Introduction on the Life, Times, Writings, and Character of
Paul. Imp. 8vo. i4/- Edinb., W. Oliphant. [N. D.]

Plumer is a laborious compiler, and to most men his works will be of
more use. than those of a more learned writer.

1179 PRIDHAM (ARTHUR). Notes. Cr. 8vo. 5/- Land., Yapp. 1862.
Sound and gracious, but somewhat dull.

liSo PURDUE (E.,A.M.) Commentary on Romans. 8vo. Dub., 1855. 1/6.
Not important.

1181 ROBINSON (T., D.D.) Suggestive Commentary on

Romans. \Van Doren Series of Commentaries.] 2 vols.,
cr. 8vo. 8/- nett. Lond., Dickinson & Higham. 1871.
A good book in a good style. Worth any amount to preachers.

1182 STEPHEN QOHN, A.M.) Expositions on Romans. A Series

of Lectures. I2mo. Aberd., 1857. 2/6.
Sound in doctrine, practical in tone ; above mediocrity.

1183 STUART (MOSES.) Commentary on Romans. 8vo. 6/- Lond.,

W. Tegg & Co. S. 3/6.

Moses Stuart is judged to have been at his best in Romans and
Hebrews. The present work is in some points unsatisfactory, on
account of certain philosophico-theological views which he endeavours
to maintain. Mr. Haldane denounced him as by false criticism " mis
representing the divine testimony in some of the most momentous
points of the Christian scheme." The charge was too true.

1184 TERROT (C. H., A.M., Bp. of Edinburgh}. Romans [in Greek], with

Introduction, Paraphrase, and Notes. 8vo. Land., 1828. 1/6.
Anti-Calvinistic. Why do not such writers let Romans alone ?

1185 THOLUCK (A. F.) Exposition of Romans. 2 vols., fcap.

Svo. 8/- Bib. Cabinet Series. Edinb., T. Clark. 1842. S. 4/.
Moses Stuart confesses his great obligations to this eminent divine,
who far exceeds the most of his German brethren in spirituality, and is
not behind them in scholarship ; yet even he is none too orthodox nor
too reverent in his treatment of Holy Scripture.

ROMANS. 173

1 1 86 VAUGHAN (CHARLES JOHN, D.D.) Romans. The

Greek Text, with English M otes. Cr. Svo. 7/6. Lond.,
Macmillan & Co. 1874. S. 4/-

Very valuable to students of the Greek. The result of indepen
dent study and honest labour.

1187 WALFORD (W.) Curse Romans. 121110. Lond., 1846. 1/6.
Walford makes comments of considerable value ; he does not stand

in the front rank, but his mediocrity is respectable.

1188 WARDLAW (RALPH, D.D.) Lectures on Romans. 3 vols.,

cr. Svo. 3/6 each. Lond., Fullarton & Co. 1861.
Wardlaw interprets with great sobriety and spirituality, and we never
consult him in vain, though we do not always agree with him.

1189 WILLET (ANDREW). Hexapla: that is, a Sixfold Commentary

upon Romans. Folio. 1611. 6/- to 7/6. (See No. 142.)

1190 WILLIAMS (H. W., Wesleyan Minister). Exposition. Cr. Svo.

6/- Lond., 66, Paternoster Row. 1869. S. 2/6.
This epistle has a fascination for Arminian writers ; it affords them an
opportunity for showing their courage and ingenuity. Mr. Williams s
book is instructive.

1191 WILSON (THOMAS. Puritan. Died 1621). Commentary on

Romans. 4to. Lond., 1614. Folio, 1627 and 1653. 3/6105/6.
Intended for the less-instructed among the preacher s hearers, and
put into the form of a dialogue. It is very solid, but does not contain
much which is very striking or original.

1192 SCLATER (W., D.D. Died 1626). A Key to the Key

of Scripture ; or an Exposition, with Notes, upon the
Romans, Chap. I., II., III. 4to. 1611 and 1629. 4/-
An antique, but precious book.

1193 MORISON QAMES, D.D.) Exposition of the Third Chapter

of Romans. Svo. 12/6. Lond., Hamilton. 1866. 8.7/6.
A scholarly and exhaustive exposition. When we do not agree with
Dr. Morison, we pay homage to his great learning and critical skill.

1194 FRASER (JAMES. 1700 1796). The Doctrine of

Sanctification. Explication of Romans VI. to VIII. i 4.

8vo. Edinb., 1830. Offered, new, by Ogle & Murray, 2/6.
Dr. John Brown says : " Eraser s Scripture Doctrine of Sancti
fication is well worth studying. The old Scotch divine is rude in
speech, but not in knowledge

1195 ELTON (EDWARD, B.D.) Sundry Sermons upon Romans

VII., VIIL, and IX. Folio. Lond., 1653. 8/- to io/-
The style is plain and homely, but the matter is of the choicest
kind. This old folio is like an old skin bottle, with a rough exte
rior, but filled within with the product of the rarest vintage. Such
books as this ive never tire of reading.

174 ROMANS. I. & II. CORINTHIANS.

1196 KOHLBRUGGE (H. R, D.D., of Elberfeld}. Romans VII.,

paraphrased. i2mo. Land., 1854. S. 1/6.
An instructive rendering of this deeply experimental chapter.

1197 BINNING (HUGH. 16271653). The Sinner s Sanc

tuary. Forty-eight Sermons on Romans VIII. 4to. 1670.

Also Vols. I. and II. of his Works. 3 vols., I2mo. Edinb.,

1839. 3/- to 4/6.

The writer of Binning s Memoir says : " There is a pure stream
of piety and learning running through the whole, and a very pecu
liar turn of thought, which exceeds the common rate of writers on
this choice part of the Holy Scriptures"

1198 HORTON (THOMAS, D.D.) Forty-six Sermons on

Romans VIII. Lond. Folio. 1674. 3/-
Fnll of matter, well, but rather too formally, arranged. The
sermons are very prim and orderly.

1199 WINSLOW (OCTAVIUS, D.D.) No Condemnation in Christ.

[On Romans VIII.] Cr. 8vo. ;/- Lond., Shaw. 1860.
Dr. Winslow is always sound and sweet ; but his works are better
adapted for general readers than for students. He is extremely diffuse.

I. & II. CORINTHIANS.

[See also under Apostolical Epistles.\

1200 BILLROTH (DR. GUSTAV. 18081836). Commentary on
the Epistles to the Corinthians. 2 vols., 1 2mo. 8/- Bib. Cabinet
Series. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. S. 2/9.
To be prized for its criticism. The author tries to bring forth from

each passage the sense which the Apostle intended it to convey.

Observations and reflections there are none; but we are not among

those who throw away " the dry bones of criticism " bones are as

needful as meat though not so nourishing.

1 20 r CALVIN (JOHN). Commentarie upon Corinthians.

Translated by Thomas Tymme. 4to. 1577. I5/-
Tymme seems to have been constantly occupied in translating the
Reformers, and to have done his work well.

1202 HODGE (CHARLES, D.D.) Exposition of I. Corinthians.

Post 8vo. 5/- 1868. Exposition of II. Corinthians.

Post 8vo. 5/- 1869. Lond., Nisbet.

The more we use H odge, the more we value him. This applies
to all his commentaries.

^203 LANGE (J. P.) Commentary on I. and II. Corinthians,
by C. F. Kluig, D.D. (Seepage 19.)

1204 LOTHIAN (W.) Lectures on I. & II. Corinthians. 8vo. Edinb., 1828.

This work must have done good service in its day, as in some degree an antidote
to Macknight ; it is good and sound ; but the student need not distress himself if he
cannot procure it, for it is not indispensable.

CORINTHIANS. GALATIANS. 175

1205 OLSHAUSEN (H., D.D.) Commentary on I. and II. Corin-

thians. 8vo. g/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1851.
Dr. Lindsay Alexander says that this comment is highly esteemed for
its happy combinations of grammatico-historical exegesis, with spiritual
insight into the meaning of the sacred writers.

1206 PRIDHAM (ARTHUR). Notes and Reflections on I. and II.

Corinthians. 2 vols., cr. 8vo. 5/- each. Lond., Nisbet. 1866.
We do not always agree with Mr. Pridham, but we always admire
the quiet, candid, and unaffected manner in which he writes.

1207 ROBERTSON (FREDERICK W., M.A. 18161853). Exposi

tory Lectures. i2mo. 5/- Lond., King. 1872.
Robertson s doctrinal vagaries are well known; yet he is a great thinker
and a prompter of thought in other men. Read with discretion.

1208 STANLEY (ARTHUR PENRHYN, D.D., F.R.S., Dean of West

minster.} Corinthians. 8vo. i8/- Lond., Murray. 1876.
We do not advise the purchase of these volumes ; for although Dean
Stanley is an instructive writer, our perusal of his notes does not impress
us with any sense either of their value or soundness.

1209 COLET (JOHN, D.D., Dean of St. Paul s. 1466-1519). Treatise on

I. Corinthians. With Translation. Demy 8vo. 10/6. Land., G. Bell &
Sons. 1874.

A curiosity and nothing more. This same ancient Dean Colet, the friend of
Erasmus, wrote also on the Romans.

1 2 10 PEARCE (ZACHARY, D.D.) Translation of I. Corinthians, with

Paraphrase and Notes. In Vol. II. of Commentary. (No. 966.)
We ought to va-lue this work greatly, for the author was a renowned
scholar ; but we confess we do not think much of his productions.

[The writers on small portions of these Epistles are too numerous to
be mentioned in our short Catalogue. Burgess, Branston, Thomas
Fuller, Sibbes, Manton, Watson, and other masterly writers have all left
a contribution to the expository stores of the Church of Christ]

GALATIANS.

[Do not forget to consult works from No. 1140 to 1155.]

1211 BAGGE (HENRY TJ.,B.A.) Galatians. 8vo. Lond., 1856. S.3/
Simply a revised text and critical notes.

1 21 2 BAYLEY (SIR E.) Commentary on Galatians. Thick

post Svo. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1869. S. 3/-
Upon each portion there is a commentary, a paraphrase, and a
sermon, and thus the author conveys a considerable amount of
instruction. He is thoroughly evangelical, and his style clear.

1213 BROWN (JOHN, D.D. Edinburgh}. Exposition of

Galatians. Svo. Edinb., 1853. S. 6/-

Brown is a modern Puritan. All his expositions are of the
utmost value. The volume on Galatians is one of the scarcest books
in the market.

176 GALATIANS.

1214 CALVIN (JOHN). Forty-two Sermons on Galattans. 410.

Land., 1574. [A different work from his Commentary.]

1215 EADIE (JOHN, D.D.) Commentary on the Greek Text

of Galatians. 8vo. 10/6. Edinb., Clark. 1869. S. 7/6.
This is a most careful attempt to ascertain the meaning of the
Apostle by a painstaking analysis of his words. The author is not
warped by any system of theology, but yet he does not deviate from
recognized evangelical triitJi. As a piece of honest grammatical
exegesis the value of this commentary is very great, though there is
room to differ from it here and there.

1216 EDMUNDS (JOHN, M.A.) Galatians. With Explanatory Notes. Crown

8vo. Edinb., Oliver & Boyd. 1874.
Thoroughly ritualistic. See remarks on this author s work on Thessalonians.

1217 GODWIN (JOHN H.) Galatians. Translation, with Notes and

Doctrinal Lessons. Cr. 8vo. 3/- Lond., Hodder. 1871.
A helpful translation, with good textual notes.

1218 HALDANE QAMES ALEXANDER. 1768 1851). Exposition

of Galatians. i2mo. 1848. 2/6.

This work has never been popular, because the author in the third
chapter discusses the question of baptism. This is a fault of which we
may say as the Papist said of venial sin : " It deserved to be forgiven."

1219 HAWKER (JOHN, M.A.) Bible Thoughts in Quiet Hours.

Commentary on Galatians. 2/- Lond., Yapp & Hawkins. 1874.
These " thoughts " are sound and edifying. The book does not profess
to be a thorough exposition.

1220 KELLY (WILLIAM). Lectures on Galatians. I2mo. 1/6 and 2J- Lond.,

G. Morrish. [N.D.J

Mr. Kelly s authoritative style has no weight with us. We do not call these
lectures expounding, but confounding.

1 22 1 LANGE (J. P.) Commentary on Galatians, by Otto

Schmoller, Ph.D. Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians,
by Karl Braune, D.D. (See page 19.)

1222 LIGHTFOOT (J. B., D.D., Canon of St. Paul s). Gala

tians. Revised Text, with Introductions, Notes, and
Dissertations. 8vo. I2/- Lond., Macmillan. 1874.
The Spectator says : " There is no commentator at once of sounder
judgment, and more liberal, than Dr. LigJitfoot"

1223 LUSHINGTON (THOMAS. Died 1661). The Justification of a Sinner :

the Main Argument of the Epistle to the Galatians. Folio. 1650. 5/6.
A translation from Crellius, a Socinian divine, made by Lushington, who was far
gone towards the same error. We mention the book to warn our readers of its
character ; for bad works of the Puritan period are few.

1224 LUTHER (MARTIN). Commentary on Galatians.

[Numerous editions folio, quarto, and octavo.]
" I prefer this book of Martin Luther s (except tJie Bible) before
all the books that I have ever seen, as most fit for a wounded con
science." Bunyan. This is a great historic work, and is beyond

GALATIANS EPHESIANS. 177

criticism, on account of its great usefulness. As a comment its
accuracy might be questioned; but for emphatic utterances and clear
statements of the great doctrine of the Epistle it remains altogetlier
by itself, and must be judged per se.

1225 OLSHAUSEN (H., D.D.) Commentary on Galatians, Ephe-

sians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. 8vo. 10/6. Edinb.,
T. & T. Clark. 1851 (For remarks, see No. 964.^

1226 PEARSON (SAMUEL, Minister of Gt. George St. Chapel, Liver

pool). Sermons on Galatians. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Land., Clarke. 1874.
Discourses worthy of the successor of Spencer and Raffles.

1227 PERKINS (WILLIAM. 1558 1602.) Commentarie on the

First Five Chapters of Galatians, with a Supplement on the Sixth
Chapter, by Ralfe Cudworth. Thick 4to. 1604. 2/6 to 4/.
Perkins was justly esteemed by his cotemporaries as a master in
theology. This commentary is deeply theological, and reads like a
body of divinity : truth compels us to confess that we find it dull.

1228 PRIDHAM(A.) Galatians. Cr. 8vo. s/- Land., Nisbet. 1872.
Pridham is, we suppose, of the moderate Brethren school, but he is

not carried away by any theory, being essentially a man of sober mind.

EPHESIANS.

[See also under Apostolical Epistles. ,]

1229 BAYNE (PAUL, A.M. Puritan. Died 1617). Commentary on

Ephesians. Folio. 1643, &c. 6/- [Reprinted in Nicholas
Commentaries. Cr. 410. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1866.]
Sibbes says of this work : " The greatest shall find matter to exercise
themselves in ; the meaner, matter of sweet comfort and holy instruc
tion ; and all confess that he hath brought some light to this Scripture."

1230 CALVIN QOHN). Sermons on Ephesians, Translated

by A. Golding. Black Letter. 4to. Lond., 1577. gf-
Not the same as the exposition. The Sermons are priceless.

1231 EADIE (JOHN, D.D.) Commentary on the Greek text

of Ephesians. Svo. I4/. Lond., Griffin. 1861. S. 7/6.

" This book is one of prodigious learning and research. The

author seems to have read all, in every language, that has been

written upon the Epistle. It is also a work of independent

criticism, and casts much new light upon many passages .

1232 GRAHAM (WILLIAM, D.D., of Bonn, Prussia). Lectures on

Ephesians. Cr. Svo. 7/6. Lond., Partridge & Co. 1870.
Dr. Graham is an earnest opponent of the German Neologians and
frequently writes with their negations before his eye. He is a commen
tator of considerable learning and much spirituality of mind.

13

178 EPHESIANS.

1233 HEMMINGE (NICHOLAS, D.D.) Commentary on Ephesians, translated.

4to. Land., 1581. (See No. 553.)

1234 HODGE (CHARLES, D.D.) Commentary on Ephesians.

Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Land., Nisbet. 1870.
Most valuable. With no writer do we more fully agree.

1235 KELLY (W.) Lectures. I2mo. 2/- Land., G. Morrish. (See No. 1256).

1236 LATHROP (JOSEPH, D.D., of America. 1731 1820). Expo

sition of the Epistle to the Ephesians, in a Series of Discourses.
Thick 8vo. Philadelphia, 1864.

These discourses are sure to be of the highest class. We have not
been able to procure a copy.

1237 M GHEE(R.,A.M., M.R.I.A.) Lectures on Ephesians. 2 vols.,

8vo. Fourth edition. Lond., Saunders & Otley. 1861. S. 10/6.
Lively, warmhearted, extemporaneous sermons, full of good teaching.
The preacher aimed to edify the many, rather than to write a critical
work for the few, and he has succeeded.

1238 NEWLAND (HENRY, M.A.) A New Catena of St. Paul s

Epistles. Commentary on Ephesians, in which is exhibited the
Results of the most learned Theological Criticisms, from the
Age of the Early Fathers down to the Present Time. 8vo.
7/6. Land., J. Parker & Co. 1866. S. 3/-

Used discreetly, this Catena of patristic, mediaeval, and modern Church
interpreters, may be very helpful ; without discretion it will mislead.

1239 PATTISON (R.E., D.D., late Prcs. of Waterville Col)

Commentary on Ephesians. Svo. Boston, U.S. 1859.
A book to instruct intelligent, experienced believers. It is a
model for a class-book, plain and yet prof ound.

1240 PERCEVAL (A. P.) Lectures on Ephesians. 121110. Land., 1846. 1/6.
Good, but not likely to produce headache by overloading the brain with thought.

1241 PRIDHAM (A.) Ephesians. i2mo. 4/6. Lond., Yapp. S. 2/6.
Style heavy, matter weighty.

1242 PULSFORD QOHN). Christ and his Seed ; Central to all things :

being a Series of Expository Discourses on Paul s Epistle to the

Ephesians. 410. 8/6. Lond., Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1872.

Contains a great deal of deep thought, but is too mystical and often

too cloudy to be of much service to those who wish to explain Scripture.

1243 RIDLEY (LANCELOT. About 154.0.) Commentaries on Ephesians, Philippians,

and part of Jude. [Reprinted in Richmond s Fathers.}

John Bale -wrote in 1543 : "The Commentary which that virtuous, learned man,
Master Lancelot Ridley, made upon St. Paul s Epistle to the Ephesians, for the true
erudition of his Christian brethren, hath my Lord Banner here also condemned for
heresy. But what the cause is I cannot tell, unless it be for advancing the Gospel as
the thing whereby we are made righteous." Our author is equally fierce against
Anabaptists and Papists, but is not much of a commentator.

1244 TURNER (SAMUEL H., D.D.) Ephesians, in Greek and English;

with Analysis and Commentary. Svo. New York, 1856.
A learned American work ; good, but not very attractive.

EPHESIANS PHILIPPIANS. 179

1245 EVANS (JAMES HARRINGTON, A.M. 1785 1849). Christian

Solicitude, as exemplified in Ephesians III. 161110. Lond.,

J. F. Shaw. 1856. S. 1/3.

Harrington Evans was a great teacher. A more sound, earnest, and
instructive divine never lived. This book consists of notes of sermons
preserved by a hearer. It is well worthy of study. His Memoir
contains fragmentary remarks upon Ephesians I.

1246 ROLLOCK (ROBERT. 1855 1598). An Exposition of part

of the fift and sixt chapters of S. Pavle s Epistle to the
Ephesians. 4to. Lond., 1630. [In a volume containing sundry
fragments of Expositions.] 12 /-

This renowned Scotchman s writings generally come to us as transla
tions from the Latin, and have been made preternaturally dull in the
process of interpretation ; but this appears to have been written in English
by himself. It is practical to a high degree, and goes into minute details
of the married life, &c. It will not be much appreciated in these days,
though Dr. McCrie styles RollocKs works "succinct and judicious."

PHILIPPIANS.

[See also under Epistlcs^\

1247 ACASTER (J.) Expository Lectures on Philippians. Svo. Lend., 1827. 2/-
Useful in showing the preacher how not to do it. By a violent effort we forced

ourselves to read one lecture ; but we have done nothing to deserve to read another.
The author was domestic chaplain to an earl, meant well, and did his little best.

1248 AIRAY (HENRY. 1559 1617). Lectures on Philippians. 4to.

Lond., 1618. 5/6. [Reprinted, with Cartwrighi on Colossians,

in Nicholas Commentaries. Cr. 4to. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1864.]

Mr. Grosart says : " You will look in vain in this commentary for

erudite criticism or subtle exegesis in the modern sense : but there

seems to us to be an instructively true following up of the Apostolic

thoughts, and a quick insight into their bearings and relative force.

1249 CALVIN (JOHN). Commentarie on Philippians. Translated

by Wm. Becket. 4to. Lond., 1584. 10/6.

1250 CALVIN AND STORR. Expositions of Philippians and Colos

sians. By J. Calvin and Gottlob Storr. Translated by R. John
ston. i2ino. 4/- Bib. Cabinet. di/il>., Clark. 1842. 3/-
A sort of sandwich, with Calvin for the meat, and Storr for very hard
black bread. Students who can enjoy both spiritual exposition and
stern criticism with equal relish will make fine expositors.

1251 DAILLE (JEAN. 1594 1670). Exposition of Philippians.

Translated by Rev. James Sherman. Imp. Svo. Lond., 1841.
[This Exposition, together with Daille on Colossians, and
Jenkyti on Jude, have been issued in one thick volume by Mr.
Nichol of Edinburgh. 10/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1863.]
Written in a deliciously florid style. Very sweet and evangelical :
after the French manner.

180 PHILIPPIANS.

1252 EADIE (JOHN, D.D.) Commentary on the Greek text

of Philippians. 8vo., 10/6. Lond., Griffin. 1859. S. 6/.
A standard ivork. Essential to the scholarly student.

1253 EASTBURN (M.) Lectures. 8vo. New York, 1853. 2/6.
Designed for family reading. Moderately good.

1254 HALL (ROBERT, A.M. 1764 1831). Exposition of Philip

pians, in twelve Discourses. 8vo. Lond., 1843. 2 /6
Robert Hall does not shine so much upon the printed page as he did
when he blazed from the pulpit. These discourses were published after
his death, from the notes of a hearer. They are good as sermons, but
not remarkable as expositions.

1255 JOHNSTONE (ROBERT, LL.B., of Glasgow}. Lectures

on Philippians, with revised Translation, and Notes on
the Greek text. 8vo. 7/6. Edinb., Oliphant. 1875.
A noble volume. A real boon to the man who purchases it.

1256 KELLY (W.) Philippians and Colossians. I2mo. 2/- Lond., Morrish. 1869.
Much that is excellent placed in "darkness visible."

1257 LANGE (J. P.) See No. 923, and also page 19.

1258 LIGHTFOOT (J. B., D.D.) A revised text, with Notes.

&c. 8vo. I2/. Lond., Macmillan & Co. 1873.
Deservedly regarded as a standard work. The more instructed
student will appreciate it.

1259 MEYER (DR. H. A. W.) Critical and Exegetical Handbook
to the Epistles to the Philippians and Colossians. (See No. 928).

No doubt wonderfully learned, but we cannot get on with it. Quota
tions from heretics we have happily never heard of before are of no
great use to simple believers like ourselves.

1260 NEAT (CHARLES). Discourses from Philippians. Sm.Svo. Land., 1841. 1/6.
Strongly Calvinistic, and correct to a hair ; but utterly devoid of originality either

of thought or expression.

1261 NEANDER (JOHANN AUGUST WILHELM. 1789 1850). Philip

pians and James, practically and historically explained. Post
8vo. 3/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1851. 8.1/9.
Without dwelling upon the wording of the Epistle, Neander repro
duces its spirit in other language, and so expounds it. The little work
will be greatly appreciated by a certain order of minds.

1262 NEWLAND (H., M.A.) New Catena. Philippians. 8vo.

7/6. J.Parker. 1860. 8.2/6. (See No.

1263 PEIRCE (JAMES. Died 1726). Paraphrase on Philippians, Colossians, and

Hebrews. 410. Lond., 1733.

Had he but known the Lord, his writings would have been admirable. He con
ceals his Arianism, but it is fatal to his acceptance with believers. He wrote after
the manner of Mr. Locke.

1264 ROBERTSON (J. S. S., M.A.) Lectures on Philippians. I2mo. Lond., 1849.
Lectures which will never set the Thames on fire.

PHILIPPIANS COLOSSIANS. 181

1265 TODD (JAMES F., M.A.) Apostle Paul and the Church at

Philippi. Acts XVI. and Philippians. 8vo. 9/. Loud., Bell &

Daldy. 1864.

A respectable work. The author is sound in doctrine and valorous
in controverting error, and he says many good things; but he rather
uses the text than expounds it. He deserves a reading ; but men with
whom money is scarce need not purchase this book.

1266 TOLLER (THOMAS). Discourses on Philippians. i2mo.

Lond., 1855. 2/-

A very favourable specimen of plain, popular exposition. Nothing
either deep, or new, or critically accurate ; but sensible and practical.

1267 VAUGHAN (C. J., D.D.) Lectures on Philippians.

Extra Fcap. Svo. 5/. Lond., Macmillan. 1864, &c.
Deservedly esteemed. Dr. VaugJian gives a literal translation
of his text from the original Greek, and then expounds it, believing
it, as he says, " to be the duty of every Christian teacher to assist
his congregation in drinking, not of the stream only, but at the
spring of revealed truth"

1268 WIESINGER (Lie. AUGUST). Commentary on Philippians,

Titus, and i Timothy ; in continuation of the work of Olshausen.
Svo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1857. 8.4/6.
Many mistake this for Olshattsen s. It is of the critical and gram
matical school, and bristles all over with the names of the German band.
We prefer the Puritanic gold to the German silver which is now in fashion.

COLOSSIANS.

1269 BAYNE (PAUL, A.M.) Commentary on Colossians

I. and II. 4to. Lond., 1634. 6/.
On the two first chapters only. Edifying and very rare.

1270 BYFIELD (NICHOLAS, Puritan. 1579 1622.) Expo

sition upon Colossians ; being the Substance of near

seven years week-day sermons. Folio. 1615 and 1617.

6/6 [Reprinted in Nicholas Commentaries. Cr. 4to.,

7/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1869.]

The author lived in intense pain, and died at 44, yet he produced
quite a mountain of literature. He writes like an earnest, faithful
man, resolved to kefp back nothing of the counsel of God; but he
too little studies brevity, and consequently he wearies most readers*
He is ahvays ivorth consulting.

1271 CALVIN. (See Nos. 1249, 1250).

1272 CARTWRIGHT (THOMAS, B.D. Puritan. 1535 1603).

Commentary on Colossians. 4 to. Lond., 1612. 7/6. [Re
printed in Nickel s Commentaries, See No. 1248.]
This is but a small affair, consisting of scanty and second-rate

" notes " by a hearer. Yet what there is of it has the true ring, and is>

rich in spirituality.

182 COLOSSI ANS.

1273 DAILLE (p (See No. 1251}.

1274 DAVENANT (JOHN, Dp. of Salisbury. 15721641.)

Exposition of Colossians. Translated from the Latin,

by Josiah Allport. 2 vols., Svo. Lend., 1831. 4/- to 6/6.

" / know no exposition upon a detached portion of Scripture

(ivith the single exception of Owen on the Hebrezvs) that vvill compare

ivith it in all points. LeigJiton is superior in sweetness, but far

inferior in deptJi, accuracy, and discursiveness^ C. Bridges.

1275 EADIE (JOHN, D.D.) Commentary on the Greek text

of Colossians. Svo., 10/6. Lond., Griffin. 1856. S. 6/.
Very ftill and reliable. A work of the utmost value.

1276 ELTON (EDWARD, B.D.) Exposition of Colossians.

Third edition. Folio. Lond., 1637. 7/- to 9/.
A Puritan ivork; strongly Calvinistic, popular, and very full.

1277 GISBORNE (THOMAS, Prebendary of Durham. 1758 1846).

Exposition of Colossians. i2mo. Lond., 1816. i/-
Sermons which very much remind us of those of Henry Melvill, but
with less of the Gospel in them. Gisborne was a preacher of considerable
repute, but he was more at home upon moral than spiritual topics.

1278 GUTHRIE (THOMAS, D.D.) Christ the Inheritance of the

Saints. Discourses from Colossians. Cr. Svo. 7/6. Edinb.,
A. & C. Black. 1859. S. 4/-

Not so much an exposition as a series of brilliant discourses, or
prose poems. Dr. Giithrie has only touched upon the first chapter.

1279 LIGHT/FOOT (J. B., D.D.) Colossians and Philemon.

A revised Text, with Introductions, Notes, &c. Svo.,
I2/. Macmillan & Co. 1875.

For remarks, see No. 1258. Lightfoot writes for scholars.

1280 MILNER (JOSEPH, M.A.) Sermons on Colossians, i Thessa-
lonians V., and James I. Svo. Lond., 1841. 3/-

Respectable sermons by the Church historian.

1281 ROLLOCK (R.) Lectures on Colossians. 4to. Lond., 1603. io/-
It is said that when this great divine died the entire population of

Edinburgh attended his funeral. His Lectures on Colossians were once
very popular, but are now extremely scarce. The style is very simple
and colloquial, and the matter far from profound.

1282 SPENCE (JAMES, D.D.) Discourses on Colossians. Cr.

Svo. 7/6. Lond., Hodder. 1875.

A good specimen of honest, popular expounding. Intended for a
congregation, but useful to the student.

1283 WATSON (THOMAS, B. A.) Discourses on Colossians. Svo. Lond., 1838. 2/6.
Thoroughly evangelical and remarkably commonplace.

COLOSSIANS I. & II. THESSALONIANS. 183

1284 WILSON (DANIEL, D.D., Bp. of Calcutta}. Explanatory Lectures

on Colossians. 8vo. Lond., 1845. 2/6.

By a famous modern evangelical, who shows much ability in wielding
this Scripture against Tractarians and others. The work contains little
original exegesis.

1285 LOCKYER (NiCH., Puritan. 16121684-5). England

Faithfully Watcht with in her Wounds. [Lectures on
Colossians I.] 4to. Lond., 1646. 5/.
Rich, full, simple. A fair specimen of plain Puritan preaching ;

I. & II. THESSALONIANS.

1286 EDMUNDS (J., M.A.) Commentary on I and 2 Thessalom ans. Cr. 8vo.

Land., Bell & Daldy. 1858. S. 2/-

For school Teachers. The author s notion of a Commentary, which he fully
carries out, is contained in his preface. "My idea of the Middle-class Commentary
is, that it should be in strict accordance with the doctrine and ritual of the Church,
should illustrate her ritual, and should recommend her to the esteem and affection of
her children, by proving her adherence to the Word of God."

1287 JEWEL QOHN, Bp. of Salisbury. 1522 1571). Expositions

upon I. & II. Thessalonians. Sm. 8vo. Black Letter. Land.,
1583. Reprinted 181 1 and 1841. 1/6. Also in his Works.
Hooker calls Jewel " the jewel of bishops." This work is in the usual
style of the first Reformers, but rather more lively than most of them.
Many of the topics touched upon were peculiar to the times in which the
exposition was written. It will serve as a good specimen of the
preaching of the Fathers of the English Church.

1288 LANGE (J. P.) Commentary on Thessalonians, by Drs.

Auberlen and Riggenbach. Translated by Dr. Lillie.

Timothy, Titus and Philemon, by Prof. Von Oosterzee.

Hebrews, by Dr. C. B. Moll. Edited by Dr. Schaff.

Imp. 8vo. 2 1/. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1869.
" Lillie s Thessalonians will be found to be one of the best
executed portions of the American edition of Lange. The trans
lation is remarkably accurate and elegant, and the additions from
his own researches, and the best English Commentaries, are care
fully selected and valuable" Dr. P. S chaff.

1289 LILLIE (J OHN, D. D., Kingston, New York. 1 8 1 2 1 867).

Lectures on Thessalonians. Large 8vo. 9/. Edinb.,
W. Oliphant & Co. 1863.
Remarks on the preceding ^vill apply here.

1290 ROLLOCK (ROBERT). Lectures on the Epistles to the

Thessalonians, preached by R. R. 4to. Edinb., 1606.
For remarks, see No. 1246.

1291 SCLATER (WILLIAM, D.D.) Exposition upon i and 2

Thessalonians. 4to. Land., 1627. 3/6 to 7/-

Sclatcr is antique ; but, in the usual Puritanic manner, he gives very
instructive disquisitions upon a vast variety of topics suggested by the text.

184 PASTORAL EPISTLES I. & II. TIMOTHY.

1292 PATTERSON (ALEXANDER SIMPSON, D.D., Glasgow). Com

mentaries on i Thessalonians, James, and i John. ismo.
JEdinb., 1857. 2/6 to 4/6.

Notes of discourses, with much in them. Hints may be gleaned here
in abundance by students who open their eyes.

1293 PHILLIPS Q-) The Greek of Thessalonians explained. 4to. Land., 1751.
Short, but not particularly sweet. Very scarce.

1294 BRADSHAW (W., Puritan. 1571 1618). A Plaine and Pithy Exposition of

2 Thessalonians ; published since his decease by T. Gataker. 4to. 1620. 3/6.
As we cannot get a sight of this, perhaps some reader will present us with a copy.

1295 M ANTON (THOMAS, D.D.) Eighteen Sermons on 2

Thessalonians II., concerning Antichrist. Svo. 1679. 4/.
Here Manton smites heavily at Popery. Richard Baxter wrote
a commendatory preface to this valuable exposition.

1296 SQUIRE QOHN, M.A.) A Plaine Exposition on 2 Thessa

lonians II., i 13, proving the Pope to be Antichrist. 4to.

Lend., 1630. 5/- to 8/-

Squire works out the point of the Pope s being Antichrist with very
great cogency of reasoning. The exposition of the Epistle is lost in
the point aimed at ; but that point is of the utmost importance.

PASTORAL EPISTLES;

Or, the Epistles of Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.

1297 CALVIN QOHN). C Sermons on the Epistles of S.

Paule to Timothie and Titus, translated out of the
French, by L. T. 4to. Lond., 1579. I5/.
Quite a different ^vork from Calvin s Commentaries.

1298 FAIRBAIRN (PATRICK, D.D.) The Pastoral Epistles,

Greek Text, Translation, Introductions, Expository Notes,
&c. Cr. Svo. 7/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1874.
What with a good translation, full defence of the Apostolic
authorship of the Epistles, fruitful comments, and profitable dis
sertations, this volume is about as complete a guide to the smaller
epistles as one could desire.

I. & II. TIMOTHY.

[See also under Pastoral Epistles.}

1299 BICKERSTETH (E.) (See M. 13*6).

1300 PATTERSON (ALEX. S., D.D.) Commentary on Timothy and

Titus. i8mo. 1848. (See our remarks on No. 1292.)

1301 SLADE (HENRY RAPER, LL.B.) Pulpit Lectures on the Epistles to Timothy.

Cr. Svo. 1837. i/-
Utter rubbish. Dear at a gift.

I, & II. TIMOTHY. TITUS. PHILEMON. 185

1302 WIESINGER (L. A.) (See No. 1268).

1303 FINDER (JOHN H., M.A.) The Candidate for the Ministry. Lectures on

I Timothy. 121110. Land., 1837. i/-
Of no consequence.

1304 BARLOW (JOHN. Puritan^) Exposition of 2 Timothy,

I. and II. Folio. Lond., 1632. 4/- to 7/6.
By a master in Israel. Thoroughly practical, deeply experi
mental, and soundly doctrinal.

1305 HALL (THOMAS). Commentary on 2 Timothy III. and

IV. Folio. Lond., 16321658. 8/.

Hall is often found in union with Barlow, completing- the
Commentary on 2 Timothy, as he completed A mos, (No. 840.,) He
is a masterly expositor, of the old-fashioned school.

TITUS.

[See also under Pastoral Epistles]

1306 GRAHAM (W., D.D.) Titus. i2mo. 2/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1860.
Dr. Graham endeavours to make criticism intelligible, and the results

of learning really edifying. We have our doubts as to some of his
criticisms, and he is quite dogmatic enough, but on the whole good.

1307 TAYLOR (THOMAS, D.D. Puritan. 1579 1632). Com-

mentarie upon Titus. 4to. Camb., 1619. 4/- to 6/.

Folio. 1668. io/. Also in Works.

The title-page calls Thomas Taylor " a famous and most elabo
rate divine." He was a preacher at Paul s Cross during the
reigns of Elizabeth and James I., and a voluminous writer. This
Commentary tvill well repay the reader.

PHILEMON.

1308 ATTERSOLL (WILLIAM. Puritan). Commentary upon

Philemon. Second Edition. Folio. Lond., 1633. 4/6.

A long comment upon a short epistle. The pio2ts author labours
to keep to his text, and succeeds in bringing out of it a mass of
quain t practical teaching.

1309 COX (SAMUEL). Philemon. In " The Private Letters of

St. Paul and St. John." i2mo. 3/- Lond., Miall. 1867.

Such exposition as this adds interest to the epistles, and makes

their writers live again before our eyes. Mr. Cox delivered this

zvork in public on certain week evenings. Happy are the people

who are thus instructed.

186 PHILEMON. HEBREWS.

1310 DYKE (DANIEL, B.D. Puritan. Died about 1614). A most

fruitful Exposition upon Philemon. Lend. 4to. 1618. 4]- to 7/-
Dyks remarks are memorably practical and full of common sense-
He abounds in proverbs. The work is not very valuable as an exposi
tion of the words, but excels in making use of them.

1311 JONES (WILLIAM, D.D., of East Bergholt.) Commen

tary upon Philemon, Hebrews, and i and 2 John. Folio.

Lond., 1636. 9/- to I2/.

Very lively, sprightly, colloquial lectures, by a Suffolk divine,
who thinks the Brownists and Dissenters were not persecuted.
" Christ was whipped, that -was persecution ; Christ "cuhipped some
out of tJie temple, that ivas no persecution."" Despite his intolerance
he says some uncommonly racy things.

1312 LIGHTFOOT (J. 13., D.D.) See No. 1279.

HEBREWS.

1313 BROWN (JOHN, D.D.) Exposition of Hebrews. 2 vols.,

8vo. i8/- Edinb., 1862. S. 9/6.

Dr. David Smith says of this work: " There is not a single
instance of carelessness in investigating the true meaning of a text,
or of timidity in stating the conclusion at which the author had
arrived? What more could be said in praise of any exposition ?

1314 CALVIN (JOHN). Commentary on Hebrews, translated

by Clement Cotton. 4to. Lond., 1605. io/- to I3/.
Another edition, 12 mo. Lond., 1841. 1/6.

1315 DALE (R. W., M.A.) The Jewish Temple and the Christian

Church. Discourses on Hebrews. Cr. 8vo. 6/- Z0W. ; Hod-

der & Stoughton. 1871. 8.3/6.

Among modern divines few rank so highly as Mr. Dale. Daring and
bold in thought, and yet for the most part warmly on the side of ortho
doxy, his works command the appreciation of cultured minds.

1316 DELITZSCH (F., D.D.) Commentary on Hebrews. 2 vols.,

Svo. 2 1/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1868. S. iz/-
Remarks formerly made upon Dclitzsch apply here also. (Nos. 412,

1317 DICKSON (DAVID.) Short Explanation of Hebrews.

Svo. Aberd., 1635 ; Camb., 1649 ; and Lond., 1839.
This is generally to be found in connection with the author s
"Brief Exposition on Matthew." (No. 1033.) We need say no
more than get it, and you will find abundance of suggestions
for profitable trains of thought.

HEBREWS. 187

1318 DUNCAN (ROBERT, of Tillicitltry. 1699 1729). Exposition

of Hebrews. Svo. 1731. 3/6. New edition, cr. Svo. 2/-
(published at 5/-). Edinb., Ogle & Murray.

" An excellent condensation of Dr. Owen s valuable work, and giving
the pith and marrow of the great commentator."

1319 EBRARD (JOHN H. A., Prof. Theol Erlangen}. Commentary

on Hebrews. Svo. 10/6. Edinb., T. &. T. Clark. 1853. S. s/-
This is intended as a continuation of Olshausen, but it is an improve
ment thereon. Ebrard is at once learned and spiritual, and we prefer him
to almost any other author whose works the Messrs. Clark have issued.

1320 GOUGE (WILLIAM, D.D. Puritan?) Commentary on

Hebrews. 2 vols. Folio. Lond., 1655. [Reprinted in
Nicholas Commentaries. 3 vols., Cr. 4to. 7/6 each.
Lond., Nisbet. 1866-7.]

We greatly prize Gouge. Many will think his system of obser
vations cumbrous, and so, perliaps, it is ; but upon any topic wliicli
he touches he gives outlines which may supply sermons for months.

1321 HALDANE (JAMES ALEX. 1768 1851.) Notes on Ex

position of Hebrews. I2mo. 4/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1860.

A posthumous work, and issued, not as a finished exposition, but

as Notes of an intended Exposition" Very valuable for all that.

1322 HOWARD (J. E.) Hebrews. A Revised Translation, with Notes. Demy

I2ino. 1/6. Lond., S. W. Partridge & Co. 1872.
Contains a few suggestive observations ; but is a small affair in all respects.

1323 JONES (W., D.D.) See No. 1311.

1324 JONES (W., M.A. 1726 1800). Four Lectures on the Relation between

the Old and New Testaments as set forth in Hebrews. Svo. 1811. 1/6.
Very little of it, and bound up with a work of an ingenious, but fanciful character

1325 KNOX (J. SPENCER, A.M.) The Mediator of the New Cove

nant. Sermons on Hebrews. Svo. Dublin, 1834. 2/-
Thirteen Sermons on select passages. Mediocrity highly polished.

1326 LANGE (J. P.) See No. 1288.

1327 LAWSON (G.) Exposition of Hebrews. Wherein the Socinian

Comment is examined. Folio. Lond., 1662. Scarce. 7/-toio/-

Richard Baxter says : "I must thankfully acknowledge that I learned

more from Mr. Laivson than from any divine that ever I conversed with."

1328 LINDSAY (W., D.D., Prof. Theol. Glasgow.) Lectures

on Hebrews. 2 vols. Demy Svo. 2i/. Edinb.,

Oliphant. 1867. io/.

One of those great expository works ^vith which the Scotch
ministry has so frequently enriched the Church. We wonder if
any one ever read this excellent exposition through ; we should not
like to be sentenced to do so.

188 HEBREWS.

1329 [LUSHINGTON (THOMAS, M. A.).] The Expiation of a Sinner. Commentary

upon Hebrews. Folio. 1646. 5/-
This work was published anonymously, and is charged with Socinianism.

1330 M CAUL (JOSEPH B., Hon. Canon of Rochester). Hebrews. A

Paraphrastic Commentary, with Illustrations from Philo, the

Targums, &c. 8vo. 12/6. Land., Longmans. 1871. S. 6/-

Mr. M Caul attacks the gentlemen of the higher criticism with great

plainness of speech and some asperity. We hardly think his work will

attain a great circulation, it has so much Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and

German in it, that only men of learning and leisure can use it.

133 1 MACLEAN (A. 1732 1812.) Paraphrase and Com

mentary on Hebrews. 2 vols., I2mo. Lond., 1847. 2 A
One of tJie most judicious and solid expositions ever written.

1332 NELSON (ROBERT). Comments on Hebrews. Cr. 8vo. 6/- Land.,

Morgan & Scott. 1 868. S. 3/6.

By a thoughtful and devout man, but we cannot endorse some of his interpretations.
The taint of a certain modern school appears in passages such as this : " Had Paul
been preaching holiness of life as essential to seeing the Lord, would he not have been
advocating the very principle on which the law was based? We are afraid of this
covert Antinomianism ; its presence eats as doth a canker.

1333 [NEWTON (ADELAIDE L.)] Hebrews compared with the Old

Testament. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Land., Nisbet. 1872. S. 1/6.
Devout, simple, and instructive. The authoress was an invalid, and
died ere she had finished her work. She worked out a good idea with
far more of expository matter than could have been expected of her.

1334 OWEN (JOHN, D.D.) Exposition of Hebrews. 4 vols.

Folio. Loud., 1668-74. I4/- Also 7 vols. 8vo. Edited
by Dr. Goold. 2 2s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. S. 257-
There is an abridgment of Owen s work, executed by
Dr. Williams. 4 vols., Svo. 1790, etc. 4/6 to 7/6.
Out of scores of commendations of this colossal work we select
but one. Dr. Chalmers pronounced it " a zvork of gigantic strength
as well as gigantic size ; and he who hath mastered it is very little
short, both in respect to the doctrinal and practical of Christianity,
of being an erudite and accomplished theologian."

1335 PARRY (THOMAS, M.A., Bp. of Barbadoes). Hebrews, in a Series of

Lectures. I2ino. Land., 1834. 1/6.
So feeble that we wonder how it got through the press. A sermonized paraphrase.

1336 PATTERSON (ALEXANDER SIMPSON, D.D.) Commentary on

Hebrews. 8vo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1856. 6/.
Lectures delivered in the course of the author s ministrations.
Excellent for the public ; the student should consult other authors for
learning ; but Patterson has savour and spirituality.

1337 PRIDHAM (A.). Hebrews. Cr. Svo. 5/- Lond., Nisbet. 1862.
Rather mystified with expressions peculiar to " dispensational truth. *

whatever that may mean ; but devout, candid, sober, and sound.

HEBREWS. 189

1338 SAMPSON (FRANCIS S., D.D. Prof. Orient. Lit., Prince Ed-ward, Fa.)

Commentary on Hebrews. . 8vo. Neio York, 1856. S. 5/6.

A respectable production, but we know many which we value far more. As a
set of lectures to a college class these comments would be of great value, but the
author did well not to print them, although it wae natural and fitting that his surviving
colleague should do so.

1339 SAMPSON (G. V.) Translation, with Notes. Svo. Land., 1828. 1/6.
Dr. Kendrick says that Sampson is candid and sensible, but scarcely grapples with

the difficult points of the Epistle. Perhaps he was not strong enough.

1340 SAPHIR (ADOLPH). Lectures on Hebrews. First Series.

Chapters I VII. [Second and concluding volume in prepara
tion]. Cr. Svo. 6/6. Loud., J. F. Shaw & Co. 1874.
Mr. Saphir has always something to say worthy of the attention of
spiritual minds. His mind finds a track of its own, but he is never
speculative. We always enjoy his remarks, though he is not specially
terse or brilliant.

1341 STEWARD (GEORGE). Argument of the Epistle to the

Hebrews. Svo. 10/6. Edinb. , T. & T. Clark. 1872.
Unhappily the author died before he had quite completed this
" argument." The work is most helpful.

1342 STUART (MOSES, M.A.) Commentary on Hebrews.

Svo. Lond., 1837. Also 1853. 7/6. Tegg & Co. S. 3/6.
We are constantly differing from Moses Stuart, but are bound
to consult him. He is one of the greatest of American scholars,
and this is one of his best comments.

1343 TAIT (WILLIAM, M.A.) Meditationes Hebraicse. 2 vols.

Cr. Svo. Land., Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1855. S. 6/-
A noteworthy series of lectures. If Gouge, Owen, and others, had
not done all for Hebrews that one could well need, this would have
been of first-class value ; and though we have much better it is still a
worthy companion to them.

1344 THOLUCK (A. F.) Commentary on Hebrews. 2 vols., i2mo.

12 1- Biblical Cabinet. Edinb., Clark. 1842. S. 4/- to 5/6.
Delitzsch speaks highly of this work ; but, for our part, we understand
the Epistle better without Tholuck than with him. Clouds of smoke and
volleys of hard words destroy our equanimity.

1345 TURNER (SAMUEL H., D.D.) Hebrews, in Greek and English ;

with Commentary. Svo. New York, 1852. S. 4/6.
Carefully done. Written for those who really wish to understand the
Epistle.

1346 WILLIAMS (H.W.) Exposition of Hebrews. Cr. Svo. 6/-

Lond., 66, Paternoster Row. 1872.

The author has evidently been a diligent reader and student. Apart
from its Weskyan peculiarities, we can commend this book as edifying
and instructive, though we do not place it in the first class.

190 PARTS OF HEBREWS. CATHOLIC EPISTLES.

PARTS OF HEBREWS.

1347 DEERLNG (EDWARD, B.D. Puritan. Died 1576).

Twenty-seven Lectures upon Hebrews [chap I. VI.]

4to. 1590. 5/6.

Mainly aimed at the errors of the CJiurch of Rome, and at the
practical questions of the Reformation period. A learned but
antiquated set of lectures.

1348 MANCHESTER (GEORGE MONTAGUE, Duke of). Horje

Hebraicse. An Attempt to discover how the Argument of the
Epistle to the Hebrews [I IV. 1 1] must have been understood
by those therein addressed. Royal 8vo. Lond., 1835. 37-
A peculiar book, altogether sui generis, written by a man who did his
own thinking. The Duke would be an unreliable guide, but he frequently
strikes out new paths, and suggests novel trains of thought.

1349 ANDERSON (JAMES S. M., M.A.) Discourses on the nth and part of

the 1 2th chapters of Hebrews. 2 vols., Svo. Land., 1839-43. 8/6.
Good Church sermons. Of very slight value for commenting purposes.

1350 MANTON (T., D.D.) Sixty-six Sermons on Hebrews XI,

in vol. Ill of Manton s Works. Folio edition.
Exhaustive. Manton piles up his matter heaps upon heaps.

1351 PERKINS (WILLIAM). A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses. Com

mentary on Hebrewes XL 4to. 1622. 2/6; and Works, vol. III.
Good in its day, but now superseded. Very many points are discussed
which would now be regarded as ridiculous : as for instance, whether a
man may travel in a foreign country. It is terribly prosy.

1352 ANDREWS (G.). Sermons upon Hebrews XII. 410. 1711. 9, .
Thoroughly Scotch. Sound, but somewhat prolix and commonplace.

1353 PHILLIPS (W. SPENCER, B.D.) The Triumphs of a Practical Faith.

[On Hebrews XL] I2mo. Loud., 1840. i/-
Cloudy discourses on the cloud of witnesses. Will quicken no one s pace.

1354 SYLVESTER (MATTHEW). The Christian s Race and Patience.

Sermons on Hebrews XII. 2 vols., Svo. 1702 1708. 3/6.
Not of the first class ; yet respectable sermons.

CATHOLIC EPISTLES.

1355 EBRARD (J. H. A.) See No. 1387.

1356 LANGE (J. P.) Commentary on James, by Prof. Van Oosterzee.

Epistles of Peter, by Dr. C. F. Fronmiiller. Epistles of John,

by Dr. K. Braune. Epistle of Jude, by Dr. C. F. Fronmiiller.

Edited by Dr. Schaff. Imp. Svo. ail- Edinb., T. & T. Clark.

In his comment on the First Epistle of John, Dr. Braune teaches

baptismal regeneration in a very decided manner. This plague-spot of

sacramentarianism should put the reader on his guard.

JAMES. 191

JAMES.

1357 ADAM (JOHN, D.D., of Aberdeen). Exposition of James. 8vo.

9/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1867.

Good, plain discourses, for which the author acknowledges his in
debtedness to various eminent writers who have discussed the F-pistle.
Our readers had better make similar discourses of their own if tJiey can.

1358 HEMMINGE (NICHOLAS, D.D.) A Learned and Fruitful Commentarie

upon James, translated by W. G. Black Letter. 4to. 1577. 21 /-
The price which this book fetches is preposterous. It is hard antique reading.

1359 JACOBI (BERNARD, of Petershagen, Prussia*). Lectures on

James. i2mo. Religious Tract Society. 1838. S. 1/6.
A good, simple, practical set of expository Lectures. Safe in doctrine,
or the Religious Tract Society would not have issued it.

1360 JOHNSTONE (ROBERT, LL.B. Glasgow) Lectures

on James. Extra cr. 8vo., 7/6. Edinb., Oliphant. 1871.
A very useful, scholarly, and readable book.

1361 MANTON (THOMAS, D.D.) Commentary on James.

4to. Lond., 1651 ; 3/. 8vo., 1842 ; also in vol. IV. of
Manton s Works, Nichol s edition.

In Manton s best style. An exhaustive work, as far as the
information of the period admitted. Few sucJi books arc written
now.

1362 MAYER QOHN, D.D.) Praxis Theologica : or the Epistle of

James Resolved, Expounded, and Preached upon. 4to. 1629.
7/6. (Seepages 10 and n.)

1363 NEANDER (J. A. W.) James, practically explained. Trans

lated by Mrs. Conant. i2mo. New York, 1852. 2/6.
See also No. 1261.

1364 NELSON (ROBERT). James. Thin cr. 8vo. 2/6. Loud., Bagsters. 1872.
Setting out with the notion that the epistle is only written to the Jews, this author s

remarks are too much warped by this and other theories to be of any value to students.

1365 STIER (R., D.D.) See No. 972.

1366 PATTERSON (A. S., D.D.) Commentary on James. i8mo.

Paisley, 1851. i/- (See remarks on No. 1292.)

1367 TURNBULL (RICHARD, M.A.) Expositions of James and Judo. Thick

I2mo., 1592 ; and 410., 1605. 6/- to I4/.
Old and occupied with Popish controversies. Good, solid, and tedious.

1368 WARDLAW (RALPH, D.D.) Lectures on James.

Cr. Svo. 3/6. Fullerton & Co. 1862.

The lectures are noteworthy specimens of expository preaching
They were Wardlaiv s last work, and are fully up to the mark.

192 I. & II. PETER. I. PETER.

I. & II. PETER.

1369 AMES (WILLIAM, D.D. 15761633). Exposition of the Epistles of

Peter. 4to. Land., 1641. 5/-

Too much divided and subdivided, chopped up and cut into dice pieces and laid in
order ; for, after all, there is very little meat in it. It is an analysis, and little more.

1370 BENSON (GEORGE.) Epistles of Peter. 4to. 1742. 2/6.

The author was an Arian. "Benson possessed considerable learning, but no great
portion of genius." This is a paraphrase with notes.

1371 LILLIE (JOHN, D.D. Kingston, N.Y.} Lectures on

i and 2 Peter. 8vo. 8/6. New York, 1869. Lond.,
Hodder and Stoughton. S. 5/6.

Dr. Schaff says : " Though very different from the immortal
work of Archbishop Lcighton on the First Epistle of Peter, these
lectures breathe the same reverential spirit and devotional fervour,
while they are much more full and thorougJi as an exposition! 1

1372 LUTHER (MARTIN). Commentarie upon the Two

Epistles of St. Peter and that of St. Jude, gathered out
of the lectures of Martin Luther. Translated by Thomas
Newton. 4to. Lond., 1581. Black letter. i$/.
In Luther s racy style. One of his best productions. Copies arc
scarce as white elephants, and consequently expensive.

1373 NISBET (ALEXANDER). Exposition of i and 2 Peter.

8vo. Edinb., 1658. 5/- to 7/6.

A judicious and gracious Scotch commentary, after the style of
Dickson and HutcJieson.

I. PETER.

1374 ALLEY (WILLIAM, Bp. of Exeter. Died 1571). Exposition of I Peter.

[In " Poore Man s Librarie." Folio. Land., 1560]. i8/- I fry rare.
A curious old Black Letter Folio. The exposition on Peter is mainly occupied
with the questions and controversies of the Reforming period. Do not buy it.

1375 BROWN (JOHN, D.D. Edinburgh) Expository Dis

courses on i Peter. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo. i8/. Edinb., W.
Oliphant & Co. 1866. S. 10/6 to 12/6.

The epistle is divided into paragraphs, and these are made tJie
themes of discourses. Thus Dr. Brozvn produced ivhat is sub
stantially a commentary, and one of tJie best. It affords us a
grammatical interpretation, together with an exposition, at once
cxcgetical, doctnn. /, and practical. It is a standard work, and the
indices increase it* value.

I. PETER. II PETER. 193

1376 BYFIELD (NICHOLAS). Commentary upon i Peter I. II. III.

Folio. 1637. 9/- to i5/-

Byfield is an able and pious divine, but he is not very vivacious, and
neither in manner nor matter is he at all original.

1377 KOHLBRUGGE (H. F., D.D., of Elberfeld}. Sermons on

i Peter. 12 mo. Lond., 1853. 2/-

Strictly orthodox and deeply spiritual. No German neology may be
expected from this author. He is very happy in his practical remarks.

1378 LEIGHTON (ROBERT, D.D. Abp. of Glasgow. 1613

1684.) Commentary upon i Peter. 2 vols. i8mo.

3/6. Royal edition, with Portrait, 5/. Rel. Tract Soc.
Dr. Henry Mills thus -wrote of Leigktoris works : " There is
a spirit in them I never met with in any other human writings,
nor can I read many lines in them without being moved." We
need scarcely commend this truly heavenly work. It is a favourite
with all spiritual men.

1379 ROGERS (JOHN, A.M. Ptiritan. Died 1636.) Fruitful

Exposition upon all the First Epistle of Peter. Folio.
Lond., 1650. I4/- to i6/. Very rare.

Rogers was a true Boanerges. His style is earnestly practical
and wisely experimental. This is one of the scarcest and liveliest
af the Puritan expositions.

1380 STEIGER (WILHELM, Prof. Theol Geneva. 18091836). Ex

position of i Peter. Translated by Dr. Fairbairn. 2 vols., i2mo.
8/- Biblical Cabinet. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1836 3/-

Steiger was a sound German divine. His criticism is good, but like
all the Germans he is far too fond of dragging in learned names.

1381 GOMERSALL (R.) Sermons on St. Peter [chap. II. 1316]. 4to. 1634. $/*
Teaches absolute submission to rulers. Only worth notice from its age.

II. PETER.

i3 82 ADAMS (THOMAS). Commentary upon the 2nd Epistle
of Peter. Folio. Lond., 1633. New Edition, revised by
Rev. James Sherman, in imp. 8vo., 1839; now included
in Nichofs Commentaries ; 10/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1862.

Full of quaintnesses, holy wit, bright thought, and deep instruc
tion. We like Adams better in commenting than in preaching.
His great zvork is quite by itself, and in its own way remains
unrivalled. We know no richer and racier reading.

H

194 II. PETER. JOHN S EPISTLES.

1383 SYMSON (ARCHIBALD). Exposition upon the Second Epistle

Generall of St. Peter. 4to. Land., 1632. 6/-

Abundance of matter, pithily expressed. Symson is among the oldest
and rarest of the English divines.

1384 BROWN (JOHN, D.D.) Parting Counsels; an Exposition

of 2 Peter I. 8vo. 8/- Edinb., Oliphant 1856. S. 4/-
We always think of Brown as a Puritan born ont of due time.
Everything he has left us is massive gold. He is both rich and
clear, profound and perspicuous.

1385 WILSON (WILLIAM, of MusselburgJi). Second Epistle of Peter.

i2mo. 5/-; offered at 2/6 by Ogle & Murray, Edinb.
" Thoughtful and fresh in its matter, fine and polished in its style,
laying hold of us at once, and tightening its grasp on our sympathies
the longer we read." B. and For. Evan. Review. [Too laudatory.]

JOHN S EPISTLES.

1386 BICKERSTETH (EDWARD. 17861850). Exposition on the Epistles of

John and Jude, and of Paul to Timothy. I2mo. Land., 1853. 1/6.
Notes taken by his children of Mr. Bickerstetfts expositions at family prayer.
Simple, devout, soundly evangelical, and, we must add, superficial and commonplace.

1387 EBRARD (J. H. A.) Commentary on the Epistles of

St. John. With an Appendix on the Catholic Epistles,
8vo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1860. S. 5/.
Dr. Candlish, in his Exposition on I JoJin, says: "/ must
acknowledge my obligation to Dr. Lucke. But it is Dr. Ebrard
who has helped me most. Ebrard is especially valuable, and for an
English reader, acquainted with theology, very easily intelligible .

1388 HAWKINS (THOMAS). Commentary on John s Epistles,

8vo. Halifax, 1808. 2/.

Very excellent. The writer has upon every verse something to
say worth the saying.

1389 LUCKE (G. C. F. Bonn"). Epistles of John. i2mo. Biblical

Cabinet. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1837. S. 2/6.
Dr. Graham, of Bonn, says that " Luck*, is impartial, learned, and
critically in earnest ; yet the attentive reader soon discovers a very
decided anti-evangelical tendency. I say anti-evangelical in our sense
of the word, for in Germany he has done much to overthrow the cold
kingdom of rationalism and unbelief." Graham is severe, and a discount
may be allowed from this judgment. Let it serve as a warning.

1390 SHEPHERD (R.) See No. 1069,

I. JOHN. 195

I. JOHN.

1391 APOSTOLIC INSTRUCTION, exemplified in the First

Epistle of John. [Anon.] I2mo. Lend., 1840. 2/.
Upon two chapters only, but thoroughly good, and full of sweet
ness and light.

J39 2 BINNING (HUGH. 1627 1653). Fellowship with God ,
or Twenty-eight Sermons on I John I and II, I 3. In
his Works, vol. II (See No. 1197). Reprinted in i8mo.
by Religious Tract Society. 1833.

Milk for babes, and meat for men ; calls to backsliders, and com
forts for mourners. " There is no speaking," says Durham, " after
Mr. Binning ; truly he had the tongue of the learned, and kneiv
how to speak a word in season"

1393 CALVIN QOHN). Commentaries upon the First Epistle

of John, and upon the Epistle of Jude. Translated by
W. H. Svo. [1560.]

1394 CANDLISH (ROBERT, D.D.) First Epistle of John,

expounded. 2 vols. Sm. cr. Svo. 10/6. Edinb.,
A. & C. Black. 1870. S. 5/- to 7/6.

We set great store by these lectures. A man hardly needs any
thing beyond Candlish. He is devout, candid, prudent, and forcible.

1395 COTTON (JOHN, B.D., Pastor of Boston, N.E. 1585

1652). Commentary upon the First Epistle of John.
Folio. Lond., 1656. 6/- to 9/-

Calamy puts his imprimatur iipon this book, and speaks of the
authors name as " deservedly precious among the saints of God"
In doctrine and experience he is a noble teacher.

1396 GRAHAM (W.) The Spirit of Love. Commentary on i John.

Sm. Svo. Loud., 1857. S. 2/-

Graham is sound and vigorous, and does not mince matters in dealing
with semi-sceptics ; hence he brings upon himself violent reviews from
opponents. The Literary Churchman denounces his book as containing
" controversy without argument, criticism without proof, citation without
reference, a show of scholarship without the fruits of it, and denunciation
without decorum." To say the least of it, this review is far too severe.

1397 HANDCOCK (W. J.) Exposition of I John. Cr. Svo. 3/6. Loud.,

Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1861.

The author has carefully studied the original, and has his own ideas as to its
rneaning ; but either he has not the power of communicating them, or else we are
slow of apprehension. Very frequently we are at a loss to know what he means.

196 I. JOHN.

1398 HARDY (NATHANIEL, D.D. 16181670). First Epistle

of John unfolded and applied. 2 vols. 4to. 1656-59.
7/6 to io/- Reprinted in Nicholas Commentaries, Cr.
4to. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1865.

The Editor of Nichols Edition says, " This Exposition is only a
fragment. It was intended to consist of five parts, corresponding
generally with the Jive chapters of the Epistle ; but only two of them
were accomplished. In matter, the sermons are purely evangelical ;
in spirit, they are earnest and affectionate ; in manner, they are
eloquent and impressive" This is ratJier too ardent a commenda
tion.

1399 MORGAN QAMES, D.D., Belfast). Exposition of i John.

8vo. 9/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1866. S. 4/6.
Dr. Candlish says that this is a work " of great practical interest
and value" and that had it appeared at an earlier date, " he migJit
have abstained from issuing" his oivn Lectures on this Epistle.
We are glad to possess both ^vorks.

1400 NEANDER (J. A. W.) First Epistle of John explained. Trans

lated by Mrs. Conant. Sm. 8vo. New York, 1852. 5/-
Mrs. Conant in her preface says: "The treasures of genius and
learning which enrich his more scientific works, here seem vivified by a
new element, and melt, under the fervor of his inner spiritual life, into a
glowing stream of eloquent practical instruction."

1401 PATTERSON (A. S., D.D.) Commentary on i John. i8mo,

1842. See No. 1292.

1402 PIERCE (SAMUEL EYLES). Exposition of i John, in

Ninety-three Sermons. 2 vols., 8vo. Lond., 1835. 7/-
This devout author was highly Calvinistic, but witJial fttll of
spiritual power and unction. He loved the deep things of God, and
wrote upon them in a gracious manner.

1403 STOCK (JOHN, M.A., of Finchingfield). Exposition of

i John. 8vo. io/- Lond., Rivingtons. 1865. S. 5/-
Written by a well-instructed man of God. For spiritual
teaching the work is second to none. Dr. Candlish prized it greatly.

1404 COX (SAMUEL). St. John s Letter to Kyria, and St

John s Letter to Caius. See No. 1309.

1405 JONES (W., D.D.) See No. \$\ i.

JUDE.

JUDE.

197

1406 BICKERSTETII (E.) See No.

1407 GARDINER (F., M.A.) The Last of the Epistles. Com

mentary on Jude. Cr. 8vo. Boston, U.S. 1856. 2/6.

An interesting, straightforward, instructive commentary.

1408 JENKYN (WILLIAM. 1612 1685). Exposition of Jude.

2 vols., 4to., 1652, 4/- ; folio, 1656, 3/6. Rev. J. Sher
man s reprint, imp. 8vo. 1839. See No. 12^1.
Earnest and popular, but very f till, and prof oundly learned. A
treasure-house of good tilings.

1409 LUTHER. See No. 1372.

1410 McGILVRAY (WALTER). Lectures on Jude. 8vo. Glasg.,

1855. 3/- Scarce,
Vigorous, popular addresses by a Free Church divine.

1411 M ANTON (THOMAS, D.D.) Commentary on Jude. 4to.

Lond., 1658. 4/-

Manton at first gave up all idea of printing this book on Jude,
when he found that Jenkyn had taken up the subject ; but he aftcr-
ivards changed his mind. He tells us : " I consulted vvith my
reverend brother s book, and t.vhen I found any point at large: dis
cussed by him, I either omitted it or mentioned it very briefly ;
so that his labours zuill be necessary to supply the weaknesses of
mine Mantons vuork is most commendable.

1412 MUIR (WILLIAM, D.D.) Discourses on Jude. 8vo. Glasg., 1822. 2/6.
Sermons which do not rise above mediocrity.

1413 OTES (SAMUEL, the elder). Explanation of Jude in forty-one

Sermons. Folio. Lond., 1633. 5/- to 8/-

Of the conforming Puritan style, full of quaintnesses and singularities
of learning. A book by no means to be despised.

1414 PERKINS (WILLIAM, D.D.) Exposition of Jude. 410. 1606. 5/6.
Perkins was regarded by his cotemporaries as a paragon of learning,

but his writings fail to interest the generality of readers.

1415 TURNKULL (RICHARD, M.A.) Exposition of Jude. See No. i^.

1416 WILLET (ANDREW). A Catholicon ; gathered out of

the Catholike Epistle of Jude. Folio. Lond., 1614.
This book is in the Museum, but we cannot procure a copy.

198 THE REVELATION.

THE REVELATION.

The works upon REVELATION are so extremely numerous (Darling s
list contains 52 columns), and the views entertained are so many, so
different, and so speculative, that after completing our List we resolved
not to occupy our space with it, but merely to mention a few works of
repute. As for the lucubrations upon parts of the book, they lie at the
booksellers " thick as leaves in Vallambrosa." Numbers of these
prophecyings have been disproved by the lapse of time, and others wil
in due season share their fate. The following remarks may help the
student, and at the same time prove the difficulty of making a selection.

Davidson distinguishes a fourfold manner of apprehending Apocalyptic
Prophecy.

1. Prelerists. The prophecies contained in the Apocalypse were
fulfilled with the destruction of Jerusalem and the fall of heathen
Rome. This is the view of Bossuet, Grotius, Hammond, Wetsiein,
Eichhorn, Ewald, De Wette, Lilcke, and others, among whom is the
American expositor, Moses Stuart.

2. Continuists. The Apocalyptic prophecies are predictive of pro
gressive history, being partly fulfilled, partly unfulfilled. Thus Mede,
Brightman, Isaac Newton, Woodhouse, Cunningham, Birks, Elliott (and
many Germans).

3 . Simple Futurists. According to these, only the first three chapters
relate to the historical present of the Seer, all else having reference to
the absolute future of the Lord s Appearing. Thus, Burgh, Maitland,
Benjamin Newton, Todd, and others.

4. Extreme Futurists. Even the first three chapters of Revelation
are a prophecy relative to the absolute future of Christ s Coming
being a prediction of the condition of the Jews after the first Resurrec
tion. Kelly, and some Irish authors.

1417 BENGEL(JoHN ALBERT). Introduction to his Exposition of the Apocalypse,

with his preface to that work, and the greatest part of the conclusion of it,
and also bis marginal notes on the text, which are a summary of the whole
Exposition. Translated from the High Dutch, by John Robertson, M.D.
8vo. Land., 1757.

This great author was rather too precise in his dates. The end of the forty-two
months was settled for the 2ist of May, 1810, and the destruction of the beast for
June 1 8th, 1836. When so princely an expositor maunders in this fashion it should
act as a caution to less able men.

1418 BONAR (H., D.D.) Light and Truth, vol. V. (See No. 6.)

1419 BRIGHTMAN (THOMAS). The Revelation of St. John. Thick 8vo.

Leyden, 1644. 4to. Amsterdam, 1611. [See Nos. 649 and 775.]
Brightman s admirers called him "the English Prophet," and this work they
styled the " Apocalypse of the Apocalypse ;" but it survives only as a noteworthy
monument of the failure of the most learned to expound the mysteries of this book
Elliott says " his Commentary is one of great vigour both in thought and language
and deservedly one of the most popular with the Protestant Churches of the time.

THE REVELATION. 199

1420 BURGH [or, DE BURGH] (WILLIAM, M.A.) An Exposition

of the Revelation. i2mo. Dublin, 1857. 2/-
Good in its own line.

1421 COWPER (WILLIAM, of Galloway. 15661619), Pathmos ;

or, a Commentary on the Revelation.] 4to. Lond., 1619;
and in Works, folio, 1629.

The simple piety and vigorous style of Cowper have preserved his
old-fashioned work, and will preserve it.

1422 CRADOCK (SAMUEL, B.D. 16201760). Exposition. 8vo. 1696.
Dr. Doddridge and Job Orton were very fond of this old author. We are not.

1423 GUMMING (J.) Apocalyptic Sketches. 2 vols., izmo. S. 5/.
Here the views of Elliott are admirably popularized.

1424 DAUBUZ (CHARLES. 1670 1740). A Perpetual Commentary

on the Revelation. Abridged by Peter Lancaster, A.M. 4to.

Lond., 1730. 3/6.

Subsequent writers have drawn much from this work ; we have heard
it highly commended by competent judges. There is also a larger
unabridged edition, which we have not seen. This is said to be still
more valuable.

1425 DURHAM QAMES. 1622 1658). A Learned and Complete

Commentary. 4to. Glasg., 1788. Original edition, folio, 1658.

After all that has been written, it would not be easy to find a more

sensible and instructive work than this old-fashioned exposition. We

cannot accept its interpretations of the mysteries, but the mystery of the

gospel fills it with sweet savour.

1426 ELLIOTT (C. B, A.M. Died 1875). Horse Apoc-

alyptic. E ; or, a Commentary on the Apocalypse, critical
and historical. 4 vols. 8vo., Lond,, Seeleys. 1862. S. i8/-
The standard zvork on the subject.

1427 GARRATT (SAMUEL, M.A.) Commentary. 8vo. 7/6. Lond.,

Seeleys. 1866. S. a/- to 3/6.

This author mainly follows Elliott, but differs as he proceeds. He is
an esteemed author.

1428 FULLER (ANDREW. 1754 1815). Expository Discourses.

2 vols., 8vo. 1815. Also in Works.

Fuller is too judicious to run into speculations. The work is both
condensed and clear. Fuller called Fader " the Fortune-teller of the
Church," and there are others who deserve the name.

1429 GLASGOW QAMES, D.D.) Apocalypse Translated and Ex

pounded. Svo. 2/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1862.
We do not care much for the translation, and think some of the
interpretations speculative and forced ; yet the work is important.

200 THE REVELATION.

1430 HENGSTENBERG (E. W., D.D.) The Revelation expounded

for those who search the Scriptures. Translated by Patrick
Fairbairn, D.D. 2 vols., 8vo. Edinb., 1851-52. S. 14/6. Scarce.
Highly esteemed by the best judges.

1431 MEDE (JOSEPH, B.D., 15861638). A Key to the Apocalypse ;

[a Translation of Mede s Clavis Apocalyptica. By R. Bransby

Cooper, Esq.] 8vo. Lond., 1833. 3/6-

There are several other works on the Apocalypse .by this author, who,
says Elliott, " was looked upon and written of as a man almost inspired
for the solution of the Apocalyptic mysteries. Yet I think his success
was at first over-estimated as an Apocalyptic expositor."

1432 NEWTON (BENJAMIN WILLS.) Thoughts on the Apocalypse.

8vo. Lond., 1853. S. 3/-
Of the Futurist School. Condensed and instructive.

1433 ROGERS (GEORGE, Principal of the " Pastors College?} Lec

tures on the Book of Revelation. 4 vols., i2mo. 1844-51. 6/-
Not half so well known as it ought to be : a mass of judicious remarks.
We do not subscribe to the author s system of interpretation, but his
expositions always command our respect.

1434 STUART (MOSES). A Commentary on the Apocalypse.

2 vols., royal 8 vo. Lond., 1845; i vol. 8vo. Edinb., 1847;

1 vol. 8vo., 8/-. Lond., W. Tegg and Co. 1850. S. 3/6.
Stuart rejects the historical interpretations generally given ; but his

textual criticism and his preliminary disquisitions are very helpful. This
work has laid us under great obligations.

1435 VAUGHAN (C. J., D.D.) Lectures on the Revelation.

2 vols. Fcap. 8vo. gf- Lond., Macmillan & Co. 1875.
Does not grapple with the difficulties, but inculcates the lessons of

the book. A sensible course.

1436 WILLIAMS (ISAAC). The Apocalypse, with Notes and Reflec

tions. Cr. 8vo. 5/- Lond., Rivingtons. 1873. S. 3/-
Considering the High Church School to which he belongs, this author
is marvellously rich in exposition. The whole is tinged with the
mediaeval spirit.

1437 WOODHOUSE QOHN CHAPPEL, D.D., Dean of Lichficld.

1751 1834). Translation, with Notes. Roy. 8vo. 1805. 2/6.
Bishop Hnrd says, " This is the best book of the kind I have seen."
We give no opinion, for we are too much puzzled with these Apocalyptic
books, and are glad to write

FINIS.

PASSMOKE AND ALABASTER, STEAM PRINTERS, LITTLE BRITAIN, E.C.

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