mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmiimmmf^m' mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmmmf ' CoMMENmi G c AND OMMENTAfflES Vi< ;■^-•^i^w»'-^ V4ii.v/L':> .ji.Spux^c^on. iita)i»»MiiafM'Mji-MWiim&Mjf.i»i»i»taiac;i.-jAj.y.v:ijaj Gfotttell Itttuersttg ffithtatg attjata, ■New ^ark LIBRARY OF LEWIS BINGLEY WYNNE A.B..A.M.. COLUMBIAN COLLEGE. 'Tl, '73. WASHINGTON. D. C. THE GIFT OF MRS. MARY A. WYNNE AND JOHN H. WYNNE CORNELL '98 1922 Cornell University Ubrery Cornell University Library The original of tliis book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924031176252 COMMENTING AND COMMENTARIES. LEOTUHES ADDRESSED TO THE STUDENTS OF THE FASTOK'S COLLEGE, METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, WITH A LIST OP THB BEST BIBLICAL COMMENTARIES AND EXPOSITIONS, Also A LECTUEB ON ECCENTRIC PREAOHEES, WITH A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL OF SPITRGEON'S SERMONS, WITH THE SCEIFTUEE TEXTS USED. BY 0. H. SPURGEON, FBESISBNT. NEW YORK: Sheldon & Company. NO. 8 MUEKAY STREET. 1870. The present volume is the second of a series of works useful to Students and Ministers prepared by Mr. Spttrgeon ; and pub- lished at $1.25. The first volume is "Lectures to my Students : » Selection from Addresses delivered to the Students of the Pastor's College, Metropolitan Tabernacle." Mr. Sptirgeon has other works of a similar character in con- templation, 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. PREFAOE, Whes I issued the first volume of " Lectures to my Students " it was my intention to prepare another series as soon as time permitted, 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 exposition, and then a list of Commentaries might help the student to carry the advice into practice. The making of that list would, of course, be no small labor ; but, once ac- complished, 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 at- tempted by others with such slender results that we decline the task. A judicious critic would probably complain that many sermons are deficient in solid in- struction. 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 4 PREFACE. 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 preaching he would advo- cate as the great need of the day, its best protection against rising errors, and its surest means of spiritual edification. To such observations most of us would offer no opposition; 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 agi'ee 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 induce- ment to search the Holy Scriptures should be placed in the way of our ministers, and to the younger brethren some guidance should be proffered as to the works most likely to aid them in their studies. Many are pei'suaded 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 niight have received divine illumination, and doubtless did receive it,, but still, when asked whether he understood the Scripture which he read, he replied, "How can I unless some man shall guide me ?" The guiding man PEEFAOE. 5 is needed still. Divines who hare 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 remember 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 Commentaries, 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. 6 PREFACE. The preface to the List will be found on pages 60 and 61 which the reader is requested to peruse before at- tempting to use the list. To God I commend this labor, which has been under- taken and carried out with no motive but that of hon- oring 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 per- mit 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 the giving forth to a wider area the instruction carried on within the College walls. 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, how- ever poor or backward they may be, and our endeavors are all turned toward 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 PBEFACE. 7 have passed through our evening classes, 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 controversies, 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 under- stood, 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 accompani- ments 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. Latitudrnarianism with its infidelity, and unsectarianism 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 subscribers or roll of endowments. Our trust is in Him whom we desire to serve. He has sup- 8 PEEFACE. ported 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 labor of love. We need, at least, £100 every week of the year. Since our service is gratuitous in every sense, we the more freely, appeal to those who agree with us in believing that to aid an earnest young minister to equip himself for his life-work is a worthy efEoi"t. No money yields so large a return, no work is so important, just now none is so absolutely needful, C. H. SPTJEGEOir. Nightingale Lane, Claphau, Subbbt. OOE'TES'TS. LECTURE I. FAQB A Chat about Commentariea 11 LECTURE IL On Commenting 43 Remarks upon the List of Commentaries 60 List of Commentaries on the Whole Bible 63 „ „ on the Old Testament 74 „ „ on the separate Books of the Old Testa- ment 75 „ ,, on the New Testament 201 J, „ on the separate Books of the New Testament 209 Eccentric Preachers 283 A Complete Index to all of Mr, Spurgeon's Works, including the Text of Scripture from which he preached, etc 805 LECTURE I. A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTAKIES. 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 te think or say that you can expound Scripture without assistance from the works of divines and learned men who have labored 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 content 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 expositions 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 12 A CHAT ABOUT COHMEIJXABIES. guides. A respectable acquaintance with the opinions of the giants of the past, might have saved many an erratic thinker from wild interpretations 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 expositions of the whole Bible which are hardly worth shelf-room ; 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 entire Scriptures what they might have accomplished for one , book with tolerable success ; but who wiU 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 CoUinges, with his nine hundred and nine pages upon one chapter of the Song, will 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 following : — Durham on Solomon's Song, Wilcocks on Psalms and Proverbs, Jermin on Ecclesiastes and Proverbs, Green- hill on Ezekiel, Burroughs on Hosea, Ainsworth on the Pentateuch, King on Jonah, Hutcheson on John, Peter Martyr on Eomans, etc., and in Willett, Sibbes, Bayne, Elton, Byfield, Daill6, Adams, Taylor, Barlow, Goodwin, and others on the various epistles. Without attempting A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. 13 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 house- hold word, Matthew Hbkbt.* He is most pioua and pithy, sound and sensible, suggestive and sober, terse and trustworthy. You will find him to be glittering with m.etaphor3, rich in analogies, overflowing with illus- trations, 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 prac- tical and judicious lessons. His is a kind of commentary to be placed where I saw it, in the old meeting-house at Chester — chained in the vestry for anybody and every- body to read. It is the poor man's commentary, the old Christian's companion, suitable to everybody, instructive to all. His own account of how he was led to write his exposition, affords us an example of delighting in the law of 'the Lord. "If any desire to know how so mean * An Exposition of all the Books of the Old and New Testa- ments. By Mattubw Henry, late minister of the gospel in Chester. (Many editions ; to be met with at very low prices.) 14 A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. and obscure a person as I am, who in learning, judgment, felicity of expression, and all advantages for such a ser- vice, 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 preparation for the pulpit, to spend it in drawing up expositions upon some parts of the "Sew Testament, not so much for my own Tise, as purely for my own entertainment, because I know not how to employ my thoughts and time more to my satisfaction. Trahit sua quemque voluntas ; every man that studies hath some beloved study, which is his. delight 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 honored 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, Eosewell, Harriss, Atkinson, Smith, Tong, Wright, Merrell, Hill, Reynolds, and Billingsley — all Dissenting ministers. They have executed their work exceedingly well, have worked in much of the matter which Heni'y 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 recom- A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. 15 mend 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 toward the close of autumn. If you publicly expound the chapter you have just been reading, your people will wonder at the novelty 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, Johu Calvik ! * 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 Eoman Catholic, " Calvin possessed a sublime genius," * 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. 6d., additional. Complete seta of Commentaries, 45 vols., £7 17s. 6d. The " Institutes," 3 vols., 34s. 16 A CHAT ABOUT COMJIEIITAEIES. and with Scaliger, " Oh ! how well has Calrin reached the meaning of the prophets — no one better." You will find forty-two or more goodly volumes worth their weight in gold. Of 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 mean- ing in all fairness and integrity. He was no trimmer and prnner 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 labored, 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 questionable meaning for the sake of establishing some doctrine which he 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 essen- tial, 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 Trini- ty, he refuses to derive an argument in its favor from the plural form of the name of God in the first chapter of Genesis. It were easy to multiply examples of this A CHAT ABOUT C0MMENTABIE3. 17 kind, which, whether we agree in his conclusion or not, cannot fail to produce the conyiction 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 hy 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 weighty opinions of eminent critics, illustrative manners and customs, and observations of travellers. By the way, gentlemen, what a pity it is that people do not, as a rule, read the notes in the old Puritan books I 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 inculcate, I exhort my pupils to peruse Calvik's commentaries, which I extol in loftier terms than Helmich * himself ; for I affirm that he excels beyond comparison in the inter- pretation of Scripture, and that Ms commentaries ought to be more highly valued than all that is handed down to us by the Library of the Fathers ; so that I acknowl- edge him to have possessed above most others, or rather * Werner Helmich, a Dutch Protestant divine, a.d. 1551 — 1608. 18 A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTAEIES. 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 favorite expositor with me." Holy Baxter wrote, "I know no man since the apostles' days, whom I value and honor more than Calvin, and whose judgment in all things, one with another, I more esteem and come nearer to." 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 our frequent notice — ^ten years, let me add, spent in Am- sterdam 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 Akitotations f upon * Synopsis Critieorum alioramque S. Scripturse Interpretum. Opera Matthsei Poli. Londinensia, mdclxix. f 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; questions and doubts resolved ; and the whole text opened. By the late Rev. and learned divine, Mr. Matthew Pools. 1700. A CHAT ABOUT 00MMENTAEIB8. 19 the Word of God, in English, which are mentioned hy Matthew Henry as haying passed through many impres- sions in his day, and he not only highly praises them, hut 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 tliree volumes, tolerably cheap, and easily to be got at, are necessaries for your libraries. On the whole, if I must haye only one commentary, and had read Matthew Henry as I haye, I do not know but what I should choose Poole. He is a very prudent and judicious commen- tator ; and one of the few who could honestly say, " We have not willingly balked any obvious diflSculty, 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 forever 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 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 20 A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTAEIES. live to complete his work beyond Isaiah Iriii.; other hands united to finish the design. Would it be possible to eulogize too much the incom- parably sententious and suggestive folios of Johw Tkapp ? * Since Mr. Dickinson has rendered them accessible,! I trust most of you have bought them. Trapp wiU 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 t^e 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 every- where we see his profound scholarship ; he was for some time amid the guns and drums of a parliamentary garri- son, and he gossips and tells queer anecdotes like a man * Annotations upon the Old and New Testament, in fire 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, Nehe- miah, Esther, 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 Recompense." The fourth is upon the twelve minor prophets, the fifth and last is upon the whole New Testament, with a. Decade of Divine Dis- courses, or Common-places, thereunto annexed. By John Teapp, M.A., pastor and preacher of the word of God at Weslon- upon-Avon, in Gloucestershire. 1663. f The reprint by Mr. R. D. Dickinson is edited by Rev. W. Webster, and Rev. Hugh Maetin , with a Memoir of the Author, by Rev. A. B. Grosakt, 5 vols., super-royal 8vo., cloth ; £3 8s. 6d. to subscribers. A CHAT ABOUT COMMBKTARIES. 21 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 rarities of Solomon's Tarshish, there is much gold and silyer, 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 on the table when you study, and when you have your dish ready, use him by way of spicing the whole thing. Yes, gen- tlemen, read Trapp certainly, and if you catch the infection of his consecrated humor, so much the better for your hearers. A very distinguished place is due to Db. Gill.* * An Exposition of the Old Testament, in which are recorded the origin of mankind, 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 contradictions reconciled, and various passages illustrated and confirmed by testimonies of writers as well Gentile as Jewish. By John Gill, D.D. 22 A CHAT ABOtJT COMMBNTAEIES. 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 controversy had ven- tured 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 conclusive evidence of its value, since the set of the current of theological thought is quite contrary to that of Dr. Gill. No one in these days is likely to be censured for his Arminianism, but most modem divines affect to sneer at anything a little too highly Calvinistic : 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 question 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 dust- heaps, 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. 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 explained ; seeming con- tradictions 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 writ- ings. By John Gill, D.D. A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. 23 Eiclily did he deserve the degree of which he said, " I never bought it, nor thought it, nor sought it." He was always at work ; it is diflBlcult 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 pub- lished 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 commentary. He hunts Arminianism throughout the whole of it. He is far from being so interesting and readable as Matthew Henry. He deliv- ered his comments to his people from Sabbath to Sab- bath, hence their peculiar mannerism. His frequent method of animadversion 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 tolls you so in a methodical, sermon-like manner. This is an easy method, gentle- men, 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 after- wards 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 24 A CHAT ABOUT COMMEUTAKIES. 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 Oory- phoeus 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 Adak Clakkb,* 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 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 Clarke is the great annotator of our Wesleyan 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 commentary 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 consid- er Clarke wanting in unction, do not read Mm for savor but for criticism, and then you will not be disappointed. * 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 Writ- ings. By Adam Clabke, LL. D., P. S. A„ &c . A new edition with the Author's final correction. London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, etc. (7 volumes.) A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTABlBS. 25 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 discre- tion 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 not wonder that Adam Clarke still stands, notwithstanding his peculiarities, a prince among com- mentators. 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 6f Dr. Gill, " He was a very learned and good man, but has often lost sight of his better judgment in spiritualizing the text ; " this is the very verdict which we pass upon himself, only altering the last sentence a word or two ; " He has often lost sight of his better judgment in following learned singu- larities ; " 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 Mater,* * A commentary npon the whole " Old Testament," added to that of the same anthor upon the whole " New Testament," pub- lished many years before, to make a complete work upon the whole Bible. Wherein the divers Translations and Expositions, LiteraU and Mysticall, of all the most famous Commentatprs, 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 edification in tlie grace of oar Lord Jesus Christ. A work, the like unto which hath never yet been published by any man, yet very necessary. 26 A CHAT ABOUT COMMEXTABIESi a rare and 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 ex- treme. The six volumes, folio, are a more judicious and able digest of former commentators, enriched with the author's own notes, forming altogether one of the full- est and best of learned English commentaries ; not meant for popular use, but invaluable to the student. He is a link between the modem 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 con- ceits 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 Testament, which appear to have been the result of not only for stnUents in divinity, but also for every Christian that lovetlx the knowledge of divine things, or humane, whereof this comment is also full, &c. By John Mayer, Doctor of Divinity. London, mdcmii. * A help for the understanding of the Holy Scripture. Intended chiefly for the assistance and information of those that use con- stantly 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." The first part. Containing certain short notes of exposi- tion upon the five books of Moses, etc. By Arthur Jackson, preacher of God's Word in Wood Street, London. Anno Dom. injcciiiii. A CHAT ABOUT COMJIEIfTAEIES. 37 his pulpit expositious to his people. Valuable his works would be if there were no better, but they are not com- parable to others already and afterward mentioned. You can do without him, but he is a reputable author. I'ar more useful is if bss's Histoby and Mystery of the Old and New Testament,* 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 Bishop Hall's Contemplations f to your affectionate attention ? What wit ! What sound sense ! What concealed learning I 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 J come to us as the offspring * A Complete History and Mystery of tlie Old and New Testa- ment, logically discussed, and tUeologically improved. In three distinct volumes. The first beginning at the Creation of the World, and ending at Moses. 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 undertaking (in such a manner and method) being never attempted before. By Mr. Christophek Ness, min- ister of the gospel in London. 1690. 3 vols., thin folio. f Contemplations on the historical passages of the Old and New Testament. By the right Rev. JosErn Hall, D. D., Bishop of Norwich. Numerous editions ; the one before us has " a memoir of the author, by Jambs Hamilton, M.B.S.," and was published by Mr. Nelson of Edinburgh. \ The Dutch Annotations upon the whole Bible ; or, all the Holy Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, t6gether with, and according to, their own translation of all the text : as both the one and the other were ordered and appointed by the Synod of Dort, 1618, and published by authority, 1637. Now 28 A CHAT ABOUT COMMEHTABIES. of the famous Synod of Dort, and the Westminstek Annotations * as the production of a still more yener- able assembly ; but if, with my hat ofE, bowing pro- foundly to those august conclaves of master minds, I may venture to say so, I would observe that they furnish an- other instance that committees seldom equal the labors 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, f and I shall not dispute his right to it. He is the expositor of evan- gelical Episcopalians, even as Adam Clarke is the proph- et 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, faithfully commanicated to the use of Great Britain, in English, etc. By Theodore Haas, Esq. London, 1657. 2 volumes folio. * Annotations upon all the Books of the Old and New Testa- ments. 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 ex- plained, doubts resolved. Scriptures paralleled, and various read- ings observed. By the labor of certain learned divines, thereunto appointed, and therein employed, as is expressed in the preface. London, 1057. f The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the authorized version, with explanatory notes, prac- tical ob.servations, and copious marginal 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 Sou. 1837. A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTAEIES. 29 thoroughly sound and gracious ; but for suggest! veness 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. 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 TheTeact Society's Commentaey,* 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 Soci- ety 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 ex- positions, buy De. Hawkee's Poor Man's Commest- TABT. f Dr. Hawker was the very least of commenta^ tors in the matter of criticism ; he had no critical capa- city, 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. • The Holy Bible ; the text according to the authorized ver- Bion ; and a ComTnentary from Henry and Scott, with numerous Observations and Notes from otlier Authors : also, the Marginal References, Maps of the Countries mentioned in Scripture, and various useful Tables. London : The Religious Tract Society. (0 volumes.) ■f The Poor Man's Commentary on the Bible. By Robert Hawker, D. D., Vicar of Charles Plymouth, 1832. (3 vols, folio, or 10 vols. 8vo.) 30 A CHAT ABOUT COMMEUTABIES. It is to be confessed that Le occasionally sees Jesns 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 savor of the Lord Jesns 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 Saviour 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 flavor other things. " Albeet Baenes," 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 and persons with a narrow' range of reading, endowed with enough good sense to discriminate be- tween good and evil. If a controversial eye had been turned upon Barnes's Notes years ago, and his inaccura- cies 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. A CHAT ABOUT COHMEITTAEIES. 31 and this is no small praise for works whioli were only intended for Sunday-school teachers.* Upon the New Testament Doddkige's Expositor f is worthy of a far more extensive reading than is nowa- days accorded to it. It is in all the form of a paraphrase, with the text in italics ; a mode of treatment far from satisfactory as a rule, hut exceedingly well carried out in this instance. The notes are very good, and reveal the thorough scholar. Our authorized 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 improvements at the end of each chapter generally consist of pressing exhortation^ and devout meditations, suggested by the matter under discussion. It is sadly indicative of the Socinianism of the age in which the good man lived, that he feels called upon to apologize for the evangelical strain in which he has written. He appears to have barely finished this work * There are several Englisli editions of Barnes's Notes ; the one before us is thus advertised : " The Bev. Albekt Baknks's Notes (Explanatory and Practical), designed for the Heads of Families, Students, Bible Classes, and Sunday Schools. Edited, and care- fully 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 Improve- ment of each Section. By P. Doddridge, D. D. To which is prefixed a Life of the Author, By Andrew Kippis, D. D., F. B. S., and S. A. London: Longman, Orme, and Co., 1840. (4 vols. 8vo.) 33 A CHAT ABOUT COMMEHTABIES. in shorthand at the time of his death, and the later books were transcribed under the care of Job Orton. Ko Life Insurance Society should accept the proposals of a commentator on the whole of either Testament, for 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 oonrse, 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 piice, the eight volumes of Kitto's Daily Readixqs.* They are not exactly a commen- tary, 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 theol- ogy. The matter iB 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 intelligently and with growing interest. * Daily Bible lUuBtrations, being Original Readings for a Year, on subjects tiom Sacied History, Biography, Antiquities, and Theology. Especially designed for the family circle. By John Krrro, D.D., F.'S.A. 8 volumes, small 8vo. (A New An- notated edition has just been brought out by Messrs. Uliphant of Edinburgh.) a chat about commentaries. 33 The Gnomon of the New Testament, by John Al- bert Bengel,* 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 Testament. He endeavors to let the text itself cast its shadow on his page, believing with Luther that " the science of theol- ogy is nothing else but grammar exercised on the words of the Holy Spirit." The editor of the translation pub- lished 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 pub- lished, A. D. 1743, 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 modem criticism has furnished many valuable additions to our materials for New Testament exegesis, yet in some respects, Bengel stands out still 'fadle prin- ceps ' among all who have labored, or who as yet labor 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, ' con- denses more matter into a line, than can be extracted from pages of other writers.'" "In the pas- sages which form the subject of controversy between Calvinists and Arminians, Bengel takes the view adopted • Gnomon of the New Testament, by JOHN Albbut Bengel. Now first translated into English, with original notes explanatory and illustrative. Revised and edited by Rev. Andrew R. Faus- set, M. A., of Trinity College, Dublin. Edinburgh ; T. & T. Clarke, 38 George-street, 1863. (5 vols, demy 8vo. ; Subscription 31s. 6d.) 34 A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. 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 free- dom of man in these passages, yet, in the general tenor of his work, there breathe such a holy reverence for Go4^s sovereignty, and such spiritual unction, that the most extreme Calvinist would, for the most part, be un- able to discover to what section of opinions he attached himself, and as to the controverted passages would feel inclined to say, ' Qumn talis sis, utinam noster esses.' " Men with a dislike for thinking had better not pur- chase 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 Bengel's excessively terse sentences. His principles of interpre- tation stated in his "Essay on the Right Way of Han- dling 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 w 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 communi- cation carries (like the diamond) its own light with it, thus showing whence it comes ; no touchstone is re- quired 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 mat- A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. 35 ters are as its muscles, blood-vessels, and nerves. As the ioncs are necessary to the human system, so Scrip- ture 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 ex- positions are the safest which keep closest to the text." 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 cor- rection 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 recensor of the various MSS., and the pioneer of true Biblical criticism. The Cbitical English Testament.*— A Criti- cal 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 Testa- ment, and to appreciate the latest results of modern criticism." Such is the professed aim of this commen- tary, 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 * The Cbitical English Tbstamemt. — Being an adaption of Bengel's Gnomon, with numeroua Notes, showing Precise Results of Modern Criticism and Exegesis. Edited by He v. W. L. Blackley, M. A., and Kev. James Hawes, M. A. Published by Messrs. Isbister and Co., Ludgate Hill, London. (Three vols, 18s.) 36 A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. 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 sub- stance 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 inparvo, and will well repay an attentive peru- sal. 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. Alfokd's Gbekk Testament, * " for the use of Theological Students and Ministers," is an invaluable aid to the critical study of the text of the New Testa- ment. You will find in it the ripened results of a matured scholarship, the harvesting of a judgment, gen- erally highly impartial, always worthy of respect, which has gleaned from the most important fields of Biblical research, both 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 ex- ceedingly iible and successful work. The later issues are * The Greek Testament ; with a Critically Revised Text ; n Digest of various Readings ; Marginal References to Verbal and Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena: and a Critical and Exegetical Commentarjr. For the use of Theological Students and Ministers. By HEiniT Alfoisd, D. D., Dean of Canterbury. In four vol- umes. London: Rivingtons, Waterloo Place; and Deighton, Bell, and Co., Cambridge. 18G1. A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. 37 by far the most desirable, as the author has considerably reyised the work in the fourth edition. What I liave said of his Greek Testament applies equally to Alfobd's New Testament eok English Eeaders,* which is also a standard work, I must confess also a very tender side towards Bloom- field's Greek Testament, f 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 regai-ded as superseded. The Commentary by Patrick, Lowth, Arnald, Whitby, and Lowman,! 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 gi-eat learning, their associa- tion in one commentary is remarkable, and their Joint production has a place in all complete libraries. Dr. Wordsworth's Holy Bible, with Notes and Introductions, II is a valuable addition to our stores, * The Greek Testament, with English Notes, Critical, Philo- logical, and ExplanatoT7 ; partly selected and arranged from the best Commentators, ancient and modern, bat chiefly original. Fourth edition, revised. 2 vols. 8vo. London. 1841. f A Critical Commentary and Paraphrase of the Old and New Testament, and the Apocrypha. By Patrick, Lowth, Abnald, Whitbt, and LowMAN. A new edition, &c., in 4 vols. William Tegg and Co. I The New Testament for English Headers ; containing the Authorized Version, with a revised English Text ; Marginal Refer- ences ; and a Critical and Explanatory Commentary ; By Henby Alfobd, D. D., late Dean of Canterbury. New edition. 4 vols. 8 vo. 54b. 6d. London, Oxford, and Cambridge, Rivingtons, and «. Bell and Sons, 1872. J The Holy Bible ; with Notes and Introductions [Old Testa- 38 A CHAT ABOUT C0MMBNTABIE3. 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 passa- ges, although it is occasionally marred by the character- istic 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 pro- duced. ^ I am not so enamored of the German writers as cer- tain of my brethren appear to be, for they are generally cold and hai-d, and unspiritual. As Dr. Graham says, " there are about twenty or thirty names in the literary world who have gained a conspicuous place in theologi- cal circles ;-and in German commentaries these are per- petually introduced. In some of them the bulk of the work is made up of these authoritative names, and quo- tations 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 powerful citizen is at the pointed cannon of a fortress." I do, however, greatly prize the series lately produced under the presidency of Du. Lawoe.* These volumes are not all of equal value, ment only]. 6 vols. imp. 8vo. £6. — The New Testament in the original Greek ; with Notes, Introductions, and Indexes. By Chk. WORDSWOIITH, D. D., Bishop of Lincoln. . 2 vols, imp. 8vo. £3. London, Oxford, and Cambridge. Kivingtons. 1873, etc. * A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical, with special reference to Ministers aild Students, byPETEBJouNLANGK, D. D., in Connection with a number of emi- A CHAT ABODT COM^ENTAKIES. 39 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 homileti- cal purposes these volumes are so many hills of gold, but, alas, there is dross also, for Baptismal Eegeneration and other grave errors occur. The Speakek's Commentart* 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 fruit- ful suggestion, or if you did so, you would be disap- pointed. The object of the 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, nent European divines. Transluted from the German, and edited, with additions, by Philip Schafp, D. D., in connection witli American scholars of various Evangelical denominations. Imperial 8vo. Edinburgh, T. &. T. Clarke. 1868, etc. [18 volumes, price 21s. each, or to subscribers ISs.] * The Holy Bible, according to the Authorized Version (A. D. 1611), with an Explanatory and Critical Commentary, and a Revis- ion of the Translation by Bishops and other Clergy of the Angeli- can Church. Edited by F. C. CooK, M. A., Canon of Exeter, Preacher at Lincoln's inn, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. Medium Svo. London, John Murray. 1871, etc. [5 volumes pub- lished. Genesis to Lamentations, Vol. 1 in 2 parts, 30s. Vols. IF. and III, 303. Vol. IV, 343. Vol. V, 203.] 4.0 A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. EXPEKIMENTAL, AND PEACTICAL, ON THE OlD AND New Testaments.* Of this I have a very high opin- ion. It is the joint work of Mr. Jamieson, A. K. Faus- set, and Dr. David Brown. It is to some extent a com- pilation and condensation of other men's thoughts, but ib is sufficiently original to claim a place in every minis- ter's library ; indeed it contains so great 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 worth- less, 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 Buekitt. f If you can get him cheap, buy him. He is the celebrated " Eec- tor " whom Keach " rectified " in J;he matter of infant baptism, Burkitt is somewhat pithy, and for a modern father 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 gi'ow upon us as we read and re-read them, but Burkitt does not. Yet so far from depreciating the good man, I * A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments. By the Rev. Bobert Jamieson, D. D., St. Paul's, Glasgow ; Kev. A. R. Fausset, A. M., St. Cuthbert's, York ; and the Kev. David Brown, D. D., Professor of Theology, Aberdeen. 6 vols, medium 8vo. £3 13s. ; 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, etc. Endeavored by William Burkitt, M.A Late Vicar and Lec- turer of Dedham, in Essex. (Numerous editions, folio and quarto.) A CHAT ABOUT COMMENTARIES. 41 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 vol- umes 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 you to a selection of the great one-book writers. For the present thi^ much must sufSce. LECTURE n. ON COMMENTING. Havik Q 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 primi- tive Christians were for the .most part expositions of lengthy passages of the Old Testament ; and when copies of gospels, and the epistles of Paul, had become accessi- ble to the churches, the chief work of the preacher would be to press home the apostolical teachings by deliv- ering 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 modern 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 ujjou 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 ON' COMMENTING. 43 two methods. In the synagogue, it was the rule of the Eabbis 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, for the present plan of preaching from short texts, together with the great neglect of commenting publicly 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 ran- dom. The process resembles that of showing a house by exhibiting separate bricks. It would be an astound- ing absurdity if our friends used our private letters in this fashion, and interpreted them by short sentences disconne^d and taken away from the context. Such expositoiTwould 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 expository 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 preachings 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 pub- lic reading of the abstruser parts of Scripture is of ex- ceedingly little use to the majority of the people listening. I can recollect hearing in my younger days long passa- ges out of Daniel which might have been exceedingly 44 OK COMMENTING. instructive to me if I had obtained the remotest concep- tion of what they meant. Take, again, parts of the prophecy of Ezekiel, amd 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 diflScuIty 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-^chool 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 Irief comments upon Scripture in our ordinary services are most acceptable and instructive to our people. I have of- ten heard from working men, 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 exposition makes it doubly precious to them ; and the chapter which they had unprofitably read in course at family prayers, when they peruse it the next time, recollecting what their minister has said upon it, becomes a real de- light to them. The mass of our hearers, in London at ON COMMEUTIXG. 45 least, do not, to any appreciable extent, read comnientaries or any other books which throw a light upon thenScript- ures. They haye 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 ipust 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 tnany things which are not of sufficient importance to become the theme of a whole sermon, and therefore would probably remain un- noticed, to the great loss of the Lord's people and others. It is astounding what a range of truth, doctrinal, practi- cal, 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 chap- ter 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 46 ON COMMEKTING. your people. It is a very sad fact that they do not read so much as they should at home ; the ungodly, in England^carcely read the Bible at all ; and if only that part which we preach upon be expounded to them, how little of 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 done ,with an old copy which I keep in my study, you will discover 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 ex- position 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 un- fashionable 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 trill 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 labor to the preacher, for truth naturally consolidates and crystallizes itself around the main sub- ject like sweet crystals around a string hung up in syrup ; but as for the exposition, you must keep to the text, you must fa«e the difficult points, and must search into the OS" COMMBKTIlfa. 47 mind of the Spirit rather than your own. You will soon reveal your ignorance as an expoator if you do not study ; therefore diligent reading will he forced upon you. Anything which compels the preacher to search the gi'and old Book is of immense service to him. If any are jealous lest the labor 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 labor 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 unrefreshing and disagreeable ; but our sub- ject is a recreative one, and to young men like ourselves the vigorous use of our faculties is a most healthy exer- cise. 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 of spiritual wealth. Keally, the effort of acquiring a language is not so prodigious that brethren of moderate abilities should so frequently shrink from the attempt. A minis- ter 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 misrepresenting 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 48 ON COMMENTING. when nothing at all analogous 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 transla- tion, 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 reminded 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 theo- logian thus commented upon Genesis L 10 :— " The gathering together of the waters called he seas." The Latin term 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 transi- tory nature, whUe the gifts and graces of the blessed Virgin (Maria) shall endure forever." Such superlative nonsense may be indulged in if we forget that transla- tions cannot be A^erbally inspired, and that io the origi- nal 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 suc- cessfully devoting his energies to producing a work of absolutely priceless value, which never has been im- proved upon, and probably never will be ; a volume ON COMMENTING. 49 which must ever yield the greatest possible assistance to a Christian minister, being as necessary to him as, a plane to the carpenter, or a plough to the husbandman. Be sure you buy a genuine unabridged Cruden, 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 tolerated in the manse library. To consider cheapness in purchasing a concordance is- folly. You need only one : have none but the best. At the head of each notable word, Cruden gives you its mean- ing, and very often all its particular shades of meaning, so that he even helps you in sermonizing. When you have read his headings, by following out the concordance, you will observe connections in which the word occurs, which most advantageously and correctly fix its mean- ing. 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 any- thing ; 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 refer- , ence in the sense that the one text will explain the other." The useful reference 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 thorough- 3 50 ON COMMENTING. ly good concoydance. Get the best, keep it always on the table, use it hourly, and you will find your best com- panion. Need I after my previous lectures commend to you the judicious reading of commeniaries ! These are called "dead men's brains" by certain knowing people, who claim to give us nothing in their sermons but what they pretend the Lord reveals direct to themselves. Yet these men are by no means original, and often their sup- posed 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 inspirations as angels are to blue-bottles ; the miserable doggrel bore on its face the evidence of imposture. So when I listen to the senseless twaddle of certain wise gentlemen who are always boasting that they alone are ministers of the Spirit, I am ashamed of their preten- sions 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 ON COMMENTIjSFG. 51 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 iosipid con- tents ; the other is a refreshing natural well, cool and delicious, and the people contend for every drop of it. Freshness, naturalness, life, will always attract, whereas mere borrowed learning is flat and insipid. Mr. Cecil says bis 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 you, 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 imbecility. What should he the manner of your public comment- ing? One rule should be always to point out very care- fully wherever a word bears a special sense j for rest assured in Holy Scripture the same word does not always mean the same thing. The Bible :js 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 first, since it is not literal, but metaphorical. Again,^ " the cabman 62 OK COMMEKTIKG. mounted the box ; " " the child was pleased with his Christmas box ;" " his lordship is staying at his shoot- ing box." In each case there is the same word, but who does not see that there ia a great difference of meaning ? So it is in the word of God. Tou must explain the difference between a word used in a peculiar sense, and the ordinary meaning of the word, and thus you will prevent your people falling into mistakes. If people will say that the same word in Scripture always means the same thing, as I have heard some assert pub- licly, they wiU make nonsense of the word of God, and fall into error through their own irrational maxims. To set up canons of interpretation for the Book of God which would be absurd if applied toother writings, is egregious folly ; it has a show of accuracy, but inevi- tably 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 ser- vice. Many persons have accustomed themselves 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 over- leap 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 OK COMMENTING. 53 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 in- terstices between the commencement and the end of the sentence are packed full of compressed truth, which it is not always easy to sepsxrate from the general argu- ment. 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 Solo- mon's Song, which is mostly a dialogue. Here perfect nonsense 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 littl4 common sense, this might be of less importance, but as our version is so clumsily chopped into fragments, the preacher must insert the proper paragraphs and divisions 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 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 Orien- talisms, 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 ilora, be as familiar to 54 OIT COMMEXTIUG. 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 let- ter without understanding how it bears upon the hearts and consciences of men, is like a man who causes the bellows of an organ to be blown, and then fails to 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 win- dow, and thus light will be carried to the hieart and con- science. Make remarks suitable to the occasion, and applicable 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 among intelligent men ? Yes, it must be given. Be sure to avoid prosiness. Avoid it everywhere, but especially in this. Do not be long in * For suggestions as to interpretation the student is referred to the Bible Handbook 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. ON commekting; 55 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 read- ing 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-plac§ things which mast have occurred even to a Sunday-school child. Do not remind your hearers of what they could not pos- sibly 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 fool meter, 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 whole process of interpretation is to be carried on in your study ; you are not to show your congregation the process, but 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 without ostentation sends up the feast. Never strain passages when 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, 56 ON COMMENTIITG. be careful not to pervert it even in the smallest degree. Let it be said of you, as I bave beard a venerable bearer of Mr. Simeon say of bim, " Sir, be was very Calvinis- tic when the text was so, and people thought bim an Arminian when the text was that way, for he always stuck to its plain sense." A very sound neighbor of ours once said, by way of depreciating the grand old reformer, " John Calvin was 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, I 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 plaster- ers abroad, let us leave the evil trade to them and follow an honest calling. Remember Gowper's lines— t " A critic on the Bacred 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." 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 flU men's mouths with truth, not to open them with wonder. Do not he carried away with new meanings. Ply- mouth Brethren delight to fish up some hitherto undis- covered tadpole of interpretation, and cry it around the ' town as a i-are dainty ; let us be content with more ordi- ON COMMEKTIS-G. 57 nary 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 undiscovered 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 tp 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 vain-glorious dis- play of your critical ability. When reading short psalms, or connected passages of the other books, do not split up the autJior's utterances by interjecting your notes. Eead 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 you thus marring the word of God. Better far never to comment than to cut and carve the utter- ances of inspiration, and obscure their meaning by im- pertinently thi'usting 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 58 ON commenting; distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to nn derstand the reading." Here itf 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. Never fall into the idea that the mere utterauce of the words before you is all that is re- quired of you in reading ; good reading is a high, but rare attainmenrt. 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 bearings. 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 the 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 breth- ren, for even if you should see cause to discontinue it, at least no harm will come of the attempt. In all that I have said I have given you another rea- son for seeking the aid of the Holy Spirit. If you do not understand a book by a departed writer you are un- able to ask him his meaning, but the Spirit, who in- OK COMMBilTIirG. 59 spired Holy Scripture, lives forever, and he deliglits 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 bi^hold the 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. Conimentaries> expositions, interpreta- tions, are all mere scaffolding ; the Holy Ghost himself must edify you and help you to build up the church of the living God. EEMAEKS UPON" THE LIST OF COM- MENTAKIES. This List is compiled for the use of ministers of aver- age attainments, and the brief reviews are written from that stand-point. Other useful lists have been published, specially those by Darling, Orme, and Hartwell Horae, but these are not easily procurable, and are not quite what is needed ; and therefore as the furnishing of the Pastor's College Library necessitated a Catalogue, and afEorded an opportunity for purchasing books, the pre- sent work has been produced. Eew 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 actu- ally 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 procura- ble, 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 cata- logues, or have been kindly filled in by the aid of vari- ous booksellers, to whom we tender our thanks for the EEMAEKS UPON THE. WST OF COMMENTAKIES. 61 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 booksellers' 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 black faced type, with the remarks in larger tjrpe. Good, but more ordi- nary works are in medium type, and the least desirable are in the smallest letters. Thus we hope the eye will be caught at once by volumes best worthy of attention. Latin authors are not inserted, because few can pro- cure them, and fewer still can read them with ease. 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 circu- lation 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 production. Wo give the labor 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. * Lectures to my Students ; a selection from Addresses deliv- ered to the Students of the Pastor's College, Metropolitan Taberna- cle. By C.'H. Spurgeon, President; New York, Sheldon and Co. Price 11.25. 62 EEMAEKS UPON THE LIST OF COMMENTAKIES. It is to be specially noted, that in no case do we en- dorse 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 criticism, we have given hints which will be enough for the wise. It is sometimes 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 f uU list, we could not in our conscience believe that a tithe of them would yield anything to the student but bewildeiment, and therefore we reduce 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 endeavor to aid his ministers in searching the Scriptures. If Biblical stud- ies shall be iu any measure promoted, we shall be more than repaid. N. B. Many of the works in this list are published m the United States ; and the English looks, which are obtainable can be imported by any bookseller at about AOcts. to the shilling of the price given. lilST OP Jiblial Comtnentarhs snir ^^positions. COMMEITOAEIES ON THE WHOLE BIBLE. 1 ANNOTATED PARAGRAPH BIBLE, THE. According to the Authorized Version, arranged in Paragraphs and ParalleUsms, with Explanatory Notes and Prefaces to the several Books. An issue of the London Beligious Tract Society, republished, and containing numerous maps. Library sheep, in one vol. 8vo. . . . 8 00 Library sheep, in three vols 10 00 "Never before has so much important information respecting the ' Word of God ' been condensed in a sin- gle Tolume." 3 ALLEN (John). A Spiritual Exposition of the Old and New- Testaments ; or, The Christian's Gospel Treasure. Three vols. 8vo. 1816. 4s. 6d. Spiritnal reflections after the High CaMnistio School. Some preach- ers cannot see Christ where he is, hut Allen finds him where he is not. There is in these reflections much godly savor, bat very little exposition. 3 ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES, Westminster. Annotations. Two vols. Folio. Lond., 1657. lOs. to 16s. Contain valuable remarks, but are somewhat out of date. The work is probably leas esteemed than it should be. (See page 28). 4 BARTH (Dr. C. G., of Calw,. Wurtemberg).— Practical Com- mentary on the Books of Holy Scripture, arranged in Chrono- logical Order ; being a Bible Manual for tlie use of Students of the Word of God. Translated from the German. Imp. 8vo„ 12s. Lond., Nisbet & Co. S. 7s. 64 WHOLE BIBLE. Helpful in showing the historical position of the books, and in assisting to illustrate them by the circum- stances under which they were written. We have re- ferred to it with benefit. 5 BENSON (Joseph, 1748—1821. An eminent Methodist Preacher). Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical. Six, vols. Imp. 8vo. lOs.^ 6d. each, LoncL, Wesleyan Con- ference Office. S. 37s. 6d. '• ^ <) [ I Adopted by the Wesleyan Conference as a standard work, and charac- terized by that body as marked by " solid learning, soundness of theolo- gical opinion, and an edifying attention to experimental and practical religion. Necessary to Methodist Students. 6 BIBLICAL MUSEUM. (Jamks Compeb Gray). Old Testa- ment portion to be issued in eight vols., at ^. 6d. eaph. New Testament already oat, five vols., 4s. 6d. each. Lond., Elliot Stock. We can only speak of the New Testament ; it is sur- passingly useful, sententious, and sensible. Buy the work at once. 7 BONAR (Hoi\ATlTJS, D. D.) Light and Truth; or, Bible Thoaghts '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. Ci?own 8vo. 5s. each. Lond., Nisbet. One volume is rather short space in which to bring out the " light and truth " of the Old Testament. If Dr. Bonar required four volumes for the New, we 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. 8 BOOTHROTD (Benjamin, D.D., 1768-183Q. A learned Inde- pendent Minister and eminent Hebrew scholar). Family Bible. Improved Version. Notes, and reflections on each chapter ; introduction on the authenticity and inspiration of the sacred books, and a complete view of the Mosaic laws, &c. Three vols. Royal 4to., 1834, 16s., or one volume, thick 8vo., 1853, 7s. Good, but may be dispensed with, now that the East has been more fully explored. WHOLE BIBLE. G5 9 BROWN (John, 1723-1787). Splf-Interpreting Bible. 6s. to 15b. Ueeful in its day, and still popular. Notes on New Testament an undisguised plagiarism from Quyse. Not a Student's book. 10 BUKDER (Samuel, A. M.) The Scripture Expositor ; a New CJommentary, Critical and Practical. 4vols.,4to. 1811 203. Well selected notes. Those upon Eastern manners, geography, &c., are collected very judioiously, 11 CALVIN (John, 1509-1564). In the works of Calvin, pub- lished by the Calvin Translation Society, are the Comment- aries, in 45 volumes. Messrs. T. & T, Clark, of Edinburgh, now issue sets of 45 vols, at £7 17s. 6d., or six vols, for One Guinea, excepting Psalms, vol. V., and Habakkuk. Sepa- rate volumes, 6s. each. Old copies of Calvin's comments are to bo met with at second-hand book stores. We liave 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 15 and 16 of this work). 12 CHALMERS (Thomas, D.D., LL.D., 1780-1847). Daily Scripture Readings (3 vols.) and Sabbath Scripture Read- ings (2 vols.), being vols. I. to V. of the "Posthumona Works " of 0r. Chalmers, edited by Rev. W. Hanna, D. D. Lond., Hamilton, Adams & Co. ; Edinb.,Edmonston & Doug- lass, in whose catalogue they are priced as follows : D. S. Readings, three vols., crown 8vo., £1 lis. 6d. ; cheap edi- tion, two vols., 10s. S. S. Readings, two vols., £1 Is.; cheap edition, two vols., 10s. Those acquainted with the writings of Chalmers will know what to expect from .his pen when guided by fer- vent devotion. 13 CLARKE (Adam, LL. D., 1760-1832). A New Edition, with the Author's final corrections. Six vols.. Imp. 8vo. Lond., . 1844. W. Tegg's edition, new, £3 3s. S, 38s. Also printed on large paper, six vols., 4to. Despite some few oddities, this is one of the most learned of English expositions. (See page 34.) 14 CLARKE (Samwel. Died 1701). The Old and New Testa- ment, with Annotations and Parallel Scriptures. Folio. Lond., 1690. 7s. Notes very brief, bnt judicious. Author one of the ejected minis- ters, an exceedingly learned man. This work was highly commended by Owen, Baxter, Howe, and others, but is now superseded. 66 WHOLE BIBLE. 15 CIiASS AND THE DESK, THE. By J. Compek Grat, of Halifax, and C. Stokes Cakbt, of London. Four vols. Crown 8vb., 13a. Lond., J. Sangster & Co. Condensed thought. Suited for Teachers and Local Preachers. 16 COBBIN (iNttKAM). 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. 34s. or less. An admirable coUeetion of notes. Men with small means will find it a miniature library. We have heard brethren who have had no commen- tary but Cobbin's speak of the work with ma6h euthnKiasm, 17 COBBIN (Ingkam). A condensed Commentary on the Bible. Second edition. Imp. Svo. Loud., 1839. 12s. An excellent makeshift for a poor man. 18 COKE (Thomas, LL. D. Wesleyan Methodist Minister. Died 1814). A Commentary on the Old and New Testa- ment. Six vols. 4to. Loud., 1803. 17s. 6d. A Wesleyan comment. Too big: ought to have been pat in half the space. Moreover, it is next door to a fraud, fi)r it is " in the main a reprint of the work of Dr. Dodd," without that atithor's name. Ah, Dr. Coke, tins is a burning shame 1 19 COMMENTARY, WHOLLY BIBLICAL, THE. An Exposi- tion in the very words of Scripture. Three vols., 4td. £2 16a. Lond., S. Bagster and Sons. S. 36s. 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. 20 COMPREHENSIVE BIBLE, THE. (Edited by W. Green- field, M.B.A.S.) The Old and New Testaments, with the various readings and marginal notes, parallel passages systematically arranged, numerous philological and ex- planatory notes, etc., etc. Medium 4to., pica type, £1 15s. in cloth ; crown 4to., small pica type, £1 la., cloth. Loud., S. Bagster and Sous. Generally used as a Pulpit Bible. Said to contain 4,000 notes and 600,000 parallel passages, being all those of Blaney, Scott, Clarke, and others. The tables, notes, introductions, etc., are of standard value. WHOLE BIBLE. 67 21 DIOD ATI (John, 1576— 1649). Annotations plainly expound- ing the most difficult places. Third edition. Folio. Lond. 1651. [Quarto editions exist, but the folio is best, 4s. 6d.j Kckersteth gays : "The spiritual and evangelical remoiks are of much value." Siodati'B notes are short and worth consulting. 22 DODD (William, D. P.) A Commentary on the Boolis of the Old and New Testament ; in which are inserted the notes and collections of John Locke, Esq. ; Daniel Water- land, D. D. ; the Earl of Clarendon, and other learned persons ; with practical improvements, etc. Three vols. Folio. Lond., 1770. IBs. 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. 23 D'OTLY AND MANT. Notes, taken principally from the Church of England writers. Published by the S.P.C.K. Prepared by the Eev. Geo. D'Oyly, D. D., and the Rev. R. Mant, D. D. Three vols. Koyal 8vo., with the text, S. 15s. ; or in one vol., without the text, 6s. 1845, etc. Of moderate value. More fitted for the family than the study. A compilation most appreciated among Episcopalians. 24 DUTCH ANNOTATIONS upon the whole Bible, as ordered by the Synod of Dort, 1618, and published in English, by Theodore Haak, Esq. Two vols. Folio. Lond., 1657. 123. Similar to the Westminster Assembly's Annotations. (See page 2T). 25 PAUSSET (A. R., A. M.— See Jamibson, and page 40.) 26 FOURFOI.D UNION COMMENTART, THE. Contain- ing, I. Parallel Texts, in full. II. Commentary of Matthew Heury, etc. 111. Scott's Commentary condensed. IV. Commentary by Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown. To which is added the Biblical Cyclopaedia, by Dr. John Eadie, a Biblical Atlas, etc. Two handsome volumes. Koyal 4to. £'d 38. net. Lond., Wesley. 1872. A Christian man wishing for the cream of expository writers could not make a better purchase. Ministers, as a rule, should not buy condensations, but get the works themselves. 68 WHOLE BIBLE. 27 FRASER (Donald, D. D.) Synoptical Lectures on the Books of Holy Scripture. First Series — Genesis to Canti- cles. Second Series — Isaiah to Acts. Post 8vo. 6s. each-. Lond., Nisbet & Go. Dr. Praser has observed, like many others of us, the mischief wHieh results fi-om cutting the Bible into frag- ments, and using it piecemeal. la 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. 28 GILL (John, D. D. 1697—1771). An Exposition of the Old and New Testament. Nine vols. Folio. Lond., 1763. S. , £5. Nine vols., 4to., 1810. S. £i 15b. Six vols., Eoyal 8vo., 1853. £3 3s. Invaluable in its own line of things. (For full title and extended remarks see pages 21 and 22.) 39 HAAK (Theodore).. See under " Dutch Annotations." .30 HALL (Joseph, D. D., Bishop of Norvcich. 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. 4s. 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 extanti (See page 27.) 31 HALL (Joseph). A plain and familiar Explication, by way of Paraphrase, of all the Hard Texts of the whole Divine Scriptures. Small Folio, 1638. S. 5s. Also forming Vols. Ill, and IV. of the 8vo. edition of Hall's works in twelve vols. Oxford, 1837. Not so pithy as the Contemplations ; nor, indeed, could it be expected to be BO. It is not necessary to the Student, but might be useful. 33 HAWEIS (Thomas. 1734—1820). The Evangelical Expos- itor. Two vols. Folio. 1765-6. 13s. 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 abridg ment of Heniy. WHOLE BIBLE. 69 33 HAWKER (Robebt, D. D. 1753—1837). The Poor Man's Commentary. Nine vols. 8vo., and three vols. 4to. 1843. 8. 30s. Full of devotion and sweetness. (See pnge 29). 34 HE^rRY (Matthew. 1663—1714). Exposition. The fol- lowing are recent editions. Tlie prices refer to new copies. Blackie's, three vols.. Royal 4to., £3 10s. ; Cassell's, three vols., demy 4to., £2 13s. 6d. ; Griffin's, three vols.. Super- royal 8vo., £3 10s.; Nisbet's, nine vols., Imp. 8vo., £3 3s. S. from 20s. to 30s. according to condition. For tible and remarks see pages 13, 14, 15.) 35 HOLDEN (George, M. A.) Christian Expositor. Two vols., 8vo. 1837. 4s. Notes bigMy spoken of; we consider them the most ordinary of platitudes. 36 JAIOIEiSON (Rev. Dr., Glasgow). FAUSSET (Rev. A. R., York), and BROWN (REV. Dk. D., Aberdeen). THE LIBRARY COMMENTARY, Critical, Experimental, and Practical. Six vols. Medium 8vo., iE3 12s. ; or 14s. each vol. Collins & Co., Edinb. A really standard work. "We consult it continually, and with growing interest. Mr. Fausset's portion strikes us as being of the highest order. (See page 40.) The following are different forms or abridgments of the same work, each of which we can highly recom- mend : — 37 JAMIESON. The Complete Commentary. Two vols.. Royal 4to., with maps, £3 10s. Much the same as the Fourfold Commentary, Edinb., W. Collins. (See No. 25.) 38 The Student's Commentary. Four vols., foolscap 8vo. 3s. 6d. per vol. W. Collins. 39 ! The Portable Commentary. Two vols., post 8vo. 7s. 6d. each. W.' Collins, Sons, & Co. 40 KITTO (JOHU, D. v., F. S. A., 1804—1850). The Pictorial Bible. Four vols.. Imp. 8vo., £1 10s. 1855. Lond. and Edinb., Chambers. S. 20s. A work of art as well as learning. • (See page 33.) 70 WHOLE BIBLE. 41 KITTO. The Illustrated Commentary of the Old and New Testaments. A reproduction of the Notes, etc., of the Pictorial Bible. Five vols. 8vo. 1840. S. 10s. 6d. The omission of the text renders the work cheaper. 43 KITTO'B Daily Bible Illustrations : being Original Readings for a Tear, on subjects relating to Sacred History, Biog- raphy, Geography, Antiquities, and Theology. New edition, edited and revised by J. L. Porter, D. D. Eight vols., £3 8s. Edinb., Oliphant & Co. S. 20s. May always be obtained, both new and second-hand. (See page 32.) 43 ZiAJNOE (J. p. , D. D.) Translations of the Commentaries of Dr. Lange, and his Collaborateurs. Edited by Dr. Schaff. T. & T. Clark. There are now ready eight volumes on the Old Testa- ment, viz., Genesis, 1 vol. ; Joshua, Judges, and Euth, 1 vol. ; Kings, 1 vol. ; Job, 1 vol. ; Psalms, 1 vol. ; Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon, 1 vol. ; Jeremiah and Lamentations, 1 vol. ; Minor Prophets, 1 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 them as a series. (See page 38.) 44 LEES (Fkbd. R., Ph. D.) and BURNS (Dawson, M. A.) The Temperance Bible Commentary, Demy 8vo., 6s. Lond., S. W. Partridge & Co. 1872. Beaders will probably estimate the value of this work according to their views upon Total Abstinence. This question appears to be one which Tenders both advocates «nd opponents too warm cither to give or accept a cool, impartial verdict ; we shall not therefore offer one. 45 LEIGH (Sm Edward. 1602-3—1671). Annotations from Job to Canticles. Folio. Lond., 1657.' 8s. 6d. Annotations upon all the New Testament. Philological and Theological. Folio. Lond., 1650. 3s. 6d. Frequently a!>«ociated with Richardson on the Old Testament. (See No. 71.) Good, brief notes. Antique, but still prized. ■WHOLE BIBLE. 71 Critica Sacra. In two parts : I. Observations on all the primitive Hebrew words of the Old Testament. II. Philo- logical and Theological Observations on all the Greek words of the New Testament. Folio. Lond., 1662. 3s. 6d. Home gays this is " a very valuable help to the understanding of the original languages." Farkhurst valued it. 46 MA.NT. (SeeD'Oyly.) 47 MAYER (John, D. D.) Commentary. Six vols, folio, and one vol. 4to. Lond., 1653. [The seventh volume, contain- ing the Catholic Epistles and Revelation, was published in 4to. only.] £66s. (For full title and remarks see page 35.) Laborious writing and heavy reading. 48 MILLINGTOX (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, Lond., Seely, Jackson & Halliday. 1863. S. 8s. 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. 49 NESS (Christopher. 1631—1705). History and Mystery. Four vols.. Folio. Lond., 1690-6. S. £4 to £5. Quaint, pithy, suggestive. Pull of remarks such as are to be found in Thomas Fuller and Bishop Hall. (See page 27.) 50 NEW BIBLE COMMENTARY, THE. [Sometimes spoken of as " The Speaker's Commentary."] In progress. Lond., Murray. 1871 , etc. (For full title see page 39.) The proverb concerning too many cooks applies also to Commentators. The work is good, but it might have been better. 51 PATRICK & LOWTH. A Critical Commentary. Corrected by the Rev. J. R. Pitman. Six vols., Royal 4to. 1823. [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, four vols.. Imp. 8vo., £3 3s. Lond., W. Tegg.] S. 24s. (See page 37.) 53 POOLE (Matthew. 1684 — 1679). Annotations. Our copy is dated 1853. Lond., Nisbet & Co. S. 21s. Old folios, 14s See title and remarks on page 18. '72 WHOLE BIBLE. 63 PURVER (Anthony. 1703—1777). A New and Literal Translation, with Notes. Two vols.. Folio. Lond., 1764. 10s. A Quaker Translation. Often ungrammatioal and uiiintelMgible. Not without ita good poiutis, but much more curious than useful. 54 RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY'S COMMENTARY. From Henry and Scott, with numerous observations from other writers. Witlx the text and maps, six vols.^ Super royal 8vo., £2 6s. Without the text, six vols., 13mo., £1 4s. S. 9s. The Society kindly allowB Students to purchase this work at a reduced rate. The abridgments are carefully executed. 55 SCOTT (Thomas. 1747—1821). The Holy Bible. A New Edition. Six vols., 4to. £3 10s. Lond., Nisbet & Co. S. 30s. (For title and remarks see page 38.) J. M. Neale says of Scott's practical observations, " They are such as some men would not take the trouble of even thinking, many would 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 write down." This judgment is far too severe, and reveals the High Churchman : it raises Scott in our esteem. 56 SIMEON (Chahles, M. A. 1759—1836). Horae Homileticae ; or Discourses digested into one continued series, forming a Comment upon every book of the Old and New Testa- ment ; twenty-one vols. 8vo. Seventh edition. Lond., H. G. Bohn. 1845. S. £3 10s. [Being tbe 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. 57 SPEAKER'S COMMENTARY, THE. (See New Bible Com- mentary.) 58 SUTCLIFFE (Joseph, M. A. Wesleyan Minister). A Com- mentary^; c-ontaining Copious Notes. Imp. 8vo., 12s. 6d. Lond., 66 Paternoster Row, E. C. S. 7s. To comprise tbe whole Bible in one volume necessitated notes few and brief. SutcUffe, though an Arminiau, is in general so good that we wish we had more of him ; his style is vivacious and forcible. 59 TEMPERANCE BIBLE COMMENTARY, THE. (See Lees R.) WHOLE BIBLE. 73 60 TRAPP (John. 1611—1669). Commentary. Five vols., Folio. 1654, «tc. There are also 4to. editions of parts of the Commentary. Reprinted by Mr. R. D. Dickinson, Far- ringdon Street, E. C, in five vols., Super- royal 8vo., price £2 18s. 6d. (published at £3 15s.); or, 12s. 6d. each vol. nett. Oh, rare John Trapp ! (See page 20.) 61 "WALL (William, D. D. 1646—1720). Critical Notes on the Old and New Testament. Three vols., 8vo. Lond., 1730-4. S.3s. 6d. Dr. Wall was the great champion of infant baptism against the learned Gale. His notes are good, but oat of date. ' 62 WELLS (Edward, D. D. Died 1724). Help for the more easy and clear understanding of the Holy Scriptures. Six vols.,4to. Oxford, 1724, etc. 18s. Seldom to be met •with complete, but this need not be regretted, for though somewhat useful, it is not of primary importance. 63 WESLEY (John, A. M. 1703—1791). Notes on Old and New Testament. Four vols., 4to. Lond., .1764. S. 20s. [Editions of the New Test., with Wesley's Notes, are pub- lished at the Wesleyan Conference Office. 18mo., 2s.; 8vo., 4s.] 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. 64 WILSON (Thomas, D. D. 1663—1755. Bishop of Sodorand Man). The Holy Bible, with Notes and various renderings. By the Rev. C. Crut'well. Three vols., 4to. Lond., 1785. The good Bishop's notes are brief hints, only intended for the explana- tion or practical improvement of certain passages ; their value to Biblical Students is inconsiderable. Orutwell's various readings are numerous. We gave no less than £3 8 s. 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. 65 WORDSWORTH (Chbistophbb.D.D. Bishop of Lincoln.) See page 37. 66 YOUNG (Robert, LL. D.) Commentary on the Bible, as Literally and Idiomatically Translated. Crown 8vo. Lond., FuUarton & Co. . S. 3b. 6d. Too small to be of any use. You cannot put the sea into a tea cap. 74 WHOLE BIBLE. OLD TESTAMENT, OR CONSIDEEABLE POE- TIONS THEEBOP. 67 AINSWORTH (Hbnry, Died 1632). 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. 7s. " Ains worth was a celebrated scholar and an excellent divine. His uncommon skill in Hebrew learning, and his excellent Commentaries on the Scriptures are held in high reputation to this day." — Brook's Lives of the Puritans. 68 HENQSTENBERG (E. W., D. D.), Christology of the Old Testament : a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Four vols., £3 2s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1858. S. 20s. 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 opin* ions are ridicnloos, the author has made much ado about nothing. 69 HORSLET (Samuel, LL. D., F. R. S., and F. A. S. Bishop of St. Asiph. 1733—1806). Biblical Criticism on the first fourteen Historical Books of the. Old Testament ; also on the first nine Prophetical Books. Second edition. Two vols., 8vo. Lond., 1844. S. 7s. 6d. These criticisms will be of more interest to the scholar than of value to the mitdster. Sbrsley was fer 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 excel- lencies, cannot be everywhere maintained. Numbers of other writers have followed in his track, but none with equal footsteps. 70 JACKSON (AKTHim, M. A. 1593—1666). A Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scriptures (Geneisis to Isaiah). Four vdls. 4to. 1643, etc. 10s. to '20s. Eather tame, but will well repay quiet reading. His works are now somewhat rare. (See page 26.) PENTATEUCH. 75 71 OETON (Job, D. D. 1717—1783). Exposition of the Old Testament, with Devotional and Practical Reflections, Pub- lished from the Author's Manuscripts, by Robert Gentle- man. Six vols. 8vo. Shrewsbury, 178S. Reprinted, 1823. S. 6s. A sort of paraphrase, after the manner of Doddridge's Family Mpositor, which it was intended to accompany. Not a very ahle production. 73 RICHARDSON (John, Kshop of ATdagh. Died 1654). Choice Observations and Explanations upon the Old Testa- ment, containing in them many remarkable matters, addi- tional to the large Annotations made by some of the Assembly of Divines. Polio, 1655. S. 2s. 6d. Of secondary importance, and very short ; yet good. Frequently bound up with ieigh (No. 45). PENTATEUCH AND OTHEK HISTOEIOAL BOOKS OP THE OLD TESTAMENT. 73 AINSWORTH (Hehbt), Annotations on the Pentateuch (See also No. 67). 4to. 1616. 2s. 6d. Thoroughly learned. Though old not out of date. 74 ALEXANDER (William). The Pentateuch, with Notes. S. Is. 6d. A book of no importance. 75 BABINGTON (Gkkvase, Bishop of Worcester. Died 1610)- In Babington's works, folio, 1633, there are "Certaine plain, brief, and comfortable notes " upon the Five Books of Moses. Whole works 30s. Our copy is in the old Black Letter. It contains little to repay the student for toiling through tfae old-fashioned expressions. 76 BARRETT (R. A. P., M. A.) A Synopsis of Criticisms upon those passages of the Old Testament in which modern com- mentators have differed from the Authorized Version. Two vols, in two parts each, and vol. III. part 1, large 8vo., 1847. [Only extends from Genesis to Esther.] S. 10s. 6d. The object of this work is to lay before the reader the principal alterations which modern critics have proposed in the Authorized Ver- sion, together with the reasons for or against such emendations. Manv of the notes are in Latin. Of small use to the average minister. 76 PENTATEUCH. 77 BATE (JtJMTJS, M. A. 1711—1771). New Literal Translation of the Pentateuch and Historical Bookg to end of 3 Kings. With Notes. 4to. Lond., 1773. 43. Paper spoiled. We greatly grudge the four shillings which Tre gave for it. 78 BIBLE TEACHINGS; or Remarks on «enesia, Exodus, and Leviticus. With Recommendatory Preface by Rev. W, B. Mackenzie. 8yo. Lond., 1853. S. 2b. 6d. This hook was written by the Three iStaea Bird, of Tbploio. The Eemarks are very plain and practical, and a spirit. of earnest piety and fervent prayer pervades them thronghout, 79 BLUNT (Hknry, A. M. Died 1843). Family Exposition of Pentateuch. 1844. Three vols., 12mo. 6s. each. Hatch- ards. S. three vols. 5s. See remarks under each separate volume. 80 BRIGHTWELL (T.) Notes selected from the exegetical . parts of Rosenmiilier's Scholia, and of Dathe's Notes to his Latin version; also from Schrank, Michaelis, Le Clerc, Ainsworlh, Poole, and other authors. 8vo. Lond., 1840. S. Is. 6d. This writer worked very industriously at the almost impossible task of condensing the twenty-^ight volumes of SosenmuUer' a JTolea. Besides the remarks from authors mentioned in the text, there are observations from the manuscripts of Joseph Kinghmrn, of Norwich. It is not a didacfio or spiritual work, but almost entirely explanatory and illustrative. 81 CHRIST IN THE LAW ; or the Gospel fereahadowed in the Pentateuch. Compiled by a Priest of the Church of England. Christ in the Prophets. — Joshua to Kings. Two vols.. Foolscap 8vo. 3s. 6d. each. Lond., Masters 1872 and 1873. Of the High Church order, and praised by the Saturday Seview. What worse need be said 1 Yet will we add that the savor of Christ in these books saves them from unqualified condemnation. 83 DELG ADO (Isaac. Jewish Teacher). New Translation. 4to. Loud., 1789. 2s. The author modestly says, that his work is ImgKI/y •aaefuL. This Is an- other instance of paternal partiality, and of " great cry and little wool." 83 ETHERIDGE (J. W., M. A.) The Targums of Onkeloa and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch, with the Frag- men-ts of the Jerusalem Targum, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. 8vo. Lond., Longmans, 1865. S. 7s. 6d. Comparativelv few of our readers will set much store by the Targums of Onkeloa and Jonathan Ben Viziel; but those who desire to read "' will find hero a good literal version. PEKTATEUCH. 77 84 GEDDES (Alexander, LL. D. — A Roman Catholic Divine. — 1737 — 1802.) Translation from corrected texts with various Reading and Notes. [Genesis to Ruth only published.] Threevols.,4to., 1793— 1800. 12s. Tlie author was a Hebraist of considerable repute, but treated the inspired word far too flippantly. His style of criticism is essentially sceptical. 85 GERLACH (Otto Von. 1801—1849). Pentateuch. Trans- lated by the Rev. Henry Downing. Demy 8vo., 10s. 6d. Edinb.,.T. & T. Clark. Very diSereut &om other German authors. Plain, clear, and inatmo- tive. Not choked up with metaphysical bewilderments and long lists of sceptical authors whose names defile the pages which bear them. 86 HAVERNICK (Dr. H. A. Ch.) Historico-Critical Introduction to the Pentateuch. Translated by A. Thomson, A. M. Edinb., Clark. 1850. S. lOs. 6d. 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. 87 HENGSTENBERG (E. W., D. D.) Genuineness of the Pen- tateuch. Translated by J. E. Eyland. Two vols., 8vo. Edinb., 1847. S. 8s. 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." 88 Egypt and the Books of Moses ; or the Books of Moaes Illustrated by the Monuments of Egypt. 8vo. 73. ■ 6d. Edinb., 1845. T. & T. Clark. Dr. Hengstenberg, as Professor at Berlin, had access to the rich collec- tion of Egyptian antiquities in the Museum, and he has made noble use of his advantages. 89 HOWARD (The Hon. E. J., D. D., Dean of Lichfield.) 1. Gen- esis according to the LZX. Translated into English, with Notes on the Passages in which it diiSers from our Author- ized Version. Cr. 8vo. 8s. 6d. 2. Exodus and Leviticus, 10s. 6d. 3. Numbers and Deuteronomy, 10s. 6d. Camb., Macmillan, 1857, etc. S. 38. 6d. each. Of no particular use to preachers ; but the Ovardian says, " It is an excellent introduction to the comparative study of God's word, in those three languages with which on ordinary English student is mainly con- cerned." 78 PENTATEXICH. 90 JAMIESON (J., LL. D.) The Pentateuch, with Kotes, etc [Anon.]' Folio; Lend., 1748. S. 6s. Published anonymously. Sliunly a compilation, in -wKibh more in- dustry was shown in the collection thau discretion in the selection. 91 KALISCH (M. M., Ph. D.) Historical and Critical Commen- tary on the Old Testament ; with a New Translation. 8vo. Vol. I. Genesis, 18s.; or adapted- for the general- reader, 13s. Vol: II. Exodus, l'5s., 13a. Vol. III. Leviticus, part 1, 15s., 83. Vol'. IV. Leviticus, part 3, 15a., 8s. Lond., Longmans. 1858. Contains a large amount of historical illustration, shedding new light upon the letter of the Word. The author has used' the fresh information which has come to us from the Euphrates and the NQe. At the same time he sows scepticisms broadcast, and we cannot recommend him. 93 KEIL (Cakl Friedrigh, P. Di, Ph. D.) Pentateuch. Three vols., 8voi 3l8. 6d. Ediab., T. &. T. Clark. 1864. A work for the learned. It has received the highest commendations from competent scholars. But it is- somewhat dViU and formal. 93 KELLT (William). Introductory Lectures. Ct. Svo., 4s. 6d. Lond., W. H. Broom. By a leading writer of. the. exclusive Plymouth, schooli Not to our mind. 94 KIDDER (EtCHATlB, D. D., Bishop of Bath and Wells.— Died 1'703). Five Books of Moses. Two vote;, Svo. Lond., 1694. 4a. Of no impoitanoe ; a chip in thia poiTi(^ : mild as a modem Bishop. 95 KINGSLET (Chakeks, M. A., Canon of Westminster. Died 1875). The Gospel of the Pentateuch. [18 sermonsi] Foolscap Svo. 3s. 6d. Lond., Macmillan. A small volume of Zingslei/'t usual sort. Not over-freighted with what is usually known as the Gospel; butplun and practical, with common sense remarks for common people. 96 LAW (Henkt, M. a.. Dean of Gloucester). " Christ is All." The Gospel of the Old Testament, SeveraiL editions ; a recent one is published by the Religious Tract Society, in four vols., Cir. Svo. 2s. each. Deservedly popular. Simple,, inetruetive. Ml of Christ. Law abounds in gospel. PENTATEUCH. 79 97 MACDONALD (Donald, >L A.) Introduction, and an inquiry into the genuineness, authority and design of the Mosaic ■writings. Two vols., demy 8vo. Sis. Edinb., Clark. 1861. " A full review of the evidence, external and internal, for the genuine- ness, autheaticity, and Bivine 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." — Ghmrdicm. 98 MORISON (Jambs, 1763—1809). Introductory Key to the first four Books of Moses ; being an attempt to show that the great design o( the things recorded therein was the Bufferings of Christ and the following glory. Svo. Perth, 1810. S.3a. Plain, forcible, and instructive remarks, realizing the title— an Xntaro- ductory Key. 99 PARKER (Samtiei,, son of Bp. Samuel Parker). Bibliotheca Biblica ; a Commentary gathered out of the writings of fathers and ecclesiastical historians, etc. [Anonymous.] Five vols., 4to. Oxford, 1720, etc. [Genesis to Deuteronomy only completed.] 35s. DarUngi says, that this is " a commentary of profound learning and research ; " bat it seems to us to be mainly filled with that archaio learning which is now out of date, 100 PIERCE (Samuel Eyles). Discourses on the several Rev- elations of the Lord Jesus, from the Fall, to Moses, etc. Svo. Lond., 1815. S. 3s. Dr. Hawher says, that " these Discourses carry with them testimonies of being written under Divine teaching." Sweet, but not veiy expository. 101 PYLE (Thomas, M. A. 1674^1756). Paraphrase, with Notes. Four vols., Svo. 1717—28. S. 3b. [Genesis to Esther only.] A pile of paper, valuable to housemaids for lighting fires. 102 ROBERTSON (James, A. M.) Clavis Pentateuch!. A.naly- sis of the Hebrew words in the Pentateuch, with Notes. Reprinted, edited by Kinghorn, at Norwich, 1824. Svo. S. 9s. Almost entirely in Latin, and therefore nseful only to those who can readily read that language. The work was in good repute in its day. 103 SAURIN (James. 1677—1730). Dissertations on the most memorable events of the Bible. [Vol. I. The Books of Moses, was all ever published in English. Folio. Lond., 1733.] S. 5s. More eloquent than accurate. Florid rather than solid. 80 PENTATEUCH. 104 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 8yo. 10s. Loud., Nisbet & Ck>. A very interestinj^and carious work. Gtood lectures might be gathered from it for week-night instruction. Not a Commentary. 105 STANLEY (Ahthdb Penrikn, D. D., Dean of Westmin- ster). Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church. Part I. Abraham to Samuel. Part II. Samuel to the Captivity. Two vols., 8vo. 33s. Lond., 1870. S. 18s. ' A &scinating 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 cheer- fully admit. 106 THISTLBWAITE(W.,M.A.) Expository Sermons. Four vols., 12mo. Lond., 1837-8. S. 2s. 6d. Sermons as good as these are plentiful as blackberries. Why were they printed I 107 TOWNSEND (George, D. D., Canon of Durham). The Pentateuch and the Book of Job, arranged in Chronologi- cal Order, with Prayers and Notes. Two vols., 8vo. Lond., 1849. 10s. A singular combination of family prayers, essays and notes, by an able hut singular writer. 108 WEIGHT (Abraham). A Practical commentary, wherein the Text of every Chapter is Practically expounded, in a way not usually trod by Commentators. Folio. 1663. 10s. 6d. to 20s. 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. Ho is very quaint and pithy. a£X£Sis. 81 GENESIS. 109 ALFORD (Henry, Dean of Canterbury. 1810—1871). The Book of Genesis and part of the Book of Exodus [Ch, I. — XXV.] : a revised version, witli Commentary. Demy 8vo. 12s. Lond., W. Isbister & Co. 1873. The works of this eminent scholar are too well known and appreciated to need even a word from ns. 110 BLUNT (Hbnry, M. A.) Genesis [Vol. I. of a Family Ex- position of tlie Pentateuch. 13mo. Loud., Hatchards. 1841.] S. Is. 6d. Simple Erpositions for family reading. Good, bnt not brilliant. 111 BURROUGHS (W. K., M. A.) Lectures on Genesis. Svo. Dublin, 1848. TTsefol to groceia and bnttermen. Worth nothing to stadents. 112 BUSH (Geokge. Prof, of Heb. and Orient. Lit., New York). Notes on Genesis. Two vols., small 8vo. New York, 1853. Reprinted in London in one vol., 8vQ. S. 5s. Butih has in the most barefaced manner taken copious verbatim extracts from Andrew Fuller, without acknowledgment, and he has also plagiarized LoMtan, on Jbeeph by wholesale, without even mentioning his name. For Buch 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 far stronger denunciation than our gentle pen and slender space will permit. 113 CALVIN (John). Genesis, translated by Tho. Tymme. Black letter. 4to. Lond., 1578. 9s. Participates in the general excellencies of Calvin's works. 114 CANDIiISH (Robert S., D. D.) Lectures. New Edition. Two vols., Svo. 10s. 6d. Edinb., Adam Black. 1843. 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 should be in every Biblical library. 115 CLOSE (Francis, D. D., A. M., Dean of Carlisle). Histori- cal Discourses. 13mo. Lond., 1838. S. 3a. 6d. A course of smoothly-flowing, respectable, quiet, evangelical sermons. Kobody could be so wicked as to call them sensational, 4* 82 GENESIS. 116 COGHLAN (0. L.) Genesis and St. Matthew. Two vols., 8vo. 1832. 3s. 6d. Consists entirely of parallel and iUnstrative passages of Seriptnre printed in full ; it is supeiseded by the CammaUary WhoUy SiUieal. 117 CUMMING (John, D. D., F. R. S. E.) Scripture Readings on Genesis. Small 8vo. Lond., J. F. Shaw. 1853. S. 2s. Dr. Cnmming's vorte are not very ori^nal, bat bis style is flowing, his teachings are always evangelical, and he puts other men's thoughts into pleasing langnage, 118 DAWSON (Abraham). New Translation of Genesis I.— XVII.], with Notes. 4to. Lond., 1763. 2s. 6d. Tainted with infidelity. A writer of the Oeddes school, 119 DIMOCK (Henbt). Notes. 4to. Gloucester, 1804. 2s. to 4s. Chiefly taken up with the Tarions readings of Hebrew MSS. The young student will not value it. The same author has written on Exodus aud the Prophets. 120 FRANKS (James, A. M.) Sacred Literature ; or Remarks on Genesis. Svo. HaUfax, 1802. S. 2s. to 4s. This writer collected notes from various authors. As the sources from which he drew his extracts are within reach, we can select for ourselves. 121 FULLER (Andrew, 1754—1815). Expository Discourses on Genesis. One small vol.. Is. 6d. (Also in Fuller's Works.) Weighty, judicious, and full of Gospel trath. One of the very best series of discourses extant upon Genesis, as Bush also thought. 122 GIBBENS (ITicholas). Questions and Disputations con- cerning Holy Scripture. Genesis. 4to. 1602. 3s. In his own fashion this antique writer tries to answer curious questions which are suggested by Genesis. His day is over. 123 GREENFIELD (William, M. R. A. S. Editor of the Com- prehensive Bible). Genesis in English and Hebrew, with an Interlinear Translation, Notes, and Grammatical intro- duction. 8vo. Lond., 1862. S. 3s. This work will not only enable the Student to get at the literal mean- ing of the text, but may be used as an introduction to the Hebrew lan- guage. The plan is most admirable and we earnestly commend it to the attention of those uninstrncted in the sacred tongue. OEKESIS. 83 124 GBOVES (Henuy Chaklks, M. A.) Commentary on Genesis, for readers of the English version. Small 8vo Lond., and Camb., Macmillan & Co. 1861. S. 3b. to 6b. Physical sdence, the discoveries of travellers, and the results of criti- cism, so far as they hoax upon Genesis, are here hroaght within the reach of the general reader. 135 HARWOOD (T.) Annotations. Svo. Lond., 1789. Is. 6d. The author professed to ofter his work with great difSdenoe, and he had just cause to do so : he had better have burned his manuscript. 126 HAWKER (John, M. A.) Bible Thoughts in Quiet Hours. Genesis. Small Cr. Svo. 3b. Lond., Yapp. 1873. Deeply spiritual reflections, not without learning and critical power. The preacher will And here many hints for sermons. 187 HEAD (F. A.) The World and its Creator. Cr. 8vo. Lond., 1847. 2a. One of the many good books which from lack of vigor are only " bom to die." 128 HUGHES (George, B.D., Puritan, 1603—1667). AnalyHcal Exposition of Genesis, and of XXIII chapters of Exodua. Folio. 1673. 10s. 6d. to 15a. The deductions which Hughes draws from the text are of the nature of homiletical hints, and for this rea- son he will be a treasure to the minister. He belongs to the noble army of Puritans. 139 JACOBUS (Melancthon W., ProfesSbr of Biblical Litera^ ture, Alleghany, XJ. S.) Notes. Two vols. sm. Svo. New York, 1866. S. 8s. 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. 130 JERVia WHITE-JERVIS (John.) Genesis : a New Trans- lation collated with the Samaritan, Septuagint, and Syriac, with Notes, 8vo. 12s. Lond., Bagsters. 1853. S. 5a. Brings out very vividly the oriental character of Genesis, and although we cannot reconcile ourselves to Ahh-rauhaum, Whavik^ and Y^aahohhy and find it hard to believe In Sauraah and Bwughamr, we have been glftf" of the light which the East and its languages have here afforded. 84 QEUESIS. 131 JUKES (Andrew). Types of Geneeis. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., Longmans. 1858. S. 3s. 6d. In many places far too forced, and therefore to 1)6 read 'with caution; hnt in ita own spiritnalizing way very masterly. Jnkes dives deep. 133 LANGB'S COMMENTARY edited by Dr. Schaff. Vol.1. Comiueutary on Genesis. Imp. 8to., 21s. ; or to sub- Bcribers, 15s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1868. The best of the series, and in all respects beyond price. 133 M[AOKINTOSH] (C. H.) Notes on Genesis. By C. H. M. 13mo. Second Edition. 2s. 6d. Lond., G. Morrish. 1858. Precious and edifying reflections marred by peculiar- ities. 134 MACGREGGE (Sm C, Bart., M. A.) Notes for Students in Divinity. Part 1. [Chap, i-ii.] 8vo. Lond., Parker. 1853. S. 3s. Contains a great deal of learning, of small use to the preacher. Many cniions and knotty points which arise in the first eleven chapters of Gen- esis are discussed with considerable ability. 135 MXTRPHY (James G., LL. D., Professor of Hebrew, Belfast). Commentary on Genesis, with a New Transla- tion. . 8vo. 10s. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1863. S. 5s. 6d. " A work of massive scholarship, abounding in rich and noble thought, and remarkably fresh and sugges- tive." — Evangelical Mag. 136 OSBTJEN (Wibliam). Israel in Egypt ; or the Books of Genesis and Exodus illustrated by existing Monuments. Small 8vo. 5s. Lond., Seeleys. 1856. S. 2s. Not a Commentary ; but a volume full of interest, which should be studied by all who would understand this portion of history. 137 PAUL (William, A. M.) Analysis and Critical Interpreta- tion of the Hebrew Text, preceded by a Hebrew Grammar. 8vo. Edinb. and Lond., W. Blackwood & Sons. 1853. S. 8s. Designed to promote the study of Hebrew. Not a comment, but rather a grammatical exercise. Usefal to students of the saored tongue. 138 PRESTON (THEODonE, M. A.) Phraseological Notes on the Hebrew Text. 8vo. Loud., 1853. S. 4s. Intended 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. GENESIS. 85 139 SIBTHORPE (Eichakd Waldo, B. D.) Genesis, with Brief Observations. Imp. 8vo. Lond., 1835. S. 3s. 6d. Mere platitudes. Paper spoiled. 140 TURNER (Samuel H., D. D., Professor Columbia College, New York). A companion to Genesis. 8vo. New York, 1851. S. 48. 6d. In Rome'8 Introduction we read : — " Though not designed to be a Commentary, this valuable work furnishes the Biblical student with abun- dant aid for the exact and literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis." 141 WAENEB (Richard). Exposition. 13mo. Lend., Long- mans. 1840. S. 29. Common-place remarks ; intended to be used at family worship. Likely to send the servants to sleep. 143 WHATELEY (William). Prototypes; or the Primarie Precedent Presidents out of the Booke of Genesis. Shew- ing the Good and Bad Things they Did and Had. Prac- tically adapted to our Information and Reformation. Folio. Lond., 1640. Ss. 6d. A queer old book. The oddity of the title is borne out by the singu- larity of the matter. It does not expound each verse ; but certain incidents are dwelt upon. 143 WILLET (Andrew. 1563—1631). Hexapla. A sixfold Exposition of Genesis. Folio. 1605. 5s. to 8s. This work is called by its author a Sexapla, because he treats his sub- ject under six heads, giving " a sixfold use of every chapter, showing, 1. The method, or argument. 2. The divers readings. 3. The explanation of difficult questions and doubtful places. 4. The places of doctrine. 5. Places of confutation. 6. Moral observations." WiUet is tedious read- ing ; his method hampers him. In all his Commentaries he lumbers along in his six-wheeled wagon. 144 WRIGHT (C. H. H.) Book of Genesis in Hebrew, with various Readings, Notes, etc. 8vo. 5s. Lond., Williams & Norgate. 8. 8s. 6d. Intended to assist the student who has mastered the elements of Hebrew Grammar to acquire a better knowledge of that language. Eather a class-book than a Conunentary, 86 GENESIS — EAELT CHAPTEES, AND PATEIAECHS. GENESIS — EAELY CHAPTEES, AND PATEI- AECHS. 145 BONAR (HORATITJS, D. D.) Earth's Morning ; or Thoughts on Genesis. 12mo. Ss. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1875. An exposition of the first six chapters only. The author endeavors " to investigate the meaning of each verse and word ; that, having done so, the exact relation of Q.od in these may be brought out, and the spiritual truth envoi ved." He has in a great measure attained his object. What more could be said in his praise ? 146 BTJNYAN (John). Ten first chapters of Genesis, and part of the eleventh. [In Bunyan's Works.] Complete works, 8. 30s. Allegorical and spiritnal. Simon's characteriBUcs are very promi- nently manifest. 147 EDEKSHEIM (Alfred, D. D.) World before the Flood, and History of the Patriarchs. Small sq. 8to. 2s. 6d. Lond., Keligious Tract Society. 1875. The author has mainly aimed at giving instruction to the Sunday School Teacher, and the Bible Class Student. He may he read with profit by students of a higher grade. The work is not a Commentary, but ia full of instruction. 148 HENRY (Philip, M. A. 1631—1696). Exposition of the first eleven chapters of Genesis. 18mo. Lond., 1889. S. Is. IntereBting as the exposition of Mattheui Senry't fiither, taken down from his lips at family prayer by Matthew, his son. This probably suggested the famous Commentary. 149 HURDIS (James). Select Critical Remarks upon the English version of the first ten chapters of Genesis. Svo. Lond., 1793. 2s. "Judicious observations " ; but it is so easy to ia Judiciims. Cnimpor- tant. 150 LUTHER (MAnTni). On the first five chapters of Genesis, translated by Dr. Henry Cole. Svo. Edinb., 1858. S. 5s. 6d. GoU made a choice selection. Luther left four volumes upou Genesis, in Latin. How these Eeformers worked I GESTESIS — EAKLT CHAPTERS, AND PATKIAKCHS. 87 151 MAODONALD (D.) Creation and tUe Fall. The first three chapters of Genesis. 8vo. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 13s. " We do not hesitate to designate this volume as the most complete examination of the literatore and the exegesis of the Creation and the fall which has appeared in England." — Jtmmal of Sacred lAterature, 152 NEEDLER (Benjamin). Expository Notes, with Observa- tions, towards the opening of the first five chapters of Genesis. Small 8vo. Lond., 1655. 'ia. Seedier was one of the eminent divines who took part in the famous Morning Exercises. The little work is a curiosity, hut nothing more, 153 BOSSE (Axexandbr). Exposition of the first fourteen chapters of Genesis. 8vo. Loud., 1626. 4s. 6d. A very scarce catechism by that Scotch divine who is mentioned in JBudibroi in the lines — " There was an ancient sound philosopher That had read Alexander Boss over." 154 WHITE (John, M. A. A Puritan Divine, called "The Patriarch of Dorchester. Died 1648.) The first three chapters of Genesis. Folio. 1656. 7s. to 10s. 6d. A folio upon three chapters I There were giants in those days. JUart- ton says, " To speak of the worth of the author is needless, bis praise being already in all the churches," and he adds that he had been greatly re- freshed by the perusal of this book. 155 WILLIAMS (Isaac, B. D.) Beginning of Genesis, with Notes. Sm. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lend., Kivingtons. 1861. A very remarkable work by a high churchman, open- ing up in a masterly manner the mystical teachings of the early chapters of Genesis. To be read cum grano salts. [The following works are placed in chronological order.] 156 BONNET (L.) The Exile from Eden : Meditations on the Third Chapter of Genesis, translated from the French, by Eev. W. Hare. Small 8vo. Lond., 1839. S. 5s. 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. 157 OIiMSTE.\D (J., American). Noah and his Times. 2s. 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. 88 GEKESIS — EAELT CHAPTBES, AND PATSIAECRS. 158 BLUNT (Hbnby, A. M.) Twelve Lectures on the History of Abraham. 13iuo. 5s. 6d. Bight Lectures on the History of Jacob. 4s. 6d. Lond., Hatchards. 1842. S. Is. 6d. each. like, the rest of this author's lectures. Good, plain addresses. 159 SHUTE (JosiAS, B. D. "Above three-and-thirty years Rector of St. Mary, Woolnoth.") Sarah and Hagar ; or Genesis xvi. opened in Twenty Sermons. Folio. 1649. 5s. In shape, the editor tells us, " this hook is somewhat slender, like the encouragements of learning." He informs us that the author was " one of the five famous brother-preachers, somewhat Uke the five flngeis on the right hand of fellowship ; " and that Chrysoitom 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 Scripture as if " each book were a course, each chapter a Benjamin's mess, and every verse a morsel of the food of angels." 160 BOUCHIER (Barton, M. A.) History of. Isaac. 12mo. Lond., Houlston. S. 2s. A charming hook, in Bouehier's gracious style. 161 EOLLINSON (Francis, B. D.) Twelve Prophetical Leg- acies; or Twelve Sermons upon Jacob's Last Will, recorded in the 45th chapter of Genesis. 4to., Lond., 1612. Scarce. Hardly to be priced. Say 5s. Old-fashioned learning, and singular remarks ; its rarity is no great calamity. 163 GUMMING (John, D. D„ F. E. S. E.) The Last of the Patriarchs ; or Lessons from Life of Joseph. Sm. 8vo. 1856. S.2s. Fitted for popular reading : ministers need more thought. 163 GIBSON (T.) Lectures on Joseph. 8vo. Lond., 1848. Is. Very respectable sermons, brining oat the gospel of Joseph's history 164 IiAWSON (George, D. D., 1749—1830). Lectures on Joseph. Two vols., 12mo. Edinb., 1807 and 1813. 4s. Dr. Lawson had a fertile mind, and a heart alive both to the human and divine side of truth. He writes with pleasing simplicity of style. One of the highest com pliments to this book is found in the fact that a distin- guished American scholar issued much of it as his own. EXODUS. 89 165 SlVirm (Teorkley). History of Joseph viewed in connec- tion with the Antiquities of Egypt, and the times in which he lived. Cr. 8vo. 4s. Edinb., W. OUphant. 1875. "Written under the full light of the most recent archaeological discoveries, modern scholarship, and theo- logical science, it is the book on the subject. Now we have it, we cannot dispense with it." — Homilist. 166 WARDLA.W (Ualph, D. D.) Life of Joseph and the Last Years of Jacob. 12mo. 1845. S. 2s. 3d. "Wardlaw, though rather wordy, is always instructive. EXODUS. 167 BIBKS (T. E , M. A.) The Exodus of Israel ; its Difficulties explained and its Truth confirmed. 8vo. 1863. S. 3s. 6d. A reply to Dr. ColensD'a famous assault upon the Pentateuch. The great abilities of the author are known to all. 168 BLUNT (Henky, M. A.) Exodus and Leviticus. Vol. 3 of A Family Exposition of the Pentateuch. 12mo. 6s. Lond., Hatchards. 1842. S. Is. Profitable for household and private reading : not very striking. 169 BUSH (George). Notes on Exodus. Two vols., sm. 8vo. New York, 1856, etc. S. 5s. 6d. Of considerable value. We do not know that it is a plagiarism. 170 COTTAGE BEADINQS on the Book of Exodus. [Anon.] Sm. cr. 8vo. 5s. Lond., Nisbet & Co. S. 2s. 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. 171 GUMMING (John, D. D.) Sabbath Morning Readings on Exodus. Sm. 8vo. Lond., J. F. Shaw. 1853. S. 3b. 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. 173 EXELL (Joseph S.) Homiletic Commentary on Exodus. [Being Part 1 of The Pkbachbr'b Commentary, publish- ing by Dickinson in monthly parts. 1875. Is. each.] It excels, so far as we have seen. 173 HUGHES (Georcje). See No. 128. 90 EXODITS-r-LWES OF MOSES. 174 JACKSON (Thomas, I>. D;, Dean of PeterborougU.— 1579t- 1640). Paraphrase on the eleven first chapter&of Exodus, with Annototions, etc. Works, 8vo., IX.,384v Folio, III., 191. Three vols, folio 35s. ; twelve vols. 8vo. SOa. Oeorge Serbert set great store by Or. JackxotCt -writings, for he said, — " I bless God for the coafirmatioa Dr. Jackson has given me in the Chris- tian religion, against the Atheist, Jew, and Socinian, and in the Protes- tant against Borne." It would hardly repay a student to purchase three folio volumes to obtain the small portion allotted to bis Paraphrase. So £>r as commenting is concerned it is not impo'rtant. 175 M[AOKIN!rOSH] ( C. H.) Notes. By C. H. M. 13mo. 3s. 6d. Lond., G. Morrish. 1858. Not free from Plymoutli errors, yet remarkably sug- gestive. 176 BULIiINGTON (Thojcas S.) Signs and Wonders in the Land of Ham. A Description of the Ten Plagues of Egypt. Post 8vo. 7b. 6d. Lond., Murray. 1873i It has been an intelleetual treat to read.; this, interest- ing work. On the same subject there is an old work by James Bryant, 1794: ; but Millington is enough. 177 MURFHT (James Q.., LL. D.) Commentary on Exodus. New Translation. 8vo. ' Edinb., Clark. 1866. 9s. The result of laborioua study by a scholar of ripe learning. 178 WILLET (Andkbw>. Hexapla; or Sixfold Commentaria upon ExodxiB. Folio. Lond-., 1608. 6a. to 10a. See No. 14S. Full, exhaustive, and exhausting. LIVES OF MOSES. 179 HAMILTON (James, D. D., F. L. S. 1814—1867). Moses, the Man of God. Sm. cr. 8vo. 5s. Lond., Nisbet. Beautiful as a poem, like everything which fell from Dr. Hamilton's pen. It wouH be impossible to study it without prophet. 180 OOSTEEZEE (J. J. Van, D. D.) The Life of Moses. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. [In preparation.] THE CHILDKBU GF ISKAEL. 91 181 SMITH (Thoknlet). History- of Moses ; viewed in con- nection' with Egyptian Antiquities, and the times in which he lived. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Lond., Hamilton. 1863. Of the same class as Kitto's Daily Readings : well executed. 183 SPONG (James). Moses.— The Hero of the Desert. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Loud:, Partridge & Co. A book for the public. Not for Students. JOUENEYINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. 183 BTTDDICOM (K. P., M. A., F. A. S.) The Christian Exodus, in a Series of Discourses. Two vols., 8vo. Lond., 1836. S; 3s-. Able disoonrsei, using flie Exodus spiritually and wisely; 184 CARDALL (WiLLTAM, M. A.) Israel's Journeys, illustrative of the Divine Pilgrimage. 8vo. Loud., Hatchards. 184S. S. as. 6d. Twenty evangelieal leotnres manifesting respectable ability. 185 FORSTER (Chaeles, B. D.) " Israel in the Wilderness " ; or, Gleanings from the Scenes of the Wanderings. 8vo. Loud., Richard Bentley. 1865. S. 2s. If the author's renderings of the desert inscriptions are indeed correct, this is a wonderful book. That„ however, is a question for the learned, and they have pronounced against him. 186 JOURNETINQS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, and their Settlement in the Promised Land. (Anon.) 18mo. Is. 6d. Lond., Religious Tract Society. 1833. Useful to the young, but the engca^dngs are of almost Pre- Adamite antiquity, and nearly as ugly as the profoundest master of the ridiculous could have made them. 187 KRUMMACHER (Gottfried Daniel. 1774—1887). Is- rael's Wanderings. Two vols., sm. 8vo. Londi., Nasbet 1887. S. 7s. 6d. ■Written by the uncle of the author of Elijah the Tkhbite. A good, thought-breeding work. 188 OSBURN (W.) See ander Genesis, No. 136. 93 THE DECALOGUE. 189 SSATOK (W.) Church in the Wilderness. Two vols. 12mo. S. 2s. Second edition, Lond., 1831. Enlarged. Two vols., 8vo. S. 4s. Of the thoroughly evangelical school, fraught' with much experimental truth and sound doctrine soberly discussed. 190 WAGNER (Gboege). The Wanderings of the Children of Israel. Cr. 8vo. 6s. Lond., Nisbet and Co. A book which we have rea'd with great pleasure and profit, and very heartily recommended. THE DECALOGUE. [This list does not include comments contained in Bodies of Divinity, &e., but those forming separate volumes. In many theological works there are lengthy portions set apart for the Commandments.] 191 ANSREWES (Lancelot, Bp. of Worcester. 1555—1626.) The patterne of Catechisticall Doctrine at large ; or a Learned and Pious Exposition of the X Commandments. Folio. 1675. 7s. 6d. to 10s. This is a book indeed ; it is a joy to read it, for it flashes with thought and illustration, and sparkles with ingenious remarks. Profound learning did not lead the Bishop into the depths of dulness, as it has done many another diyine ; he manifests the happy quaintness of Latimer side by side with great scholar- ship. 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. 192 BARKER (Peter.) A Learned and Familiar Exposition. 4to. 1624. 5s. Old-fashioned, remarkably quaint, and even coarse in places. Barker's work abounds in Scriptural illustrations, but it is almost forgotten. THE DECALOGUE. 93 193 DALE (K. W., M. A., of Birmingham.) The Ten Com- mandmenta. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Lond., Hodder and Stough- ton. 1873. Written in a dear, bold, and trenchant style. We could not subscribe to all the author's views, but we admire his practical remarks, and their outspoken manner. 194 DOD (John) & CLEAVER (Rokbrt). Familiar Exposition. Eighteenth edition. 4to. Lond., 1632. S. 2s. 6d. This work was published by John Dad and Bobert Cleaver, with an intimation that the name of the author was purposely suppressed. Our edition, dated 1682, is the eighteenth, so that the work enjoyed a rare popularity in its own time. It haa been frec[uently reprinted since. The book has been long held in high esteem. 195 DOWNAME OR DOWNHAM (George, D.D., Bishop of Derry. Died 1634.) Abstract of the Duties Commanded and Sinnes Forbidden in the Law of God. Svo. Lond., 1635. is. 6d. A sort of catalogue of sins, arranged in a tabular form under the Ten Commandments. These are the heads and divisions of a large treatise, which does not appear to have been published. These mighty men could afford to leave in the oblivion of monuscript works which would cost modern weaklings half a life-time to write. 196 DURHAM (James. 1622—1658.) Exposition, with a res- olution of several momentous questions, and cases of con- science. 4to. Lond., 1675. 8vo., 1735, 2s. 6d. to 4s. Whatever Durham has written is very precious. He has the pen of a ready writer, and indites good matter. 197 ELTON (Edward, B. D.) God's Holy Minde, Touching Matters Morall ; which himself uttered in Ten Command- ments. 4to. Lond., 1648. 8s. 6d. This work discusses the Decalogue in question and answer, in a some- what dull manner ; but touches many cases of conscience ana deals wisely with them. Belief in witchcraft comes out very strongly in some pas- sages. 198 FISHER (Edward, A. M. Bom about 1600.) A plain, pithy, and spiritual Exposition of the Ten Commandments. [Marrow of Modern Divinity. Numerous editions.] 12mo. 2s. This exposition is part of the work which occasioned the famous Mar- roa Contrmeriy. One fails to see anything calculated to stir up such a strife. Fisker might have siud that the lines had fallen to him in troubled waters. 94 THE DECALOGUE. 199 HOOPER (John. Bishop and Martyr. 1495—1554). A Declaration of the Ten Holy Conimanrtments of Almighty God. 1548, 1550, etc. [Reprinted in Hooper's Works.] After the manner of the English Beformeis. The style is harsh to the modern ear, and the matter too much occupied trith the controversies raging in the author's times to be very interesting now. 200 HOPKINS (EZEKIEL, D. D. Bp. of London-Derry. 1633— 1690). An Exposition of the Ten Commandments. 4to. 1692. [Reprinted in Hopkins' Works.] Sbpkmt in this exposition searches the heart thoroughly, and makes very practical application of the Commandments to the sitnatiohs and cir- cumstances of daily life. His homely eloquence will always make his •works valuable. 201 KNEWSTUB (John). Lectures on Exodus XX. 4to. 1584. 7s. 6d. More valuable for its antiquity than for anything else. 202 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. 3s. The author says, " There is nothing deep in the following pages except their subject " : a modest estimate. 203 NEWTON (Richakd, D. D.) The King's Highway. Post 8vo. 2s. 6d. Lond., Nelson. Also 16mo. Is. 6d. Nisbet. Though intended for children, ministers will find it useful, for it teems with illustration, and brings up lit- tle points of conduct worth touching upon. Dr. New- ton is the prince of preachers to childi^n. 204 TUDOR (Richabd, B. A.) Decalogue viewed as the Chris- tian's Law. Cr. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Lend., Macmillan. 1860. S. 6s. The author attempts to ^ve the Christian sense of the Decalogue in its application to present needs and questions. With much moderation he discusses many of the disputed pr}ia otBerjiard and Soulier have been repi;inted in HtchoVi Series of Oan^mentariea, in one volume. Cr. 4to. 78. 6d. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1865. ^r. Tegg, Fancras Lane, London, has also published a reprint ot Ful- ler's Comment on Euth, and Notes upon Jonah. Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. 264 BRADEN (William). The Beautiful Gleane?.' Cr. Svo. 2s. 6d. Lond., James Clark & Co(. 1874. Mr. Braden is an able preacher. His sermons upon Buth are popular and practical, though not veiy remarkable, 265 LAVATER (Lewis. A Swiss Protestant Divine. 1537— 1586.) Ruth expounded in 28 Sermons. Translated from the Latin by E. Pagetl. Svo. Lond., 1586. Lavator was a Eeformer of high repute, son-in-law of BvUimger. He wrote a curious work on spectres, and made a catalogue of comets, thus showing himself to be both philosopher and divine. His book is seldom met with. 366 LAWSON (Geokgb, D. D.) Lectures on the Book of Ruth. 13nip. Edinb., 1805. 3s. By a man of great genius. Simple, fresh, and gracious, Nothing critical or profp.und may be looked for, but ■ffise and sound teaching may be gleaned in these pages. 104 RUTH. 267 MACARTNEY (H. B.) Observations on Ruth. 13mo. Loud., 1843. 9d. A nice little book, little in all ways. 268 MAGGOWAN (John. 1736—1780). Discourses on Ruth, and other important subjects. 8vo. Lond., 1781. 2s. 6d. Maegowan, 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 acoonunodated and spiritualized. The dis- courses are good reading. 269 OXENDEN(A. Bishop of Montreal). Story of Ruth. 18mo. Is. Hatchards, A very tiny affair, of no great moment to the expositor. 270 PHILPOT (B., A. M.) Six Lectures. Square Fcap. 3s. 6d. Lond., Nisbet & Co. A very small book, containing good, simple lectures — ^not an exposition. 271 PRICE (AuBKEY C, B. A.) Six Lectures on the Book of Ruth. 12mo. 2s. 6d. Lond., Hatchards. 1869. Sermons of remarkable power, both of doctrine and diction. Not so expository as practical. Mr. Price is an earnest and large-hearted clergy- man of thoroughly evangelical school. 272 TOPSEIiL (Edwakd). The Reward of Religion. Lectures upon Ruth. 8vo. Lond., 1613. 7s. 6d. to 10s. A very choice old ■work. Attersol in his rhyming preface says of it — " Go little Booke, display thy golden title. (And yet not Httle though thou little bee) ; Little for price and yet in price not Uttle, Thine was the Faine, 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 paino shall make." 273 TTNG (Stephen, D. D., of New Topk). The Rich Kins- man ; or the History of Ruth. Small 8vo. Lond., 1856. S. Is. 6d. Written for young people, and suitable for their reading, though none too Uvely. 274 WRIGHT (C. H. H., M. A.) Ruth, in Hebrew; with gram- matical and critical Commentary. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., Williams & Norgate. 1864. For Hebraists only. The author has selected the book of Enth as a study for beginners in the Hebrew tongue, because of the simplicity of the language. •I. AKD II. SAMUEL. 105 I. A:^D 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.] ♦ 275 KEIL (C. F., D. D.) and DELITZSCH (F., D. D.) The Books of Samuel. Translated from the German by the Rev. James Martin, B. A. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872. Like most of Glare's series, KeiFa works, are valuable helps towards obtaining the meaning of the text ; but for spiritual reflections and fruitful hints we must look elsewhere. 276 LINDSAY (Henkt, M. A.) Lectures on the Historical Books [1 and 2 Samuel only]. Two vols. 12mo. Lond., 1828. 2a. 6d. Practical sermons on a few of the more prominent events. 277 WILLET (.Indrew). An Harmonie upon the First Booke of Samuel, and an Harmonie upon the Seconde Booke of Samuel. Folio. 1611 10s. 6d. to 12s. [There is also a 4to. edition upon 1 Samuel. 1607.] The work continues the Hexapla to which we have referred in Nos. 143 and 178. It is unusually brief for the age of its composition, and full of variety. Under every verse, and often clause of 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 Jehovah Samuel opened ?" " What is to be thought, of Eli's state before God ? " 278. QUILD(WiLLiAM, D. D. 1586—1657). The Throne of David. An Exposition of the 2nd Samuel, wherein is set down the Pattern of a Pious and Prudent Prince. Oxford, 1659. lis. The MSS. of tliis 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 hus- band desired it to be so forwarded. Dr. Owen says, that he tbund the treatise " wr.lten with perspicuity and clearness, handling a subject of great 106 SAMUEL, SAUL, DAVID. and delightful variety, with a choice mixture of spiritual, moral, and polit- ical observations, tempered hy a good and sound judgment unto com- mon capacities." We do not preaome to criticise where Oieen commends, bnt we should not have originated such a commendation. SAMUEL, SAUL, DAVID. 279 EITTO. Daily Bible lUostrations, "Sftmuel, SsaH, and David." (See No. 42.) Should always be consulted. SSO FIiUMFTRE (Helbn). The History of Samuel. 18mo. Is. 6d. Lend., Nisbet & Co. 1843. A children's book, and childlike men will be thank- ful for the many very useful hints which it throws out. We have got more out of it than we have found in huge and learned tomes. 281 STEEL (Robert). Samuel the Prophet. 8vo. 4b. 6d. Lond., Nelson & Song. 1861. S. 2s. The author has done his work well, 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. 282 MILLER (J. A.) Saul, The First King of Israel. Fcap. 8vo. iB. 6d. Lond., Snow & Co. 1866. Eminently thoughtful, useful, practical sermons. We do not see how Saul's life-failure could be more prof- itably set forth. £83 BLAIKIE (Willtam G., A. M.) David, King of Israel: the Divine Plan and Lessons of his Life. 8vo. 5s Lohd., Nisbet & Co. 1861. Dr. Blaikie is a good writer. This Life of David has supplied a great lack. SAMUElj 3AUI.J OAVID. 107 3S4 GH4.NDLER (S4¥UbI'. fl- E!-, F. E. S., find F. A. 8. 1693— 1766). A Critical History of tUe Life of bavid. Two vols., 8vo. Lond., 1^66. S. 5s. Que vsj.., 8vo. J. H. & J. Parker. 1853. S- 5s. This is a masterpiece as a critical history, and the best of Chandler's productions. Many of the Fsalms are explained with commendable learn- ing, bnt the spiritual element is absent. 285 DELANY (Patrick, D. D., Dean of Down. 1686—1768). An Historical Account of the Life and Beign of Di^vld. [Anon.] Two vols., 'Svo. Lpnd., 1745. 4?. Delany was a Mend of Swift, no great recommendation for a com- mentator. He defends David in a way which Darid would have sternly repudiated. Chandler is far preferable to Delany, but both are devoid of the evangelical spirit. 286 KINGSLEY (Chaklks, M. A.) David. Four Sennona. F'cap. Svo. 2s. 6d. Load., Macmillan & Co. In bis usual free and easy manner KingaUg speaks of David's strength and his wealaiess, 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. 287 KRUMMACHER (F. W., D. D.) David, the King of Isael. Cr. Svo. 78. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. Anything by Krummaeher is worthy of patient reading, 288 LAWSON (George, D. D. 1749—1820.) Discourses on the History of David. 12mo. Berwick, 1833. S. 3s. 6d. Here the life of David is pipugly turned to practical use. Delany and Chandler are but bones, and Lawson the marrow. 289 MARBECK (Jomi). The wjiole History of King David. 4to. 1579. This is in English metre, and was written by the famous organist of the Koyal 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 Ke- formation to the present day. Marieofg History of David is very rare. We cannot therefore set a prioe. 108 I. AND II. KINGS. 290 [ROGERS (Mrs.) ] The Shepherd King. By the Authoress of " The Folded Lamb." 12mo. 3s. 6d. Lond., Nisbet. 1856. S. Is. 6d. This authoress writes well for the young, and her book will be uaefal to those who teach them. 291 SMITH (George, LL. D. and F. A. S.) The Life and Reign of David. Cr. 8vo., 7s. 6d. Lond., Longmans. 1867. S. 3b. 6d. David's life is here concisely written, with such of the Fsolms inter- woven as can be referred to special periods It cannot be read without ministering instruction. 293 TAYLOR (William M., D. D. Of the Broadway Taber- nacle, New York). David : his Life, and its Lessons. Cr. ' 8vo. 8s. 6d. Lond., Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1875. A grand work which should be in every library. 293 THOMPSON (Henkt, M. A.) Davidica. Twelve Sermons on the Life and Character of David. Lond., 1827. Is. 6d. Discourses of the kind which are usually published by subscription; rather pretentions, but with nothing in them. The process of subscribing to print sermons is one snggested by kindness, but seldom directed by reason. 294 VINOB (Charles, Baptist Minister, of Birmingham. Died 1875). Lights and Shadows in the Life of King David. Cr. 8vo. 5s. Lond. Elliot Stock. 1871. Sermons of the highest order upon a few incidents in David's life. They are models of chaste, subdued, but powerful preaching. I, and II, KINGS. 295 GENESTE (Maximilian, M. A.) The Parallel Histories of Judah and Israel. Two vols., Roy. 8vo. £i lis. 6d. Lond., S. Bagster.& Sons. 1843. S. 6s. to 8s. The explanatory notes are mostly from other authors. The work has a very noble appearance, and may be useful as showing the run of Biblical history ; but Barih't Bible Mdnval (No. 4) would answer every purpose. solomok's tehple. 10'9 296 JUKES (Andrew). The Mystery of tlie Kingdom, traced through the Books of Kings. Part I. Is. 6d. Lond., Longmans. 1858. This author is more myatioalthan we could wish, but never writes with- out being instructive. 297 KEIL (K. P.) 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 iu Goettingen. Translated by James Martin, B. A. Two vols, 10s. 6d. each. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1857. S. 10s. 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. 298 KEIL and DELITZSCH. The Books of the Kings. By C. P. Keil. Translated by James Martin, B. A. One vol. 10s. 6d. 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. 299 KITTO. Daily Bible Illustrations. "Solomon and the Kings." (See No. 43.) Full of deeply interesting matter. 300 LANGE'S COMMENTARIES. Edited by Dr. Schaff. Kings. By Dr. Bahr. One vol.. Imp. 8vo. 21s, or to subscribers 15s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872. It must have cost great effort to make the homileti- cal part of this volume as good as it is. It is a treasury to the preacher, and is all the more precious because we have next to nothing upon the books of the Kings. (See No. 43.) SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. 301 BUNYAN (JOH>f). Solomon's Temple Spiritualized. Lond., 1088. [In Banyan's Works, Offor's edition, III., 460.] A marvellous display of allegorizing genius; full of Gospel truth. Banyan bammors away ftt each type, but no one may call it tinlcering. 110 ELIJAH, BLISHA, *C. 803 EDERSHEIM (A., D. D.) The Temple : its Ministiy and Services. Imp. l6mo. Sa. Relig. Tract. Soc. 1874. This will supply the student with all that he needs upon the subject in hand. 303 LEE (Samoel, M. A. 1625—1691.) Orbis miraculum ; or, the Temple of Solomon pourtrayed by Scripture light. [Anon.] Folio. 1659. 12s. to 14a. Of coarse, as will be inferred from its date, this work is of the antique order, bat it is profonndly learned, and goes into architectaral aad ritualis- tic details, expluning then^ spiritually with much sweetness and sogges- tiveness. ELIJAH, ELISHA, &c. 304 ANDERSOI^^ (James, S. M., M. A.) Discouraeg on EUjah, etc. 8vo. Lond., 1835. 2s. Ordinary sermon? by a " Chaplun in Ordinary to the Queen.'* Ehe- torical and gnmdiose, but not ezpositoiy. 305 BAYNE (Pbter). The Days of Jezebel. An Historical Drama. 13mo. 6s. Lond., Strachan & Co. 1872. A fine poetic drama, worthy of (Quotation by preachers ; but hardly in the line of worlds contemplated by this Catalogue. 306 EDERSHEIM (Alfred, D. D.) Elisha the Prophet, a Type of Christ. Cr. 8yo. 3s. 6d. Lond., W. Hunt & Co. 1873. This author is always interesting, showing close acquuutance with Jewish customs, and knowing how to utilize his information. 307 HOW AT (H. T.) Elijah, the Desert Prophet. Cr. 8vo. 5s. Edinb., Johnstone & Hunter. 1868. Veiy picturesque and ppetica). A work to be read for enjoyment, 308 ERUMMAOHER (F. W., D. D.) Elijah the Tishbitt). Translated from the German. [Numerous editions ; one has lately been issued by the Religious Tract Society. Cr. 8vo. 3at] S. Is. 6d. Too well known and approved to need any commen- dation from us. 309 MACDUFF (J. R., D. D.) The Prophet of Fire. Post 8vo. 6s. 6d. Lond., James Nisbet & Co. 1S63. Dr. Macduff writes popularly, yet he is by no means ELIJAH, KLISHA, 40. HI ■weak or shallow. He is to the young ministei? all the more useful, because he has worked out the problem of making sound thought intelligible to the multitude. 810 M[ACKINTOSH] (C.H.) Reflections on the Life and Times of Elijah. By 0. H. M. Is. Loud., G. Morrish. Strongly Plyipontlustic, A small affair. 311 BLUNT (Henry, M. A.) Lectures upon the History of Elisha. 12mo. 5s. 6d. Lond., Hatchards. 1839. S. 2a. We like JBhint better open Eliaba than upon any other portion of Scripture. Ho says that, had he known of Krummaeher't having written upon the subject, he should uot have attempted it himself. A wise obser- vation. What shall he do that ooraeth after a King, or after a iTrwn- maeherf 313 DOTHIE (W. P. , M. A.) The History of the Prophet Elisha. Cr. 8vo. 23. 6d. Lond., Hodder & Stoughton. 1872. Sketchy. Not very deep, but interesting. 313 QLTU (Gbokgb L., Barf.) Life of Elisha, in eleven plain discourses. 8vo. Lend., Wertheim & Matiintosb. 1857. S. Is. Erangelioal and simple. Ministers do not need it. 314 KRUMMAOHER (F. W., D. D.) Elisha. Translated from the German. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1837. S. Is. 6d. Of 'this we may say as we did of the same author's Elijah, — it needs no commending fi'om us. 315 BULLOCK (Chaklbs). The Syrian Leper. P'cap, 8vo. 2s. 6d. Lond., Wertheim & Macintosh. 1863. S. Is. 3d. Telling in style, and earnestly evangelical. These chapters are good Bpeoimens of popular expounding. 316 MACDUFF (J. R., D. D.) The Healing Water* ; or. The Story of Naaman. An Old Testament Chapter on Provi- dence and Grace. Cr. 8vo. 3s, 6d. Lond., Nisbet. 1873. In Dr. Macduff's best manner : the story of Naaman is admirably handled, and made to teach the gospel with much freshness. 317 ROGERS (Daniel, B. D. Puritan. 1573—1653). Naa- man the Syrian, his disease and cure j discovering lively to the reader the spiritual leproaie of siijne and selfe-love ; together with the remedies, viz., selfe-denial and faith. Folio. JLiond., f643. 7s. to 10s. 112 CHRONICLES, EZEAj NEHEMIAH, AND ESTHER. A huge volume of 898 folio pages, almost large enough to have loaded one of Naamaa's mules. It is a work which exhausts the subject and turns it to earnest evangelical uses. 318 WOODWARD (Henry, A. M.) The Sliunamite. 8vo. 10s. ■6d. Lond. and Ca,mb:, Macmillan & Co. 1863. 8. 33. We scarcely remember a more flagrant case of high-soanding verbiage. Here is the author's way of describing a ben 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 ber charge, with unanimous consent, hurry to some tempting pool of water, and violate her feelings and shook ber instincts, by casting, themselves upon that hostile element." ^ I. and II. CHRONICLES. 319 BERTHEAU (E.) See Keil and Bertheau, No. 297. 320 KEIL(K.F.) The Book of the Chronicles. Translated from the German. By Andrew Harper, B. D. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872. "Without indicating; either the spiritual lesson or the moral of the his- tory, Seii simply expl^ns the facts, and in so doing aids the reader to realize them. We confess we should like something more. EZRA, NEHEMIAH, and ESTHER. 331 KEIL (K. F.) Commentary on Ezra, Nehe,miah, and Esther. Translated by Sophia Tavlor. 8vo. IDs. 6d. 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 Xeil with pleasure, lor we want spiritual meat, but yet it is most desirable for us to know what the text really means. 322 PILKINUTON (James, B. D. Bishop of Durham. 1530— 1!575). A Godlie Exposition upon certeine chapters of Nehemiah. 1585. Reprinted in the Parker Society's edition of Pilkington's Works. 8^0. Camb., 1842. Very old fashioned and singular, somewhat in the style of Latimer and ESTHER. 113 perhaps a little coarser. ilBJMnj'iom'* downright onelaughta upon the vices and foUiea of hia time ai-e fine instances of personal, faithful preaching ; they are, however, so minutely descriptive of the manners which then prevailed that they arc the less useful now. The style is cramped, and even grotesque in places, yet FilUagton is a, grand old author. He has only written upon five chapters. 323 RANDALL (J. Montague, A. K. C.) Nehemiah, the Tir- shatha : hia Life and Lessons. Post 8vo. 3s. 6d. 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. Stu- dents will not learn much from these sermons, but they may see how rustic preaching should be done. 334 SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF NEHEMIAH ; or. Chapters for Christian Workers. [Anon.j P'cap. 8vo. Is. Lond., 66, Paternoster Row, E. C. The heads of these chapters would serve exceedingly well for the key- notes of a series of sermons. 835 STOWELL (Hugh, M. A.) A Model for Men of Business, or, Lectures on the Character of Nehemiah. 8vo. Lond., Hatchards. 1855. S. 3s. The author does not attempt a full exposition, but aims at ful'nishing a plain, practical handbook for men of business and others whose time is limited. He gives fourteen good, sensible lectures on the Book. 336 WOODWARD (Hbnky, M. A.) Thoughts on the Character and History of Nehemiah. 12mo. Lond., 1849. Words, and only words. ESTHER 837 COOPER (Thomas). The Churches Deliverance ; containing Meditations and short'Notes upon the Booke of Hester. 4to. Lond., 1609. 53. to 7s. We have not been able to meet with this work. 838 DAVIDSON (Alexandbu D., D. D.) Lectures on Esther. Cr. 8vo. 5b. 6d. 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 tho family. 114 THE POBXICAi BOOKS. 33» HUGHES (John). Esther an* her People. Ten Sermons. ISmo. 1843^ g»l^. 3d. Grood eyangelical diecouraea, bat notluiig very spedaL 830 LAWSON (George, D. D.) Discourses on Esther. 12iuo. Ediab., 1804. S. Sa. 6d. Intended for the general reader. The discourses are as spiritual aud unaffected as theii; excellent author. Dr. John Brown, in commending all the Lawson books, says that " he has rendered subjects, apparently barren, full of instruction." 331 McCRIE (Thomas). Lectures on Esther. 13mo. 1838. S. Is. 6d. Dr. Davidson says of Dr. McCrie : " There is an ancient fable of a king who was gifted with the power of turning everytlung he touGh,ed iuto gold ; and this eminent divine and historian possessed remarkably the gift of rendering every subject he handled so precious, ?i|S £i,t least tq discoHrag^ any one from attempting to, follow in his track. In his Lectures upon the book of Esther, he has certainly left little for any to say who may come aftey him." 333 MORGAN (R. C.) The Book of Esther typical of the King- dom. Sm. Svo. 1855. S. Is. 6d. An allegorical interpretation, which commenoes with these words: " The true scene of this heantifal hook opens in heaven," Is heaven under the dominion of Ahasnems ! Who thenia Vashti} THE POETICAL BOOKS. 333 DURELL (D., p. D.) Critical Remarks on the Books of Job, Proverbs, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Canticles. 4to. Oxford, 1773. 48. to 6a. A critic who is forever mending the text, who contends fbr the modem origin of Job, thinks the Cantioles to be a love song, and considers the imprecatory Fsalms to ha ebullitions of passion, is not one whom oar readers need consult. JOB. ' 115 834 HOLDEN (Lawkencb). Paraphrase on the Books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, and Eoclesiastes, with Notes. Four Tols., 8vo. 1763. 5s. An atrQ(aoi)8 instance of bQmbastio veibpaity. Job ii. 2 is thus ex- panded : — " Heakveu and earth'a great Lord and gaardian, the instant Satan appeared observed, and. thus demanded of him : ' from vrhat, qaarter proeeedest thou ! or in, what district, sjad. to what purpose hast thou lately employed thy perverted, and subtle, wicked abilities and arts 3 ' To whom the destroyer answers : ' my last station, or rather, unsettled, wan- dering motion, has been upon earth ; various districts whereof I have made short visits to, being sometimes with the inhabitants of one region of climate, sometimes with those of another.' " Paraphrases generally mean the text padded out with superfluous words, and this is an emphatic in- stance. 333 EPTTO. Daily Bible IlluBtrations, "Job and the Poetical Books." (See No. 42.) Worthy of attentive reading. 336 L?IQH (Edwabp), §ee unde? Whole Bibje, No. 4S. 337 WILCOCKS (Thomas, A. M. Puritan. 1549—1608). The Works of that Keyereftd and Learned Divine, Mr. Thomas Wilcocks, Minister of God's Word : containing an Exposi- tion upon the whole Booke of David's Psalmes, pplomou's Proverbs, the Canticles, and part of the eighth chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to tte Romans. Folio. Iiond. ^589, 1630 and 1634. 9s. to 13s. Very old. The notes are brief, but furnish many hints for sermons. JOB. 338 ABBOT (George. Died 1648). The whole Book of Job Paraphrased, or made Easie for s^ny to Understand. 4to- hoxid., 1,64a 3s. 64. This is not by Archbishop Abbot, neither is the work of any value. This Abbot was a Member of Parliament, and his paraphrase is better than we could have expected from an M. P. ; but still it is a heavy, perform- ance. 339 AMERICAN BIBLE UNION. The Book of Job. 4 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 Bochester Theological Seminary. 4to. New York, 1867. Lond., Triibner. S. 3s. 6d. 116 JOB. An excellent translation. The design did not allow of more tlian Blender notes, but those notes are good. 340 BARNES (Albert. 1798—1870). Notes on Job. Rout ledge's edition, edited by Dr. Camming. Two vols., Svo 5a. Blackie's edition. Two vols., post Svo. 7s. Exceedingly good. One of the best of this author's generally valuable productions. The student should purchase this work at once, as it is absolutely necessary to his library. 341 BELLAMY fD.) Paraphrase, with observations. 4to. Lend., 1748. 4s. A collection of notes fW>m other anthors. Original works are &i better. 343 BEZA (Thkodoke. 151&— 1605.) Job expounded. 8vo. 1590. 7s. 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 be is s^d to have been his equal if not his superior. This work on Job is rare. 343 BLACKMORB (Sir R.) Baraphrase on the Book of Job, the Songs of Moses, Deborah, and David, four select Psalms, some Chapters of Isaiah, and the 3d Chapter of Habakkuk. Folio. 1700. 3s. Grandiose poetry. ibp« speaks of the power of Blaehmare's uumberB " to soothe the soul in slumbers." The worthy knight is not the worst of the poetical expositors, bat he is bad enough. Miserable paraphrasers are ye all, ye brethren of jingling rhyme and. doubtful measure. 344 CALVIN (John). Sermons on the Booke of Job. Trans- lated out of French. By A. Golding. Folio. Lond., 1584. Kot the same as the Commentary, but equally rich. 345 CAREY (Cateret Priattlx, M. A.) Book of Job translated, explained by Notes, and illustrated by extracts from works on Antiquities, Science, &c. Royal Svo. 1858. 5s. to 7s. 6d. 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. 346 CARTIi (Joseph. 1603—1673). Exposition, with Practi- cal Observations. Twelve vols., 4to. 1648—1666. 553. Also in Two vols., folio. 1676. 50s. Caiyl muist have inherited the patience of Job to JOB. 117 have completed his stnpendons task. It would be a mistake to suppose that he is at all prolix or redundant ; he 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. 347 An Abridgment of Caryl's Exposition. 8vo. Edinb., 1836. Is. 6d. We do not believe in abridgments of a book which is good throughout. Think of twelve large volumes con- densed into one small one ! An ox in a gallipot is nothing to it. 348 CHAPPELOW (Lbonakd, B. D.) A Commentary, in which is Inserted the Hebrew Text and English Translation. Two vols., 4to. 6s. Cambridge, 1753. OhappeXoxB is great upon Arabic etymologies, but he is dreadfully ver- bose, and really says nothing of any consequence. Chappeflow and several other authors follow Sohultens 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 some one else into the Hebrew tongue. This opened a fine field for parad- ing their learning. 349 COLEMAN (J. Noble). The Book of Job; from the Hebrew. With Notes. 4to. 7s. 6d, Lond,, Nisbet & Co. 1869. S. 4s. We do not value this so much as the same author's " Psalms," but it is serviceable in its own way. 350 CONANT (T. J.) See American Bible Union. (No. 339.) 351 DAVIDSON (A. B., M. A. Hebrew Tutor, New College, Edinb.) A Commentary Grammatical and Exegetical ; with a Translation. Vol. I. 8vo. 7b. 6d. Lond., Williams & Norgate. 1863. Strict grammatical treatment of Scripture is always commendable, and in this case the results are valued by advanced scholars. 353 DELITZSCH (Franz). Biblical Commentary on Job. Two vols., 8vo. 21s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1866. S. 13. " Unquestionably the most valuable work on this inexhaustibly inter- esting Scripture that has reached us from Germany." — Mncon/ormist. 118 • JOB. 353 DURHAM (Jambb. 1623—1658). Exposition of Job. 12mo. 1659. Also Glasgow, 1759. Say 4s. This is a small book, and we have been unable to procure it. Orme only mentions it upon the authority of Watts' Bibliotheca. It is certain to be good, for Durham is always admirable. 354 EVANS (Aliued BfrWEN). Lectiires on the Book of Job. 8vo. Lond. Bosworth & Harrison. 11^6. S. 3s. Discourses from tburteen single verses from different parte of the pa- tient patriarch's history. They are quite out of the ran of Church of Eng- land preaching, and are full of thought and originaUty. They would have been all the better for a little gospel, for even if his text does not look that \ray, ire do e^ect a Christian minister to have something to say about his Master. 355 FENTON (Thomas, Sf. A.) Annotationa on Job and the Psalms, collected from several Commentators, and meth- odized and improved. 8vo. Lond., 1733. 3s. i All that will^be found here is taken from others, but well selected. 356 'FRY (JoHK). New Translation iand Exposition, with Notes. Svo. Lond., 1827. 4s. 6d. "VTritten in a derout, inquiring spirit, with due respect to learned writers, but not with a slavish follow- ing of their fanciiss. Pry's work is somewhat of the same charabter as Good's (No. 359). We greatly esteem this exposition for its own sake, and also for the evan- gelical tone which pervades it. 357 GARDEN (CHAMiKS, D.D.) An Improved Metrical Version, with preliminary dissertation and notes. 8vo. Uxford, 1796. 3s. This author has not attempted a Commentary, but he has cobsulted a vast array of authors, and from them gathered a large number of netes. His work is of very moderate value. 358 GARNETT (John. Bishop of Clogher). A Dissertation on the Book of Job, etc. 4to. Lond., 1749. 3s. 6d. Rubbish. This Bishop ascribes the nuUiomlup of Job to £zekiel 1 JOB. 119 359 OOOD (John Mason, M. D., F. E. S. 1764—1837). The Book of Job literally translated. With Notes, etc. 8vo. Lond., 1813. 5s. A Tery valuable contribution to sacred literature. Dr. Good's learning •ffos, however, more extensive than accurate, and it would be dangerous U> BCcepFhis translations without examination. 860 GREGORY THE GREAT. On the Book of Job. [The Maona Moralia.] Translated with Notes and Indices. Library of the Fathers. Four vols. £3 15b., or to sub- scribers £3 3s. Lond., 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 platittides, that if they were tnbdern writers they '♦foixld not be so greatly Valued as they are. Antiquity lends eiiohantuieut. 361 HEATH (Thomas). Essay toward a New English Version of the Book of Job. With a Commentary. 4to. Lond., 1756. 3s. 6d. All that is good in this book is marred by its utterly untenable con- jectures. It treats ilob with slender reverence. Do not lumljer your shelves with it. ^63 HODGES (Walter, D. D.) Elihu : an Enquiry into the Scope and Design of the Book of Job. 4to. Lond., 1750. 13mo., third edition, 1756. 3s. Based upon the absurd supposition that Elihu was the Bon of Ood him- self, atid Job a type of the Saviour. Poor Job's book has been the sub- ject 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, Pro- vost of Oriel College, Oxford. 363 HENGSTENBERG (E. W.) See under Eccleslastes. 364 HULBERT (Charles Augustus, M. A., Perpetual Curate of Harthwaite, Yorks.) The Gospel Revealed to Job. Thirty Lectures, with Notes. 8vo. Lond., Longmans. 1853. S. 3s. 6d. An unusually good book ; exceedingly comprehen- sive and helpful in many ways. The author aimed at usefulness and has succeeded wonderfully. We wonder that his work has not been better known. 365 HUTOHBSON (George). An Exposition upon Job, being the sum of 316 Lectures. Folio. 13s. to 14s. Lohd., 1669. Whenever the student sees a Commentary by Hutche- 120 JOB. son let him buy it, for we know of no author who is more thoroughly helpful to the minister of the Word. He distils the text, and gives his readers the quintes- sence, ready for use. 366 HUTCHINSON (R. E., M. D., M. R. C. S. E., Surgeon-Major Bengal Army). Thoughts on the Book of Job. Lond., S. Bagster & Sons. [In the press. 1875.] 867 KITTO (John, D. D.) " Job and the Poetical Books." In Daily Bible Illustrations. (See No. 43.) Exceedingly instructive. Most charming reading. 368 LANGE'S COMMENTARY. The Book of Job. A Commentary, by Otto ZSckler, 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. 8vo. 21s, or to sub- scribers 15s. Edinb., T. & T. Cbrk. 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. 369 LEE (Samuel, D. D. 1713—1853). .The Book of Job trans- lated ; with Introduction and Commentary. 8vo. Lond., 1837. 7s. 6d. 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 witli ostentatious profusenesa 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." 370 NOYES (G. E., D. D.) A New Translation, with Notes. 12mo. Boston, IT. S. [N. D.] S. 3s. We have been informed that Dr. Noyes belongs to the Unitarian body, but we fail to see any trace of Arian or Sooinian 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. 371 PETERS (Chakles, A. M. Died 1777). A Critical Disser- tation on the Book of Job. Wherein the Account given . in that book by the author of The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, etc., is particularly considered ; and a Future State shewn to have been the Popular Belief of the Ancient Hebrews. 4to. Lond., 175J. '2s. 6d. JOB. 131 Of a oontroversial charaoter ; mainly written against ■Warbnrton and Le Clero, and aa thoee authors are now almost forgotten, answers to them have lost their interest. Pctere was an eminently learned man, and well versed in argument ; but his work is of very small use for homiletical pur- poses. 372 QUARLES (Feancis). Job Militant, with Meditations, Divine and Moral. 4to. 1624. Sa. A Poem in Quarles' usual inflated, but withal instructive manner. 373 ROBINSON (T., D. D.) A Homiletic Commentary on Job. [In progress. 1875. Being Part IV of the Preacher's Com- mentary. Is.] Lond., Dickinson. This we hope will be of use to preachers, but we have hardly enough before us to judge of it. 374 SCOTT (Thomas). The Book of Job in English Verse, with Remarks. 4to. Lond., 1771. Reprinted, 8vo., 1733. S. 3s. 8d. Here we have Job in rhyme — ■' There lived an Arab of distingnish'd &me, In Idumeau 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 Dryden, and Thomas Scott was neither : be 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. 375 SENAULT (J. F.) A Paraphrase. 4to. Lond., 1648. 3s. 6d. Seuanlt 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. 376 SMITH (Elizabeth). The Book of Job translated from the Hebrew, with Annotations. 8vo. Lond., 1810. Is. 6d. " A good English version of Job, produced chiefly by the aid of Park- hurst's Lexicon." — Orme. 377 STATHER (Lieut-Col., W. C.) The Book of Job, in Eng- lish Verse ; with Notes. 12mo. Lond., E. Marlborough & Co. 1859. S. Is. ■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. Cer- tainly this is not one. The author's notes deserve consideration. 378 STOCK (Joseph, D. D. Bishop of Killalla). The Book of Job, Metrically arranged, and newly translated with Notes. 4to. 1805. 4s. 123 PSALMS. The work of six weeks ! "Well may Magee say that it is Ml of " pra- cipitauces, mistakes, and mutilations." This was a bishop and a Doi^or of Divinity ! It takes a great man to perpetrate a very great folly. A metrical translation of Job with Notes in six weeks 1 In that time stocks bloom to perfection. Perhaps that feet operated on our author. Let this blundering haste serve as a warning to young divines. 379 UMBREIT (Fribdrich, W. K. Prof, of Theol. in Heidel- berg. 1795—1860). A New Version of the Book of Job; with Notes. Translated by the Rev. John Hamilton Gray, M. A. Two vols., 12mo. 8s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. Useful philologically ; but Barnes would supply fer more in that direc- tion, and spiritual exposition besides. 380 VAN HAGEN (Mrs. Henry). Evenings in the Land of Uz ; a Comment on Job. Second Edition. 12mo. 1843. Is. 6d; Isaac Taylor commends this volume as one which " disclaiming all pur- pose of critical exposition, aims only under the guidance of Christian feel- ing 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. 381 WAGNER (George). Sermons on the Book of Job. Cr. 8vo. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1863. S. 3s. Wagner's sermons are simple and plain, devout and instructive. We have here nothing very iresh, but everything is sound and goo4. 382 WEMYSS (Thomas). Job and his Times. New Version, with Notes. 8vo. Lond., 1839. 2s. 6s. 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 ft'agmcnts 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, etc." It lacks lucid arrangement, and furnishes comparatively little illustration of the difficulties of the text. PSALMS. 383 ABBOT (George). Brief Notes. Being a pithie and clear opening of the Scope and Meaning of the Text, to the ca- pacitie of the Weakest. 4to. Lond., 1651. 5s. 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. PSALMS. 123 384 ALEXANDER (Joseph Addison, D. D., Professor of Theology, Princeton, U. S.) The Psalms Translated and Explained. 8vo. 8s. 6d. Edinb., Andrew Elliot. 18G4. S. 5s. 6d. Occupies a first place among expositions. It is a clear and judicious explanation of the text, and cannot be dispensed with. 385 ALEXANDER (William Henkt). The Book of Praises. The Psalms, with Notes. Small 8vo. Lond., Jackson, Walford & Hodder. 1867. S. 2s. 6d. The Notes are mostly from other authors, and are selected with discre- tion. 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 wisdom of the pubhcation. 386 AUGUSTINE. Expositions. Translated, with Notes. Six vols., 8vo. Oxf., 1847. [In The Library of the Fathers, published by Messrs. J. Parker & Co., Oxf. and Lond.j £3 1,5s., or to subscribers £3 16s. 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 the- ological library is complete without this work, for there are grand thoughts in it like huge nuggets of Australian gold. 387 BAKER (Richard, D. D.) The Psalms Evangelized. 8vo. 1811. 2s. 6d. Very pious ; but if the work should ever disappear from literature its absence will not leave a very great gap. Bishop Home and Dr. Hawker between them more than cover the space. 388 BARNES (Albert). Notes. Three vols., post 8vo. 13s. 6d. Lond., Edlnb., 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 com- mentary extant. 389 BELLARMINE (Robert. Cardinal. 1542—1621.) A Com- mentary. Translated from the Latin by the Ven. John O'Sullivan, D. D. Small 4to. Lond., James Duffy. 1866. S.4s. Popish, but marvellously good for a Cardinal. He is frequently as evangelical as a Keformer. He follows the Vulgate text in this comment. 124 PSALMS. 390 BELLET (J. Q.) Short Meditations on the Psalms, chiefly in their Prophetic character. 3s. Lond., W. H. Broom. 1871. Mere fragments, in a style which we do not admire, which aeema to he peculiar to certain brethren. Only the initiated can understand what such writers mean. '391 BINNIB (William, D. D.) The Psalms: Their History, Teachings, and Use. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., 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 reviews with great skiU 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 un- like any other, and supplies a gi'eat desideratum. 392 BONAR (Andrew A.) Christ and his Church in the Book of Psalms. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. Load., Nisbet. 1859. Of the highest order of merit. The author does not strain the text, but gives ^its real meaning. His re- marks are always weighty, spiritual, and suggestive ; we only wish there were more of them. He has cultivated brevity. 393 BOUCHIER (Barton, A. M.) Manna in the Heart ; or. Daily Comments on the Psalms, for the Use of Families. Two vols., Sm. 8vo. Lond., J. P. Shaw. 1856. S. 5s. Among the best books ever written for &mily reading. Evangelical, devotional, and ezpositoiy. Preachers will find good thought here. 394 BURTON (John). The Book of Psalms in English Verse. Cr. 8vo. 6s. Lond., John Shaw & Co. 1871. The Psalms rhymed in a New Testament spirit : they are better in prose. 395 BUSH (G.) A Commentary on the Book of Psalms. With a new literal version. 8vo. New York, 1838. Does not appear to have been reprinted in England. PSALMS. 125 396 BYTHNER (VictOK. Died IBTO.) 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. 7s. 6d. We agree with the statement found in the Preface of this work: "Nearly two centuries have passed away, since Bythner, uncertain of its reception, first committed his Ljrra 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 1867 ; of these, 1184 occur in the Psalms ; it follows then, that a thorough knowledge of the Psalms very nearly amounts to a thorough knowledge 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 will scarcely need us to add that Bythner's work is only useful to those who study the Hebrew. 39r CALVIN (JoHS). The Psalms of David and others, with Commentaries. Translated by Arthur Golding. Two vols., 4to. Lond., 1.571. 398 - A Commentary on the Psalms. Translated. Three vols., 8vo. Oxford, 1840. S. 7s. Calvin is. a tree whose " leaf also shall not wither ; " whatever he has written lives on, and is never out of - date, because he expounded the word without bias or partiality. 399 CARTER (Chaklbs. Missionary to Ceylon). The Psalms newly translated from the Hebrew. 13 mo. 2s 6d' 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. 126 PSALMS, 400 CATLEY(C.B., B.A.) The Psalms in Metre. [With Notes.] 12ino. 6s. Loud., LoDgmans. 1860. We do not think mach of the metrical rendering, which often jar» on the ear. There are a tew good notes at the end. 401 CHAMPNEY (H. N., Esq.) A Textual Commentary on the Psalms. Sq. 16mo. 3s. Lond., S. Bagster & Sons. 1853. S. Is. Merely a collection of parallel texts. Uake one for yonrself. 402 CHANDLER (Samotl, D. D.) See No. 384. 403 CLAY (WiLLrAM Keatinge, B. D.) Expository Notes on the Prayer Book Version of the Psalms. Sm. Svo. Lond., John W. Parker. 1839. S. 3s. 6d. Commendable in its way, but not important. Most Of its matter is to be found elsewhere. 404 COLEMAN (John Noble, M. A.) Psalterium Messianicum Dayidis Regis et Prophetse. A Revision of the Authorized Version, with Notes, original and selected ; vindicating the prophetic manifestations of Messiah in the Psalms, etc. Imp. 8vo. 12s. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1865, S. 5s. TJsefal 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. * 405 CONANT (Thomas J.) The Psalms. The Common Version, revised for the American Bible Union. 4to. 1871. Lond., Trubner & Co. S; 4s. A trustworthy translation with a few notes. 406 CONGLETON (Lord). The Psalms. A New Version, with Notes. Thick 13mo. Lond., James E. Hawkins. 1875. The translation is mainly that of Rogers (No. 465), and the Notes refer the Psalms to historic and prophetic subjects. We see no use whatever in this production. 407 COWLES (Henkt, D. D.) The Psalms ; with Notes. Svo. New York, 1873. Worth about 5s. 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. PSALMS. 137 408 CRESSWELL (Daniel, D. D., P. R. S.) Psalma of David, according to the Book of Common Prayer ; with Notes. Sm. 8vo. Lond., Rivingtons. 1843. S. 2s. The explanatory notes are neither prolix nor commonplace, hnt show maSh clear insight. They are deservedly held in esteem. 409 CRITICAL TRANSLATION (A) of the Psalms, in Metre. Cr. 8vo. 53. 6d. Lond., S. Bagster & Sons. The author has labored hard to arrive at the correct meaning of the Hebrew, and to versify it. The work is very carefully done, but few preachers can atford to spend their money on a book of this kind. 410 DALLAS (A. E. C, M. A.) The Book of Psalms arranged in Daily Portions for Devotional Seading. Cr. 8vo. 3s. fid. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1860. S. Is. 6d. A new arrangement : the old one is good enough for us. 411 DARBY (J. N.i Practical reflections. Cr. 8vo. Lond., R. A. Allen. 1870. Too mystical for ordinary minds. If the author would writ« in plain English his readers would "probably discover that there is nothing very valuable in his remarks. 413 DE BURGH (William, A.M.) Commentary ; Critical, Devo- tional, and Prophetical. Two vols., 8vo. 28s. Dublin, Hodges, Smith & Co. 1860. S. 12s. 6d. A second-advent interpreter ; and one of the best of his class. Highly esteemed by those who are enthusiastic upon prophetical subjects. 413 DELITZSCH (Franz). Commentary on the Psalms. Three vols., 10s. 6d. each. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1871. S. 5a. each. Thoroughly learned, but wants unction. Not adapted for common readers, but scholars will prize it greatly. The Princeton Eeview says of it : " We commend this commentary as a valuable aid to preachers and exegetes in elucidating the Psalms." 414 DICKSON (David'. Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinb. 1583—1663). A brief explanation of the Psalms. Three vols., 8vo. Lond., 1655. Reprinted in two vols., 13mo. Glasgow, 1834. 3s. to 6s. A rich volume, dropping fatness. Invaluable to the preacher. Having read and re-read it, we can speak of its holy savor and suggestiveness. We commend it with much fervor. 128 PSALMS. 415 DIMOCK (H.) Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Book of Psalms, etc. 4to. 1791. 38. The notes mainly concern the various readings, and exhibit consider- able learning ; but we do not think much of a homiletical kind can be got out of them. 416 ■DUNWELL(F. H.,B. A.) Parochial Lectures on the Psalms, from the Fathers of the Primitive Churcli. 8vo. Lond., J. H. Parker. 1855. 3s. 6q. This author spiritualizes far too much. His metaphors are overdone. 417 EDWARDS (Joseph, M. A.) Devotional Exposition. 8vo. Lond., 1850. Is. 6d. A paraphrase of no great value. Even Masters of Arts may taH. 418 EDWARDS (T.) New Translation, vyith Notes, etc. 8vo. Lond., 1755. The -imter was an able man, but his book is of smaU worth. 419 E WART (J., A M.) Lectures on the Psalms. Three vols., 8vo. Lond., 1836. 5s. 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 g^ven at the public reading of the Scriptures, and although destitute of spirituality and Gospel clearness, they are not without a measure of origi- nality. 420 EXTON (Richard BbudbnbilIi). Sixty Lectures on the Psalms, as appointed to be read in the Services of the Church of England. 8vo. Lond., 1847. 38. Very poor and prosy. We pity the hearer who sat out these sixty lectures. 431 FENTON (Thomas, M. A.) Annotations on Job and Psalms, from several Commentators. 8vo. Lond., 1733. 3s. The Annotations are choice, but will be found in easily a'coessible works. 433 FENWICK (George, B. D.) Thoughts on the Hebrew- Titles of the Psalms, etc. 8vo. Lond., 1749. 6s. 433 The Psalter in its original form. . . with Arguments and Notes. [Anon.] 8vo. Lond., 1789. 3s. These two works are praiseworthy in design, but they are too fanci- ful. 424 FORBES (Gbantille). The Voice of God in the Psalms. Cr. 8vo. 6s. 6d. Lond., Macmillan. S. 3s. 6d. Sermons by a Northamptonshire Eeotor of the Broad School. They do not strike us as being anything very wonderful j certainly " The Voice of God" is not remarkably audible in them. PSALMS. 139 425 " FOUR FRIENDS." The Psalms of David Chronologically arranged, with Notes. By Four Friends. Cr. 8vo. 8s. 6d. Lend., Macmillan. 1867. Here the Paalms are thrust out of then' usual order, and treated after the manner of the Broad School of thought. We do not attach any great yalne to this production. With some persons perversity passes for pro- fundity, and if a man differs from everybody 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 the- ology, nor their philology. 436 FRENCH (Wiluam, D. D.) and SKINNER (George, M. A.) Translation, with Notes. 8vo. Lond., Parker. 1842. 2s. 6d. A version held in high esteem. Notes very short. 437 FRY (John, B. A.) A Translation and Exposition of the Psalms ; on the principles adopted la the posthumous work of Bishop Horsley ; viz., that those sacred oracles have for the most part an immediate reference to Christ and to Ills first and second advents. 8vo. Lond., Hamil- ton, Adams & Co. 1842. 5s. Fry follows Bishop Horsley and looks much to the second advent. Tlie work is not fair either as a translation, or as an exposition. It is useful in its own direction, as showing how a peculiar tlieory has been supported by an able man ; but it must not be implicitly relied upon. 438 FYSH (Frederic, M. A.) A Lyrical, Literal Version [with Notes.] Two vols., 12mo. Lond., Seeleys. 185i; 3s. 6d. A valuable literal version. Notes scant, but scholarly. 429 GEDDES (Alexander, LL. D. A Roman Catholic Divine. 1737 — 1802). New Translation, with Various Readings and Notes. 8vo. Lond., 1807. 3s. This is said to be " a careful rendering, aiming at the primary meaning of the psalmists." Dr. Henderson speaks of Geddes as flagrantly disfigur- ing his Biblical labors with profanity. He was a singular mixture of Somanist and free-thinker. 430 GOOD (John Mason, M. D., F. R. S.) Historical Outline of the Book of Psalms. Edited by the Rev. John Mason Neale, B. A. Lond., W. H. Dalton. 1843. 3s. This is not a commentary, but may be regarded as an introduction to the work next mentioned, by the same author. Historical light is frequently the very best which can be cast upon a passage, and Dr. Good 6* 130 PSALMS. 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. 431 GOOD (J. M.) The Book of Psalms ; a New Translation, with Notes. Edited by the Eev. E. Henderson, P. D. 8vo. Lond.-, Seeleys. 1854. 4s. Dr. Good was a medical gentleman with a large prac- tice, 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 altogether superseded. It is of a high class, from a literary point of view, but must not be blindly followed. 432 GKEEN (William^ M. A.) A Translation, with Notes. 8vo. 1763. 33. A translation with meagre notes. 433 HAMMOND (Henrt, D. D. 1605—1660). Paraphrase and Annotations. Folio. 1659. 7b. 6d. Two vols. 8vo. Oxford, 1850. S. 6s. Much esteemed, and deservedly so. Hammond's weighty tome is some- what dry, and many of bis 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. 434 HAPSTONE (Dalman, M. A.) The Psalms in appropri- ate Metres ; a strictly literal Translation, with Notes. 8to. 7s. 6d. Edinb., Oliphant. 1867. We prefer our own version, and do not tliink many of Mr. Hapstone's stanzas successful as attempts at poetry. 435 HEXGSTENBERG (E. W., D. D.) Commentary. Three vols., 8vo. £1 13s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1845^. S. 15s. A masterly work ; but about as dry as Gideon's unwetted fleece. 436 HILLEB (0. Prescott. Minister of the New Jerusalem Church, Cross Street, London.) Notes on the Psalms [I. — LXXVII.] Explanatory of their Spiritual Sense. 8vo. Lond., James Spiers. 1869. S. 4s. Swedenborglan, and frequently absurd. The author confounds rather than expounds. PSALMS. 131 437 HORNE (Gbokge, D. D. Bishop of Norwicli. 1730—1792.) Commentary. [Numerous editions : among others a Glas- gow edition, three vols., 12mo., with Introductory Essay by. Ed ward Irving, M. A., whicli is one of Irving's best efforts. Tegg's edition. One vol., 9vo. 6s.] S. 33. It has been said that this author had no qualification ior a commentator except piety. This is not true, for he had natural poetry in his soul ; and even if it were true, his work would go far to show how abundantly piety compensates for other deficiencies. He is among the best of our English writers on tliis part of Scripture, and certainly one of the most popular. 438 HORSLEY (Samuel. Bishop of Norwich). The Book of Psalms. With Notes Explanatory and Critical. 8vo. Lend., 1833. 4s. Vigoroas writing, with a propensity to indulge in new readings, and a persistent twist in one direction. The notes show the hand of a mas- ter, 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. 439 JEBB (John). Literal Translation ; with Dissertations on the word Selah, and on the Authorship, Order, Titles, and Poetry of the Psalms. Two vols., 8vo. Lond , Long- mans. 1846. 4s. 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. 440 JENNINGS (A. C, B. A.) and LOWE (W. H., M. A.) The Psalms, with Introductions and Critical Notes. Books III. and IV. [Psalms LXXIIl. to CVI.] Cr. 8vo. 63. 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. 441 JONES (Joseph, M. A.) The Psalms ; with Reflections. 12mo. Lond., 1846. Is. to 3b. Pious, but poor. 132 PSALMS. 443 KAT (William, D. D.) The Psalms translated from the Hebrew. With Notes, chiefly Exegetical. 8vo. 13s. 6d. Loud., Rivingtons. 1871. A refreshing book ; the notes being out of the ordi- nary ran, and casting much light on many passages. To thoroughly appreciate this author one should be a Hebrew scholar. 443 KEBLE (Johk, M. A. Author of " The CSiristian Tear." 1793—1869). The Psalter, in English Verse. Fcap. Svo. 63. Lond., Parker & Co. 1869. A poeVs version of a grand series of poems. 444 LANQE'S COMMENTARY. Edited by Dr. P. SchafiT. Imp. 8vo. 31s. Subscribers 15s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1873. Comparatively feeble. Not up to the usual standard of this admirable series. Still, it is among the best of modern oommentaries. 445 LINTON (Henry, M. A.) The Psalms of David and Solo- mon explained. F'cap., Svo. 3s. Lond.,Bagsters. 1871. A small afEiur in all ways. 446 LITTHER (Martin). A Manual of the Book of Psalms ; or the subject-contents of all the Psalms. Translated by Rev. Henry Cole. Svo. Lond., 1833. [Also a volume of " The Christian's Family Library." 13mo. Lond., See- leys.] 2s. Fragmentary, a mere table of contents, but truly Lutheran. 447 MANT (Richard, D. D. Bishop of Down. 1776—1849). The Book of Psalms in an English Metrical Version, with Notes. Svo. Oxf., 1824. 3s. A bold version, with important notes. In this in- stance we confess 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. 448 MARSH (Edward Garrard, M. A.) The Book of Psalms translated into English verse, with Notes. Svo. Lond., 1833. 3s. 6d. Contains nothing of any cousequence to an expositor, though the verse is considerably above the average of such productions. PSALMS. 133 449 MERRICK (Jambs, M. A. 1720— 1709). The Psalms Para- phrased in English verse. 12mo. Reading, 1766. Is. 6d. Annotations on the Psalms. 4to. Reading, 1778. Ss. These two trorks 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 hy Arohhishop Seeker, and that Lowth also aided in the exposition ; bat the oomHned result is of no great value to the preacher. 450 MORISON (John, D. D.) Exposition of the Book of Psalms, explanatory, critical, and devotional. Two vols., 8vo. 1839. Three vols., 8vo. 1832. Ss. to 10s. The first volume is the best. There is nothing very original, but it is an instructive exposition, and ought to be better known. 451 MUDGE (Zachaky. Prebendary of Exeter. Died 1760). An Essay towards a New English Version. 4to. Lond., 1744. 3a. Elegant in taste rather than sound in scholarship. Mudge was highly esteemed hy Dr. Johnson, and he was no doubt a very worthy man ; but his exposition can be dispensed with. 452 MURPHY (James G., LL. D.) A Critical and Exegetical Comment. Svo, 153. 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 (135) and Exodus (177.) 453 NEALE (John Mason, D, D.) and (LITTLEDALE, R. F., LL. D.) A Commentary, from Primitive and Mediaeval Writers. Four vols., post Svo. 10s. 6d. each. Lond., Masters & Co. 1860-74, Unique, and to very high churchmen most precious. We admire the learning and research; but the conceits, the twistings, and allegorical interpretations surpass conception. As a collection of medisval mysticisms it is unrivalled. 134 PSALMS. 454 NICHOLSON (Wilmam. Bishop of Gloucester. Died 1671). David's Harp Strung and Tuned ; or An Easie Analy- sis of the Whole Book of Psalms. Folio. Lond., 1663. 31s. " Wholly practical and explanatory. In his explications the author Bteera between the two extremes of literal and spiritual interpretation. Dr. Adam Clark has inserted Bishop Nicholson's Analysis in his commentary on the Fsalms, 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. 455 NaYES (G. R., D. D.) A New Translation, with Notes. 12iuo. Boston, U. S., 1831 and 1846. 2s. 6d. to 4s. Dr. Noyes was the Hebrew Professor in Harvard University, ffis In- troduction is full of information ; the new translation is useful, and the notes are brief and pertinent. 456 OXEN DEN (ASHTON, D. D. Bishop of Montreal). A Sim- ple Exposition. Two vols., Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. each. Lond., Hatcliards. For reading at family prayers. Alas, poor families ! Ye have need of patience. 457 PEROWNE (J. J. Stewakt, B. D., Canon Res. of IJan- daff). The Book of Psalms ; a New Translation, with Introductions and Notes. 8vo. Vol. I. ISs. Vol. II. 16a. [Abridged edition for Schools and Private Students. Cr. 8vo. 10s. 6d.] Lond., George Bell & Sons. 1864-68. A masterpiece of extraordinai-y learning and critical skill, although not altogether what we would desire. The " Saturday Review " said : — " Mr. Perowne is proba- bly as capable as any one in England of doing all that Hebrew scholarship can do. towards a better knowledge of the Psalms. The learning which he has brought together gives a value of its own to his book, and makes it an important contribution to a department of Biblical scholarship in which we are at present rather poorly furnished." 458 PIERCE (Sam OEi, Eylks). The Book of Psalms. Two vols., 8vo. 1817. Very scarce. 343. This author is held in high esteem for the " sound and savory " char- acter 0^ his works. On the Psalms ho writes to comfort and edification. The works is regarded as superexcellent by our extra-calvinistic friends, but we do not think it quite worth the fancy price which ia now asked. PSALMS. 135 459 PHILLIPS (Gboroe, B. D.) The Psalms in Hebrew ; with Commentary. Two vols., 8vo. 31s. Lond., J. W. Par- ker, and Williams & Norgatei. 1846. S. 7s. This commentary will bo vnlued by Hebrew scholars ; but it is beyond the general attainments of those for whom this Index is compiled. 460 PLAIN COMMENTARY (A) on the Book of Psalms (P. B. Version), chiefly grounded on the Fathers. Two vols., F'cap 8vo. 10s. 6d. Oxf. & Lond. Parker. 1859. S. 4s. 6d. Of the high Church school, and rather strained in places, but abounding in sweet spiritual thoughts. We have read it with pleasure and profit, though with some caution. 461 PLUMER (Wn.LiAM S., D. D., LL. D.) Studies in the Book of Psalms. Imp.Svo. 28s. Edinb., A. & C. Black. 1867. S. 18s. A hnge volume, compiled from such works as were accessible to the author in the TJuited States. Full of instructive comment, but not very original, or remarkably learned. 463 PBACTICAL ILLUSTRATION (A) of the Book of Psalms; by the Author of the Family Commentary on the New Testament. [? Mrs. Thomson.] Two vols. Svo. York, 1826. 23. to 3s. For families. Consisting of remiirks which would occur to any moth- erly person. 463 PRIDHAM (Arthur). Notes and Reflections on the Book of Psalms. Cr. Svo. Ss. 6d. Lond., James Nisbet & (b. 1869. S. 43. Spiritual reflections of an excellent kind, but not very striking. 464 REMARKS upon the Psalms as Prophetic of the Messiah. Svo. Lond., 1843. 2s. Mere outlines : of no consequence. 465 ROGERS (J., M. A.) The Book of Psalms in Hebrew, met- rically arranged ; with Selections from the various Headings of Kennicott and De Rossi, and from the Ancient Versions. Two vols., 12mo. Oxf., 1833. 2s. 6d. to 4s. For the Hebrew scholar only. 466 ROSENMULLER (Ernest, F. C. 1768—1835). Annota- tions on the Messianic Psalms. Translated. 12mo. 7s. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1841. It may be altogether our own fault, but we cannot make any use of this 136 PSALMS. volume. No donbt these scholastic notes have a valae ; hnt commentaries upon inspired Scripture written in the same style as one might write apon 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. 467 RTLAND (R. H.., M. A.) The Psalms restored, to Messiah. Sm. 8vo. 6s. Lond., Nisbet. 1853. S. 2s. 6d. Written with an admirable design. Good, but not very able. The subject still demands the pen of a master. ~~ 468 SHERIFPE (Mrs.) Practical Reflections. Two vols., 12mo. Lond., 1820. 2s. We hope they benefited the printer ; they will not help the reader much. 469 SPtJRGEON (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. PsB. XXVII.— LII. ; Vol. III. Pss. LIII.— LXXVIIL ; Vol. IV. Pss. LXXIX.— cm. 8s. each. Lond., Passmore & Alabaster. 1870, etc. To be completed in six volumes, if God permit. Keviewers 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. 470 STREET (Stephen. M. A.) A New Literal Version ; with a Preface and Notes. Two vols., 8vo. Lond., 1790. 3i. 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 super- seded by later works. 471 THOLTJCK (AtrousTUS P., D. D., Ph. D.) A Translation and Commentary. Translated from the German by J. Isidor Mombert. 8vo. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1856. S. 5s. 6d. Tholuck is one of the most spiritual of German interpreters. Though we cannot say that this is equal to some others of liis works, yet he is a great writer, and always deserves attention. 472 THRUPP (Joseph Francis, M. A.) An Introduction to the Study and Use of the Psalms. Two vols., 8vo. 21s. Lond. and Camb., Macmillan & Co. 1860. S. 13s. Though not the best, it is still a learned and helpful work of its class. PSALMS. 137 473 TUCKER (William Hill, M. A.) The Psalms [P. B. Ver- sion], with Notes, showing their Prophetic and Christian Character. Post 8vo. 6s. Lond., 1840. S. 2s. 6d. The writer refers all the Psalms to Christ, and writes many weighty things, but we cannot place him in the front rank among expositors. 474 WAKE (W. B.) A Literal Version of the Psalms into Mod- em Language, according to the Liturgy translation. Two vols., Cr. 8vo. Bath. 1793. 3a. Think of a translation. The author was Wake, but not awake, or ha would never have wasted so much good paper. 475 WALFORD (William. Late Classical and Hebrew Tutor at Homerton). A New Translation, with Notes, Explana- tory and Critical. 8vo. Lond., 1837. 2s. 3d. to 3s. Contains some useful notes, good, but not specially remarkable. 476 WEISS (Bbnj. Missionary to the Jews, A.Igiers). A New Translation, Exposition, and Chronological Arrangement of the Book of Psalms, with Critical Notes. 8vo. Edinb., W. Oliphant & Co. 1852. S. 2s. 6d. 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. 477 WILCOCKS (Thomas, A. M. Puritan. 1549—1608). A very godly and learned exposition upon the whole Book of Psalms. [Works. Folio.] See No. 337. Short spiritual remarks, followed by many doctrinal inferences, calcu- lated to suggest topics to preachers. 478 WILSON (W., D. D.) The Psalms ; with an Exposition, Typical and Prophetical, of the Christian Dispensation. Two vols. 8vo. 16a. Lond., Nisbet. 1860. S. 5s. 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. 479 WOODFORD (Samdel). A Paraphrase. 4to. Lond., 1667. 3b.. Poor rhymes ; though the prefkce 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 wonld seem from this that the poem scrambles on all-fours, and we think it does. 138 PSALMS. 480 WRIGHT (Abraham). A Practical Commentary, wherein the Text of every Psalme is Practically espoanded, ac- cording to tlie Doctrine of the Catholick Churcli, in a way not usually trod by Commentators ; and wholly applyed to the Life and Salvation of Christians. Very thin folio. 1(501. Wrigiit selects the more remarkable verses, and comments upon them in a deeply spiritual, quaint, nnd suggestive manner. His work is ex- tremely rare. 481 ZILLWOOD (J. 0.) The Psalms, arranged in Parallelisms, with Notes, chiefly from Bishops Home and Horsley. Two vols., 8vo. Lond., 1855. 3s. The student had hetter get Home and Horsley for himself, and he vriU have no need of this. CONSIDERABLE POKTIONS OP THE PSALMS. 483 BAKER (Sm Richasd. 1568—1645). Meditations and Disquisitions on the First, ^nd Seven Penitential Psalms, viz. the 6, 32,38,51, 103, 130, & 143. 4to. Lond., 1640. 5s. Meditations and Disquisitions on the Seven Consolitarie Psalms, viz., the 23, 27, 30, 34, 84, 103, and 116. 4to. Lond., 1640. 5s. rare Sir Richard Baker ! Knight of the flowing pen. His "Meditations and Disquisitions" are alto- gether marrow and fatness. We have often tried to qnote from him and have found ourselves 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 Christians alive in those days ? 483 BARKER (Frederick, M. A.) Thirty-six Psalms ; with Commentary and Prayer, for use in families. Cr. 8vo. Jackson, 1854. Is. 6d. 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. 130 484 BERTRAM (R. A.) The Imprecatory Psalms. Six Lectures. ]2mo. Lond., Elliot Stock. 1867. S. Is. 6d. Contains some very sensible remarks upon a subject which no doubt bewilders certain of the weaker sort, 483 BOWMAN (Hkttt). Studies in the Psalms. 13mo. Lond., 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 tbera. 486 BOYS (John, D. D. Dean of Canterbury. 1571—1635). Workes. Folio, 1629. An Exposition of the Proper Psalms used in our English Liturgy. (See under New Testament.) 12s. One of the richest of writers. From his golden pen flows condensed wisdom. Many of his sentences are worthy to be quoted as gems of the Christian classics. 487 COPE (Srn Anthony. Chamberlain to Queen Catherine Parr). Meditations oirTwenty Select Psalms. Reprinted from the edition of 1547. Small square 8vo. Lond., John Ollivier. 1848. 2s 6d. More carious than valuable. The style is scholastic and pointless. 488 DIDHAM (R. Cbnningham, M. A.) I.— XXXVI.— New- Translation : made by means of Arabic Lexicons, Syriac New Testament Words, the Ancient Versions, Bishop Lowtli's Parallelisms, and Parallel Places, whereby the Scriptural Messianic Canon that our Lord Christ is the Key to the Psalm is upheld, etc. 8vo. 15s. Lond., Williams & Norgate. 1870. S. Is. 9d. Principally consists of denunciations of other writera. As the price has descended from ISs. to Is. 9d. for new copies, the verdict of the public is pretty definite. 489 LUTHER (M.^-RTIn). A Commentary on Psalma 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. Trans- lated by Rev. H. Cole. [Four vols. 8vo. Lond., 1824. 183.] A Commentary on the Psalms, commonly called the Psalms of Degrees [CXX.—CXXXIV]. 8vo. Lewes, 1823. Also a black letter 4to., 1577, and other editions of this work. Luther needs no trumpeter. 140 THE PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 490 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 tlie Established Church. 8vo. Lond., Longmans. 1846. 3s. We have seldom obtained much from these sermons. A far better selection might have been made ; at the same time, some of the discouraes are admirable. 491 BOLLOCK (Robert. 1555—1598). An Exposition upon some select Psalms. 13mo. 1600. bollock's vorks are rare. He wrote in Latin, and his language is made more dull than need be by the translator. All his writings are masterly. 493 STRIGELLIUS (Victorinus. 1534—1569). Part of the Harmony of King David's Harp. Translated by B. Bobin- Gon. [In four parts.] 4to. 1583 to 1596. Tills volume the expositor is not at all likely to see, and there is there- fore, the less need tor us to speak of it. Strigellius was the friend of Luther and Melancthon, and a man of sound sense and vast learning. 493 WILUAiaS (Isaac, B. D.) The Psalms interpreted of Christ. [Vol. I., Psalms L^XXVL] Thick 13mo. Lond., Rivingtons. 1864. S. 3s. The writer is of the High Church school, hut he is Tery spiritual and deep, and we seldom turn to him with- out profit. THE PENITENTIAL PSALMS. [The Penitential Psalms are seven in number. Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 180, and 143. For 102 some substitute 25.] 494 BAKER (Sir B.) See No. 483. 495 DONNE (John. 1573—1631). Sermons on the Penitential Psalms. In Vols. II. and III. of his Works. [Six vols., 8vo., £3. 1839.] A right royal writer, whose every line is a pearl. 496 FISHER (John. 1459—1535). Fruytf ul saynges of Danid. Black Letter. 4to., 1509 ; 8vo., 1555. Reprinted in 13mo., 1714. 5s. Piy and tedious : in the stiff antique stylo. SEPAKATE PSALMS. 141 497 HATWARD (Sir John, LL. D. Died 1627). David's Tears. [On VI., XXXII., CXXX. only.] 4to., 1623 ; 12mo., 1649. 3s. to 5s. After the Puritanic metliod : full of point and pith. 498 OXEN DEN (Charles). Sermons on tlie Seven Penitential Psalms, preached during Lent. 13mo. 1838. Is. 6d. To listen to these sermons must have afforded a suitable Lenten pen- ance to those who went to church to hear them. There their use began and ended. 499 SYMSON (Archibald). A Sacred Septenarie ; or a Godly and Fruitf ull Exposition on the Seven Psalmes of Bepent- ance. 4to. 1638. 5s. to 7s. A marrowy author, full of instruction. SEPAEATE PSALMS. [The following worts are arranged according to the order of the Psalms, to assist reference. We have not attempted to include all writers in this list.] 500 Psalm I.— SMITH-(Samuel. 1584—1665). David's Blessed Man. Ninth edition, 18mo. 1685. Is. 6d. to 3s. Re- printed in Nichol's Commentaries, vfith Pierson (No. 528) ; and Gouge (No. 561). Very popular in its day, and worthily so. 501 I.— STONH AM (Matthew). A Treatise on the First Psalme. 4to. laiO. Somewhat dry, scholastic and out of date ; bnt still an interesting and instructive piece of old divinity. 503 II., XLV., ex.— HARPUR (George, B. A.) Christ in the Psalms. A Series of Discourses. Cr. 8vo. 6s. Lond., Wertheim & Co.. 1863. S. 3s. Discourses of a high order as to ability, but the historico-prophetdc interpretations here given do not commend themselves to us. 503 II.— PITCAIRN (David). Zion's King. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., J. H. Jackson. 1851. S. 3s. 6d. This author does not err on the side of conciseness. His book is a meritorious effort, but we have found it somewhat heavy reading. 143 SEPARATE PSALMS. 504 IV., XLII., LI., LXIII.— HORTON (Thomas, D. D. Died 1673). CUioce and Practical Expositions. Folio. 1675. 5s. to 7s. A marvellous homiletical exposition. Horton's dis- courses are very full of divisions, but then he always has plenty of solid matter to divide. Ministers will find teeming suggestions here. 505 XV.— CARTWRIGHT (Christopheu). Commentary. 4to. 1658. 7s. 6d. A learned and weighty work ; not readily met with. 506 XV.— DOWNAME (Gbosqe, D. D.) Lectures. 4to. 1604. 6s. 6d. Lectures by one of the race of giant divines. 507 XV.— TUENBULL (Richakd). Four Sermons on Psalm XV. 4to. 1606. Forming last part of volume on James and Jude. 9s. to 14s. By a popular and ediljring preacher of theolden times. 508 XVI.— DALE (Thomas, M. A. Canon of St. Paul's). The Golden Psalm. 12mo. 1847. S. 2s. to 3s. Oood, simple discourses ; the headings might suggest a couree of ser- 509 XVI.— FRAME (James). Christ in Gethsemane. Cr. 8vo. 1858. S. 2s. A sterling, well-intentioned and well-ezecnted comment. The text has to be a little twisted to suit the theoiy of the interpreter, hut we do not suppose that Mr. Frame ia conscious of it. He is one of the best of mod- em discoursers upon the Psalms. 510 XVIII.— BROWN (John, D.D.) The Sufferings and Glories of the Messiah. 8vo. Edinb., 1853. Like all Dr. Brown's productions, this is a work of the highest order. Clear, full, and, in the best manner, exegetical. 511 XIX.— REEVE (J. W.) Lectures on the Nineteenth Psalm. Cr. 8vo. 5s. 1863. S. 2b. 3d. By one of the ablest preachers among the Evangeli- cal Episcopalians. Scriptural, thouglitful, and original SEPAEATE PSALMS. 143 513 XIX.— RICHARDSON (J. Wilberpobcb). Illustrations of the Nineteenth Psalm. . Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Lond., John Snow & Co. 1870. S. 38. Sound in doctrine, but verbose and oommon-place. 513 XX., verses 1— 6.— BOWND (Nicholas, D. D.) Medicines for the Plague [Twenty-one Sermons]. 4to. 1604. 5s. 6d. Sacy, quaint, extremely rare. 514 XXII.— FRAME (James). The Song of the Cross. Cr. Svo. 5s. Lond., S. W. Partridge & Co. 1872. S. 3s. 6d. This is valuable, as Mr. Frame's books generally are. 515 XXII.— STEVENSON (John, D. D., Hon. Canon of Canter- bury.) Christ on the Cross : An Exposition of the Twenty- second Psalm. Post 8vo. 5s. Lond., Bagsters. S. Is. 6d. The best of Dr. Stevenson's books. Exceedingly precious in its un- veiling of the Eedeemer's sorrows. Wo have derived personal spiritual benefit from the perusal of this gracious cxpositiou, and are unable to judge it critically. 516 XXIII.— STEVENSON (John, D. D., Hon. Canon of Canter- bury). The Lord our Shepherd : An Exposition of the Twenty-third Psalm. Post 8vo. 3s. 6d. Lond., Bagsters. Too wire-drawn, but it is golden wire. 517 XXIII.— BAKER (Sir R.) See No. 482. 518 XXIII.— DALE (Thomas, M. A.) The Good Shepherd and the Chosen Flock. ]2mo. 1847. S. 2s. 6d. Somewhat ordinary evangelical discourses. 519 XXIII.. LXIL, LXXIII.—LXXVII.— HOOPER (John, Bishop and Martyr). Certain Comfortable Expositions. [In Parker Society's edition of Hooper's Works.] The cramped style and antiquated malter repel the reader. 530 XXIII.— MILLER (Andbew). Meditations on Twenty-third and Eighty-fourth Psalms. 12mo. Lond., G. Morrish. Discursive, but devout ; more useful to the heart than the head^ 531 XXIII.— PATON (James, B. A.) The Children's Psalm: Twelve Meditations and Twelve Spiritual Songs. 13mo. Lond., Passmore & Alabaster. 1870. S. Is. 6d. 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 childi'en of God of an older growth. 523 XXIII.— SEDGWICK (Obadiah, B. D.) The Shepherd of Israel. 4to. 1658. 7s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. Sedgwick was one of the most eminent preachers of the time of the Commonwealth. His commenting is solid and lively. 144 "SEPABATE PSALMS. 523 XXIII.— SMITH (SAMnELl. The Chiefe Sliepheard ; or An Exposition on ye XXIII Psalme. 18mo. 1625. All the writings of Samuel Smith are good, bat not so full of memor- able sentences and pithy sayings as certain others of their date. 524 XXIII.— STOUGHTON (John, D. D.) The Song of Christ's Flock. 13mo. 5s. Lond., 1860. S. 3s. Devout practical meditations, but -we don't see bow a flock can sing, 525 XXIII.— THORNTON (J., of Billericay). The Shepherd of Israel. 13mo. 1836. We need no longer wonder how spiders make such long threads with such little material, for here is an equally amazing instance of spinning. Flentifnl quotations of Scripture, aqd venerable anecodotes are here used as BubstituteB for thought, not as aids to it. 536 XXV.— HALKET (Lady Anne. 1632—1699). Meditations. 8vo. Edinb., 1778. Is. 6d. 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. 537 XXV.— MOSSOM (Robert, Bishop of Londonderry. Died 1679). The Preacher's Tripartite, contains Divine Medi- tations upon Psalm XXV. Folio. 1657. 3s. 6d. to 5s. Thoroughly devotional, eminently consolatory, and deeply experimental. Mossom is a fruitful writer. 528 XXVII., LXXXIV., LXXX:V., LXXXVII. — PIERSON (Thomas, M. A. 1570 — 1688). Excellent Enconrage- ments against Afflictions. 4to. 1647. 5b. [Reprinted in Nichol's Commentaries, with Smith, No. 500; and Gouge, No. 561J. Pierson was not the richest or most overflowing of the old divines, but yet one who stood in the fi'ont rank. 529 XXXII.— BINGHAM (Chaklbs H., B. A.) Lectures. Post 8vo. 1836. 2s. Tame sermons. Faultlessly feeble. Good, but no good. 530 XXXIL— IiEIGHTON (Robeut, Archbishop of Glasgow. 1611—1684). In some editions of Leighton'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. SEPAEATE PSALMS. 145 531 XXXII.— TAYLOR (Thomas, D. D.) David's Learning, or Way to True Happiness. 4to. 1617. 7b. Also in his Wor^. Folio. 1660. On account of Taylor's great inowledge of the Scriptures, he was com- monly called " the illuminated Doctor." Puller oalls-him " a grave divine a paiuftil preacher, and a profitable writer." He is one of the richest in matter of all the Puritans. 532 XXXII.— REEVE (J. W., M. A.) Lectures. Cr.Svo. 3s. 6d. Lond., Nisbet. 1859. S. 3s. Orthodox, spiritual, and suggestive lectures, by an evangelical deigy- man. 533 XXXII.— WILLARD (Samuel). The Truly Blessed Man. 8vo. Boston, N. E. Bis. 6d. Rare. One of the first books printed in the United States. An old-fashioned exposition. The price la caused by its rarity rather than its value. 534 XL.— FRAME (James). Christ and his Work. Cr. 8vo. 6s. Lond., Snow & Co. 1869. S. 2s. 6d. Well done. Though differing from the author at times, wo are grate- ful for such real help. 535 XLII.— MACDUFF (J. K., D. D.) The Hart and the Water- brooks. Sm. cr. Svo. Lond., Nisbet. 1860. S. 3s. See remarks on other books by this copious writer. (Nos. 309, 816, etc.) 636 XLir., XLIII.— MARCH (H.) Sabbaths at Home. Svo. 1833. Is. 6d. Profitable reading, rendered all the more pleasing by the introduction of very choice poetry. Not important to the expositor. 537 XLII.— SIBBES (Richard, D. D.) The SouVs Conflict and Victory over itself by Faith. 12mo. 1635, etc. Is. 6d., to 3s. Works, Vol. I., Nichol's edition. Mainly upon verses 5 and 11. Sibbes never wastes the student's time ; he scatters pearls and diamonds with both hands. 538 XLV.— BENNET (Thomas). Sermons on the Forty-fifth Psalm. Sm. Svo. 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 ! 539 XLV.— PENNEFATHER (William, M. A.) The Bride- groom King. A Meditation on the Forty-fifth Psalm ISmo. Is. 6d. Lond., J. F. Shaw & Co. Bather a meditation than an exposition. A fitting book for a sick bed. The little chapters might lie, like wafers made with honey, upon the 14:6 BEPAEATE PSALMS. praiscfal tongue of the suffering believer. The beloved writer has now gone to see the King in his beauty, of whom he hod those glimpses here which enabled him to pen this tiny volume. 340 XLV.— TEOUGHTON (W.) The Mystery of the Marriage Song. 12mo. 1656. An old work with nothing new or striking in it. Bemarkably tame and meagre for a work of that exuberant period. Let it alone. 641 XLV.— PITCAIRN (David). The Anointed Saviour. 12mo. 1846. Contains an exposition of part of Psalm XLV., as applied to Messiah's £rst and second advents. Good, yet it reads rather wearily to us. 543 LI.— ALEXANDER (Thomas, M. A.) The Penitent's Pray- er. Cr. 8vo. 3a. 6d. Lend., Nisbet. 1861. S. la. 9d. Our friend the late Dr. Alexander of Chelsea handled this Psalm well. 543 LI.— DE COETLOGON (Chaklks Edvtard, A. M. Died 1820). The Portraiture of the Christian Penitent. Two vols., i3mo. 1775. S. 2s. 6d. to 4s. Very proper. We see nothing in the book but platitudes decorously expressed. 544 LI.— BIDDULPH (Thomas T., A. M., 1763—1838). Lectures on Psalm LI. 8vo., 1830 ; 12mo., 1835. S. Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. Lectures far above the average of such luonbtatious, making up a very fair exposition. 545 LI.— BULL (John, M. A.) Sermons on the Fifty -first Psalm. 8vo. 1824. Is. 6d. 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 by any fanatical exratement produced by his excessive zeal. 646 LI.— HIERON (Samuel. 1572—1617). David's Penitentiall Psalme opened. 4to. 1617. 5s. 6d. Hieron was a conforming Puritan. His works were once exceedingly popular and they are still esteemed. 547 LI.— HILDBRSHAM (Arthub. Puritan. 1563—1631). One Hundred and Fifty-two Lectures upon Psalm LI. Folio. 1635 and 1642. 6a. to 10a. Hildersham was one of the most tried of the Non- conforming ministers, and at the same time one of the moat able. He is copious and discursive, we had almost SBPAEATB PSALMS. 147 said long-winded. Both Willet and Preston speak of him in the highest terms. 648 LI.— MORGAN (James, D. D.) The Penitent. 12mo. Belfast, M'Comb ; Lond., Hamilton. 1855. The excellent doctor first wrote this exposition for his own spiritual benefit, then preached it for the edifi- cation 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. • 549 LI.— PAGE (Samtjel, D. D. Died 1630). David's Broken Heart. 4to. 1637 and 1646. 5a. Every page is like a bank note for yalue. Here are homiletical materials in abundance. 550 LI.— SMITH (Samuel). David's Repentance. ISrao. 16th Edition. 1655. (See Nos. 500 and 533). It will lie Been from the nnmerons editions that this work was well received in its author's life time. He tells us that he spent the spare houra of a lon^ sickness in publishing this short exposition, and thus the world is all the healthier for his iUness. 551 LXVUI., ex.— DIXON (Eichakd, A, M., F. K. S.) A New Interpretation of the Sixty-eighth Psalm : with an Exposi- tion of the Hundred and Tenth Psalm. 4to. Oxf., 1811. 2b. This author, in a most interesting manner, traces out the analogy be- tween this Fsalm 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. 552 LXXIIL— PARRY (Edward. Bishop of Killaloe). David Restored ; or an Antidote against the Prosperity of the Wicked and the Afflictions of the Just. 8vo. 1660. 4s. 6d. to 8s. Not snper-cxcellent, nor free from blemishes, but contmning much of sterling value. 553 LXXXII.— HALL (Thomas, B.D. 1610—1665). The Beauty of Magistracy. An Exposition of Psalm LXXXII. 4to. 1660. [Vol. IV. of Swinnock's Works, Nichol's edition.] This exposition has always nestled in the bosom of Swinnock's works. We agree with Dr. Jenkyu's criticism — " The style is teree and clear, though grave and theological, and the matter is solid and judicious," 148 SBPABATE PSALMS. 654 LXXXIV.— HEMINGE (Nicholas. 1513 — 1600). The Faith of the Church Militant. 8vo. 1581. A Danish divine of high repute in his own day. Some of hia works were turned into English ; but the translations, like the originals, ore now left in undeserved ohlivion. 555 XC— SMITH (Samuel). Moses, hia Prayer. ISmo. 1656. See our notes on No. 500, 523, and 550. 556 XCIX., CI.. CII.— EDERSHEIM (Alfred, D. D.) The Golden Diary of Heart Converse with Jesus. 1873. Con- tains Expositions of Psalms XCIX., CI., CII. Sweet and spiritual ; worth purchasing. 557 CIII.— STEVENSON (John, D. D. Hon. Canon of Canter- bury). Gratitude. An Exposition of the Hundred and Third Psalm. Post 8vo. 3s. 6d. Lond., S.-Bagster & Sons. Somewhat diffase, but at the same time too good to be criticised, 558 CVII.— -HTPERIUS (Andrew Gerard. 1511—1564). 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. 15s. Scarce. This author has written in Latin upon many subjeotB, but his works are now little known. He was a learned Lutheran. 559 CVII.— ROMAINE (William, M. A. 1714—1795). APrac- tical Comment on Psalm CVII. 8vo. Fifth edition. 1767. Is. 6d. to 4s. Also in Works, IV. Bomaine'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. 500 ex.— REYNOLDS (Edward, D. D. Bishop of Norwich, 1599—1676). Explication of the One Hundred and Tenth Psalm. 4to., 1632 and 1635 ; 12mo., 1837. 2s. to 3s. 6d. Also in Works. Surpassingly clear and elaborate.^ Eeynolds was a man of vast learning and thoroughly evangelical spirit. 561 CXVI.— GOUGE (William, D. D. Puritan. 1575—1653). The Saints' Sacrifice. 4to. 1632. Scarce. 3s. 6d. Re- printed in Nichol's Commentaries, with Smith, No. 500 ; and Pierson, No. 528. Gouge's method of cutting up his exposition into sections and discuss- ing every thing in propositions, is very tedious to the reader, but we SEPARATE PSALMS. 149 judge it to be advantageous to the preaoher. At any rate Gouge has often given us a hint. He was a man of great learning. 563 CXIX.— BRIDGES (Charles, M. A.) Exposition. Twen- ty-second edition. Cr. 8vo. Lond., 1857. Worth its weight in gold. Albeit that the work is neither learned nor very original we prize it for its sur- passing grace and unction. 563 CXIX.— COWPER (William. Bp. of Galloway. 1566— 1619). A Holy Alphabet for Sion's Scholars. A Commen- tary upon CXIX Psalm. Folio. Lond., 1613 ; and in Works. Folio. 1639. Dr. M' Crie gives a high character to all Cowper's 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. 564 CXIX.— GREENHAM (Richabd. Puritan. 1531—1591). An Exposition of the 119 Psalme. Works. Folio. iLoud., 1613. We regret that this comment is not published separately, and is only to be procured by purchasing the rest of Greenham's works. The style, however, is antique and cramped, and Manton and Bridges are quite enough. 565 CXIX.— MANTON (Thomas, D. D. 1630—1677). One hundred and ninety Sermons on the One Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm. Folio, Lond., 1735 ; three vols., 8vo., Lond., 1843 ; three vols (with Life), 1845. 7s. Fully up to Manton's highest mark, and he is well known to have been one of the chief of the Puritan brotherhood. The work is long, but that results only from the abundance of matter. 566 CXIX.— SANDERSON (R. B., Esq., B. A.) Lord's Day Lit- erature : or Illustrations of the Book of Psalms from the •Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm consecutively. 13mo. Lond., 1843. 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 oinscientious man, a bold' believer, and a Baptist. 150 SEPARATE PSALMS. 567 CXX.— CXXXIV.— AKMFIELD (H. T., M. A. Vice-Princi- pal, Theol. Coll., Vicar of the Close, and Minor Canon of Samm). Tlie Gradual Psalms : a Treatise on the Fifteen Songs of Degrees, with Commentary, based on Ancient He- brew, 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 homiletioal student will not be able to make much use of It. 568 CXX.— CXXXIV.— OOX (Samtjel). The Pilgrim Psalms; an Exposition of the Songs of Degrees. 8ro. Lond., Daldy, Isbister and Co. 1874. This will be greatly valued 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 ex- positor. 569 CXX.— CXXXIV.— LUTHEB (Martin). See No. 489. 570 CXX.— CXXXrV.— M'MICHAEL (N., D. D.) The Pilgrim Psalms. Cr. 8vo. Edinb., Oliphant. 1860. S. 3s. A capital work, full of sound doctrine perfumed with devotion. 571 CXX.— CXXXIV.— NISBET (EoBEET, 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 religions 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. 572 CXXII.— WILLET (Andrew). In Willet's Harmonie and Exposition of the Books of Samuel there is " a brief exposition of the 123 Psalm." WDlet ought to have known better than to twist a psalm to the honor and gloiy of James I, As a learned man he says good things, and as a courtier foolish things. 573 CXXX.— HUTCHESON (George). Forty-five Sermons. Psalm CXXX. 8vo. Edinb., 1691. Scarce. 5s. We have already advised the purchase of anything and everything by Hutcheson. Be sure not to confound this with Hutchinson. SEPABATE PSALMS— SOLOMON". 151 574 CXXX.—I.EiaHTON (Robert). See No. 530. 575 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. ISmo. 3s. 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 pro- found 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 us ought to grudge it. 576 CXXX.— SIBBES (Richard, D. D.) The Saints' Comforts. 18mo. 1638. Works, Vol. VX. Nichol's Edition. Ss. 6d. per vol. 1874. 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. 577 CXXX.— WINSLOW (Octavids, 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 OP SOLOMON. 578 KEXL and DELITZSCH'S Commentaries. Solomonic Writ. ings. Three vols. [In preparation], 10s. 6d, each. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 579 IiANGE'S Commentaries. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon. By Dr. Otto Zflckler. Imp. 8vo. 21s, or to subscribers los. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1870. We cannot say that we admire Zockler's interpreta- tion of the Song of Solomon. The volume 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. 152 PBOVEEBS. 580 NOTES (G. E., D. D.) A Translation of Proverbs, Ecclesi- aates, and Canticlea, with Notes, etc. 13mo. Boston. U. S. 1846. Of Noyes upon Eodeaiastes, Dr. Hamilton says : — " This interpretation is clear and straightforward, hut the American Professor ^ves to the book an air of theological tenuity and mere worldly wisdom which carries neither our conviction nor onr sympathy." Noyes is a good literary expositor, hut his theolo^oal views render him a very poverty-strioken commentator from a spiritual point of view. PEOVERBS. 581 ALLEN (Robert. Puritan). Concordances of the Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. 4to. 1613. 3s. 6d. An ordinary concordance will answer the purpose far better ; bnt the wonderfhlly wise, half-crazy Cruden had not compiled his invaluable work in Allen's days. 582 AHNOT (William, D. D. Died 1875). Laws from Heaven for Life on Earth. Two vols., cr. 8vo. S. 7s. 6d. 1858. Also 1 vol., cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Edinb., Nelson. 1869. S. 5s. "We wish Dr. Amot 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. Amot was almost unrivalled, 583 BRIDGES (Chakles, M. A.) An Exposition. Two vols., 13mo. Lond., Seeleys. 1850. S. 6s. The best work on the Proverbs. The Scriptural method of exposition so well carried out by Bridges renders aU his writings very suggestive to ministers. While explaining the passage in hand, he sets other portions of the word in new lights. 584 BROOKS (J. W., M. A.) A New Arrangement of the Prov- erbs of Solomon. 13mo. Lond., Seeleys. 1860. Is. We do not see the use of the arrangement ; but those who want the Proverbs classified have the work done for them here. PEOVEBBS. 153 585 CASE (R. J.) A Commentary. 12mo. Lond., 1832. S. 6d. The Proverbs themselves are plainer than this author's exposition of them. 586 DAY (William. Formerly Missionary to the South Seas). A Poetical Commentary. 8vo. lis. Lond., Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1862. S. 3a. The author says, ho has " a taste for building rhymes," and has here gratified it. That is all we can say for his book. 587 DELITZSCH(Fkanz, D. D.) Biblical Commentary. Trans- lated from the German, by M. Q. Easton, D. D. Vol. I. [In progress.] Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1875. 588 DOD (John. Puritan. Died 1645). A Plaine and Familiar 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 oar copy, containing Chapters XXVIII. — XXX., the names of both Dod and Cleaver are 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. 589 FRENCH (W., D. D.) and (SKINNER, G., M. A.) A New Translation, with Explanatory Notes. 8vo. Loud., 1831. S. Is. 3d. These translators endeavor to produce faithful renderings of the text, giving to each word the same sense in oil places. They are calm, dispas- sionate, judicious, and able. 590 HODGSON (Bernard, LL. D.) The Proverbs of Solomon, with Notes. 4tb. Oxford, 1788. 23. 6d. 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. 591 HOLDEN (George, M. A.) An attempt towards an improved Translation, with Notes, etc. 8vo. Liverpool, 1819. 4s. 6d. 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 Holden's productions. We may be wrong, but we could not conscien- tiously subscribe to Home's opinion. 592 JACOX (Francis). Scripture Proverbs, illustrated, anno- tated, and applied. Thick cr. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Lond., Hodder & Stoughton. 1874 S. 6s. This work illustrates many of the proverbs scattered throughout the Scriptures, and some of those collected by Solomon. Mr. Jaeox seems to have read everything good and bad, and hence he pours forth a medley of 154 PEOVERBS. fact and flction more entertwniug than edifying. He reminda ns of the elder Disraeli and his " Cnriositiea of Literature." 593 JERMIN (Michael, D. X>. Died 1659). Paraptrastical Meditations upon the Book of Proverbs. Folio. 1638. 9s. 6d. Very antique, and full of Latin qaotations. Jermin does not err in excesslTe spirituality, hut the reverse. Those who can pat np witli his style will be repaid by his quaint learning. 594 I.ANGE. (See No. 579). 595 LAWSON (George, D. D. 1749—1820). Exposition of the Book of Proverbs. Two vols., 13mo. Edinb., 1821. 68. to 7s. A thoroughly sound and useful commentary. Lawson wrote popularly and vigorously. 596 MILLER (John. Princeton, N. J.) A Commentary, with a New Translation, and with some of the Original Exposi- tions Re-examined. DemySvo. 7a. Dickinson & Higham. 1875." This author's interpretations are new, and in our judgment very &r removed from accurac^. Certainly the old interpretations are better in many ways. His theory that the Proverbs are spiritual and not secular will not hold water. He 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 agree with him, only we go beyond mere saspi-* cion. 597 MUFFET (Petbk). A Commentary on the whole Book of Proverbs. 8vo. 1596. [Reprinted, with Cotton's Com- mentaries on Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon, in one of the volumes of Nichol's series. Cr. 4to. 7s. 6d. Lond., Nisbet. 1808.] Homely, but not very striking, Mr. Mohol'a choice of commentators for reprinting was not a wise one. 598 NEWMAN (William, D. D. Formerly President of Stepney Theol. Institution). An improved version. 18mo. liond., 1839. Is. Merely the corrected text, A very small affair. 599 NICHOLLS (Benjamin Elliott, M. A.) The Book of Proverbs, explained and illustrated from Holy Scripture. 12mo. Lond., Kivingtous. 1858. Is. 3d. Contains very sensible suggestions for the interpretation of proverbs, and gives instances of explanations by geography, natural history, etc. It is a somewhat helpful work. PEOVEBBS. 155 600 NOTES. (See No. 580). 601 STUART (Moses). A Commentary on the Book of Proverbs. 8vo. New York, 1853. 4s. to 5s. We have not met with any English reprint of this UBeful volume. Dr. Stuart purposely adapted hia work to beginners in Hebrew study. He has set himself to prepare a commentary of explanation only, helieviug that a hortatory and practical comment every minister ought to he able to make for liimself. Stuart's introductory matter is highly instructive, though no reader should blindly accept it all. 602 TAYLOR (Francis, B. D.) Observations upon the three first chapters of Proverbs. 4Lto. Lond., 1645. An Exposition [as above] upon The 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Chap- ters, etc. 4to. 1657. -18s. to 35s. Two volumes (in one) of rich, old-fashioned Puritan divinity. 60.3 THOMAS (David, D.D.) The Practical Philosopher. Thick 8vo. 13s. 6d. nett (published at 17s. 6d). Lond., Dickinson. 1873. Dr. Thomas of the " Homilist " is a well-known writer, and a man capable of great things. This work does not equal hia " Genius of the Gos- pel." 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. 604 WARDLAW (Ralph, D. D.) Lectures. Three vols., cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. each. Ediub., PuUarton. 1861. S. 6s. 6d. Wardlaw is diffuse, and his views upon "wisdom" are peculiar ; but he always repays the reader and neither Bridges nor Arnot have rendered him obsolete, for he works a different vein, and expounds in a manner pecu- liar to himself. 605 WILCOCKS (Thomas, Puritan. 1549—1608). A Short yet Sound Commentarie. [Works. See No. 387.] Wilcocks briefly sums up the teaching of the verses, and bo aids in suggesting topics ; in other respects he is rather wearying. 156 ECCL£SIA3I£S. ECCLESIASTES. 606 ANNOTATIONS on the Book of Ecclesiast^.[13mo.] Load. Printed by J. Streater. 1669. By no means remarkable, except for extreme rarity. 607 BEKA (Theodore), Ecclesiastes. Solomon's Sermon to the People, with an Exposition.' Small 8to. Cambridge, [1594]. 78. 6d. Sure to be weighty and inBtmctive. It is exceedingly rare. 608 BRIDGES (Chaklbs, M. A.) Exposition of Ecclesiastes. Sq. 8vo. 6s. Lond., Seeley & Co. 1860. S. 3s. After the manner of ot"her works by this devout author, who is always worth consulting, though he gives us nothing very new. 609 BKOUGHTON (Htjgh. 1549—1613). A Comment upon Ecclesiastes, framed for the Instruction of Prince Henry. 4to. 1605. Bronghton was a far-famed and rather pretentions Hebrust whom Dr. Gill quoted as on authority. His work is nearly obsolete, but its loss is not a severe one. 610 BUCHANAN (Kobekt, D. D.) Ecclesiastes ; its Meaning and its Lessons, explained and illustrated. Sq. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., Olasg., and Ediub., Blackie & Sons. 1859. S. 3b. 6d. Dr. Buchanan has endeavored in every instance to give the true meaning of the text. His explanations were composed for the pulpit and delivered there. The work is most important, but strikes us as' 'lacking in liveliness of style. 611 CHOHELETH, or "The Royal Preacher, a Poem." First published in the year 1768. 4to. 33. Keprinted, 8vo., 183a Is. 6d. This is the work of which Mr. Wesley wrote : — " Monday, Feb. 8, 1768. I met with a surprising poem, intituled Ctioheleth, or the Preacher: it is a paraptu-ase in tolerable verse on tlie Book of Ecclesiastes. I really think the author of it (a Turkey merchant) understands both the difBcult expres- sious and the connection of the whole, better than any other, either ancieat or modern, writer whom I have seen." We defer to Mr. Wesley's opin- ion but it would not have occurred to us to commend so warmly. ECCLESIASTES. ' 157 CIS COLEMAN (John Noble, M. A.) Eeclesiastes. A New- Translation, with Notes. Imp. 8vo. 5s. Lond., Nisbet. 1867. S. 2s. 6d. A scholarly translatloa with important observations. 613 COTTON (John. 1585—1653). A briefe exposition, with practical observations. Small 8vo. Lond., 1654 [Re- printed in Nichol's series of Commentaries. See Muffet, No. 597.] By a great lingaist and sound divine. Eeclesiastes is not a book to bo expounded verse by verse ; but Cotton does it as well as any one. 614 COX (Samubl). The Quest of the Chief Good : Expository Lectures. Sq. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., Isbister. 1868. S. 33. 6d. We should find it hard to subscribe to Mr. Cox's views of Eeclesiastes, for, to begin with, we cannot admit that its author was not Salomon, but some unnamed Kabbi : nevertheless, "TheQuestof the Chief Good" is full of valuable matter, and abundantly repays perusal, 615 DALE (Thomas Pelham, M. A.) Eeclesiastes. With a running Commentary and Paraphrase. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Loud., Rivingtons. 1873. This author makes all that he can out of the errors of the Septnagint, 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 man- ner 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. 616 DESVOEUX (A. V.) A Philosophical and Critical essay on Eeclesiastes. 4to. Lond., 1760. 3s. 6d. A curious and elaborate production. Neither in criticism, nor in the- ology,, is the author always sound, and his notes are a very ill-arranged mass of singular learning. 617 GINSBURG (Christian D.) Coheleth, or Eeclesiastes; translated, with a Commentary. 8vo. Lend., Longmans. 1857. S. 13s. 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 out- line of the literature of the book is very complete. 618 GRANGER (Thomas). A Familiar Exposition, wherein the World's Vanity and the true Felicitie are plainly deci- phered. 4to. Lond., 1631. 5s. to 7s. Od. Very antique, containing many obsolete and coarse phrases ; but pithy and qnaaut. 158 • BOOI.ESL4.SXB3. 619 GREENAWAT (Stephen). New Translation. 8vo. Lei- cester, 1781. 3a. 6d. Confused, eccentric, and happily very rare. 630 HAMILTON (James, D. D. 1814—1867). Eoyal Preaclier : Lectures on Ecclesiastes. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Also 13mo., 1851 ; 16mo., 1854. Lond., Nisbet. S. Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. We have had a great treat in reading this prose poem. It is a charming production. 631 HENGSTENBERa (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, etc. 8vo. 9s. Edinb., T. & T. Clarfc. 1860. S. 48. 6d. Scholarly of course, and also more vivacious than is usual with Hengstenberg. 623 HODGSON (Bbbnard, LL. D.) New Translation. 4to. Oxford, 1791. 4s. Notes neither long, numerous, nor Talnable. 633 HOLDEN (Geokgb, M. A.) An Attempt to illustrate the Book of Ecclesiastes. 8vo. Lond., 1822. 3b. 6d. Bridges says that Holden " stands foremost for accuracy of critical exegesis," and Ginsburg considers his Commentary to be the l>est in our language. We may therefore be wrong in setting so little store by it aa we do, but we are not convinced. 624 JERMIN (Michael, D. D.) Ecclesiastes. Folio. 1639. 6s. 6d. The seliool to which Jermin belonged delighted to display their learn- ing, of which they had no small share ; they excelled in wise sayings, but not in unction. The iVuit is ripe, but lacks flavor. 635 KEIIi & DELITZSCH. (See Books of Solomon. 578.) 636 I.ANGE. (See Books of Solomon. No. 579.) 627 LLOYD (J., M. A.) An Analysis of Ecclesiastes: with reference to the Hebrew Grammar of Gesenius, and with Notes ; to which is added tlie Book of Ecclesiastes, in Hebrew and English, in parallel columns. 4to. 7s. 6d. Lond., Bagsters. 1874. This will be esteemed by men who have some knowledge of the He- brew. 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. ECCLESIASTES. 169 638 [LUTHER]. An Exposition of Solomon's Boobe, called Ecclesiastea, or the Preacher. 8vo. Printed by J. Day. Lond., 1573. Even the British Maseam authorities have heen unable to find this octavo for U3, though it ia mentioned in their catalogue. 629 MACDONALD (Jambs M., D. D. Princeton, N. J.) Ecclesiastea. Tliick 12mo. New York. 1856. S. 4s. 6d. Thoroughly exegetical, with excellent "scopes of argument " following each division : to be purchased if it can be met with. 630 MORGAN (A. A.) Eccleaiastes metrically Paraphrased, with Illustrations. 4to. 31s. Lond., Bosworth. 1856. TliiB is an artiele de luxe, and is rather for the drawing-room than for the study. A graphic pencil, first-class typography, and a carefully written metrical translation make np an elegant work of art. 631 MTLNE (Q. W.) Ecclesiastes : or Lessons for the Christian's Daily Walk. 16mo. Lond., 1859. Is. 6d. The author in this little publication does not comment upon the whole Book ; but the passages he touches are ably explained. 633 NISBET (Alexander. Died about 1658). An Exposition, with Practical Observations. 4to. Edinb., 1694. 4s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. 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 ia weighty. 633 NOYES. (See No. 580.) 634 PEMBLE (William, M. A. 1591—1623.) Solomon's Recan- tation and Repentance : or the Book of Ecclesiastea briefly and fully explained. Thin 4to. Lond., 1638. 3s. 6d. Anthony i 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 " Kecantation " 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. 635 PRESTON (Theodoke, M. A.) A translation of the Com- mentary of Mendelssohn from the Rabbinic Hebrew ; also a newly arranged English Version. 8vo. Lond., 1845. 5s. A book more prized by linguists than by preachers. We might with propriety have named tliia Mendelssohn's Commentary, for so it is. 160 ECCLESIASTES. 636 PROBY (W. H. B., M. &..) Ecclesiastes for English Readers. Thin 8vo. 4s. 6d. Lond., Bivingtons. 1874. S. 3s. 3d. About 45 pages, and these are quite enough. What has come to a man's hmn when he prophecies that Antichrist will take away the daily sacri- fice, that is, " forbid the eucharistio bread and wine," and then adds : " To tliis 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 fountaiu, or the wheel broken at the cistern.' For silver and gold mgnify respectively, in the symbolic language of Scripture, love 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 salvation ' in Isaiah XII. 3, are the sacrameqts and other means of grace, so the breaking of the pitcher and the wheel may signify the cessation of those ministries by which the sac- rament and other means of grace are dispensed." 637 EEYNOLDS (Edwakd, D. D. Bishop of Norwich. 1599— 1676). Annotations. Works. Vol. IV. 8vo. Lond., 1836. Keprinted, by Dr. Washburn. 8vo. Lond., 1811. 2b. 6d. See Westminster Assembly's Annotations CNo. 3), for which Reynolds wrote this : he is always good. 638 SERBANUS, or DE SERRES (John. 1540—1598). A Godlie and Learned Commentary upon Ecclesiastes, newly turned into English, by John Stockwood, Schoolmaster of Tunbridge. 8vo. Lond., 1585. 7s. 6d. Serranus was a Protestant pastor at Niameg, of such moderate opinions, and such objectionable modes of stating them, that he was about equally abhorred by Romanists and Protestants. He is said to have been very in- accurate in his learning. 639 STUART (Moses). A Commentary on Ecclesiastes. 12mo. 63. New York. 1851. S. 3s. Full and miniite, with most instructive introductions. It is unnecessary to say that Moses Stuart is a great authority, though not all we could wish as to spirituality. 640 TYLER (Thomas, M. A.) Ecclesiastes ; a Contribution to its Interpretation. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., Williams & Nor- gate. 1875. This writer is no doubt a profound tliinker, but we do not set much store by the result of his thinkings. He maintains that the writer of Kcclesinstes was a Jew who had travelled abroad, aud heard the Stoic BOCLESIASTES. 161 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. 641 WARSLAW (Ralph, D. D.) Lectures on Ecclesiastes. Two vols., 8vo. 1831. Tyro vols., 13nio. 1838. Oliphant & Go's, edition, in one vol., 8s. 6d. 1871. S. 4s. 6d. Wardlaw is always good, though not very brilliant. He may be relied upon, when not critical, and he gen- erally excites thought. 643 WEISS (Benjamin). New Translation and Exposition. with Critical Notes. 12mo. 4s. Lond., Nisbet & Co., 1856. S. Is. 6d. It is pleasing to find a oonverted Jew engaged upon this Book. Mr. Weiss says many good things, but ft-equently his interpretations and remarks are more singular than wise. 643 TCARD (Fb. Dean ol Aohonrv). Paraphrase. 8vo. Lond., 1701. Is. 6d. The dean supposes the Eoyal 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 toler- ated for a moment. 644 YOUNG (Loyal, D. D.) Commentary, with introductory Notices by McGill and Jacobus. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1865. This American comment is highly spoken of by eminent judges, and appears to have been carefully ex- ecuted. It is able and solid, and at the same time enlivened with originality of thought, vivacity of expres- sion, and practical pungency. 645 SMITH (John, M. D., M. R. C. P. L.) King Solomon's Por- traiture of Old Age, wherein is contained A Sacred Anatomy both of Soul and Body, v?ith an account of all these Mysti- cal and ^Enigmatical Symptomes, expressed in the six former verses of the 12th Chapter of Ecclesiastes, made plain and easie to a mean Capacitie. 8vo. Loud,, 1660. 3s. 6d. to 5b. 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, etc. Matthew Poole introduced the substance of this treatise into his Synopsis, and in that huge compilation he speaks eulogistioally of the author, with whom he resided. We mention it because of its singularity. 163 SOKG OF SOLOMON. SONG OF SOLOMON. 646 AINSWORTH. (See under Pentateuch, No. 73). 647 AVRILLON (John Baptist Elias. 1653—1729). The Year of AfEectiona ; or Sentiments on the love of God, drawn from the Canticles, for every day of the year. F'cap. 8vo. 6s. 6d. Loudon and Oxford, Parker & Co. 1847. S. 4b. One of the series of Eomish authors, issued by Dr. Pusey. It is n deeply spiritual work, after the manner of the mystics. It might have been writ- ten by Madame Guyon. Despite its occasional Popery and sacrameut- aiiauism, it contains much choice devotional matter. 648 BEZA (Thkodoke). Sermons upon the three first chapters of Canticles, translated out of the French, by John Harmar. 4to. Oxford, 1587. These thirty-one sermons are a well of instruction, very precious and refreshing. The unabbreviated 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. 649 BEVEELET (T.) An Exposition of the Divinely prophetlck Song of Songs, which is Solomon's ; beginning with the reign of David, and ending in the glorious Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4to. 1687. 5s. This maondering author finds in Canticles the history of the church ftaia David to our Lord, and rhymes no end of rubbish tliereon. Truly there is no end to the fooUsbness of expositors. We suppose there must be a public &r which they cater, and a very foolish public it must be. 650 BRIGIHTMAN (Thomas). A Commentary on the Canticles, wherein the Text is Analised, the Native Signification of 4he Words Declared, the Allegories Explained, and the Order of Times whereunto they relate Observed. 4to. Loud., 1644. [See under Daniel and Revelation.] Brightman wns a writer of high renown among the prophetjo students of the seventeenth century. With singular strength of the visionary faculties he sees in the Canticles " the whole condition of the church ii-om the time of David till time shall be no more." Expounding on this theory needs an acrobatic imagination. SONG OF SOLOMOK. 163 651 BXTRROWES (Georgk. Prof. Lafayette Coll. XT. S.) Com- mentary. Cr 8vo. Philadelphia, 1853. 3s. 6d. Mr. Moody Stuart says : — " The excellent work of Dr. Buri;owes is specially fitted to remove the prejudices of men of taste against the Song of Solomon, as the medium of spiritual communion between the soul and Christ. We welcome it as a valuable contribution to us from our transatlantic brethren." 653 BUSH (Joseph, M. A.) The Canticles of the Song of Solo- mon. A metrical Paraphrase, with Explanatory Notes and Practical Comments. Post 8vo. Lond., Hatchards. 1867. S. Is. 6d. A good compilation, -with a helpful translation. I'or popular use. 653 CLAPHAM (Enoch). Solomon ; his Songs expounded. 4to. Lond., 1603. Clapham was a voluminous author of very remarkable attainments. He wrote also on the first fourteen ohapters of Genesis. This work is rare as angels' visits. 654 OOLLINGES(JOHN,D.D. 1623—1690). The.Intercouraes of Divine Love betwixt Christ and his Church, metaphor- ically expressed by Solomon in Canticles I. and II. Two vols., 4to. Lond., 1676. 10s. to 148. Mne hundred and nine quarto pages upon one chap- ter 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 ? 655 COTTON (John, B. D. 1585—1653). 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. 8vo. Lond., 1642. [Reprinted in Nichol's series. See Muffet, No. 597.] Cotton explains the sacred love-song historically, and misses much of its sweetness by so doing. We should never care to read bis exposition while Durham, and Gill, and Moody Stuart are to be had. 1G4 SONG OF SOLOIIOK. 656 DAVIDSON (William, Esq.) A Brief outline of an Exam- ination of the Song of Solomon. 8vo. Lond., 1817. 2s. to 3s. 6d. A predous work by one whose heart is warm with the good matter. He sees in the Song the history of the Chnroh of Christ. 657 DOVE (John, D. D.) The Conversion of Solomon, a Direc- tion 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 ia the grave, and for a)l sorts of men which have an intent to renounce the vanities of this world, and to follow Jesus Christ. 4to. Lond., 1613. 6s. to 8s. 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. 658 DURHAM (James. 1623—1658). Clavis Cantici ; or an Exposition of the Song of Solomon. 4to. Lond., 1668 and 1728. Also 12mo., Aberdeen. 1840. 2s. 6d. to 6s. Durham is always good, and he is at his best upon the Canticles. He gives us the essence of the good matter. For practical use this work is perhaps more valuable than any other Key to the Song. 659 FENNER (Dudley). The Song of Solomon, in Verse, with an Exposition. Middleburgh. 8vo. 1587. 4to. Moody Stuart says : — " This is a fiuthfal and excellent translation, ac- companied by an admirable esposidon. There is no poetry in it, but the renderings are often good, and the comment valuable." We have not met with it, 660 FLEMING (Robert. Died 1716). The Mirrour of Divine Love unvail'd, in a Poetical Paraphrase of the Song of Solomon. Sm. 8vo. 1691. 3s. 6d. 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 Apooalyptio 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 pmphetio work has been reprinted, bat not this limping poetry. 661 FRANCIS (Ann. Died 1800). A Poetical Translation ; with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. 4to. Lond., 1781. Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. Framed on a fanciful theory. Verses flowing and feeble. Insignificant. SOSG OF SOLOMOIT. 165 662 FEY (John, A. B.) New Translatioiij with Notes, and an attempt to interpret the sacred allegories. 8vo. Lond., 1811. 2a. to 3s. 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. 663 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. 664 GILL (John, D. D.) An Exposition of the Book of Solo- men's Song. Folio. Lond., 1738. 5s. Not contained in the author's Exposition of the Old and New Testament. An 8vo. edition was published by CoUingridge, Lond., 1854. S. 33. 6d. The best thing Gill ever did. He could not exhaust his theme, but he went as far as he could toward so doing. He is occasionally fanciful, but his work is pre- cious. Those who despise it have never read it, or are incapable of elevated spiritual feelings. 665 GINSBURG (Christtan D.) A Translation, with a Com- mentary, Historical and Critical. 8vo. 10s. Lond., Longmans. 1857. 5s. to 6s. Written upon an untenable theory, viz., that the Song is intended " to record an example of virtue in a young woman, who encountered and con- quered 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 Ije, this vicious theory neutralizes all. 666 GOOD (John Mason, M. D., F. R. S.) Song of Songs ; or Sacred Idyls translated ; with Notes, Critical and Explana- tory. 8vo. Lond., 1803. 4s. 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, expluning its scenery and metaphors from a literary point of view. 667 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 accu- rate and elegimt specimens of biblical interpretation." 166 SOKG OF SOLOMOK. 668 GUILD (William, D. D. 1586—1657). Love's Intercourse between the Lamb and his Bride. 8vo. Lend., 1658. 5a. to 7s. A rare old work : but we prefer Durham, The author was one of the better sort of the Scotch Episcopalians. 669 GTFFARD (Georoe). Fifteen Sermons upon the" Song of Solomon. 8vo.' 1398 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, hut we can- not procure his work. Possibly some reader of this Catalogue may yet present us with it. We beg to assure him of the gratitude wliioh we already feel, in the form of " a lively sense of favors to come." 670 HARMER (Thomas. 1715—1788). Outlines of a New Com- mentary on Solomon's Song, drawn by the help of instruc- tions from the East. 8vo. Lond., 1768. la. 6d. to 2s. 6d. " This book is not well arranged, but is otherwise one of the most in- genious, modest, and interesting of all the treatises on the outward sense of the Song."— Moody Stuart. 671 HBNGSTBNBERG. (See under Ecclesiastes, No. 631.) 673 HODGSON (Bbrnabd, LL. D.) Solomon's Song translated from the Hebrew. 4to. Oxf., 1786. 2a. 6d. 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 altera- tion, bat certainly not an emendation. The name of the bride's mother he discovers to have been Talmadni. Wonderful 1 673 HOMES (Nathaniel. Died 1678). A Commentary on the Canticles. Works. Folio. 1652. 63. to 10s. 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 lusdous in expression and too prolix for these degenerate days. 674 HOUGHTON (Wm.) Translation. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Lond., Trubner. 1865. Useless. The Song is viewed as a secular poem on chaste We. 675 IBN EZRA (Abraham). Commentary on the Canticles, after the first recension. Edited from two MSS., with a Trans- lation, by H. J. Matthews, B. A. 12mo. Lond., Trilbner &Co. 1874. The original Hebrew of the Song, with a Jewish comment, which con- veys but little instruction. In this small book the stadent will have a speoi- meu of Jewish exposition. SOXQ OF SOLOMOK. 167 676 IRONS (JosBPH, of Camberwell. 1786—1853). NyMphas. A Paraphrastic Exposition. 16mo. Lond., 1844. 9. la. 6d. Outside of his own circle we fear that this work by the late Joseph Irons is little known. It is a paraphrase in blank verse, rendered in a very spiritual manner. We confess that we looked upon the little book with admiring eyes, though we know that the critics will sneer both at us and it. 677 KEIL & DEIilTZSCH. (See Books of Solomon, No. 578.) 678 KBUMMACHER (F. W., D. D.) Solomon and the Shula- mite. Sermons on the Book of Canticles. lOmo. Lond., 1838. S. Is. Touches only upon a few pOTtiouB. Short and .sweet. 679 liANGE. (See Books of Solomon, No. 578.) 680 LITTLEDALE (R. F.) A Commentary. From Ancient and Mediaeval Sources. 12mo. 7s. Lond., J. Masters. 1869. S. 4s. 6d. littledale is a close follower of John Mason Neale, and here reproduces the beauties and the deformities of medieBval spiritualizing. Great judg- ment will he 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 he extracted. 681 MACPHERSON (Pkthr, A. M.) The Song of Songs shown to be constructed on Architectural Principles. Post 8vo. Edinb., 1856. 4s. " His supposition that this song consists of verses written round an archway is so entirely gratuitous, that it is only misguiding and decep- tive."^A. Moody Stuart. 682 METRIC AI. MEDITATIONS on the Canticles. [Anon,] 16mo. Lond., Wertheim. 1856. S. Is. 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. 683 MILLER (Andrew). Meditations. ISmo. Is. 6d. Lond., Morrish. First published in the Flymouthite magazine, " Things New and Old." Devotional, and glowing with the light of fellowship with Jesus. 168 SONG OF SOLOMON. 684 MOORE (Daniei., M. A.) ChriBt and his Church. A Course of Lent Lectures on the Song of Solomon. Sm. cr. 8vo. 33. 6'60-63. Curates will find this just the thing they need for sermonizing. 956 [ELSLEY.] Annotations on the Gi>spela and Acts. Three vols., 8vo. Lond., 1827. S. 2. 6d. to 4s. Wholly critical and philological. 957 rORD (James, M. A.) The Gospels, illustrated from Ancient and Modern Authors. Four vols., 8vo. Matthew lis. ; Mark, 10s. ; Luke, 12s. ; John, 133. Lond., Masters. . 1856—72. S. 7s. each. Those who wish to see what the Fathers said upon the Gospels, and to read the choicest sapngs of the early Anglican bishops, cannot do better than consult Ford, who has made a very rich collection. Some of the ex- tracts do not materially illustrate the text, but they are all worth reading. THE FOCR GOSPELS. 211 958 FORSTER (John, M. A.) The G^ospel Narrative, with «, Continuous ExpoBition. Imp. 8vo. Load., J. W. Parker. 1845. S. 3a. A paraphrase upon a good system, carefully executed, and instructive. Thoroughly Anglican. 959 GILBY (William S., M. A.) Spirit of the Gospel. 8vo. Lond., 1818. 2s. Interesting remarks on certain texts. All can he found in other writers. 960 HALL (Chables H.) Notes, for the Use of Bible Classes. Two vols., 8vo. New York and Lond., 1857. S. 8s. This hook is as full of reverence to Bishops and other Episcopal arrange- ments as if it had heen " appointed to he read in Churches." American Episcopalians can evidently he very thorough. Notes poor. 961 JACOBUS (Melancthon W., Pennsylvania). Notes. Three vols., cr. 8vo. Ss. 6d. each. Edinb., W. Oliphant. 1868-9. Jacobus is sound and plain, and is therefore a safe guide to Sunday-School teachers and others who need to see the results of learning without the display of it. 963 JTTKES (Andrew). Characteristic Difierencea of the Gospels considered, as revealing various relations of the Lord Jesus. Cr. 8vo. 28. 6d. each. Loud., Nisbet. 1853. 8. Is. 6d. Bemarks prompting thought ; containing in a small compass a mass of instruction. 963 LANGE (J. P.) See No. 924. The Gospels are among the best of the series. 964 LYTTLETON (Lord George). Gospels and Acts, with Notes. Sm. 8vo. Lond., Rivingtpns. 1856. S. 3s. Such remarks as most teachers could make for themselves. 965 NORRIS (John, Canon of Bristol). Key to the Gospel Nar- rative. Sm. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Lond., Rivingtona. 1871. S. Is. 6d. " Canon Norris writes primarily to help ' younger students ' in study- ing 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 Cluasea through the Gospels." — So says the London Quarterly. 312 THE FO0B GOSPELS. 966 OLSHAtrSEN (HsBMAira, D. D.) CommenteTy on the Gospels and Acts. Four vols., demy. 8vo. £2 2s. Cheap edition, four vols., cr. 8vo. 24s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1848—1860. Olshansen is mentioned by Alford as so rich in original material, that he has often cited him in his " New Testament for English Eeaders." He is one of the most devout of the Germans, and a great scholar; but we are not enamored of him, 967 OXENDEN (Ashton, Bishop). Short Lectures on the Sunday Gospels. Two vols., 12mo. 2s. 6d. each. Lond., Hatchards. 1869, etc. S. 3s. Why Oxenden's hooks sell we do not know. We would not care to have them for a gift " Milk for babes " watered beyond measure. 968 PEARCE (Zachakt, D. D., Bishop of Rochester. 1690— 1774). Commentary. Gospels, Acts, and 1 Corinthians. Two vols., royal 4to. Lond., 1777. 5s. 6d. A huge mass of learning, said by great divines to he invaluable. To most men these volumes will simply be a heap of lumber. 969 RIDDLE (J. E., M. A.) Commentary. Royal 8vo. 1843. S. 3s. Choice extracts selected by the author of the well-known Latin Die- tionaiy. Ministers should make such collections for themselves rather than purchase them. 970 RIPLET (Henky J. Prof. Newton Theol. Instit., TJ. S.) The Gospels, with Notes. Two vols., post 8vo. Boston, tr. S., 1837. S. 2s. Adapted for Sunday-school use. Simple, brief, and practical. 971 I RYIiE (J. C, B. A.) Expository Thoughts. For Family and Private Use. Matthew, 6s. ; Mark, 5s. ; Luke (two vols.), 12s. 6d. ; John (three vols.), 30s. 8vo. Lond., W. Hunt & Co. [N. D.] "We prize these volumes. They are diffuse, but not more so than family reading requires. Mr. Eyle has evidently studied all previous writers upon the Gospels, and has given forth an Individual utterance of consid- erable value. 972 STABBACK (Thomas, A. B.) Gospels and Acts, with Anno- tations. Two vols., 8vo. Falmouth, 1809. 3s. 6d. Very useful in its day, but quite out of date. THE FOUE GOSPELS. 313 973 STIER (Rudolph, D. D.) The M''ords of the Lord Jesus. Eight vols, in four. 8vo. 42s. T. & T. Clark. 18(J9. 974 The Words of the Bisen Saviour, and Commentary on the Epistle of St. James. ' 8to. lOs. 6d. 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. Bead with care, he is a great instructor. 975 STOCK (Eugene). Lessons on the Life of our Lord. For the Use of Sunday School Teachers. 8vo. 4s. 6d. Lond., Ch. of England S. S. Institute. 1875. For real use a thoroughly commendable book. Teach- ers and preachers have here more matter given them on the lesson than they are likely to use. Admirable ! 976 TOWNSON (Thomas, Archdeacon of Richmond. 1715— 1792). Discourses on the Gospels. Two vols., 8vo. 1810. Is. 6d. to 53, Bishop Lowth welcomed this as " a capital performance." It is only so from Lowth's point of view. 977 TRAPP (Joseph, D. D. 1679—1747). Notes. 8vo. 1748. Is. 6d. 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 Whitfield and Wesley with more vio- lence 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. 978 TRENCH (R. Chenevee, D. D., Abp. of Dublin). Studies on the Gospels. 8vo. 8s. 6d. Lond., Macmillan & Co. 1874. Masterly studies on important topics. Students will do well to read also Trench's " Sermon on the Mount." We do not always agree with this author, but we always learn from him. 979 WARREN (Israel, D. D.) Sunday School Commentary. 8vo. 7s. 6d. 1873. An American work, imported by Hodder and Stoughton. Notes slender. 314 THE FOTTE GOSPELS. 980 WATSON (Richabd). Exposition of Mattliew and Mark. Demy 8vo., 63. ; 13mo., 3s. 6d. Lond., 66 Paternoster Row. Arminian views crop np at every opportunity. The notes are meant to elucidate difficulties in the text, and frequently do so. 981 WESTOOTT (Brooke Foss, M. A.) Introduction to the Study of the Gospels. Cr. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Lond., Mac- millan & Co. 1860. S. 6s. Worthy of high commendation- The author Imowa the German writers, but is not defiled by their scepti- cism. He is a man of deep thought, but displays no pride of intellect. A man had need be a thorough stu- dent to Talue this Introduction : it is not an introduc- tion to the Gospels, or to the reading of them, but to their study. - 983 WIESELEK(Kakl). C!hronologlcal Synopsis of the Gospels. 8vo. 13s. Lond., Bell & Daldy. 1864. S. 4s. This important work formed the basis both of the Synopsis Evangelica of Tischendorf, and of the Historical Lectures on the Life of our Lord by Bishop Ellicott. It is much to be regretted that so many novel interpre- tations and baseless hypotheses should have marred the hook ; but, notwith- standing all drawbacks, it must be a masterly work to have received the heartiest commendations of the greatest scholars of the day. Only the more advanced students will care for this Synopsis. 983 WILLIAMS (Isaac, B.D.) Devotional Commentary. Eight vols., cr. 8vo. 5s. each, viz : Thoughts on the Study of the Gospels. Harmony of the Evangelists. The Nativity. Second Tear of the Ministry. Third Tear of the Ministry. The Holy Week. The Passion. The Resurrection. Lond., Rivingtons. 1873. Anglican popery for quartz, and sparkling grains of precious gospel largely interspersed as gold. We cannot imagine any spiritual man read- ing these works without benefit, if he knows how to discriminate. HAKMOSIES OF THE GOSPELS. 215 HARMONIES OF THE GOSPELS. [As these are somewhat aside fi'om our plan, we mention bnt few. That they are very nnmerons may be gathered from the following list given in Smith's Dictionary. — Osiander, 1587 ; Jansen, 1.549 ; Stephanas, 1553 ; Calvin, 1558 ; Cluver, 1628 ; Calov, 1680 ; Chemnitz, 1593 (oontinned by Leyser and Gerhard, 1704) ; Calixt, 1624 ; Cartwright; 1627 ; Lightfoot, 1654; Cradook, 1668; lancy, 1689; Le Clerc, 1699; Tomard, 1707; Barmann, 1712 ; Whiston, 1702 ; Ens, 1727-8—30 ; Bengel, 1786 ; Hauber, 1737; Busching, 1766; Doddridge, 1739—40; Pilkington, 1747 ; Mao- knight, 1756 ; Berthing, 1767 ; Griesbach, 1776, 97, 1809, 22 ; Neweome, 1778 ; Priestly, 1777, in Greek, and 1780, in English ; Michaelis, 1788, in his Introduction ; White, 1799 ; Planck, 1809 ; Keller, 1802 ; Mut- Bchelle, 1806 ; De Wette and Lucke, 1818 ; Hess, 1822 ; Sebastiani, 1806, Matthaei, 1826 ; Kaiser, 1828 ; Eoediger, 1829 ; Clausen, 1829 ; Grcswell, 1830 ; Chapman, 1836 ; Carpenter, 1838 ; Reiohel,-lS40 ; Gehringer, 1842 ; Eobinson, 1842, in Greek, 1846, in English ; Stroud, 1853 ; Anger, 1851 ; Tisehendorf, 1851.J 984 OALVIN (John). A Harmony of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Translated by Eev. W. Pringle. Three vols., 8vo. [Calvin Trans. Soc] Edinb., T. & T. Olark. 1845. S. 10s. 6d. There are older translations of this noble work, but they are less suitable to modern taste than Mr. Pringle's, Calvin only harmonized three of the evangelists, but he did his work in his usual superb manner. 985 CLARKE (Geoegb W.) Harmony, with Notes, etc. Cr. 8vo. New York, 1870. Worth 3s. This American author is greatly ' indebted to other works. He has produced a veiy handy book for teach- ers of youth. 986 DODDRIDGE (Philip, D. D.) See No. 915. 987 DUNN (Samuel). Gospels Harmonized, with Notes : form- ing a complete Commentary on the Evangelists. Chiefly by Adam Clarke. Thick 8vo. Lond., 1838. 3s. 6d. Samuel Dunn has taken Adam Clarke as his basis, and then built thereon with stones flrom Lightfoot, Maoknight, Doddiige, Greswell, and others. 216 HABStONIES OF THE GOSPELS. It is, of oonrse, a Wealeyan harmony, and the reader is not long before he discovers that fact ; hut the names of those concerned are a suffident guarantee that it is by no means a deapioable prodttotion. 988 GREENLBAF (SmoN, LL. D., Dane Professor of Law in Harvard tTnlveislty). Bsamination of the Testimony of the Evangelists by the Kales of Evidence administered in Courts of Justice. With an account of the Trial of Jesus. Thick 8vo. Lond., 1847. 5b. The author is an American lawyer, very learned in his profession. He has issued a treatise npon the laws of evidence, which is a standard work among his brethren. It was a happy thought on Ms part to apply the laws of evidence to the narratives of the evangelists. To thonghtfal men of all sorts, but to lawyers especially, this book is commended. 989 GRESWELL (Edward, B. D.) Dissertations upon the Principles and Arrangement of an Harmony of the Gospels. Four vols., 8vo. Oxf., 1837. 6a. to ISs. " The learned writer has greatly distinguished him- self as the most laborious of modern harmonists. Hi^ 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. 990 LIQHTFOOT(JoHN,D.D. 1602—1675). Harmony. Chroni- cle, and Order of the New Testament. FoUo. 1654. 2s. 6d. Lightfoot was a member of the Assembly of Divines, profoundly skilled in Boriptuial and Talmadical lore. He never completed this harmony, for his plan was too comprehensive to be finished in a life time. 991 MACKNIQHT (Jamks, D. D. 1731—1800). Harmony of the Gospels, with Paraphrase and Notes. Fifth edition. Two vols., 8vo. Lend., 1819. _3s. 6d. This author has enjoyed considerable repate 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. 992 MIMPRISS (Robekt). The Treasury Harmony of the Four Evangelists. Thick demy 4to., 16s. Also cr. 8vo., two vols, in one, 6s. S. 3s. 6d. Lond., Partridge & Co. Condensed and compressed. Wonderfully useful. 993 NEWCOME (William, Archbishop of Armagh). English Harmony, with Notes. 8vo. Lond., S. Bagster. 1837. 4s. Merely the text arranged and a few rather ordinary notes. We do not Bee what a man can get oat of it. But, hush 1 It is by an archbishop 1 LIVES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 217 994 ROBINSON (Edwabd, 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. Is. 6d. Eobinson's Harmony is a work which has met with great acceptance, and the Tract Society did well to bring out this work for those unacquainted with Greek. The notes are mainly those of Eobinson ; but Wieseler, Greswell, and others have also been laid under contri- bution by the Editor, who has executed his work well. 995 STROUD (William, M. D.) Greek Harmony, with Synop- sis and Diatessaron. 4to. 15s. Lond., Bagsters. 1853. S. 5s. 6d. One of the best of the Harmonies. 996 WILLIAMS (Isaac). See No. 981. Merely the text arranged, without note or comment. LIVES OP OUE LOKD JESUS CHEIST. [Here also we can only mention a few leadiiDg works.] See under Gospels, especially Nos. 973, 974, 975, and 983. 997 ANDREWS (Samotsl). The Life of our Lord upon the Earth, in its Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Relations. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Lond., Strahan & Co. 1863. A good book for a student to read through before taking up larger works. It is a standard work. 998 BEECHER (Henry Ward). Life of Jesus, the Christ. Earlier scenes. Thick 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond,, Nelson. 1873. Here the great genius of Beeoher glows and hums ; but we are disap- pointed with his book as a biography of our Lord. 999 BENNETT (James, D. D.) Lectures on the History of Jesus Christ. Second edition. Two vols., 8vo. Lond., 1828. 6s. 6d. lively popular lectures, fuU of matter, well expressed, and possessing sterling excellence. 318 LIVES OB OUK LOED JESTTS CHRIST. 1000 ELLICOTT (C. J., D. D., Biatop of Gloucester and Bristol), Historical Lectttrea. 8vo. 12b. Lend., Longmans. 1869. This great author stands in the highest place of honor ; bat having no sympathy with what he oalis "the popular theology," he should be read with considerable caution. 1001 PARRAR (P. W., D. D., F. R. S.) Life of Christ. Two vols., demy 8v6. 24s. Lend., Caasell, Fetter & Galpin. 1874. THE work upon the subject. Fresh and full. The price is very high and yet the sale has been enormous. 1003 FLEETWOOD (John, D. D.) Life of our Lord Jesus Christ. Also the Lives of the Apostles and Evangelists.' Imp. 8vo. Lond., Mackenzie. S. 6s. This has had a great run, and is to be found in farm houses and cot- tages. Why we cannot tellj' except that the sellers of parts and numbers are fine hands at pushing the trade, and plates and pictures have caught the simple purchasers. 1003 KITTO (John, D. D.) "Life and Death of our Lord." Daily Bible Illustrations. (See No. 42.) Abounds in instructive matter. 1004 M17GE: (J. P., D. D.) Life of our Lord Jeaua Christ. With Additional Notes, by Rev. Marcus Dods, D. D. Four vols., demy 8vo. 283. 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. 1005 NEANDER (J. A. W.) The Life of Jesus Christ in its His- torical Development. Translated by Professors McClin- tock and Blumenthal. . Sm. 8vo. 3a. 6d. Lond., Bohn. 1858. Good as an answer to Strauss, but unsatisfactory &om the standpoint of evangelical theology. 1006 PRESSENSE (Edmond DE, D. D.) Jeaus Christ: Ma Times, Life, and Work. Cr. Svo. 9s. Lond., Hodder & Stoughton. 1875. The above work "abridged by the author, and adapted for general readers." Cr. 8vo. 5s. There have been many discussions upon the orthodoxy of this worli, 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. MIBACLES OF OXJU LOBD.. 219 Tet 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 test picture of the life of Christ. 1007 YOUNG (John, LL.B.) The Christ of History. Enlarged edition. Gr. 8vo. 6s. Lond., Daldy, Isbister & Co. 1860. "A work of great mceellence, eloquence, and logical compactness." British Quarterly Beview. MIRACLES OF OTJE LORD. [Here, also, we cannot attempt a complete list.] 1008 COLLTEK (William Bbngo, D. D., F. A. S.) Lectures on Scripture Miracles. 8vo. Lend., 1812. 2a. 6d. While reading we seem to hear the rustling of a sjlk gown. The lec- tures are by no means to be despised, but they are far too fine for our taste, 1009 GUMMING (John, D. D.) Lectures on our Lord's Miracles, as earnests o| the age to come. 12mo. Lond., 1851. S. 2s. Below the doctor's usual mark, which is none too high. 1010 HOWSON (J. S., D. D., Dean of Chester). Meditations on the Miracles. F'cap. 8vo. 3a. Loud., B. Tract Society. [1871.] Short, simple, but deeply spiritual and suggestive. 1011 KNIGHT (James, A. M.) Discourses on the principal - Miracles. 8vo. Lond., 1831. 4s. 6d. Mediocre discourses much appreciated by the clergy who borrow their sermons, 1012 MACDONALD (Gbokgb, LL. D.) The Miracles of our Lord. Cr. 8vo. 5s. Lond., W. Isbister & Go. 1870. ContEuns many fresh, childlike, and, we had almost said, dreamy thoughts. It suggests side- walks of laeditation. 1013 MAGUIRE (Robert, M. A.) The Miracles of Christ. Sq. 12mo. Lond., Weeks & Co. 1863. S. Is. 6d. 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. 320 PAKABLES OF OUR LORD. 1014 STEINMETER (P. L., D. D., Prof. Theol., Berlin). . The Miracles of our Lord in relation to Modem Criticism. Translated from the German by L. A. Wheatley. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1875. No donbt a very scholarly book, and jisefal to those whose heads have been muddled by other Germans, but we are weary of Teutonic answers to Teutonic scepticisms. We suppose it was needful to hunt down tbe jiationalists, for farmers hunt down rats, but the game does not pay for the trouble. 1015 TRENCH (R. C, D. D., Abp. of Dublin). Notes on the Miracles of our Lord. 8vo. 12s. Lond., Macmillan. 1870. Brimming with instruction. Not always to our taste in doctrine ; but on the whole a work of highest merit. PAKABLES OF OUR LORD. [A Selection from a long list, for which see No. 1026]. 1016 ANDERSON (Chaklbs, M. A.) New Readings of Old Parables. Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. Lond., 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. 1017 ARNOT (William, D. D. Died 1875). The Parables of our Lord. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. 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 value. 1018 B0T7RDILL0N (Francis, M. A.) The Parables explained and applied. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6(1. Lond., Religious Tract Society. [N. D.] Sufficiently common and commonplace. Platitudes sleepily worded. 1019 COLLTER (William Bengo, D. D.) Lectures on Scripture Parables. 8vo. Lond., 1815. 2s. (See No. 1008). 1020 CUMMING (John, D. D.) Foreshadows ; or Lectures on our Lord's Parables. Cr. 8vo. Lond., 1853. 2s. (See No. 1009). The Doctor evidently prints his sermons without much revision. They are pleasing, popular, and (of course) rather prophetic. PAEABIES OF OUB LOED. 231 1031 QRESWELL (B., B. D.) Exposition of the Parables, etc. Five vols, in six, 8vo. Oxt, 1834 37s. A vsst heap of leaming^ and langaage. The ■work, thongti padded oat, stilted in style, and often fanciful, is a mine for other writers. 1033 GUTHKIE (Thomas, D. D.) The Parables read in the Light of the Present Day. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Lond., Strahan. 1874. Twelve Parables treated in Dr. Guthrie's lively, sparkling manner. Flowers in abundance; 1033 KEACH (Benj.) Exposition. Folio. Lond., 1801. S. 10s.; also four vols., 8vo. S. 10s.; and one vol., Imp. 8vo. 1856. lOs. Although our honored 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. 1034 KNIGHT (James, A. M.) Discourses on the Principal Parables. 8vo. Lond., 1829. 4s. 6d. (See No. 1011). 1035 LISCO (Pkbdekick Gustav). Parables Explained. Fcap. 8vo. 58. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1840. S. 3s. 6d. Largely composed of citations from Luther and Calvin. The remarks will assist in eluddating the design of the parables. 1036 TRENOH(R. C.,D. D.) Notes on the Parables. Eleventh edition. 8vo. 13s. Lond., Macmillan & Co. 1870. We do not like Trench's theology in many places, bjit he is a capital writer. The student will find a very complete list of expositions on the Parables in the appen- dix at the close of Trench's work, 1037 UPJOHN (W.) Discourses on the Parables. Three vols., sm. Svo. 1834. Earnestly Calvinistio sermons, fall of old-fashioned Gospel. Not very original. 322 MATTHEW. MATTHEW. [See also works on the Four Gospels.] 1028 ABBOTT (Lyman, U. S. A.) New Testament. Vol. I. Matthew and Mark. Sq. 8TO.,9a. liOnd., Hodder. 1875. Intended for workers, and likely to be nsefU to them. 1029 ADAMSON (H. T., B. D.) Matthew expotinded. Thick 8vo. 12s. Lend., Sampson Low. 18T1. This hook reads to ns like utter nonsense. We question if any one except the author win ever he 'ahle to make head or tail of it, and he had better be quick about it, or he will forget what he meant. 1030 ALEXANDER (Joseph Addison, D. D.) Matthew Explained. Post 8vo. Ss. Lond., Nisbet. 1870. S. 3s. ed. Dr. Alexander's last work. He died befol'e it was quite finished. It is complete to Chapter XVI. Its Talue is great. 1031 BEAUSOBRE (IsiAC BB, 1659—1738), and L'te5srPANT (Jaques, 1661 — 1728). A New Version, with a Commen- tary. 8vo. Camb., 1790^ Lond., 1823, etc. Is. 6d. to 3s. The brief notes are purely literal or iMustrative, and are remarkably pertinent. The mass of the volume is taken up with an introduction to the New Testament. 1032 BENHAM (W.) Matthew, with Notes. Cr. 8v6. Lond., National SoMfety. [1861]. S. la. With this in his band a teacher would be much mded in conduoting 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. 1033 BLACKWOOD (Chbistofher). An Exposition upon the Ten First Chapters of Matthew. 4to. 1649. 9b. This learned divine became a B^tist throngh studying the arguments against believers' baptism, ^is proves his oaadoh Bis comment is somewhat out of date, but it is still good. 1034 CLARKE (George W.) Notes. Cr. Svo. New York, 1870. Good notes for teachers. Well compiled. A fit companion to No, 985. MATTHEW. 333 1035 DICKSON (David). A Briefe ExpoBition of Matthew. 870. 1651. 73. 6d. A perfect gem. The work is, to men of our school, more suggestive of sermons than almost any other we have met with. 1036 GODWIN (John H.) New Translation, with Brief Notes. Cr. 8vo. 5s. Lond., Bagsters. 1863. Dr. Godwin is a painstaking eluoidator of the word, and his plan is an excellent one. Students in college will value him. 1037 GOODWIN (Hakvet, D. D., Bishop of Carlisle). Com- mentary. Cr. 8vo. 12s. Lond., G. Bell & Sons. 1857. S. 4s. to 5s. 6d. An important work, which may be eonsulted with advantage. 1038 KELLY (Wiluam). Lectures on the Gospel of Matthew. 6b. Lohd., G. Morrish. 1868. We cannot accept the forced and fanciful interpretations here given. 1039 MARLOKATUS [MARLORAT] (AuGiTSTmE. 1560—1562). Exposition. Translated by Thomas Tymme. Folio. Loud., 1570. Marlorate was an eminent French reformer, preacher, and martyr. His commentaries contain the cream of the older writers, and are in much esteem, hut, are very rare., He wrote on the whole New Testament, hut we have in English only the Gospels and Jude. 1040 MORISON (Jameb, D. D.) Matthew's Memoirs of Jesua Christ. 8vo. 14s. Lond., Hamilton. 1870. "We dilEer greatly in doctrinal views from Dr. Morison, but we set a great price upon his Matthew and Mark, which deserve the utmost praise. 1041 OVERTON (Chablbs). Expository Preacher. Course of Lectures on Matthew. Two voIb., 8vo. Lond., Nisbet. 1850, S. 6s. 6d. Scarce. Solid, sound, soporific sermons ; intended for lay helpers to read, with the prayers appended. They will not make the hearers lie awake at nights, or cause them palpitations of heart through excess of original and strik- ing thought. 1042 Parker (JosEPHi D., D.) Homiletio Analysis. Matthew. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., 1870. 3b. 6d. Dr. Parker is an able though somewhat . But stop, he is a near neighbor of ours. 224 KABE. 1043 PENROSE (John). Leeturea on Matthev. ISmo. Loud., 1833. Is. 6d. The author says of his work, " no novelty of any kind, no originality either of thought or research will he found in it." Why, then, did he print it ! 1044 THOMAS (David, D. D.) Oenius of the Gospel. Homi- letical Commentary. 8to. Lond., Dickinson. 1873. 8s. 6d. We hardly know a more suggestive book. 1045 WARD (Richard). Tlieologicall Questions, Dogmatical! Observations, and Evangelicall Essays upon the Gospel according to Matthew. Wherein about two thoasand six hundred and fifty profitable Questions are discussed ; and five hundred and eighty points of Doctrine noted, etc., etc. Folio. Lond.,, 1640. 12s. 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 ; bat to a wise minister it would be a mine of wealth. MAEK. 1046 ALEXANDER (Joseph Addison, D. D.) Mark Ex- plained. PostSvo: 5s. Lond., Nisbet. 1866. S:3s.6d-. Alexander expounds Mark as an independent record, and does not constantly tell us to "see Matthew and Luke." Hence the book is complete in itself, and the author's learning and care have made it invaluable. 1047 B. (G.) Practical Commentary on Mark, in Simple and Familiar Language. 13mo. 3s. 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 helpftil. 1048 GODWIN (John H.) Mark. A New Translation, with Notes and Doctrinal Lessons. Cr. 8vo. 4s. 6d. Lond., Hodder & Stoughton. 1869. S. 2s. We like the brief doctrinal lessons, which are rather a new feature. They will serve admirably well as sermon-hints. The notes and transla- tion are really good. . LUKE. 335 1049 GOODWIN (Harvet, D. D., Bishop of Carlisle). Com- mentary. Cr. 8vo. 78. 6d. Lond., G. Bell & Sons. 1860. Contains much very helpful comment. Produced in connection with the Cambridge Working Men's College. 1050 laORISON (James, D. D.) A Commentary. Large Svo. 14s. Lond., Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1873. A deeply learned work ; we know of none more thorough. Differing as we do from this author's theol- ogj, we nevertheless set a , high price upon this pro- duction. 1051 FETTER (Geokge). Commentary on Mark. Two vols., folio. Lond., 1661. £5 12s. 6d. Mr. J. C. Eyle says of this worli : " For laborious investigation of the meaning of every word, for patient discussion of every question bearing on the text, for fulness of matter, for real thoughtfniness, and for con- tinued practical application, there is no work on 6t. 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. [S«e also on the Gospels. Oosterzee in Lange is excellent.] 1052 POOTE (Jambs, M. A.) Lectures on Luke. Two vols. Svo. Third edition. Edinb., Ogle & Murray, and Oliver & Boyd ; Lond., Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1858. S. 9s. We frequently consult this work, and never without finding in it things new and old. To preachers who will not steal the lectures, but use them suggestively, they will be extremely serviceable. 1053 GODET (F., Professor of Theology, Neuchatel). Com- . mentary on Luke. Translated by E. W. Shelders, B. A., and M. D. Cusin. Two vols., 8vo. 21s. Edinb., Clark. 1875. Dr. Meyer says : " To an immense erudition, to a liv- 336 JOHN. ing piety, Godet unites a profound feeling of rfeality ; 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." 1054 GOODWIN (Harvbt, D. D.) Commentary on Luke. Cr. 8vo. 9s. Lond., G. Bell & Sons. 1865. This writer endeavora to give the results of learning in snch a manner that working men may understand them. He Bays many good things. 1055 MAJOR (J. R., M. A.) Luke, with English iJotes. 8vo. Lond., 1836. 3s. Notes compiled with a view to the divinity examinations at Cambridge, containing a considerable amount of information. 1056 THOMSON (James, D. D.) Exposition of Luke, in a Series of Lectures. Three vols., 8vo. Edinb., A. & C. Black ; Lond., Longmans. 1849. 6s. to 8s. Eminently instructive. Clear good sense, freshness, and earnestness are well combined. We have had great pleasure in examining these lectures. 1057 VAN DOREN (W. H., of Chicago). Suggestive Com- mentary on the New Testament, on an original plan. [Luke, two vols., er. Svo.t 8s.- nett.-] Loud., Dickinson. 1871. Well named " suggestive " ; it is all suggestions. It teems and swarms with homiletical hints. JOHN. 1058 ANDERSON (Robert. 1793—1843). Practical Exposition of John. Two vols., 13mo. Lond., 1841. 48. By an evangelical clergyman : sound, but not very original. 1059 AUGUSTINE. Commentary on John. Two vols, of Works of Augustine, now in course of issue by T. & T. Clark. Edinb. 1060 Homilies on the Gospel and First Epistle qf John. Two vols, of the Library of the Fathers, 30b. ; or to sub- scribers, 32s. 6d. Lond. and Oxf., Jas. Parker & Co. To the wise a mine of treasure. Augustine is often fanciful ; but- even JOHN. sa? iiis fancies shows a master-mind. Mluch that passes for new is stolen &om this prince of theologians. 1061 BEITH (Albxandpk, D. D.) Expository Discourses. Cr, 8vo. Lond., Nisbet. 1857. 3b. 6d. Discourses which mast have been very profitable to the hearers. Stu- dents will do better with works which are more condensed. 1063 BESSER (Rudolph, D. D.) Biblical Studies on John. Translated from the German by M. G. Huxtable. Two vols. cr. 8vo. 12s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1861—62. ' ' 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." — tiiterary Churchman. 1063 BROWN (George J., M. A.) Lectures, forming a Contin- uous Commentary. Two vols., 8vo. Lond., Bivlngtons. 1863. S. 5s. 6d. The plan of this work will prevent its being widely used ; but its exe- cution strikes us as being uncommonly able. It is a gathering up of other men's materials and an amalgamation of them. It is intensely Episcopa- lian, even to Baptismal Begeneration, yet it brings a good deal of light to tear on the Gospel of John, and, if to be met with at a very low figure, it is not to be passed by. 1064 DRUMMOND (D. T., K., B. A.) Exposition of the Last Kine Chapters of John. 12mo. Seeleys, 1850. 3s. Good, but not very striking. 1065 DITNWELL (Fkahcis Henkt, B. A.) Commentary on the Authorized Version of John, compared with the Sinaitic, Vatican, and Alexandrian Manuscripts, and also with Dean Alford's revised translation. 8vo. 15s. Lond., J. T. Hayes. 1872. S. 10s. 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 in- terpretation of the Third of John is eminently unsatisfactory ; Mr. Dun- well teaches Baptismal Begeneration. 1066 FAWCETT (John, A. M. 1769—1851). Exposition of John. Three vols., 8vo., 31s. Lond., Hatchards. 1860. S. 8s. Good evangelical sermons. 1067 HENGSTENBERG (E. W., D. D.) Commentary on John. Two vols., 8vo. 21s. Edinb., Clark. 1868. S. 8s. 6d. Like others of this author's works : solid, but dry. 328 JOHN. 1068 HUTCHESON (Georgb). Exposition of Jolin. Folio. Lond., 1657. Eeprinted, roy. 8vo. Lond., Ward. 1841. 4a. to 6s. Excellent; beyond all praise. It is a full-stored treasury of sound theology, holy thought, and marrowy doctrine. 1069 METER (H. A. W., D. D.) See No. 929. 1070 O'CONOE (W. A.) Commentary. Cr. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Loud., Longmans. 1872. In this translation the first verse rims thus : " la 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 ns. 1071 SHEPHEED (E., D. D.) Notes on the Gospel and Epistles of John. 4to. Lond., 1796. Imp. 8vo. Lond., Murray. 1841. S. 3s. 6d. Though the author opposed Sooiuianism, we cannot but regard his views as an introduction to that heresy. The spirit of the book is vicious. 1072 THOLUCE (Augustus F., D. D., Ph. D.) Commentary. 8vo. 9s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1860. S. 4s. 6d. More spiritual than is usual with German theologians, and quite as scholarly as the best of them. 1073 TITTMANN (K. C, Theol. Prof. 1744—1820.) Commen- tary. Two vols., cr. 8vo. 8s. Bib. Cab. Edinb., T. & T. ClarK. 1844. S. 4s. 6d. Home, in speaking of this work in the German, without endorsing all Tittmann's opinions, declares it to he the most valuable commentary on John extant in so small a form. Our judgment is less commendatory. 1074 TBAHERON (BAitTHOMMEW. Died 1716.) An Exposition of a Parte of S. Johannes Gospel made in sondrie read- ings in the English Congregation. 12mo. 1558. Very rare, 30a. A little quaiut old.book. Kot intrinsically worth the price, nor a tenth of it. 1075 VAN DOREN (W. H., D. D.) Suggestive Commentary on John, Vol. I., containing chap. i. — ek. Cr. 8vo. 5s. nett. Vol. II. in the press. Lond., Dickinson. 1872. If men who read this volume do not preach the better for so doing, it is not Mr. Van Doren's fault ; they must be Van Dolts by nature, though they may ignore the family name. PAETS OF JOHK. 239 PARTS OF JOHN. [A selection of authors is all' we can give.] 1076 HILDERSHAM (Abthub). Lectures on John IV. Folio. Lond., 1628 and 1656. 43. to 6s. A mass of godly teaching ; but rather heavy reading. 1077 TURNER (Samuel H., D. D.) Essay on our Lord's Dis- course at Capernaum, recorded in John VI. Cr. 8vo. New York, 1851. S. 3s. Written with the immediate view of comhating the errors of Dr., after- wards Cardinal, Wiseman, who appeals to this chapter for proofs of " the real presence." 1078 PATTERSON (John B., of Falkirk). Lectures on John XIV., XV. and XVI. Cr. 8vo. Edinb., T. Clark. 1859. S. 2s. Solid discourses, containing maoh thought happily expressed. Yet withal somewhat laborious reading. 1079 AIiEZANDER (Thomas, D. D.) Great High Priest within the Vail. John XVIL ISmo. Lond., 1857. Is. 3d. Sound theology and honest exposition. Multum in paryo. 1080 BROWN (John, D. D.) Exposition of John XVII. 8vo. Lond., Hamilton, 1850. S. 5b. Dr. Brown is always deep, full, and overflowing. 1081 BURGESS (Anthony). One Hundred and Forty-five Sermons on John XVII. Folio. Loud., 1656. 7s. 6d. A standard work by a great Puritan. Somewhat prolix. 1083 LANDELS (William, D. D.) The Saviour's Parting Prayer for his Disciples. 12mo. 3s. 6d. Lond., Elliot Stock. 1873. Sermons of a high order : style admirable, but rather diffuse. To be estimated rather from a horniletical than an expository point of view. 230 ACTS OS' THE APOSTLES. 1083 NEWTON (Gkohge. 1603—1681). John XVII. Un- folded. Folio. Lond., 1660, Reprinted in Nichol's Commentaries. Cr. 4to. 7s. 6d. Lond., Nisbet. 1867. S. 4s. If not one of the chief of the Puritans, ilfewton was but little behind the front rank in ability. Joseph AUeine was his assistant miiiister at Taunton. His writings are plain and profitable. 1084 PIERCE! (Samttei. Etles). Exposition of the Lord's Prayer, in John XVU. 8vo. 1813. 43. 6d. Always sweet as honey to those of strong Calyinistie views. ACTS OP THE APOSTLES. [See also under Gospels.] 1085 AUESZANDER {Joseph Addison, D. D.> The Acta Explained. Two vols., 8vo. ISs. Lond., Kisbei. 1869. In all respects a work of the highest merit. 1086 AIiFORI) (Henbt, D. D.) HomUiea on the former part of the Acts of the Apostles. Ch. 1. — ^X. 8vo. 8s. Lond., Eivingtons. 1358. S. 3a. 6d. Not SO good as his critical notes ; but such an author always deserves attention. 1087 ARNOT (William, D. D.) The Church in the Honse. Post 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., Nisbet. 1873, Intended to be read in families on Sabbath after- noons ; but all who are acquainted with Dr. Arnot will know that even his simplest expositions are rich and full. He hath dust of gold. 1088 BAUMGARTEN (M., Ph. D.) Apostolic History. Three Tols.,8vo. 27s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1854. S. 10s. 6d. "An exposition at once profoundly soientifio and sublimely Christian, one of the most pressing wants of our times." — Ecleotic Eeview. Alford caUs it excellent, tliongh somewhat fanciful. ACTS OF THE APOSTiBS. 231 lOto BENNETT (.^ame^, D. D.) Lefetures oh the Acts. 8to. Lond., 1847. 3a. 6d. to 4s. A good Bpecimen of plain and popular pulpit exposition. Dr. Bennett fights very eamesitly for the Congregatiohalist 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. 1090 BENSON (George, D. D. 1699—1763). History of tho first planting of the Christian Religion. Three vols., 4to. Lond., 1756. 4s. to 6a. 6d. Dull, but displaying considerable research. Benson was an Arian. 1091 BONAS(H.iD.D.) Light and Truth. Vol. III. See No. 7. 1093 BQUCHIEE (Barton, A. M.) Manna in the House: or Daily Expositions of the Acts. 13mo. Loud., 1858. S. Is. 6d. to 2a. 6d. Superior &mily reading. Bouchier did not write for students, bilt for households, yet bven the more advanced may learn from him. 1093 BREWSTER (John, M. A.) Lectures on the Acts. 8vo. 1830. 3a. 6d. A sip of Howson or Hackett is worth a barrel of these weak and watery prelections. 1094 CAIiVIN (John). Commentaries upon the Acts. Trans- lated by C. Featherstone. 4to. Lond., 1585. 6s. This forms the basis of bhe Calvin Translation So- ciety's edition. 1095 COOK (P. C, M. A., Canon of Chester). The Acts, with a Commentary. 8vo. 128. 6d. Lond., Longfinans. 1866. S. 2b. 6d. Contains many useful notes, instructive to fairly educated readers, 1096 CRADOCK (Samuel, B. D.) The Apostolical History, con- taining the Ats, Labours, Travels, Sermons, etc., of the Apostles. Folio. Lond., 1763. 5a. TillotSon, Eeynolds, Doddridge, and others highly commended the works of this Puritan writer. The style in which the " Apostolical His- tory " is got up is most uninviting ; the book is nearly all itali(!s. Mahy modem works far excel it. 1097 DENTON (W., M. A.) Commentary on the Acts. Two vols., 8vo. [Vol. I. only issued. 18s.] 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 233 ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. not always agree with the author, but he has done his work thoroughly well. 1098 DICK (John, D. D. 1764—1833). Lectures on the Acta. Sm. 8vo. Glasg., 1848. 43. Interesting lectures upon selected portions of the Acta. This work has been reprinted in America, whence we obtained a copy of the second edi- tion ; this shows that it has been highly esteemed. 1099 DU VEIL (C. M., D. D. A learned converted Jew. Died abont 1700). Explanation of the Acts. 8vo. Lond., 168§. Reprinted by Hansard KnoUys Society, 8to. 1851. 4s. to 6s. Claude's prefatory letter highly commends this work. The author defends the immersion of believers with earnestness. 1100 FAWOETT (John, M. A.) Exposition of the Acta. Three vols., 8vo. 21s. Lond., Hatchards. 1860. S. 5s. A fine series of expository discourses. Sometimes we differ. 1101 FORD (J., M. A.) The Acts, illustrated from Ancient and Modern Authors. 8vo. 13s. Lond., Masters. 1856. (See No. 957.) 1102 GIiOAG (Paton J., D. D.) Commentary on the Acts. Two vols., demy 8vo. 21a. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1870 Dr, Hackett says of Dr. Gloag's work : " I have examined it with special care. For my purposes I have found it unsurpassed by any similar work in the English language. It shows a thorbugh mastery of the material, philology, history, and literature pertaining to this range of study, and a skill in the use of this knowledge, which places it in the first class of modem expositions." 1103 GUALTHERUS (RODTOPHns. 1529—1586). 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 Heme]. Folio. Black Letter. Lond., 1572. 30s. Full of Protestantism. The author judged that, as Luke who wrote the Acts, woa a physician, his book was mciint to be medicine to the Church. lACTS OF THE APOSTLES. , 333 1104 HAOKETT (Hokatio B., D. D.) Commentary on the Original Text of the Acts. [Several American editions. Reprinted in two vols., in The Banyan Library.] 7s. to 10a. Hackett occupies the first position among comAen- tators upon the Acts. The Bunyan Library edition omits some of his most valuable critical observations. 1105 HODGSON (Robert, D. D., Dean of Carlisle). Lectures upon the first Seventeen Chapters of the Acts. 8vo. Loud., 1843. Is. 6d. Deficient in Gospel clearness, and in every other respect, except ardent ohiirohiam. 1106 HUMPHRY (William Gilsobt, B. D.) Commentary on the Acts. Second edition. 8vo. Loud., J. W. Parker & Son. 1854. 3s. Exegetical remarks npon the Greek text. Very good from a philologi- cal point of view, but professedly of an elementary character. 1107 KELLY (W.) Lectures Introductory to the Study of the Acts, Catholic Epistles, and Revelation. Cr. 8vo. 5s. Lond., Broom. 1870. S. 3s. By a man " who, bom fbr the universe, narrowed his mind " by Darby- ism. 1108 LANQE (J. P.) Commentary : from the German of Lechler andGerock. Two vols., 8 vo. 31s. Edinb., Clark. 1864. S. 10s. 6d. Also one vol.. Imp. 8vo. 21s. (See page 38). Adds nothing to our knowledge of the Acts ; but the homiletioal hints are useful. 1109 LIQHTFOOT (John, D. D. 1603—1675). Commentary. Edited by J. R. Pitman, A. M. 8vo. 1823. [Vol. VIIL of Lightfoot's Works.] Few now-ardays will care for this author, whose learning ran mostly in Tahnudical channels. He was profound, but not always discreet. 1110 MAGBRIDE (John David, D. D.) Lectures on the Acts and Epistles. 8vo. Oxf., 1858. 2s. 6d. 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. 1111 MASKEW (T. R., B. A.) Annotations on the Acts. With College and Senate-House Examination Papers. 12mo, Camb., 1847. Is. 6d. A handbook to the Acts, viewing it simply as a Greek book ; prepared for the use of students passing through the university. 334 ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 111^ MIMPEISS (B.) The Acts and Epistles/according toGres- well's Arrangement. 8vo. 1837. 3s. A handy book for teachers. 1116 NEANDER (J. A. W.) History of the Planting land Train- ing of the Christian Church by the Apostles. Translated by J. B. Kyland. Two vols., cr. 8vo. 3b. 6d. each. Lond., Bohn's Library, Bell & Sons. 1851. S. 4s. 6d. Also in Cabinet Library. The work rather of an historian than of a commentator. Sold, devoat, learned, and, on the whole, sound. The result of wide researcli, and deep learning. 1114 NORRIS (J. P., M. A.) Key to the Acts. Sm. 8vo. Ss. 6d. Lond., Rivingtons. 1871. A well executed sketch of the Acts of the Apostles, (^ving the student a clear idea of the run of the hook. Like the same author's " Key to the Gospels " (No. 965), it would he most useful in Bible classes. 1115 OLSHAUSEN (H., D. D.) See No. 966. Denton says that " this is a brief, hasty, and not well-digested supple- ment to Olshausen's Tolnmes on the Gospels." He thinks all the Gterman writers to be much overrated, and we are much of his mind. 1116 PYLE (T., k. A. 1674—1756). Paraphrase. Two vols., 8vo. 1795. 2s. This pile of printed paper may safely be left on the hookseller's shelves. 1117 STIER (RtJDOLPH, A D.) The Words of the Apostles. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Edihb., T. & T, Clark. 1869. Devout, sctolairly, full of thought. To be used discreetly. 1118 STOCK (Eugene). Lessons on the Acts. For Sunday » School Teachers and other Religious Instructors. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Lond., Ch. of England S. School Institute. 1874. For half-a-crown the teacher may here obtain one of the niost useful books known to us. Though prodticed for members of the Church oif England, we recommend it heartily to ministers and others who are preparing addresses to the young. 1119 THOMAS (DAVID, D. D.) Homiletic Commentary on the Acts. 8vo. Lond., Dickinson. 1870. 6s. 6d. Many of the homiletic outlines strike hs as " much ado about nothing " ; still, Lf a man should read this work and get no help &om it, it would be his own fault. LIVES OF THE APOSTLES. 335 USD THOMSON nt rank, but his mediocrity is respectable. 1190 WARDLAW (Ralph, D. D.) Lectures on Romans. Three vols., cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. each. Lond., Fullarton & Co. 1861. Wardlaw interprets with great sobriety and spirituality, and we never consult him in VMn, though we do not always agree with him. 1191 WILLET (Andkew). Hexapla : that is, a Sixfold Com- mentary' upon Romans. Folio. 1611. 6s. to 7b. 6d. (See No. 143). 1193 WILLIAMS (H. W., Wesleyan Minister). Exposition. Cr.Svo. 6s. Lond., 66 Paternoster Row. 1869. S.3s. 6d. 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. 1193 WILSON (Thomas. Puritan. Died 1631). Commentary on Romans. 4to. Lond., 1614. Folio, 1637 and 1653. 3s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. Intended for the less-instraoted 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. 1194 SCLATER (W., D. D. Died 1636). A Key to the Key of Scripture ; or an Exposition, with Notes, upon the Romans, Chap. I., II., III. 4to. 1611 and 1629. 4b. An antique, but precious book. 1195 MORISON (James, D. D.) Exposition of the Third Chapter of Romans. 8vo. 13s. 6d. Lond., Hamilton. 1866. S. 7s. 6d. A scholarly and exhaustive exposition. When we do not agree with Dr. Morison, we pay homage to his great learning and critical skill. 1196 FRASER (Jambs. 1700—1796). The Doctrine of Sancti- fication. Explication of Romans VI. to VIII. 1 — 4. 8vo. Edinb., 1880. Offered, new, by Ogle & Murray, 3s. 6d. Dr. John Brown says : " Eraser's Scripture Doctrine of Sanctification is well worth studying. The old Scotch divine is rude in speech, but not in knowledge." 1197 ELTON (Edward, B. D.) Sundry Sermons upon Romans VII., VIII., and IX. Folio. Lond., 1653. 8s. to 10a. The style is plain and homely, but the matter is of 846 I. & II. COKINTHIANS. the choicest kind. This old folio is like an old skin bottle, with a rough exterior, but filled within with the product of the rarest vintage. Such books as this we never tire of reading. 1198 KOHLBRUGGE (H. P., D. D., of Elberfeld). Romans VII. . paraphrased. 12mo. Loud., 1854. S. Is. 6d. An instrnctive rendering of this deeply experimental chapter. 1199 BINNING (Hugh. 1637—1653). The Sinner's Sanctuary. Forty-eight Sermons on Romans Vllt. 4to. 1670. Also Vols. I. and II. of his Works. Three vols., 12mo. Edinb., 1839. 3b. to 4s. 6d. The writer of Binning's Memoir says : " There is a pure stream of piety and learning running through the whole, and a very peculiar turn of thought, which ex- ceeds the common rate of writers on this choice part of the Holy Scriptures." 1200 HORTON (Thomas, D. D.) Forty-six Sermons on Romans VIII. Lond. Folio. 1674. 3s. Full of matter, weU, but rather too formally, arranged. The sermons are very prim and orderly. 1201 WINSLOW (OcTAVitrs, D. D.) No Condemnation in Christ. [On Romans VIII.] Cr. 8vo. 7s. Lond., Shaw. 1860. Dr. Winslow is always sound and sweet; bnt his works are better adapted for general readers than for students. He is extremely diffuse. ' I. &II. COEINTHIANS. [See also nnder Apostolical Epistles.] 1203 BILLROTH (Dr. Gtjstav. 1808—1886). Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthians. Two vols., 13mo. 8b. Bib. Cabinet Series. Edinb., T. & T.' Clark. S. 3s. 9d. To be prized for its critioism. The author trios to bring forth from each passage the sense which the Apostle intended it to convey. Obser- vations and reflections there are none ; but we are not among those who throw away " the dry bones of critioism " — ^bones are as needful as meat though not so nourishing. I. & II. COEIIS-THIAN-S. 247 1303 OAIiVIN (John). Commentarie upon Corinthians. Trans- lated by Thomas Tymme. 4to. 1577. 15s. Tymme seems to have been constantly occupied in translating the Reformers, and to have done his work well. 1204 HOBGE (Charles, D. D.) Exposition of I. Corinthians. Post 8vo. 5s. 1868. Exposition of II. Corinthians. Post 8vo. 5s. 1869. Lond., Nisbet. The more we use Hodge, the more we value him. This applies to all his commentaries. 1205 IiANGE (S. P.) Commentary on I. and II. Corinthiana, by C. F. Kluig, D. D. (See page 38.) 1206 LOTHIAK (W.) Lectures on I. and 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. 1207 OLSHAUSEN (H.. D. D.) Commentary on I. and 11. Corin- thians. 8vo. 9s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1851. Br. Xindsay 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. 1208 PKIDHAM (Abthuk). Notes and Reflections on I. and II. Corinthians. Two vols., cr. 8vo. 5s. each. Loud., Nisbet. 1866. We do not always agree with Mr. Pridham, but we always admire the quiet, candid, and unaffected manner in which he writes. 1209 ROBERTSON (Fbederick W., M. A. 1816—1853). Ex- pository Lectures. 12mo. 53. Lond., King. 1872. Eobertson's doctrinal vagaries are well known ; yet he is a great thinker and a prompter of thought in other men, Eead with discretion. 1210 STANLEY (Abthub Pbnkhtn, T>. D., P. R. S. , Dean of Westminster.) Corinthians. 8vo. 18s. 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. 248 GALATIAKS. 1211 COLET (John. D. D., Dean of St. Paul's. 1466—1519). Treatise on I. Corinthians. With Translation. Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. Lond., G. Bell & Sons. 1874. A onriosity and nothing more. Thia same ancient Dean Colet, the friend of Erasmus, wrote also on the Bomans. 1213 PEARCB (Zachaky, D. D.) Translation of I. Corinthians, with Paraphrase and Notes. In Vol. II. of Commentary. (No. 968.) We onght to value this work greatly, for the author was a renowned scholar ; but we oonfeas we do not think much of his productions. [The writers on small portions of these Epistles are too namerons to ha mentioned in our short Catalogue. Bmgess, Branston, Thomas Fnller, Sibhes, Manton, Watson, and other masterly writers have all left a oon- tribation to the expository stores of the Church of Christ.] GALATIANS. [Do not fbrget to consult works irom No. 1142 to 1157.} 1213 BAGGE (Hknky T. J., B. A.) Galatiana. 8vo. Load., 1856. S.3s. Simply a revised text and critical notes. 1214 BAYIiET (Sir E.) Commentary on Galatians. Thick post 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lend., Nisbet. 1869. S. 3b. Upon each portion there is a commentary, a para- phrase, and a sermon, and thus the author conveys a considerable amount of instruction. He is thoroughly evangelical, and his style clear. 1215 BROWN (John, D. D. Edinburgh). Exposition of Gala- tians. 8vo. Edinb., 1853. S. 6s. Brown is a modern Puritan. AH his expositions are of the utmost value. The volume on Galatians is one of the scarcest books in the market. 1316 CALVIN (John). Forty-two Sermons on Galatians. 4to. Lond., 1574. [A different work from his Commentary.] fiAlATIASTB. 249 1217 EAJXCE John, D. D.) Commentary on the Greek Text of Galatiana. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Edinb., CUrk. 1869. S. 7s. 6d. This is a most careful attempt to ascertain the mean- ing 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 truth. 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. 1218 EDMUNDS (John. M. A.) Galatiana. With Explanatory Notes. Crown 8vo. Edinb., Oliver & Boyd. 1874. Thoronghly ritualistic. See remarks on tliis author's work on Thessa- louiEina. 1219 GODWIN (John H.) Galatiana. Translation, with Notes and Doctrinal Lessons. Cr. 8vo. 3b. Lond., Hodder. 1871. A helpful translation, with good textual notes. 1220 HALDANE (James Alexandeb. 1768—1851). Exposition of Galatians. 12mo. 1848. 28. 6d. 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." 1221 HAWKEE (JOhn, M. A.) Bible Thoughts in Quiet Hours. Commentary on Galatians. 2a. Lond., Yapp & Hawkins. 1874. These " thoughts " are sound and edifying. The book does not profess to be a thorough exposition, 1222 KELLY (William). Lectures on Galatians. 12mo. Is. 6d. and 2s. Lond., G. Morrish. [N. D.] Mr. Kelly's authoritative style has no weight with us. We do not call these lectures expounding, but confounding. 1223 IiANGE (J. P.) Commentary on Galatians, by Otto Schmoller, Ph. D. Ephesians, Philippiana, and Coloa- sians, by Karl Braune, D. D. (See page 88.) 1224 UGHTFOOT (J. B., D. D., Canon of St. Paul's). Gala- tians. Revised Text, with Introductions, Notes, and Dissertations. 8vo. 12a. Lond., Macmillan. 1874. The Spectator says : " There is no commentator at 250 GALATIANS. once of sounder judgment, and more liberal, than Dr. Lightfoot." ■ 1235 LTJSHINGTON (Thomas. Died 1661). The Justification of a Sinner : tUe Main Argument of the Epistle to the Galatians. Folio. 1650. 5s. 6d. A translation from Crellios, a Sociuian divine, made by Laaliington, 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. 1226 LUTHER (Maktin). Commentary on Galatians. [Numer- ous editions — folio, quarto, and octavo.] " I prefer this book of Martin Luther's (except the Bible) before all the books that I have ever seen, as most fit for a wounded conscience." — Bunyan. This is a great historic work, and is beyond 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 altogether by itself, and must be judged per se. 1237 OLSHA0SEN (H., D. D.) Commentary on Galatians, Ephesiaus, Colossians, and Thessalonians. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1851. (For remarks see No. 966.) 1228 PEAESON (Samttel, Minister of Gt. George St. Chapel, Liverpool). Sermons on Galatians. Cr. 8vo. Ss. 6d. Lond., Clarke. 1874. Discourses worthy of the successor of Spencer and Baffles. 1329 PERKINS (Wilmam. 1558—1602.) Commentarie on the First five Chapters of Galatians, vrith a Supplement on the Sixth Chapter, by Ralfe Cud worth. Thick 4to. 1604. 2r. 6d. to 4s. Perkins was jnstly esteemed by his cotemporaries as a master in the- ology. This commentary is deeply theological, and reads like a body of divinity : tratli compels us to confess that we find it doll. 1330 PRIDHAM (A.) Galatians. Cr. 8vo. Ss. Lond., Nisbet. 1872. Pridham is, we snppose, of the moderate Brethren school, bnt he is not carried away by any theory, being essentially a man of sober mind. EPHESIAITS. S51 EPHESIANS. [See also under Apostolical Spikes.] 1231 BAYNE (Paul, A. M. Puritan. Died 1617). Commentary on Bphesians. Folio. 1643, etc. 6s. [Reprinted in Nichol's Commentaries. Cr. 4to. 7s. 6d. 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 instruction ; and all confess that he hath brought some light to this Scripture. 1332 CALVIN (John). Sermons on Ephesians, Translated by A. Gelding. Black Letter. 4to. Loud., 1577. 9s. Not the same as the exposition. The Sermons are priceless. 1333 EADIE (John, D. D.) Commentary on the Greek text of Ephesians. 8vo. 14s. Lond., Griffin. 1861. S. 7s. 6d. " This book is one of prodigious learning and re- search. 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." 1234 GRAHAM (William, D. D., of Bonn, Prussia). Lectures on Ephesians. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., Partridge & Co. 1870. Dr. Graham is an earnest opponent of the German Neologians and fre- quently writes with their negations before his eye. He is a commentator of considerable learning and much spirituality of mind. 1235 HEMMINGE (Nicholas, D. D.) Commentary on Ephe- sians, translated. 4to. Lond., 1581. (See No. 554.) 1386 HODGE (Chaklks, D. D.) Commentary on Ephesians. Cr. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Lond., Nisbet. 1870. Most valuable. With no writer do we more fully agree. 1237 KELLY (W.) Lectures. 12mo. 23. Lond., G. Morrish. (See No. 1258.) 253 BPHESIAKS. 1238 LATHROP (Joseph, D. D., of America. 1731—1820). ExpoBition of the Epistle to the Ephesians, in a Series of Discourses. Thick 8to. Philadelpliia, 1864. Tlieae discourses are sure to be of the liighest class. We have not been able to procure a copy.' 1239 M'GHEE (R., A. M., M. R. I. A.) Lectures on Ephesians. Two vols., 8vo. Fourth edition. Lond., Saunders & Otley. 1861. S. lOs. 6d. ^"IdTely, warmhearted, estemporaneons 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 sncoeeded. 1240 NEWLAND (HianiT, M. A.) A New Catena of St. Paul's Epistles. Commentary on Ephesians, in which is exhib- ited the Results of the most learned Theological Criti- cisms, from the Age of the Early Fathers down to the Present Time. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., J. Parker & Co. 1866. S. 3b. TTsed discreetly, this Catena of patriatio, mediseval and modem Church interpreters, may be very helpful ; without discretion it wiU mislead. 1241 PATTISON (R. E., D. D., late Pres. of Waterville Col.) Commentary on Ephesians. 8vo. Boston, U. S. 1859. A book to instruct intelligent, experienced believers. It is a model for a class-book, plain and yet profound. 1242 PERCEVAL (A. P.) Lectures on Ephesians. 12mo. Lond., 1846. Is. 6d. Good, but not likely to produce headache by overloading the brain with thought. 1243 PRIDHAM (A.) Ephesians. 12mo. 4s. 6d. Lond., Yapp. S. 2s. 6d. Style heavy, matter weighty. 1244 PULSFORD (John). Christ and his Seed ; Central to all things : being a Series of Expository Discourses on Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians. 4to. 8s. 6d. Lond., Hamil- ton, Adams & Co. 1872. Contains a great deal of deep thought, but is too mystical and often too cloudy to be of much Bcrvioo to those who wish to explain Scripture. 1245 RIDLEY (Lancelot. About 1540.) 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 Bidley, made upon St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, for the true erudition of his Christian brethren, hath my Lord PHlLlPPlAlfS. 2b3 Bonner here also condemned for heresy. But what the oanse is I cannot ten, unless it be for advancing the Gospel as the thing whereby we are made righteons." Our author is equally fierce against Anabaptists and Papists, but is not much of a commentator. 1346 TURNER (Samuel H., D. D.) Ephesians, in Greek and English; with Analysis and Commentary. 8vo. New York, 1856. A learned work ; good, but not very attractive. 1347 EVANS (James Haebington, A. M. 1785—1849). Chris- tian Solicitude, aa exemplified in Epbegiana III. 16mo. Lend., J. F. Shaw. 1856. S. la. 3d. 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. 1348 BOLLOCK (Robert. 1585—1598). An Exposition of part of the fift and sixt chapters of S. Pavle'a Epistle to the Ephesians. 4to. Lond., 1630. [In a volume containing sundry fragments of Expositiona.] 13s. This renowned Scotchman's writings generally come to ns as transla- tions from the Latin, and have been made pretematurally dull in the pro- cess 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, etc. It will not be much appreciated in these days, though Dr. MoCrie styles Bollock's works " succinct and judidous." PHILIPPIANS. [See also under Epistles,] 1249 ACASTER (J.) Expository Lectures on Philippians. 8vo. Loud., 1837. 3s. TIseiU 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. 1250 AIRAT (Henry. 1559—1617). Lectures on Philippians. 4to. Lond., 1618, 5s. 6d. [Reprinted, with Cartwright on Colossians, in Nichol's Commentaries. Cr. 4to. 7b. 6d. Lond., Nisbet. 1864.] Mr. Giosart says : " You will look in vain in this commentary for 254: PHILIPPIANS. erudite criticism or subtle exegesis in tlie modem sense : bnt there seems to ns to be an instnictively trne following np of the Apostolic thonghts, and a qnick insight into their bearings and relative force. 1251 CALVIN (John). Commentarie on Philippians. Trans- lated b7 Wm. Eecket. 4to. Lend., 1584. 10s. 6d. 1252 CALVIN AND STORR. Expositions of PhUippians and Colossians. By J. Calvin and Gottlob Storr. Translated by R. Johnston. 12mo. 4s. Bib. Cabinet. Edinb., Clark. 1842. 3s. A sort of sandwich, with Calvin for the meat, and Storr for very hard black bread. Students who can enjoy both spiritnal exposition and stem criticism with equal relish will make fine expositors. 1253 DAILLE (Jean. 1594—1670). Exposition of Philippians. Translated by Rev. James Sherman. Imp. Svo. Lond., 1841. [This Exposition, together with Daille on Colos- sians, and Jenkyn on Jade, have been issued in one thick volume by Mr. Nichol, of Edinburgh. 10s. 6d. Lond., Nisbet. 1863.] Written in a delicionsly florid style. Very sweet and evangelical : after the French manner. 1254 EASIE (John, D. D.) Commentary on the Greek text of Philippians. 8vo., IDs. 6d. Lond., Griffin. 1859. S. 6s. A standard work. Essential to the scholarly student. 1255 EASTBURN (M.) Lectures. Svo. New Tork, 1858. 2s. 6d. Designed for family reading. Moderately good. 1256 HALL (Robert, A. M. 1764—1831). Exposition of Philip- pians, in twelve Discourses. Svo. Lond., 1843. 2s. 6d. Bobert Hall does not shine so mnch upon the printed page as he did when he blazed from the pulpit. These discourses were pnblished after his death, from the notes of a hearer. They are good as sermons, but not remarkable as expositions. 1257 JOHNSTONE (Robekt, LL. B., of Glasgow). Lectures on Philippians, with revised Translation, and Notes on the Greek text. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Edinb., Oliphant. 1875. A noble volume. A real boon to the man who pur- chases it. 1258 KELLY (W.) Philippians and Colossians. 12mo. 23. Lond., Morrish. 1869. Much that is excellent placed in " darkness visible.^' PHIUPPIANS. 355 1359 LANGE(J. P.) See No. 934, and also page 38. 1360 UGHTFOOT (J. B., D. D.) A revised text, with Notes, etc. 8vo. 13s. Lond., Macmillan & Co. 1873. Deservedly regarded as a standard work. The more instructed student will appreciate it. 1261 MEYER (Dr. H. A. W.) Critical and Exegetical Hand- book to the Epistles to the Philippiaus and Colossians. (See No. 939.) 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. 1363 NEAT (Chablks). Discourses from Philippians. Sm.8vo. Lond., 1841. Is. 6d. Strongly Calvinistio, and correct to a hair ; but utterly devoid of origin- ality either of thought or expression. 1363 NEANDER (Johann August Wilhelm. 1789—1850). Philippians and James, practically and historically ez- plained. Post 8vo. 3s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1851. S. Is. 9d. Without dwelling npon the wording of the Epistle, Neanderreproduces its spirit in other language, and so expounds it. The little work will be greatly appreciated by a certain order of minds. 1364 NEWLAND (H., M. A.) New Catena. Philippians. 8vo. 7s. 6d. J. Parker. 1860. S. 3s. 6d. (See No. 1340.) 1365 PIERCE (James. Died 1736). Paraphrase on Philippians, Colossians, and Hebrews. 4to. Lond., 1733. Had he but known the Lord, his writings would have been admirable. He conceals his Arianism, but it is fatal to his acceptance with believers. He wrote after the manner of Mr. Locke. 1366 ROBERTSON (J. S. S., M. A.) Lectures on Philippians. 13mo. Lond., 1849. Lectures which will never set the Thames on fire. 1367 TODD (Jambs F., M. A.) Apostle Paul and the Church at Philippi. Acts XVI., and Philippians. 8vo. 9s. Lond., 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. 256 C0L08SU.NS. 1268 TOLLER (Thomas). Diflcoursea on Philippians. 12mo. Lond., 1855. 29. A very favorable specimen of plain, popular exposition. Nothing either deep, or new, or critically accurate ; but sensible and practical. 1269 VAUGHAN (C. J., D. D.) Lectures on Philippians. Extra F'cap. 8vo. 5s. Lond., Macmillan. 1864, etc. Deservedly esteemed. Dr. Vaughan 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." 1270 WIESINGER (Lie. August). Commentary on Philip- pians, Titus, and 1 Timothy ; in continuation of the work of Olshauaen. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1857. S. 4s. 6d. Many mistake this for Olshansen's. It is of the critical and giammatioal school, and bristles all over with the names of the German band. We pre- fer the Puritanic gold to the Gtorman silver which is now in fashion. COLOSSIANS. 1271 BATNXS (Paul, A. M.) Commentary on Colossians I. and II. 4to. Lond., 1634. 6s. On the two first chapters only. Edifying and very rare. 1272 BTPIELD (Nicholas, Puritan. 1579—1622.) Exposition upon Colossians ; being the Substance of near seven years' week-day sermons. Folio. 1615 and 1617. 6s. 6d. [Reprinted in Nichol's Commentaries, Cr. 4to., 7s. 6d. 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 keep back nothing of the counsel of God ; but he too little studies COLOSSIANS. 357 brevity, and consequently he wearies most readers. He is always worth consulting. 1373 CALVIN. (See Nos. 1251, 1252). 1374 CARTWKIGHT (Thomas, B. D. Puritan. 1535—1603). Commentaiy on Colossians. 4to. Lond., 1612. 7s. 6d. [Reprinted In Nichol's Commentaries. See No. 1250.] This is but a small affitir, consisting of scanty and second-rate " notes " by a hearer. Yet what there is of it has the tme ring, and is rioh in spirituality. 1275 DAILLE(J.) See No. 1253. 1276 DAVENANT (John, Bishop of Salisbury. 1572—1641.) Exposition of Colossians. Translated from the Latin, by Josiah AUport. Two vols., 8vo. Lend., 1881. 4a. to 6s. 6d. " I know no exposition upon a detached portion of Scripture (with the single exception of Owen on the Hebrews) that will compare with it in all points. Leigh- ton is superior in sweetness, but far inferior in depth, accuracy, and discursiveness." — 0. Bridges. 1277 EADIE (John, D. D.) Commentary on the Greek text of Colossians. 8vo., 10s. 6d. Lond., Griffin. 1856. S. 6s. Very full and reliable. A work of the utmost value. 1278 ELTON (Edwabd, B. D.) Exposition of Colossians. Third edition. Folio. Lond., 1637. 7s. to 9s. A Puritan work ; strongly Calvinistic, popular, and very full. 1279 GISBORNE (Thomas, Prebendary of Durham. 1758—1846). Exposition of Colossians. 12mo. Lond., 1816. Is. Sermons which very mnch remind us of those of Heniy Melvill, but ■vrith less of the Gospel in them. Gisborne was a preacher of considerable repute, but he was more at home upon moral than spiritual topics. 1280 GUTHRIE (Thomas, D. D.) Christ the Inheritance of the Saints. Discourses from Colossians. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Edinb., A. & C. Black. 1859. S. 4s. Not so much an exposition as a series of biUliant discourses, or prose poems. Dr. Guthrie has only touched upon tha first chapter. 258 coLossiAsrs. 1381 UGHTPOOT (J. B., D. D.) Colossians and Philemon. A revised Text, with Introductions, Notes, etc. 8vo., 12s. Macmillan & Co. 1875. For remarks, see No. 1260. Lightfoot writes for scholars. 1383 MIIjKER (Joseph, M. A.) Sermons on Colossians, 1 Thes- salonians V., and James I. 870. Lond., 1841. 3s. Eespectable sermona by the Church historian. 1283 BOLLOCK (K.) Lectures on Colossians. 4to. Lond., 1603. 10s. It is said that when this great divine died the entire popniatiou of Edinburgh attended Ids faneraL His Lectures on Colossians were once very popular, but are now extremely scarce. The style is very simple and colloquial, and the matter &t &om profound. 1284 SFENCE (Jambs, D. D.) Disconrses on Colossians. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Lond., Hodder. 1875. A good specimeh of honest, popular expounding. Intended for a congregation, but useful to the student. 1285 WATSON (Thomas, B. A.) Discourses on Colossians. 8vo. Lond., 1838. 2s. 6d. Thoroughly evangelical and remarkably commonplace. 1286 WILSON(Danibl,D.D., Bishop of Calcutta). Explanatory Lectures on Colossians. 8vo. Lond., 1845. 2s. 6d. By a famous modem evangelical, who shows much ability in wielding this Scripture against Tractarians and others. The work conttuns little original exegesis. 1287 LOCKYER (Nicholas, Puritan. 1613—1684-5). England Faithfully Watcht with in her Wounds. [Lectures on Colossians I.] 4to. Lond., 1646. 5s. Eich, full, simple. A fair specimen of plain Puritan preaching. I. &, II. THESSALOKIAKS. 259 I. &. II. THESSALONIAKS. 1388 EDMUNDS (J., M. A.) Commentary on 1 and 3 Thessalon- ians. Cr. 8vo. Lond., Bell & Daldy. 1858. S. 2s. For Sohool Teachers. The author's notion of a Commentary, wMoh he fully carreia out, is contained in his preface. " My idea of the Middle- dasa Commentary is, that it should be in strict accordance with the doc- trine and ritual of the Church, should illustrate her ritual, and should recommend her to the esteem and aftection of her children, by proving her adherence to the Word of God." 1289 JEWEL (John, Bishop of Salisbury. 1532—1571). Expo- silions upon I. and II. Thessalonians. Sm. 8vo. Black Letter. Lend., 1583. Reprinted 1811 and 1841. Is. 6d. Also in his Works. Hooker calls Jewel " the jewel of bishops." This work is in the usual style of the first Eeformers, 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. 1390 IiANOE (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. 21b. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1809. " Lillie's Thessalonians will be found to be one of the best executed portions of the American edition of Lange. The translation is remarkably accurate and ele- gant, and the additions from his own researches, and the best English Commentaries, are carefully selected and yaluable."— Dr. P. Schaff. 1291 LILLIB (JOHX, D. D., Kingston, New York. 1813—1867). Lectures on Thessalonians. Large 8vo. 9s. Edinb., W. Oliphant & Co. 1863. Eemarks on the preceding will apply here. 1292 EOLLOCK (Robert). Lectures on the Epistles to the Thessalonians, preached by R. R. 4to. Edinb., 1696. For remarks, see No. 1243. 260 PASTOBAL EPISTLES. 1393 SCLATER (William, D. D.) Exposition upon 1 and 8 Thessalonians. 4to. Lend., 1637. Sa. 6d. to 7s. Sclater is antiqne ; but, in the asnal Puritanio manner, he gives very instructive disquisitions upon a vast variety of topics suggested by the text. 1394 PATTERSON (Alexander Simpson, D. D., Glasgow). Commentaries on 1 Thessalcnians, James, and 1 John. ISmo. Edinb., 1857. 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. Notes of disoouraes, witli mnch in them. Hints may be gleaned here in abundance by students who open their eyes. 1395 PHILLIPS (J.) The Greek of Thessalonians explained. 4to. Lond., 1751. Short, but not particularly sweet. Very scarce. 1396 BRADSHAW W., Puritan. 1571—1618). A Plaine and Pithy Exposition of 3 Thessalonians ; published since his decease by T. Gataker. 4to. 1630, 3s. 6d. As we cannot get a sight of this, perhaps some reader will present ns with a copy. 1397 MANTON (Thomas, D. D.) Eighteen Sermons on 3 Thessalonians II., concerning Antichrist. 8vo. 1679. 4s. Here Manton smites heavily at Popery. Eiehard Baxter wrote a eommendatory preface to this valuable exposition. 1398 SQUIRE (John, M. A.) A Plaine Exposition on 3 Thessa- lonians II., 1 — 13, proving the Pope to be Antichrist. 4to. Lond., 1630. 5s. to 8s. Sqture 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 umed at : but that point is of the utmost importance. i PASTORAL EPISTLES ; Or, the Epistles of Timothy, Titus, and Philemon. 1399 OAIiVIN (John). C Sermons on the Epistles of S. Paule to Timothie and Titus, translated out of the French, by L. T. 4to. Lond., 1579. 15a. Quite a different work from Calvin's Commentaries. I. &. n. TIMOTHY. 261 1300 FAIRBAIRN (Patkick, D. D.) The Pastoral Epistles, Greek Text, Translation, Introductions, Expository- Notes, etc. Cr. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1874. What with a good translation, full defence of the Apostolic authorship of the Epistles, fruitful comments, and profitable dissertations, this volume is about as com- plete a guide to the smaller epistles as one could desire. I. &. II. TIMOTHY. [See also nuder Faatoral Epistles.] 1301 BICKBRSTETH (B.) See No. 1388. 1303 PATTERSON (Alex. S., D. D.) Commentary on Timothy and Titus. 18mo. 1848. (See our remarks on No. 1294.) 1803 SLADE (Henry Rapes, LL. B.) Pulpit Lectures on the Epistles to Timothy. Cr. 8vo. 1837. Is. Utter rubbish. Dear at a gift, 1304 WIBSINGBR (L. A.) See No. 1270. 1305 FINDER (J0HifH.,M. A.) The Candidate for the Ministry. Lectures on 1 Timothy. 13mo. Lond., 1837. Is. Of no consequence. 1306 BARLOW (John. Puritan). Exposition of 3 Timothy, I and II. Folio. Lond., 1633. 4b. to 7b. 6d. By a master in Israel. Thoroughly practical, deeply experimental, and soundly doctrinal. 1307 _ HAIiI. (Thomas). Commentary on 3 Timothy III. and IV. Folio. Lond., 1633—1658. Ss. Hall is often found in union with Barlow, complet- ing the Commentary on 2 Timothy, as he completed Amos, (No. 841.) He is a masterly expositor, of the old-fashioned school. 262 XITUS— PHILEMOISr. TITUS. [See also under Pastoral Epistles.] 1308 GBAHAM (W., D. D.) Titus. 12mo. 2s. 6d. Lond. Nisbet. 1860. Dr. Graham endeaTois to malce critidsm intelli^ble, and the resnlta of learning reallf edifying. We have oar doubts as to some of his criticisms, and he is quite dogmatic enongh, but on the whole good. 1309 TAYLOR (Thomas, D. D. Puritan. 1579—1633). Com- mentarie upon Titus. 4to. Camb., 1619. 4s. to 6a. Folio. 1668. 10s. Also in Works. The title-page calls Thomas Taylor " a famous and most elaborate divine." He was a preacher at Paul's Cross during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., and a voluminous writer. This Commentatory will well repay the reader. PHILEMON. 1310 ATTERSOIiIi (Wiluam. Puritan). Commentary upon Philemon. Second Edition. Folio. Lond., 1633. 4s. 6d. A long comment upon a short epistle. The pious author labors to keep to his text, and succeeds in bringing out of it a mass of quaint practical teaching. 1311 OOX (Samuel). Philemon. In " The Private Letters of St. Paul and St. John." 13mo. 8s. 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 work in public on certain week evenings. Happy are the people who are thus instructed.- 1313 DTKB (Daniel, B. D. Puritan. Died about 1614). A most fruitful Exposition upon Philemon. Lond., 4to. 1618. 4s. to 7s. Dyke's remarks are memorably practical'and full of common sense. He abounds in proverbs. The work is not very valuable as an exposition of the words, but excels in making use of them. , HEBREWS. 263 1313 JQNES (William, D. D., of East Bergholt). Commen- tary upon Philemon, Hebrews, and 1 and 2 John. Folio. Lond., 1636. 9s. to 13s. Very lively, sprightly, colloquial lectures, by a Suffolk divine, who thinks the Brownists and Dissenters were not persecuted. " Christ was whipped, that was perse- cution; Christ whipped some out of the temple, that was no persecution." Despite his intolerance he says some uncommonly racy things. 1314 LIGHTFOOT (J. B., DD.) See No 1381. HEBEEWS. 1315 BROWN (JoHir, D. D.) Exposition of Hebrews. Two vols., 8vo. 18s. Edinb., 1863. S. 9s. 6d. 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 conclu- sion at which the author had arrived." What more could be said in praise of any exposition ? 1816 OALVIN (John). Commentary on Hebrews, translated by Clement Cotton. 4to. Lond., 1605. lOs. to ISs. Another edition, 13mo. Lond., 1841. Is. 6d. 1317 DALE (R. W., M. A.) The Jewish Temple and the Chris- tian Church. Discourses on Hebrews. Cr. 8vo. 6s. Lond., Hodder and Stoughton. 1871. S. 3S. 6d. Among modem 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, 1318 DELITZSCH (P., D. D.) Commentary on Hebrews. Two vols., 8vo. 21s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1868. S. 12s. Bemarks formerly made upon Delitzsoh apply here also. (Nob. 413, and 723.) 264 HEBREWS. 1819 DICKSON (David.) Short Explanation of Hebrews. 8vo. Aberd., 1635 ; Camb., 1649 i and Lond., 1839. This is generally to be found in connection "with the author's "Brief Exposition on Matthew." (N"o. 1035.) We need say no more than — ^get it, and you will find abundance of suggestions for profitable trains of thought. 1320 DUNCAN (Robert, of Tillicultry. 1699—1739). Exposi- tion of Hebrews. 8vo. 1731. 3s. 6d. New edition, cr. 8vo. 2s. (published at 5s.) Edinb., Ogle & Murray. " An excellent condensation of Dr. Owen's valnable work, and giving the pith and marrow of the great commentator." 1321 EBRARD (John H. A., Prof. Theol. Erlangen). Commen- tary on Hebrews. Svo. 10s. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1858. S. 5s. This is intended as a continuation of Olshanaen, 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. 1322 GOUGE (William, D. D. Puritan.) Commentary on Hebrews. Two vols. Folio. Lond., 1655. [Reprinted in Nichol's Commentaries. Three vols., Cr. 4to. 7s. 6d. each. Lond., Nisbet. 1866-7.] We greatly prize Gouge. Many will think his sys- tem of observations cumbrous, and so, perhaps, it is ; but upon any topic which he touches he gives outlines which may supply sermons for months. 1823 HALPANE (James Alex. 1768—1851.) Notes On Ex- position of Hebrews. 12mo. 4b. 6d. Lend., Nisbet. 1860. A posthumous work, and issued, not as a finished ex- position, but as "Notes of an intended Exposition." Very valuable for all that. 1834 HOWARD (J. E.) Hebrews. A Revised Translation, with Notes. Demy, 12mo. Is. 6d. Lond., S. W. Partridge & Co. 1873. Contiuns a few suggestive observations ; but is a small affair in all re- spects. 1325 JONES (W., D. D.) See No. 1313. HEBREWS. 365 1326 JONES (W., M. A. 1736—1800). Four Lectures on the Relation between the Old and New Testaments as set forth in Hebrews. 8vo. 1811. Is. 6d. Very little of it, and bound up with a work of an ingenious, but fanci- ful character. 1327 KNOX (J. Spencer, A. M.) The Mediator of the New Covenant. Sermons on Hebrews. 8vo. Dublin, 1884. 3s*- Thirteen Sermons on select passages. Mediocrity highly polished. 1328 LANGE(J.P.) See No. 1390. 1829 LAWSON (G.) Exposition of Hebrews. Wherein the Socinian Comment te examined. Folio. Lond., 1663. Scarce. 7s. to 10s. Eiohard Baxter says : " I must thantfolly acknowledge that I learned more from Mr. Lawson than from any divine that ever I conversed with." 1380 LINDSAY (W., D. D., Prof. Theol. Glasgow). Lectures on Hebrews. Two vols. - Demy 8vo. 31b. Edinb., Oliphant. 1867. lOs. One of those great expository works with 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. 1881 [LUSHINGTON (Thomas, M. A.).] The Expiation of a Sinner. Commentary upon Hebrews. Folio. 1646. 6s. This work was published anonymously, and is charged with Socinian- ism. 1833 M'CAUL (Joseph B., Hon. Canon of Rochester). Hebrews. A- Pharaphrastic Commentary, with Illustrations from Philo, the Targums, etc. 8vo. 12s. 6d. Lond., Long- mans. 1871. S. 6s. 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 Ger- man in it, that only men of learning and leisure cau use it. 1333 MACLEAN (A. 1732—1813). Paraphrase and Commen- tary on Hebrews. Two vols., 13mo. Lond., 1847. 3s. One of the most judicious and solid expositions ever written. 1334 NELSON (Robert). Comments on Hebrews. Cr. 8vo. 6s. Lond., Morgan & Scott. 1868. S. 3s. 6d. By a thoughtful and devout man, but we cannot endorse some of his 266 HEBBBW& interpretations, ITie fednt of a certain modem school appears in passages BKeh as this ; " Had Panl been preaching holiness of life as essential to seeing the tord, ■werald he not have been advocating the very principle on ■Whieh the lawwas based?" We are afrtud of this covert Antinomiamsm ; its presenee eats as doth a canker, 138S [NEWTON (Adelaide L.).] Hebrews compared vcith the Old Testament. Cr. 8vo, 3b. 6d. Lond., Niabet, 1873. S, Is. 6d. Bevost, simple, and instractive. The authoress was an invalid, and died ere she had finished her work. She worked ont a good idea with far mote of expository matter than could have been expected of her. 1339 OWEN (JoHH, D. D.) Exposition of Hebrews. Four vols. Folio. Lond., 1668-74. 14b. Also seven vols., 8vo. Edited by Dr. Goold. £3 2s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. S. 25s. There is an abridgment of Owen's work, executed by Dr. Williams. Four Tola., 8vo. 1790, etc. 4s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. Out of scores of commendations of this colossal work we select but one. Dr. Chalmers pronounced it "a work 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." 1337 PAKRY (Thomas, M. A., Bishop of Barbadoes). Hebrews, in a Series of Lectures. 12mo. Lond., 1834. Is. 6d. So feeble that we wonder how it got through the press. A sermonized paraphrase. 1338 PATTERSON (Albxandek Simpson, D. D.) Commentary on Hebrews. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1855. 6b. Lectures delivered in the course of the author's ministrations. Excel- lent for the public ; the student should consult other authors for learning ; but Patterson has savor and spirituality. 1339 PRIDHAM (A.) Hebrews. Cr. 8vo. 5a. Lond., Niabet. Itather mystified with expressions peculiar to " dispensational truth," whatever that may mean ; but devout, candid, sober, and sound. 1340 SAMPSON (Francis S., D. D. Prof. Orient. Lit., Prince Edward, Va.) Commentary on Hebrews. 8vo. New York, 1856. S. 5s. 6d. A respectable production, but we know many which we value fer more. HEBREWS. 367 As a set of lectures to a college class these comments would be of no great Talne, bat the author did well not to print them, although it was natural and fitting that his surviving colleague should do so. 1341 SAMPSON ((J. V.) Translation, with Notes. 8vo. Lond., 1828. Is. 6d. 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. 1342 SAPHIR (Adolph). Lectures on Hebrews. First Series. Chapters I. — VII. [Second and concluding volume in preparation]. Cr. 8vo. 6s. 6d. Lond., 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 specu- lative. We always enjoy his remarks, though he is not specially terse or brilliant. 1343 STEWARD (George). Argument of the Epistle to the Hebrews. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Bdinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872. Unhappily the author died before he had quite completed this " argu- ment." The work is most helpful. 1344 STUART (Moses, M. A.) Commentary on Hebrews. 8vo. Lond., 1837. Also 1853. 7s. 6d. Tegg & Co. S. 3s. 6d. 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. 1345 TAIT (William, M. A.) Meditationes Hebraicae. Two vols., Cr. 8vo. Lend., Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1855. S. 6s. 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 com- panion to them. 1346 THOLUCK (A. F.) Commentary on Hebrews. Two vols., 12mo. 12s. Biblical Cabinet. Edinb., Clark. 1843. S. 4s. to 5s. 6d. Delitzsch speaks highly of this work; but, for our port, we understand the Epistle better without Tholuok than with him. Clouds of smoke and volleys of hard words destroy our equanimity. 268 PABTS OF HEBBEWS. 1347 TURNER (Samuel H., D. D.) Hebrews, in Greek and English; witli Commentary. 8vo. New York, 1853. S. 4s. 6d. CareftOly done. Written for those who really wish to nnderstand the Epistle. 1348 WILLIAMS (H. W.) Exposition of Hebrews. Cr. 8vo. 6s. Lond., 66 Paternoster Row. 1872. The anthor has evidently been a diligent reader and stadent Apart &om its Wesleyan peculiBrities, we can commend this book as editing and instrnotiTe, thoagh we do not place it in the first class. PAETS OF HEBREWS. 1349 DEERINO (Edward, B. D. Puritan. Died 1576). Twenty-seven Lectures upon Hebrews [chap. 1.-^1.] 4to. 1590. 5s. 6d. Mainly aimed at the errors of the Church of Eome, and at the practical questions of the Reformation period. A learned but antiquated set of lectures. 1350 MANCHESTER (Georob Montagtje, Duke of.) Horse Hebraicae. An Attempt to discover how the Argument of the Epistle to the Hebrews [I — IV. 11] must have been understood by those therein addressed. Royal 8vo. Lond., 1835. 3a. A peculiar hook, altogether em generis, written by a man who did his own thinking. The Duke would be an unreliable guide, bat he ftequently strikes out new paths, and suggests novel trains of thought. 1351 ANDERSON (James S. M., M. A.) Discourses on the 11th and part of the 12th chapters of Hebrews. Two vols., 8vo. Lond., 1839-43. 8s. 6d. Good Church sermons. Of very slight value for commenting purposes. 1353 MANTON (T., D. D.) Sixty-six Sermons on Hebrews XI, in vol. III. of Manton's Works. Folio edition. Exhaustive. Manton piles up his matter heaps upon heaps. 1353 PERKINS (William). A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses. Commentary on Hebrewes XI. 4to. 1623. 2s. 6d ; and Works, vol. III. Good in its day, but now superseded. Very many points are discussed CATHOLIC EPISTLES — JAMES. 269 which wonld now be regarded as ridicnlons : as for instance, whether a man may travel in a foreign country. It is terribly proay. 1354 ANDREWS (G.) Sermons upon Hebrews XII. 4to. 1711. 9s. Thoroughly Scotch. Sound, but somewhat prolix and commonplace. 1355 PHILLIPS (W. Spenceb, B. D.) The Triumphs of a Practical Faith. [On Hebrews XI.] 13mo. Loud., 1840. la. Cloudy discourses on the clond of witnesses. Will quicken no one's pace, 1356 SYLVESTER (Matthew). The Christian's Race and Patience. Sermons on Hebrews XII. Two vols., 8vo. 1703—1708. 3s. 6d. Not of the first class ; yet respectable sermons. CATHOLIC EPISTLES. 1357 EBRAIUD (J. H. A.) See No. 1389. 1358 LANGE (J. P.) Commentary on James, by Prof. Van Oosterzee. Epistles of Peter, by Dr. C. P. Fronmiiller. Epistles of John, by Dr. K. Braune. Epistle of Jude, by Dr. C. F. Fronmiiller. Edited by Dr. Schaff, Imp. Svo. 21s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. In his comment on the First Epistle of John, Dr. Braune teaches bap- tismal regeneration in a very decided manner. This plague-spot of sac- ramentarianism should put the reader on his guard. JAMES. 1359 ADAM (John, D. D., of Aberdeen). Exposition of James. 8vo. 9b. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1867. Good, plain discourses, for which the author acknowledges his in- debtedness to various eminent writers who have discussed the Epistle. Our readers had better make similar discourses of their own — ^if they can. 1360 HEMMINGE (Nicholas, D. D.) A Learned and Fruitful Coramentarie upon James, translated by W. G. Black Letter. 4to. 1577. 21s. The price which this book fetches is preposterous. It is hard antique reading. 270 JAMES. 1361 JACOBI (Berkakd, of Peterahagen, Prussia), tieetures on James. ISmo. Beligious Tract Society. 1838. S. Is. 6d. A good, simple, practical set of expository Lectures. 'Safe in doctrine, or the Beligious Tract Society would not have issued it. 1363 JOHNSTONE (Robert, LL. B. Glasgow.) Lectures on James. Extra cr. 8vo., 7s. 6d. Edinb., Oliphant. 1871. A very useful, scholarly, and readable book. 1363 MANTON (Thomas, D. D.) Commentary on James. 4to. Lond., 1651 ; 3s. 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 such books are written now. 1364 MATER (John, D. D.) Praxis Theologica: or the Epistle of James Resolved, Expounded, and Preached upon. 4to. 1629. 7s. 6d. (See pages 25 and 26.) 1365 NEANDER (J. A. W.) James, practically explained. Translated by Mrs. Conant. 12mo. New Tork, 1852. 2s. 6d. See also No. 1263. 1366 NELSON (Robert). James. Thincr.Svo. 2s. 6d. Lond.. Bagsters. 1872. Setting out with the notion that the epbtle 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. 1367 STIER (E.. D. D.) See No. 974. 1368 PATTERSON (A. S., D. D.) Commentary on James. 18mo. Paisley, 1851. Is. (See remarks on No. 1294.) 1369 TTTRNBTTLL (Richard, M. A.) Expositions of James and Jude. Thick 12mo., 1592 ; and 4to., 1605. 6s. to 14s. Old and occupied with Popish controvetsies. Good, solid, and tedious. 1370 WARDLAW (Ralph, D. D.) Lectures on James. Cr. 8vo. 3s 6d. PuUerton & Co. 1862. The lectures are noteworthy specimens of expository preaching. They were Wardlaw's last work, and are fully up to the mark. I. * IL. PETBE. — I. PBTEE. 271 L &. IL PETER. 1371 AMES (WrM-iAK, D. D. 1576—1633). Expositioa of tlie EpiBtles of Peter. 4jto. Lond., 1641. 5s. Too much divided and subdivided, chopped up and eat iato dice pieces and laid in order ; fer after all, there is vety little meat mit, It is an aa- alyeis, and little more. 1372 BENSON (GBORaK). Epistles of P«ter. 4to. 1742. 2s. 6d. The author was an Ariao. " Benson possessed oonsideiraMe learning, bat no great portion of genius." This is a paraphrase with notes. 1373 UXLH: (John, D. D. Kingston, N. r.) Lectures on 1 »nd 2 Peter, 8vo. 8s. 6d. New TTJIiaEON^'8 SERMON'S PUBLISHED IN THIS COUNTRT, TOQBTHEB WITH THE SUBJECT AND THE TEXT OF SCRIPTURE USED FOK EACH SERMON. Inteoduction. page Sehuon I. — Sovereignty and Salvation 1 "Look nnto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth : for I am Grod, and there is none else." — Isaiah xlv. S3. Sebmon Ti.—The Bible 83 *' I have written to him the great things of my law, httt they were connted aB a strange thing.*'— Hosea viii- 12. Sebmoh m. — The JPeraonality of the Soly Ghost ... 45 " And I will pray the Father, and he shall give yon another Com- forter, that he may abide with ^on forever ; even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him ; but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall he in you." — John xiv. 16, 17. Sekmon W.—Tfie Comforter 66 "But the Comforter, which Is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I haye said unto yqa. "—John xiv. 86. Sebmok Y. — Christ Crucified r B5 " But we preach Christ crucified, nnto the Jews a stumblipg-blopk, and unto the Greeks foolishness ; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."— 1 Cob. i. 23, 24. Sebmon YL—Xhe Fower of the Moly Ghost 113 " The power of the Holy Ghost."- Romans xv. 13. Sebmon yXl.—The Church of Christ ....... 134 " And I vrill make them and the places round about my hill a bless- ing ; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season ; there shall be showers of blessing."- Ezekqil xxxiv. 36. Sebmon VVJ.—Xhe Mternal Name 154 " His name shall endure forever."— Psalms Ixzli. 17. Sebmon IX.— Jowl's First Frayer 170 " For behold he prayeth."— AOTS Is. H. 306 LIST OF SPUEGE03Sr'S SEBMONS. Seemon X.—J'oseph A.ttaeUed by the Archers . . . PAGE 198 " The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at Wm, and hated him • but his bow abode in strength ; and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel."— Gekesis xlix. 23, iti. Seemon XI.— Tfte Tomb of tTesug 211 " Come and see the place where the Lord lay."— JIatt. xxvili. 6. Sekhoh Xn.— 27ie Carnal Mind Enmity Against God . . 230 ** The carnal mind is enmity against God." — Romans viii. 7. Sermoh "SMI.— Christ's People— Imitators of Him, . . . 252 " Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and per- ceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled ; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus." — Acts iv. 13. Sekmoh HTV.— Thoughts on the last Battle 274 " The sting of death is sin ^ and the strength of sin is the law. Bnt, thanks be nnto God, which giveth ns the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." — 1 Cob. xv. 56, 57. Sebmon xv. — Hea^ven and Sell 296 '* And I say .unto, yon, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall 'sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the king- dom of heaven. Bat the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." — Matthew viii. 11, 12. Sbbmoit Xn.— Gospel Missions 331 " And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the re- gion."— Acts xiii. 40. Sebmon XYIL—The Enchanted Ground 344 " Therefore let ns not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober." — 1 Thes. v. 6. Sermon iL\ ill.— Faith . . . . ' 364 "Without faith it is impossible to please God."— Hebbews vi. 6. SECOND SERIES OF SERMONS. Fbeface. Sebmon I.— The Glorious Habitation *^Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations." — Psalms xc. 1. Sebmon II. — Healing for the Wounded: A. Sermon for the Crimean Soldiers Ig " He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." PsAT.va cxliii. 8. ' Sebmon III. — The Peculiar Sleep of the JSeloved .... 34 "For so he giveth his beloved sleep."— Psauis cx^rli. 8. .Sebmon W.—The Sin of XTnbelief BO "And that lord answered the man of God, and said. Now behold if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a tLins be h And he said. Behold, thou sHalt see it with thine eyes, but Shalt not eat thereof."— 3 Eihss vii. 19. LIST OF SPUBGEOlir'S SERMOITS. 307 Sebmon Y.— Election page 66 " But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the ■truth : whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."— 2 Thbs. 11. 13, 14. Sbemon YT. — The Bouse of Mourning and the Bowse of X'easting 88 " It Is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting."— BccLE. vii. 2. Sekmon VII.— T7te X>ay of A.tonement 104 " This .phall be an evjerlasting, statute unto you, to make an atone- ment for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year."— Lbvit- icus xvi. 34. Seemon VIII.— TAe Allegories of Sarah and Bagar ... 120 *• These are the two covenants." — Galatxans Iv. 24. Seemon IX.— Tfte Elealtation of Christ 136 " Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name : that at the name of Jesus every liuee should bow, of things in heaven and things in earth, and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."— Philippiaks 11. 9-11. Sermon X.—The Saints' Beritage and. Watchword . . .168 - "No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against tfaee in judgibent thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteous- ness is of me, aaith the Lord." — Isaiah liv. 17. Sebuon XI.— Songs in the Night 167 " But none siiih. Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night 1 "—Job xxxv. 10. Sebuoh XII.— God's Providence 188 *' Now, as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the color of a beryl : and they four had one likeness ; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides ; and they returned not when they went. As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful : and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them ; and when the living crea- tures were lift up from the earth, the wheels were lift up." — Ezekiel 1. 15-19. Sebmon Xm.— ^ Tiew of God's Glory 204 "And he Bald, I beseech thee, show me thy glory."— BxoDns zxxill. 18. Sermon XTV. — Confirming the Witness of Christ .... 317 " Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you."— 1 Corin- thians i. 6. Sermon XV. — Barvest Time 232 " Is, it not wheat harvest to-day ?" — 1 Samuel xii. 17. Sermon XVI.- Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints . . . .246 " A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. "—Matthew xii. 20. 308 LIST OF SPURGEOS'S SESMOfTS. Beioioii XVn.— 27ie Meaurreetion of the Dead . . . riax 2S2 " There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the Just and un- just."— Acts xxiv. 16. Sbkkon XVTU.—The Ctirse JCemoved 280 " Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us ; for it is written. Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree." — G^juitians iii. 13. BsBHOir XIX. — Xhe Comer's Conflict with Satan . . . , 29S '** And as he was yet -a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered.him again to his father." — JiUKS ix. 42. Sekkoh "SX.— Christ the JBoefc 312 " And that Sock was Christ."—! Cob. x. 4. Seemon XXI.— .a Tieit to Calvary 328 " And filate saith unto them. Behold the man 1 "— JosN ziz. 6. Sebuok XXn. — TeaehiTig Children 345 " Come, ye children, hearken unto me : I will teach you the fear of the Lord."— PsAUi xxxiv. 11. Sebkoh 'XXm.—The Qod of the A.ged 361 " Even to your old age I am he ; and even to hoary hairs I will carry yon. I have made, and I wUl bear; even 1 will carry, and will deliver yon."- Isaiah xlvi. 4. Sebuoh XXIV.— Omniscience 380 *^ Thou God seest me.".M3}ENE&is xvi. 13. Bebhon XXV.— Christ in the Covenant 395 " I will give thee for a covenant of the people."— Isaiah zUx. 8. Sebkoh XXVI.— Xoee's Commendation 410 " But God commendeth his love toward us, In that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." — ^Romans v. 8. Sebmon XXVII.— Turn or Burn 42S " If he turn not, he will whet his sword ; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready."— Fsaui vii. 12. THIRD SERIES OF SERMONS. Fbeface. Sekhoh I.— a. Faithful Friend 11 ** There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.** — ^Pbovehbs xviii. 24. Sermon II. — The I^eafless Tree 37 " But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and it shall be eaten as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves ; so the holy seed shall be the substance there- of." — ^Isaiah vi. 13. Sebmox m. — The Snare of the Fowler .-•,., 42 '^Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler." — ^Fsalu xci. 3. Bebmos TV.— The FnUtful Vine 68 " And the word of the Lord came nnto me, saying. Son of man. What is the vine-tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest } " — Esskiel xv. 1, 3, LIST Oo? SPUKS'EOS'iJ- SEKMOS'S. 309 Sbiukok y.Spiritual Sevival the Want of the Chmreh . pass 74 " O Lord, revive thy work,"— Has. lii. gi Sebmoh VI. — The A.nxioubtful Fenitent. AcBAN — " I have sinned." — Joshua vii. 20. Th^ Repentance of Despair. Judas— "I have sinned."— Matt, xxvii. 4. The IRepentance of tiie Sadnt, Job— "I have sinned."— Job vlt 20. The JBtessed Confession, The PBODioAii— " I have sinned."— Luxe xv. 18. 310 LIST OF spuegbok's sermohs. Sbbmon XVn.— Fattfc . . ... . . • • - ^^^^ ^^ " Without faith it is impossible to please God."— Hbbbkws xi. 6. Sebmon XVIIL— JJafta6'» Faith 269 " By faith the harlot Kahab perishes not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace." — Hbbbbws xi. 31, Sebhoh XIX The JBlood-ahedditiff 283 " Without shedding of blood is no remission." — Hebkbws ix. 23. Sbbmon XX. — trustification by Grace 395 , " Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."— Romahs iil. 24. Sbkmok XXI. — Manasseh 311 " Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God."— 2 Cbbon. Tfxxiii. 13. » » Sbbmon XXSI.—Why are Men Saved 328 "Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake."— PsAUt cvi. 8. Sbbmon XXIII.— Particwlaj' Election 343 "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your call- - ing and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : * for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting -kingdom of oxir Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." — 2 Pbtee i. 10, 11. Sbbmon XXrV, — Mcrcyj Omnipotence, and tTustice . . , 359 " The Lord is slow to anger^ and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked."— Nahom i. 3. SBEMpN 'X^y.—Chriet^The Power and Wisdom of God . . 375 " Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."— 1 Cob. i. 24. Sebmon XXVI. — Going- Some : A. Christmas Sermon . . . 389 " Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee."— Mask v. 10. Sbbmon XXVII.— .4 Mighty Saviour 404 " Mighty to save."— Isaiah Ixiii. 1. Sebmon XXVIII.— J»r««l in Egypt 419 ■" Anfl thSy elrtg thfi song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying. Great and mjarvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy ways, thou king of saints."— REVBr I.ATIONB XV. 3. Sbbmon HXlX.-^JPresumptuotis Sins 432 " Keep back tby servants also from presumptuous sins."— Psalm xix. 13. FOURTH SERIES OF SERMONS. Pbefaob. Sebmon I.— The Parable of the A.rlc 1 "And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life."- Genesis vii. 15. Sebmon II. — Proving God • ' . • 31 " Prove me now."— Malachi iil. 10. LIST OF spubgeon's sermoks. 311 Sermon III. — Meditation on God PAOS 39 '• My meditation of him shall be sweet."— Psalm civ. 34. Seruok rv. — JPardon and tTuatification 58 ** Blessed is he whose transgressiou is forgiven, whose sin is covered."— Psalm xxxii. 1. Sermon V.—Tfie Good Shepherd 75 " The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want,"— Psalm xxiii. 1. SERtiON VT. — The Gracious lAps of J'esus 93 " Grace is poured into thy lips." — Psalm xlv. 2. Sermon YII.— ^ Time of Finding for Zost Sheep . . .111 *'I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away\ and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick : but I will destroy the fat and the strong ; I will feed them with judgment." — Ezsk. xxxiv. 16. Sermon VIII.— TAe Ikvo Talents .,129 "He also that had received two talents came and said. Lord, thou deliverest unto me two talents : behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him. Well done, good and faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."— Matt. xxv. 23, 33. Sermon IX.—TIie Prodigal's Return . . ... , , .145 *' But when he was yet a great way off, his. father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him." — ^Lttke XV. 30. ■ Sermon X.—God, the A.ll~seeing One 161 " Hell and destruction are before the Lord : how much more then the hearts of the children of men ? "-Proverbs xv. 11. Sermon XI. — The Intmntability of Christ 178 " Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."— He- brews xiii. 8. Sermon 'Sll.—FauVs Sermon before Felix 193 **■ And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered. Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. "^AcTsxxiv. 25. Sermon Xlll.—The Death of Christ . . , ... . .309 *' Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him ; he hath put him to grief, when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. "-Isaiah liii. 10. Sermon XIV. — JL Call to the Vnconverted 323 " For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse : for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them."— Gal. iii. 10. Sermon XV. — The Warning Neglected 240 "He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning ; his blood shall be upon him,"— Ezekiel xxxiii. 5. Sermon XVT.— What Have I Done ? 258 " What have I done ? "—Jeremiah viii. 6. Sermon X\tII. — Light at JEvening Time ...... 275 "^It shall come to pass thatat evening time it shall be light."— Zbch- ARIAH xiv. 7. 312 LIST OF SPUKGEOir'S SEEMOKS. Sermoh XVrn.—Th^ Redeemer '■^"*" ^^ " And thy redeemer, the Holy One."— Isaiah xli. M. Sebmon XIX.— Tfte X'lrst and Great Contmandment ... 301 " Thou Shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength : this is the first commandment." — ^Mask xil. 30. Sbkmon XX. — ^leaUe ! AwaJce I 316 " Therefore let na not sleep as do others ; hat let ns watch and he sober."— 1 Tkess. v. 6. Sebuon XXI. — The Zoved Ones Chastened 333 "As many as I lore, I rehuke and chasten : be zealous, therefore, and repent."— Ebtelatioh ill. 19. Sermon XXn.—Fear Not 350 "Fear not, Ihon worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel ; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer the Holy One of Israel."— Isaiah xll. 14. Sermon XXIII.— Tfte Condescension of Christ . . . .364 " For ye know the grace of onr Lord Jesns Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich." — 3 Cor. viii. 9. Sermon XXIV.— TAe Great JBeservoir 381 " Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it are the issues of life."— Proverbs It. 33. SebmAn XXV. —Bow to Keep the SCeart 397 " The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep yout hearts and minds, through Christ JesUs."- Phuippians Iv. 7. Sermon XXVI. — Snman Inability 410 " No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him."— John vi. 44. Sermon XXVII.— Io«e Thy Neighbor 422 "Thou Shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."— Matt. six. 19. FIFTH SERIES OF SERMONS. Preface. Sermon I. — Bis If ante : Wonderful 15 " His name shall be called Wonderful."— Isaiah ix. 6. Sermon II. — Bis Name : The Counsellor .31 " For unto us a child is bom, unto us a son is given : and the gov- ernment shall be upon his shoulder : and his name shall be Wonder- ful Counsellor."- Isaiah iv. 6. Sermon IIL — As Thy JDays, so shall thy Strength be . . .49 '* As thy days, so shall thy strength be." — Deht. xzxiii. 25. Sermon IV.— Tfte Voice of the Blood of Christ .... 65 *' The blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel." — Hebrews xii. 34. Sermon V. — TJie New Beart 81 " A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will 1 pnl with- in you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of yonr flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh." — ^Ezssiel xxxvi. 26. LIST OF spurgeon's seemons. 313 Sermon VI.— Tfte Fatlierhood, of God page 96 " Oar Father, which art in heaven."— Matx. ti. 9. SsRMON YIl.—JE!veryhody>a Sermon 118 "I have multiplied visioua, and used similitudes."— HosEA xii. 10. Sermon VIII.— ^ Lecture for Zlttle-FaitJi va " We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceeding, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth."— 3 Thess. i. 3. Sermon IX. — Confession and Absolution 147 " And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be mer- ciful to me a sinner."— "Luke xviii. 13. Sermon X.—I>eclension from First lyove 164 "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love."— Rev. ii. 4. - , Sermon XI.— God's Barriers against Mian's Sin . . , .180 "Fear ye not me ? saith the Lord ; will ye not tremble at my pres- ence, which have placed the saud for the bound of the sea by a perpet- ual decree, that it can not pass it : and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it ! But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.^'— Jeremiah v. 22, 23. Sermon XH.— Comfort Proclaimed 197 " Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God."— Isaiah xl. 1. Sermon XTTT . — The Christian's Heaviness and Mejoicing . 211 "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations." — 1 Peter i. 6. Sermon XIV.— ^BoiJ and its S,em,edy 232 " The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judahis exceeding great." EZEKIEL ix. 9. " The blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth ns from all ein." — 1 John i. 7. Sermon X'V.—Sam.son Conquered 236 " And she said, the Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times be- fore, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. But the Philistines took liim, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass ; and he did grind in the prison house."— Judges xvi. 20, 21. Sermon XVI. Xiookvng unto tTesus 253 " They looked unto him, and were lightened : and their faces were not ashamed." — Psalm xxxiv. 5. Sermon XVII.— Satan's Sanquet 270 " The governor of the feast called 'the bridegroom, and saith unto him, every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine j and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse ; but thou hast kept the good wine until now."— John ii. 9, 10. Sermon XVIII.— TAe Feast of the Ijord 289 " The governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine ; and when men have well drank, then that which is worse ; but thou hast kept the good wine until now."— John ii. 9, 10. 314 LIST QP SPtTBGEOlf'S SEEMONS. Sbbbon XSX.—The Blood PASB 303 " When I see the Mood, I Mdll pass over yon."— BxoDua til. 13. Sbbmon XS~—lMve . . ■ 319 " We love him, bocanee he first loved ns."--! John iv. 19. Sbbkon XXI,— 27ie Great Bcvival 336 " The Lord hath made bare his holy ana In the eyes of all the na- tions : and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvAtion of onr God. —Isaiah lii. 10. Sbbmdn "KXn.—Xhe Worm and Spirit of ICeHgion .... 353 " Let us fetch the ark, of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it coflneth among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies."— 1 Samuel iv. 3. Sebuon XXni.— JPro»ievil .... 125 " That thou mayet bear thine own shame, and mayst be confounded in all that tbon hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them." — EZBKIEL zvi. .54 Sebmon IX.— BTt* Siame : The mighty tfoej 143 " The mighty God."— Isaiah ix. 6. Sbbmon X.— TAe Believef'a Challenge ....... 16G " Who is he that Condemneth 1 It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us."— iloiiiANa viii. 34. Sebmou XI.— .^ Faaltn of Bememhranee 171 "We have known and believed the love of God hath to us." — 1 John iv. 16. Sebhon XTL—The Jfeeeasity of the Spirit's Worh .... 186 " And I will put my Spirit within you."— Ezekibl xxxvl. 87. SEBUOtr 'S.m.—IAttle Sins 103 " Is it not a little one f "— GmrasiS xlx. 20. Sebhon XIV.— .4 Vision of the Jjatter-Day Glories , . .216 . '* And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lordls house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills : and all nations shall flow into It." — Isaiah ii. 2, and Micah iv. 1. Sebmon XY. — Covenant Slessingi 230 "He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant." — Psalm cxi. 5. Sebmon HTL—The Hew of Christ's Youth 249 " Thou hast the dew of thy youth."- Psalm ex. 8. Sermon Xyn.— 3%e aigh Bock . 266 " From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed : lead me to the roek that ii higher than I."— Fs. lid. 2. Sebmon XYHI.— Spiritual Seligion 283 , " It is the spirit that qulckeneth : the flesh proflteth nothing." — John vi. 63. Sermon XIX. — The Saviour resting in Sis JJove , , . , 297 " He will rest in his love."— Zbphaniah ill. 17. Sebmon XX. — Suffering without the Camp 309 " Whejefore Jesus also, that he might Sanctify the people with his blood, Bflfflered without the gate. "—Hebrews xiii. 12. Sebmon "S^l.—Growth in Grace . , 319 " But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savloor Jesus Christ."— S Pbteb ill. 18. Sebmon 'S:S.'[l.—X[ypovrisy 334 " Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."— Luke xii. 1. 366 316 LIST OF spuegeon's SEEMOKS. Sekmon XXin..— Christ Freelotu to JBeUevera . . . fagb 350 " Unto you therefore wMcli believe he is precious."—! Pbtbb ii. 7. Sebuon XXIV. — The Meek and Imvly One " Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon yon, and learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart ; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." — ^Matt. xi. 2&-30. Sbumon XXV. — Weak Bands and Weehle Xnees .... 383 " Strengthen ye the weak hands and conflnn the feeble knees."— Isaiah xxx. 3. Sekmon XXVL— 27je Blind Beggar 399 "And they came to Jericho : and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimens, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son. of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him that he should hold his peace ; but he cried the more, a great deal, Thon son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood stillj and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him. Be of good comfort, rise ; he cJalleththee. And he, casting away his gar- mentLTOse, and caine to Jesus. And Jesus answered and said unto him. What wilt thou that I should do unto thee ? The blind man mi. unto him. Lord, that I might receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him. Go thy way ; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way."— Mask x. 46-SS. Sbbmon XXVn.— CArist's Manifestation to Mary Magdalene. 413 " Jesus saith unto her. Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended to my Father ; but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and yonr Father ; and to my God and your God."— John XX. 17. SaRMON XXVm.— 27te S'lght of Iniquity 482 " Why doet thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold griev- ance 1 " — Has; i. 3. Seemon XXIX.— X/»e Tahernaele of tlie Most Sigh . . .437 " In whom ye are also builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."— Bphesians ii. S2. SEVENTH SERIES OF SERMONS. Seruok 1. — -A New Year's Senediction 11 "Bat the God of all grace who hath called ns onto his eternal glory by Christ Jeeus, after tliat ye have suftered awhile, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you." — 1 Peteh v. 10. Sermon U.—The ILing's JSlghway Opened 28 "And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." — Acts xvl. 31. Sebmon in.— Piety JReproved and trustified . . . . . 45 "Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said. How glorious was the King of Israel to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of haniunaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncoverech himself [ And David said unto Michal, It wiis before the Lordj which chose me before my father, and before all his house, to ai)pomt me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel ; therefore will I play before the Lord. And I will be more vile than thus, and will be base in my own sight; and of the maidservants which, thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honor."— 3 Samuel vi. SO-^. LISi Ot 8PUEQB0K S SEEMOIS'S.^ 317 Sbbmoit rV — 27»e Treasures of Grace . . . : • VXas 68 " fhe fotglveneBs of sins, according to the riches of his grace."— E^HESIASS 1. 7. Sebmon v.— Faith Htustratea 79 "For the which c&ilse I Ubo sntfer these things : nevertheless I AtU not ashamed ; for I know whom I have believed, and 4m perstti^ed that he is able to keep that which 1 have committed unto him against that day."— 2 Tjmotht i, 12. Sbbmon VI.— ^ Mome Question i . j 94 "Bnt are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God."-^ Chboh. xxviii. 10. Sbbmon YH.— Christ Triuinphant 110 "And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over theM in It."— CoLoasiAlts ii. 15. SebmOj* VIII.— Be«ie«4-6er Death i 126 " O that they were Wise, that they Understood this, that they would consider their latter end."— fiisn*. ±zxii. 29. Sebmon is..— Maries of Faith 141 "Then said Jesus nnto him. Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe."— -John Iv. 48. Sebmon X.—The Frecious from the Vile 160 "That ye maj; know how that the Lord hath put a difference be- tween the Egyptians and Israel."- BxoDtrs xi. 7. Sermon XI. — A. Ulast against False Peace 177 " Peace, peace, when there is no peace." — Jebemxah vi. 14. Sebhon Xn.— Tfte Kesurreetton 194 '' Biit somfe man will Say, How are the dead raised up f and with what body do they come. Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not qiiickfened, except it die : and that which thoil sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but baregrain^ it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain i bat God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body." — 1 Cob. xv. 35-3S. S£bmok Xni.— 2^e Blood of the Covenant 212 " The blood of the everlasting covenant."— HeSSbws xiii. 20. Seemon XIV. — ^ Mevival Sernhon 227 " Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the trader of grapes him that soweth Seed ; and the moiintains Shall drop sweet wi&e, and all the hills shall melt." Amos ix. 13. Sebmon XV. — Bin Immeasurahle 245 " Who eta understand his errors."— Psalm *ix. 12. Sebmon XVT. — None hut tfestts 259 " He that belicveth on him is not condemned."— John iii. 18. Sebmon XVII.— JVorae but Jesus— Fa/rt II 277 "He that believeth on him is not condemned. "—John iii. 18. Sebmon XVIII.- 27ie Chaff Driven A.way 293 " The uiigodly are not so; bnt are like the chaff which the wind driveth a\vay.''-"PsAija i. 4. 318 LIST OF SPTJRGEOIf'S SBEMOKS. Sebhon XrK.~Cleansing the leper page 311 " And U a leprosy break out abroad In the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh ; then the priest shall con- sider : and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague : it is all turned white : he IS clean."— LETiTions xiii. 12, 13. Sebmoh XX.— 27se Wailing of Jtisca 328 " Suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment." — Jexeemiah Iv. 20. ysBMOK XSI. — Come and Welcome 344 "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say. Come. And let him that is atbirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."— Kevblationb xxil. 17. Sebhos XXIL—Ihe First Mesurrection 361 "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was' given unto them : and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years' were finished. This is the first re- surrection.- Blessed and holy is hQ that hath part in the first resur- rection ; on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of Qod and of Christ, and shall reign with Mm a thousand years."— Rev. xx. 4, 5, 6. "^n9 I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God ; and the books were opened ; and another book was opened, which is the book of life ; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." — Ret. xx. 12, EIGHTH SERIES OF SERMONS. Sermon l.—Jiaptisnial Regeneration . . 11 " And he said unto them^o ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damned." — ^Mabk xvi. 15, 16, Sekmok II. — Children Jirought to Christ, not to tlie Font . 36 "And they brought young children unto him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them. Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such 1~ the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, 'Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter there- in. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them." — Mauk x. 13-16. Sermon ni.—" 2%M« Saitft t/ic Xortf " 55 " Thus saith the Lord."— Ezekiel xi. 5. Sermon IV. — ^ Searer in JDisguise .79 "And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feut, as she came in at the door, that he said. Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam ; why felgnest thou thyself to be another f for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings."— 1 Kings xiv. 6. Sermon V. — Eacpiation 96 " Thou Shalt make his soul an offering for sin."- Isaiah liii. 10. LIST OF spurgeon's SEEJIOSrS. 319 Sebmon VI.— 27i.e Sarley-Field on Fire page 113 "Absalom sent for Joab, to liave him sent to the king, bnt he would not come. Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there : go and set it on Are. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire ! "—2 Samuel xiv. 39-81. Sbkmow VII — Christ is Glorious : let us make Sim Known. 13] " And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God ; and they shall abide : for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth."— Mioah v. 4. Sekmos Yin..—X!nduring to the Mnd 150 " He that endureth to the end shall be saved."— Matt. x. 83. Sebmos is..— Nothing hut Zeaves 168 "He found nothing but leaves."— Makk xi. 13. Sebmon X.—The Great Idberator 187 " If the son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." — JoHNviii.36. Sebmon Xl.—The Sinner's Friend ... ... 306 ** A friend of publicans and sinners." — Matt. xi. 19. Sebmon XII. — Flection no Discouragement to Seeking Souls, 822 " I will be gracious upon whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy upon whom I will show mercy." — ^Exodus xxxiii. 19. Sekmon XIII.T^T7ie Cripple at Zystra 241 " The same heard Paul speak : who steadfastly beholding him, and .perceiving that he had faith to be healed, said with a loud voice, btand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked."— Acts xiv. 9, 10. Sebmojt XIV.— ^ Bundle of Myrrh 259 "A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved nnto me ; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts." — Canticles i. 13. SbemonXV.— T/ie Xamb ; T/te itcfftt 878 " And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God did lighten it, aud the lamb is the light thereof."— Eev. xxi. 23. Sebmon XVI.— God's Strange Choice 297 ** For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to set at nought things that are ; that no fiesh should glory in his presence." — 1 Cob. i. 26"29. Seemon XYU.—What God Can Not Bo . . . . . .316 " God, that cannot lie."— Titds i. 2. Sebmon XVIII. — Lahor in Vain 335 " Jonah said unto them, take me up, and cast me forth into the sea ; so shall the sea becalm unto you : for 1 know tliat for my sake' this great tempest is upon you. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring It to the land ; but they could not, for tlie sea wrought, and was tem- pestuous against them.'l^oNAii i. 12, 13. Sebmon XIX.— Gfo(Z is With Us 354 " If God be for us, who can be against us 1 "—Romans viii. 31. 320 LIST OP SPUEGEOU'S SBKMOJsTS. NINTH SERIES OF SERMONS. iNTKODtrOTION. **™ SsKHOH 1,— Travailing for Souls " " As soon as Zlon travailed, she brought forth her ohildren."— Isaiah Ixvl. 8. SsKnas JX.—" Your Own Salvation " 34 '4 Your own Balvatlou."^PHiLippiAKB ii. 13. Sebmok 111.— Continuance with J^esua Possible . . ,54 " But Jesus said unto them. They need not depart."— HaOT?. xIt. 16. Seemon IV.— lV»e Sin of Gadding About . .... TO " Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way."— .Tkee- miAH ii. 36. Skkmon v.— TAe Broad Wall 89 " The broad wall."— Nkhbmiah iii. S. Sermon VI.— Tfte Star of Jaco6 101 " There shall cornea star out of Jacob."— NtiMBERS xriv. 17. Sekmon VII.— TAe TTnalterabte Statute ' 117 "Without shedding of blood there is no remission."- Hebbkwb ix. 22. &£BM0N VIII. — Fathomless - - 131 " Thy judgments are a great deep."— Psalm xxxvl. 6. Sebmox lX.-^Meat Indeed and l>rink Indeed .... 143 " For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed." — John vi. 55. Sebmon X, — Tlioughis and their IE*ruit ...•". 157 " The fruit of their thoughts,"- Jer. vi. 19. Sermon XI. — Tlie Covenant * . • 172 " For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord ; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts ; and I -will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. "—Hebrews viii. 10. Sermon XII. — A. Sermon to Open Neglectors and Nominal Followers of Meligion . 186 " But what think ye ? A certain man had two sons ; and he came ; to the first, and said. Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not : but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second and said likewise. Ancf he answered and said, I go, sir : and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father ! They said unto him. The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the luugdom of God before you. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not : but the publicans and the harlots believed hiin : and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not ,■ afterwards, that ye might believe him.'' — Matt. xxi. 28-32. Sermon 'SMl.'^Ephraim JBemoaning Himself .... 206 " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : Turn thou me, and I slrnll be turned ; For thou art tho Lord my God."— Jeremiah xxxi. 18. Chi LIST OF SPURGEON'S SERMON'S. 321 Sbbmon XIV. — J'esus at Bethesdaj or Waiting Changed for Relieving page S25 " After this there was a feast of the Jews: and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by ihe sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and ti'oubled the water : who- soever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jeffus saw him lie, and knew that he had been a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole ? The impotent man annwered him. Sir, I have no man. when tlie water is troubled, to put me into the pool : but while I am coming, 'another stcppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take iip thy bed, and walk. And immedi- ately the man was made whole, ana took up his bed, and walked : and on the same day was the Sabbath."— John v. 1-9. Sermon XV.— T/te UnsearcUahle Miches of Christ . . . 345 '"'' Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I preach among VaA GentUes the unsearchable riches of Uhrist."~EpHBsiAKa iii. 8. Session 'S.Yl.—The End of the Itighteous Desired . . . 365 "' Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! "— Numbers xxiil. 10. Sbbmon XVn. — N'umber One Thousand; or, '' Sread Enough and to Spare '' 284 " And when he came to himself, he said, how many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perlsji with hun- ger ? " — LtTKE XV. 17. Sbbmok XVIIL— Xove's Logic 304 " We love him because he first loved us."— 1 John iv. 19. Sermon XIX. — Altogether JOovely • 333 "Yea, he is altogether lovely."— Canticles v. 16. Sermon XX. — The Alarum 343 " I myself will awake early."— Psalm Ivii. 8. Sermon XXI.— I7ie Wit7iering Worh of the Holy Spirit , . 362 *' The voice said, Cry. — ^And he said^ What shall I cry ? All fleshls grass,:— and q}\ the goodllness thereof is as the flower of the field : the frass withereth, the flower fadeth : because the spirit of the Lord lowcth not upon it : surely the people is grass. The grass wither- eth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand forever." JSAIAH ±i. 6-8. "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God. which liveth and abideth forever. For all flesh is as grass, and all tne glory of man as the flower of the grass. Tbe grass withereth, .and the flower thereof f alleth away' ; But the word of the Lord endurcth forever And this is the word which by the gospel is preafihed unto you." — 1 Peter i. 23-25. Sermon XXTf. — Marah; or, the Sitter Waters Sweetened. . 382 *'And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called Marah, And the people murmured against Moses, saying, what shall we drink ? And he cried unto the Lord ; and the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the. waters, the waters were made sweet."— ExoDTJS XV. 23, 24, 25. ■ 322 LIST OF spuegeok's sekm:ois"S. Serbton XXJlI.—jyegotiations for Peace .... PAtt* 403 " Preacbing peace by Jesas Cbrist : (be is Lord of all)."*— AcfrS X. 36. Sermon XXIV.— J«*«» Onlp *,...»... 419 " And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesns only."^IA*.TT. xvii. 8. Sermon XXV. -JBe*«, Jtest 436 '* Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you regt. Take my yoke upon yon, and learn of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart ; and ye shall find rest onto your souls, for my yoke is easy, and my burden is ligbt." — Matt. xi. 28-30. Sermon XXVI.— Carried by Four 456 " And he withdrew himself into the Wilderness^ and prayed. And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem : and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy : and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. And when they could not find hy what way they might bring him in because of the multitndOf they went upon the house-top, and let him obwn through the tiling with bis couch into the midst befcn'e Jesns. And wlien lie 6aw thelS faith he said unto him, Man, thyeins are forgiven thee. And the scribes and the Pbarisees began to reason, saying, who is this which speaketb blasphemies ? Who can forgive sins, but God alone ¥ But when Jesns perceived their thoni^ts, he answering said unto them. What reason ye in your hearts? whether is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to- say, Rise up and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive «ins (he said unto the sick of the palsy), I say unto thee^ Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. And immediately he rose up be- fore them, ^nd took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying. We have seen strange things to-day."— LuKB v. 16-26. Sermon XXVII.— «7csm« 2fo Phantom 476 '' And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, tbey were troubled, saying, it is a spirit ; ^nd they cried out for fear."— Matt. xiv. 26. Sermon XXVin.— Fcry Singular 496 " He put his household in order and hanged himself ."—S Samubl xvii. 26. TYPES AND EMBLEMS : A COLLECTION OF SERMONS PREACHED ON SUNDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS. Sermon I. — The Star of cTacob ,...,.. paoe 7 " There shall come a star out of Jacob. "^Nxjmbers xxxiv. 17. Sermoi* II.— T/te Broad Wall . 22 " The broad wall."— Nbhemiah iii. 8. LISI OE SPUEOIOK'S SEBMQIirS.. 323 Sbbmon m.—The Only Door page 41 " I am the door : toy me if any man enter In, he shall be saved, and shall go In and oat, and find pasture."— John x. 9. Sebmon IV. — Hpyal Emblems fop JRoyal Subjects ... 61 " And he shall he as the light of the morning, when the snn riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass ^ringeth out or the earth by clear shining after rain."— g SAMnBi, xxifl. 4. Sebmon Y.—Jl Frail Leaf 78 " Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro ? "—Jon xiii. 25. Sermon VI.— Tfte Helmet 93 " And for a helmet, the hope of salvation."—! Thess. v. 8. Sermon Vn.— Owe Trophy for Two Exploits 112 *' For by thee I have ran through a troop ; and by my God have I leaped over a waII."— Psalm xvin. 29'. Sermon YITL.— Christ the Tree of Life 184 ' ' In the midst of the st.ceet of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fraits, and yielded her fruit every month ; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." —Rev. xxii. 3. Sermon IX.— ^ Silly Dove 148 " Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart."— Hosba vii. S. Sermon X.—Our Banner 164 "Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth." — Psalm Ix. 4. Sermon. XI. — Owr Champion 179 " And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away vrith them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them np to the top of an hill that is before Hebron."— Judges xvi. 3. Sermon XII.— iTfte Fainting JSTero 194 " He was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said. Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hands of thy servant : and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uucircumcised." — Judges xv. 18. SxBMON Xin. Woman's Mights. A. Parable S09 " And Moses brought their cause before the Lord."— Num. xxvli. 5. Sermon XIV.^-JBIacfc Clouds and Sright Slessings . . . 235 ** If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth."— BcoLEs. xi. 3. Sermon XV.— I>ai)id'» First Victory 247 "So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him ; but there was no sword in the hand of David," — 1 Samuel xvii, 50. Sermon XVI. — David, and Mis Volunteers 270 "And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold of the wilderness, men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could' handle shield and Duckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains ; £zer the first, Obadiah ^e second, EUab the third, Mishmannah the fonrth, Jeremiah the fifth, Athai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. These were the sons of Gad, captains of the host : one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a. thousand. These are they that went over Jordan in the first mouth, when it had overflown all his banks ; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east ana toward the west."— 1 Chboh. xii. 8-15. 324 LIST OF spurgeok's sermons. THE SAINT AND HIS SAVIOUR; OR, THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS. Preface. r^«= Chapter I. — The Despised Friend 9 " We esteemed Mm not."— Isaiah liii. 3. Chapter H.— Faithful Wounds 43 " Faithful are the wounds of a friend."— Proverbs xxvii. 6. Chapter III, — J'esus Desired 99 " O that I knew where I might find him." — Job xxiii. 3. Chapter IV. — J'esus Pardoning 3S5 "The blood of Jesus Christ Ms Son cleanBethusfromall sin."— UoHN i. 7. Chapter "V.—ifoy at Conversion 175 " The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof we are glad."— Psalm cxxvi. 3. Chapter VI. — Complete in Christ 217 " Ye are complete in Him."— Colossians ii. 10. Chapter VII. — Love to Jesus 241 " Lordj thou knowest all things ; then knowest that I love thee." — John xxi. 17. Chapter 'Sf III. —Love's Logic 272 *' The upright love thee." — Sol. Song, i. 4. Chapter IX. — J'esus in the Sour of Trouble 315 " Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well ; the rain also fiUeth the pools."- Psalm Ixxxiv. 6. Chapter 'K.—Jesus Siding Simself 354 " Thou didst Mde thy face, and I was troubled." — Pbalm xxx. 7. Chapter XL— Tft-e Causes of Apparent. Desertion . , . 378 "Show me wherefore thon contendest with me." — Job x. 2. Chapter XIT. — Communion Preserved 413 . *' But they constrained him, saying. Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent."- Luke xxiv. 29. In addition to the above there have been pnblished of Spargcon's Works in this country, ''Morning l>y Morning,'* or Dailt Readings for the Family or the Closet. For each day of the year is selected a passage of Scripture, with practical comments on it to the extent of one page. ** Evening hy Evening," or Readings at Eventide for thb Pamilt OR THE Closet. This book is similar to "Morning by Morning." There are probably no devotional books in the language equal to them, nnless It be '* Jay's Exercises." Lectures to my Students, being Lectures delivered by Mr. Spurgeon to the Students of the Pastor's College. John Floughman's Talhs, or Plain Advice por Plain People.