Vol 04 - CONSIDERABLE PORTIONS OF THE PSALMS.

CONSIDERABLE PORTIONS OF THE PSALMS.

481 BAKER (SIR RICHARD. 1568 — 1645). Meditations and Disquisitions on the First, and Seven Penitential Psalms, viz., the 6, 32, 38, 51,1o2, 13o, & 143. 4to. Lond., I64O. 5/-

Meditations and Disquisitions on the Seven Consolitarie Psalms, viz., the 23, 27, 30, 34, 84, lO3, and II6. 4to. Zonal., I64o. 5/-

0 rare Sir Richard Baker / Knight of the flowing pen. His “Meditations and Disquisitions” are altogether marrow and f at-ness. We have often tried to quote 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?

482 BARKER. (FREDERICK, M.A.) Thirty-six Psalms; with Commentary and Prayer, for use in families. Cr. 8vo. Jackson, 1854. 1/6.

What platitudes people will write for :he use of families. Families will best use these commentaries and prayers by lining their cake tins with them.

483 BERTRAM (R.. A.) The Imprecatory Psalms. Six Lectures.

12mo. Lond., Elliot Stock. 1867. S. 1/6.

Contains some very sensible remarks upon a subject which no doubt bewilders certain of the weaker sort.

484 BOWMAN (HETTY). Studies in the Psalms 12:1-8 mo. Zone/., The Book Society, and John Snow & Co. 1869.

Outlines of teaching upon a few Psalms. The authoress begs that these “Studies “ .may not in any sense be considered as a commentary: we do not so consider them.

485 BOYS (JOHN, D.D. Dean of Canterbury. 1571 — 1625).

Workes. Folio, 1629. An Exposition of the Proper Psalms used in our English Liturgy. (See under New Testament.) 12/-

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.

486 COPE (SIR ANTHONY. Chamberlain to Queen Catherine Parr).

Meditations on Twenty Select Psalms. Reprinted from the edition of 1547. Small square 8vo. Lond., John Ollivier. 1848. 2/6.

More curious than valuable. The style is scholastic and pointless.

DIDHAM (R. CUNNINGHAM, M.A.) I. — XXXVI. — New Translation: made by means of Arabic Lexicons, Syriac New Testament Words, the Ancient Versions, Bishop Lowth’s Parallelisms, and Parallel Places, whereby the Scriptural Messianic Canon that our Lord Christ is the Key to the Psalm is upheld, etc. 8vo. I5/- Lond., Williams & Norgate.

187o. S. 1/9. Principally consists of denunciations of other writers. As the price has descended from 15/- to 119 for new copies, the verdict of the public is pretty definite.

488 LUTHER (MARTIN). A Commentary on Psalms I. — XI.; and on Psalm LI., in Vol. 3; on Psalms XII. — XXII. and on Psalm II. in Vol. 4, of Select Works of Luther. Translated by Rev. H. Cole. [4 vols. 8vo. Lond., 1824. 18/-] A Commentary on the Psalms, commonly called the Psalms of Degrees [CXX. — CXXXIV]. 8vo. Lewes, 1823. Also a black letter 4to., x577, and other editions of this work.

2;uther needs no trumpeter.

489 PITMAN (J. R., M.A.) A Course of Sermons on some of the Chief Subjects in the Book of Psalms; abridged from eminent divines of the Established Church. 8vo. Lond., Longmans. 1846. 3/-

We have seldom obtained much from these sermons. A far better selection might have been made; at the same time, some of the discourses are admirable.

490 ROLLOCK (ROBERT. 1555 — 1598). An Exposition upon some select Psalms 12:1-8 mo. 1600.

Rollock’s works are rare. He wrote in Latin, and his language is made more dull than need be by the translator. All his writings are masterly.

491 STRIGELLIUS (VICTORINUS. 1524 — 1569). Part of the Harmony of King David’s Harp. Translated by R.. Robinson.

[In four parts.] 4to. 1582 to x596. This volume the expositor is not at all likely to see, and there is, there· fore, the less need for us to speak of it. Strigellius was the friend of Luther and Melancthon, and a man of sound sense and vast learning.

492 WILLIAMS (ISAAC, B.D.) The Psalms interpreted of Christ. [Vol. I., Psalms I. — XXVI.] Thick 12mo. Lond., Rivingtons. 1864. S. 3/- This writer is of the High Church school, but he is very spiritual and deep, and we seldom turn to him without profit.