Vol 04 - I. & II. PETER.

I. & II. PETER.

1369 AMES (WILLIAM, D.D. x576 — I633). Exposition of the Epistles of Peter. 4to. Land., 164I. 5/-

Too much divided and subdivided, chopped up and cut into dice pieces and laid in order; for, after all, there is very little meat in it. It is an analysis, and little more. t37o BENSON (GEORGE.) Epistles of Peter. 4to. 1742. 2/6. The author was an Arian. “Benson possessed considerable learning, but no great portion of genius.” This is a paraphrase with notes.

LILLIE (JOHN, D.D. Kingston, N.Y.) Lectures on x and 2 Peter. 8vo. 8/6.

New York, 1869. Lond., Hodder and Stoughton. S. 5/6.

Dr. Schaff says : — ” Though very different from the immortal work of Archbishop Leighton on the First Epistle of Peter, these lectures breathe the same reverential spirit and devotional fervor, while they are much more full and thorough as an exposition.”

1372 LUTHER (MARTIN). Commentarie upon the Two Epistles of St. Peter and that of St. Jude, gathered out of the lectures of Martin Luther. Translated by Thomas Newton. 4to. Lond., 1581. Black letter. 15/. In Luther’s racy style. One of his best productions. Copies are scarce as white elephants, and consequently expensive.

1373 NISBET (ALEXANDER). Exposition of I and 2 Peter.

8vo. Edinb., 1658. 5/- to 7/6. A judicious and gracious Scotch commentary, after the style’ of Dickson and Hutcheson.

I. PETER.

I374 ALLEY (WILLIAM, B P. of Exeter. Died 1571). Exposition of I Peter.

[In “Poore Man’s Librarie.” Folio. Land., 1560]. 18/- Very rare. A curious old Black Letter Folio. The exposition on Peter is mainly occupied with the questions and controversies of the Reforming period. Do not buy it.

1375 BROWN (JOHN, D.D. Edinburgh.) Expository Discourses on I Peter. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo. 18/. Edinb., W. Oliphant & Co. 1866. S. so/6 to x2/6. The epistle is divided into paragraphs, and these are made the themes of discourses. Thus Dr. Brown produced what is substantially a commentary, and one of the best. It affords us a grammatical interpretation, together with an exposition, at once exegetical, doctrinal, and practical. It is a standard work, and the indices increase its value.

1376 BYF1ELD (NICHOLAS). Commentary upon 1 Peter I. II. III.

Folio. 1637. 9/- to 15[-

Byfield is an able and pious divine, but he is not very vivacious, and neither in manner nor matter is he at all original.

1377 KOHLBRUGGE (H. F., D.D., of Elberfeld). Sermons on x Peter. 12mo. Lond., 1853. 2/-

Strictly orthodox and deeply spiritual. No German neology may be expected from this author. He is very happy in his practical remarks.

1378. LEIGHTON (ROBERT, D.D. Abp. of Glasgow. 1613 — 1684)

Commentary upon 1 Peter 2:1-25 vols. 18mo. 3/6. Royal edition, with Portrait, 5/. Rel. Tract Soc. Dr. Henry Mills thus wrote of Leighton’s works : — -”

There is a spirit in them f never met with in any other human writings, nor can I read many lines in them without being moved.” We need scarcely commend this truly heavenly work. It is a favorite with: all spiritual men.

1379 ROGERS (JOHN, A.M. Puritan. Died I636.) Fruitful Exposition upon all the First Epistle of Peter. Folio. Lond., 165o. 14/- to 16/. Very rare.

Rogers was a true Boanerges. His style is earnestly practical and wisely experimental. This is one of the scarcest and liveliest of the Puritan expositions.

1380 STEIGER (WILHELM, Prof. Theol. Geneva. 1809 — 1836). Ex- position of x Peter. Translated by Dr. Fairbairn. 2 vols., 12mo.

8/- Biblical Cabinet. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1836 3/-

Steiger was a sound German divine. His criticism is good, but like all the Germans he is far too fond of dragging in learned names.

1381 GOMERSALL (R.) Sermons on St. Peter [chap. It. 13 — 16]. 4to.

1634. 5/” Teaches absolute submission to rulers. Only worth notice from its age.

II. PETER.

1382 ADAMS (THOMAS). Commentary upon the2nd Epistle of Peter.

Folio. Lond., 1633. New Edition, revised by Rev. James Sherman, in imp.

8vo., 1839; now included in Nichol’s Commentaries; 10/6. Lond., Nisbet.

1862.

Full of quaintnesses, holy wit, bright thought, and deep instruction. We like Adams better in commenting than in preaching. His great work is quite by itself, and in its own way remains unrivalled. We know no richer and racier reading.

1383 SYMSON (ARCHIBALD). Exposition upon the Second Epistle Generall of St. Peter. 4to. Lond., 1632. 6/- Abundance of matter, pithily expressed. Symson is among the oldest and rarest of the English divines.

1384 BROWN (JOHN, D.D.) Parting Counsels; an Exposition of 2 Peter I. 8vo. 8/- Edinb, Oliphant. 1856. S. 4/-We always think of Brown as a Puritan born out of due time. .Everythin6 he has left us is massive gold. He is both rich and ,:lear, profound and perspicuous.

1385 WILSON (WILLIAM, of Musselburgh ). Second Epistle of Peter.

12mo. 5/-; offered at 2/6 by Ogle & Murray, Edinb.

“Thoughtful and fresh in its matter, fine and polished in its style, laying hold of us at once, and tightening its grasp on our sympathies the longer we read.” — B, and For. £van. Review. [Too laudatory.]

1386 BICKERSTETH (EDWARD. I786 — I85O). Exposition on the Epistles of John and Jude, and of Paul to Timothy. 12mo. Lond., 1853. 1/6.

Notes taken by his children of Mr. Bickersteth’s expositions at family prayer. Simple, devout, soundly evangelical, and, we must add, superficial and commonplace.

1387 EBRARD (J. H. A.) Commentary on the Epistles of St. John With an Appendix on the Catholic Epistles.

8vo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 186o. S. 5/.

Dr. Candlish, in his Exposition on I John, says: “ I must acknowledge my obligation to Dr. Lucke. But it is Dr. Ebrard who has helped me most. Ebrard is especially valuable, and for an English reader, acquainted with theology, very easily intelligible.”

1388 HAWKINS (THOMAS). Commentary on John’s Epistles.

8vo. Halifax, I8O8. 2/ Very excellent. The writer has upon every verse something to say worth the saying’.

1389 LUCKE (G. C.F. Bonn). Epistles of John 12:1-50 mo. Biblical Cabinet. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1837. S. 2/6.

Dr. Graham, of Bonn, says that “Lucke is impartial, learned, and critically in earnest; yet the attentive reader soon discovers a very decided anti- evangelical tendency. I say anti-evangelical in our sense of the word, for in Germany he has done much to overthrow the cold kingdom of rationalism and unbelief.” Graham is severe, and a discount may be allowed from this judgment. Let it serve as a warning.

139o SHEPHERD (R.) See No. ,069.