Vol 04 - ROMANS.

ROMANS.

[Our space does not permit us to repeat the names of authors mentioned under Acts and Apostolical .Epistles, but we urge the student carefully to refer thereto.] [I56 ADAM (THOMAS). Paraphrase on Romans I. to XI. 8vo. 1774;

12mo.

18o5. 1/6to2/- A poor paraphrase; very correct and evangelical, but thin as Adam’s ale.

We are disappointed, for the “Private Thoughts” of the same author are highly esteemed.

ANDERSON (ROBERT, of Brighton, 1792 — 1843). Exposition of Romans 12:1-21 mo. Lond., 1837. 2/6.

After the manner of Charles Bridges. Full of holy unction and devout meditation.

1158 BROWN (JOHN, of Wamphray). Exposition of Romans 4:1-25 to.

Edinb., 1766. 10/- to 12/- By a Calvinist of the old school. Heavy, perhaps; but precious.

1159 BROWN (JOHN, D.D., Edinb.) Analytical Expositions of Romans. Large 8vo. 14/- Edinb., W. Oliphant & Co.

1857. S. 7/- to 9/- Dr. Brown’s work must be placed among the first of the first- c/ass. He is a great expositor.

I I6O CALVIN (JOHN). Commentary on Romans. Trans, lated by Christopher Roodell. 4to., Black Letter, 1583.

9/- Also sm. 8vo., with Life, by Beza. 1834. 2/9.

1161 CHALLIS (JAMES, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S.) Translation o!

Romans, with Notes. 8vo. 4/- Lond., G. Bell & Sons. 1871. The translation is made in the current language of the day. The notes are mainly critical.

CHALMERS (T., D.D.) Lectures on Romans 4:1-25 vols., 8vo. x827. 4 vols., 12mo. Edinb., Edmonston & Co. x854. S. 8/6. Our preferences as to expositions lie in another direction; but we cannot be insensible to the grandeur and childlike simplicity which were combined in Chalmers.

1163 EDWARDS (TIMOTHY, A.M.) Paraphrase, with Annotations, on Romans and Galatians 4:1-31 to. Lond., I752. 2/6.

Watt calls this a judiciously compiled work from the best comments. We judge it to be poor as poverty itself.

EWBANK (W. W.) Commentary, with Translation and Notes.

2 vols., post 8va. Zend., J. w. Parker. 185o. S. 3/- A sound evangelical comment, very good and gracious. In condensed thought this work is not rich: it is adapted for general reading.

1165 FORD (J., M.A.). Romans. Illustrated from Ch. of England Divines.

8va. 12/- Masters, 1862. S. 7/- (See No. 955).

1166 FORBES (JOHN, LL.D.) Analytical Commentary, tracing the Train of Thought by the Aid of Parallelism, with Notes, etc. 8va. 10/6. Edinb., T.& T. Clark. 1868.

We think Dr. Forbes carries the idea of parallelism further than it should go. It can only be applied strictly to poetical books, which Romans is not.

He tries to bring out the other side of the truths taught in Hodge, Edwards, and Calvin; but we confess our preference of those authors to himself. The work will greatly edify those whom it does not confuse.

1167 FRY (JoHn, B.A.) Lectures. 8va. Land., 1816. 2/- Having no theory to serve in this instance, Fry writes to edification.

1168 GODWIN (JOHN H., Hon. Prof., New Call., Land.) New Translation, with Notes. 8va. 6/6. Lond., Hodder & Stoughton. 1873.

Such a book as students need while studying the Greek text in college.

1169 HALDANE (R. I764 — 1842). Exposition: with Remarks on the Commentaries of Macknight and others. 8va. 12/6. Edinb., W. Oliphant &Co. I874. S. 9/-

Dr. Chalmers styled this “a well-built commentary,” and strongly recommended it to students of theology. In his “Sabbath Readings” he writes: “I am reading ‘Haldane’s Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans,’ and find it solid and congenial food.”

117o HINTON (J. HOWARD.) Exposition. 8va. 6/- Lond., 1863. S. 1/6. Not believing in the constant parallelism of the Epistles, we care very little for this treatise, much as we esteem the author.

1171 HODGE (CHARLES). Commentary. 8va. Philadelphia, 1835, etc. Reprinted by Rel. Tract Society, I2mo. 3/-

Hodge’s method and matter make him doubly useful in commenting. He is singularly clear, and a great promoter of thought.

117:: KELLY (WILLIAM). Notes. x2mo. 2/6. Lond.,G. Morrish. 1873.

Many of the remarks are admirable, but the theories supported are untenable.

1173 KNIGHT (RoBERT). Commentary. 8va. Lond., 1854. 2/6. Not at all to our mind. The author often seems to us rather to becloud the text than to explain it.

1174 LANGE (J.P., D.D.) and FAY (F. R.) Commentary on Romans. (See page 19, and No. 923).

MARTYR (PETER. 1500 — 1562). A most learned and fruit. ful Commentary on Romans. Folio. 1568. 3a/- Being in black letter, and very long, few will ever read it; but it can. rains much that will repay the laborious book-worm.

OLSHAUSEN (H., D.D.) Commentary on Romans 8:1-39 vo. 10/6.

Edinb., T. & T. Clark. x85o.

Nobody seems very enthusiastic as to Olshausen, but some authors have borrowed from his pages more than they have confessed. Personally we do not care for him, but many prize and all respect him.

1177 PARR (ELNATHAN, B.D.) A Short View of the Epistle to the Romans. [Chap. I.; II., I, 2; and VIII. to XVI.] This Exposition forms nearly the whole of” The Workes” of Parr. Fourth edition. Small folio.

165I. 10/- The quartos do not contain the Exposition of Chap. I. and II. The style is faulty, but the matter is rich and full of suggestions. :We regret that the work is not complete, and is seldom to be met with except in fragments.

PLUMER (WILLIAM S., D.D., LL.D.) Commentary, with Introduction on the Life, Times, Writings, and Character of Paul. Imp. 8vo. 14/- Edinb., W. Oliphant. IN. D.] Plumer is a laborious compiler, and to most men his works will be of more use than those of a more learned writer.

II79 PRIDHAM {ARTHUR). Notes. Cr. 8vo. 5/- land., Yapp. I862.

Sound and gracious, but somewhat dull.

118O PURDUE (E., A.M.) Commentary on Romans 8:1-39 vo. Dub., x855.

1/6. Not important.

ROBINSON (T., D.D.) Suggestive Commentary on Romans. [ Van Doren Series of Commentaries.] 2 vols., cr. 8vo. 8/- nett. Lond., Dickinson & Higham. 187I. .4 good book in a good style. Worth any amount to preachers.

1182 STEPHEN (JOHN, A.M.) Expositions on Romans. A Series of Lectures. 12mo. Aberd., 1857. 2/6.

Sound in doctrine, practical in tone; above mediocrity.

STUART (MosEs.) Commentary on Romans 8:1-39 vo. 6/- Lond., W. Tegg &Co. S. 3/6.

Moses Stuart is judged to have been at his best in Romans and Hebrews. The present work is in some points unsatisfactory, on account of certain philosophico-theological views which he endeavors to maintain. Mr. Haldane denounced him as by false criticism “misrepresenting the divine testimony in some of the most momentous points of the Christian scheme.” The charge was too true.

1184 TERROT (C. H., A.M., B P. of Edinburgh). Romans [in Greek], with Introduction, Paraphrase, and Notes. 8vo. Lond., 1828. x/6. Anti- Calvinistic. Why do not such writers let Romans alone ?

THOLUCK (A. F.) Exposition of Romans 2:1-29 vols., fcap.

8vo. 8/-Bib. Cabinet Series. Edinb., T. Clark. 1842. S. 4/-Moses Stuart confesses his great obligations to this eminent divine, who far exceeds the most of his German brethren in spirituality, and is not behind them in scholarship; yet even he is none too orthodox nor too reverent in his treatment of Holy Scripture.

1186 VAUGHAN (CHARLES JOHN, D.D.) Romans. The Greek Text, with English Notes. Cr. 8vo. 7/6. Lond., Macmillan & Co. x874. S. 4/- Very valuable to students of the Greek. The result of independent study and honest labor.

1187 WALFORD (W.) Curae Romaine. 12mo. Land., x846. x/6.

Walford makes comments of considerable value; he does not stand in the front rank, but his mediocrity is respectable.

1188 WARDLAW (RALPH, D.D.) Lectures on Romans 3:1-31 vols., cr. 8vo. 3/6 each. Lond., Fullarton & Co. 1861.

Wardlaw interprets with great sobriety and spirituality, and we never consult him in vain, though we do not always agree with him.

1189 WILLET (ANDREW). Hexapla: that is, a Sixfold Commentary upon Romans. Folio. 1611. 6/- to 7/6. (See No. 142.) WILLIAMS (H. W., Wesleyan 3finislet). Exposition. Cr. 8vo.

6/- Lond., 66, Paternoster Row. i869. S. 2/6. This epistle has a fascination for Arminian writers; it affords them an opportunity for showing their courage and ingenuity. Mr. Williams’s book is instructive.

! 191 WILSON (THOMAS. Puritan. Died 1621). Commentary on Romans 4:1-25 to. Land., x614. Folio, 1627 and x653. 3/6 to 5/6.

Intended for the less-instructed among the preacher’s hearers, and put into the form of a dialogue. It is very solid, but does not contain much which is very striking or original.

1192 SCLATER (W., D.D. Died I626). A Key to the Key of Scripture;or an Exposition, with Notes, upon the Romans, Chap. I., II., III. 4to. 1611 and 1629. 4/ An antique, but precious book.

MORISON (JAMES, D.D.) Exposition of the Third Chapter of Romans 8:1-39 vo. 12/6. Lond., Hamilton. x866. S. 7/6.

.4. scholarly and exhaustive exposition. When we do not agree with Dr.

Morison, we pay homage to his great learning and critical skill.

II94 FRASER (JAMES. i7oo — -1796). The Doctrine o! Sanctification.

Explication of Romans VI. to VIII. 1 — 4. 8vo. Edinb., 183o. Offered, new, by Ogle & Murray, 2/6. Dr. John Brown says: “Fraser’s Scripture Doctrine of Sanctification is well worth studying. 2’he old Scotch divine is rude in speech, but not in knowledge.” x95 ELTON (EDWARD, B.D.) Sundry Sermons upon Romans VII., VIII., and IX. Folio. Lond., x653. 8/- to m/-The style is plain and homely, but the matter is aye 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 boo/es as this we never tire of reading.

1196 KOHLBRUGGE (H. F., D.D., of E1berfeld). Romans VII., paraphrased, 12mo. Lond., 1854. S. 1/6. An instructive rendering of this deeply experimental chapter.

1197 BINNING (HUGH. 1627 — 1653). The Sinner’s Sanctuary. Forty eight Sermons on Romans VIIi. 4to. 1670. Also Vols. I. and II. of his Works. 3 vols., 12mo. Edinb., 1839. 3/- to 4/6. The writer of Binning’s Memoir says: “There is a pure stream of piety and learning running through the whole, and a very peculiar turn of thought, which exceeds the common rate of writers on this choice part of the Holy Scriptures.”

1198 HORTON (THOMAS, D.D.) Forty-six Sermons on Romans VIII. Lond. Folio. 1674. 3/’

Full of matter, well, but rather too formally, arranged. The sermons are very prim and orderly.

1199 WINSLOW (OCTAVIUS, D.D.) No Condemnation in Christ.

[On Romans VIII.] Cr. 8vo. 7//- Lond., Shaw. x86o.

Dr. Winslow is always sound and sweet; but his works are better adapted for general readers than for students. He is extremely diffuse.