Vol 04 - I. & II. SAMUEL.

I. & II. SAMUEL.

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

274 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. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. x872. Like most of Clark’s series, Keil’s works are valuable helps towards ,obtaining the meaning of the text 3 but for spiritual reflections and fruitful hints we must look elsewhere.

275 LINDSAY (HENRY, M.A.) Lectures on the Historical Books [I and 2 Samuel only]. 2 vols. 12mo. Lond., 1828. 2]6.

Practical sermons on a few of the more prominent events.

276 WILLET (ANDREW). An Harmonie upon the First Booke of Samuel, and an Harmonie upon the Seconde Booke of Samuel. Folio. 1614. 10/6 to 12/- [There is also a 4to. edition upon 1 Samuel 16:1-23 o7.] 7’he work continues the Hexapla to which we have referred in Nos. 142 and 177. It is unusually brief for the age of its compo-stition, 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 _i’s state before God f”

277 GUILD (WILLIAM, D.D. 1586 — 1657). The Throne of David. An Exposition of the 2nd Samuel, wherein is set clown the Pattern of a Pious and Prudent Prince. Oxf., 1659. 11/- The MSS. of this rare book was sent to Dr. John Owen by the widow of the author, with a letter of her own, informing him that her dying husband desired it to be so forwarded. Dr. Owen says, that he found the treatise “written with perspicuity and clearness, handling a subject of great and delightful variety, with a choice mixture of spiritual, moral, and political observations, tempered by a good and sound judgment unto common capacities.” We do not presume to criticize where Owen commends, but we should not have originated such a commendation.