HEBREWS
BROWN (JOHN, D.D.) Exposition of Hebrews. 2 vols., 8vo. 18/-Edinb., 1862. S. 9/6. 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 conclusion at which the author had arrived." What more could be said in praise of any exposition?
CALVIN (JOHN). Commentary on Hebrews, translated by Clement Cotton. 4to. Lond., 1605. /o/-to 13/. Another edition, 12mo. Lond., 1841. 1/6.
DALE (R. W., M.A.) The Jewish Temple and the Christian Church. Discourses on Hebrews. Cr. 8vo. 6/-Lond., Hod-der & Stoughton. 1871. S. 3/6. Among modern divines few rank so highly as Mr. Dale. Daring and bold in thought, and yet for the most part warmly on the side of orthodoxy, his works command the appreciation of cultured minds.
DELITZSCH (F., D.D.) Commentary on Hebrews. 2 vols., 8vo. 21/-Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1868. S. 12/-Remarks formerly made upon Delitzsch apply here also. (Nos. 412,,and 724.)
DICKSON (DAVID.) Short Explanation of Hebrews. 8vo. Aberd., 1635; Camb., /649; and Lond., 1839. This is generally to be found in connection with the author's ".Brief Exposition on Matthew." (No. 1033.) We need say no more than—get it, and you will find abundance of suggestions for profitable trains of thought.
DUNCAN (ROBERT, of Tillicultry. 1699—1729). Exposition of Hebrews. 8vo. 1731. 3/6. New edition, cr. 8vo. 2/- (published at 5/-). Edinb., Ogle & Murray. "An excellent condensation of Dr. Owen's valuable work, and giving the pith and marrow of the great commentator."
EBRARD (JOHN H. A., Prof Theol. Erlangen). Commentary on Hebrews. 8vo. 10/6. Edinb., T. &. T. Clark. 1853. s. 5/-This is intended as a continuation of Olshausen, but it is an improve-merit thereon. Ebrard is at once learned and spiritual, and we prefer him to almost any other author whose works the Messrs. Clark have issued.
GOUGE (WILLIAM, D.D. Puritan.) Commentary on Hebrews. 2 vols. Folio. Lond., 1655. [-Reprinted in Nichol's Commentaries. 3 vols., Cr. 4to. 7/6 each. Lond., Nisbet. 1866-7.] We greatly prize Gouge. Many will think his system of observations cumbrous, and so, perhaps, it is; but upon any topic which he touches he gives outlines which may supply sermons for months.
HALDANE (JAMES ALEX. 1768—1851.) Notes on Exposition of Hebrews. 12mo. 4/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1860. A posthumous work, and issued, not as a finished exposition, but as "Notes of an intended Exposition." Very valuable for all that.
HOWARD (J. E.) Hebrews. A Revised Translation, with Notes. Demy 12mo. I/6. Lond., S. W. Partridge & Co. 1872. Contains a few suggestive observations; but is a small affair in all respects.
JONES (W., D.D.) See-No. 1311
JONES (W., M.A. 1726—1800). Four Lectures on the Relation between the Old and New Testaments as set forth in Hebrews. 8vo. 1811. 1/6. Very little of it, and bound up with a work of an ingenious, but fanciful character
KNOX (J. SPENCER, A.M.) The Mediator of the New Cove-nant. Sermons on Hebrews. 8vo. Dublin, 1834. 2/-Thirteen Sermons on select passages. Mediocrity highly polished.
LANGE (J.P.) See No. 1288.
LAWSON (G.) Exposition of Hebrews. Wherein the Socinian Comment is examined. Folio. Lond., 1662. Scarce. 7/-to 10/-Richard Baxter says: "I. must thankfully acknowledge that I learned more from Mr. Lawson than from any divine that ever I conversed with."
LINDSAY (W., D.D., Prof. Theol. Glasgow.) Lectures on Hebrews. 2 vols. Demy 8vo. 21/. Edinb., Oliphant. 1867. 10/. 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.
[LUSHINGTON (THOMAS, M.A.).] The Expiation of a Sinner. Commentary upon Hebrews. Folio. 1646. 5/' This work was published anonymously, and is charged with Socinianism.
M'CAUL (JOSEPH B., Hon. Canon of Rochester). Hebrews. A Paraphrastic Commentary, with Illustrations from Philo, the Targums, &c. 8vo. 12/6. /;and., Longmans. 1871. S. 6/-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 German in it, that only men of learning and leisure can use it.
MACLEAN (A. 1732—1812.) Paraphrase and Com-mentary on Hebrews. 2 vols., 12mo. Lond., 1847. 2/. One of the most judicious and solid expositions ever written.
NELSON (ROBERT). Comments on Hebrews. Cr. 8vo. 6/-Lond., Morgan & Scott. 1868. S. 3/6. By a thoughtful and devout man, but we cannot endorse some of his interpretations. The taint of a certain modern school appears in passages such as this: "Had Paul been preaching holiness of life as essential to seeing the Lord, would he not have been advocating the very principle on which the law was based?" We are afraid of this covert Antinomianism; its presence eats as doth a canker.
[NEWTON (ADELAIDE L.)] Hebrews compared with the Old Testament. Cr. 8vo. 3/6. Lond., Nisbet. 1872. S. 1/6. Devout, simple, and instructive. The authoress was an invalid, and died ere she had finished her work. She worked out a good idea with far more of expository matter than could have been expected of her.
OWEN (JOHN, D.D.) Exposition of Hebrews. 4 vols. Folio. Lond., 1668-74. 14/-Also 7 vols. 8vo. Edited by Dr. Goold. f2 2s. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. S. 25/- There is an abridgment of Owen's work, executed by Dr. Williams. 4 vols., 8vo. 1790, &c. 4/6 to 7/6. Out of scores of commendations of t/ds 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 oaf Christianity, of being an erudite and accomplished theologian."
PARRY (THoMAs, M.A., Bp. of Barbadoes). Hebrews, in a Series of Lectures. 12mo. Lond., 1834. 1/6. So feeble that we wonder how it got through the press. A sermonized paraphrase.
PATTERSON (ALEXANDER SIMPSON, D.D.) Commentary on Hebrews. 8vo. 10/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1856. 6/. Lectures delivered in the course of the author's ministrations. Excellent for the public; the student should consult other authors for learning; but Patterson has savor and spirituality.
PRIDHAM (A.). Hebrews. Cr. 8vo. 5/' Lond., Nisbet. 186z. Rather mystified with expressions peculiar to "dispensational truth." whatever that may mean; but devout, candid, sober, and sound.
SAMPSON (FRANCIS S., D.D. Prof. Orient. Lit., Prince Edward Va.) Cammentary on Hebrews. 8va. New York, 1856. S. 5/6. A respectable production, but we know many which we value far more. As a set of lectures to a college class these comments would be of great value, but the author did well not to print them, although it was natural and fitting that his surviving colleague should do so.
SAMPSON (G. V.) Translation, with Notes. 8va. Lond., 1828. I/6 Dr. Kendrick says that Sampson is candid and sensible, but scarcely grapples with the dfficult points of the Epistle. Perhaps he was not strong enough.
SAPHIR (ADOLPH). Lectures on Hebrews. First Series. Chapters I—VII. [Second and concluding volume in prepara-tion]. Cr. 8va. 6/6. 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 speculative. We always enjoy his remarks, though he is not specially terse: or brilliant.
STEWARD (GEORGE). Argument of the Epistle to the Hebrews. 8va. to/6. Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1872. Unhappily the author died before he had quite completed this "argument." The work is most helpful.
STUART (MOSES, M.A.) Commentary on Hebrews. 8va. Lond., 1837. Also 1853. 7/6. Tegg & Co. S. 3/6. We are constantly differing front 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.
TAIT (WILLIAM, M.A.) Meditationes Hebraicae. 2 vols. Cr. 8va. Lond., Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1855. S. 6/- A noteworthy series of lectures. If Gouge, Owen, and others, had not done all for Hebrews that one could well need, this would have beer,, of first-class value; and though we have much better it is still a worthy companion to them.
THOLUCK (A. F.) Commentary on Hebrews. 2 vols., 12mo. 12/-Biblical Cabinet. Edinb., Clark. 1842. S. 4/-to 5/6. Delitzsch speaks highly of this work; but, for our part, we understand the Epistle better without Tholuck than with him. Clouds of smoke and volleys of hard words destroy our equanimity.
TURNER (SAMUEL H.,D.D.) Hebrews, in Greek and English; with Commentary. 8va. New York, 1852. S. 4/6. Carefully done. Written for those who really wish to understand the Epistle.
WILLIAMS (H. W.) Exposition of Hebrews. Cr. 8va. 6/-Lond., 66, Patemaster Row. 1872. The author has evidently been a diligent reader and student. Apart from its Wesleyan peculiarities, we can commend this book as edifying and instructive, though we do not place it in the first class.
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PARTS OF HEBREWS
DEERING (EDWARD, B.D. Puritan. Died 1576). Twenty-seven Lectures upon Hebrews [chap I.—VI.] 4to. 1590. 5/6. Mainly aimed at the errors of the Church of Rome, and at the practical questions of the Reformation period.,4 learned but antiquated set of lectures.
MANCHESTER (GEORGE MONTAGUE, Duke of). Horse Hebraicae. An Attempt to discover how the Argument of the Epistle to the Hebrews [I—IV. x i] must have been understood by those therein addressed. Royal 8vo. Lond., 1835. 3/-A peculiar book, altogether sui generis, written by a man who did his own thinking. The Duke would be an unreliable guide, but he frequently strikes out new paths, and suggests novel trains of thought.
ANDERSON (JAMES S. M., M.A.) Discourses on the 11th and part of the 12th chapters of Hebrews. 2 vols., 8vo. Lond., 1839-43. 8/6. Good Church sermons. Of very slight value for commenting purposes.
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.
PERKINS (WILLIAM).-A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses. Com-mentary on Hebrewes XI. 4to. 1622. 2/63 and Works, vol. III. Good in its day, but now superseded. Very many points are discussed which would now be regarded as ridiculous: as for instance, whether a man may travel in a foreign country. It is terribly prosy.
ANDREWS (G.). Sermons upon Hebrews XIL 4to. 1711. 9/' Thoroughly Scotch. Sound, but somewhat prolix and commonplace.
PHILLIPS (W. SPENCER, B.D.) The Triumphs of a Practical Faith. [On Hebrews XI.] 12mo. Lond., 1840. I/- Cloudy discourses on the cloud of witnesses. Will quicken no one's pace.
SYLVESTER (MATTHEW). The Christian's Race and Patience. Sermons on Hebrews XII. 2 vols., 8vo. 1702—1708. 3/6. Not of the first class; yet respectable sermons.
