John Trapp - Commentary OT & NT

[Mayflower]

Who has this commentary of this puritan ? Is it as good as Matthew Henry ?

 

[just_grace]

'Better to be pruned to grow than cut up to burn'.

Quote from John Trapp, presume it's the same chap.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

I have not read Trapp's commentary, but I hear it is one of the best.

This is what Charles Spurgeon had to say:

Trapp will be most valuable to men of discernment, to thoughtful men, to men who only want a start in a line of thought, and are then able to run alone. Trapp excels in witty stories on the one hand, and learned allusions on the other. You will not thoroughly enjoy him unless you can turn to the original, and yet a mere dunce at classics will prize him. His writings remind me of himself: he was a pastor, hence his holy practical remarks; he was the head of a public school, and everywhere we see his profound scholarship; he was for some time amid the guns and drums of a parliamentary garrison, and he gossips and tells queer anecdotes like a man used to a soldier's life; yet withal, he comments as if he had been nothing else but a commentator all his days. Some of his remarks are far fetched, and like the far fetched rarities of Solomon's Tarshish, there is much gold and silver, but there are also apes and peacocks. His criticisms would some of them be the cause of amusement in these days of greater scholarship; but for all that, he who shall excel Trapp had need rise very early in the morning. Trapp is my especial companion and treasure; I can read him when I am too weary for anything else. Trapp is salt, pepper, mustard, vinegar, and all the other condiments. Put him on the table when you study, and when you have your dish ready, use him by way of spicing the whole thing. Yes, gentlemen, read Trapp certainly, and if you catch the infection of his consecrated humour, so much the better for your hearers.

 

[Mayflower]

Trapp is salt, pepper, mustard, vinegar, and all the other condiments. Put him on the table when you study, and when you have your dish ready, use him by way of spicing the whole thing.

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That's very nice to read

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Solid Ground Christian Books has the 4-volume set for $165.00 but you can get a used edition via Alibris for under $100.00.

 

[beej6]

Derek Thomas recommends Trapp as well in his commentary book...

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Be careful what books you read, for as water tastes of the soil it runs through, so does the soul taste of the authors that a man reads. -- John Trapp