“A work of great learning and skill, pervaded with a truly Christian spirit.”—Evangelist.
COMMENTARIES ON THE BIBLE.
* Pool’s Annotations.
New edition, on larger paper, 3 vols. royal 8vo. Sheep. $10 00.
“Of the general character of this work, it is sufficient to say that it brings out in a felicitous and concise manner the meaning of the text, without connecting with it any extended practical remarks. It contains not only the whole of the sacred text, as many commentaries of that day did not, various readings also, together with parallel passages; and though it never transcends the capacity of an ordinary English reader, yet it evidently comes from a rich store-house of biblical learning. It disposes of difficult passages, not by gathering all the opinions that have been put forth concerning them, but by stating the writer’s own mature judgment, with the grounds on which it has been formed. The notes are generally brief, condensed, perspicuous, and easily remembered.”—Puritan Recorder.
* Henry’s Commentary.
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“It is becoming more and more the standard commentary of the Church. Christians of all denominations, and of all grades of intellectual attainment, find it their refreshment, their food, and their pleasure to peruse it steadily, and in so doing they can reap a great reward. We knew, some years ago, a lady in humble life, more than sixty years of age, who borrowed the folio edition of Henry’s Commentary, and keeping it always open on her bed, was accustomed to run to it whenever a single moment of leisure offered itself; so that, by patient continuance in well-doing, even at that late period of life, she traveled through the successive volumes, to her own great spiritual and intellectual improvement; and in her latest hours, when on her dying bed, she expressed her gratitude for the opportunity which she had thus enjoyed of becoming better acquainted than ever before with the meaning of God’s Holy Word.”—Observer.
* Doddridge’s Expositor.