JOHN

1056. ANDERSON (ROBERT. 1792 - 1843). Practical Exposition of John. 2 vols., 12mo. Lond., 4/-

By an evangelical clergyman: sound but not very original.

Vol 1  (7.9 MB)
Vol 2  (9.3 MB)

1057.   AUGUSTINE. Commentary on John. 2 vols. of Works of
Augustine, now in course of issue by T. & T. Clark. Edinb.

1058.       "    "     Homilies on the Gospel and First Epistle of John.
2 vols. of the Library of the Fathers, 30/-; or to subscribers,
22/6. Lond. and Oxf., Jas. Parker & Co.

To the wise a mine of treasure. Augustine is often fanciful;
but even his fancies show a master-mind. Much that passes
for new is stolen from this prince of theologians.

Vol 1  (28.3 MB)
Vol 2  (37.8 MB)

1059.   BEITH (ALEXANDER, D.D.) Expository Discourses. Cr. 8vo.
Lond., Nisbet. 1857. 3/6.

Discourses which must have been very profitable to the
hearers. Students will do better with works which are more
condensed.

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1060.   BESSER (RUDOLPH, D.D.) Biblical Studies on John.
Translated from the German by M. G. Huxtable. 2 vols. cr.
8vo. 15/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1861—62.

"The character of this commentary is practical and devotional.
There are often very exquisite devotional passages, and a
vein of earnest piety runs through the whole work."
—Literary Churchman.

Chapter 11 to 21 only   (14 MB)

1061.   BROWN (GEORGE J., M.A.) Lectures, forming a Continuous
Commentary. 5 vols., 8vo. Lond., Rivingtons. 1863. S. 5/6.
The plan of this work will prevent its being widely used; but
its execution strikes us as being uncommonly able. It is a
gathering up of other men's materials and an amalgamation
of them. It is intensely Episcopalian, even to Baptismal
Regeneration, yet it brings a good deal of light to bear on
the Gospel of John, and, if to be met with at a very low
figure, it is not to be passed by.

1062.   DRUMMOND (D. T. K., B.A.) Exposition of the Last Nine
Chapters of John. 12mo. Seeleys. 1850. 2/-

Good, but not very striking.

1063.   DUNWELL (FRANCIS HENRY, B.A.) Commentary on the
Authorised Version of John, compared with the Sinaitic,
Vatican , and Alexandrian Manuscripts, and also with Dean
Alford's revised translation. 8vo. 15/-Lond., J. T. Hayes.
1872. S. 10/-

The notes from various authors are good, and the various
readings are useful; but we fail to see any very special value
in the volume. The interpretation of the Third of John is
eminently unsatisfactory; Mr. Dunwell teaches Baptismal
Regeneration.

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1064.   FAWCETT (JOHN, A.M. 1769—1851). Exposition of John. 3
vols., 8vo., 21/-Lond., Hatchards. 1860. S. 8/-

Good, evangelical sermons.

1065.   HENGSTENBERG (E. W., D.D.) Commentary on John. 2 vols., 8vo. 21/- Edinb., Clark. 1868. S. 8/6.

Like others of this author's works: solid, but dry.

                1066.   HUTCHESON (GEORGE). Exposition of John.  Folio. 
            Lond., 1657. Reprinted, Roy . 8vo. Lond., Ward. 1841.
            4/- to 6/.

            Excellent; beyond all praise. It is a full-stored treasury of
            sound theology, holy thought, and marrowy doctrine.

1067.   MEYER (H. A. W., D.D.) See No. 928.

1068.   O'CONOR (W. A.) Commentary. Cr. 8vo. 10/6. Lond.,
Longmans. 1872.

In this translation the first verse runs thus: "In origin the
Word was, and the Word was the Deity, and the Word was
Deity." Who likes this, or understands it? The notes do not
charm us.

1069.   SHEPHERD (R., D.D.) Notes on the Gospel and Epistles of
John. 4to. Lond., 1796. Imp. 8vo. Lond., Murray. 1841.
S. 3/6.

Though the author opposed Socinianism, we cannot but
regard his views as an introduction to that heresy. The spirit
of the book is vicious.

1070.   THOLUK (AUGUSTUS F., D.D., Ph.D.) Commentary. 8vo. 9/-
Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1860. S. 4/6.

More spiritual than is usual with German theologians, and quite as scholarly as the best of them.

1071.   TITTMANN (K. C., Theol. Prof. 1744—1820). Commentary.
vols., cr. 8vo. 8/- Bib. Cab. Edinb., T. Clark. 1844. S. 4/6.

Horne, in speaking of this work in the German, without
endorsing all Tittmann's opinions, declares it to be the most
valuable commentary on John extant in so small a form.
Our judgment is less commendatory.

1072.   TRAHERON (BARTHOLOMEW. Died 1716.) An Exposition of
a Parte of S. Johannes Gospel made in sondrie readinges in
the English Congregation, 12mo. 1558. Very rare, 30/-

A little quaint old book. Not intrinsically worth the price, nor
a tenth of it.

1073.   VAN DOREN (W. H., D.D.) Suggestive Commentary on John, Vol. I., containing chap. I.—IX. Cr. 8vo. 5/- nett. Vol II. in the press. Lond., Dickinson. 1872.

If men who read this volume do not preach the better for so doing, it is not Mr. Van Doren's fault; they must be Van Dolts by nature, though they may ignore the family name.

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