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but in developing the meaning of the sacred writers he has few equals. It has been well remarked that he Ugg Tassel Boots chiefly attended to the logic of commentary. He possessed singular acuteness, united to a deep acquaintance with the human heart, a comprehension of mind by which he was able to survey revelation in all its features, and an enlightened understanding competent to perceive sound exegetical principles, and resolute in adhering to them. He can never be consulted without advantage, although all Ugg Half Waterproofing his opinions should not be followed, especially those that result from his doctrinal prepossessions.(-2.) T. Beza ("Test. Vet. c. schol. Tremellii et Junii, Apocr. c. notis Junii, et N. T. c. notis Beza;," fol. Gene v. 1575-79, Lond. 1593, and often; "Bible with Annotations," fol. Gen. 1561-2, and often).—Beza's talents are seen to great advantage in expounding the argumentative parts of the Bible. He possessed many of the best exegetical qualities which characterized his great master. In tracing the connection of one part with another, and the successive steps of an argument, he displays much ability. His acuteness and learning were considerable. He was better acquainted with the theology than the criticism of the New Testament.(3.) H. Hammond ("Paraphrase and Annotations" on the N. T., Ugg Classic Argyle Knit Lond. 1653, best ed. 1702; on the Psalms, in his Works, 4 vols. fol. 1674-84).—This learned annotator was well qualified for interpretation, and many good

specimens of criticism are found in his notes. Yet he has not entered deeply into the spirit of the original, Ugg Classic Tall Boots or developed with uniform success the meaning of the inspired writers. Many of the most difficult portions he has superficially examined or wholly mistaken.(4.) M. Poole ("Annotations" on the whole Bible, Lond. 2 vols. fol. 1700 and before, best ed. Lond. 1840, 3 vols. 8vo).—Poole's annotations on the Holy Bible contain several valuable, judicious remarks. But their , defects are numerous. The pious author bad only a partial acquaintance with the original. He was remarkable neither for profundity nor acuteness. Yet he bad piety and good sense, amazing industry, and an extensive Ugg Tassel Boots knowledge of the older commentators.Poli "Synopsis Criticorum" (fol. 4 vols, in 5, Lond. 1669-76, and several eds. since; best ed. by Leusden, Ultr. 1684).—In this large work, the annotations of a great number of the older commentators are collected and condensed, many of them from the still more extensive collection known as the Criaci Sacri (q. v.), edited by Bp. Pearson and others (2d edit, with two supplemental vols. Frcft. a. M. 1696-1701,9 vols. fol.). But they are seldom sifted and criticised, so that the reader is left to choose among them for himself.(6.) H. Grotius ("Annotationes" on all the Bible and Ugg Classic Mini Boots Apocr. in his Opp* also ed. Moody, Lond. 1727, 2 vols. 4to).—This very learned writer investigates the literal sense of the Scriptures with great diligence and

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spiritualize, but they do not expound. They sermonize upon a book, but they do not catch its spirit or comprehend its meaning. When a writer undertakes to educe and exhibit the true sense of the Bible, he should not give forth his own meditations, however just and proper in themselves. Put in the room of Cheap Ugg Boots exposition, they are wholly out of place. The simple portions of the Bible are precisely those which require little to be said on them, while to the more difficult superlative attention should be paid. But the reverse order of procedure is followed by our popular commentators. They piously descant Uggs Clearance on what is well known, leaving the reader in darkness where he most needs assistance.—Kitto, s. v.4. A very common fault with modern commentators is the attempt to go over too much ground of text, and thus do the whole work superficially. Many are ambitious of writing a commentary on the whole Bible, often with very inadequate preparations, or leisure, or research, and thus do but little else than rehearso the conclusions of others, with scarcely any original investigation themselves. The commentator should come to his work only after a long and matured study of the Ugg Sienna Miller Boots Scriptures as a whole, and then, with great deliberation, and patient study and balancing of various views and conflicting opinions, proceed step by

step with one book at a time; not hastily run over the entire volume, and produce the crude and first-caught materials that he has gathered suddenly and by onesided investigations. Hence those annotations are almost always the best where a writer has confined himself to a single book or epistle, Ugg Bailey Button Triplet and has perhaps made it his life-long study, looking at it from every possible point of view, and verifying his conclusions by repeated comparisons and researches. Commentaries "written to order" have almost invariably been worthless. See American Biblical Repository, January, 1833, art. iv.IV. We shall briefly review the principal works of this class on the Bible (adopting substantially the criticisms on the older commentaries found in Kitto's Cyclopaedia, s. v.).1. Such as are most accessible by having been written in English or Latin, or translated into one of those languages. (See a Ugg Classic Short Boots select list of this kind, with criticisms, in the Supplem. to Jenks's Comprehensive Commentary?) (1.) J. Calvin (" Commentarii," etc. in his Opp., translated, Edinb. 1845-56, 62 vols. 8vo).—In all the higher qualifications of a commentator Calvin is preeminent. His knowledge of the original languages was not so great as that of many later expositors,

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but to thni out the meaning of a place, to exercise independent mental effort upon it, to apply severe and Ugg Classic Short Boots rigid examination* to, each sentence and paragraph of the original, is quite a different process. To exhibit in a lucid and self-satisfying manner the results of deep thought and indomitable industry, is far from the intention of those prolix interpreters who, in their apparent anxiety to compose A fail commentary, present the reader with a chaos of annotations, and bury the holy sense of the inspired writers beneath the rubbish of their prosaic musings.2. Some commentators are fond of Ugg Roxy Short Boots detailing various opinions without sifting them. They procure a ntimI ber of former expositions, and write down out of each \ what is said upon a text. They tell what one and another learned annotator affirms, but do not search or scrutinize his affirmations. No doubt an array of names looks imposing; and the reader may stare with surprise at the extent of research displayed; but nothing is Ugg Ultra Tall Boots easier than to fill up pages with such patchwork, and to be as entirely ignorant of the nature of commentary as before. The intelligent reader will be inclined to say, What matters it to me what this rabbi has said, or that doctor has stated? I am anxious to know the true sense of the Scriptures, and not the varying opinions of men concerning them. It is a work of

supererogation to collect a multitude of annotations from various sources, most of which the industrious Uggs Clearance collector knows to be improbable or erroneous. It is folly to adduce and combat interpretations from which the common sense and simple piety of the unsophisticated reader turn away with instinctive aversion. If plausible views be stated, they should be thoroughly analyzed. But in all cases the right meaning ought to be a prominent thing with the commentator, and prominently should it be manifested, surrounded, if possible, with those hues which Heaven itself has given it, and qualified by such circumstances as the Bible may furnish.3. Another defect consists in dwelling on the easy and evading the difficult postages. This feature belongs especially to those English commentaries which are most current among us. By a series of appended remarks, plain statements are expanded; but wherever there is a real perplexity, it is glozed over with marvellous superficiality. It may be that much is said about it, but yet there is no penetration beneath the surface; and when the reader asks himself what is the true Discount Ugg Boots import, he finds himself in the same state of ignorance as when be first took np the Commentary in question. Pious reflections and multitudinous inferences enter largely into our popular books of exposition. They