See Spurgeon's comments on each of these commentaries from:  "Commenting on Commentaries" Below

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The powerful Adobe Acrobat search engine used in this software allows you to perform a word search of all 27 commentary volumes, Bible Helps and 27 books of the NewTestament simultaneously! You may view, navigate and print all of the included documents.  

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    Contents: All Pages are 8.5" X 11" with 1" margins

     Rare Commentaries by these noted Classic Commentators:

Matthew: D. Thomas 1873 - 426 pgs.

Mark: J. A. Alexander 1866 - 355 pgs.

Luke: F. Godet 1875 - 490 pgs.

John: Geo. Hutchinson 1657 - 709 pgs.

Acts: Hor. Bonar 1865 - 80 pgs.

Romans: R. Haldane 1764-1842 - 581 pgs.

1 & 2 Corinthians: Charles Hodge 1868 - 425 pgs.

Galatians: J. Brown 1853 - 206 pgs.

Ephesians: John Calvin 1577 - 415 pgs. (Copyright Banner of Truth - Used by permission)

Ephesians: Charles Hodge 1870 - 156 pgs.

Philippians: Dean Vaughan 1844 - 109 pgs.

Colossians: Nicholas Byfield 1579-1622 - 501 pgs.

1 & 2 Thessalonians: John Lillie 1863 - 194 pgs.

1 &2 Timothy: P. Fairbairn 1874 - 193 pgs.

Titus: Thomas Taylor 1579-1632 - 382 pgs.

Philemon: Samuel Cox 1867 - 17 pgs.

Philemon: J. Lightfoot 1875 - 36 pgs.

Hebrews: John Brown 1862 - 382 pgs.

James: Thomas Manton 1651 - 372 pgs.

1 & 2 Peter: Martin Luther 1581 - 165 pgs.

1-2-3 John: Samuel Cox 1870 - 37 pgs.

1 John: R. Candlish 1870 - 250 pgs.

Jude: Thomas Manton 1658 - 298 pgs.

Revelation: Horatius Bonar 1865 - 172 pgs.

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In 1876, C. H. Spurgeon delivered two lectures to his students of The Pastors' College, Metropolitan Tabernacle, about the art of writing and using commentaries.   

The following are his comments on the Commentaries Included on this CD from
his "Commenting & Commentaries"

Matthew- THOMAS (DAVID, D.D) 1873. Genius of the Gospel. Homiletical Commentary. 8vo. Lond., Dickinson. 1873.  Over 800 pages. "We hardly know a more suggestive book."

Mark- ALEXANDER (JOSEPH ADDISON, D.D.) 1866. Mark Explained. Post; 8vo.  Lond., Nisbet. 1866. S. "Alexander expounds Mark as an, independent record and does not constantly tell us to 'see Matthew and Luke.' Hence the book is complete in itself, and the author's learning and care have made it invaluable."

Luke-GODET (F., Professor of Theology, Neuchatel).1875. Translated by E. W. Shelders, B.A., and M. D. Cusin. 2 vols., 8vo.  Edinb., Clark. 1875. Dr Meyer declared him to be a man of immense piety and learning. "We frequently consult this work, and never without finding in it things new and old."

John -1066 Hutcheson (George) 1657. Reprinted, roy. 8vo. Lond., Ward. 1841. "Excellent beyond all praise. It is a full-stored treasury of sound theology, holy thought, and marrowy doctrine."

Acts-BONAR (HORATIUS, D.D.)--"The passages selected are popularly expounded, but the thought is not deep. The volumes will be prized by the ordinary reader than by the minister."

Romans-HALDANE (ROBERT. 18474). Exposition: with Remarks on the Commentaries of Macknight and others. 8vo.  Edinb. W. Oliphant & Co. 1874. Dr. Chalmers styled this "a well-built commentary," and strongly recommended it to students of theology. In his "Sabbath Readings" he Writes: "I am reading Haldane's Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans, and find it solid and congenial food."

1 & 2 Corinthians-HODGE (CHARLES, D.D.)1868-69 " The more we use Hodge, the more we value him. This applies to all his commentaries."

Galatians-BROWN (JOHN, D.D. Edinburgh). "Brown is a modern Puritan. All his expositions are of the utmost value. The volume on Galatians is one of the scarcest books  in the market."

Ephesians-CALVIN (JOHN) 1577. Sermons on Ephesians, Translated by A. Golding. Black Letter. 4to. Lond., 1577. "Not the same as the exposition. The Sermons are priceless."

Philippians-VAUGHAN (C. J., D.D.) 1864. "Deservedly esteemed. Dr. Vaughan gives a literal translation of his text from the original Greek and then expounds it, believing it, as he says, "to be the duty of every Christian teacher to assist his congregation in drinking, not of the stream only, but at the spring of revealed truth"

Colossians-BYFIELD (NICHOLAS, Puritan. 1579---I622.), It would require a book to describe this classic. It's old, it's huge, it's rare. Try to find it even in the best of libraries. Exposition upon Colossians; being the Substance of near seven years' week-day sermons. Folio. 1615 and 1617. [Reprinted in Nichol's Commentaries. Cr. 4to.,  Lond., Nisbet, 1869.] "The author lives in intense pain, and died at 44, yet he produced quite a mountain of literature. He writes like an earnest, faithful man, resolved to keep back nothing of the counsel of God; but he too little studies brevity, and consequently he wearies most readers. He is always worth consulting."

1 & 2 Thessalonians - John Lillie, 1863. Here are commentaries as full and as deep as you are going to find. Spurgeon concurred with remarks made by Dr. Phillip Schaff about Lillie. Lillie is "full and thorough" and at the same time, breathes with a "reverential spirit and devotional fervor."

1 & 2 Timothy. Patrick Fairbairn. 1874. One of the great Evangelical scholars of Edinburgh. Famous for his treatment of typology, here we see him as a master commentator. "What with a good translation, full defence of the apostolic authorship of the Epistles, fruitful comments, and profitable dissertations, this volume is about as complete a guide to the smaller epistles as one could desire."

Titus. TAYLOR (THOMAS, D.D. Puritan. 1579 -1632). Commentarie upon Titus. 4to. Camb. &, 1619  Folio. 1668.  Also in Works. "The title-page calls Thomas Taylor 'a famous and mast elaborate divine.' He was a preacher at Paul's Cross during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I, and a voluminous writer. This Commentary will well repay the reader."

Philemon-COX (SAMUEL). This was the most difficult commentary to find. Even the great Evangelical Libraries of London could yield nothing. A copy was eventually secured in Edinborough. Its content takes the form of a long series of evening lectures. "Such exposition as this adds interest to the epistles, and makes their writers live again before our eyes. Mr. Cox delivered this work in public on certain week evenings. Happy are the people who are thus instructed.

Philemon-Lightfoot, J.B. 1900. 

Hebrews-BROWN (JOHN, D.D.). Exposition of Hebrews, 2 vols., 8vo. Edinb., 1862. Spurgeon quoted Dr. David Smith on 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?"

James-MANTON (THOMAS, D.D.) Commentary on James. 4to. Lond., 1651 8vo., 1842; also in vol, IV. of Manton's Works, Nichol's edition. In Manton's best style. "An exhaustive work, as far as the information of the period admitted. Few such books are written now."

1 & 2 Peter-MARTIN LUTHER. Published in 1581, it is so rare that it could only be viewed at the British Library under guard. Translated by Thomas Newton. 4to. Lond., 1581. Black letter. " In Luther's racy style. One of his best productions. Copies are scarce as white elephants, and consequently expensive."

1-2-3 John-CANDLISH (ROBERT, D.D.) First Epistle of John, expounded. 2 vols. Sm. cr. 8vo.  Edinb.,  A. & C. Black. 1870. "We set great store by these lectures. A man hardly needs any-anything beyond Candlish. He is devout, candid, prudent, and forcible."

1-2-3 John-1867 COX (SAMUEL). 1 John. In "The Private Letters of St. Paul and St. John." 12 mo.  Lond., Miall. 1867. Such exposition as this adds interest to the epistles, and makes their writers live again before our eyes. Mr. Cox delivered this work in public on certain week evenings. Happy are the people who are thus instructed..

Jude-MANTON (THOMAS, D.D.) Commentary on Jude. 420. Lond., 1658. "Manton at first gave up all idea of printing this book on Jude, when he found that Jenkyn had taken up the subject; but he afterwards changed his mind. He tells us: 'I consulted with my reverend brother's book, and when I found any point at large discussed by him, I either omitted it or mentioned it very briefly; so that his labours will be necessary to supply the weaknesses of mine.' Manton's work is most commendable."

Revelation-BONAR (HORATIUS, D.D.)--Light and Truth: or, Bible', Thoughts and Themes. Revelation of St. John. Crown 8vo. 5s. each, Lond., Nisbet. A collection of sixty-five deeply spiritual as well as intellectually satisfying sermons. "One volume is rather short space in which to bring out the "light and truth" of the deep truths of the book of Revelation."