Martin Borrhaus’s Comment upon Joshua, and the other historical Books, was printed at Basil, 1557, in fol. In the Preface, he speaks of three ways which Jesus Christ has taken according to the Scriptures; the first whereof was hidden, the second was mix’d, the third was more perspicuous. The first he attributes to Moses, and those who wrote the historical Books, who typified him as well by the Shadows, as the Things and Persons which they had borrowed from elsewhere. The second to the Prophets, who explain what relates to Jesus Christ, and his Kingdom, sometimes in a figurative and covered manner, sometimes more clearly. The third to the Writers of the New Testament, who speak of the Birth, Cross, Death, and Resurrection of our Saviour, and of his glorious Ascension into Heaven. He adds Rules for the right explaining of the holy Scriptures; as may be seen in the Extract of it, published by Fabricius, in the History of his Library, tom. 1. p. 344.
John Brentius’s Comments on the historical Books, were printed at Tubinge, 1576, in fol. Fabricius, in the History of his Library, tom. 1. p. 19. speaking of this Comment, informs us, that there are two sorts of Expositions, the first and the last, with an Epistle Dedicatory by Eberhard; where he says that every thing related in the historical Books of Scripture, has a respect to Jesus Christ: which Brentius endeavours to demonstrate in his Comment, tho he had no design of printing it; otherwise he had revised it, and put the last hand to it.
Francis Burmann wrote an Explanation of the Book of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, in Dutch; printed at Utrecht, 1675. 1693, in 4to. in German at Frankfort, 1695, in 4to. at Cassel, 1705, in 4to. He likewise put out an Exposition of other historical Books, printed at different Places, in German and low Dutch.
There were two Authors of this Name, the Father and the Son, both Calvinists; Hollanders of Leyden, distinguished by the Sirnames of Francis and Peter; tho F. le Long calls them both Francis. The Father died in 1679. Professor of Divinity at Utrecht. We shall speak of the Son in the Article relating to the Harmonies of the Gospel.
John le Clerc, besides his Comment on the Pentateuch, has made one upon the historical Books, which begins with Joshua, together with critical Dissertations and chronological Tables; at Amsterdam, 1708, in fol. We have spoken of him in the Article of General Protestant Commentators, supra.
Arthur Jackson put out English Annotations upon Joshua, and other historical Books, at Cambridge, 1646, two Volumes in 4to. We have spoken of him upon the Pentateuch, and shall speak of him again hereafter.
Abel Nezen, in Latin Nezenius, published Exercitations upon Joshua, and the other historical Books, at Jena, 1611, in 4to. We have said something of him on the Pentateuch; and this is all we have to say of him. John Adam Osiander put out three Volumes, in folio, upon Joshua, and the other historical Books, at Tubinge, 1681, 1687. We have spoken of him on the Pentateuch, in the Article of Protestant Commentators; and shall speak of him again hereafter, as we have done already