John Mercerus, or le Mercier, has a literal, critical, and grammatical Comment upon Job, which is very much esteemed. It was printed at Geneva, in 1573, fol. and at Leyden, 1651. See upon Genesis.
Christoph. Scultetus, a learned Protestant, has written upon Job with good Success. His Work is a typical Analysis; printed at Stetin, in 1647, in fol. and at Frankfort, in 1684. He was of Stutgard, Lutheran Minister at Stetin, and died in 1649.
John Cocceius, a very learned and profound Calvinist, but too diffuse, died in 1669. His Comment was printed separately at Franekar, in 1644. and afterwards in the Collection of his Works. See above.
The Comment of Frederick Spanheim, the Son, is in the second Tome of his Works; and was printed at Leyden, in 1672, in 8vo. the second Edition.
Diodati, besides his Annotations upon the whole Bible, put out Explanations upon Job in French; printed at Geneva, in 1638, in 4to. Drusius published likewise his Scholia upon this Book, printed at Amsterdam, in 1636, in 4to. and in the Great Criticks, tom. 3. See his Title in the Index.
Gaspar Hesler wrote an Explanation of the Book of Job in German; printed at Hamburg, in 1599, in 8vo. He was a German Lutheran, towards the end of the 16th Century. This is all we shall say of him.
Richard Humphreys wrote a Dialogue upon Job, which contains a Paraphrase; printed in 1667, in 4to. He was an Englishman, of the Church of England, and flourished in the beginning of the 17th Century.
George Hutcheson wrote an Exposition, containing 316 Discourses in English, at London, 1669, in fol. He was a Scotch Calvinist, and Minister at Edinburgh in the middle of the 17th Century. We shall speak of him again upon the Prophets, and St. John’s Gospel.
Andrew Korthum put out a new Explanation upon Job, with a Paraphrase, in German, at Lipsick, 1708, in 4to. He was a German Lutheran, and may be still living.
Lewis Lavaterus wrote Homilies upon Job; printed at Zurich, in 1585, in fol. and in German, ibid. 1582.
Edward Leigh’s Annotations upon Job, are comprized in those which he wrote upon the poetical Books of Scripture in English; printed at London, 1675, in fol.
This last Author was an Englishman, born at Shawell in Leicestershire, in 1602. upon the very day of Queen Elizabeth’s paying the last Tribute to Nature. Having gone thro’ his Studies in the Neighbourhood of Stafford, he was admitted of Magdelen College in Oxford; where he learned Philosophy, being no more than 16 Years old; was made Master of Arts at 23. went to London, in order to study the Law there; and died in 1671. He was a Man of great reading, and was well skill’d in positive Divinity, the Scripture, and History; as we may judge by the several Works, whereof there is a particular Account in the History of the Oxford Library, Part 2. p. 376. col. 1. We have mentioned him before, and shall again hereafter.
Reinhard Luz put out Notes upon the History of Job, at Basil, in 1559, in 8vo. He was a German and a Calvinist, about the middle of the 16th Century.
Augustin Marlorat put out separately his Exposition of Job, at Geneva, in 1585. We have spoken of him, and his Works, in the general Article of Calvinist Commentators.