THERE are some Fragments of Venerable Bede upon this Book, in the seventh Tome of Bede’s Works.
Rabanus Maurus, is the most eminent Commentator of this Book, next to Bede.
Robert Holkot has written on the seven first Chapters of Ecclesiasticus: It is published with what he put out on the Canticles. See above.
Jansenius, Bishop of Ghent, besides a Comment printed with his Notes upon the Book of Wisdom, put out a Paraphrase and Annotations annex’d to those made by him on the Psalms. We do not find that the Apostills of Alexander ab Alexandria, were printed, nor all that he composed upon the Scripture.
Robert the Carmelite wrote something upon Ecclesiasticus: It must be reckoned among his other Works which are lost.
Paul Palacios de Salazar; his Comment was printed at Cologn, in 1593, in 8vo. He was born at Granada, was Professor of Divinity at Coimbra; and died in 1582. He is said to have distinguished himself as much by his Piety as his Learning.
Robert Jorius or Juoius: It does not appear that his Comment upon Ecclesiasticus was printed, any more than the rest which are ascribed to him. Balus and Leland are content with mentioning them. He is said to have been an English Carmelite, or Dominican, of London. He died in 1392. F. Echard does not place him among the Writers of his Order.
Octavian de Tufo, a Neapolitan Jesuit, wrote upon the eighteen first Chapters of this Book. His Work was printed in fol. at Lyons, in 1628. and at Cologn, in 1629. He turned Jesuit in 1594. and died in 1629.
John de Pina, of Madrid, wrote five Volumes on Ecclesiasticus, the first whereof was published at Lyons, in 1639, in fol. the last in 1648. He turned Jesuit in in 1602. and died in 1657.
Olivier Bonart of Ypres; his Comment was printed at Antwerp, 1634, in fol.
Salvator de Leon has an Exposition, with Illustrations, on the first fifteen Chapters of Ecclesiasticus; printed at Antwerp, in 1640, fol. He was a Spaniard of Murcia, and died in 1649.
Petrus de Gorsa’s Explanation is join’d with that written by him on the Libri Sapientiales, together with Notes; wherein he clears the most difficult places; at Paris, 1654, in French, in 12mo. We have heretofore spoken of him.
Alfonsus de Flore made a Comment; not, as F. le Long writes, on the five and twentieth, but, according to Nicholas Antonio, who must have seen it, on the twenty-fourth Chapter. It is literal and moral. He makes an Application of it to Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin, and the Church. He was a Spaniard of the Diocess of Toledo, and a Jesuit; he died in 1660.
Gaspar Sanctius wrote upon the 24 first Chapters of this Book, but we do not see that his Comment is printed; Croväus explains himself no otherwise as to this Point, than by saying, quære. F. le Long refers us to Southwell.
Cornelius à Lapide may supply the room of almost all the rest. M. de Bellegarde has written upon it. M. Bossuet has composed a succinct, but very good Comment on this Book.
Among the Protestants we have Camerarius, Drusius, Hæschelius, Chytræus, Osiander, Calovius, Pelican, and Toussaint.
The Notes of Joachim Camerarius were printed at Lipsick, 1570, in 8vo. with a Latin Version. They were printed again in 1682. He was of Bamberg, born in 1500, became a Lutheran, and died in 1574. Scaliger looks upon him as one of the most learned Men of his Age. Turnebe calls him the Ornament of Europe.
Drusius’s Notes are in the Great Criticks. Those of Hæschel, and his different readings, ibid. tom. 5. and were printed at Augsburg, 1605, 8vo. He was of this Place, a Lutheran; and died in 1617. of his Age 61.
David Chytræus wrote an Explanation; printed at Wittemberg, 1573. the second Edition.
Hugo Grotius has succeeded well on this Book. Hescbelius has given us the Greek Text, with the various Readings, and some very short literal Notes.
Of the four Osianders, Luke only wrote upon Ecclesiasticus, in his Notes upon the Old Testament; and Abraham Calovius, in his Comment upon both Testaments, as well as Conrad Pelican. See above, the general Commentators. Paul Toussaint, in his Notes upon the Bible, has inserted likewise what he wrote upon this Book.