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Bibliotheca Sacra · The Fifth and Last Part

Article LVI. Comments upon St. Peter's two Epistles in general.

JOHN Baptist Folengi has written upon both these Epistles; and so have several other Catholicks, who are quoted in the Biblioth. of Jac. de St. Carolo, p. 180, &c. In that of Lipenius, tom. 2. in the Article of St. Peter. Possevin says his Work was put into the Index of prohibited Books: for what reason we have shewn elsewhere.

Francis Feuardant has also a Comment upon them; printed at Paris, 1600, in 8vo.

Of the Protestants, there are William Ames an English Calvinist, Professor at Franekar, who made an Analytical Explanation; printed at Amsterdam, 1663, in 12mo. the second Edition. He died in 1635.

John Gerhard wrote upon these two Epistles; printed at Jena, 1660, in 4to. Extracts of his Work are in the Synopsis of the Great Criticks.

Theodore Antonides, a Flemish Calvinist, and Minister in 1702. made an Explanation in German; printed at Bremen, 1702, in fol.

Theodore Bibliander, before mentioned by us, wrote a Comment; printed at Basil, 1536, in 8vo.

Jonas Schlichting, a Socinian of Poland, made a Comment, which is among his Works, printed at Amsterdam, 1666, in fol. He died in 1661.

Nicholas Selneccer, of whom likewise we have said something, made a Comment printed at Jena, 1567, in 8vo.

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