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Article LX. Protestant Commentators upon the three Epistles of St. John.

ANdrew Alhamer, a German Lutheran of Nuremberg in 1554, explained the two first Epistles; printed at Strasburg, 1628, in 8vo. the second Edition.

James Beurlin, of Dornstat, a Lutheran, explained only one, and which, it is not said. This was printed at Tubingen, 1557, in 8vo. tho Lipenius says, Forte adhuc ἀνέκδοτ☉. He died in 1561.

John Benedict Carpzovius, the Son, of whom we have already spoken, explain’d only the second and third; printed at Lipsick, 1693, in 4to. among the Works of Frederick Rapolt.

Michael Cordes, a German Lutheran, wrote upon the first and second Epistle; at Hamburg, 1675, in 8vo.

John Cotton, an Englishman, wrote only upon the first; printed in 1658, in fol.

Godfrey Cundise, a German of Misnia, and Lutheran Professor at Jena, wrote six Disputations upon the first Epistle; printed in 1648, in 8vo. the second Edition. He died in 1651.

Lambert Danæus, above mentioned, explained all three; printed at Geneva, 1585, in 8vo.

John George Dorschæus wrote upon the first and second; at Wismar, 1708, in 8vo. the third Edition. We have already spoken of him.

James Gaultier, a French Calvinist, wrote an Exposition, in French, upon the second Epistle; printed at Geneva, in 8vo. the Year is not set down.

John Gerhard has Notes upon the first and second, in two Volumes in 4to. printed at Hamburgh, 1709. See above.

Nathanael Hardy, an Englishman, and of the Church of England, wrote an Explanation of the first Epistle; printed at London, in 1656, and 1659, in two Volumes. He died in 1670. William Jones, who too was an Englishman, made a short Explanation, in English, of the second and third Epistles; ibid. 1635, in fol.

William Lyer, of whom we have spoken on St. Luke, published Aphorisms, extracted from the three Epistles; printed at Wittemberg, 1641, in 4to.

The Notes of Gaspar Megander, with those made by him upon the Epistle to the Hebrews, were printed at Zurich, in 1539, in 8vo. See above. They are only upon the first Epistle of St. John; as is the Exposition of John Mestrezat, printed at Geneva, in 1651, in 8vo. in two Volumes in French. He was of Geneva, a Calvinist, and Minister of Charenton. He died in 1657.

Those of Thomas Naogeorge, of Bavaria, a Calvinist, who died in 1578, were printed at Frankfort upon the Mein, in 1544, in 8vo.

The Comment of Frederick Rappolt, upon the same Epistle, with his other Works; see above.

That of Jonas Schlichting, with his other upon St. Peter’s two Epistles, printed in fol. at Amsterdam, 1666, See above; or their Title.

That of Sebastian Schmid, was printed at Strasburg, 1687, and at Lipsick, 1707, in 4to.

The Illustrations of Nicholas Selneccer, were printed at Frankfort, in 1597, in 8vo. We have spoken of him elsewhere.

The Exposition of Samuel Smith, an Englishman, upon the second Epistle; printed at London, 1663, in 8vo.

The Comment of Faustus Socinus, only upon the first Epistle, was printed at Racovia, 1614, in 8vo.

Christopher Sontage wrote upon the two last Epistles; printed at Altorf, 1698, in 8vo.

William Tindal wrote in English upon the first Epistle, which, with what he wrote upon St. Matthew, was printed at London, 1573, in fol. He was an Englishman, born in Wales; and died in 1535.

William Whiston has a Comment upon the first; printed at London, in 1719, in 4to.

John Wolkel, a Socinian, and a German, wrote upon the same Epistle; printed at Racovia, 1614, in 8vo.

James Staalkopff wrote an Observation upon the fourth Chapter of the first Epistle, ver. 13. Herein he contends, particularly against the Error of Spinoza, relating to our Union with Jesus Christ. It is in the Bibliotheca Philologica, tom. 6. p. 663. divided into six Articles.

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