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RUTH
[See also under Joshua.]
261. BERNARD (RICHARD. Puritan.
Died 1641). Ruth's Recompense. 4to. 1628. 3/6.
Mr. Grosart is
enthusiastic in his praise of this work, and says "that it abounds
with apophthegms and compressed thoughts." We defer to so high an
authority, but we are not much fascinated by the book.
262. FULLER (THOMAS, D.D. 1608—1661). A Comment on Ruth,
with two Sermons. 8vo. 1650.
Not one of Fuller's best;
but still quaint and pithy, and lit up with flashes of his irrepressible
wit. The above works of Bernard
and Fuller have been
reprinted in Nichol's Series of
Commentaries, in one volume. Cr. 4to. 7/6. Lond., Nisbet & Co. 1865. Mr.
Tegg, Pancras Lane,
London, has also published a
reprint of Fuller's
Comment on Ruth, and Notes upon Jonah. Cr. 8vo. 4/6.
263. BRADEN (WILLIAM). The Beautiful Gleaner. Cr. 8vo. 2/6. Lond., James Clark & Co. 1874.
Mr. Braden is an able preacher. His sermons upon Ruth are popular and
practical, though not very remarkable.
264. LAVATER (LEWIS. A Swiss Protestant Divine.
1527—1586.) Ruth ex-pounded, in 28 Sermons. Translated from the Latin
by E. Pagett. 8vo. Lond., 1586.
Lavater was a Reformer of high repute, son-in-law of Bullinger. He wrote a curious work
on spectres, and made a catalogue of comets, thus shewing himself to be
both philosopher and divine. His book is seldom met with.
265. LAWSON (GEORGE, D.D.)
Lectures on the Book of Ruth. 12mo. Edinb.,
1805. 3/-
By a man of great genius. Simple,
fresh, and gracious. Nothing critical or profound may be looked far, but
wise and sound teaching may be gleaned in these pages.
266. MACARTNEY (H. B.)
Observations on Ruth. 12mo. Lond.,
1845. 9d.
A nice little book,
little in all ways.
267. MACGOWAN (JOHN. 1726—1780.) Discourses on Ruth, and
other important subjects. 8vo. Lond.,
1781. 2/6.
Macgowan, the author of
the Dialogue of Devils, is well known for originality and force. In this
case his sermons are full of Gospel truth, but the texts are too much
accommodated and spiritualized. The discourses are good reading.
268. OXENDEN (A. Bp. of Montreal).
Story of Ruth. 18mo. 1/-Hatchards.
A very tiny affair, of no great moment to the expositor.
269. PHILPOT (B.,
A.M.) Six Lectures. Square Fcap. 2/6.
Lond., Nisbet & Co.
A very small book, containing good, simple lectures—not an
exposition.
270. PRICE (AUBREY C., B.A.) Six Lectures on the Book of Ruth.
12mo. 2/6. Lond.,
Hatchards. 1869.
Sermons of remarkable power, both of doctrine and diction. Not so
expository as practical. Mr. Price
is an earnest and large-hearted clergyman of the thoroughly evangelical
school.
271. TOPSELL (EDWARD). The
Reward of Religion. Lectures upon Ruth. 8vo. Lond., 1613. 7/6 to 10/-.
A very choice old work. Attersol in
his rhyming preface says of it—
"Go little Booke, display thy golden title, (And yet not little though
thou little bee); Little for price and yet in price not little, Thine was
the Paine, the gaine is ours I see: (Although our gaine thou deem'st no
paine to thee). If then, O reader, little paine thou take, Thou greatest
gaine with smallest paine shall make."
272. TYNG (STEPHEN,
D.D., of New York). The Rich Kinsman; or, the
History of Ruth. Small 8vo. Lond., 1856. S. 1/6.
Written for young people, and suitable for their reading, though none too
lively.
273.
WRIGHT (C. H. H., M.A.) Ruth, in
Hebrew; with grammatical and critical Commentary. 8vo. 7/6. Lond., Williams & Norgate.
1864.
For Hebraists only. The author has selected the book of Ruth as a study for
beginners in the Hebrew tongue, because of the simplicity of the language.
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