The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-11

OF Meyer, and wholly different from that OF
Hodge. DIR. Shedd agrees with the German ex-
egete in considering this verse as an answer to
the implied objection; The Jews have not be-
lieved these oracles" The view taken OF tho
objection of verse . is substantially that Of
Hodge, and the view of the connexion that of
Afford. The difficulty in the last part of verse
is slurred over. (See Haldane's Com) The
translation in verse 8, "Do we excel" is &C
copied after Luther Calvin, Beza Grotius. and
host of moderns, rather than Venema's Can
we screen ourselves" or the passive sense. /" are
we surpassed" The fourth chapter is satisfac-
torily expounded. The Apology of Plato and
Shakespeares Coriolanus are aptly quoted on
page "a. There is indeed fine literary SAVIOR
throughout the whole volume
No reader of Shedd's History of Doctrines )"
need be surprised to find the view taken in this
commentary of V Q2-21) to be that of the
ReaIists. Unlike DR.. Schaff lin Lange), our
author boldly avows his adhesion to the doc.
trine of the numerical" oneness of Adam and
the race. This theory Gas Professor A. A. Hodge
mas evinced in his work on the Atonement) pre-
sents an orthodox doctrine of Original Sin, but
is itself, as we too contend open to fatal obiec-
lions on the score of logic metaphysics, history,
and theology With this one important caveat
we see no cause to take exception to the sound.
ness of this volume. Substantially the same
view with Haldane's is taken of the diving to
sin of the sixth chapter; only Professor Shedd
prefers to translate dying 'on account of sin. !"
This is scarcely material divergence from what
we conceive to be the true exposition here
though we are inclined to sustain the rendering
of the authorized version, under the impression
that Paul would otherwise have used the prepo-
sltion d'd, with the accusative. Compare, too
vi: 81. The exposition of the seventh chapter
is mastery, and hesides the familiar citations
from ancient sources, it is enriched with extracts
of Shakespeare. Milton, and Cowper. The ex
perience recorded in verses 9-13 is shown to be
that OF the unregenerate, first as unconvicted
and then as convicted but that delineated in
verses 1925 to be that of the believer In the
extremely difficult section at the beginning of
chapter viii, the attempt is made to show that
the apostles object is to prove the assertion of
the hrst verse by two distinct arguments: The
first IN verse 2, from the believers sanctfca-
ton, and the second in verse 8, from his iustif-
cation. We are rather disposed to regard the oar
IN the third verse as subordinate to the one in
the second though we are not disinclined 9TH
erwise to the Interpretation. The connexion of
the second verse with the first however, should
have been more carefully explained and guarded
The law of sin and death is made to differ
from the law of sin in the members, as
snake cut in sections differs from snake alive
and uninjured. The idea is plain and striking
enough, but the image is hardly a correct one
In chapter x T. the word end is taken in the
somewhat questionable sense of ." fulflment."
The right and strong view is taken of verse 5.
The exposition of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh
chapters, and indeed of ali the rest of the book
is as sound as a dollar H.CA
We think Shedd's position on this point
the tenable one.-EDs