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The Online Library of Liberty A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc. John Calvin, Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians and the Ephesians [1548] The Online Library Of Liberty This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. 2010 was the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Liberty Fund. It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), or to make use of the hundreds of essays, educational aids, and study guides, please visit the OLL web site. 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William Pringle (Edinburgh: Calvin Translation Society, 1854). Author: John Calvin Translator: Rev. William Pringle About This Title: Calvin’s detailed commentaries on imortant books of the New Testament. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 2 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1793 Online Library of Liberty: Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians and the Ephesians About Liberty Fund: Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Copyright Information: The text is in the public domain. Fair Use Statement: This material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 3 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1793 Online Library of Liberty: Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians and the Ephesians Table Of Contents The Twelfth Annual Report For the Year 1854. Translator’s Preface. To the Most Illustrious Prince Christopher, Duke of Wirtemberg, Earl of Montbeliard, &c. &c. Commentaries On the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians. The Argument of the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians. Commentaries On the Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians. The Argument of the Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians. A Translation of Calvin’s Version of the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians and Ephesians. A Translation of Calvin’s Version of the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians. A Translation of Calvin’s Version of the Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians. Tables and Index to the Commentaries On the Epistles to the Galatians and Ephesians. Table I.: Of Passages From the Holy Scriptures Which Are Quoted, Or Incidentally Illustrated, In the Commentaries On the Epistles to the Galatians and Ephesians. Table II.: Of Greek Words Explained. Table III.: Of Hebrew Words Explained. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 4 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1793 Online Library of Liberty: Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians and the Ephesians [Back to Table of Contents] THE TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1854. New English Translations Of Calvin’S Works. Referring to the circumstances detailed in the last Annual Report, and the Resolution and explanations therein detailed, as to the completion of the present Series, in December 1855, the Secretary has now the pleasure of stating, that, during the past year, every exertion has been made to bring the operations of the Society to a close in a satisfactory manner—so far as the interests of the Subscribers are concerned—within the period prescribed. The Books which have been prepared, in return for the Annual Subscriptions received for the year 1854, are the following:— I. Commentaries on the last four Books of Moses, arranged in the form of a Harmony, Vol. III., with Annotations, &c., by the Rev. Charles W. Bingham, M.A., Rector of Melcombe-Horsey, Dorset, and formerly Fellow of New College, Oxford. II. Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, Vol. IV., with Annotations, &c., and a New Translation of the Text corresponding to the Contents. By the Rev. John Owen, Vicar of Thrussington and Rural Dean, Leicestershire. III. Commentaries on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Galatians and Ephesians, with Annotations; and a New Translation of both of these Epistles, to which are appended Tables and a General Index. By the Rev. William Pringle. (Completed.) IV. Commentaries upon the Book of Joshua, with Tables and a General Index. By Henry Beveridge, Esq.: Professor Tholuck’s Dissertation on the value of Calvin as an Interpreter of Scripture: and Opinions and Testimonies respecting the Writings of John Calvin.—(Completed.) These Volumes form the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Issues. The four Volumes above-mentioned are in the course of being transmitted, through the usual channels, to every Member whose Subscriptions have hitherto reached the Office, 9, Northumberland Street, Edinburgh. Parties whose friends or Correspondents have omitted to remit their Annual Subscriptions and Arrears, will be so good as instruct them to do so without delay, by Post-Office, or Bank Orders, or Cheques, payable to the Secretary, and their Parcels will immediately be sent free of Carriage to any address in London, Dublin, or Edinburgh; or they will be booked at Railway Offices, or other Public conveyances, to be forwarded from thence, at their own risk and expense, to their respective destinations. Those who wish their Bankers or Agents to pay their Subscriptions will be pleased to send the Secretary a special Mandate to that effect. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 5 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1793 Online Library of Liberty: Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians and the Ephesians To facilitate the prompt and accurate delivery of future parcels, Subscribers are particularly requested to send timely notice to the Office of the Secretary of all the changes of Residence and Address, or of any alteration in the present mode of conveyance. The necessity of making prompt and punctual payment of the Annual Contributions is again most earnestly impressed on the Subscribers, so as to enable the Secretary to arrange the various materials—to put the Works to press at an earlier date than heretofore—and to regulate the number of copies to be printed. If the Members were uniformly to transmit their Annual payments direct to the Office in Edinburgh, in January or February of each year, all the other arrangements would be thereby greatly facilitated, and speedier delivery of the Books would also be secured till the close of the Society’s operations. The Works which are in preparation for the last year of this Scheme (1855,) in return for the Annual Subscription payable on the First day of January 1855, and which will form the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Issues, are the following:— 1. Commentary and Harmony of the Pentateuch. Vol. IV.—(Completed.) 2. Commentary on the Prophecies of Jeremiah, Vol. V., and the Lamentations of Jeremiah.—(Completed.) 3. Commentary on the Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.—(Completed.) 4. Commentary on the Catholic Epistles, of Peter, John, James, and Jude.—(Completed.) All the Works for the Year1855 have for a considerable period been in active preparation. From the arrangements which were made before the close of the year 1853, it is trusted that under the permission of God, this invaluable Series of the Works of Calvin will be brought to a satisfactory termination in the month of December 1855. RENEWED APPEAL TO SUBSCRIBERS. On several occasions, the Secretary has felt himself compelled to make known to the Subscribers to this Scheme, in general terms, the very heavy advance he has been induced to make in furtherance of the amended plan of New and Original Translations of the choicest of the Works of Calvin; and he is advised by friends, whose opinion and advice he is bound to respect, once more to state the simple facts in reference to his present position. The very unsatisfactory manner in which the Commentaries on the Acts and Romans had been translated in the Old English Version, (which the Syndicate had unfortunately resolved from the outset to present to the Subscribers,) and the antiquated and uncouth phraseology employed in these Versions, were most unsuitable to the taste and spirit of the times in which we live. On this account, and in justice to his own very decided opinion on that subject, which he had strongly expressed before the commencement of the Society, the Secretary found it necessary, PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 6 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1793 Online Library of Liberty: Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul to the Galatians and the Ephesians either to abandon the official management of the Original Scheme, or vigorously to carry out, on his own individual means, a plan of exclusively New and carefully prepared Translations of the leading and Practical Works of John Calvin.