1. Notes présentant des aperçus sur quelques e'pîtres du Nouveau Testament. Première livraison comprenant les épîtres aux Romains, aux Philippiens, et aux Colossiens.. (k Pau, rue St. Jacques, chez Lauga).
These notes, of less than 100 pages, 12mo., it is said in the introduction, were compiled from the MS. results of a meeting of Christian brethren at Vigan, in May, 1856. They are rather incomplete, as they were not taken with a view to publication. Nevertheless, many of our readers would peruse them with deserved interest. Take the opening as a sample. “To unfold the grace in virtue of which God accepts sinful man and places him, by his justification, in everlasting blessing; to show in this grace the wisdom and the acts whereby God magnifies His righteousness, His love, and all His perfections: such is the subject of Paul's Epistle to the Romans. As distinguished from the other epistles this takes man as a starting point. After an introduction, in which the gospel is seen to proceed from the grace of God (for without grace nothing exists), Paul enters on the question of man, and begins by considering his state under sin, before opening out the riches of God's love and of redemption by Jesus Christ. The epistle then is occupied with man, viewing him as an individual. The mystery of the Church, revealed in other epistles, offers doubtless very great interest; but the doctrine which looks at man or the Christian in his individual capacity, is of no less importance: it has its place in the truths of God. If the introduction (chap. 1:1-17) and the salutations which close the epistle (chap. 16) he omitted, the rest may be divided into three parts. In the first it presents the development of the means by which man can be introduced into the presence of God (chap. 1-8). In the second, it reconciles the exclusive promises made to Abraham with the leveling of all, Jews and Gentiles, established in the first portion (chap. 9-11). In the third, it terminates with exhortations and practical directions (chap. 12-16) The details which follow will put in a clearer light these first data” (pp. 1 2). Other remarks of a detailed nature are given, much valuable as exposition, with happy touches for the heart and somewhat for the conscience.