{"id":6629,"date":"2023-06-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6629"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:37:33","slug":"analytical-exposition-of-romans-by-john-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/analytical-exposition-of-romans-by-john-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Analytical Exposition of Romans by John Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s free book is John Brown&#8217;s Analytical Exposition of Romans. This commentary was described by C.H. Spurgeon as &#8220;among the first of the first class&#8221; (<em>Commenting on Commentaries<\/em>, p.170). This public domain title was digitised from a copy of the book, originally owned by Charles Spurgeon himself, which is held in Spurgeon&#8217;s College library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-533c7e74\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/book_exposition-of-romans_brown-john.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Brown [1784-1857], <em>Analytical Exposition of the Epistle of Paul to the Romans<\/em>. Edinburgh: Oliphant &amp; Co., 1857. Hbk. pp.639. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preface<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preliminary Remarks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Introductory<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Doctrinal<\/strong>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A General Accounts of the Divine Method of Justification, Chap. iii. 21-31,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Divine Method of Justification, as &#8220;Without Law,&#8221; &#8220;By Faith,&#8221;&#8221; The Faith of Christ&#8221;-&#8221; Witnessed By the Law and the Prophets,&#8221; Chap. iv. 1-25,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Blessings Secured by the Divine Method of Justification, &#8220;Free,&#8221; &#8220;By God&#8217;s Grace,&#8221; &#8220;Through the Redemption That is By Christ Jesus,&#8221; Chap. V, 1-21<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bearing of the Divine Method of Justification on Spiritual. Transformation, Chap. vi. 1-viii. 17<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Afflictions to Which, in the Present State, The Justified are Exposed, are Not Inconsistent With the Reality and Permanence of that Special Divine Favour Which, as Justified, They Enjoy, Chap. viii. -17-37<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Relation of the Manifested Divine Method of Justification to the Israelites, and to the Other Nations of Mankind, Chap. ix., x., xi.,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Practical<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Concluding<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Index<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-6629_5f9be3-16 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-6629_5f9be3-16 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-6629_5f9be3-16\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Main image: Paul Writing His Epistles, painting attributed to Valentin de Boulogne, 17th century<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s free book is John Brown&#8217;s Analytical Exposition of Romans. 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