Joseph Sutcliffe
Commentary on the Old and New Testament
Historical encyclopedia or collection description, reproduced from the supplied edition.
Editorial note: The birth year 1762 is approximate: the Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland gives “c. 1762.” The historical biography is retained, and the modern lifespan label carries that qualification. Wellcome’s catalogue of Sutcliffe’s 1798 treatise uses the authority dates 1762–1856. Catalogue dates do not establish an exact birth date; no contemporary birth record was collated in this investigation, so the approximate date remains appropriate. Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland, Joseph Sutcliffe; Wellcome Collection, catalogue record for Sutcliffe’s 1798 treatise.
An English Wesleyan minister, was born at Baildon, Yorkshire. He was converted in early life, was appointed by Wesley to Redruth in 1786, introduced Methodism into the Scilly Isles in 1788, spent the last twenty years of his life in retirement in London, and died May 14, 1856. His course was one of unspotted Christian purity and progressive excellence. In Biblical scholarship he especially excelled. He was an indefatigable writer, publishing in all thirty-two works on religious subjects, the chief being A Commentary on the Old and New Testament (Lond. 1834, 2 volumes, royal 8vo). Excerpted from McClintock & Strong’s Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
To comprise the whole Bible in one volume necessitated notes few and brief. Sutcliffe, though an Arminian, is in general so good that we wish we had more of him ; his style is vivacious and forcible.
Excerpted from C. H. Spurgeon’s Commenting & Commentaries – A Catalogue of Biblical Commentaries and Expositions
Wesleyan Heritage Collection, Authors, pp. 22–22