2 Peter 2:1 from the Matthew Henry Commentaries

Those who introduce destructive heresies deny the Lord that bought them. They reject and refuse to hear and learn of the great teacher sent from God, though he is the only Saviour and Redeemer of men, who paid a price sufficient to redeem as many worlds of sinners as there are sinners in the world.

Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume (Peabody: Hendrickson, 1994), 2437; 2 Peter 2:1.

The preface to volume 6 of Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible said the following:

The following are the ministers by whom the Exposition on the Epistolary writings, and the Revelation, was completed, as given by J. B. Williams, Esq., LL.D.,F.S.A., in his Memoirs of the Life, Character, and Writings, of the Rev. Matthew Henry, 8vo. p. 308.

Romans … Mr. [afterwards Dr.] John Evans.
1 Corinthians … Mr. Simon Browne.
2 Corinthians … Mr. Daniel Mayo.
Galatians … Mr. Joshua Bayes.
Ephesians … Mr. Samuel Rosewell.
Philippians and Colossians … Mr. [afterwards Dr.] William Harris.
1, 2 Thessalonians … Mr. Daniel Mayo.
1, 2 Timothy … Mr. Benjamin Andrews Atkinson.
Titus and Philemon … Mr. Jeremiah Smith.
Hebrews … Mr. William Tong.
James … Dr. S. Wright.
1 Peter … Mr. Zec. Merrill.
2 Peter … Mr. Joseph Hill.
1, 2, and 3 John … Mr. John Reynolds, of Shrewsbury.
Jude … Mr. John Billingsley.
Revelation … Mr. William Tong.

Henry, Matthew Henry’s Commentary, xxi. John Evans gave the listing of authors who completed Henry’s commentary, according to Isaac Watts, in “To the Editor of the Protestant Dissenter’s Magazine,” in The Protestant Dissenter’s Magazine, vol. 4 (London: Printed for T. Knott, 1797), 472.

It is assumed, then, that the Joseph Hill referred to is the lexicographer and nonconformist clergyman who lived from 1625–1707, and may be read about at Wikipedia, or in the Dictionary of National Biography. Some of his writings are available at the Post-Reformation Digital Library, but a few others are on Early English Books Online (EBBO).

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