number of advances in exegesis from the period of the Reformation. British theologians who had the benefit of standing on the shoulders of their predecessors wrote impressive commentaries on various books of the Bible. One has to think only of the works of Paul Baynes (1573–1617) on Ephesians and Colossians, John Owen on Hebrews, Thomas Goodwin (1600–1679) on Ephesians—though one might wish to miss his commentary on Revelation—and Joseph Caryl’s (1602–1673) massive commentary on Job. Some Puritans