A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul. To the Glatians, I & II Corinthians, Romans, Ephesians. To which is Prefix'd, An Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles, by Consulting St. Paul Himself.

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First collective edition, in the 'ideal and most usual' (Yolton) order. Published anonymously, the Advertisement rather gives the game away.'The last four years of Locke's life were spent quietly at Oates, his visits to London becoming less frequent and very much briefer than before. He published nothing after the fourth edition of the Essay, though he continued to note down minor improvements, incorporated into the posthumous fifth edition (1706). When his health allowed he worked steadily on his last major project, Paraphrases and Notes on the Epistles of St Paul. His intention was to publish the complete series by instalments, at three-monthly intervals; the first of these, on Galatians, was in proof by August 1704, but nothing appeared before his death. The completed parts, on Galatians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Romans, and Ephesians, were published by his executors between 1705 and 1707' (ODNB). Each epistle, and the 'Essay', has a separate title-page, pagination and register; title-page to the 'Essay', pages i-xxiv, dated: 1705; title-page to Galatians dated: 1705; title-page to I Corinthians dated: 1706; title-page to II Corinthians dated: 1706; title-page to Romans dated: 1707; title-page to Ephesians dated: 1707.