Spurgeon says of Edward Marbury: "His spirituality of mind prevents his learning becoming dull. He says in the preface, 'all my desire is to do all the good I can,' and he writes in that spirit!"

Spurgeon says of Marbury's commentary on Habakkuk: "Here Marbury holds the field among the old English authors, and he does so worthily. There is about him a vigorous, earnest freshness which makes his pages glow."