Home says on page 13l of Vol. I of his commentaries printed in 1822:

           If we accept that some books of the Prophets have been lost and have disappeared, we shall have to believe that those books were never written with the help of inspiration. St. Augustine proved this fact with very strong arguments saying that he had found many things mentioned in the books of the kings of Judea and Israel, but could not find any description of the things in these books. For their explanations, they have referred to the books of other Prophets, and in some instances they have also mentioned the names of the Prophets. These books have not been included in the canon acknowledged by the church, which has not assigned any reason for their exclusion, except to say that the Prophets, to whom significant religious instructions are revealed, have two kinds of writings. Writings without inspiration, which are simi1ar to the writings of honest historians, and writings guided by inspiration. The first kind of writings are attributed to the Prophets themselves, while the others are ascribed directly to God. The first kind of writings are meant to add to our knowledge while the others are the source of the law and religious instructions.

           Further on page 133 of Vol. I, discussing the cause of the disappearance of the Book of Wars of the Lord, mentioned in the Book of Numbers[1] (21:14), he said:

           The book: which has disappeared was, according to the great scholar Dr. Lightfoot's findings, the one that was written for the guidance of Joshua under the command of the Lord after the defeat of the Amalekites. It seems that the book in question contained some accounts of the victory of this war as well as strategic instructions for the future war. This was not an inspired book nor was it a part of the Canonical books. 

Then in the supplement of his first volume he said:

           When it is said that the Holy books were revealed by God, it docs not necessarily signify that every word and the whole text was revealed. The difference of idiom and expression of the authors show that they were allowed to write according to their own temperament and understanding. The knowledge of inspiration was used by them similar to the use of the current sciences. It cannot be imagined that every word they said or every doctrine they passed was revealed to them by God.

           Further he said that it was confirmed that the writers of the books of the Old Testament were ”sometimes inspired”. The compilers of Henry and Scott’s Commentary, in the last volume of their book, quote. From the Alexander Canon, that is, from the principles of faith laid down by Alexander:

           It is not necessary that everything said by a Prophet should be an inspiration or a part of the Canon. Because Solomon wrote some books through inspiration it does not mean that everything he wrote was inspired by God. It should be known that the Prophets and the disciples of Jesus were sometimes inspired for important instructions.

           Alexander’s Canon is held as a book worthy of great respect and trust in the eyes of the Protestants. Warn, a great scholar of the Protestants, has used arguments from this book in his discursive examination of the authenticity of the Bible.

 

[1] There  is a d«criptiim given in the Book of Numbers  with the reference to the Book of Wars of the Lords. Only some sentences from tha book  have been given, rhe rest of the book  has been lost.