Romans 6:5 and "Where's Wolfius?"
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There's a decent short detailed biography of Christian Wolff here: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wolff-christian/
He's generally regarded as a Philsopher & Theologian, I think that's your man.
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The evidence supports the conclusion that the Wolfius referred to by John Owen, Vicar of Thrussington, in his footnotes to Calvin's Commentary is Johann Christoph Wolf (1683-1739); and that the references made are to his book "Curae philologicae et criticae in Novum Testamentum".
This is a copy.
He studied at Wittenburg and amassed a library of some 25,000 volumes, becoming one of the foremost scholars of his age.
The Translators Preface to John Owen's volume, paragraph 12 refers to "Wolfius" as being active in the last century, that is in the 1700s. This seems to rule out Calvin's contemporary. The other Wolfius mentioned, Christian, was an Enlightenment philosopher, rather than a specialist in the development of languages.
Footnote 187 cites Wolfius as quoting Greek authors as using the word in connection with, amongst other things the joining together of a dismembered limb. This Wolfius in his commentary on this verse quotes Antonius (i.e. Marcus Aurelias) Book 8 chapter 34. That chapter refers to dismembered limbs. He also quotes the tenth book of Plato's Legabus.
There are at least 24 references to Wolfius in Owen's footnotes to Calvin's Commentary on Romans. These relate to the translation of the Greek. In some there are specific references to Greek or Jewish literature. Here are some:
Footnote 164, in relation to chapter 5 verse 12, refers to a quote from Wolfius on Rabbi Moses Tranensis - this Moses is indeed mentioned in JCW's Curae when dealing with that particular verse.
Footnote 197, on chapter 6 verse 17, refers to Wolfius mentioning A life of Pythagoras, which is in JCW's Curae on that particular verse.
Footnote 254 on chapter 8, verse 15, says Wolfius quotes from the Talmud, and this is indeed to be found in JCW's Curae, on the verse in question.
Footnote 286 on chapter 9 vrse 3 quotes Wolfius referring to Photius. JCW's Curae indeed has such a reference for this very verse.
Footnote 459 quotes Wolfius as saying that Origen and Eusebius knew nothing of Paul going to Spain, and again this is indeed in JCW's Curae in reference to that particular verse.
All these corroborate that the Vicar of Thrussington, when referring to Wolfius, meant the Curae Philologicae et Criticae in Novum Testamentum by JC Wolf or Wolfius.
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