and other works. This philosopher is alluded to, though not
named. Diss. viii. 52, 53, and in some other parts of this Trea-
tise.
DIODORUS SICULUS, an excellent historian, who flourished in
the time of Julius and Augustus Cæsar. He was a native of
Argyra in Sicily. He wrote a History of Egypt, Persia, Syria,
Media, Greece, Rome, and Carthage. But of forty books, only
fifteen remain. iii. 13. iv. 15.
DIONYSIUS, an ancient Bishop of Corinth, a man of eminence,
some quotations of whose works are preserved by Eusebius. He
is to be distinguished from several other bishops of the same name.
viii. 26.
DRUSIUS, (in Flemish DRIESCHES,) JOHN, an eminent scho-
lar, Professor of Oriental languages at Oxford, afterwards at Ley-
den and at Franeker, and author of numerous works in Biblical
criticism. He was born in Flanders 1550, and died at Franeker
1616. xx. 12.
DUREL, JOHN, a learned Divine of the Church of England, and
a zealous defender of that church against the Puritans and Non-
conformists. He was born in the isle of Jersey 1626, spent most
of his time in France till the Restoration of Charles II. was
created Dean of Windsor 1667, and died 1683. iii. 40.
ELIAS LEVITA, a learned Jewish Rabbi of the 16th Century,
who was born in Germany, but spent the greater part of his life
at Rome and Venice. He published a Hebrew Glossary entitled
Thisbe, a Chaldaic, Talmudic, and Rabbinic Lexicon in folio, and
other works. xvi. 39. xxiii. 12.
ELIEZER, a Jewish Rabbi, probably of the 7th or 8th Century,
author of an historical and allegorical work, highly esteemed by
the Jews. viii. 36. xxvi. 45.
EPICTETUS, one of the best of the Stoic philosophers. He was
born a slave, and flourished from the reign of Nero to that of
Adrian. He was a native of Phrygia, and lived and died at Neco-
polis in Epirus. His Enchiridion and Dissertations have been
much valued. iv. 9. v. 19. viii. 99. xiii. 17, 18, 21.
EPICURUS, an Athenian philosopher, and founder of the sect
of the Epicureans, born B. C. 342. xxvi. 80.
EPIPHANIUS, Bishop of Salamis in the isle of Cyprus, born in
Palestine about 320. His work on the heresies that had sprung
up in the Church is generally considered extremely inaccurate.
vi. 16. vii. 17, 23.
EPISCOPIUS, SIMON, a Dutch divine of the 17th Century, who
wrote largely in defence of the tenets of Arminius. He was born
at Amsterdam 1583, became minister of the Remonstrant church
at Rotterdam 1626, was chosen first Professor of the theological
college of Amsterdam 1634, and died 1643. His works form
two volumes folio. Diss. vii. 18. viii. 59.
ERASISTRATUS, a celebrated physician of Greece, and a relative
and disciple of Aristotle. xi. 4.
ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS, the most celebrated of all those men
of letters that were engaged in the revival of learning, but not
sufficiently decided in his attachment to the Reformation. He
was born at Rotterdam 1467, studied at Paris, and, after a wan-
dering life, fixed his final residence at Basil, where he died 1536.
He wrote Colloquies, Commentaries, a Treatise against Luther on
Freewill, and many other works. i. 9. xiii. 4, 6. xviii. 7. xxiii.
21.
ESSENIUS, ANDREW, an eminent Dutch Divine of the 17th
Century, Minister and Professor of Theology at Utrecht. Besides
other productions, he wrote a treatise on the Submission of Jesus
Christ to the divine law, and an Apology for the English Non-
conformist Ministers. Witsius was one of his pupils, and regarded
him with much veneration. vii. 28.
EUNAPIUS, a Greek sophist and historian of the 4th Century,
a native of Sardis in Lydia. xxi. 10.
EURIPIDES, the celebrated tragedian, and a scholar of Socrates.
iv. 9. xxiii. 21.
EUSEBIUS, PAMPHILUS, Bishop of Cæsarea in Palestine, born
probably in that city about 270, and chosen Bishop 315, cele-
brated for his attainments in literature, and particularly in all
the branches of sacred erudition. He rendered great service to
the church by his Ecclesiastical History, Chronicon, refutation of
Hierocles, and other works. Owing to his partiality for the
Platonic doctrine, his Præparatio et Demonstratio Evangelii re-
quire to be read with caution. iii. 39. iv. 6. vii. 8. viii. 26, 63.
ix. 7. xi. 9, 32, 36. xiii. 5. xvi. 15. xvii. 33. xx. 14, 15. xxiv.
19, 47.
EUSEBIUS, Bishop of Emesa in Phoenicia in the 4th Century.
He died at Antioch about 360. His writings are numerous and
elegant. xix. 28.
EUSTATHIUS, Bishop of Antioch in the 4th Century. He was
a strenuous opposer of the Arian doctrine; but a very small por-
tion of his writings remains. viii. 72. xxi. 4.
EUTHYMIUS, ZIGABENUS, a Greek monk of the order of St Ba-
sil, who flourished at Constantinople at the beginning of the 12th
Century, eminent for his abilities and learning, patronized by the
Emperor Alexius Comnenus, and the author of many works on
the Scriptures and Christianity. Diss. xix. 28.
EUTROPIUS, a Latin historian of the 4th Century, none of
whose works remain, except his well-known abridgment of the
Roman history. xxi. 10.
EUTYCHES, a Greek presbyter, and Abbot of a certain convent
of monks at Constantinople in the 5th Century. He opposed
Nestorius, who ascribed two persons to Christ; but went to the
opposite extreme, by holding that Christ has only one nature. He
was the founder of the sect of the Eutychians. xxi. 30.
FABRICIUS, JOHN ALBERT, master of the academy of Hamburg,
a modest and laborious man, author of Bibliotheca Græca, Biblio-
theca Latina, and other learned and useful works. He was born
at Leipsic 1668, and died 1736. ii. 10.
FELIX II. a Roman Pontiff in the 5th Century, who condemn-
ed Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople. xxi. 4.
FLACCIUS ILLYRICUS, a learned German Divine of the 16th
Century, a disciple of Luther and Melancthon, and principal au-
thor of the invaluable work on Church-history, entitled, Cen-
turiæ Magdeburgenses. xxiv. 30.
FLEMING, ROBERT, a Scotch Presbyterian Divine, born 1630,
a man of considerable learning, and of great piety and charity. He
was minister of the parish of Cambuslang; and after his ejection
and imprisonment 1662, became pastor of the Scotch church at
Rotterdam, where he died 1694. He wrote The fulfilling of the
Scriptures; and his son Robert is the author of a Discourse on
the rise and fall of the Papacy. xi. 21.
FORBES, JOHN, a Scotch Episcopalian Divine, Professor of theo-
logy and ecclesiastical history in the university of Aberdeen in
the 17th Century, and author of an esteemed work, entitled In-
stitutiones Historico-Theologica. vi. 3, 13. vii. 4, 23. xii. 15.
FORSTER, JOHN, a learned and candid Divine, and Professor of
Hebrew at Wittemberg. He possessed the full confidence of
Luther and Melancthon, and published Dictionarium Hebraicum
Novum, a valuable work. xvi. 39.
GATAKER, THOMAS, a very learned English divine, critic, and
commentator, Rector of Rotherhithe in Surrey, a moderate Epis-
copalian, and nominated a member of the Assembly that met at
Westminster 1642. He was born 1574, and died in the 80th
year of his age. He maintained a literary correspondence with
Archbishop Usher, and published, amongst many other esteemed
works, an excellent edition of the Meditations of the Emperor
Antoninus, with a valuable preliminary discourse on the philoso-
phy of the Stoics. Diss. iv. 9.
GENEBRARD, GILBERT, a learned French Prelate in the 16th
Century, Professor of Hebrew in the college of Navarre, and for
some time Archbishop of Aix. In the year 1569, he published
three Books concerning the Holy Trinity. He wrote bitterly
against those who supported the Reformed religion in the days of
Henry IV. i. 5.
GERHARD, JOHN, a learned Lutheran divine in the 17th Cen-
tury, Rector of the academy of Jena, the place of his birth. He
died 1668. Loci Communes, the Harmony of Eastern Languages,
and a treatise on the Coptic Church, are some of his esteemed
works. vi. 4, 5. ix. 9. xi. 21.
GOMAR, FRANCIS, Professor of Theology at Leyden, and after-
wards at Saumur, and at Groningen. He was born at Bruges
1563, and died 1641. He zealously opposed Arminius, who was
appointed his colleague at Leyden in 1603. His various trea-
tises were collected and printed at Amsterdam 1645. iii. 13.
iv. 3. vii. 22. xii. 15. xiv. 41. xxi. 20. xxiii. 10. xxvi. 32.
GOODWIN, THOMAS, a learned English Nonconformist Divine.
He was born in Norfolk 1600, and died at London 1679. For
some time he was minister of an Independent congregation at
Arnheim, Holland. He afterwards became pastor of a church in
London, was nominated a member of the Westminster Assembly,
and appointed by Cromwell President of Magdalene college, Ox-
ford. He is the author of Sermons, Expositions, and of various
pious and controversial treatises. A viii. 45.
GREGORY of Neo-Cæsarea in Pontus, a Father of the 3d Cen-
tury, a disciple of Origen, and author of a Paraphrase on Eccle-
siastes, and "a Canonical Epistle." He was surnamed Thauma-
turgus, or Wonder-worker, from the miracles which were ascribed
to him. xi. 21.
GREGORY NAZIANZEN, a celebrated Father of the 4th Cen-
tury. He was born at Nazianzum in Cappadocia 324, and died
about 389. For some time he assisted his Father, who was Bi-
shop of Nazianzum. After residing several years in a monastery
of Seleucia, he was appointed Bishop of Constantinople. He was
a truly great and good man, distinguished for piety, benevolence,
learning, and eloquence. His works consist of "Orations" or
Sermons, "Letters," and "Poems." Diss. vi. 13, 25. vii. 7,
13, 22, 23. viii. 93, 103. xx. 19.
GREGORY NYSSEN, Bishop of Nyssa in Cappadocia, born about
332, ordained by his elder brother Basil 372,-a learned and elo-
quent man, author of Commentaries, Sermons, Funeral Orations,
Letters, &c. vii. 17, 21, 23. viii. 42, 70. xi. 21. xii. 15.
GREGORY I. surnamed THE GREAT, a Roman Pontiff in the
6th Century, a man of eminent talents and learning, who pub-
lished Letters, Commentaries, and Homilies, and left more wri-
tings behind him than any other Pope before or since. xxi. 12.
GROTIUS, HUGO, a man of uncommon capacity and erudition,
author of a valuable treatise De jure belli et pacis, and of an ex-
cellent little work "On the Truth of the Christian Religion,"
but wavering in his sentiments, and often erroneous in his Com-
mentaries on Scripture. He was born at Delft in Holland
April 10th 1583, chosen Pensioner of Rotterdam 1613, tried and
imprisoned 1619, made his escape to France 1621, and died 1645.
vii. 7, 12. viii. 28. ix. 3, 6. xvii. 24. xxii. 41. xxvi. 40, 69.
HAKKADOS, or HAKKADOSH, R. JUDAH, the son of Simeon, a
man of reputed sanctity, Rector of the Jewish school at Tiberias
in Galilee in the 2d Century, and compiler of the Mishna. ix. 5.
HAMMOND, DR HENRY, Archdeacon of Chichester, and Canon
of Christ-Church, Oxford, a man of great ability and learning,
author of "a Practical Catechism" keenly opposed by the Calvinistic
divines, a Paraphrase and Annotations on the New Testament,
and various other works. He was born at Chertsey in Surrey
1605, and died 1660. xxii. 20.
HEIDEGGER, JOHN HENRY, a learned Swiss Protestant Divine,
Professor of Hebrew and Philosophy, and afterwards of Theology,
at Zurich. He was born near that city 1633, and died 1698.
He was the writer of the Form of Concord, a formulary drawn up
in opposition to the sentiments of Amyrault. He published also
two Volumes 4to, De Hist. Sacra Patriarcharum Exercit. Selectæ,
Exercitationes Biblica, and several other works. i. 1. vii. 17.
HERACLITUS, a celebrated philosopher of antiquity, founder of
a sect called after his name, and author of a treatise "on Nature,"
of which only a few fragments remain. He was a native of
Ephesus, and flourished about the year B. C. 504. xxvi. 29.
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