David Martin

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David Erudite Martin , Theologist Protesting (born with Revel, on September 7th 1639, and died with Utrecht, on September 9th 1721).

Wire of Paul Martin , which were twice covered dignity of Consul in Revel, and of Catherine Cardes (alias Corde ). Martin made his rhetoric with Montauban, in 1655, and his philosophy with Nimes, in 1655, under the famous Derodou . The 21 juill. 1659, it took the rank of Master-be-arts and doctor of philosophy, after having supported with glare, since the morning until the evening and without president, of the theses in universam philosophiam . As it was intended for the ecclesiastical career, it went to the academy of Puy-Laurens, where professed Verdier and André Martel , and it was pointed out among its school-fellows by his application and its successes. The Scriptures, the writings of the Fathers and those of the commentators of the Bible were its favorite study; the Eastern languages and the ecclesiastical history hardly had less attractions for him, and the reading of the chiefs of work of antiquity, crowned or layman, rested it his more serious work. Its heat to learn failed to cost him the life: a too constant concentration, united with the defect of body exercise, caused a disease to him which led it to the doors of the tomb. Hardly cured, it went to Mazamet, where had been assembled a provincial synod, which admitted it with the ministry, in 1663, and to the church Espérausses gave it, then agitated disastrous dissensions. Its mood soft and reconciling was not long in restoring there the peace which its predecessor had not known to maintain. In 1670, it was called with Caune, where it exerted its ministry until the prohibition of the reformed worship. Cherished of its herd, respected Catholics, of which it had reconciled the regard by the amenity of its manners, it wanted never agree to leave its church, neither for that of Milhau, of which it on several occasions accepted vocation, nor for the pulpit of theology to the academy of Puy-Laurens, which one offered to him, in 1681, after the death of Theophilus Arbussi . It was necessary that the revocation of the edict of Nantes tore off some violently.

During persecutions which were a prelude to with this iniquitous act, Martin rendered important services to the churches. Its zeal, its firmness, its prudence were so well-known that his/her colleagues always charged it with the defense of the interests of the Protestant Church in the most delicate businesses. Also it was particularly ridges some with the hatred of the Roman clergy. It was impossible that one did not cause to him by some lawsuit. It is what took place, indeed; but it was defended with such an amount of dignity, of force and of spirit, which it confused its indicters, and, against any waiting, forced the bishop of Castrate itself to recognize his innocence. Its zeal threw it in a greater danger when the revocation of the edict of Nantes closed its Temple. Convinced that it was to obey rather God than with the men, it wanted to continue the functions of its ministry; but it would not have been long in paying expensive its imprudence, so Catholics of its friends had not informed it enough in time that it was going to be stopped, and the means had not facilitated to him of fleeing, while being liberally given the responsability to hide his wife and her children, who joined it later in Holland, where it took refuge.

Martin arrived at $the Hague in November 1685. Some time afterwards, it was placed at Utrecht as supernumerary minister. Its merit could not be long in getting a place of ordinary Pasteur to him. As of on February 16th, 1686, it was named professor of theology at the famous School of Deventer; but the regency of Utrecht, which had already been able to appreciate its talents, did not want to let it leave and as Minister for the Walloon church retained it. It was in vain that several universities offered honourable employment to him; he refused them not to separate from his church. He did not want either, in 1695, to accept the vocation which the church of $the Hague like successor of Isaac Claude addressed to him, wire of famous the Jean Claude , his friend and her ally. Modeste and without ambition, it did not aspire to a high station; he did not seek to shine, but with being useful. To this end creditable, it was not satisfied to discharge its pastoral functions with a scruple fidelity, and to compose of the works of which some, like its History of the Old man and of the New Testament and his revision of the Bible, have, without any doubt, strongly contributed to the instruction, like the construction in the Protestant churches; he even agree to receive at his place some young people to teach philosophy and theology to them and to inspire to them the love of the virtue by his instructions and his example. He had the honor to count among his disciples of wire even of sovereigns.

The burning wish of Martin was to die in pulpit; it was exaucé. September 7th, 1721, at the 82 years age, it made on the wisdom of Providence a sermon where it is exceeded: but after having finished its preaching, it felt if exhausted that it had to be transported at his place. A fever forces removed it in two days.

" It had the sharp spirit, penetrating and very present, the happy memory, the excellent judgment, reads one in the Life of D. Martin by Claude . He always sought to inform himself; continuously it made questions, without having to it false shame to give to know which it was unaware of something; all excited its curiosity, arts, sciences, businesses; however nothing merged in its spirit, it set up each thing only its… With him the conversation never dried up, it carried there the frankness and the gaity of its country: it was full with fire, and it the had distributed prompt one… With considering it with dimensions heart, one found it to him affectionate, tender, sympathizing. It was so attached to his friends that it was seen, thirty or forty years after their death, to be interested highly in the fate of those which had appartenu." to them;

David Martin had married in Castres, in 1666, Florence de Malecare , girl of Pierre de Malecare , lawyer with the Room of the edict. He had of them three wire, DAVID, LOUIS and NR.; and two girls: MARIE, woman of Renouard , merchant in London, and FLORENCE, who entered the Company of $the Hague. It is this young lady who was in hillock with calumnies of the Vault .

As writer, Martin deserves to take row among the good prosateurs of the Refuge. He had applied with a care very particular to the study of the French language, and had penetrated himself so well of his spirit that, when the Academy announced the publication of the second edition of its Dictionary, he sent observations to him that this erudite body found judicious, as he testified it to him in a very flattering thank you letter. Its style is thus generally clear and correct; but it is a little hard and almost always misses heat and of movement. In its writings of polemic, it is shown of a rigid, enemy orthodoxy of any innovation; however it always fights its adversaries with moderation and courtesy. Its sermons are filled of solid, but monotonous and cold thoughts. In our opinion, these are the work on the Bible which especially recommends it for submission to the posterity, and which place it among the Protestant theologists of the XVIIe century famous for their scholarship.

Works

Here the list of its works:

the New Testament of Our Lord Jesus-Christ explained by short and clear notes on the ordinary version of the reformed churches: with a general foreword concerning the truth of the Christian religion, and various other particular forewords on each book of New Testament , Utrecht, F. Halma, 1696, in-4°. - In the general Foreword, Martin defends the authority of the Writing and the truth of the Christian religion against the Sociniens and the Jews. The notes are or dogmatic or simply arts persons. One made use of these notes in the edict. N.T., French transl. according to the Vulgate, edict. obviously catholic, published in Brussels, 1700,4 vol. in-12.

Rome convinced to have usurped all the rights which it wrongfully allots on the Christian Church , Utrecht, 1700, in-12. - Reply to the addressed pastoral Letter, in March 1699, by the archbishop of Paris to the new catholics of his diocese. Work unknown with Claude , Prosper Marchand and with Chauffepié , but allotted to D. Martin by the Catalog of the bibl. royal.

History of the Old man and New Testament , Amst., P. Mortier, 1700,2 vol. in-fol., with 424 excellent engravings; contref. in Gen., 1707 3 vol. in-12, without grav. ; réimp. with smaller grav., Amst., 1724, in-4°; transl. in holl., Armst., 1700,2 vol., in-fol. - Author, printer and engravers competed of zeal to make this work a masterpiece.

the Holy Bible, which contains the Old man and New Testament, explain by notes of theology and criticisms on the ordinary version of the reformed churches, re-examined on the originals and improved in the language , Amst., 1707,2 vol. in-fol. ; réimp. with shorter notes, Amst. and Utrecht, 1707, in-4°; réimp. without notes and with the old Foreword of the edict. Genevese, Amst., 1710, in-8°; 1714, in-12, and of the hundreds of times since. - Undertaken at the request of the Walloon churches, this revision of the Bible of Geneva was approved, in May 1710, by the synod of Leuwarden. Martin joined a general Foreword there on the versions of the crowned text, of the theological notes, morals and criticisms, of the forewords particular to each book and the indication of the parallel passages. The style, improved by the author in what had aged, had soon need to be again renovated, integral and arduous work of which took care, in the century spent, Pasteur neuchâtelois Ostervald.

Sermons on various texts of the Scriptures , Amst., 1708, in-8°.

the excellence of the foy and its effects explained in XX sermons on Héb. XI , Amst., 1710,2 vol. in-12.

Treated natural religion , Amst., P. Brunel, 1712, in-8; transl. in holl., Utrecht, 1720, in-8°; into Engl., Lond., 1720; in allem., Leipz., 1735, in-8°. - This work had a real success.

the true direction of psalm CX, opposed to the application that made of it in David the author Masson of Dissertion ins. in the first three vol. of Hist. républi criticizes. letters , Amst., 1715, in-8.

Two critical essays: 1st on I Jean V, 7, in which one proves the authenticity of this text; 2nd on the passage of Josèphe concerning J. - CH., where one shows that this passage is not supposed, Utrecht , 1717, in-8°; transl. into Engl., Lond., 1719, in-8°.

Treated revealed religion, where one shows that the books of V. and the N.T are of divine inspiration; one gives general rules to explain them, and one proves invincibly, against the modern heretics, the truth of the deepest doctrines of the Christian religion , Leuwarden, 1719,2 vol. in-12; Amst., 1723,2 vol. in-8°; English transl.

Examen of the response of Mr. Emlyn to the Essay criticizes on I Jean V, 7 , Lond. 1719, in-8°.

the truth of the text of I Jean V, 7 shown by evidence which is above any exception , Utrecht, 1720, in-8°; English transl., Lond., 1722, in-8°.

One finds, moreover, of our David Martin, a Réponse to the letter of the P. Lelong , relative to the famous passage of I Jean V, 7, in Europe sav. (T.XII), and In lucii Caecilii Librum AD Donatum Demortibus persecutorum notae , ins. in Miscellan. Observationes criticae of Amsterdam (T.X, 2nd part). Before leaving France, Martin had undertaken a refutation of the Exposure of Bossuet, which was not born, as well as a Latin Comment on the Epistle to Ephésiens which the disease forced it to stop in the 4th chapter.

Source

E. Haag, Protestant France , T. VII , Paris, 1857.

External bonds

Martin 1707: Bible of 1707, life and works of Pasteur.

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