a Reformed theologian of Holland, was born October 7, 1625, at Brieg, in Silesia. He studied at Groningen and Leyden, was in 1655 appointed professor of theology at Nimeguen, where he lectured for sixteen years. In 1671 he was called to Leyden, where his lectures were received with great favor, and died May 19, 1687. He wrote, Consensus Veritatis in Scriptura Divina et Infallibili Revelatae cum Veritate Philosophica a Cartesio Delecta: — Comment. in Epist. ad Romanos: — Investigatio Epistolae ad Hebraeos: — Dissertatio de Natura Dei. See Bayle, Dictionnaire Historique Critique; Benthem, Hollandischer Kirchen-Staat; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:303. (B.P.)