The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History, Lambert Danaeus
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The Life of Lambert Danaeus, who died Ano Christi 1596.
LAmbaert Daneus was born at Orleance in France Anno Chr. His birth and education.1530. He was of an acute wit, and wonderfully addicted to learning, so that by his diligence, and extraordinary pains he attained to a great measure of knowledge, and skill in all the Liberall sciences: which he adorned by adding to the knowledge of them, the study of the sacred Scriptures.
In his younger years he studied the civill Law four yeares at Orleance, under that worthy, and godly man Annas Burgius, who being afterwards for his worth made one of the Parliament of Paris, in the year 1559; for his constant defence and confession of the Truth was first strangled, and then burnt. Danaeus being stirred up by this rare example of his Masters piety, changing his former purpose, betook himself to the study of Divinity, and (embracing the Reformed Religion) hee thereupon went to Geneva, He goes to GenevaAn. Christi 1560, where he wholly applyed himself to attain the knowledge of the Truth, and by his extraordinary diligence, reading over almost infinite Authors, and by his wonderfull memory, he easily attained to be esteemed one of the greatest Divines that lived in that age.His admirable Learning. Hee was so versed in the Fathers and School-Divines, that none excelled him, and few attained to the like exactnesse therein; whence one saith of him, Marum est, homuncionis unius ingenium, tot, & tam diversas scientias haurire, & retinere potuisse. At Geneva he was admitted into the number of Doctors, and Pastors, and by his learned labours was exceeding usefull both to the Church and University; Eruditus enim animus semper aliquid ex se promit, quod tum alios doceat delecte…ve; tum seipsum laudibus illustret. He alwaies employed himself in writing something whereby he might approve himself a godly Divine, and excellent Scholar to all Learned men.
From Geneva hee was called to the University of Leiden, where hee was received with much joy,He is called to Leiden. and was exceedingly admired for his learning, acutenesse of wit, promptnesse, and strength of memory in alledging, and reciting the sentences of the Fathers, Schoolmen, Canonisks, and prophane writers.
From thence, after a years …ay, he was called to Gaunt, Anno Christi 1582,From thence to Gaunt. where hee taught not many yeares: For when he perceived the City to bee so divided, and full of tumults, foreseeing the storm that was coming upon it, hee left it, and, being sent for, went into Navar, where, by his teaching,And thence to Navar. and writing, he made the University of Orthesia, near to Spain, famous: And at last, having by his extraordinary paines, profited the Church, and the Commonwealth of Learning, and by his admirable fruitfull wit published very many bookes, hee there laid down his earthly tabernacle Anno Christi 1596,His death. and of his age sixty six.
His Works are these: His Works▪Elenchi Haereticorum. Ethices Christianae lib. tres. Tractat. de Amicitia Christiana. De ludo Aleae. Physices Christianae partes duae. De venificis. Methodus sacrae Scripturae utiliter tractandae. Comment. in Epist. ad Timotheum priorem. In Mat. In Mar. Orationis Dominicae explicatio. Tractatus de Antichristo. In Pet. Lombardi lib. 1. Sententiarum. Responsio ad novas Genebrardi calumnias. Examen libri de duabus in Christo naturis Chemnitii. Vera, & Orthodoxa Orthodoxae Patrum sententiae defensio, &c. Antosiander. Ad insidiosum Osiandri scriptum, &c. De tribus gravissimis quaestionibus, &c. Ad Steph. Gerlacium. Elenchus Sophismatum ejusdem. Ad Selnecceri librum. Loci communes. Responsio ad Bellarmini disputationes. Tabulae in Salomonis Proverb. & Eccles. Geographiae Poeticae. Aphorismi Politici. Politices Christianae lib. 7. Vetustissimarum primi mundi antiquitatum lib. 4. tum ex sacris, tum aliis authoribus, &c.