OF

SIMON EPISCOPIUS,

THE

CELEBRATED PUPIL OF ARMINIUS,

AND SUBSEQUENTLY
DOCTOR OF DIVINITY, AND PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN;

WHO WAS CONDEMNED BY THE SYNOD OF DORT AS A DANGEROUS
HERETIC, AND, WITH SEVERAL OTHER MINISTERS, WAS SEN-
TENCED TO PERPETUAL BANISHMENT BY THE CIVIL
AUTHORITIES OF HOLLAND, FOR HOLDING THE

DOCTRINE OF GENERAL REDEMPTION.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE SYNOD OF DORT;

AND OF THE

SUFFERINGS TO WHICH THE FOLLOWERS OF ARMINIUS WERE EXPOSED,

IN CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR ATTACHMENT TO HIS OPINIONS.

BY FREDERICK CALDER.

" Simon Episcopius, the disciple of Arminius, was admired even by his
enemies, on account of the depth of his judgment, the extent of his learning,
and the force of his eloquence."--MOSHEIM.

“ The Calvinists now punished with death those dissenters who had only
followed the examples of the most renowned of Protestant reformers, by a
rebellion against authority, for the sake of maintaining the paramount sove-
reignty of reason."-SIR J. MACKINTOSH.

NEW YORK,

PUBLISHED BY T. MASON AND G. LANE,
FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE

OFFICE, 200 MULBERRY-STREET.

J. Collord, Printer.

1837.