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<p> (surnamed Monroy), a Protestant theologian, was,; born at Romans, France, about 1510. He was a professor of [[Hebrew]] at Lausanne, probably from 1537 to 1558, when he resigned his position in order the better to protest against the removal from office of two of his colleagues, Pierre Viret and [[Jacob]] Valier, by act of-the Bernese government. He afterwards retired to Geneva, where he was pastor for three years. Called to [[Paris]] in 1561, at the instance of Coligny, he was intrusted -with a mission to La Rochelle, and attended the [[Conference]] at Poissy, where he took, however, only a secondary part. Jeanne d'Albret then invited -him to visit the Bearn, and engaged him to propagate the doctrines of the Reformation. He returned to [[Geneva]] about the middle of 1564. Shortly thereafter he came in conflict with the civil authorities, and, because of his decided opposition to civil interference in ecclesiastical affairs, was removed. [[Merlin]] then went into the Dauphine, from which the massacre of St. [[Bartholomew]] drove him away. He sought refuge in Geneva. He died about 1578. Merlin wrote a French -translation entitled Commentaires d'OEcolampade sur Job. et Daniel (Geneva, 1561, 8vo). He also published Catechisme extiait decelui de Geneve, pour examiner. ceux qu'on veut recevoir .' la C ane, avec la translation en langue Bearnoise ‘(Limoges, s. d. 8vo):Les dix Commandements de la loi de Dieu, translates d'Hebreu en Franfais, et exposes avec six autres translations (Geneva, 1561, 8vo). See Marchand, Dict. Historique.; Haag, La [[France]] Protestante. </p>

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