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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_23157" /> ==
<p> founder of the "Bereans" (q. v ), was born at Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland. in 1734, and studied at St. Andrews, where he graduated A.M. In 1759 he was licensed by the presbytery of Auchterarder, and became assistant minister of Errol, and in 1763 assistant minister of Fettercairn in Forfarshire. Here he began to act the religious leader, and attracted crowds of hearers by his novelties of doctrine. In 1766 he published a [[Paraphrase]] of the Book of Psalms, with a dissertation on interpretation, which was censured by the presbytery. On the death of the clergyman to whom he was assistant in 1772, the presbytery refused him the necessary testimonials for accepting a benefice elsewhere, and he then left the [[Church]] of Scotland, and became the leader of the sect called Bereans, of which a few congregations still exist. He preached for some time in Edinburgh, and subsequently in London and Bristol. In London he kept open a debating society, where he supported his doctrines against all impugners. He. died on the 29th of July, 1798. (See [[Bereans]]). </p>
<p> was born at Pont-A-Mousson, in Lorrain, where his father, [[William]] Barclay (q.v.), was law professor, in 1582. He studied at the college of the [[Jesuits]] there, and the brethren, observing his genius, attempted to draw him into their order. This offended his father, who left the college with his son in 1603 and returned to England. He wrote verses in praise of King James, and would doubtless have succeeded at court had he not been a Romanist. His literary reputation rests on his Argenis (1621, and many editions since), which had an immense popularity, and was translated into various languages. We mention him here for the following works Series patefacte divinitus parricidii, etc. (A History of the Gunpowder Plot, Amst. 1605, 12mo); Pietas, etc. (a defense of his father's work, De Potestate Pape, against Bellarmine; Paris, 1611, 4to); Paraenesis ad Sectarios hujus temporis (Rome 1617, 12mo; an appeal to [[Protestants]] in favor of Romanism). He died at Rome, Aug. 12.1621. '''''—''''' New [[Genesis]] Biog. Dictionary, 2:49; Allibone, Dictionary of Authors, 1:117. </p>
       
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68402" /> ==
<p> Born in France, educated by the Jesuits, a stanch Catholic; wrote the "Argenis," a Latin romance, much thought of by Cowper, translated more than once into English (1582-1621). </p>
       
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]

was born at Pont-A-Mousson, in Lorrain, where his father, William Barclay (q.v.), was law professor, in 1582. He studied at the college of the Jesuits there, and the brethren, observing his genius, attempted to draw him into their order. This offended his father, who left the college with his son in 1603 and returned to England. He wrote verses in praise of King James, and would doubtless have succeeded at court had he not been a Romanist. His literary reputation rests on his Argenis (1621, and many editions since), which had an immense popularity, and was translated into various languages. We mention him here for the following works Series patefacte divinitus parricidii, etc. (A History of the Gunpowder Plot, Amst. 1605, 12mo); Pietas, etc. (a defense of his father's work, De Potestate Pape, against Bellarmine; Paris, 1611, 4to); Paraenesis ad Sectarios hujus temporis (Rome 1617, 12mo; an appeal to Protestants in favor of Romanism). He died at Rome, Aug. 12.1621. New Genesis Biog. Dictionary, 2:49; Allibone, Dictionary of Authors, 1:117.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

Born in France, educated by the Jesuits, a stanch Catholic; wrote the "Argenis," a Latin romance, much thought of by Cowper, translated more than once into English (1582-1621).

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