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<p> born about 1658, at Nay, in Bearn, studied at [[Saumur]] and Sedan. His proficiency was so early and so great, that at seventeen he received the title of D.D. from the [[Academy]] at Sedan. In 1676 he incepted an invitation from the Elector of Brandenburg, and was for some time pastor of the French [[Protestant]] church at Berlin. The French congregation at Berlin was at first but thin; but upon the revocation of the edict of [[Nantes]] great numbers of the exiled [[Protestants]] retired to Brandenburg, where they were received with the greatest humanity; so that Dr. [[Abbadie]] had in a little time a great charge, of which he took all possible care; and, by his interest at court, did many services to his distressed countrymen. The Elector dying in 1688, Abbadie accepted a proposal from [[Marshal]] Schomberg to go with him to Holland, and afterward to [[England]] with the Prince of Orange. In the autumn of 1689 he accompanied the Marshal to Ireland, where he continued till after the [[Battle]] of the Boyne, in 1690, in which his great patron was killed. He returned to London, was appointed minister of the French Church in Savoy; next was made dean of Killaloe, in Ireland, and died near London, Sept. 15 (other authorities say Oct. 2 or 6), 1727. His chief work is his Traiti de la Verite de la [[Religion]] Chretienne (Rotterd. 1692, 2 vols. 12mo), which has passed through several editions, and has been translated into several languages (in English, Lond. 1694-8, 2 vols. 8vo). Madame de Sevigne called it "the most charming of books;" and, though written by a Protestant, it found just favor among French Romanists, and even at the court of Louis XIV. His other principal writings are: Reflexions sur la [[Presence]] du Corps de Jesus Christ dans l'Euchariste; Les Caracteres du Chretien et da Christianisme; Traite de la Divinite de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ; L'Art de se connaitre (Rotterd. 1692, translated into different languages); La Verite de la Religion Reformee (Rotterd. 1718, 2 vols. 8vo); Le Triomp de la [[Providence]] et de la Religion, an explanation of a portion of the [[Apocalypse]] (Amst. 1723, 4 vols. 12mo); [[Accomplishment]] of [[Prophecy]] in Christ (Lend. new ed. 1840, 12mo). A full list of his writings is given by Haag, La [[France]] Protestante, 1:7. '''''—''''' Hoefer, Biog. Generale 1:38. </p>

 

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