THE LIFE OP M. DANIEL CHAHIER

poor essay of mine to préserve the honour and memory of thls eminent family of Charnier. Had I received as good an account of the pedigree of Monsi* Basnage^ it had been faithfully inserted araong the lemarksinmy Synodicon, I designed well. But my informers were ignorant^ or at least not perfect in the genealogy of the Basnages. However^ I thankfidly accept the gentle stroke of his virgula censoria^ and am deeply indebted to that illustrions critic for his kind acceptance and approbation of my poor labour (See vol. I^ of his Critic, Diction.^ pag. kk^).

Reader^ I bave digressed too long; it ishigh time for me to retum nnto the great Charnier. We left him in the church of Baignols ia Lower Languedoc^ building up God^s family by his unwearied studies and excellent sermons. And you bave seen that the Lord built up his family^ multiplying the blessings of his goodnes upon the roots and branches for many générations. Few familles in France or Europe bave produced so many worthy ministers of the Gospel^ and who bave so i^ell deserved of the churches of Christ as this of Monsi* Chamier. It was counted a great honour to the family of Piso's at Rome that they had given unto the Roman senate for three générations following without any interruption or iutercision, three présidents. But the Chamiers bave for five générations following, furnished the reformed churches of France with a continuai succession of most able ministers of the New Testament, and those not of the letter but of the Spirit. May there never be wanting a man of this name to glorify God and serve the church and his génération in the holy ministry as long as the sun and the moon shall endure !

How long Monsi' Charnier continued at Baignols I bave no memoirs, and can only guess. But conjectures being most uncertain, I shall waive them^ and inform my reader, that after some time be had a super-sedeas given him from his labours there. For îrom Baignols he was about the year 1600 removed unto the church of Montagnac. In those days it was an usual thing almost every two years to translate their ministers from one church unto another, their synods believing that it would contribute more effectuàlly to the people's édification : though this could not be but a very grievous trouble andinconvenience to their poor ministers.

From Montagnac be had another remove unto the church of Mont-