Buell, Samuel, D.D., a Presbyterian minister, was born at Coventrj', Conn., Sept. 1, 171G, entered Yale College in 1737, and graduated in 1741. lie was ordained in 1743, and, after laboring for some time as an evangelist, received a call from the church at Last Hampton, L. I., and was installed there as pastor Sep- tember 19, 1746. He was made D.D. by Dartmouth College in 1791, and died on the 19th of July, 1798. The great characteristic of his preaching was fervor. There were three periods of great religious awakening in his congregation — in 1764, 1785, and 1791. As a theologian, he belonged to the school of Edwards and Bellani}'. During the Revolutionary War his urban- ity and discretion gained him influence with some of the British officers, and operated to the advantage of the town and neighborhood. A few years before his death he was instrumental in establishing Clinton Academy, East Hampton, which is still considered there as a monument of his public spirit and philan thropy. Dr. Buell published a number of occasional sermons. — Sprague, Annals, iii, 102.
Buffalo (Bos bubalus), an animal of the ox kind but different from the American bison, usually termed "buffalo," being distinguished by the shape of the horns and of the head, as well as of the body generally, and being also found in very different situations. (See Brande, Cyclop, s. v.) This animal is often regarded as the same with the wild bull (EN~), reem , or D"1^, reyni)
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Male Buffalo of Palestine.
of Scripture (Num. xxiii, 22; Psa. xciLll; Job xxxix, 9; Isa. xxxiv, 7, etc.). See Unicorn. This opinion is lately advocated in extenso by Dr. Conant (Book <>f Job, in loc); while Dr. Thomson (Land ami Book, i, 384 s<p) prefers to identify the Oriental buffalo with the Behemoth (q. v.) of Job (xl, 15), on account of his wallowing in the mire and reeds of Jordan. See Ox ; Bill.
Buffet {KuXatyiZw), to box about or slop with the hand or list, whether in derision (Matt, xxvi, 67 ; Mark xiv, 64), opposition (2 Cor. xii, 7), affliction (1 Cor. iv, 11), or punishment (.1 Pet. ii, 20).
Buffier, Claude, a Jesuit philosopher and volu- minous writer, was born of French parents in Poland May 25, 1661, but brought up at Rouen. He died at Paris May 17, 1737. He was associated witli the waiters of the Mimoires d<- Trevovx, and left an im- mense number of other works on a variety of subjects, of which the most important is Cours des Sciences (Par. 1732, fob), a work of vast learning, and showing a lu- minous power of philosophical analysis. Sir James Mackintosh (Progress of Ethical Philosophy, § &) speaks of the just reputation of Burner's Treatise on First Truths (contained in the Cours des Sciences), and adds that his philosophical writings are remarkable for per- fect clearness of expression. — Hoefer, Bug. <■ vii, 733.
Bugenhagen (Bdgenhagius), Johann (called also Br. Pomeranus), was, perhaps, next to Melanc- thon, the most active and useful coadjutor of Luther in spreading the principles of the Reformation, lie was born at Wollin, in Pomerania, June 24, 1485. His ed- ucation in theology and classics was obtained at Greifs- wald, and his proficiency in classical studies was so great that at twenty he was appointed master of the school at Treptow, which he taught with great reputa- tion. The writings of Erasmus, to which, as a classi- cal student, he was naturally drawn, led him to see the need of a reformation in the Church. He lectured, in his school, on the Psalms, Matthew, Timothy, and the Creed; and in 1519 he was invited by the neighboring abbot of Belbuck to teach the monks in a Collegium Presbyteromm which he had established for their cul- ture ; and here he compiled a Gospel Harmony. ( ail- ed by prince Iiogislas X to prepare an account of Pom- crania, he wrote Pomerania in IV lib. divisa (Greifs- wald, 1728, Itci), full of learning, and showing a zeal for religion. In 1520, Luther's book on the " Baby- lonish Captivity" reached Treptow. Having looked over a few leaves, he said, "There never was a more pestilent heretic than the author of that book." Put a few days after, having read it with great diligence and attention, his mind was changed, ami he made this recantation: "What shall I say of Luther? All the world hath been blind and in darkness; only this one man has found out the truth." The new views of Bugenhagen respecting the law and gospel, jus- tification by faith, etc, being publicly preached
with great SUCCeSS, the prince ami the bishop
stirred up a persecution. Upon this Bugenhagen went to Wittemberg, and forme.d a personal ac- quaintance with Luther in 1521. Here lie was Boon employed to lecture on tlie Psalms, and the course was afterward printed (Basel, 1524). In the dispute with Carlstadl (q. v.), Bugenhagen sustained Luther and Melanethon. In 1 523 he was chosen pastor of the church in Wittemberg,
ami held Ibis post, through many \ icissitudes, for 86 years. lie aided Luther in translating the Bible, and himself translated it into the Low Sax- on dialect (Lubeck, 1533). Bui perhaps his chief service to the Reformation was that of organizing
Churches, for which he bail a special talent. He
organized Protestantism in Prunsw iek. Hamburg, Lubeck, and in many parts of Pomerania and I •en- mark. He reorganized the University of Denmark