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Section 1155

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Dudith, Andreas Sbardellati, was bom at Bu- da, in Hungary, in 1588, and became bishop of Tina, in Dalmatia, in 1560. He was afterwards appointed successively bishop of Csanad, then of FQnf kirchen, secretary of the Hungarian chapter, and in 1562 was sent to the Council of Trent as the representative of

the Hungarian clergy. Here he adroaMa^l ing of the cup to the laity very strem opposed the celibacy of the clergy. A i riage he had contracted led him to napt !■ J in 1567. He then resided for some tine at C where he openly professed the Prototaat i afterwards he lived on his estates ia ] died at Breslan in 1589. In one pot of fas c he inclined to Sodnianism, but in ibi bttar w his life he professed the^ evangeUcal dodrinci !«v^ of his writings were published at Ofleniiid io lO In respect to toleration, Dudith wu in admoe tf i age. HewritestoBeza, "Tontrytojnftifrtheki- ishment of Ochino, and the execotioa of <^ & you seem to wish Poland would fbUov job as^ God forbid I When you talk of your AngibBf Oafe^ sion, and your Helvetic Creed, and yoor nnsBiiT.ai your fundamental truths, I keep thinkins <tf tbe rc commandment, Thou tkaU not kiS" (Baiefict£*i of the Baptitts). The speeches made br bin it Ix: were published by Schwarz under the lam of Ltar- dus Samuelfy (Halle, 1748). See Moebii^CWH Hist, (N. T. 1854), ui, 281, note; Stie^ Gmdidk m Leben Dudith' s (BresLra, 1756). DneL See Combat.

Dtiffleld, George, D.D., an eminent Pmbr^ minister, was bom in Lancaster 06., Pa.,OcLT.lX and graduated at Nassau Hall m IToS; wkrt in- completing his theological studies, he btcaaeMff'' two years. He was licensed in 175^ and htm^ «- cepted a call fh>m the united cbnrcbcs of CiriiikK; Spring, and Monahan, Pennsylvams, vas orisKd- 1 761. He was a very popular preacher, sod t a^-? promoter of revivals. In 1766 he nndertosk u b- portant mission along the frontiers of Fttofjtmiii: the Potomac, with a view to the orguhakt^ churches. Some time after he was caDed to tk M- ond Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, aad t«K chaplain to the Colonial Congress forpaitof&M^i- I He attended the American army throogb Sew^ef I in the darkest hours of the Bevolation,a])diBiBi^ j himself on all occasions the nncompnniflitg i^ ; of civil and religious f^«edom. He died F^i''"^ He published An Account <fMs Tour ohsftkFr* tiers ofPemuyiwmiac'—A Thaidaiiifiii$ Semn,ti — Sprague, Anncds, ili, 186. Du Fresne. See Ducakok. Dugdale, Sib William, an EngUA vl&^ was bom in Warwickshire, Sq>temba 12, 1^ &^ devoted his life chiefly to the study of Engfii^i^ uities. Ho died February 10, 1686. ABMi^b»* ings, the most notable is the Momatkm At^if^ (1655-78» 8 vols. fbl. London ; new ed. of toL i, 1* 3d edit. 1817-29, 8 vols, fol.), cootaiifflg n »«^ of the religious houses of England, widi akn^^ lustrative plates ; an English venioD (fnls^ ^ James Wright)^ abridged, vp^tmA in lOJ. oi^ other in 1718 (foL), probably by John S«ew>^^ also published The History of the Anae^ A^ ** asterieSy etc., being two additional ▼olmaei tol» dale's ifofwsrtcow (2 vole. fol. 1722-23> ^^% wrote a History (fSt.PauTs Caihedrd (P^^*^ edit, by Ellis, London, 1818).— Kippis,B»W'^ tannicOy v, 479.

Dngaet, Jacques Joseph, an endwot ii^ divine, was bom at Montbrison, Dec. 9, 1«a «' " ordained priest in 1677. He belonged to ^^*^, gation of the Oratory tifl 1686, when the Ccaptp" declared against Cartesianism and JsW"^ then went to Brussels to enjoy the society

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Antoine Amauld, with whose doctrinal view » ^ oughly sympathized. Dnguet returned to ftir« "J shortly afterwards, and spent the w*""*'^^ a in retirement He died at Paris Oct. J5,i:S^ J life was embittered by the theological dL<pote> «^

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I ; and his opposition to the bnll UmffemUus^ his at- hment to Qaesnel, whose piety and talents were n to his own, with tiis genen&l adhSsion to the prin- les of Jansenism, caused him great annoyance from ruling Church party. Among his works are Ex- oadon du Hvre de la Gtmkse telon la mithode des irU8 Pkres (Paris, 1732, 6 vob. 12mo) i^Explicaium Uvre de Job (Paris, 1782, 4 vols. 12mo) :—Traite de croix de notre Seignew Jitus-Chritt (Paris, 1713, 9 s.) : — Traites doffmcUiquee tur FEucharitiie (1727, no): — Conferences EccUsiastiques (Paris, 2 vols, no) : — Explication des xxv premiers diapitres d^Isaie iris, 1734, 6 vols. 12mo).— Herzog, Beat-Encyldop. 535.

Du Halde, Jban Baptists, a learned Jesuit, was m at Paris, 1674, and entered the Jesuit order in )8. His superiors gave him the task of editing the ters of missionary Jesuits, especially of those in lina. The ft'uit of his labors appeared in his De- •iption geograpkique ei Mstorique de tempire de la iMie (Paris, 1785, 4 vols, fol.) ; translated. The gener- History of China (London, 1786, 4 vols. 8vo). After e death of Legobien (q. v.), Du Halde continued the iblication of the celebrated Letters Edifiantes et Curt- ses icrUea des missions itrangsres, depuis le 9"** recueU jgu'ou 26"^. He died at Paris August 18, 1743.

Duke (from the Latin dux, a leader) stands in our srsion for two Heb. terms : Cj^^K (see a dissertation 1 this word by Sprenger, in the Zeitschr, f, deutsch, orgenl. Geselischa/t, XII, ii, 816), (dluph% a leader, hich, besides its ordinary sense o{ guide or friend, is »ed technically of the phglarch, or head of a tribe or ttion, especially of the Edomitish chieftains (Gen. xxvi, 15-43; Exod. xv, 15; 1 Chron. i, 51-54), rare- '■ of the Jews ("governor," Zech. ix, 7 ; xii, 5, 6), 3(1 once of chie& in general (" captahi," Jer. xiii, 21) ; Iso ^"^03, nasik^, one anointed (usually in poetry), poken of the mcignates of Sihon, perhaps by a peri- hrase for that king himself (Josh, xiii, 21), elsewhere f other " princes'* (Psa. Ixxxiii, 11 ; Ezek. xxxii, 30 ; hm. xi, 8; "principal men,*' Mic. v, 5).

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