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suppose that " Ezrahite" in the title to Psalm Ixxxviii is nR'rcl3^ an orthographical variety for Iziiarite Cinii^. 1 Chron. xxvi, 23), a Levitical family to which the musical Heman certainly belonged {1 Chron. vi, 33-38) ; and that the epithet has crept into the title of Psalm Ixxxix by assimilation of the names of Ethan and Ilcman so frequently associated together (these two Psalms beiug apparently closely related in
authorship, and perhaps originalh' joined together; see Delitzsch, Commentar iih. den Psalter, i, 053 sq.). Sea Zauhite.
Ez'ri (Heb. Ezri' , '^'-})'J, helpful; Sept. 'Y.aSpi v. r. 'E3pai,Vulg. Ezri), son of Chelnh, superintendent for king David of those "who did the work of the he'd for tillage of the ground" (1 Chron. xxvii, 20). B.C. 1014.
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Faber, Basil, a learned German Protestant di- vine, was born at Sorau, in Lower Lusatia, aljout 1520, studied at Wittenberg under Melancthon, was rector of the gymnasium at Nordhausen, 1550-55, and after- wards of Quedliiiburg, 1503-70. He opposed Melanc- thon's Corpus Dodrime and the Crypto-Calvinists, and in 1570 had to leave Quedlinburg on this account. He then taught at Erfurt till his death, 1570. His chief work is the Thesaurus enulUionis scholasticce (Lips. 1571 ; last ed. Francft. 1749, 2 vols, fol.), a work which still commands consideration for its extensive and ex- act learning. He was also one of the writers of the Magdeburg Centuries (q. v.).
Faber (or Fabri), Felix, a Dominican monk and Oriental traveller, was born in Zurich, 1441-2, and was educated by the Dominicans at Basel. He early entered the Dominican order, and was made chief preacher in the cloister at Ulm, 1478. His studies were directed to the illustration of the Bible lands, and he made two Journeys to the East, one in 1480 to Jerusalem, and one in 1483-4 to Palestine, Egypt, and Sinai. He died March 14, 1502. His principal writ- ings are Erar/aforium in Terrce iSunctte, Arabice ei yEgyptie iKregrinatlonem (republished Stuttg. 1843-0, 3 vols. 8vo) : — Historia Suevorum (Francft. 1605 ; Ulm, 1727). — Quetif et Echard, Soipt. Ord. Freed, vol. i; Herzog, Renl-Encyliopiddie, iv, 300.
Faber, George Stanley, D.D., an English di- vine and voluminous writer, was born Oct. 25, 1773, and was educated at the grammar-school of Heppen- holmo, and at University' College, Oxford, where he passed B.A. in 1792. In 1801, as Bampton lecturer, he preached before the University the discourses which he afterwards published under the title of Ilorce Mosa- iccn. In 1802 he became curate to his father at Cal- verley, Yorkshire; in 1805 he was made vicar of Stockton-upon-Tees ; in 1811 vicar of Long-Ncwton, where he remained till 1831, when liishop Burgess pre- sented him to a prebend in the cathedral of Salisburj\ In 1832 he was made master of Sherburn Hospital, near Durham. "During his mastership he consider- ably increased the value of the estates of the hospital. He rebuilt the chapel, tlie house, and the offices, and greatly improved the grounds ; he augmented the in- comes of the incumbents of livings under his patron- age, restored the chancels of their churches, and erect- ed agricultural Imildings on the farms. He died at his residence, Sherburn Hospital, Jan. 27, 1854." Dr. Faber's chief writings are on prophecy, and in them he seeks to show that the prophecies "are not applica- ble to the destinies of individuals, but to those of gov- ernments and nations." His most important writings are llorcp Mosaiae, or a Dissertotlon en the Credibility ami Theology of the Pentateuch (Hampton Lecture, Lon- don, ISOl, 2 vols. 8vo; 2d ed. 1818, 2 vols. 8vo) :— .4 JJigseitution on the Mysteries of the Cubyri, or the great Gods of Phoenicia, Samothrace, Egypt, Troas, Greece, Italy, and Crete. (Oxford, 1803, 2 vols. 8vo) -.—Disserta- tion on the Prophecies that have been fiiljilkd, are noio ful filing, or will hereefter be fulfil led, relative .to the great Period of Vim Years (Lond.'lSOO, 2 vols. 8vo ; 3d ed. 1814^18, ;j vols. 8vo): — A general and" connected View of the Pr(^)hecies relating to the Conversion, Resto-
rafion, Union, and future Glory of Judah and Israel (Lond. 1808, 2 vols. 8vo): — The Origin of Pagan Idol- atry (Lond. 1810, 3 vols. 4to) : — A Treatise on the Ge- nius and Object of the Patriarchal, the Levitical, and the Christian Dispensation (Lond. 1823, 2 vols. 8vo) : — The sacred Calendar of Prophecy (Lond. 1828, 3 vols. 8vo ; 1844, 3 vols. 12mo) : — Eight Dissertations on cer- tain connected prophetical Passages of holy Scriptures bearing more or less upon the Promise of a mighty De- liverer (Lond. 1845, 2 vols. 8vo) : — Treatise on the Holy Spirit (London, 1813, 8vo) : — Difficulties of Infidelity (Lond. 1824, 8vo ; N. Y. 1854, 12mo) : — Difficulties of Romanism (Lond. 1820, 8vo) : — On expiatory Sacrifice (Lond. 1827, 8vo): — Primitive Doctrine of Justification (London, 1837, 8vo) : — ApostoUcity of Trinitarianism (Lond. 1832, 2 vols. 8vo): — Primitive Doctrine of Elec- tion (Lond, 1842, 2d ed. 8vo ; Philad. 1842) -.—Provin. cial Letters from the County Palatine rf Durham, exhib- iting the Nature and Tendency of the Principles jiut forth by the Writers ri/ " Tracts for the Times," and their va- rious Allies (18i2, 2 vols. 12mo) : — The many Mansions in the House of the Father scnpiturally discussed and practically considered (1851, 8vo) ; — Primitive Doctrine of Regeneration (Lond. 1840 8vo) : — The Vallenses and Albigenses (London, 1838, 8vo): — The Revival of the French Empe7vrship anticipated from the Necessity of Prophecy (Lond. 1853, 12mo ; K Y. 1859, nmo).— Eng- lish Cyclopedia ; Wesleyan Magazine, Nov. 1850.