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Ferrier, Jeremy, a French Protestant minister, •was born about 1560, became professor of theology at Nismes, and is remarkable for having become a Fajjist, even after having maintained in a public disputation in 1002 that '-pope Clement the Vlllth was properly the Antichrist." The Parliament of Toulouse having ordered his arrest, it became necessary for Henry IV to intervene to save liim from the results of his temer- itj'. In gratitude for tliis. Ferrier favored the restric- tive measures adopted by the court against the Protes- tants. For this he was suspected by his Protestant friends, and was forbidden to preach by the Synod of Privas in 1612. He did not, however, change his re- ligion till a popular tumult arose atrainst liim, in which his house was plundered, and himself so near being murdered, that, for tlie sake of escaping, he was obliged to lie three days concealed in a tomb. He then be- came a IJoman Catholic, and removed to Paris, where he was subsequently made counsellor of state by Louis
XIII. He died Sept. 26, 1626. He wrote a treatise, De V Antichrist et de ses marques, conire les ennemis de I'Eglise catholique (Paris, Kilo). — Hoefer, Kouv. Biog. Generale, xvii, 550 ; Bayle, Dictionary (London, 1736), iii, .39.
Ferry, Paul, a French Protestant divine, was born at Metz Feb. 24, 1591, and was educated at the Seminary of Montauban. He became pastor at Metz in 1612, and held that position during sixty j-ears. He was one of the most eloquent men in tlie province, and by his powers of mind, his activity, and his pru- dence, he gained the esteem of the most influential men of his time, and earlj' obtained great influence over Roman Catholics as well as Protestants. Being troubled by the divisions which existed among the Protestants, and hoping to do something towards re- moving them, he held a coiTespondence on the subject with Durffius [see Dury], the great "pacificator." Dury even came to Metz in 1G62 to discuss the sub- ject. Nothing substantial came of it ; but Ferry car- ried his love of conciliation so far that he even regard- ed as possible the reunion of Protestants and IJoman- ists ; at all events, it is certain that he had on this subject a long correspondence with Bossuet. It oc- curred in this waj'. Ferry had published in 1654 a Cnt/cJiisme (jeiural de la R'formation, in which he showed that the Eeformation was a necessarj' reaction against the corruption of the Church. Bossuet, at that time canon and archdeacon of Metz, wrote a refutation of this little work. The discussion led to a mutual cfteem between the disputants; and when, in 1GG7, the project of the reunion of Protestants and Eqnian Catholics was considered by the government. Ferry was consulted, and entered into correspondence with Bossuet on tlie suliject. This correspondence is print- ed in vol. xxiv of the CEvvrcs de Bossuet (edition of Versailles). It has been proved almost beycnd doubt that Ferry was one of the ministers gained over liy the cardinal Richelieu to agitate in favor of tlic reunion of the two religions, and that he received a piiision of five hundred crowns for so doing. The receipt of Fer- ry for this sum is said to be shown in the Impeiial Library of Paris. Ferry died at ]\letz July 28, 1669. He left a large numlier of writings, most of which re- main in IMS. Those which are published are, besides a volume of poetry, ,ScIiolastiri orikodoxi Specimen^ hoc est Salutis nostra' methodiis analylica, ex ipsis Sckolasti- cortim vftertim et recentiomm intimis juxta normam Scripttiranim adormita et instrncta (Geneva, 1616, 8vo ; 2d ed. Leyden, 1630, 8vo) : — Le dernier Dlsespoir de la Tradition contre Vecriture (Sedan, 1618, 8 vo) : — Refu- tation des Calonmies seniles nmtvellcment centre certain endroit eVun livre publie il y a phisieiirs annees et intitule; Le dernier Disespoir, etc. (Sedan, 1624, 8vo) : — 7?e- marques el'histcire sur le " Disce.urs de la vie et de la mart ele iSt. Sevier," pujliis par le Sieur de Bambertil- ler (1624, 8vo) : — Vindiciee pro Scholastieo orthodoxo, adversns Leon. Perinium, Jesuit., in quilus agitur el prifelestinatiom et annexis, de gratia et libera arbitrio, de caust peccati et jnstijtcatione (Leyden, 1630, 8vo) : — Quettre Sermons prononcts en divers lieux et sur eliffer- ents stijets (La Ferte-au-Col, 1 646, 12mo) : — Letfre aux mimstres de Geneve, vol. ii of the Bihlioth'eqne A nejlaise. — Hoefer, Noitv. Biog. Geni'rale, xvii, 56v ; Bajle, Dic- tionary (Lond. 1736), iii, 33 ; Haag, La Freince Protes- tante; Floquet, Etudes siir la vie ele Bossuet (Par. 1855, 3 vols. 8vo), vol. i ; London Rev. July, 1856, p. 409 sq.
Ferri, PauL See Ferry.
Ferry-boat (tT^2", abarali' , passage ; Sept, dia- iSaaic), a vessel for crossing a stream (2 Sam. xis, 18). The Syriac and Vulg. refer this word to the men mentioned in the above text, and accordingly Boothroyd renders the passage, "And these went over Jordan before the king, and performed tlie service of bringiug over the king's household," which, as some of the Rabbins understand, was accomplished by carrj'-
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ing over on their backs the -women and children who could not conveniently ford the river. This, however, is not in accordance with tlie coni-tniction of the orij;- inal (which, moreover, has the article emphatically tTi3"n Jl-^ZV, and TiiKjenyl-bodt^ crossed). Some suppose (so josephus, Ant. vii, 11, 2) that there was a bridge of boats em ployed on this occasion, and others that a ferry-boat of soma kind was used for this pur- pose (see Kitto, Picf. Bible, note in loc). It is proba- ble that a raft, or float, was constructed ; if not, some kind of boat, for the use of these must have been known to the Hebrews, as we find vessels apparently of this description d.dineated among the paintings of ships on the Egyptian monuments. Floats of various